in rainbows

Today started out with a bang. I woke up around 10 am...or so I thought...I didn't realize until about an hour later that daylight savings happened last night and I actually woke up at 9 am. Even so, I was in pretty good spirits. It's nice to have a quiet Saturday sometimes and to get up early on a Sunday morning. This Sunday I was up so early because I wanted to cheer my friend Ribka on as she ran in the ING New York marathon. I was so amazed at the strength and endurance it took for these people to run 26 miles ! (Disclaimer: I'm not sure how many miles are in a marathon so I took a guess !) I have the upmost respect for everyone who ran today ! I could never do it !

On my way uptown, I found myself gravitating once again to the new Radiohead album, "In Rainbows." It's been the most listened to album on my ipod for the past couple of days. Although I knew I liked it from my first listen, my appreciation for it has only increased since then. Each songs flows from one to the other. Thom Yorke's voice is both soothing and rhythmic. In facat, the whole album could be described that way. The strings just bring things full circle, and there are several lines that just take my breath away every time I hear them. One of my favorite songs on the album begins like this :

"I don't wanna be your friend
I just wanna be your lover
No matter how it ends
No matter how it starts"

Radiohead has done something pretty cool to market this particular album. You can go to their website and buy the album for however much it is worth to you. It can be anything you want ! I personally thought it was worth $21 but that was due to the fact that I had no idea how to convert pounds to dollars. I was never very good at math. My recommendation is to just get it.