Hello everyone. Gonna be a short post this week as I haven't actually got much to write about.
Couldn't find a quote for the title that I liked so this week I thought I'd just tell you what it is your getting. And that is that this blog post will be the last one for a while. I'm going on little hiatus. Main reason why I'm going on a hiatus? Well I'm off on holiday next Tuesday (which would normally be a blog day) to spain. And I will probably have little chance to write a blog for a while as I'll either be on the road or doing something. So this will be the last blog for quite a while.
So how's my week been? Well Tuesday and Wednesday were spent preparing myself for the horror, pain and suffering that would be results day. Spent the night before down at pub doing a pub quiz. Standard. Then came the big day. The day I had been dreading the whole of summer. The one day I both wanted and didn't want to happen. So how were my results? I got BBCC. I was 4 marks of an A in my history which I am gutted about. I was 17 marks of a B in my IT. I was shit at it though so I was coming to accept that was going to happen. And I got 100% in my Drama theory. I did fuck all to prepare for that and I got 100%! Fucking hell! So where am I off to? Well sadly I didn't get into Leicester which is where I really really wanted to go. Feel a bit disappointed with myself that I didn't get in. But, ah well, I got my place at Northumbria, where I also wanted to go. So I am happy. I'm off to uni! Friday was a day spent with 3 great mates. Even though I've known these 3 (they know who they are) for 2 months, they have become 3 of the best mates I could have ever asked for. They are simply amazing.
For my recommendations this week I'm only going to be recommending some music as I haven't really watched any films worth recommending. The music I want to recommend this week are the songs Try Honesty, Nothing to Lose and Saint Veronika by the brilliant band Billy Talent.
Started listening to this band about 4 years ago. Around that time they weren't fully recognised by most people as the awesome band that they are. I think they were virtually unknown. They are very similar to Nirvana. Not musically mind, but the subject for their songs are. They deal with songs about loss, suffering, unrequited love, breakups, bullying, child abuse and revolution. They are truly an extraordinary band. Try Honesty was their first song that I ever listened to and it summed up this band for me. It was so heavy and so different to anything I had listened to before. The singer's screaming was the first time I had heard it in a song. This would then lead me to listening to great bands such as Alexisonfire, Atreyu and Killswitch Engage, all of whom include screaming in their songs. With this song I instantly fell in love with the band. The song, according to the lead singer, is about how someone would blame problems in their lives on anything except themselves and so said person would need to Try Honesty. The second song, Nothing to Lose, is quite simply incredible. The song is about bullying and the effects it has on the victim. When I first heard it I could very much relate to it as I had previously suffered from bullying earlier in my life. The song is, as I said before, incredible. And it all comes to close with the lead singer screaming his lungs out. It makes you believe the pain and suffering of the character portrayed throughout the song. The final song, Saint Veronika, is just brilliant. Don't really know what it's about but I would seriously recommend listening to it. And if you like Billy Talent then I would seriously recommend listening to more of their stuff. They are an incredible and they have definitely been a band that has shaped my life.
Well that's it for this week. I'll leave you with the music videos for Try Honesty, Nothing to Lose and Saint Veronika. Enjoy.
Try Honesty:
Nothing to Lose:
Saint Veronika:
So till whenever I post the next blog post. Stay safe. Have a great week or two. And I'll see you when I'm back from the holiday.
This is me, Edward Thompson, signing off........for a bit longer than usual.
Much love
x
Saturday, 21 August 2010
Tuesday, 17 August 2010
"Your anger gives you great power. But if you let it, it will destroy you."
Another time. Another blog post. And most likely another rant from me.
Little explanation for the quote. It's a quote from the guru of meaning that is Batman, specifically the brilliant film Batman Begins. Quite a self-explanatory quote really and quite true in a sense. The first part of the quote talks about how anger gives you power, not exactly great power, but power nonetheless. The power the quote is talking about is most likely physical power, i.e. your strength. In a sense the that's true. When you get angry you, quite obviously, become aggressive and for most this prepares them for a fight or makes you want to punch something. So in that sense the quote is true. Anger does give you power. The second part of the quote is, again, quite self-explanatory. If you let your anger give you this strength it can destroy you. Basically if your angry all the time and you don't let your anger go, it will destroy you. This is something I feel I can relate to. Countless times in my past I've been angry and I think that if I never stopped being angry or I never found something to channel it, then eventually the anger would destroy me. I think therefore that if you do feel angry. Please don't keep it within yourself. Find something, anything to get rid of it or to channel your anger out. Because it can and it will eat you from the inside. And it really isn't a pleasant experience. I know the feeling all too well. And I would never wish anyone to have to endure that kind of ordeal.
