Between blotch and blok

...for it feels like about a year. (Not that we minded.)

And, having lost track of The Connells for quite a while, with an imcomplete collection (completist? only sometimes!), we've got their most recent CD on order @ Amazon and due for dispatch next week (early birthday present).

Slackjawed's great, too.

Germany is _the_ home of ever so many bands that've disappeared from view elsewhere. Rock especially. Something about the permanent presence of military forces from the US and the UK, maybe? Or just germanic taste in music.