green-tinged rock 'n roll..

Firstly, the good news. I went to the INS with Holly and got my green card today, meaning that I'm allowed to hang out in the States without restrictions for, well, pretty much as long as I like. Yay! The interview was surprisingly straight-forward, although I brought enough paperwork to squash the frail of limb, and we're really pleased that everything is now official.

Secondly, you really want interesting random links, not tedious stuff about my life, don't you? I know you, link zombies. So we have:

- I think the Rock N' Roll Bad Boy site is pretty old, but I only just stumbled across it. The diary section is absolutely unforgettable - is this really a 40-year-old rock journalist who writes like the worst tabloid imaginable, or is it all an extremely elaborate hoax? The fact that I have no idea makes me very, very happy.

- if you're a music fan, and especially a UK music fan, you could do with wandering over to DJ Martian's page, which I used to check a couple of years back when I used to read Freaky Trigger, and I've just rediscovered. The great links list sprawled haphazardly over the top few scrolldowns is worth the price of admission on its own.

- the new issue of XLR8R, the excellent music paper-magazine, has a really smart Stone's Throw CD sampler attached to it - I only really knew Peanut Butter Wolf from the Stone's Throw posse (Bay Area independent hiphop/beatheads, with a major jazzy influence), but it's Madlib who's the real star nowadays, putting out sharp, jazzy beats with impeccable stylings, and his Yesterday's New Quintet future-cut-up-jazz collective sound just amazing.