In a weeks time I'll be jetting off to Spain with a very good friend for a very Spanish road trip and well earned rest. So this will most likely be the last Tuesday blog for a while. But till then I'm feeling pretty nervous and bummed out about Thursday - RESULTS DAY! I mean, FUCK! I don't think I've ever been more nervous for anything in my entire life. This day, for me, will decide my future for me. Whether I'm actually gonna be able to do anything with my life. Or whether I'm just gonna turn to be a fuck up. So yeah, I'm really fucking nervous for Thursday.
So how has my weekend been? Actually pretty good. After spending most of Friday in bed due to illness, I spent Saturday in town with a very good friend. Met some new people who I like immediately. All of them understood that I had the mental age half my normal age which is good. Meant they didn't find me too weird. On Sunday I went for a meal with family which was nice. Doesn't matter how much I may not like some members of my family, if I'm not paying for the meal then I'm happy going. I also got talking to someone I thought previously hated me. I turned out all we needed was a break from each other. And it's true. Felt good to talk to them again. Things may be heading into normality for me. Hopefully. Monday was supposed to be another band practice. But two members were missing, one was on holiday the other had gone to his grandmas and not told us. This left us with only half the band and therefore nothing to do. Instead of practicing then we spent the rest of the day down by the beach, in the sea, and two peoples cases sharing a shower together. Turned out to be a pretty awesome day after all.
Well that's it for the blog this week. So I'll leave you with the brutal and oh so brilliant Killswitch Engage with their song The Arms of Sorrow. Enjoy.
The Arms of Sorrow:
So till Saturday. I hope you all have a great week. Stay safe. And I'll see you when I see you.
This is me, Edward Thompson, signing off.
Much love
x
In a weeks time I'll be jetting off to Spain with a very good friend for a very Spanish road trip and well earned rest. So this will most likely be the last Tuesday blog for a while. But till then I'm feeling pretty nervous and bummed out about Thursday - RESULTS DAY! I mean, FUCK! I don't think I've ever been more nervous for anything in my entire life. This day, for me, will decide my future for me. Whether I'm actually gonna be able to do anything with my life. Or whether I'm just gonna turn to be a fuck up. So yeah, I'm really fucking nervous for Thursday.
So how has my weekend been? Actually pretty good. After spending most of Friday in bed due to illness, I spent Saturday in town with a very good friend. Met some new people who I like immediately. All of them understood that I had the mental age half my normal age which is good. Meant they didn't find me too weird. On Sunday I went for a meal with family which was nice. Doesn't matter how much I may not like some members of my family, if I'm not paying for the meal then I'm happy going. I also got talking to someone I thought previously hated me. I turned out all we needed was a break from each other. And it's true. Felt good to talk to them again. Things may be heading into normality for me. Hopefully. Monday was supposed to be another band practice. But two members were missing, one was on holiday the other had gone to his grandmas and not told us. This left us with only half the band and therefore nothing to do. Instead of practicing then we spent the rest of the day down by the beach, in the sea, and two peoples cases sharing a shower together. Turned out to be a pretty awesome day after all.
Well that's it for the blog this week. So I'll leave you with the brutal and oh so brilliant Killswitch Engage with their song The Arms of Sorrow. Enjoy.
The Arms of Sorrow:
So till Saturday. I hope you all have a great week. Stay safe. And I'll see you when I see you.
This is me, Edward Thompson, signing off.
Much love
x
Saturday, 14 August 2010
"A revolution is an idea which has found its bayonets."
Hey guys! Back for another blog. Had a nice response last week. Made me feel good about myself and the blog to know that people actually read this. So for those who responded. Thank you.
Little explanation for the quote. It's a quote by Napoleon Bonaparte. Not a big fan of the guy. I mean for a start he was French. Only reason why I chose it was because of a conversation I had with a friend about revolutions. My view on revolutions and politics is very similar to that of Che Guevara, I mentioned him a couple of blogs back with regards to two films about him. Che believed that violence shouldn't be used to for political change in countries suffering from political curruption unless all other alternatives have been taken. In other words, violence must only be used as a last resort to create political change. And I pretty much agree with him on this matter. Some, if not all, governments are corrupt and are in need of change or reform. I feel that for some, not all, of these governments need change. And if all peaceful opportunities have been taken and haven't been successful then revolution is the only other alternate means. So yeh.....that's what I think. Shit! Starting to sound like I know what I'm on about. Must stop!
