Chandler's Blog - The Rants, Thoughts & General Mumble Of A Grumpy Old Teenager

Chandler's Britain Campaign For Respect

2009-09-27T10:10:00.000-07:00

As was pointed out to me a few days ago, it has been a very long time since i last posted and as i sit at the computer listening to Spotify, the urge to post and rant has returned!

I may only be 19 but certian things annoy me about people my age, We as a generation have a tendancy to swear out loud in public, we get drunk till the cows come home, we have sex with as many people as we can before the age of 23 and we most certianly have to have used a fake I.D at some point in our life!

Why? All that i have said is basicaly the result of a lack of respect that has developed for our country and authority. For some reason we now dont care about important things but spend our money on Drink and we look out for the cheapest and stupid (Stupid because they allow under age) Pubs and clubs. I feel sorry for owners of pubs and barmen and women, some of the girls these days could be 21 when in fact they are actually 15...Its just all wrong!

So what am i getting at? Respect needs to be found again and quickly! We do not need to swear out in the streets because guess what there is a thing called the English Language and it has a thousand different words that we can use! Getting drunk? its apparently a away to losen up? well you can have fun without forgetting the night before and ending up in someplace you have never seen!

We need to respect our Country, Life, Body and Authority because without them everything would suck alot!

Can The Season End Now?

2009-08-21T11:03:00.000-07:00

Every year since i became a proper die-hard Spurs fan (2002-2003) most seasons have started with high expectations and followed by a season of disappointment, with a sacked manager and a new cause for optimism with a new manager and new players. Last season was very much the same with Juande Ramos being awful and King 'Arry being appointed, and since then we have been on the up.

Would this season be the same? No is the great big fat answer the Spurs players gave us with a A-MAZ-ING win over Liverpool (we out played them) and then thrashing Hull 5-1! What a Start!

After two games (yes i know its only two) we have 6 points...it took us until October to do that last season and we lead the League! TOTTENHAM LEAD THE LEAGUE! Can we break into the top four this season? I'm not sure but i reckon a fantastic season is ahead of us!

Glory, Glory Tottenham Hotspur!

It Begins (Again!!!)

2009-08-14T05:23:00.001-07:00

After a summer of waiting and expectation the new premier league season starts tomorrow. Will Manchester United miss Ronaldo (yes), will arsenal fall even further behind the leading teams (Yes) and will Tottenham continue to frustrate yet improve (YES!..possibly).

This is what makes football so amazing, the emotion, the intensity of a derby match, the banter, the rumours, this is what football is about and for fans of Manchester City it means they finaly find out how badly buying so many good players and expecting them to play as a team will fail!

How will City do? i expect they will finnish in the top 5 at least, they may struggle but they have the money and so in january if it is not working they can buy a Xavi or Iniesta.

Personaly i can see Chelsea winning the league this year, a good manager and without the loss of a key player such as Ronaldo and Tevez for Manchester United and Xavi Alonso for Liverpool will help them and also a team that bar a few players is basicaly the same that won the F.A Cup last season.

So here are my predictions (They will be wrong but oh well)

Champions - Chelsea

League Cup - West Ham United

F.A Cup - Tottenham Hotspur

Champions League - Real Madrid

Europa League - Who Cares! (SV Werder Bremen!)

European Qualifying Places

1st. Chelsea

2nd. Manchester United

3rd. Liverpool

4th. Manchester City (Possibly)

5th. Arsenal

6th. Everton

7th. Tottenham Hotspur

Relegated - Birmingham, Hull, Wolves

Promoted - Cardiff, Middlesbrough, West Brom

Quite possibly every single prediction i have made will prove to be wrong but if im right i can bask in a glory that no one cares about!

Beauty? Its On The Inside!

2009-07-27T09:47:00.000-07:00

A couple of days ago i had a massive feeling of ranting building up inside of me, i seem to remember getting worked up about the general feeling of if your not beautiful you will get no where in life. Now i cant for the life of me think why i had to rant about it or why it even crossed my mind? Maybe i saw a model on TV... but thinking about it more it does seem very un-fair and also not true.

Take school, most of the time the most popular people at school are either the most confident people or the most beautiful, this is not always the case but you usually find a popular person with one of those attributes (sometimes you find a popular person who is beautiful, confident and has a very squeaky voice...they may be attractive but also very annoying) and of course they have the biggest number of 'friends' on Facebook and also manage to make fake Id's work better then anyone else but this is not a passport to a great and happy life.

I was not a popular person at school and i was not friends with any of the popular people, but i had my group of friends and i treasured them! I don't care if they are beautiful, confident, have an annoying voice and are good at sports (that was another thing that made you popular...cant see Tim Henman being popular at school but anyway) they were my friends because they liked me for who i was and i liked them for who there were (plus they paid me....sorry bad joke) and thanks to them i have friends for life, and i know for a fact i will not fall out because i have the same shirt or have the same girlfriend!

I was also going to go on and on and on about celebrities but i think i have made my point, we obviously can look good, and its good when we do, but being 'beautiful' does not mean success in life, however it can mean having loads of annoying, screaming, squeaky voice girls running after you at a concert and rolling about on the hood of Whitesnakes car....what a life.

(I do actually like Whitesnake, but having a girl on the bonnet would either damage the paint work or fall off and sue you!)

The Transfer Market Has Gone Crazy

2009-07-15T06:57:00.000-07:00

I remember sitting here a couple of weeks ago thinking that the usual rush of early purchases by Football Clubs. Usualy there is a couple of big name buys early on and a few random players who no one has ever heard of.

But now it has all kicked off in a big way and its not (or wasent at least) Manchester City leading the way. Real Madrid not happy with breaking the world transfer record after buy Kaka, destroyed there own record by buying Cristiano Ronaldo for £80,000,000! Personaly that for me is a bit much for a player who spends most of his time rolling around on the floor crying then just to be even more annoying scores a few goals along the way.

Not happy with this either Real have also signed (using slightly more humain money) Raul Albiol (A promising looking defender from Valencia) and Karim Benzema, a target for Manchester United (HAHAHA!).

Back in England Manchester City signed Gareth Barry and Roque Santa Cruz, and now Carlos Tevez and are expected to sign Emmanuel Adebayor (Who i think is a waste of space on any football pitch). Two players who could have been on there way to Spurs, Barry and Santa Cruz just incase you hadnt realised, sadly when to the new mega force in football.

In recent days Spurs have been linking with young defenders Kyle Walker and Kyle Naughton and ex Arsenal Patirck Viera...now the transfer market has gone really crazy!

2009 So Far

2009-07-15T06:35:00.000-07:00

As i sit here on the 15th of July 2009, i have been thinking about the year so far.

Obviously this year has been dominated by going on's down Whitehall and the Houses of Parliament. Having not been blessed with glory when the Credit Crunch then Recession hit us at the end of 2008, our trust and faith in Parliament was rocked when the Expenses Scandal hit us and shocked us.

When it was discovered that politicians had used tax-payers money for second homes, dodgy DVD's, Moat Cleaning and a Duck island/home everyone was outraged, and with voting for the European elections around the corner this heavily influenced the mind set of the voting British public.

Despite MP's pledging to pay back around £100,000, and admitting to taking advantage of the expense's system, i believe that for most people the damage is done and it will take alot of work and maybe a goverment who know what they are doing to repair the damage.

At least we have the legend that is Boris Johnson as Mayor Of London, he may be a wally but he is a 100% golden legend!

Proud To Be British

2009-06-12T14:58:00.000-07:00

Having recently finished reading 'The Heart Of The Dales' by Gervase Phinn i was empty, i needed a book to fill the hole that had been left, so i picked up 'I Know You Got Soul' by Jeremy Clarkson, and what an interesting book it is!

So far i have read about the AK47, The Graf Zeppelin, Concorde and many other great and sometimes deadly machines that Jeremy Clarkson believes are more then just the work of some engineers.

One story that fully captivated me was the building and creation of the SS Great Britain, but more importantly the story of its creator...Isambard Kingdom Brunel.

Brunel was born in Portsmouth on the 9th of April 1806 to Marc Isambard Brunel and Sophia Kingdom, as you can see his parents where original types so used there names for there son that would become one of the greatest engineers of all time and a man who was voted as the second greatest Britain in the BBC's public poll in 2002.

Brunel at the age of 20 was appointed chief assistant engineer of his fathers great project, The Themes Tunnel, which would go on and become the first tunnel to be built under water. Brunel's father had created a system for tunnels that is still used to day, most notably the Channel Tunnel.

