Beyoncé - Disappear

Glazed over on first listen, but really got to appreciate this (and the album as a whole, mostly) while I was away.

Shame she has to seperate herself into two halves so much for distinction, though.
The end result means some songs blur into one another purely because of this.

If I begged and if I cried

Would it change the sky tonight

Would it give me some light

Should I wait for you to call?

Is there any hope at all

Are you drifting by?

When I think about it

I know that I was never there

or even cared

The more I think about it

The less that I was able to share

with you

I try to reach you

I can almost feel you

You're nearly here

And then you disappear

And when I lie all by myself

I see your face, I hear your voice

My heart stays faithful

And time has come and time has passed

If its good it's got to last

It feels so right

I missed all the signs

One at a time

you weren't ready

What did I know?

Starting our lives

Now my love,

I'm ready to shine.

Memoirs of a Geisha

'If a tree has no leaves or branches, can you still call it a tree?

The heart dies a slow death, shedding it's hope like leaves until there is nothing left to shed.'

I have no words to describe how incredibly beautiful this movie is.

It's a shame I never discovered it til now.

I truly adore this film.

Spain

Honesty

Commitment.
You.
Me.

Us.



They mean nothing, all I need is a holiday and a new face.
No more advice, no more pity.

See you in the new year.
Or hopefully not.

YOU ARE SCUM

you give chlamydia a bad name.
Don't let the bitter taste stay in your mouth too long
why not gag it with a cock.

Nerina Pallot - Sophia

Incredible.
I forgot how mesmerizing this video was.
I love this song with everything.


Five o’ clock and a fire escape symphony
Spilling out across the road and the square
And the sky’s the same as your own, do you think of me?
Do the parks and trees and the leaves reach you there?
After the rain, in the lonely hours he haunts me
Calling out, again, and again

Sophia, Sophia, I’m burning, I’m burning
It’s a fire, a fire I cannot put out.
Sophia, Sophia, I’m learning that some things
I can’t go without
And one of those is him.

And now I walk these streets like a stranger in my home town,
Learn the language, form the words when I speak.
But he changed me, I’m his ghost since he came around
Now I count the hours, and the days and the weeks.....
In passion and silence,
Every word, every line a measure
It’s the science of the soul.
And his books, they breathe a reason
And now, I want to know

Sophia, Sophia, I’m burning, I’m burning
It’s a fire, a fire I cannot put out.
Sophia, Sophia, I’m learning that some things
I can’t go without
And one of those is him.

And you, with your new born eyes,
Have you ever loved a man like I love him?
Do you hurt, but still feel alive
Like never before?

Sophia, Sophia, I’m burning, I’m burning
It’s a fire, a fire I cannot put out.
Sophia, Sophia, I’m learning that some things
I can’t go without
I can’t go without him.

Be Your Own Pet - Food Fight!

This song is pure jokes.
AMAZING.


LUNCH TIME IS
JUST NOT FAIR
HOT DOG MUSTARD IN YOUR HAIR

SUCKS FOR THE JANITOR...
FIGHT ON
SUCKS FOR THE JANITOR...
FIGHT ON, FIGHT ON
FOOD FIGHT

CRASH A SIX YEAR OLDS BIRTHDAY PARTY
SMASH SOME CAKE IN HER FACE
MAKE HER CRY FOR MUMMY
GOTTA STAND YOUR FUCKIN GROUND
FIGHT ON
YOU GOTTA STAND YOUR FUCKIN GROUND
FOOD FIGHT

PIZZA PARTY ON A FRIDAY NIGHT
WHO WOULD HAVE KNOW THERE'S GONNA BE A FOOD FIGHT?
HAWAIIAN STYLE AND LOTS OF MEAT
GOING DOWN YOUR PANTS IN TO YOUR FEET
EXTRA CHEESE
IN YOUR FACE
DON'T FUCK AROUND
GOTTA PICK UP THE PACE
A PIZZA PARTY ON A FRIDAY NIGHT
WHO WOULD HAVE KNOWN THERE'S GONNA BE A FOOD FIGHT?

LUNCH TIME IS
JUST NOT FAIR
HOT DOG MUSTARD IN YOUR HAIR

SUCKS FOR THE JANITOR...
FIGHT ON
SUCKS FOR THE JANITOR...
FIGHT ON

Johnny Foreigner - Waited Up Til It Was Light

Awesome awesome album.
Slowly getting the music taste back on track.
And in a complete circle of fate, Lewes Herriot does all their artwork.



