Music: April 2002 Archives

Try to make ends meet
You're a slave to money then you die
I'll take you down the only road I've ever been down
You know the one that takes you
to the places where all the things meet yeah

No change,
I can't change I can't change, I can't change
But I'm here in my mould, I am here in my mould
But I'm a million different people from one day to the next
I can't change my mould
No, no, no, no, no

Well I never pray
But tonight I'm on my knees yeah
I need to hear some sounds
that recognize the pain in me, yeah
I let the melody shine, let it cleanse my mind,
I feel free now
But the airways are clean
and there's nobody singing to me now

Bittersweet Symphony, The Verve

It's Mohammed's birthday today and Ammar's on the 30th. As a birthday tribute to them both I will present you with interesting schtuff to do with the month of April.

Diamond is the birthstone of April. Here's a photomicrograph of diamond and other birthstones. (Also check out the Silicon Zoo.)

Renée Zellweger, William Shakespeare, Al Pacino, Ella Fitzgerald and Kirsten Dunst all have birthdays in April.

There are quite of few holidays and observances in April, the most famous being April Fools' Day. If you're stuck for ideas next year, here are a few pranks you can play.

Song Recommendation of the Day:
Title: April in Paris
Artist: Ella Fitzgerald featuring Louis Armstrong
The mood created: Umm.....it's a song with April in the title

......I've run out of things about April.....HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Apparently I belong In Rochester, NY out of all the places in the whole world. Spooky since the only pen pal I had while I was a kid lived there. Yep, the Flower City sounds perfect. Where do you belong?

Song Recommendation of the Day:
Title: Machinehead
Artist: Bush
The mood created: The desire to whip out your air guitar and give it some serious thrashing.

The Covers Project: "...a database of cover songs (songs performed by an artist other than the original performer) with the intention of creating cover "chains." A cover chain is a set of songs in which each song is a cover of a song by the band who covered the preceding song."

Jyoti Mishra. Ring any bells? Remember that song "Your Woman"? Remember White Town? Well that's Jyoti's band and he earnt my respect when his song went to number one here in the UK but he refused to perform on TOTP because he said dance acts always came across crap on it. Couldn't agree with you more.

Thumb nails taste better than finger nails.

A back catalogue of Calvin Klein ads. I must say Mark Wahlberg has always been a particular favourite. Umm, apart from Antonio Sabato Junior of course.... That's why The Big Hit is such a great movie.

I'm organising the music for a party this weekend. Any song suggestions?

Meanwhile, a mini tour of Japanese art.

Elmer Fudd translates this web page. In fact the Cockney one is exactly what I sound like...init.

Monique has expressed precisely my feelings about the web lately. Let's start a revolution. When I can be arsed.

Note: Sea monkeys are an anti-climax.

Song Recommendation of the Day:
Title: Rock the Boat
Artist: Aaliyah
The mood created: Sudden urge to take a ferry ride from Dover to Calais and proceed in making a prat of yourself by painfully describing what ice cream you want in 'French' and not realising the person working there is in fact English.

Recently I've just been signed up to Bloglet. Yeah, great tool but someone subscribed for me without even informing me! I am capable of making my own decisions and subscribing myself. I've been subscribed to http://foolishness.net, a site I've never even visited before! The cheek of it all.

Song Recommendation of the Day:
Title: Red Alert
Artist: Basement Jaxx
The mood created: I wanna dance, I wanna get down tonight

This is mainly for my sister who tends to hog shotgun while we're up in Glasgow. I had my hand on the door dammit!

And this is probably the best Mirror Project photo explanation I've read.

Song Recommendation of the Day:
Title: Child of the Wild West
Artist: Cypress Hill
Where have I heard this before: Blade II
The mood created: Let's get jiggy!

Well it looks like I'm back. But why the boring old page you may ask. And an answer ye shall receive. Mainly because I came up with about five fancy schmancy designs that just didn't do it for me. It got to a point where I gave up but then thought all I really want to do is write. So here you have it. My ramblings without all the fluffiness. When I have more time I might jazz this place up a bit but for now, it's just you, me and a white page. I still love you.

While I was away, I figured out that large tongues freak me out, mini people dancing on my computer screen please me and that the periodic table isn't as boring as it may seem. It's a shame it took me so long to figure the last one out considering I'll finish my degree in chemistry in a month or so.

Q: Do the questions in the brain of your icon indicate that it's missing?
A: Yes.