Not only this, Isambard engineerd the Clifton Suspension Bridge, The Royal Albert Bridge, The Great Western Railway (GWR) and also spent a hell of alot of time and effort (ultimately unsuccessful) in the creation of the 'Atmospheric Railway' a idea that used vacuums and leather pulleys to power the trains.

However perhaps his most advanced creation was the SS Great Britain. The SS a unit of the Great Western Steamship Company. The SS was the first ocean going ship to combine the being built in Iron and using a screw propeller. When launched in 1843, she was the largest ocean going ship at the time, and perhaps also one of the most flawed.

It was not the quickest, the most comfortable or financially viable ship ever built. One ship that was built managed the journey from the UK to New York in an incredible 15 days, for me and for that time i find that amazing! But sadly the SS didn't manage as quickly.

After the SS had ended life as a ocean going ship, it was used between 1855 and 1858 as a troopship during the Crimean War and the Indian Mutiny. Sadly during its next use as a cargo ship for coal it was damaged almost beyond repair after a fire whipped through the ship. It was bought by the Falklands Island Company and used as a coal bunker until 1937, when it was towed to Sparrow Cove and left to rot.

Thankfully after many years of Restoration it is open to visitors down in the docks in Bristol, and visitors can marvel at the plain amazingness of a ship built by one of the greatest Britain's to have lived and a ship that was so many years ahead of its time!

If you ever thought history was boring...then think, how did we get to where we are today?

Chandler's Britain

2009-06-07T09:46:00.000-07:00

With the country i love in a shocking state, the current generation showing no respect to our monarchy and the increasing influx of really, really, really awful Asia made cars (Protons, Nissan's etc) i have decided to plan ahead so that if i ever come in to power i can make a difference!

Law 1 - Reality TV shows such as Britain's Got Talent, X Factor and Big Brother would be outlawed, presenter Divina Mccall would be forced to wear a dunce hat and Simon Cowell would be forced to sit through 100 hours of Motley Crue, Poison and Cinderella concerts.

Law 2 - The mood 'Stress' would be illegal if the person in question was found to be stressed for unlawful reasons such as being stressed because the word 'exam' was mentioned and being stressed just because your friends are stressed

Law 3 - In no way are people allowed to drive the Nissan Cube, the Nissan Denke Cube or its fellow associates.

Law 4 - The added test of doing Motorway driving would have to be undertaken before you can legally be allowed to drive, the point that learning to drive is stressful (see Law 2) and that motorway driving is also stressful leads me to two points...one get it over with in one go and secondly get over it!

Law 5 - Hillsong will be re-named Billsong and all bills and all expenses shall be sent to Billsong London, Sydney, Kiev etc, as they seem to have lots of money and it would be a great way to serve the country.

I'm sure there will be many other laws but for the moment take these in, and once again if you have any objections to these please, please, please, please, please keep them to yourself!

God The Bless The Queen!

2009-06-02T13:03:00.000-07:00

Today is the 56th anniversary of our present Queen's coronation.

This is one of the reason's im so proud to be British!

God Bless The Queen!

Why Dont We Just Talk?

2009-05-29T14:09:00.000-07:00

Why Don't We Just Talk? Deep isn't it? And i seriously mean why don't we? Everything now is "I will Facebook you" or "We will arrange it through Facebook", Me and my friends are trying to organise a holiday in the summer (I say try...a group of Chimpanzee's could do a Hell of a lot better) and instead of phoning around people are desperatly trying to get people to reply to there message as if its the only way Human Beings can communicate now!

I fully appreciate and support the fact that things like Facebook are great for keeping in touch but does it really replace what is commonly known as a friendship? The answer to that my friends (is not blowing in the wind) but a big fat NO!

If you try to arrange something at short notice on Facebook, as sometimes happens...it is more then possible that one or two persons (one being more often then not me!) will not get the message or invite until after the event of the forseable future has happened...thus making the person (me again...hello!) extremely annoyed!

The spoken word is a powerfull thing, so why do we not embrace this gift?

We really should!

Return Of The Rantman!

2009-05-28T15:00:00.000-07:00

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!

2009-05-06T03:22:00.000-07:00

Back in the darkest depths of the end of 2008, things were looking very bad for Spurs and this post is aimed at all of you who found it funny that Spurs were bottom of the league and for those who said Spurs would be relegated...

Let me just refresh your memories to my response then

"This goes out to everyone who thinks it is funny that Tottenham Hotspur are bottom of the league...WE ARE NOT GOING TO BE RELEGATED!!!"

I know the season is yet to finnish...but i have this to say...I TOLD YOU SO!!!

Technology

2009-05-03T10:51:00.000-07:00

PS3's, X-Box 360, I-Phones, Apple Macs...all the latest in a world were technology has taken over, and has created a world that when technology doesn't work we either fall to pieces or just get plain stressed...i fall in to the second category!

Now i don't have a PS3 or a I-Phone but what i (as a family) have is a computer, to be precise a Sony and Samsung thing...no idea what it is to be honest. Pupils of St Georges School know all about stupidly slow computers but will not have experienced the enigma that is the Chandler family computer.

One trick it loves to play is a little game called 'How quickly can we make Andrew scream and shout' every time it wins the battle between Man and Machine and creates a less green version of the Incredible Hulk! It is just so damn slow, and now has decided that for some reason will turn off occasionally without any reason or preparation...basically if your working on something and you don't saved you are S.C.R.E.W.E.D, and can be found running around the Hertfordshire country side looking for a ring that can become your precious.

I thought Technology was supposed to make our lives better, well the TV in the kitchen is dying, our Telephone set i think has died and our computer I'm sure is possessed by a Demon (just like all Dogs are!).

To Dream The Once Impossible Dream!

2009-04-16T14:46:00.000-07:00

Tottenham Hotspur in europe next season? It is something i thought would not be possible at Christmas!

However the fighters of White Hart Lane have turned a relegation scrap in to a fight for a place in the Europa League (Uefa Cup), And although i am taking nothing for granted, i am very confident that we can finnish in the 7th place.

Basicaly, Manchester United (grr), Chelsea, Aresnal and Everton are in the Semi-Finals of the F.A Cup, and because they are all in European qualification places a extra spot is up for grabs on the grounds that however gets to the F.A Cup final is given a place in europe.

This is the table around 7th at the moment.

5. Aston Villa - 53

6. Everton - 52

7. West Ham - 44

8. Fulham - 43

9. Tottenham Hotspur - 41

10.Wigan - 41

11.Manchester City - 38

We are three points behind that crucial 7th place, and who would have thought that after suffering our worst start to a season since the Titanic sunk!

17 Again

2009-04-16T14:30:00.000-07:00

Today is an important day in blog land...my first film review!

(insert cheering, clapping, all round happiness here)

This afternoon along with leaders and members of the youth group from my church we all went for an outing to Luton to go for a cinema trip.

Because of the age of the group, the film had to be age appropriate. I had horrible visions of sitting through the Hanna Montana Movie (She has the best of both worlds...but now she has to chose one...what will she do???) or Marley and Me, which as far as i can see is about a Dog that both Owen Wilson and Jennifer Aniston both love...great story!

However after much thought (there really was not much on) we decided to go and watch Zac Efron's new film 17 Again (this is not strictly true, two guys went to see Alien & Monsters 3D).

The film on first thoughts, was pretty boring, but if you look deeper there are some very good performances in it...for example Zac Efron.

It hurts me to say this, but he was brilliant in it as was his flat mate and 'dad' Thomas Lennon.

The film basicaly is about a guy called Mike who wishes his life was better and that he could go through his youth again, somehow, and im not sure how, because he falls in to a river he becomes 17 again (hence the film name!), and trys to make up for mistakes he made. He does and he is 17 again.

Its not going to win any awards, and its not in my list of favourite films ever, but looking back on it...its a good family film and a good way to spend a horribly wet and damp day in luton.

And by the way...Zac Efron...SO good at basketball!

Comming Soon!

2009-03-16T16:04:00.000-07:00

As i struggle to write decent song lyrics, i have been thinking...what are the perfect lyrics?

In my eyes the perfect lyrics should combine story telling, love, passion, emotion, the ability to take the song from one level to another, to capture the listerner in the world of the singer or song writer! Lyrics are amazing things!

I hope to go into more detail about this but i will just give you a list of a few songs that i feel have hit that benchmark...the perfect lyrics!