Just wanted to say a little bit here. At the start of the summer I was depressed. Really badly depressed. But since then, I've met some really great friends and they've really helped me feel a whole load better about myself and about life in general. They like me for who I am. And it is to these people that I just want to say THANK YOU! You guys have made me the person I am now. And that is a much happier person. Thanks guys. You really are greatest friends anyone could ever ask for.
So how's my week been? It's been pretty slow and boring to be honest. I've mainly just been sat on my arse watching random stuff on YouTube. Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday were spent just sat around the house watching anything I could find. It has been that boring. Friday was supposed to be a band practice day but I found myself being ill and therefore had to cancel the practice and spend the rest of the day in bed.
Now to my recommendations for this week. The film I'm going to recommend this week is The Prestige. And the music I'm going to recommend are three songs by the Scottish band Biffy Clyro; Bubbles, Living is a Problem and Saturday Superhouse.
The film that I'm recommending this week is The Prestige. It is directed by the incredible Christopher Nolan; who has dazzled us with Batman Begins, The Dark Knight and just recently the fantastic mind fuck that was Inception. The Prestige is in the same class as the films just listed. It is superb. Christian Bale and Hugh Jackman are both fantastic lead actors. I don't want to ruin the film for you so all I will say is see this film. It is fantastic.
The music that I want to recommend this week are three songs by the brilliant band Biffy Clyro. I put a Biffy song in the last blog and I said I'd recommend some more in this one. The first song that I want to recommend is a song that I first heard a week ago and fell in love with straight away. The song is Bubbles. Well what can I say about this song other than it is brilliant. The guitar is top notch and to begin with the song sounds very Kings of Leon-esque. Then it all comes to with a fantastic chorus with excellent guitar in the background to compliment it. It really is a fantastic song. The second song is Living is a Problem. I want to recommend this song because it is just epic, which Biffy intended it to be. Again chorus is just fantastic. It is definitely a song that I would listen to again and again. And finally the third song that I want to recommend is Saturday Superhouse. This is just a good old rock song. Want to recommend this song because it's much more different than the other two and it is just the perfect summer song to listen to.
Well that's it for the blog this week. I'll leave you with four videos this week. The first is the trailer for The Prestige. And the other three are the music videos for Bubbles, Living is a Problem and Saturday Superhouse. Enjoy.
The Prestige Trailer:
Bubbles:
Living is a Problem:
Saturday Superhouse:
So until Tuesday. I hope you have a great weekend. Stay safe. And I'll see you when I see you.
This is me, Edward Thompson, signing off.
Much love
x
Little explanation for the quote. It's a quote by Napoleon Bonaparte. Not a big fan of the guy. I mean for a start he was French. Only reason why I chose it was because of a conversation I had with a friend about revolutions. My view on revolutions and politics is very similar to that of Che Guevara, I mentioned him a couple of blogs back with regards to two films about him. Che believed that violence shouldn't be used to for political change in countries suffering from political curruption unless all other alternatives have been taken. In other words, violence must only be used as a last resort to create political change. And I pretty much agree with him on this matter. Some, if not all, governments are corrupt and are in need of change or reform. I feel that for some, not all, of these governments need change. And if all peaceful opportunities have been taken and haven't been successful then revolution is the only other alternate means. So yeh.....that's what I think. Shit! Starting to sound like I know what I'm on about. Must stop!
Just wanted to say a little bit here. At the start of the summer I was depressed. Really badly depressed. But since then, I've met some really great friends and they've really helped me feel a whole load better about myself and about life in general. They like me for who I am. And it is to these people that I just want to say THANK YOU! You guys have made me the person I am now. And that is a much happier person. Thanks guys. You really are greatest friends anyone could ever ask for.
So how's my week been? It's been pretty slow and boring to be honest. I've mainly just been sat on my arse watching random stuff on YouTube. Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday were spent just sat around the house watching anything I could find. It has been that boring. Friday was supposed to be a band practice day but I found myself being ill and therefore had to cancel the practice and spend the rest of the day in bed.
