Gilberts' Fridge

Cultural differences--especially pop culture...

I've been thinking about pop culture lately, as I get more and more sucked in to English culture and more alienated from American stuff. We went and watched "Brokeback Mountain" over the weekend, and I am watching the news this morning and found out that it won a Golden Globe award last night. It was just barely released over here--hasn't even had a chance to be seen by very many people. It takes a while for American cinema to hop the pond, and I know nothing about movies that have been released in the States.

That got me thinking about music (not too much of a jump between the two--right?), and how Britain really has it's own vibrant music scene that doesn't rely too heavily on the U.S. There are a whole bunch of bands that are HUGE right now over here, and I wonder if anyone in the States has even heard of them. I'd love responses to this post because I really want to know. Have you heard of the following bands or artists?

Sugababes
Arctic Monkeys
Nislopi
Shane Wall
KT Tunstal
Robbie Williams
Girls Aloud
Hard-fi
Pussycat Dolls
Razorlight


That's all I can think of right now--it's early for me and I don't really function well until I've been awake at least two hours.

I am kind of sad that I am losing touch with my American roots. I think I will come home to Utah and be strange there. I know I was last time, and I only lived here for 4 months before. I adjusted back to American life quickly last time though, and I think it might take longer the next time we move back. I guess you just get used to doing things a certain way. Habits can be hard to break.

In Martin news--he had his interview for the job in Nottingham yesterday. He should hear back on that by the end of next week. We could have another move in our near future--scary! But hopefuly this time we can get into a house that has central heating!

Anyway, must run. It takes me 25 minutes to get to work, so I need to get on the road. More later!