Hello people,
I haven't joined a band yet, but in the meantime here's a song called World Of Difference that I wrote the other day. It's about being stuck down in Brighton on your own, paying through the teeth for bills and rent, and beginning to think it's not too bad if you stick at it. I wrote it on Friday 11th April. It was recorded through garageband, splitting the stereo line-in to achieve a channel for vocals and guitar to record simultaneously. And then I went back and recorded the bass and improv guitar. The drums are part of garageband. I did quite a rough take, so you may notice a few slip ups here and there, I hope you like it.
<-- Click on the link to listen to the track...
To hear more of my songs check out my myspace: The Pessimist.
This film along with There Will Be Blood has seemed to have had the most monumental amount of hype. So when I saw that my local picture house was re-showing No Country For Old Men I jumped at the chance.
Having seen There Will Be Blood over a month ago it's hard not to compare. Like TWBB there's not a huge amount of dialogue, but what there is actually develops the plot and character development. Enough so that when the credits roll you feel satisfied, okay it would've been nice if **[spoilers]**, but you can't have everything.
The main guy, Llewelyn played by Josh Brolin is a likable fellow, and the story chugs along like a fatal game of cat and mouse. Anton the psychopathic killer who loves his super powerful air gun being the cat, and Llewelyn the mouse.
Lyewelyn and Anton both seem to be indestructible bad-asses. A shot in the shoulder here and bullet to the leg there. A few home made stitches and a new jacket and they're as good as new. Parts reminded me of Die Hard 4 a little, which I actually quite enjoyed also.
I loved the characters and the tone, though the countless deaths got a little gruesome. The way the story moves onto Tommy Lee Jones's character who waxes lyrical on how things ain't like they used to be. But then again I guess "there ain't no country for old men."
Overall I think No Country For Old Men is a better film than There Will Be Blood.
I'll give an impressive 4 out of 5.
(**[spoilers]** = Anton would have met his comeuppance)
My first gig since Reading 2007, it's been too long. It was a fun night, everyone loves a bit of moshing about. One of the warm up bands was Johnny Foreigner, who played a couple of songs that sounded like the BBC Blue Planet theme song. Sufficer to say they were good.
But then The Subways were about to come on. And as I pushed my way through the crowd to the front, someone muttered "tosser!" That's bloody uptight Brighton folk for you! The Subways started. Once I'd got reasonably close and found one of my fellow moshing mates I was having fun. Now I don't know much of The Subways repertoire, but that didn't dampen the experience in any way.
They put a great rock and roll set. By the second half I was at the front, which was awesome. I got loads of good photos and a couple of videos. And just when I was thinking why the hell haven't they played Rock And Roll Queen they closed the set with it! Billy (lead singer) crowd surfed and everyone was happy. Go on Subways you legends!
A few pounds lighter*,
a few decibels deafer,
and a few beer's drunker,
that's value for money in my book.
*from all the sweating
How are your Saturday nights different now than they were five years ago?
I'm usually at home, watching a good film or wasting time on my computer. Instead of going out to pubs and clubs with my mates, getting very drunk!