Now to my recommendations for this week. The film I'm going to recommend this week is The Prestige. And the music I'm going to recommend are three songs by the Scottish band Biffy Clyro; Bubbles, Living is a Problem and Saturday Superhouse.
The film that I'm recommending this week is The Prestige. It is directed by the incredible Christopher Nolan; who has dazzled us with Batman Begins, The Dark Knight and just recently the fantastic mind fuck that was Inception. The Prestige is in the same class as the films just listed. It is superb. Christian Bale and Hugh Jackman are both fantastic lead actors. I don't want to ruin the film for you so all I will say is see this film. It is fantastic.
The music that I want to recommend this week are three songs by the brilliant band Biffy Clyro. I put a Biffy song in the last blog and I said I'd recommend some more in this one. The first song that I want to recommend is a song that I first heard a week ago and fell in love with straight away. The song is Bubbles. Well what can I say about this song other than it is brilliant. The guitar is top notch and to begin with the song sounds very Kings of Leon-esque. Then it all comes to with a fantastic chorus with excellent guitar in the background to compliment it. It really is a fantastic song. The second song is Living is a Problem. I want to recommend this song because it is just epic, which Biffy intended it to be. Again chorus is just fantastic. It is definitely a song that I would listen to again and again. And finally the third song that I want to recommend is Saturday Superhouse. This is just a good old rock song. Want to recommend this song because it's much more different than the other two and it is just the perfect summer song to listen to.
Well that's it for the blog this week. I'll leave you with four videos this week. The first is the trailer for The Prestige. And the other three are the music videos for Bubbles, Living is a Problem and Saturday Superhouse. Enjoy.
The Prestige Trailer:
Bubbles:
Living is a Problem:
Saturday Superhouse:
So until Tuesday. I hope you have a great weekend. Stay safe. And I'll see you when I see you.
This is me, Edward Thompson, signing off.
Much love
x
Tuesday, 10 August 2010
"It takes time to get rid of all this garbage that I've been carrying around"
Hello people! I'm back for another blog. Gonna be a short one. Haven't got much to write about. It might also sound a bit like crap.
Explanation for the quote in the title. The quote is made by one of my heroes: John Lennon. The quote is quite self-explanatory. It takes time for someone to get rid of baggage, i.e. crap that affects our lives. The reason why I chose the quote is that, well, I've been thinking about one thing over the weekend; Time. Been thinking about it because over the past weekend I've been looking back at various stages in my life. Specifically parts which I wished I could change. There are quite a few parts of my past that I would like to change. But then thinking about changing my past got me thinking about "would I be the person I am today if I had changed?" I might be a completely different person if my past had changed. Another thing with time is that it is a bastard. The reason why time is a bastard is that it doesn't let you forget. Something that may have happened a month or 2 months ago doesn't go away it just stays fresh in your mind. It won't be until 6 months later that the thing that has made you feel like crap is finally forgotten. So to finish this rant, all I'll say is Time; you are the biggest bastard I have ever met!
I found out this weekend that quite a few people do actually read this blog. Just like to say thanks you who do read it. And if there's anything you think I should do to improve it or you just want to talk then you can always message me or something. Once again, thank you to all of you who read this. Always nice to know somebody does.
So how has my weekend been? It's actually pretty good. After the great party on Friday, I had 3 hours sleep at 8:30 am on Saturday morning. Was absolutely shattered. And possibly still a bit drunk. That didn't stop me driving home with friends though! I then spent the day with good friends and had possibly the best pizza ever. Sunday was a relaxing day. Just sat around the house watching Fonejacker. Which has to be possibly the funniest and most clever program I watched in a long long time. The characters and situations that the Fonejacker had come up with are brilliant. Monday I went to town with some good friends and had a good day with them.
Well thats it for the blog this week. I'll leave you with the video for That Golden Rule by Biffy Clyro, a band that I have recently relistened to and love. There'll be a recommendation for this band in the next blog on Saturday. So until then enjoy the video.
That Golden Rule:
So until Saturday. I hope you have a great week. Stay safe. And I'll see you around.
This is me, Edward Thompson, signing off.