Salt, Peppa & Spinderella
And at the point of taking you right outside
hanging suspended in the air
in the room where I used to stay
You'll find the time if you need it
2,500 miles apart but I never saw you clearer
We played for moments like this
Little sparks, little hits from someone else's garden
Hanging out of 15 storey windows never felt so relaxing
Bring out the real front.
Turn on the real drums.


Yes! You Talk Too Fast
And I'm a lost ghost stalking out grammar school corridors
(Oh, you'll never, oh oh you'll never)
Like the worst kind of habit
How you're only gonna get ignored
(Oh, you'll never, oh oh you'll never)
If I'm a car crash, then you're a car crash too
Like the worst kind of habit
How they're watching while we're at it


Hennings Favourite
I see the girls at your shows
They wear their battles in their hair
You spend too much time indoors shouting "Fake!" at the walls
I thought, I thought that wars were fought for this
I guess, I guess, I guess we lost
At least you know where you stand
So you raise your middle finger to the garage rock
Like zombies are crawling out over the top
How your girlfriend is convinced but you are not
Until the garage rock assimilates

'Greek Week'

And who said the education system was failing.

"Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world."

Archimedes

'Future Fashion' by Annie Higgie

How did we switch up these places?

Why am I the weakest now?
Is it because you are so good at being okay?

I'm fed up of fighting to be on top.

"Oh, I've had my chances
And I've taken them all
Just to end up right back
here on the floor."

Familiarity in hidden vanity and chaos

"A lot of people who charge around trying to wake up the world are actually some of the most vain people you'll ever come across.

Yet, they disguise that vanity under what appears to be a necessary positive thing.

Those who have chaos inside themselves prefer a climate of chaos, because they don't stand out as much."

Michael Tsarion, writer and teacher

P!nk - Sober

Without being dramatic
I don't really know what to do anymore.
My life is really shit.
And I'm not upset.
It's crystal clear, which is probably the scary thing.



I dont want to be girl who laughts the loudest
Or the girl who never wants to be alone.
I dont want to be that call at 4 o clock in the morning.
Cus im the only one in the world who wont be home.

sun is blinding.
stay up again.
i am finding.
Thats not the way i want my story to end

Im safe, up high.
Nothing can touch me.
Why do i feel this party's over?

No pain, inside.
Your my protection.
But how do i feel this good sober?

I dont want to be the girl who has to fill the silence.
The quiet scares me because it screams the truth.
Please dont tell me that we had that conversation.
Cus i wont remember, safe your breathe, cus whats the use.

night is coming.
And it whispers to me softly 'come and play'.
i am falling.
And if i ever still go im the only one to blame.

Coming down
Spinning round
Looking for myself
Sober

When its good, then its good. Its all good till it goes bad.
Till you try and find the you that you once had.
I have heard myself cry never again.
Brokern down in agony, tryin to find a friend.

'Fragile'

Decent-looking post apocalyptic RPG from Namco-Bandai.
Looks really pretty, been keeping an eye on this for a while.

Sick but cool

Obviously, the point of this is not to glamourise such a horrible disease.
But I really like the idea of the campaign, nonetheless.

Wonder if they got DC's permission...

Britney Spears - Unusual You

Nothing about you is typical
Nothing about you is predictable
You’ve got me all twisted and confused
Up til now, I thought I knew love
Nothing to loose and its damaged cause
Patterns will fall as quick as I do, but now

Bridges are burning
Baby I’m learning, a new way of thinking now
Love I can see, nothing will be, just like it was
Is that because?

Baby you’re so unusual
Didn’t anyone tell you you’re supposed to
break my heart, I expect you to
so why haven’t you?

Maybe you’re not even human cause
Only an angel can be so unusual
Sweet surprise, I could get used to
Unusual You

Been so many things when i was someone else
Boxer in the ring trying to defend myself
In the private eye to see what's going on
(That's long gone)
When I'm with you, i can just be myself
You're always where you said you will be
Shocking cause i never knew love like this could exist

Tables are turning
My heart is soaring, You'll never let me down
Answer my call, here after all
Never met anyone like you

Can't believe that I almost didn't try
When you call my name
Now everything has changed

Coconuts and grapes

I have WAY too much planning today.

My life is going to be really hard work.


Thank god the social life is on the way out
Because if I had nothing to do all this waiting around would be killing me.
I don't have any excuses for you anymore, you are becoming quite the arse.
'One rule for everybody' has never seemed quite so apt
And right now I feel like I have quite a lot of egg on my face.
Cheers mate.

Roy Lichtenstein

Is my new obsession.
Because it's nice to identify with some drama.


'Drowning Girl'



'Forget it! Forget Me!'



'Girl at Piano'

Feel I Could Wipe You.

What you are
What you see
It don't matter to me

It don't matter to me
What you know
What you need
It don't matter to me
Just be faithful to me

First I saw the letter
Heard your secret code
Tellin' me walk away
What a waste, turning cold

What you say
What you mean
It don't matter to me
It don't matter to me

What you want
What you dream
It don't matter to me
Just be faithful to me

When you know
You're turning cold


Love is pain
Uh-Oh-Oh-Oh
Love is pain
Uh-Oh-Oh-Oh
You're insane
Uh-Oh-Oh-Oh
Feel I Could Wipe You.

Ringleader

Mannequin
You can cry your eyes right out of your head.


Kill The Lights
You don't like me
I don't like you
It don't matter.
Only Difference,
You still listen
I don't have to.


Amnesia
When we touch I melt like butter.

Miaow.

"Fame is an unnatural construct and those who go in search of it are the least likely to find it," he said.

I mean, really, does anyone want to sit through a show by The Killers?

What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas, unfortunately with the exception of The Killers."

Ryan Adams

Kingswood

In a week which could have been a potential emotional black hole, this was my rehab.

I now know this is what I want to do, and I am doing what I am at the moment for a good reason.

Things will come and go, but this is my life and my career and I'm happy with it.

Also, I got asked out on a date in a cave.
I did not go on the date.

The Maine - This Is The End

Today I think I lost a really good friend
Because I got tired of the pity, and wised up to the reality of selfishness.
This is ACTIVE DAMAGE CONTROL.


I'm taking, taking all of my time
I'm dodging words, but she's saying the right lines
She made me, made me oh so crazy
But this time I feel like I'm doing something right

It made me sick to think about
Everything you put me through and how you left without
(Saying goodbye) And if it's really over now
Then you can walk away and it would be the last time

This is the end
Of you and me
And everything I used to be
Back then it meant something
But you're living a lie, you just can't hide from me

You had me hanging on your last word
And now I'm feeling a little less than trusting
You had me wishing we were something
But left me here with a whole lot of nothing now

This is the end
Of you and me
And everything I used to be
Back then it meant something
But you're living a lie, you just can't hide from me

Love is a luxury
She said "I'd rather be in love than dead"
But now it's her, oh God now it's her
She's the type of girl who makes love

I'm taking, taking all of my time
I'm dodging words but she's saying the right lines
She's made me, made me, oh so crazy
But this time I feel like I got it right

This is the end
Of you and me
Everything I used to be
Back then it meant something
But you're living a lie, you just can't hide from me

If we're being children

And posting our opinions in bulletins on myspace
I'm not one to miss getting on the bandwagon.


You're 18.
Grow the fuck up, you child.

If you can't handle social interaction, maybe you should just stay in.
That would be a lot easier than inevitably letting down all the people around you.

I don't know why I'm searching for something that's not there.
I always thought it would be pretty easy to be friends with everyone, and by now I know that there are certain situations where things are best left unsaid.
But if I didn't think you could handle it, I would never have put either of us in this kind of position.
I am an adult, and I am not an idiot, I have been through this too many times before.

If I'm being harsh, it's because your motives and ways of dealing are so incredibly out of line it's not even funny. Evaluate yourself before you tell me how important I am, because you are wasting my time.

I don't want to care.
I used to pity, now I can't even use that as an excuse.
You are fully aware of what you are doing.
You are not that stupid.

For the record
I'm not brave enough to post this.
and THIS IS NOT A DIARY.

Don't prolong it.

Without any meaning
We're just skin and bone

Like beautiful robots
Dancing alone.

SHINY TOY CRAP.

So the half decent female lead from Shiny Toy Gunse left, or got fired or whatever.
And they replace her with this tramp, a reject who PUBLICALLY AND ON REALITY TV AUDITIONED TO BE A PUSSYCAT DOLL.





So at least the promo shoot was good.
Shame about the shocking new direction and lack off all sense of songwriting prowess.



He should still have a right to wear this crown.
But despite how much I love him, this is shit.

Paramore - Decode

From the soundtrack of the upcoming vampire movie 'Twilight', probably going to be huge
BLA BLA BLA...

Very good return to form.