Here I Go Again - Whitesnake
Stupid Boy - Keith Urban
Nobody Drinks Alone - Keith Urban
More Then Words - Extreme
Dreams - Fleetwood Mac
Blue - Steve Warner (http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewProfile&friendID=66604354)

Also check out a song called 'Accidents' that is one of my songs!

And So It Begins (Again!)

2009-03-14T04:52:00.000-07:00

The ever on going war between me and Nissan took a violent turn yesterday when i found that there is to be a Nissan Cube 2009.

AGGGGGH do people never learn? The Nissan Cube was horrid, the Nissan Denki Cube was horrid and guess what...the Nissan Cube 2009 is also horrid!

Did you ever read the magazine The Dandy? There was a character called Desperate Dan and the 2009 Cube looks like a car version of him. Look at it, it has a sticking out chin and is just a block of stuff. To be fair it is no longer a Cube, but still there attempts to add curves has failed!

The review of the car called it "a funky car". It has about as much Funk in it as Gorden Brown!

http://jalopnik.com/5093250/2009-nissan-cube-revealed

There also appears to be a Nissan Cube 2010...Why does life suck so much that they have to carry on bringing out new ones? We dont need another one!

I quote the designer "If cars could talk, Cube would be likely to say, ‘Nice to meet you'"...I know what i would say to it...

The Stalkers Commeth

2009-03-13T15:54:00.000-07:00

I find it amazing how things can change in a short amount of time. In between going out for various exploits that included being hit very hard in the stomach, wearing a hoodie backwards and trying very unsuccessfully to explaining why there is suffering in the world i have found that Facebook has changed (AGAIN!)

The first thing that comes to mind is why? But for me the most important thing is why has it become a way of stalking your friends? I logged on and could recite (if i was sad enough to read it all) what a friend had written on another friends wall! Why is it any of my business, and also why do the people at Facebook think that we want to know about others private conversations?

I know i have descended back into rants but this really has got under my skin! I had been thinking about leaving but this may well just make my choice easier.

Short rant but i think it gets the point across!

Lets hope that i can re-enter the world of Sunshine and general niceness next time!

God Bless Nice People!

2009-03-10T13:32:00.000-07:00

A little bit of kindness goes along way but so does generally being nice.

I have just had one of the nicest conversations on Facebook that i have had for ages, actually one of the nicest conversations i have had in general for a long time!

its amazing how a person, who is obviously very nice can appear to be up for a chat at anytime. There was no forced on act, it was generally a kind, fun and pleasurable chat.

This has really made me feel a whole lot better!

God bless nice people!

It Needs Respect!

2009-03-09T11:52:00.000-07:00

Fresh from my spontaneous blogging last night i decided to give this post a bit of a thought and see how this compares...i fear that this tactic is not only more sensible but easier, so although doing things spontaneously sounds fun (apart from spontaneous combustion or spontaneous pneumothorax) to write a sensible and readable blog...giving the post some thought may be a good idea!

Anyway, the FA Cup as we all know (should know anyway) is the biggest cup competition in the world and i fear it is being forced to lose its importance.

This year Manchester United, Chelsea, Everton and Arsenal/Hull (i cant see Hull beating Arsenal...but this is the cup) are through to the semi finals. Last season West Brom, Portsmouth, Cardiff and Barnsley played in the semi finals. Last season was the Cup at its best, this season very much at its worst.

With Manchester United seemingly able to field a team consisting of the lady who cleans the kitchens or the grounds keeper and still win and Arsenal who seem to be able to do anything despite having a awful season and basicaly not being anyway near a League winning side i suspect that the FA Cup semi finals will be turned into a runout for the young players, B Teams if u like...Now for me that is disgusting. Would they do that for the Champions League, the answer is no.

Football has become a world of greed and has lost any tradition that it had. Despite my hate for Everton (dont ask me why) i hope they win, to show that the FA Cup still has some of the dream and class that the Cup used to have.

Saying that, if a team who is in a Champions league position wins then a extra place for the re-named Europa League opens up. Can i see Tottenham back in europe against the odds? CMON YOU SPURS!

Be Who You Are!

2009-03-08T15:25:00.001-07:00

Before i start i applogise if this blog feels kinda stop-start. I have decided to take the leap into spontaneous blogging, and so basicaly am making up what i want to say as i write, i am interested to see how this pans out!

Basicaly i have realised something. There is no point trying to wish yourself to be someone else. I have always wanted to be someone else, a football player scoring the winning goal for Tottenham in the FA Cup final or basicaly being Keith Urban. But although this may seem very obvious, i have realised that sometimes dreams are bigger then the person who is dreaming...and i mean a whole lot bigger!

So how can i sum myself up? I am a 19 year old, Patrotic, Royalist, Dyslexic, Easily Irritable citizen of the United Kingdom. I am a lover of music, good song writting and musical skill. I have two guitars at home but cant play either and spend my time trying to be the next man to lead Tottenham to the title or the first guy to win all the grand prix in one F1 season. This is who i am.

This may seem depressing...and then there is the thing about Dreams. Yes we can dream and we can try to be someone else, but in the end God has made us how he wants us and it is up to us to make use of the life he has given us.

Can i be Keith Urban? No! Can i be a footballer? No! Can i be the richest man in the world? (maybe...ok probs not) but who can i be? I can be myself...Andrew Chandler and you can be yourself!

I hope this has not come across as a cheesy call to arms in these dark times...if it has say so and spontaneous blogging for me will be a part of the past.

Peace!

Open Up Your Mind

2009-02-23T04:17:00.000-08:00

Havent posted on here for a while, but im back so you dont have to fret! Its so nice to look out the window and not see Snow or Grey skys. Today its bright with a hint of sun and its a decent temperature.

But that is not what i wanted to talk about. Yesterday i spent the whole day, when ever i listernd to music, listering to various R&B songs. Music from The Pussycat Dolls, Chris Brown, Justin Timerbake and even a bit of Rhianna. But it is the work of Timbaland that has interested me.

I first came across Timbaland with his amusing "Yeah" and "Take it to the chorus" from Justin Timberlakes 'Sexy back' (a brilliant song!) and now seems to be everwhere. Having made the One Republic song 'Apologize' (another brilliant song) very famous he has worked with artists such as Sean Paul, Madonna, Justin Timberlake, Flo Rida and even Duran Duran.

However it is his latest work with Chris Cornell that has inspired me. Chris Cornell is one of the god's of grunge. His band Soundgarden were one of the big four grunge bands along with Alice In Chains, Nirvana and Pearl Jam. Cornell has embraced Alternative Rock, Hard Rock, Grunge, Post-Grunge and even Psychedelic pop, and now with the help from Timbaland will relase an album heavily influenced by R&B in march.

I personaly find it refreshing when an artist of Chris Cornells talent embraces new styles of music. Obviously it would be weird/awful if Iron Maiden did R&B or Coldplay did Heavy Metal but for someone like Chris Cornell who can flirt with different genres i really do respect him. He has been critiscised by hardcore Soundgarden and Audioslave fans but music is not about genre its about feeling and influences. Some of the new album can be heard on youtube and despite them being definitely R&B this is not a sell out. Chris Cornell is still very much part of the songs, his very strong voice lifts the songs and with the help of guitars and wonderful production a couple still have his early sound in them.

Timbaland has helped Chris Cornell embrace R&B whilst still sounding very much like the man who sang 'Black Hole Sun', 'Jesus Christ Pose', 'Cochise' and a very good remake of 'Bille Jean'. This is not a review of the album as it has not come out yet, its a tribute to a man who is very willing to take on new types of music.

If i could work with famous people from the music business i would love to work with Elton John, Keith Urban and Timbaland. And if i had to pick a lead singer for my dream band, Chris Cornell all the way.

Finally, as i said music is not about genre its about feeling and influence. Being stuck to one genre is not only boring but single minded. Obviously you can have a favourite genre but dont shut off other music...you will be a lesser person for it.

Do I Hear £14 Million?

2009-02-02T06:49:00.000-08:00

So its that wonderful time again, the last day of the transfer market. I love deadline day with all the rumours going round the houses.

The biggest rumour so far is that Robbie Keane is having a medical at Spurs!

Wow Jermaine Defoe, Pascal Chimbonda and now Robbie Keane its like....well last season all over again!

Two other things Jermaine Jenas may be going to Inter Milan in exchange for Quaresma (Please let that happen) and we said no to the exchange of Oberfemi Martins for Darrent Bent...WHY!?!

Common Sense Prevails!