Much love
x
Explanation for the quote in the title. The quote is made by one of my heroes: John Lennon. The quote is quite self-explanatory. It takes time for someone to get rid of baggage, i.e. crap that affects our lives. The reason why I chose the quote is that, well, I've been thinking about one thing over the weekend; Time. Been thinking about it because over the past weekend I've been looking back at various stages in my life. Specifically parts which I wished I could change. There are quite a few parts of my past that I would like to change. But then thinking about changing my past got me thinking about "would I be the person I am today if I had changed?" I might be a completely different person if my past had changed. Another thing with time is that it is a bastard. The reason why time is a bastard is that it doesn't let you forget. Something that may have happened a month or 2 months ago doesn't go away it just stays fresh in your mind. It won't be until 6 months later that the thing that has made you feel like crap is finally forgotten. So to finish this rant, all I'll say is Time; you are the biggest bastard I have ever met!
I found out this weekend that quite a few people do actually read this blog. Just like to say thanks you who do read it. And if there's anything you think I should do to improve it or you just want to talk then you can always message me or something. Once again, thank you to all of you who read this. Always nice to know somebody does.
So how has my weekend been? It's actually pretty good. After the great party on Friday, I had 3 hours sleep at 8:30 am on Saturday morning. Was absolutely shattered. And possibly still a bit drunk. That didn't stop me driving home with friends though! I then spent the day with good friends and had possibly the best pizza ever. Sunday was a relaxing day. Just sat around the house watching Fonejacker. Which has to be possibly the funniest and most clever program I watched in a long long time. The characters and situations that the Fonejacker had come up with are brilliant. Monday I went to town with some good friends and had a good day with them.
Well thats it for the blog this week. I'll leave you with the video for That Golden Rule by Biffy Clyro, a band that I have recently relistened to and love. There'll be a recommendation for this band in the next blog on Saturday. So until then enjoy the video.
That Golden Rule:
So until Saturday. I hope you have a great week. Stay safe. And I'll see you around.
This is me, Edward Thompson, signing off.
Much love
x
Saturday, 7 August 2010
"Madness, as you know, is like gravity. All it takes is a little push."
Another time, another blog. Not really in the greatest of moods so I will give this warning: this blog will be, not may be, it will be depressing.
Little explanation for the quote. It's a quote from the Joker in the great film, The Dark Knight. Basically I think that this quote is so truthful. And I can relate it to myself which gives it a deeper meaning for me. It's quite self-explanatory. I feel that what the quote is trying to say is that, really, anyone can suffer from insanity and all it takes to set off this insanity is "a little push". In my case, there have been numerous times where I have slipped away from sanity. Although I wouldn't class depression as being a mental illness like schizophrenia, dementia, etc. I would still class it as a mental illness and it's alarming and worrying to think that a large proportion of the population suffer from it. Relating this back to the quote, it would appear that all it takes for depression to take over is a little push. And as I said earlier, I've had these little pushes numerous times throughout my life. Events such as bullying, my parent's divorce, numerous relationship breakups and just general shit that has happened and has shaped me into the depressed, fucked up individual that I am. And the shit thing is, now, anything can push me back into depression. It doesn't have to be big. It doesn't even have to last long. It just happens. And after ages of me trying to gain back some normality in my life. Something will pop up and fuck it all up. And I'll be back at square one. Depressed. Alone. And hating myself. And that is currently where I am at the moment. Back at square one. So, even though he is a fictional character and even though he is only in a film, the Joker was right. Madness is like gravity. All it takes is a little fucking push.
At this point I would ask "How's my week been?". But as you can tell from my rant above, it hasn't been the best of weeks for me. I mean it started off well. Monday was band practice which was great. Tuesday was a lazy day which again was great. Then roll in Wednesday, when I got some news that destroyed all this. I'm not going to say what it was, it just shook me up a bit. Thankfully though I have a very good friend who is like a sister to me, she knows who she is, who was there to help me. I just wanna say thank you to you bud. Really means a lot to me. Thursday was a nice day. A good friend came round. We watched couple of DVDs and had a good time. Helped take my mind off things. Also treat myself to a takeaway pizza, mainly because I actually couldn't be arsed to cook myself any food. It was a very nice pizza. Friday was a good day. Went to a party got shit faced. Met some great new people. And I had a fucking awesome time.
Now to my recommendations of the week. This week I'm not going to recommend a film because I couldn't think of anything that I want to recommend. But there are three songs that I want to recommend to you. They are: El Scorcho and Undone - The Sweater Song by Weezer and Pretty Handsome Awkward by The Used.