How can I decide what's right
When you're clouding up my mind?
I can't win
You're losing sight
All the time

Not gonna ever own what's mine
When you're always taking sides
But you won't take away my pride
No, not this time
Not this time

How did we get here?
I used to know you so well
How did we get here?
Well, I think I know

The truth is hiding in your eyes
And it's hanging on your tongue
Just boiling in my blood
But you think that I can't see
What kind of man that you are
If you're a man at all
Well, I will figure this one out
On my own

I'm screaming, "I love you so"
My thoughts you can't decode

Do you see what we've done?
We've gone and made such fools
Of ourselves
Do you see what we've done?
We've gone and made such fools
Of ourselves

There is something I see in you
It might kill me
I want it to be true

Emiliana Torrini - Jungle Drum

This is what I was trying to say, but am clearly not articulate enough.
Really is a very good album, too.


Hey, I'm in love,
My fingers keep on clicking to the beating of my heart.
Hey, I can't stop my feet,
Ebony and ivory and dancing in the street.
Hey, it's because of you,
The world is in a crazy, hazy hue.

My heart is beating like a jungle drum

Man, you got me burning,
I'm the moment between the striking and the fire.
Hey, read my lips,
Cause all they say is kiss, kiss, kiss.
No, it'll never stop,
My hands are in the air, yes I'm in love.

Wow.

Life is really good.
I'm really happy.
Stuff travels really fast, doesn't it?
But who should be the one to put the brakes on?
Does anyone need to put the brakes on?

I like questions that I don't have to answer.

Sushi!

T-shirt?

Lady Gaga - Starstruck

And the best use of an established DJ production for a UK bonus track goes to...

Groove slam work it back
Filter that baby bump that track

Rollin up to the club on the weekends
Stylin’ out to the beat that you’re freakin'
Fantasize on the track that you’re tweakin'

BLOW
MY
HEART
UP

Put your hands on my waist, pull the fader
Run it back with original flavour
Cue me up on the twelve on the table
I’m so starstruck

Starstruck,
baby could you blow my heart up?

Baby now that we’re alone, got a request
Would you make me number one on your playlist?
Got your dirty headphones with the left side on
Wanna smack it back and forth back and forth

Put your hands on my waist, pull the fader
Run it back with original flavour
Put the brake down first
the chorus to the verse
REVERSE

My 21st

Was incredibly overrated, and probably one of the worst days I have had for quite a while.
But I'm using this as a marker for how I'm going to deal with things from now on. Observe:



1. Constantly ask yourself 'WHY DO YOU CARE SO MUCH?'
The overriding answer will probably be 'no one else does, it's just you.'



2. Keep yourself happy.
If you are happy, and the people that are important to you are happy with you, life is good.



3. Don't hold back.
Don't waste your own time thinking in unthinkable circles. Let someone else do it.

I owe you one. I hope you are sticking around.

It Don't Stop

Let me tell you about a boy
He's going la-la
Try'na get my ya-ya
But he's not commited, so I'ma tell him baby bye-bye
Treat me like a yo-yo
Papa that's a no-no
If we're not official I'm so much better off solo

Boys are going crazy on a day to day basis
I just click and erase,
They pullin' all sorts of trickery
try'na get in my knickers
This shit is getting ridiculous
If a boy's not meticulous
He won't pass my test
Now put me on your speed dial and erase the rest
If you don't...

We should
just be
friends.

Christina Aguilera Greatest Hits Promo Photos

Fuck the 'forces sweetheart' bullshit.

It's a shame she is wasting these looks on a Greatest Hits.

Barbarella is the new crotchless leather chaps.

Damien Rice & Lisa Hannigan - 9 Crimes

This is one of those times where you realise how amazing something is, and kick yourself for forgetting.
I LOVE THIS SONG.

Leave me out with the waste
This is not what I do
It's the wrong kind of place
To be thinking of you
It's the wrong time
For somebody new
It's a small crime
And I've got no excuse

Is that alright?
Give my gun away when it's loaded
Is that alright?
If you don't shoot it how am I supposed to hold it
Is that alright?
Give my gun away when it's loaded
Is that alright, yeah, with you?

Leave me out with the waste
This is not what I do
It's the wrong kind of place
To be cheating on you
It's the wrong time
she's pulling me through
It's a small crime
And I've got no excuse

Is that alright?
Give my gun away when it's loaded
Is that alright?
If you don't shoot it how am I supposed to hold it?
Is that alright?
Give my gun away when it's loaded
Is that alright
Is that alright with you?

No...

Catfights and Spotlights

It's alright.
Not much of a progression. And definitely not as instant as 'Change'.
Pretty ballad-heavy too...
But some really good standout songs here.
Namely the ones where I become more and more in love with chavvy chocolate-voice Amelle.
Love ya.


Sunday Rain
Very... film noir?
Sugababes drama at it's best, but with the 60's tint that seems to be trickling through the album.
Bit of a weak chorus, the verses are definitely where this shines.

