How the first day in hell went.

1. Sat at work for 12 hours, bored, brain cells melting, ass expanding.

2. The obligatory cleaning of apartment I do every day for my enjoyment.

3. Had my own personal new-songs listening party. I do this pretty regularly, and I think I'm going to start posting my ratings on here. Just for poops and giggles.

Band of Horses / "Is There a Ghost": Good stuff. Not a vast range of lyrics going on, but I dig it. It's sort of calming, slightly haunting.

Partyshank / "Virgin": A more obnoxious form of MSI, only with added Nintendo sounds. Offhand, I'd say this shit is good in small doses. Their music sounds sort of like a toy store exploding, and the guys seem like the type that would piss in your beer when you leave the room.

Jackie Chain / "Blinded By The Light": Don't know why I stumbled over to this one. He's an Asian hillbilly rapper who ripped off Manford Mann, and that's all I have to say about that.

Lykke Li / "Little Bit": Snoozefest. Girl is from Sweden but sounds like Betty Boop. NEXT.

Simian Mobile Disco / "I Believe": It's my current MySpace song, so obviously I like this one. Their music sort of reminded me of a cross between Shiny Toy Guns and Ladytron. Electronic but not rave-y garbage.

Bat For Lashes / "What's A Girl To Do": I'm super impressed by this gal. She's got a cool voice and wicked lyrics, with all kinds of instruments. It's like Amy Winehouse meets Goldfrapp, only toned down to a Stevie Nicks level. That makes absolutely no sense. Just go listen.

I also listened to some LCD Soundsystem and Against Me! which were OK, but not as good as I expected. Magazines think these guys are fucking sliced bread, but whatever. Not bad, just not my thing - and I'd probably love Against Me! if they had a different lead singer. Something about his voice bugs me. On the other hand, the new Radiohead album is indeed as good as the critics say. So is the one by M.I.A., homegirl is nuts but I love it.

Also, last week I went and saw Sweeney Todd. A murder musical, tons of fake blood, great family fun. As for I Am Legend, grrrrr why'd they have to do the dog like that???

I'm off to fix myself a white Russian.