God The Bless The Queen!

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?

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!

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!

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

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!

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

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!