Thursday, January 19, 2012

Lana Del Rey...Live Act

Lana Del Rey, performing LIVE, on Later...with Jools Holland.
Jools Holland, of Squeeze fame, of a whole jukebox of good music himself.



I’d say this LIVE performance from last October proves the gal can sing.

Currently, there’s a lot of ‘she can’t sing’ viciousness circling the blogosphere. And stuff about her touching her hair a lot. Because Miss Del Rey seemed a mite nervous this past weekend, before millions of watching Americans, on Saturday Night Live.

It’s like sharks circling something tasty and treading water, out there. All over the internet. It’s oddly funny.

Y’know, what they say probably is most true here. The only really bad publicity may be no publicity at all. A lot of people, who hadn’t heard of Lana Del Rey before last Saturday night, now have.

And y’gotta know it can’t hurt. Born to Die, Lana Del Rey’s debut album is about to pop, too. January 31.

Frankly, I didn’t mind Miss Del Rey touching her hair again and again on Saturday Night Live. There’s something appealing about a woman, singing in real time, brushing a lock of hair from her face. And seeming nervous. And thoroughly human.

Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Blogger Comments Not Working…Hmmm?

Something broke in Blogger’s comments display over the weekend just past. I experimented some. Discovered, unhappily, the embedded comments thingy only broken in any of the blogs I follow which are in the oldtimer or classic templates. Embedded comments displayed just fine in the newer blog templates.

Great...

I wasn’t about to go fiddle with my blog’s design template, not in the middle of the night. Certainly not during a rushed few minutes available time from work, either. So, Googled about. To see if I’m all alone in my woe. Nope, I had company. Other folks have likewise seen embedded comments not displaying. One, just this past weekend too. Gee. D’ya think some Admin-type changed something in Blogger...?

Okay. There is a workaround. Eventually, it'll all be working anyway.

Some helpful soul out there...I’ve lost the link...suggested going in to the blogger dashboard, to SETTINGS, to adjust how comments display on the blog.

Here's the path:
Blogger Dashboard > Settings > Comments > Comment Form Placement > Select Full Page, or Pop-Up Window, or Embedded Below Post > Save Settings [Go to Page Bottom].

Long story short, it worked. Instead of embedded comments beneath my posts, I might’ve opted for full page display of comments. I’ve decided on comments appearing in a pop-up box alongside my blog post. I figure if ever the comments pop-up malfunctions, the visitor at least will be able to red-x that pop-up, and still have a readable post page that works, and scrolls, and isn’t a frozen frustration.

Saturday, January 14, 2012

Mid-January Harvest



I'd like to write. Yeah. Well, I suppose I am, even doing this. Right. Harvesting a few words.

So, okay, I won't whine then.

I'll resist the urge. Y'know, to whine. I will.

And if I really would rather be writing...anything else...any one, or every one, of the gazillion potential projects, or actual projects, currently in mind or merely drifting through...then now's really as good a time as any, isn't it? I am astounding myself that I'm comprehending the logic in this, and on a Saturday. There's only so much time available in the average weekend, after all.



Hmmm. Just doing a little math. If I allow fifteen minutes, say, of contemplation per each one of one gazillion projects, actual or, y'know, merely drifting by, I am going to run out of weekend, to be honest.

Okay. Five minutes per, then. And I'd best get started.