(no subject)

Song of the Lonely Mountain

I'd heard Neil Finn was doing the end credit song to The Hobbit movie; I'd thought I'd have to go see the movie or buy the soundtrack to hear it!  I know Crowded House songs have been featured in soundtracks before, and I know his brother Tim has done credits songs before, but this is the first one I've heard Neil doing.*  Quite a bit different from his usual songwriting - much more orchestral and ethereal-sounding, although of course I've only listened so far on a tinny single Nook speaker...

In other observations about this movie, after so much Sherlock watching lately, which most people I know are clueless about, it's slightly weird to notice six-foot-tall images of Martin Freeman's face suddenly looking out from all the bus stop signage in the last week or so.

----------------
*I take that back - he did the soundtrack to a film called Rain in 2001, which I haven't seen or heard, unfortunately.  I remember my Finn email list talking about that one, but it's not widely available here.

(no subject)

Swordfish

Very interesting - a board game about commercial swordfish fishing.  I may have to try this.