Payne's Pretzels

Writings and ramblings of Sebastian E. Payne

Month: December, 2009

Useful iPhone Applications of 2009

The end of the year always signals a time of reflection, to look back on what the year has given and what will be coming in the future. To contribute my part to this noble tradition, I will be looking at a few iPhone applications that I regularly use. I am not a power user [...]

Everywhere

And welcoming in this lovely new site is the first YouTube find. What happens when you fuse together a late-1980s Fleetwood Mac classic with a late-2000s Indie Rock band with African influences? The result is this cover of Everywhere by Vampire Weekend. I’m a big fan of Vampire Weekend – their sound is clean, modern [...]

Monkey’s New Musical Direction

Rating: SITTING IN THE STANDS of the sports arena, the atmosphere emanating from the eleven thousand people present was electric. Arctic Monkeys have a certain prestige among the residents of the North East. The songs from their first two albums have become local anthems and this transpires to be the reason the audience shelled out [...]