all things Manic

well, with an abundance of "new" Manic Street Preachers material available, I have managed to obtain a fair chunk of it.

sadly, still missing is an original copy of their new album, Lifeblood. it has not surfaced on the shelves of the CD stores here, and an attempt to order it online led to an email telling me that it was not available after all. and thus I am stuck with an "unofficial" copy, at least until either someone heads to the UK or we order it from there. bummer, man.

happily, however, my beloved HMV delivered to me the splendid 10th anniversary edition of The Holy Bible, still their greatest album to date and my, what a lavish set they have presented it in. excellent DVD, and if you want a quality, intellectual album, this is what you should buy. a triumph of art over logic is what it says on the front, and it sort of is just that.

meanwhile, new single Empty Souls is out Jan 3rd, but some of the b-sides have surfaced dans le internet. not bad at all, but not great.

otherwise, the boys seem keen to tour much of the world, but appear once again to have no plans to head to South Africa. major, major bummer, man.