Rare Birds worldwide are very happy this has finally come to pass. Hopefully the oligarchic (now) opposition will not make too much mischief while the new Mr. President is globetrotting. First item on the domestic agenda: picking a prime minister. Apparently Yushchenko has promised the post to Julia Tymoshenko, who is kind of a Ukrainian Howard Dean (but a lot more clever). This decision is very important, because in approximately nine months the new laws Yushchenko agreed to will take effect, and they give the prime minister and the Duma much of the power currently enjoyed by the President.
Last weekend I completed ripping my Alan Parsons CD collection and started listening to it at work off my portable media player. While listening, I figured I might as well google Alan, maybe there would be some interesting historical stuff on the web.
As it turns out, Alan Parsons is still kicking and has a new album out! Even better, he's doing electronica now! I'll be receiving it shortly and will do a review.
This will be the first record without his long-time bandmates Ian Bairnson,
and Stuart Elliott. The new album will take Alan in a new direction and into the
world of electronica.
Artists appearing on this record include: Nortec Collective, The Crystal
Method, Shpongle, PJ Olsson, and Pink Floyd's David Gilmour.
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