Ed's Blog: "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: