Vanished

After all the hype I watched the primiere of Vanished last night.

It seems to have something for everyone: lots of violence; powerful people in expensive clothes on the tip of telling each other something of great importance, but not actually getting around to it; never-ending pissing contests; lots of people rolling in bed, people with odd and questionable pasts, close to supernatural mystery...

I thought it sucked. But, I think it's going to be around for a while.

Irish Reel

http://youtube.com/watch?v=oVj9e74Ty_c

Perhaps not as good as a Buffy vid, but if you like Irish music...

When it starts, the fellow playing looks like just some Joe, but he's a pro and one of the best in the world at this sort of thing. I like his comment about the loss of sync late in the vid, that if you play fast enough it takes a minute for the mandolin to catch up. Speaking of the mandolin, the style he's playing hasn't been made since about 1909.