Michael Jackson Tickets

Tickets for the biggest freak show ever go on sale tomorrow to the public at 7am.
Do i buy some tickets?

Not to go and see him, although i am curious, but to whack straight on Ebay.

Apparently there will be about 45 dates in total.
I think most people will be buying them to Ebay them.

Its a double edged sword, everyone buying them to sell them will create too much supply.
Will people get there money back and more?
Thats the gamble.

I think i will have a go for a laugh.
Tickets go on sale at 7am from all good ticket touts.

(Ticketmaster are the biggest touts of all! scumbags!)

QUESTION - How many English / U.S bands have sung in a foreign language?

I am stumped on this one.

How many English or U.S bands have sung an entire song or recorded an entire album in another language other than their native tongue?

There are hundreds I could name who sing in English and it is not their native language (Nena - - 99 red balloons / Rammstein / The Scorpions).

I can only get Peter Gabriel, who recorded his third album (Melt) and fourth album (Security) in German.

I know there are many bands whom have sung a small section of a song in another language (Sisters of Mercy - Marian), but who have had a go at a full song?

It's difficult, please help me out?

ROLLER DERBY UK

I have seen the future...and the future is ROLLER DERBY.
This sport rules.

A sport dominated by women, but men are getting into it also. (If anyone is interested in setting up a northwest chapter let me know).

Fast, furious and a shit load of bruises.

5 players from each team play at a time. They go round a track together, in the same direction. Each team has a 'Jammer', (the player with a star on his/her helmet), who starts after the other four. The aim is for the Jammers to catch up to the other players (who are called blockers) and get past as many blockers as possible. The blockers have to help their Jammer get past, while trying to stop the opposing Jammer. This goes on for 2 minutes, after which a whistle is blown, the scores are awarded and another 5 players from each team line up. These 2 minutes periods are called 'jams'. Points are scored for each opposing player that the jammer gets past. Its a full contact sport, so blocking is encouraged. Grabbing, tripping and hitting are not allowed (but they do happen) so players get sent to spend a jam in the penalty box. Expect twisted ankles, broken wrists and lots of smiles.
Oh and a classic pair of quad skates in the ribs!!

new year, new post

Hey Hey hey!!
Another year older a new one just begun!

Well, i have packed in the cigs (2 weeks so far!) and i am having a month off drinking to give my liver a chance of survival.

2 weeks in an i feel worse than ever.
I thought if you pack in smoking your chest gets better? i feel like my lungs are closing in.
I suppose its all the crap, starting to come loose.
I don't even feel like a cig, which i think is because how crappy i feel.
Hopefully won't last too long.

What do i want from 2009?
to be honest job security and some kind of lottery windfall.
I want a quiet year, last year was too manic and flew past.

Very difficult seeing all the redundancies that are happening (my mate got laid off on friday) at the moment and then seeing Manchester City (reportedly) offering AC Milan's 'Kaka' £250'000+ per week for kicking a ball. If i was him i would jump at the chance.
I'd play football in Beirut for that kind of money.
In fact there is very little i wouldn't do for that kind of money.

*tart

New hobbies?

well i have just got Abletor some kind of music editor.
I don't want to waste my life to it, a couple of weekend's is ok, anymore no way.
If you go on www.nin.com , the Nine Inch Nails official site, apart from it being a very cool website, now Trent Reznor is record label free, he is offering a ridiculous amount of music up for free download, inc the latest album (The Slip) (highly recommend).
Loads of old stuff as instrumentals and there is a remix section of the site open up to all, where vistors are encouraged to download various tracks and layers and remix the hell out of it and put it up for others to hear.

I have so many tunes that go through my head, its frustrating not being able to put them into practise. I will have a little go at this, should be fun.

I would highly recommend anyone to check out the site.
The remix section has been up for ages, some great variations on some amazing songs.
i would argue that many of the remixs posted are better than a lot that are on many of the remix albums over the years.

check it out!

Happy new year.

New Doctor Who - James Callis

This guy is the ideal man to replace David Tennant.
He's British, he's a damn fine actor and he ticks all of the required Doctor Who boxes.

He has played a variety of roles, but he is most noteable as Gaius Baltar, in Battlestar Galactica.

Through this character he has played an emotionally tortured and multi facetted character, showing great potential in what he could deliver as the next Doctor Who.
The humour is there, the wacky zaniness is there, and the ability to deliver solid acting is there.

There can't be many more Doctor Who's left, so why go for the obvious choice - John Simm, lets go with someone who can win another generation of fans and keep it running longer and creating a broader worldwide appeal.

Come on Russell T Davies, before you leave put a nudge in the right direction for James Callis

can google predict the future?

(see previous blog)

Ok, so i tried various questions on Google like:

what should *my name* do tomorrow?
what will happen to *my name* tomorrow?

Nothing worked. All i got was information on other people.

Then i thought about something that was on my mind, the most nagging issue about me today.

I asked the question (i wont repeat it here) and about three options down, was a quote, telling me that in a week all will be forgotton.
This was the most significant answer that i saw in relation to my simple question.

I will use this as my first example and see what happens.

For all questions i will only allow the first page of google results to predict my future.

21st December 2012

As you may have gathered from my previous posting i am quite the pessimist.
Normally i would go gung ho for end of the world theories etc, but i am not getting this one.

21-12-2012 or 12-12-2012 for our American friends is the day the world is due to end.

see Millennium Bug Y2K , Nostradamus theories, pole shift, the coming of the Planet X, the usual stuff.

Apparently its because the Mayan calendar, which is 3600 years old, comes to an abrupt end on this date.
It supposed to be a huge spectacle, however there are far too many variations out there about what will happen.

Most of it is Biblical, then you have World War 3, Wormwood or disease etc etc.

I can't believe it because its sooooo date specific.

Among the many theories out there is one where in the next three years two people will reveal themselves, and pronounce themselves to the world delivering a message.
A message telling of the coming 'end of days'.
They will be disbelieved and ultimately killed.
To me this sounds very similar to the recent plot of Season 4 Battlestar Galactica (which is far more realistic, and also the greatest story ever told).

Just google '2012' and see what you get. Thousands of theories, hundreds of YouTube postings - its crazy.
Or is it because there is a new film coming out called 2012, and this is the best publicity drive ever?

Personally i am not looking forward to 2012, but thats because the Olympics are coming to London and it will be such an embarrassment (but thats another story).

It is true that things seem pretty gloomy at the moment, and i truly believe everything will get much worse, however to be so specific about the date is crap.

bad things happen all the time, its just now there is far too many of us on the planet, and we are all too greedy and i suspect the next few years will be very bad.

millions will lose there jobs,

terrorism will get worse,

the oil will run out (search 'peak oil' on google if you love this end of world stuff!, plus see my previous posts),

countries will do what they can to protect there own,

i believe its not about the end of the world, its just going to be a major re-adjustment to how people live.

start planting potatoes and sharpening a pointy stick. get on the wii fit and get into shape as the strongest greediest nastiest will survive.

personally the day my broadband goes that's the sign!

I reckon that if you google future days randomly google may predict whats ahead.
Obviously the weather is the big one and scheduled sporting events, but what about events directly related to me?

People believe what astrologers write in the newspapers, can we believe what the Internet predicts for us?

I am going to have a go, i will keep you posted.
But what do i search for?
Just a date? and see what happens to me?
or follow the instructions of things to do on a specific date?

I think i will randomly throw dates out there and questions specifically about me and see what happens, i suspect nothing.
One of my first questions will be what lottery numbers will be drawn on Saturday night!