marita’s coffee chitchat

GuildWars:Factions
Wahey the Big Day is here! At least for all the GuildWarsfans out there. GW:Factions is released today, with a load of new explorable areas, professions and a shitload of new skills. I’ve been eagerly waiting for this day since september or so. I really thought I’d be one of those geeks hammering at the gameshops door this day. Then at some point I kinda changed my mind about getting the game and stopped waiting. Now i’m standing like a goof outside the playground watching the other kids play I still haven’t decided wether i’m getting it, depends on how the withdrawal symptoms act out

Mari Boine - Idjagieðas

You can listen to some inadequate samples here

I got my hands on this album last night. I had pretty high expectations to it, since my bro said it was awesome, and it’s gotten some real good reviews in the Norwegian papers. At first I got really impressed by the first half or two thirds of the album. But then at the end i found it a bit dull and if you’ve heard Mari before, you’ll recognize some of the tunes. This gave me the feeling of some songs being “cheap” reproductions. After listening to the album a few more times today, i’ll withdraw that. This is an album that needs some time, and it certainly isnt something that you’ll want to listen to as background noise while doing dishes. It deserves your full attention, at least the first few playbacks. Some of the tracks totally swept me off my feet, like the titlesong “Idjagieðas”, where she actually sings in a fantasylanguage. I find her being more intense than ever in this album. Descriptions like “emotional roller coaster” and “calm trancelike um something” come to my mind, simultaneously! Bah i give up explaining this album, you just gotta feel it for yourself.