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Monday, July 28, 2008
- My car had to go into "the shop". I now have a "courtesy car" which rattles like Joan Rivers walking onto the stage and doesn't even have a bluetooth connection for mp3 play let alone a cd player. It has a cassette thingy!! Lordy!
- I still haven't beaten Spider Solitaire on all four suits despite having wasted many hours at work trying.
- I have doubled my daily step aerobics (how effing 80s) routine and am knackered, but increasingly buff.
- Amazon dot co dot uk pissed me off. So did dvd dot co dot uk but they were ultimately quite nice to me.
- I heard Will Young singing "changes" on the radio and it is very jazz laid back and lovely in the extreme.
- *Had* i been privvy by some miraculous means of listening to a Will Young "Let It Go" album sampler, I would say that it is largely indicative of the album, though there is a "Your Game/Switch It On" waiting to break free which would be a bonza second single.
- Popjustice have finally picked up on the brilliance of Juvelen. Read my review of the album here, and his placing in my best albums of 2008 so far here...
- I had a lovely chat with portuguese pop sensation Ryan Ferrada yesterday. He thought Darren looked in his early 20s which made Darren's head swell and had me questioning his eyesight :P
LIVE LOUNGE BLOWOUT!
Doing a cover version of a recent pop song used to be a cool and unique way of promoting your own single (see Arctic Monkeys doing Love Machine; Girls Aloud doing Rehab, etc). Now it's as necessary and ubiquitous as going on CD:UK was for Steps at the turn of the millenium. Basically everyone and his dog are at it. Some are brilliant. Some are ok. Some are ear bleeding representations of awful. All are here for you to enjoy. Take a look at McFly doing Born To Run above - everyone looks like they are having a whale of a time rather than trying to be uber cool. And that is what it's about for me :) So in order of brilliance here we go:
MP3: McFly - Born To Run (the boys can do no wrong. Except perhaps buy pets as a gift! Beloved at the last G-A-Y on Saturday)
MP3: Ida Maria - Nothing Sweet About Me (my new scandanavian obsession. Bloody love her)
MP3: Alphabeat - Black and Gold (turn Sam Sparro's existentialist classic into a rather beguiling love song. Well done indeed)
MP3: David Jordan - Stop and Stare (the charts may have abandoned him a la The Feeling but this One Republic cover is just shy of epic)
MP3: One Reublic - Mercy (talking of which, with Ryan Tedder at their helm they have no need to cover other's songs, but this rendition of Mercy sounds nice wrapped around male tonsils)
MP3: Kate Nash - I'm Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend (much like Lily Allen, Kate does rather well when making others songs her own. Plus she says darnce.)
MP3: Ting Tings - Standing In The Way of Snap's Control (ooo the Shampoo of the new millenium mix Snap with last years critical darlings biggest and hopefully only hit)
MP3: Last Shadow Puppets - SOS (their latest b-sides are quite elegant and fine additions to the album but this is a bit of a mess to be honest.)
MP3: Dizzee Rascal - That's Not My Name (amusing for a few seconds then increasingly irritating until you want to rip your ears off to make it stop)
MP3: Kooks - Violet Hill (Didn't like the original, don't like this)
MP3: Black Kids - No Substitute Love (failing to reflect the high quality of their album, this is a bit of a disaster all round. Don't let that put you off their general aceness though).
More live lounges by clicking here...
Saturday, May 24, 2008
Oh what a week it has been. A good one though. And busy! I had a ton of stuff to do for work as I have a week off next week, so of course all of next week's work needed to be up to date too. I finished our firm's environmental audit too (which I implemented about a year ago)... and was all annoyed with the branches that STILL don't recycling facilities. I got all preachy and "it's disgusting in this day and age that you are only just doing something about it" etc., then realised I was sounding a bit of a twat. But still - did live earth teach people nothing? Sheesh. Anyway, off soap box and on with a round up of the week (a week that contained some potentially very exciting news for me. Ooo intruiging)... Pop bytes and bloggy gossip: Fizzypoptastic Top 21 Songs of the week 21 ~ Mariah Carey, Bye Bye (NE) Previous 2008 Number Ones: The Feeling, I Thought It Was Over (4 weeks); David Jordan, Sun Goes Down (4 weeks); Jesse McCartney, Leaving (3 weeks); Madonna, 4 Minutes (2 weeks); The Feeling, Without You (4 weeks); BWO, Lay Your Love on Me (3 weeks)
American Idol finale:
Movies:
Oh I am so very very behind with movie watching. I think it's because I have developed an allergy to the cinema. It's full of talking people, chewing with their mouths open and discussing the plot continuously through the film. And so uncomfortable (oh what a little ray of sunshine I am!). Anyway, DazPecs and I did date night again and went to see Indy. Some very great moments, (brilliantly outlandish) including the ridiculous car chase/sword fight through the jungle which was quite entertaining. Shia did a decent job and Harrison tried not to look as old as he is. Despite some great moments not a particularly great film, though nice enough. I need to desperately catch up on Prince Caspian, Made of Honour, Speed Racer, Iron Man and ooo Sex and The City next week. Viva Carrie Bradshaw!
20 ~ Last Shadow Puppets, Age of The Understatement
19 ~ Sergey, Flyer
18 ~ Jesse McCartney, Leaving
17 ~ Enrique, Can You Hear Me (NE)
16 ~ Duffy, Warwick Avenue
15 ~ Jason Mraz, Lucky
14 ~ Captain, Keep An Open Mind
13 ~ Kylie, In My Arms
12 ~ Ola, Love in Stereo
11 ~ Blake Lewis, How Many Words?
10 ~ Rongedal, Just A Minute
09 ~ David Jordan, Move On
08 ~ Alphabeat, 10,000 Nights of Thunder
07 ~ Caracola, Smiling in Love
06 ~ Madonna, 4 Minutes
05 ~ The Feeling, Without You
04 ~ Jack McManus, Bang on Your Piano
03 ~ Jesse McCartney, Bleeding Love
02 ~ BWO, Lay Your Love On Me
01 ~ Maroon 5 ft Rihanna, Never See Your Face (1 week)
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