I wanna recommend these two songs because they epitomize what this band are to me. Great. First heard them about 10 years ago and they've been with me ever since. Wanted to recommend these two songs because I thought I'd leave this blog on a higher note (considering the rest has been depressing). The first song El Scorcho is such an under-appreciated Weezer song. It truly is great. And the second song Undone - The Sweater Song is just brilliant. Can't really tell you the meanings behind the songs as I myself don't actually know. All I will say is give them a listen because they are great songs from a great band. The third song I want to recommend is Pretty Handsome Awkward by The Used. Recommended a song by The Used in my first blog I think. Well this song is another example of why I have to grown to love this band. This song is just brilliant. Again I don't really know the meaning behind it. I just love it because it is a great song so check it out.
Well that's the blog for this week. I'll leave you with the videos for El Scorcho and Undone - The Sweater Song by Weezer and Pretty Handsome Awkward by The Used. Enjoy.
El Scorcho:
Undone - The Sweater Song:
Pretty Handsome Awkward:
So till next Tuesday. Hope you have a great weekend. Stay Safe. And I'll see you Tuesday.
This is me, Edward Thompson, signing off.
Much love
x
Little explanation for the quote. It's a quote from the Joker in the great film, The Dark Knight. Basically I think that this quote is so truthful. And I can relate it to myself which gives it a deeper meaning for me. It's quite self-explanatory. I feel that what the quote is trying to say is that, really, anyone can suffer from insanity and all it takes to set off this insanity is "a little push". In my case, there have been numerous times where I have slipped away from sanity. Although I wouldn't class depression as being a mental illness like schizophrenia, dementia, etc. I would still class it as a mental illness and it's alarming and worrying to think that a large proportion of the population suffer from it. Relating this back to the quote, it would appear that all it takes for depression to take over is a little push. And as I said earlier, I've had these little pushes numerous times throughout my life. Events such as bullying, my parent's divorce, numerous relationship breakups and just general shit that has happened and has shaped me into the depressed, fucked up individual that I am. And the shit thing is, now, anything can push me back into depression. It doesn't have to be big. It doesn't even have to last long. It just happens. And after ages of me trying to gain back some normality in my life. Something will pop up and fuck it all up. And I'll be back at square one. Depressed. Alone. And hating myself. And that is currently where I am at the moment. Back at square one. So, even though he is a fictional character and even though he is only in a film, the Joker was right. Madness is like gravity. All it takes is a little fucking push.
At this point I would ask "How's my week been?". But as you can tell from my rant above, it hasn't been the best of weeks for me. I mean it started off well. Monday was band practice which was great. Tuesday was a lazy day which again was great. Then roll in Wednesday, when I got some news that destroyed all this. I'm not going to say what it was, it just shook me up a bit. Thankfully though I have a very good friend who is like a sister to me, she knows who she is, who was there to help me. I just wanna say thank you to you bud. Really means a lot to me. Thursday was a nice day. A good friend came round. We watched couple of DVDs and had a good time. Helped take my mind off things. Also treat myself to a takeaway pizza, mainly because I actually couldn't be arsed to cook myself any food. It was a very nice pizza. Friday was a good day. Went to a party got shit faced. Met some great new people. And I had a fucking awesome time.
Now to my recommendations of the week. This week I'm not going to recommend a film because I couldn't think of anything that I want to recommend. But there are three songs that I want to recommend to you. They are: El Scorcho and Undone - The Sweater Song by Weezer and Pretty Handsome Awkward by The Used.
I wanna recommend these two songs because they epitomize what this band are to me. Great. First heard them about 10 years ago and they've been with me ever since. Wanted to recommend these two songs because I thought I'd leave this blog on a higher note (considering the rest has been depressing). The first song El Scorcho is such an under-appreciated Weezer song. It truly is great. And the second song Undone - The Sweater Song is just brilliant. Can't really tell you the meanings behind the songs as I myself don't actually know. All I will say is give them a listen because they are great songs from a great band. The third song I want to recommend is Pretty Handsome Awkward by The Used. Recommended a song by The Used in my first blog I think. Well this song is another example of why I have to grown to love this band. This song is just brilliant. Again I don't really know the meaning behind it. I just love it because it is a great song so check it out.
Well that's the blog for this week. I'll leave you with the videos for El Scorcho and Undone - The Sweater Song by Weezer and Pretty Handsome Awkward by The Used. Enjoy.
El Scorcho:
Undone - The Sweater Song:
Pretty Handsome Awkward:
So till next Tuesday. Hope you have a great weekend. Stay Safe. And I'll see you Tuesday.