They say love's a many splendoured thing
We've made a mess of everything
It's left me wondering
If it's just a picture postcard
Made to teach you
Some place that you're never gonna go
You're never gonna know
You give all your heart and got nothing to show


Beware
A shining example of the running theme in this album.
Sugababes do a Bond theme, if you like.
And it DEFINITELY works.
Dark, brooding, and a fantastic show of how far they have vocally come.

Growing darkness
Go break your bread with sinners
And come winter
Go on and tread the thin ice.


Every Heart Broken
Lyrically... a bit of a joke.
And probably the third single, by the looks of it.
If so, could be accompanied by an awesome video.
Again, Amelle steals the show.
S'alright.

Boy seven was the don of all Sicilly
Try and kiss and tell a man so naughty
Now he sleeps with the fishes
Arrivederche, baby

Last boy was a director of the silver screen
He went and wrote a slasher flick just for me
When he said cut
I took it literally

Annie Leibovitz's 'Alice'

Originally shot for Vogue and featuring Natalia Vodianova as Alice.

'The Mock Turtle's Song', with Donatella Versace


'Pig and Pepper' with Karl Lagerfeld


'Who Stole The Tarts?' with John Galliano


'The Cheshire Cat' with Jean Paul Gautier

Emiliana Torrini - Gun

Fucking gorgeous album.
One of the darker tracks... We love the dark.
Music from Iceland is awesome.


Every day I see you looking in
I'll be the smoothest thing to touch your skin
You're longing to be loved but you're alone
Your longing makes you shiver to the bone
Your mama told you nothing of importance
No, your daddy told you nothing you could learn
You had your sister's weighing on your pockets
And your priest he tried so hard to get you turned
Maybe you've been living lonely
While your woman has a fellow on the side
Your kids keep telling jokes that ain't that funny
And you've failed in everything that comes to mind
Now you see I'm only here to let you know
that I love you and I'll never let you go
So take me in the hand and walk on by
For the life this has to offer twists inside
Now your woman has a fellow in your bed
You have to go, you have to move right in
And the ring on your finger would leave another scar
But the joke's on her, she hasn't seen it all
So you shot him up close, and you shot him in the face
And your woman looked on and your children they embraced
And the candle's still burning and the fire's roaring fire
You move right in, yeah you moved right in

Stop your shaking, sweating, whining and regretting
You're making a scene that's gonna get you caught
Look in the barrel and tell me that you love me
Yes, the nicest kiss that I swear will blow your mind

Kings of Leon - Manhattan

From 'Only By The Night.'
Awesome album.
Echoey guitars are my favourite.


Well
I could dance all night
And some of the day
That's how I play

I say who are you
No matter who you are
So you dance all night
And you dance all day

I say

Gonna build a fire
Gonna smoke it up
Gonna sip this wine
And pass the cup

These avenues and
These reseviors
We gonna show this town
How to kiss these stars

I say

You've come to kill
Gonna spend it high
Your parents grieve
I know they are right

And then talking to you
Well they calm you down
So it's all for you
Who let you down

Just wanna take you hand
I'm gonna drive you home
Just gonna keep on
Keep on, keep on
And you gonna have a rest

Keane - Spiralling

The Sugababes live lounge version of this is also very good.
Are they ACTUALLY having a good time?!
Whatever, this is a VERY good return for the boys, and a very good progression.
And when you get covered by a bitchy girlband, you KNOW you've made it good.

I'm waiting
For my moment to come
I'm waiting
For the movie to begin
I'm waiting
For a revelation
I'm waiting for someone
To count me in

Because now
I only see my dreams
In everything I touch
Feel their cold hands on
Everything that I love
Cold like some
Magnificant skyline
Out of my reach
But always
In my eyeline now

We're tumbling down
We're spiralling
Tied up to the ground
We're spiralling

I fashioned you
From jewels and stone
I made you
In the image of myself
I gave you
Everything you wanted
So you would never know
Anything else

But everytime
I reach for you
You slip
Through my fingers
Into cold sunlight
Laughing at the things
That I had planned
The map of my world gets
Smaller as I sit here
Pulling at the loose
Threads now

We're tumbling down
We're spiralling
Tied up to the ground
We're spiralling
When we fall in love
We're just falling
In love with ourselves
We're spiralling

Did you wanna be a winner?
Did you wanna be an icon?
Did you wanna be famous?
Did you wanna be the president?
Did you wanna start a war?
Did you wanna have a family?
Did you wanna be in love?
Did you wanna be in love?

I never saw the light
I waited up all night
But I never saw the light