2009-01-20T04:50:00.000-08:00

Woke up this morning to the news that Kaka will be staying at AC Milan. All i can say is, Mr Ricardo Izecson dos Santos Leite (aka Kaka) well done!

Kaka has done something that has become so rare in the modern game, and shun money for football. Obviously so so happy at AC Milan he already earns a hell lot of money and realises that to be happy he doesnt need any more.

Kaka has always been in my eyes the best footballer in the world...way better then Mrs 'I cry alot' Ronaldo, and because he is staying at AC Milan, he has proven this!

Great Idea...NOT!

2009-01-19T12:31:00.000-08:00

Saw on the news earlier that between junctions 23 to 25 on the M25, they are going to open up the hard shoulder to trafic to beat peak time congestion.

WHAT A STUPID IDEA! Not only have the government decided that mp's can not vote on the issue of a new runway at Heathrow airport, but they have basicaly made that stretch of motorway a death trap.

The idea is also being carried out on other motorways around the country and is apparently a better idea then making the motorways wider.

So it charges us more tax, but that is better then causing more accidents?

look at it like this, if you brake down you pull on to the hard shoulder to get out of the way of traffic on the motorway and also it is the only option you have. Now say you brake down and it is open to traffic? Pile ups could happen so easily and also how will Ambulances and Police cars get through the traffic?

This is just another case of the government not thinking correct...what do we have to do to get clever people running our country?

Oklahoma Has Talent!

2009-01-17T11:45:00.000-08:00

The list of reality tv shows in Britian trying to find the next 'big thing' goes on and on and often, well all the time in fact they find someone who is crap and releases just one album. But across the pond it is a different matter.

Where as Pop Idol became the X Factor, American Idol continues to be strong, and manages to find actual Talent. Jordin Sparks, Chris Daughtry and Kelly Clarkson have all come from American Idol but one person that kicks Leona Lewis in the teeth is Carrie Underwood.

Carrie Underwood won the forth season of American Idol and has one hell of a voice! Carrie is from that vast and wonderful genre called country music (which i love) and can hold her own on a typical country rocker or a big powerful ballad.

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=kUtFEKhtB30

This song is called 'So Small'...I was blown away when i heard it!

Who's Up For Coffee?

2009-01-14T03:33:00.000-08:00

Picture this, you are meeting up with a friend and you decide to go to Cafe Nero. When you get there you want to get a Coffee/Tea, sit down, chat about the world and relax. But no, you get bombarded with every made up word under the sun! I just want a regular Tea/Coffee with no stress and no strings attached.

And what is the deal with One shot or Two shots? Apparently it makes the drink stronger but why give it all confusing names?

It just annoys me that what should be a nice relaxing experiance has turned into a massive military opperation!

Right rant over...i feel like a cup of tea!

I Need A Job...I May Try This...

2009-01-12T07:43:00.000-08:00

For people who have no jobs (like me), How about this?

"Tourism officials in Australia are describing it as the best job in the world"

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7823812.stm

A Gentle Nudge...

2009-01-10T09:13:00.000-08:00

I have decided to walk up that long and winding path called 'Having Two Blogs'.

http://theformulaoneblog.blogspot.com/ is obviously a blog about Formula One.

Check it out, if you dont like F1...Dont?

Welcome To 2009.....Oh Great!

2009-01-06T07:10:00.000-08:00

Happy New Year!

Those three words are used so automaticaly. I mean do we really mean it? As i look outside it is Cold, Wet, Snowy and Horrid.

I look very much foward to 2009, but does it have to be so cold? I used to love Winter but now, as i said i find it Too Cold, Wet and Annoying.

Who finds having to wrap up warm, putting on layers of coats and jumpers, making sure that everything is tucked in, putting on a scarf that either strangles you or itches you to find that you have to take most of it off so you can make sure your wrists dont get cold when you gloves dont fill the newly created void between you gloves and coat, fun?

I dont, i think it is a pain to be honest. And then there is Snow!

When you are young Snow can do nothing wrong. It could come up to you knock you over, tie you shoe laces together and run of like a spastic Lamb, spitting everywere and still be fantastically funny. But now i just feel like ripping off my shirt, all Hulk like and beating the living day lights out of it. I find it so annoying and then Slush....Dont get me started.

Well that is the first rant of 2009 over with...Onwards and upwards!

Chinese Democracy - Worth The Wait?

2008-12-21T07:26:00.000-08:00

I start with an apology, im sorry i have not posted for some time...a number of things such as being ill, meeting friends and also a small thing called Christmas (its a very big thing dont worry!) have all got in the way...but im back!

A couple of weeks back i decided to grab the bull by the horns and purchase the new Guns N' Roses album 'Chinese Democracy'.

Having heard small samples of all the tracks on there Myspace i was under the idea that it was basicaly...Crap with a capital C. But as with so many things in my life i have been made to think again.

2008 has been a very good year for Classic Rock fans. The releases of new albums by AC/DC, Metalica, Whitesnake and Def Leppard have all made in into the top 1o uk Album Charts. Now i dont own the AC/DC album and i dont think i will and the less said about Metalica the better, but Def Leppard and especialy Whitsnake have put out material that is up there with there best stuff (Sorry DL but you will have to try much harder to make a new Hysteria). But with a double figure year wait for the new GNR album this was the album that everyone was waiting for.

Chinese Democracy was also the first single released. And upon first listen i couldnt see what all the fuss was about. An ok Rock song with a very punky delivery by Axl Rose. To be honest it was one of the worst spent 79p on Itunes ever!

But my whole opinion has been changed. The album mixes good old Rock and Roll, Industrial, Piano (Never saw that comming), Metal and R&B and is actually very, very good.

For example my two favourite songs on the album 'Better' and 'If The World' take the listener on a musical journey. Better starts off with some very R&B (even hip hop) drums before settling in for the night with a typical rock riff. The song then takes another level with the heavy chorus and then later about a million different riffs (ok slight ott from me there) but it's very Axl Rose to be so unpredictable.

If The World is Guns N' Roses doing R&B. No rap (Thankfully) but a very R&B riff makes this a standout track. The Solo is there in the end but this is a very very good song...if you disagree with the R&B infulence, then please feel very free to keep that opinion to yourself!

The album does not get through this review scott free. First of all 15 years is a very long time, secondaly if you were expecting a new 'Appetite For Destruction' then you will be disapointed and thirdly it is basicaly a Axl Rose solo project...there is no Slash and no Duff.

This is being very picky to be honest, which i know alot of people are and have been. For me this is a very good album. Not the best rock album of 2008, that goes to Whitesnake, but i really do feel that this is a very good album.

Saying that, i still feel that there is something missing. I wouldnt give it 10 out of 10 but then again im not sure why not. Its a confusing thing, maybe that is what Axl Rose wanted? Who knows and to be honest who cares!

On a final note...If you read throughout the million pages of thankyou's in the CD booklet, Axl Rose thanks Ferrari Formula One driver Kimi Raikkonen...Random!

For The Love Of...

2008-12-05T12:24:00.000-08:00

I mean really?

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=ANTDkfkoBaI

This has made me give up on Life and Humanity

Buddugoliaeth

2008-11-29T10:38:00.000-08:00

Just in case you dont know welsh, that means victory!

Today at the Millenium Stadium in Cardiff, Wales held of Australia in a great game of rugby to win 21-18. Now im not the biggest Rugby fan (if you compare to my love of Football and F1) but i know when its a good Rugby match! Wales were brilliant with Shane Williams and Lee Byrne the stars.

Great day for the Welsh (and me) because it ended a 12 year barren run againts Southern Hemisphere teams.

Get In Wales!!!

My Top Three...

2008-11-22T13:10:00.000-08:00

Albums!

Yes i know it has been some time since i last posted (this was pointed out to me by a follower of the Blog on Friday...he will remain un-named...he was a good man), so with very little to rant about (well at least to the world) i felt i wanted to talk about my three favourite music albums.

1.Def Leppard - Hysteria
Big, Bold and 80's, Hysteria is in my opinion the ultimate 1980's Metal experience. Def Leppard may have helped shape the 'Hair Metal' scene but there is nothing embarrising about this album (ok...maybe the Hair). Songs like Pour Some Sugar On Me, Animal and Rocket are big rock anthems whilst tracks like Love Bites and Love & Affection show how well Def Leppard do 'Slow'. This is my favourite album of all time!