This is me, Edward Thompson, signing off.
Much love
x
Tuesday, 3 August 2010
"I believe people will have to rely on music to get some kind of peace of mind"
Howdy folks. Short blog today as there isn't much to write about and also I, quite simply, can't be arsed.
As per a little explanation of the quote I've used in the title. It's a quote by Jimi Hendrix, one of the greatest rock guitarists that ever existed. Chose this blog as I've been listening to a lot of music that's been fitting my moods, i.e. Nirvana for my sadness and frustrations, Rage Against the Machine and Billy Talent for my anger, Dropkick Murphys to cheer me up, H.I.M. for my (past) romantic feelings, Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix, The Misfits and The Ramones for nostalgia, and Atreyu because I love them. And I tell you what: the quote by Jimi that I used is completely true. Music is the only form of media or art that can truly grant me a peace of mind. All I have to do is pop in some headphones, put on some music and I'm taken away from this dull existence we call life and I'm transported to a completely different place. Not only this but there's always a band for whatever mood your in. The list above is evidence of that. I'll finish this bit off by saying Jimi Hendrix was right. Music does take us to a peace of mind and my god it's a beautiful place.
So how has my weekend been? Well a mixture of good, slow and boring. Saturday I spent some time with two friends. Had a right laugh with them both and it was great. Sunday was quite slow and boring. A lot of emotions of the past month and bit came back and I will be honest, I broke down. Recently my emotions have been getting the best of me and it's not the greatest feeling in the world. I, quite frankly, hate it because I don't know whether I should be happy, sad, angry or just plain old not giving a shit. Monday saw the band meeting again and we are slowly making our way to being great. I think with a few more practices we will be great. Running with the name The Dropouts at the moment, but a new name has come up: The Dead Rabbits. Dunno what to be called yet but we will pick one eventually.
Well that's the blog for now till Saturday, so Im going to leave you with two videos of two bands that I have recently rediscovered and re-listened to. And I bloody love them. The two videos are I'm Shipping Up to Boston by Dropkick Murphys and Drunken Lullabies by Flogging Molly. Both Irish punk bands and both amazing. Enjoy.
I'm Shipping Up to Boston:
Drunken Lullabies:
So till Saturday. I hope you all have a great week. Stay safe. And I'll see you when I see you.
This is me, Edward Thompson, signing off.
Much love
x
As per a little explanation of the quote I've used in the title. It's a quote by Jimi Hendrix, one of the greatest rock guitarists that ever existed. Chose this blog as I've been listening to a lot of music that's been fitting my moods, i.e. Nirvana for my sadness and frustrations, Rage Against the Machine and Billy Talent for my anger, Dropkick Murphys to cheer me up, H.I.M. for my (past) romantic feelings, Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix, The Misfits and The Ramones for nostalgia, and Atreyu because I love them. And I tell you what: the quote by Jimi that I used is completely true. Music is the only form of media or art that can truly grant me a peace of mind. All I have to do is pop in some headphones, put on some music and I'm taken away from this dull existence we call life and I'm transported to a completely different place. Not only this but there's always a band for whatever mood your in. The list above is evidence of that. I'll finish this bit off by saying Jimi Hendrix was right. Music does take us to a peace of mind and my god it's a beautiful place.
So how has my weekend been? Well a mixture of good, slow and boring. Saturday I spent some time with two friends. Had a right laugh with them both and it was great. Sunday was quite slow and boring. A lot of emotions of the past month and bit came back and I will be honest, I broke down. Recently my emotions have been getting the best of me and it's not the greatest feeling in the world. I, quite frankly, hate it because I don't know whether I should be happy, sad, angry or just plain old not giving a shit. Monday saw the band meeting again and we are slowly making our way to being great. I think with a few more practices we will be great. Running with the name The Dropouts at the moment, but a new name has come up: The Dead Rabbits. Dunno what to be called yet but we will pick one eventually.
Well that's the blog for now till Saturday, so Im going to leave you with two videos of two bands that I have recently rediscovered and re-listened to. And I bloody love them. The two videos are I'm Shipping Up to Boston by Dropkick Murphys and Drunken Lullabies by Flogging Molly. Both Irish punk bands and both amazing. Enjoy.
I'm Shipping Up to Boston:
Drunken Lullabies:
So till Saturday. I hope you all have a great week. Stay safe. And I'll see you when I see you.
This is me, Edward Thompson, signing off.
Much love
x
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