Return Of The Rantman!

And i make my long awaited return...i know its been far too long for the two avid readers of this blog and i apologize!

So this will be one of those amazing events that happen usually only twice in your life...think of it like buying your first car and then also dancing the night away at your own wedding, this my friends is a MEGA-blog!

I spent the weekend with my friend at his uni (which happens to be Downing College...yes that is part of the University of Cambridge) and as well as having a good time, enjoying the nice weather and realising that i have become ridiculously vain was left thinking what gets you to Cambridge? Now i have been twice before and have just thought that its because you are amazingly clever...now this may be the case on the outside but on the inside it becomes less transparent. I mean is it the type of person you are? or maybe just how hard you work?

There isn't a typical Cambridge person, there isn't a typical Oxford, or Bath or Cardiff person its the person you are that gets you to Cambridge. As well as being very clever, you have to put the work in at school to get the grades and if you find that easy well two finger salute to you but i don't think its fair to say that only Private school Men and Women get there, during my time i have spent there i have seen what is classed i think as labeling, what i mean is emo's, goths, indie, punk, normal, posh and girls. Now you may think this is irrelevant but there is not a Cambridge person...there is variety and i think that is fantastic!

Moving on from that rant/social review a CD review!

A bit back i talked about how my eyes had been opened to the genre of music called R&B, thanks to the work of Timbaland with ex Soundgarden and Audioslave singer Chris Cornell and having constantly used Youtube to listen to some of his songs i dug deep into my pocket and spent however much it was to buy Chris Cornell's latest album 'Scream'

For Soundgarden and Audioslave fans it was heresy that Chris Cornell would even speak to Timbaland but i honestly feel that Chris Cornell has made the right move! Music should not be genre orientated but dictated by the mood the singer/band is in.

Cornell wanted to try something different and the album cover shows this is no uncertain terms. Cornell jumping and smashing a guitar...he wants to try something different!

The album is defiantly a album by one of the main movers from the 90's Grunge scene, dark lyrics and his almost hypnotic vocals make the album a mash of Grunge, Pop, R&B and Psychedelic. Highlights include the dance floor groove of 'Part Of Me' with its brilliant chorus "that bitch ain't a part of me", the gentle ballad 'Long Gone' and the funky 'Ground Zero'. For me this is a highlight in a year that has disappointed on the music front.

Thanks for reading my MEGA-blog...im off to rest my fingers!