​Of all the grandiose, erudite U.K. rocker types to darken our doorstep in the past, oh, 10 years, British Sea Power are definitely the weirdest and probably the best, penning romantic and swooning and overwhelming epics about glaciers or nuclear power plant meltdowns or other such environmental phenomena. They have a new song called "Zeus." It does not disappoint.

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For the second week in a row, Everett True examines the contents of his desk. His desk is inherently more interesting than yours because. . . it's in the UK. Or something.

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THIS WEEK: Another (partial) examination of the contents of Everett True's desktop

ADDENDA: It's not like these are the only contents on my desk - there's a partially eaten fruit salad, a cache of un-cashed Village Voice cheques that I have no idea what to do with, blackcurrant juice, pens, an ancient printer, a flock of postage stamps, notes to myself pertaining Plan B's albums of the year 2007, and a stack of Joyce Raskin books - but I figured it might be better to deal with the items that could, perhaps, be of more interest to the casual online Village Voice reader rather my private life. Understood?

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