2.My Chemical Romance - The Black Parade
MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE ARE NOT EMO. Just to get that out of the way, they do not endorse self harm and emo stuff but are a bloody good rock band (sorry if that offended you...you can talk to my agent). The Black Parade is a modern rock classic which takes influences from Queen, Pink Floyd, The Beatles, The Smashing Pumpkins and good old 70's rock. Emotion runs high in the classic Welcome To The Black Parade and the album screams of 70's on the rocky Dead. This album shows that rock and roll is not dead and that modern bands are not afraid not tribute there heroes.

3.Keith Urban - Love, Pain & The Whole Crazy Thing
A change in mood here. Keith Urban is apart from being known as the husband of Nicole Kidman is a Damn good Country Singer, Guitarist, Bass Guitarist, Drummer, Banjoist, Ganjoist, Mandolinist and Bouzoukist. LPWCT is one heck of a album, from start to finnish it is musicaly brilliant, written beautifuly and produced beyond belief. Country may be seen as old but Country now is rocking and Keith Urban is perhaps the best song writer at the moment. There are so many good tracks on the album Once In A Lifetime, Shine, I Told You So, Faster Car, Everybody, Got It RIght This Time and my personal Favourite Stupid Boy. Learn more about Keith at http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/group.php?sid=284e3432b325fdaf74d406f015e0384a&refurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fs.php%3Fq%3Dkeith%2Burban%26init%3Ds%253Agroup%26k%3D200000010%26n%3D-1%26sid%3D284e3432b325fdaf74d406f015e0384a&gid=20719900632

Sorry for the link but it is needed!

I promise it will not be so long before my next blog!

Lewis Hamilton...WORLD CHAMPION

2008-11-03T11:48:00.000-08:00

It seems as though we have been waiting for ever despite Lewis Hamilton only being in his second season of Formula One, and he has already been crowned World Champion!

What a brilliant achievement for one of the best young drivers around today. He did however make life for every one in the country just a little bit harder when with a few laps to go he lost the all important 5th place which was all he needed to win the championship. As Massa crossed the line to win the Brazilian Grand Prix it looked as though he would become to first Brazilian champion since the late great Ayrton Senna, but with only two corners to go Timo Glock slowed in the wet conditions and that allowed Hamilton to take back 5th place and the World Championship!

It has been a vintage year for Grand Prix racing with a host of great races (including Brazil) and a frantic tense fight for Motorsports greatest prize.

In the end the right man won, despite making as many mistakes as Massa throughout the season Lewis Hamilton showed at many points throught out the season that he is a worthy champion and none more then his stunning drive in awful conditions at Silverstone.

Will 2009 be a walk over for Lewis? I doubt it...but until the lights go off at the start in Australia we can bask in the glory of Lewis Hamilton and know that the stewards will not take this away from him.

WELL DONE LEWIS!!!

What If Edgar Davids Was James Bond?

2008-10-29T04:28:00.000-07:00

Without doubt the greatest ever football advert in the world

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=luIt-BadfqA&feature=related

Enjoy!

And I Thought Hell Was As Worse As It Could Get!

2008-10-26T13:34:00.000-07:00

A while back i compared that poo box that is the Nissan Cube to Hell on earth, well it seems that The Nissan Cube has a partner in its Satanic quest to ruin the motor world and its called...wait for it...the G-Wiz

http://www.goingreen.co.uk/xs_i/G-Wiz%20angled.small.jpg

First of all why does it have the name that would be more suited to a cheesy CBBC Science programe? Its as stupid as going to sleep on a lit Gas Stove...Painfull as well!

Second point...Who does it look like it has been designed by a four year old who has been blindfolded? It for some reason has as many lines as Keith Richards and looks worse then the 100000000 year old Guitar player. Why does it also have a massive dent at the bottom of the door? This is in fact clever as somebody (could be me!) would kick it anyway and so they have avoided the "Well my G-Wiz doesnt have a dent in the door"...which i think unites all G-Wiz drivers in a strange and slightly twisted way.

The G-Wiz is also i believe eco-friendly, which i suppose is a good thing but it would help if it didnt look so stupid...actually its like Bono on wheels!

The Nissan Cube is still by far the worst looking car in the world but the G-Wiz is not far behind. Look at it like this...the Cube is Satan and The G-Wiz is Abaddon.

Tottenham Rant

2008-10-22T13:39:00.000-07:00

Another Football Blog today and guess what...its on Tottenham!

Now it is obvious if you read my blog that i am a massive Tottenham Hotspur fan and despite playing like a bunch of enviromentists for the majority of our games this season...i belive that a cure is not far away.

The biggest issue is our director of football Mr Damien Comolli. When our ex manager Martin Jol asked for a striker, a midfielder and a defender to improve the squad, Mr Comolli came back with Darren Bent, Younes Kaboul and Kevin Prince Boateng...I mean come on! I could have done better then that! Mr Comolli also managed to let Sergio Garcia and Diego Milito slip through are fingers on the final day of the market, which would have helped are striker issues.

Another is our captain. Ledley King is a great leader, player and capatin but with his knee problem can not play every game. Now why not just give the capatin armband to Jonathan Woodgate? He is a defender, can see the whole team playing and is not short of ambition! Also remove it from Jenas...He has one good game in five games, which is not good!

Sorry for yet another Tottenham rant but it is getting to a point were something needs to be done...and quickly!

Its Not Going To Happen!!!

2008-10-20T10:23:00.001-07:00

This goes out to everyone who thinks it is funny that Tottenham Hotspur are bottom of the league...

WE ARE NOT GOING TO BE RELEGATED!!!

How to waste some time?

2008-10-19T07:26:00.000-07:00

If you go through a list of jobs it is obvious that different positions are meant for certian people. For example Doctors are normaly caring people, Authors are creative types who drink lots of coffee and are usualy nothing like what you think they will be like and Orthodontists are Dentists but with the need to make your life hell!

Now in a typical Rock Band (Singer, Lead Guitarist, Rhythm Guitarist, Bass Player, Drummer and Keyboardist) you often get lots of personalities. Tommy Lee, Nikky Sixx and Vince Neil are examples and they are all from one band! But what makes the ultimate Singer or the Defenitive Keyboardist? Well i think i have worked it out.

So here it goes starting with the front man, the Singer. Now often the Singer tends to have the biggest ego of the band, David Lee Roth (Van Halen) has an ego about the size of America and also talks a load of crap, which lead singers also tend to do! Annoyingly they also tend to be the 'good looking' ones and are often the ones who the girls all fancy.

Next the Lead Guitarist. The man who can single-handedly melt the face of a 14 year old boy, needs to be an icon. Take Slash (Guns N' Roses, VR) everyone will at least know the name and more often then not will be able to say that he wears a top hat whilst he plays. Often the Lead Guitarist has an ego "I'm the best damn guitar player ever" but also needs to have the abilty to fall out with everyone who questions his skills.

Alongside the Lead is the Rhythm Guitarist. I get the impression that they tend to be the nice guys, the one's that if you were a girl could take home to see your parents and they would except him for who he is. They dont always have the same amout of skill as the lead but that doesnt bother them, as they are just happy playing music and being in a Band.

Next up the Bassist. Bassists can be rather unfashionable for example John Deacon (Queen), but can also be very cool for example Steve Harris (Iron Maiden). Both often wore/wear shorts on stage...I reackon only a Bassist could pull that off!

The Keyboardist or should i say the Oxbridge graduate is often the more intelligent one of the band. The late Rick Wright (Pink Floyd) and Rick Wakeman both studied at University.

So what is left? Ah yes the Drummer. Often at the end of jokes (What is the last thing a Drummer says in a band?...Why dont we try one of my songs!, What do you call a Drummer who has just split with his Girlfriend?...Homeless!) and is often very annoying Lars Ulrich (Metalica). Also no one cares what they look like because often they can not be seen!

So there you go, a step by step guide at who should be in a band!

Seriously Just Grow Up!

2008-10-16T12:12:00.000-07:00

* Warning some language may offend some people of a narrow minded nature

Driving through the country with my Dad today and not once but twice came across prime examples of Fly-Tipping.

Now if you dont know what this is, it is a "British term for illegally dumping waste somewhere other than an authorised landfill. It is the illegal deposit of any waste onto land, i.e., waste dumped or tipped on a site with no licence to accept waste".

Now i mean what the F.C.U.K! Why the Hell does anyone think it is a good or a clever idea to dump waste/rubbish/general crap in something that for one does not belong to them, two is extremly beautiful and three even if they won the lottery a million times would not be able to buy.

The Countryside is priceless. It is what stops are every growing country from becoming one massive conurbation. The Countryside is a beautiful thing and without it the world would be a lesser place!

