Use Somebody - Everyone Is!

Use Somebody from the Kings of Leon is one cool song. Great hook, lingering oh-oh-ohs, emphatic lyrics.



Guess what? Many other bands and artistes think so too. So much so, there's a flurry of acoustic cover scouring Youtube. Mostly female lead voices. Good renditions with their own inflexions and guitar work. Nice.



Like the song? Go buy the CD - Kings of Leon's Only By The Night. Grammy nominated. Critically acclaimed. Despite the way they sound and their European success, they're American. Like the Killers. Maybe US music isn't all about rap and twinkle pop after all.

Stolen from Wikipedia - Awards and accolades
- Only by the Night received a nomination for Best Rock Album at the 51st Grammy Awards with the single "Sex on Fire" receiving two nominations for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals and Best Rock Song. "Sex on Fire" was awarded with the Grammy for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals on February 8.

The album was also awarded "2008 Album of the Year" by the UK's Q Magazine, as well as Rolling Stone Magazine voting it as the 20th best album out of their top 50 Best Albums of 2008. The album was also awarded Best International Album and Best International Group at the BRIT Awards. The album is featured on the online article rock (music) in the online Encyclopaedia Britannica as one of rocks "representative works".

Doom And Gloom Be Gone!

These last few months have been kind of a mess eh. Stock market crashes, banks collapse, old people losing their life savings, plastic in our food, people being told to leave their jobs, white tigers getting live food etc. Today the gahmen announced that they're bringing the next year's budget announcement forward so that we won't be guessing what they'll do to alleviate our concerns about the economy. Which is in recession by the way. Depressing?

Well folks, here's the good news. Inflation numbers will come down. Oil and food prices will come down. In fact oil is cheaper now that it was a year ago. Your kopi and teh should cost less soon, hopefully. Rents and prices of homes will come down. Depends on whether you're looking to buy or have a home to sell, that could be bad news. Some important guy out there said 'Asia is the answer to the global recession'. Well hey, that's news for you to think positive right? If we kept to our guns, put in our hours, have fun when we can, not worry so much about the future, think about how we can help our fellow man instead of retrenching the poor guy, we'll all be fine.

They should get radio deejays to be funnier.

Here's a joke: A girl I know said "I thought offside was when the ball went outside the field".

Here's a funny youtube video: Indian Spiderman

Buy a friend an ice-cream. It's still 50cents at McDonalds. If we all did that, I think we'd be happier.

The Ride Of Your Life

Now this is what I call dreaming big. "8 stories up and 120 meters long" kind of big.



I bet all the skateboarders dream like this - huge monster ramps to conquer because the only way forward is bigger and scarier for the high that comes with pride of conquest, ownership of feat and conviction that comes with hard work and wrecked knees, shoulders and skull.

We need skateboarders in gahmen. To inspire and fly.