is on February 14th. This year it falls on a Friday. According to tradition the man offers flowers to his beloved but poemas de amor will surely be accepted by her as well.

Michael Jackson was the biggest search query winner last week. It's a miracle that there are still people interested in this surgical phenomenon.

Never heard of Lana Clarkson. Is she cute? Did I miss something?. P.S. She was the woman who spent the last night of her life in the company of wall of sound producer Phil Spector.

The Cricket World Cup was won by a cricket team from the Commonwealth I guess. To be honest I don't have a clue really.

Courtney Love is such a charming widow. Looking at her today I can understand why Kurt shot himself.

The United Nations have their headquarters in New York. New York was the target of the airplane attacks of 9/11.

P.S. This was just a test post inspired by the top ten gaining queries in the week ending Feb. 11 on Google Zeitgeist

Up until ten minutes ago I had never heard of this experimental band from Brooklyn. Sonic Youth's Thurston Moore seems to be a fan. I am listening to the second track of the album and I am fascinated by their soundscapes. It's not really music they make. More sounds and noises. But their stuff is very different from Autechre's. Less mechanic, less electronic but much more organic.

In the first track I heard bird noises, not surprising considering the title Seabird. The second Things Will Never Be the Same started with the sound of sea waves. Now I hear people shouting in the background. The shouting is somehow distorted and fuzzy. I have to continue listening to this tomorrow.

If you like challenging music you should check the Black Dice out. Beaches and Canyons is album of the week at the BBC. You can stream it in its entirety.

P.S. There definitely is an ambient feel about this music. With some instrumental Krautrock (Tangerine Dream, Neu!, Faust) influences. Plus a grain of Godspeed build-up. Some discussion at ILM: Black Dice - Beaches & Canyons: C/D?