Now for F.C.U.K sake if you Fly-Tip grow up and get a life. The Countryside is worth a Damn lot more then you do!

Not Long To Go!

2008-10-13T13:09:00.000-07:00

After 16 races Lewis Hamilton and Felipe Massa are split by only 5 points, and with only two more races to go the World Championship is well and truly up for grabs!

Obviously i want Lewis Hamilton to win and not that annoying little Brazilian (not that i have anything againt Brazilians...Rubens Barrichello is one of my favourite drivers), But after last weekends Grand Prix and the Fuji Speedway it seems as if Hamilton is getting nervous.

Starting from Pole and with Kimi Raikkonen along side him at the front of the grid (Raikkonen who is not in the championship fight), Hamilton mucked up the start and then locked his brakes meaning himself, Raikkonen, Massa and other drivers had to take to the grass, a risk he did not need to take was made worse when he and Massa collided at a chicane (for which Massa was to blame and correctly got a penality) which meant Hamilton lost more time, got a penalty for the first corner problems and also had to pit for repairs.

Which leaves me with a question...Is Lewis Hamilton meant to win the 2008 Championship? last year with two races to go, Hamilton had a 17 point lead over Kimi Raikkonen and lost the championship and this year it seems as if he is trying to lose it, for example...

Crashing into Fernando Alonso in the Bahrain Grand Prix

Crashing into Kimi Raikkonen in the Canadian Grand Prix

Mad tyre choice during Italian Grand Prix qualifying

Losing his head at the start of the Japanese Grand Prix

He has also not been helped by the stewards (Think Referees) giving him a number of penaltys for...

Blocking a faster car in Malaysia

Crashing into Raikkonen

Cutting a corner in the French Grand Prix

Cutting a corner in the Belgian Grand Prix (Something that was really not deserving of a penalty)

When you look at the list of Formula One champions they are all great drivers, and i mean great drivers. People like Michael Schumacher, Ayton Senna, Damon Hill. There are many good drivers who have not won the Championship for one reason...they are not great they are good. Now im not being rude but that is the truth. And the reason i am saying this?

Lewis Hamilton is a great...Felipe Massa is not.

Come on Lewis end twelve seasons of hurt and put England on top of Formula One!

Lets Stick Together!

2008-10-09T13:13:00.000-07:00

I know this will hurt for all Tottenham fans out there and it hurts me to write this but these are the facts.

We have yet to win a game this season

We have a team that has yet to gel

In the games we have scored in, we have only scored one

Darren Bent is not a good replacment for Dimitar Bebatov and Robbie Keane

We sit bottom of the League

We have had our worst start to a season since the same year the Titanic sank...1912!

Now this is obviously the worst thing ever for us Spurs fans but even though i was close throwing all my toys out of my metaphorical Pram after our defeat to Hull (I mean c'mon they have a Tiger on the badge!) but this does not mean i have given up on our club!

Juande Ramos is a brilliant manager and obviously knows a thing about Football after some very good buys during the Transfer Market. Ok players like Luca Modric, David Bently, Roman Palvachenko have yet to hit form but i believe given time we will begin to show the real Tottenham Hotspur, The Tottenham Hotspur that was almost scoring 2-3 goals per match last season and the Tottenham Hotspur that so brilliantly beat Chelski to the Carling Cup!

This is not a time to start pointing fingers, ok Roman Pavlachenko has a silly hard to spell name and we have a manager who still cant talk to Match Of The Day because he is not comfortable with English but if we really support our team then we have to stick together and have faith in our team!

And as for those fans who awfuly abused Sol Campbell with taunts in our match at Portsmouth i really hope you all get banned from comming to a Tottenham game because that is not what supporting a team is about!

C'Mon You Spurs!!!

Game Review : Fifa 09

2008-10-07T10:17:00.000-07:00

For once i feel the need to post something that is not a rant! Although i could go on and on about Spurs awful start to the season but i wont, talking about Football though...

This morning i purchased Fifa 09, the latest in the long line of Fifa Football Games from EA Sports and first impressions is that it is a improvment on Fifa 08, not a massive one but still an improvment.

The biggest improvments are in the match play. Players that are weaker will be knocked off the Ball quicker and Shots and Goals are more realistic. The Ref is a bit suspect (When are they not) and in a game i played earlier with a mate, he did some outrageous challanges and the Ref who was more likely busy checking out the Girls in the stadium did nothing about it!

The Music is annoying but a few good tunes such as The Kooks 'Always Where I Need To Be' and Duffy's 'Mercy'.

Obviously all the massive changes are left for those lucky enough to have a Next-Gen console but followers of the Fifa range will be happy with Fifa 09...I am!

Another pleasing feature is the fact that Spurs have £31 to spend...Bring it on!!!

My Blog Went Mad

2008-09-29T14:17:00.000-07:00

For some reason my Blog has had a late night out (even though i told it not to) and decided to state that a post i have just published was published before the last post i did before this one!?!

So do not ignore it, and think that 'Am I Evil?' was a post you have read as you have not!

And dont think it is not important, Bono is not important, just like Jimmy Carr but this is so there you go...a great reason to read it!

Music Is Emotion

2008-09-25T04:56:00.000-07:00

Music is not Money, it is not about the Drugs, the Sex or Rock & Roll. It is an emotion right from the heart and if you dont echo this statement, then i suggest you watch this video!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmVAWKfJ4Go

"What have i become, my sweetest friend? Everyone i know goes away"

Am I Evil?

2008-09-23T04:59:00.000-07:00

Being acused of things we have not done is at the best of times annoying. Think of that time when your best friend said it was you who was talking in class and not him, or breaking the Greenhouse window when in fact it was the neighbours Pyromaniac Son who failed at his attempt to prove that you can use Fireworks to power his RC Car. When it happens it is annoying!

Now for me being an avid listerner to most things Guitar, i have in the past been acused of listering to Satanic music. Why? well because the song happend to be a Heavy Metal track by the band Iron Maiden. Now i am not Blind or Deaf and i know that there is music out there that does tickle the Devil's fancie and i am well aware that this type of music is not helpful for anyone (it can lead to Whitchcraft, Weird Masks and bad cases the purchase of a G-Wiz!) but i feel that if you are mature enough and realise the songs context then there is no issue.

Lets do a case study (no skiping, questions will be asked!) and look at a band that you may have heard of called Iron Maiden.

Iron Maiden, a product of the NWOBHM (New Wave Of British Heavy Metal) are, in my mind the biggest Heavy Metal band of all time (and i dont want any of you thrash fans telling me that it is Metallica because you are wrong and if you disagree then bad luck i am telling you...YOU ARE WRONG!) and have sold over 80 million albums worldwide, pretty impressive! This has not been achieved without problems. The band has many times, especially with the 1982 release 'The Number Of The Beast' been acused of being Satanic, now with songs such as 'The Number Of The Beast' and 'Children Of The Damned' maybe they leave themselves open to abuse but this is what annoys me.

Picture the scene, a single-minded Human being is walking down an aisle in HMV and comes across the tiny Heavy Metal section which has for some reason been swapped around with the Dance section anyway, notices a band called Iron Madien and picks up one of there CD's. Looking at the track names the human picks out a track called 'The Fallen Angel'. SHOCK HORROR the fallen angel is what the Devil is, yes that evil being called Satan. Well the band must be Satanic...er no, just cause they write a song called 'The Fallen Angel' does not mean they dance around Stonehenge every Blue Moon and cry out Beelzebub when ever they fall to the ground*.

For me if, a song confuses me i will look into it, do some research into what is actually being said and in what contxet (just like Bible study but more music based). And if the song is actually saying un-helpful and bad things then yes i will delete it from my itunes. Thankfully i am mature enough to know that bands who play Heavy Metal are not always Satanic and i could list a load that are not.

So as i always say, before you start an argument and judge. Actually find out what you are talking about and start behaving like proper people!

So am i Evil for listering to Heavy Metal/Hard Rock music...er NO!

The Future

2008-09-21T12:34:00.001-07:00

So everyone across the country have or soon will be making the many mile trips to there new Universities. New chapters will be opened, New bridges crossed, Virginitys will be lost and what for? A Degree in the History of Taxology?, A strange Unrequited love for Southampton? A Damn load of debt? no, Its beacause this is the next step in that young persons life.

This has been on my mind alot recently (No, as interesting as it sounds Taxology is not something that keeps me awake till the morning hours!), i have been thinking alot about the future. Where will it lead me? My Friends? People i have grown up with?

