Saturday, 26 July 2008
Wednesday, 9 July 2008
Old sayings
I'm useless when it comes to olde time sayings like "a stitch in time"... For most of my formative years I believed April Showers to be a Turtles related skin flick
Tuesday, 8 July 2008
Rod debate
Blogger Palyniam said...
I still cant understand whty anyone likes Rod, just the same goes to Tina Turner... sorry but they are in the same league...o and Meatloaf.... Nuf said.
July 4, 2008 5:49 PM
Blogger Nick said...
I couldn't even begin to describe just how wrong palyniam's comment is.
Rod Stewart has one of the finest blues singing voices of all time!
Listen to his collaborations with Python Lee Jackson (All 3 of them), The Faces era, and early solo material... not to mention any Bob Dylan cover you care to mention (Of which there are MANY). If you still find yourself unable to distinguish between Tina Turner or Meatloaf might I suggest going down the Van Gough route and slicing your ears off, clearly you aren't using them!
July 8, 2008 12:49 PM
I still cant understand whty anyone likes Rod, just the same goes to Tina Turner... sorry but they are in the same league...o and Meatloaf.... Nuf said.
July 4, 2008 5:49 PM
Blogger Nick said...
I couldn't even begin to describe just how wrong palyniam's comment is.
Rod Stewart has one of the finest blues singing voices of all time!
Listen to his collaborations with Python Lee Jackson (All 3 of them), The Faces era, and early solo material... not to mention any Bob Dylan cover you care to mention (Of which there are MANY). If you still find yourself unable to distinguish between Tina Turner or Meatloaf might I suggest going down the Van Gough route and slicing your ears off, clearly you aren't using them!
July 8, 2008 12:49 PM
Wednesday, 2 July 2008
The start of blogs to come!
Mumford and Sons.
With an E.P. Launch night already sold out in Kilburn, and fresh off the back of a rousing set on Sunday morning at Glastonbury festival's Park stage Mumford and sons are on the path to stardom. Sure its a dusty path, a little overgrown in places and a far cry from the autobahn of success travelled by your Radioplays or Coldheads but the right path nonetheless! There isn't a huge amount on the wwweb of theirs to listen to in fact their Myspace (Theirspace) has only two songs for streaming namely, White Blank Page and Awake My Soul.
Their performance at Emily Eavis' pet project Park area, was one of the highlights of this year's festival. With the sun well and truly out, the crowd all sat on the grass soaking in the rays and not the moisture from the ground they ambled out on to the stage. With the first track finished and applause duly received lead singer Marcus Mumford edges sideways towards the mic and somewhat awkwardly says "This may be a bit self-indulgent but 'Hello Glastonbury'..." which is met with warm smiles and a smattering of whoops. The set progresses and barely a still foot can be seen, straw hats bob gaily back and forth to the strains of the banjo and double bass driving the momentum to each songs climactic finish. As is so often the case at festivals you are left wanting more when tight time constraints bring about the end of a special set. I could have stayed entirely captivated for much much longer without once glancing down at the necklace of bands and times around my neck, but end it did and the seated revelers were brought to their feet in appreciation.
You have to take a listen and see for yourself:
www.myspace.com/mumfordandsons
With an E.P. Launch night already sold out in Kilburn, and fresh off the back of a rousing set on Sunday morning at Glastonbury festival's Park stage Mumford and sons are on the path to stardom. Sure its a dusty path, a little overgrown in places and a far cry from the autobahn of success travelled by your Radioplays or Coldheads but the right path nonetheless! There isn't a huge amount on the wwweb of theirs to listen to in fact their Myspace (Theirspace) has only two songs for streaming namely, White Blank Page and Awake My Soul.
Their performance at Emily Eavis' pet project Park area, was one of the highlights of this year's festival. With the sun well and truly out, the crowd all sat on the grass soaking in the rays and not the moisture from the ground they ambled out on to the stage. With the first track finished and applause duly received lead singer Marcus Mumford edges sideways towards the mic and somewhat awkwardly says "This may be a bit self-indulgent but 'Hello Glastonbury'..." which is met with warm smiles and a smattering of whoops. The set progresses and barely a still foot can be seen, straw hats bob gaily back and forth to the strains of the banjo and double bass driving the momentum to each songs climactic finish. As is so often the case at festivals you are left wanting more when tight time constraints bring about the end of a special set. I could have stayed entirely captivated for much much longer without once glancing down at the necklace of bands and times around my neck, but end it did and the seated revelers were brought to their feet in appreciation.
You have to take a listen and see for yourself:
www.myspace.com/mumfordandsons
Monday, 9 June 2008
Compare People
Anyone with a Facebook account will probably be familiar with the flood of useless applications encouraging you to infect your friends to join your zombie army or some other ridiculous and entirely useless pursuit...
Well "Compare People" is one of these.
One day you innocently login to Facebook to find a message informing you that a close friend of yours has rated you against someone else. To find out what this supposed friend thinks of you all you have to do is add the application yourself. (hemorrhaging an assortment of personal details to a faceless nameless group of companies who can whore it out to whomever they please)
Let me tell you its a bittersweet experience to receive an email every few days telling you that your best qualities are "Best father potential" "Person with the best hair" "Best Friend" but immediately below to have yourself rated as "Least Brave" and "Least punctual"... What am I to do? clearly I need to prove my bravery to the extended list of people I no longer see to right this wrong, and whats more I must do it on time!
Perhaps I could arrange some sort of base jump at a uncharacteristically early hour in the morning?
Watch this space my "friends"
Well "Compare People" is one of these.
One day you innocently login to Facebook to find a message informing you that a close friend of yours has rated you against someone else. To find out what this supposed friend thinks of you all you have to do is add the application yourself. (hemorrhaging an assortment of personal details to a faceless nameless group of companies who can whore it out to whomever they please)
Let me tell you its a bittersweet experience to receive an email every few days telling you that your best qualities are "Best father potential" "Person with the best hair" "Best Friend" but immediately below to have yourself rated as "Least Brave" and "Least punctual"... What am I to do? clearly I need to prove my bravery to the extended list of people I no longer see to right this wrong, and whats more I must do it on time!
Perhaps I could arrange some sort of base jump at a uncharacteristically early hour in the morning?
Watch this space my "friends"
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