AUBREEVISION - Observations from the far side of the dial

Have been listening to a mix featuring Beck and REM. Messrs. Hansen and Stipe give me a serious case of the yummies. So what if Beck just got married and Michael has a boyfriend. Details. It's my fantasy life, so shut up.

Here's a photo of Michael Stipe taken at a concert I attended in Toronto:



Mmmmm. I can't take credit for the shot, though - just for pirating it off a message board.

Sarsar lent me Confessions of a Shopaholic. I approached it with skepticism - when chick-lit is good it is v. v. good, but when bad it is thoroughly so. I'm pleased to find it readable, but a shameless rip-off of Bridget Jones' Diary. Before I make the claim, I should double-check that BJ was published first - but I'm 99% sure it was. I'm not far into Confessions but the Daniel Cleaver clone, par exemple, is pretty damn obvious.