The Beatles once made a comment about getting a tan from standing in the English rain in I Am The Walrus, which had lyrical imagery that bordered on the fantastical. But the key images that keeps popping up in English Rain, the new offering by English chanteuse Gabrielle Aplin, are - for this reviewer, at any rate - those of pastoral scenes, not unlike the ones featured in artworks by say, Giorgione or Nicolas Poussin, or scenes of the English countryside. The album itself features acoustic guitar-driven songs from the young singer-songwriter that lean towards the British folk tradition, particularly on songs such as the punchy opening track, Panic Cord; the delightly stark and dramatic Salvation; or the pleasant perolation of Please Don’t Say You Love Me. Aplin doubles the entertainment value in this deluxe edition, which features a bonus disc, but the upshot of this is that she delivers an album that, while being somewhat safe, still somehow makes you feel nice and fuzzy inside.
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Monday, April 22, 2013
Minecraft – Pocket Edition - Mojang
Minecraft — Pocket Edition is a Universal App! Play on any iPhone and iPad. It’s constantly evolving thanks to our free updates.
Minecraft is about placing blocks to build things and going on adventures!
Pocket Edition includes randomly generated worlds, multiplayer over a local Wi-Fi network, and Survival and Creative modes. You can craft and create with your friends anywhere in the world so long as you have hands spare and battery to burn.
Our most recent update added the iconic Creepers. They’re big, green, mean and explody. But it’s just one of many. Since Minecraft — Pocket Edition first appeared, we’re continuing to add loads of new features, including...
- Support for the iPhone 5’s widescreen display
- Food! Now you can cook and go hungry
- Swords! Bows! TNT! Armor!
- Chests
- Skeletons
- Spiders
- Beds
- Paintings
- Lots more!
But enough sales talk! Download it already! Have fun!
Version 0.6.0/0.6.1 - Features, and bug fixes!
- Signs
- Armor
- Baby animals!
- Fancy clouds
- Improved D-pad
- New tiles, including upside down stairs and quartz!
- Falling sand and gravel
- Stonecutter bench to craft more stone and sand items
- Colorful sheep!
0.6.1 is a bug fix update for 0.6.0
- Crash bugs: multiplayer chests and Sign input
- Newly put on armor items would overwrite old if it wasn't removed first
- Half slabs could get stuck in "upper" position
- Disconnecting issues are fixed
- Saving worlds are fixed