A Links Roundup But Not Really

using this gif at every oppurtunity

   I was going to do a round up of things here on the World Wide Web, but it was just so I could link to two albums I've been listening to pretty much non-stop (I can't say "non-stop" anymore without thinking of Hamilton, THANKS, LIN-MANUEL). So instead of finding some interesting reads for you I am just going to leave you with these two albums.

   The first album is Purpose and YES, I am 100% on the Bieber Fever train AND I'M NOT EVEN SORRY ABOUT IT. This album is full of "face-melting bangers" as was written in that amazing interview which I hope you have read/will read (HERE is the link for it). This album has Something For Everyone and I hope you give it a chance, if you somehow haven't heard it already.

   Secondly I have on offer an album which...is not for everyone. Ex Deo is a bonkers metal band that decided to make a concept album about Emperor Caligula, and it is amazing. It's called Caligvla and the first track, I, Caligvla is catchy as hell, which is fairly unusual for metal (I've been wandering around my house singing "I, CALIGVLA, AM GOD MADE OF FLESH, THY ROPE AROUND THY NECK, THIS IS THE WILL OF THE GODS" and "WHO AM I BUT THE TRUE FACE OF ROOOOME"). Caligula the man was a bad dude but this album is dope. I'd say it's fairly accessible, as far as metal goes.

January's Reading

   January was a bit of an odd month for me, but now it is February so let's just look back on what I read. It isn't much, unfortunately.

• World War Z / Max Brooks: A+++++++, read this book asap. So good. 
• Saga, v. 5 / Brian K/ Vaughan, Fiona Staples: I missed meeting Fiona Staples by mere hours, but at least I have a signed copy of this book, which is a small consolation. Her work elevates this book when the story is somewhat lacking. This volume felt in-between-y. 
• Bleak House / Charles Dickens: FINALLY I am done reading this book. It took me so long but it was so good so I suppose I can't complain. I was in a bit of a book hangover for a week or so after finishing it, which I busted out of by reading...
• Delilah Dirk and the Turkish Lieutenant / Tony Cliff: so fun. Much adventure. Wow. Flying boats. 

   January was movie-heavy and reading-light, hopefully February will reverse that pattern. I now have Media Relations, Geography of the Canadian North, the Television Age, and Gender and Consumer Culture Since 1700 to think about, which will take up a good deal of my movie-watching time. This is my last semester and I am so excited to be finished with this degree, even though it only means two more years of school.

   I also spent January remembering my delight in making playlists, so for your listening pleasure: some Bowie faves, some Monday morning metal, and the songs I have been listing to on repeat lately.

   Here's looking at you, February.