i finally went out and got hail to the thief. i was going to monday but you know the game was on. it's actually quite different from the leaked version i've been listening to for the past couple of months. at first i thought it might be that i encoded it at a better bitrate than the leak, but that turned out not to be the case. also, they gave me the there there single on vinyl which is pretty cool. it doesn't have where bluebirds fly though.
i don't know why, but rpm 4.1's "it's missing a SIGCHLD" bug started appearing today, and it took a long time for me to accept the fact that i was going to have to install an rpm from rpm.org. but after i did, it seems things are ok.
i also picked up the new zeppelin cds, since they were from different shows than the dvds. i was surprised, but they are really great. everything is really loose, like that's the way (my favorite song) and what is and what should never be is terrific too. i never had the opportunity to go to any zeppelin shows in the 70s, so it's always nice to hear new live zeppelin (even when i think i'm tired of them).
it's a good thing i don't do album reviews for a living, beacause with adjectives like "great" and "terrific" i would be one poor album reviewer.