this crappy photo of mine gives you a better idea of what i'm dealing with - SEVEN of the damn things. when they back the truck all the way to here and then start cranking them in - it's a godawful racket.

lovely little piece at the guardian by john harris on the new franz ferdinand single and how goopy good it is (and it is, tho maybe not as brill as john says). it's always great to see a critic lay down the cudgel and pick up the bong and say 'hey! this used to bug me but now it gives me the heebie jeebies!' (just like it's always great to see them suddenly turn on a hoary old favorite - it's the spectacle of them admitting their own subjectivity, i guess.)

the street photo group at flickr (i've gone a bit flickr mad - can you tell?) has a great thread on graffiti.

Clouds

Clouds
Originally uploaded by Dansk_Cinders.

i'm a sucker for a good cloud shot, and this is a beaut.

Victoria, Australia

Victoria, Australia
Originally uploaded by Heartdisk.

another shutterbug out there snapping up melbourne - heartdisk has some achingly beautiful photos at flickr - many more after the jump.