I find it fascinating to think that one friend could be the Prime Minister (And would probably do a much better then Mr Brown), one friend could be a Solicitor, a Doctor, a Sports person, a Drug Dealer? Who knows!

As they all go away to different corners of the country, i wonder if this is on there minds or all they are worried about will be how will i live without Mum doing the washing, i hope the Girls are fit and were is the cheapest bar?

One friend could for some reason decide they in fact do quite like Taxology and make a living out of it, another could have a musical Epiphany and decide that they do infact quite like Bon Jovi! There are literally so many possible outcomes from the next few years.

As well as being interesting, i also find it scary. To think that our futures with one bad move, one bad roll of the Dice will see us thrown by the scruff of the kneck from the top of a corporate Bank job all the way down to being Farmer Jim with Sheep!

Ok maybe that was a bit OTT but still it is very scary. I like to think that in the future i will have a wife and children, a nice car and a lovely house, But what if i end up with a Crap Flat and an Alien for company? That would, to be honest SUCK!

Of course this is all in the future, but i really think it should not be something we think about in the future...but think about it now, in the present!

Wish You Were Here

2008-09-20T13:46:00.000-07:00

After a short battle with Cancer ex Pink Floyd Keyboardist Rick Wright died on the 15th of September. My thoughts are with his family during this time.

By far his best moment in Pink Floyd was the creation of the epic 'The Great Gig In The Sky' which shows us how talented he was as a musician and song writer.

Rick Wright 28 July 1943 – 15 September 2008

Autumn Rising

2008-09-19T05:39:00.000-07:00

So after a Summer that packed its bags along with the Polish out of the country leaving us with our good friend rain, we head in to one of the most beautiful seasons of the year...Autumn.

I love this time of year and along with Autumn i love Winter as well. Why you may ask as there are many good reasons to hate it (eg. Cold, Rain, Cold even more) but i love the freshness of the air, the Brown Leaves and especialy the cold Winter sunsets.

I just believe everything looks stunning at Autumn/Winter time. During Autumn its as if every bit of nature has decided that it is time to settle in for the winter and as the leaves fall to the ground the Trees are saying time for rest.

Its all so beautiful, but something else that i reackon looks amazing this time of year and on through the Winter are the Buildings.

But i will leave that with you for the moment, as i sense boredom is setting in and you would much prefer to watch a Man falling of his Bike on Youtube or Bitch about the new Facebook!

It's Official...

2008-09-16T11:13:00.000-07:00

...Our lives are now ruled by Facebook. No longer do we discuss the Weather or the footie, we now discuss how we all hate the new Facebook!

Everything is dictated by it, Bad moods are encouraged by applications wanting you to become there latest slave in a Legions of Demons, Gossip is sparked by "What does she mean by X is missing someone", young Men hopes are dashed when they find out X was not talking about them, to be honest Facebook is really evil...think Cristiano Ronaldo but with alot more Hair wax and Devil horns.

Does it matter if we dislike the new Facebook? Will there be a huge exodus from it as Chavs, Emos, Goths, Apes, Kate Moss leave in a wave of Discust and Hate? I doubt it!

I just think we are all to obsessed with it (I know i am!), also if it was not there what could we chat about? Global Warming, Bebo?

My Life Is Now Over!

2008-09-15T14:19:00.000-07:00

A while back i went on about the night out with Pete Doherty that is the Nissan Cube (to be fair i would prefer to live with Pete then drive the Nissan Cube) and i went on about how much i hated the damn thing.

Well obvioulsy those kind people from Nissan with there Sudoku and there Jackie Chan posters are about to unlesh another Beast upon the world...the Nissan Denki Cube.

Now when something is ugly, then it is just ugly...think the Gerkin in London that is ugly. But with Cars you can develope it and bring out a nice lookin new version. Of course not everyone was listering in Technology when the Teacher said your Product must be Aesthetically pleasing and sadly for Nissan they have employed every single one of those Japanese students who were to busy picking there noses and playing Pokemon. Because of this they have designed something that is so ugly i am not goin to put a picture, i will just have a link to a picture!

This is from Wikipedia
"In 2008, Nissan revealed the Nissan Denki (Japanese for “electric”) Cube Concept. Making its debut at the March 2008 New York International Auto Show, the Denki Cube Concept is a lithium-ion battery-powered electric vehicle. Nissan’s compact lithium-ion battery technology, one of the company’s traditional strengths, provides batteries with twice as much energy compared with a conventional cylindrical battery of the same type."

Now to be honest i dont care that it helps to save a Blackbird in a tree...it is just ugly and for that it should be sent to Car Hell!

http://www.japanesesportcars.com/photos/d/20437-2/2008-nissan-denki-cube-concept+_12_.jpg

%*%$£&%&

2008-09-15T14:04:00.000-07:00

Three defeats and One draw? Not the best start for Tottenham is it! Is it time to panic, well i hate to say it but i am beginning to feel a bit down about the situation.

Lets look at last season, a bad start meant we had alot of catch up to do and despite a good middle part of the season (including a fantastic Carling Cup win over Chelsea) we left ourselves with to much work to do and could only finnish 11th.

I hope this is not the case this season, but with Sunderland, Boro and Aston Villa out the way, you would have thought a good start would have been on the table!

Thou shall not judge!

2008-09-08T04:48:00.000-07:00

I begin with an apology. Recently my blog has turned into a rant fest with a never ending list of things that seem for some reason to really bug me, now i would love to turn to you now and say "i am a rant free man...woo hoo!" but sadly with a world that contains the Nissan Cube, Abercrombie & Fitch and Hannah Montana this will never be the case!

Today i will focus on Judging...not the prision type, but the type that lables you as a Chav or a Metalhead.

It really annoys me that a person usualy decides what they think of you by the music you like, say you are at a party and you have just met a girl/boy (not that i would really know how this would go...but i think i have a good idea of how it would go!) and you get on to music, i can guarantee that if you say "oh, i quite like Heavy Metal" then you can wave goodbye to the person and catch the first train to loserville!

Why is this the case? Ok so Metalheads who spend each evening sacraficing Lambs and Dancing around Satan's Motorcycle maybe should be avoided, but normal people who like football, like to meet with friends, chat on msn...people like me?

So many times i have been told that my music is rubbish and im sure that happens for alot of people, surely it is not hard just to say "That is not really my cup of tea" or something along the lines of politeness?

Sorry, slightly left the whole Judging thing for a second but i feel that the Judging and the comments about music is in fact a big problem...and is also rude!

I know alot of people that, like me, who listen to many forms of music (Metal, Pop, Rap, Country) and that just because someone likes 'Old Bands' such as Def leppard or Whitesnake does not mean that there music tastes are stuck on one genre.

It seems that if a song has a Guitar riff or a Solo it is 'uncool' maybe i am wrong, and if i am i will dance the happy dance!

This of course is just my stance on Judging and it will come as no suprise to me if loads of you disagree with me but you cant control what i do in my free time so i will now publish this post, open itunes and get lost in a world of Rage Against The Machine and Iron Maiden!

Heaven On Earth

2008-08-26T10:39:00.000-07:00

No, this is not some cheesy name to a 80's song (well it is but who cares about Belinda Carlisle anymore!) but what i feel when i see the Aston Martin DB9.

Having subjected you to the awful Nissan Cube, the Aston Martin DB9 is like being given the kiss of life by Keira Nightly.

I mean look at it...it is just stunning. Take the DBR9 (the road version of the Le Mans winner) it can get to 60 in just 3.4 seconds and it has a 6.0 liter V12 Engine...which means it goes like a Bat Out Of Hell!

If the oxford dictionary used pictures to describe words, The Aston Martin would be used for Beautiful, Luxury, Stunning...and Lust.

Sorry for another Car Blog but having left you with the junk on wheels (did you know the Nissan Cube also comes with a 4X4 setting!?!) i felt it was my duty as a british citizen to bring you a beautiful British Car!

Hell Has Started!

2008-08-19T05:38:00.000-07:00

Having just got back from my Christian Camp you may be thinking that i have become all loving and Evangelical but no...i have come back with the need to rant!

On the journey home me and my mate came across what could possibly be the worst Car ever to been made...its called the Nissan Cube.

Now beside the fact that Nissan spent approximately 0.00 seconds on thinking of a good name for this Car, it is just plain ugly. Having a Nissan Cube means that you are seriously thinking about commiting social suicide (if owning one doesnt do that to you anyway).

Now The Nissan Cube, apart from making my journey back from Camp a scaring and painfull experiance, it leaves me with a problem...which is worse, the Nissan Cube or The Fiat Panda???

