Rather chuffed

As you might have noticed from my sidebar, I've finally got my hands on the latest albums from The Futureheads and my beloved Sonic Youth, as well as the debut from Semifinalists. All thanks to eBay - a godsend given my current state of impecuniousness.

I'll hold off committing any judgements to blog for a while yet (not least because I only span Rather Ripped for the first time today), but suffice to say that they've gone a long way to making up for the sheer awfulness of most of what Mike's put us through for the Which Decade Is Tops For Pops? feature on Troubled Diva. (And if that hasn't put you off, there's still time to take part if you get over there sharpish.)