laptop finally gave up.

after 5 years, my laptop has finally broken beyond all use.
in the past few months the screen had flickered off and required a lamp shining directly onto it to see anything.
someone had broken one of my usb ports, another was really loose, and the third one has now finally come loose too, meaning no recording. i had almost finished the album as well.

solutions, for my own benefit:

1. try and get a new one on insurance.
2. try and fix the delapidated laptop.
3. buy a new one when i'm not as disgustingly poor as i am (could take months)
4. buy a new one on hp (has this not been banned since we're in recession?)

opinions appreciated.
i'm so frustrated that i'm beyond screaming really loudly, i'm in fact defeated.

favourite listening of late:

herve boghossian - mouvements
autechre - amber, quaristice
various - small melodies comp on spekk
ultra milkmaids - lands

retreating into acceptance.

christmas playlist.

26 songs getting played regularly on the douglas firs stereo:

1. genesis - the brazilian
2. tim hecker - atlas two
3. atlas sound - cold and golden
4. fennesz - glide
5. high places - namer
6. tomoyoshi date - supermarket in the woods
7. anderegg - anomia
8. au - rr vs. d
9. autechre - simmm
10. daedelus - el subidon
11. department of eagles - no one does it like you
12. ellen allien + apparat - jet
13. four tet - ribbons
14. iggy pop - china girl
15. jodi cave - for myria 2
16. joy division - decades
17. julee cruise - rockin back inside my heart
18. nudge - war song
19. radiohead - kid a
20. ruby suns - blue penguin
21. benoit pioulard - together & down
22. chromatics - hands in the dark
23. ecstatic sunshine - herrons
24. windy & carl - btwn you + me
25. glass candy - rolling down the hills
26. rod stewart - young turks