Off To Camp!

2008-08-05T13:45:00.000-07:00

From tomorrow i will be spending the next seven days at my Christian Summer Camp in kent. I am really looking foward to what should be a challenging and fun Camp as for the first time i will be one of the leaders. Hopefully after a while not really thinking about my faith this Camp will nudge me back in the right direction!

Here's to good weather and alot of fun!

At Long Last!

2008-07-31T06:24:00.000-07:00

Its been a tough week to be a Spurs fan with the loss of Robbie Keane and the seeming never ending list of players following him. But we have good news...at long last David Bentley is a Spurs Player!

With a midfield including Luca Modric, Jermaine Jenas, Jamie O'Hara and now David Bentley i feel that Tottenham are lookin very good for a good strong season!

Goodbye Keano!!!

2008-07-29T04:41:00.000-07:00

Robbie Keane to Liverpool! I cant belive it! I had thought that one of the best strikers in the premiership would stay with us to the end of his career but sadly the pull of Champions League football and a chance to play for the club he has supported since he was a boy has resulted in his leaving.

Now i may feel slighlty bitter by this but i am still extremly thankfull for the 80 goals in 197 apperances for the club!

This now leaves us with really only one striker, Darren Bent (who did score 4 goals in our 5-1 victory over Norwich!) and Gio Dos Santos who is kind of striker/attacking midfielder. Hopefully the rumours are true and that we will sign David Bently, Roman Pavlyuchenko, Diego Milito and Andrei Arshavin then we will be looking very good.

Bring on the new season!

Goodbye Robbo!

2008-07-25T12:34:00.000-07:00

After three seasons Paul Robinson will leave Spurs for Blackburn Rovers. It may have not all been good times, but depsite these he has been a great servent to the club and made some amazing saves (especialy in the Carling Cup Final!)

From the Spurs website...

"The Club can announce that we have reached agreement for the permanent transfer of Paul Robinson to Blackburn Rovers.The goalkeeper joined us from Leeds United in May 2004 and went on to make 175 appearances for us in all competitions and scored one goal against Watford.We wish Paul all the best for the future."

Who Wouldn't Wanna Be Him

2008-07-18T12:48:00.000-07:00

Just one of the reasons why Keith Urban is my favourite artist.

The energy he puts into his performance is just amazing. I challange all you out there to put as much into your everyday lives as he put into that one song!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jk1nw4Uoxig

If You Have An Hour To Spare...

2008-07-17T12:20:00.000-07:00

Then read this!

http://stufffchristianslike.blogspot.com/2008/07/345-hand-raising-worship-10-styles.html

First Pre-Season Friendly = First Win!

2008-07-14T13:25:00.000-07:00

Tottenham have been out in spain for some Pre-Season training and have also won there first Pre-Season friendly...against Tavernes!

Now i have never heard of them but its a good sign that the team is working well, and that new singing Giovani Dos Santos scored his first goals in a Spurs shirt.

He was joined on the score sheet by Aaron Lennon, Jamie O'Hara, Tomas Pekhart (Netting for the first time since he moved up to the senior squad) and Steed Malbranque (who in recent days has been linked with a move to Sunderland).

End Result - Tottenham - 8, Tavernes - 0

Good start lads and keep up the good work!

When Motor Racing Goes Wrong!!!

2008-07-13T13:46:00.000-07:00

Mark Webber (Formula One Team Red Bull Driver) In a 1999 Le Mans Mercedes at Le Mans Getting it very wrong!

How the hell does this happen?

Answers on a post card please!

Saddest Song Ever?

2008-07-12T13:34:00.000-07:00

Switching between the 2000 songs i have on my ITunes i came across a song i have not heard for a while. Its called 'House Of Pain' By a band called Faster Pussycat (Hold back the crude jokes please) and i reackon that this could be possibly the saddest song i have ever heard!

The song tells the story of a five year old boy (The boy being the singer) who loves to be with his dad (Who doesnt), but his parents fall out and he leaves home. The song then tells of the boys pain as he misses his dad and how he feels alone in his House Of Pain.

For an 80's band, this song is very well written and you really feel the pain through the lyrics.

"Wasn't I worth the time? A boy needs a daddy like a dance to mime and all the time"

"Five years old and talkin' to myself.Where were you? Where'd ya go? Daddy can't you tell?"

"Well if i've learned anything from this, it's how to grow up on my own"

It challanges me to think about kids who are not as lucky as me and who have lost there dad.

Not Another One!

2008-07-12T08:14:00.000-07:00

Having spent a very happy half hour watching The Two Ronnies Sketchbook on BBC1, i was shocked (yes that is the word) to find that there will be yet another talent show on TV.

Last Choir Standing is a battle between Choirs all around the country who want to become...guess what...the last choir standing!

Nowadays TV is becoming a mixture of Reality TV and Talent shows. Im sure the Choir's are talented but why do they need to become the best on some crappy TV show?

This is why we need more shows like The Two Ronnies Sketchbook and Top Gear...Good quality entertainment not seeing who is the best out of a not very good bunch!

Good Role Models Or Just Big Children?

2008-07-11T11:40:00.000-07:00

Now dont get me wrong, i love football. I am a massive Tottenham Hotspur fan and will watch any match on tv that i can. But this is just stupid.

Chelsea are apprently willing to bid £50 million for Kaka. Now i dont know how true this is, but the £30 million they paid for Andriy Shevchenko was rediculuos and look were that got them. Frank Lampard is on the verge of moving from Chelsea to Inter Milan just because Chelsea are not willing to pay him more then £150,000...a week!

Manchester United's Ronaldo is also calling himself a slave because he can not handle his on transfer.

For any normal person earning £150,000 a week is a dream! Football should not be about who earns the most, it should be about Winning, Goals and setting good example to young sports people.

Lets hope that soon it can return to being about the beautiful game and not about wags and money!

Concert Review - Def Leppard, Whitesnake & Black Stone Cherry

2008-07-10T04:37:00.000-07:00

On the 26th of june i was extremly privileged to go with a friend to see two of my favourite bands as wembley arena. Def Leppard and Whitesnake are two of the biggest bands from the 80's and with famous songs such as 'Pour Some Sugar On Me' and 'Here I Go Again' they were destined to raise the roof!

Supporting them were a Southern/Hard Rock band from Edmonton, Kentucky. The amount of energy they put into there performance was amazing, and although the sound was not as good for them as it was for Def Lepp and Whitesnake they put on a good show. There songs may not be as catchy but stand out songs were 'Lonely Train' and 'Blind Man'.

Then it was time for the first big hitter Whitesnake. From the first drum beat of the opener 'Best Years' to the final guitar chord of 'Still Of The Night' they were amazing. Lead Singer David Coverdale was in fantastic voice (along with crude humour), Guitarists Doug Aldrich and Reb Beach were in superb form whilst Bassist Uriah Duffy, Drummer Chris Frazier and Timothy Drury on the keys carried out there jobs brilliantly. The best song of there set was the Heavy Metal crunch of 'Fool For Your Loving' proving that old bands can still rock...and rock harder then they did in there youth!

Now for the band which i was looking foward to the most...Def Leppard! With Whitesnake rocking everybody's socks of, Def Leppard has a hard task, but one they handled with brilliantly. They kicked of with 'Rocket' from the 'Hysteria' album, and supported by an amazing screen show blasted through hit after hit. As with Whitesnake, they were not scared to show of some new material from there new album with 'Nine Lives' and 'C'mon, C'mon' getting played. There set finnished with 'Pour Some Sugar On Me' and the suprisning set finnisher 'Rock Of Ages' and everyone was left with there ears ringing (for a good reason)!

Seeing as this was my first ever concert, i will always be biased but this was one of the greatest experiences of my life!

Welcome!

2008-07-10T04:19:00.000-07:00

Welcome to my new blog. Having visited my youth leader's blog a number of times recently i thought that it was about time that i gave it a go.

Generaly a 18 year old male has limited intrests i.e cars, girls and football. Now im not saying that i am any different but i believe there is more to life then this. Being a christian is a big part of my life as is music, formula one and more.

i will try and bring my general thoughts on what is happening in the world to day, reviews on CD's/Films and maybe even some lyrics of songs i write (im a struggling song writer).

enjoy...check out my youth leader and good friend's blog www.warner-bros.blogspot.com

p.s the picture is just a random one of Tottenham Hotspur celebrating winning the carling cup last season...CMON U SPURS!!!