Spirit of radio - Rush
Caroline - Status Quo
You and me song - The Wannadies
Strawberry swing - Coldplay
Death - White Lies
Stars will lead the way - Simple Minds
The 59 sound - The Gaslight Anthem
22 - Lily Allen
21 Guns - Green Day
Pictures of matchstick men - Status Quo
Song away - Hockey
Learning to fly - Tom Petty
Night moves - Bob Seger
Candy - Paolo Nutini
Sanctify yourself - Simple Minds
Second chance - Shinedown
Black horse & the Cherry tree - KT Tunstall
Street of dreams - Guns n Roses
Dead end street - The Kinks
Magic man - Heart
The bones of you - Elbow
The fear - Lily Allen
We are the people - Empire of the Sun
Keep on loving you - REO Speedwagon
Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up) - Florence and the Machine
Scooby snacks - Fun Lovin Criminals
Flowers in the window - Travis
No You Girls - Franz Ferdinand
The universal - Blur
Ayo technology - Milow
California Waiting - Kings of Leon
Just because - Raygun
Where Did All The Love Go? - Kasabian
Just like paradise - David Lee Roth
You got me rocking - The Rolling Stones
Since you been gone - Rainbow
Fire - Kasabian
Country girl - Primal Scream
In a broken dream - Python Lee Jackson and Rod Stewart
Listen to the music - The Doobie Brothers
Fly like an eagle - Steve Miller Band
Mr Writer - Stereophonics
Little wing - Jimmy Hendrix
Buddy Holly - Weezer
Rubber Lover - Marmaduke Duke
Ziggy stardust - David Bowie
Oh my god - Kaiser Chiefs
America - Razorlight
She Came Back - Jersey Budd
Life in the fast lane - The Eagles
Nothing Ever Happens - Del Amitri
New divide - Linkin Park
Red Lipstick - Skint And Demoralised
No surprises - Radiohead
Make me smile - Steve Harley And Cockney Rebel
Radar Love - Golden Earring
Get it on (bang a gong) - T-Rex
You really got me - Van Halen
Roll over beethoven - ELO
I won't back down - Tom Petty
Fall at your feet - Crowded House
Centrefold - J Geils Band
Stand by me - John Lennon
King of rock 'n' roll - Prefab Sprout
Sharp Dressed Man - ZZ Top
Mrs. Potters lullaby - Counting Crows
Barney Rubble - by The Twang
Band on the run - Wings
Dirty laundry - Don Henley
Hocus pocus - Focus
Howl - Florence and the Machine
Rock and roll music - The Beatles
Lust For Life - Iggy Pop
Who do you love - The Doors
Stay with me - Rod Stewart and The Faces
Gone hollywood - Supertramp
Epic - Faith No More
Hollywood nights - Bob Seger
Panama - Van Halen
Rocky mountain way - Joe Walsh
Backstreet symphony - Thunder
All my life - Foo Fighters
Whole lotta Rosie - AC/DC
Magic carpet ride - Steppenwolf
Turn to stone - Joe Walsh
Jamaica - Led Zeppelin
You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet - Bachman Turner Overdrive
Good times - INXS
Children of the revolution - T-Rex
Cast no shadow - Oasis
Notion - Kings Of Leon
Monkey Gone to Heaven - The Pixiess
Incommunicado - Marillion
Reeling in the years - Steely Dan
She's not there - The Zombies
Friday, July 24, 2009
Good Music
Sunday, July 19, 2009
"Remember when you were young, you shone like the sun..."
My childhood was an amazing time. Having had no siblings, I found my life a tad bit more comfortable than those around me who had brothers and sisters. After all, what else can we do but measure our happiness against others'.
Never really felt alone then. My imagination would lead me through the dark valleys of loneliness. Imagination, what a beautiful thing. Did you know that imagination is what sets human beings apart from other sentient beings? If only a dog could imagine what it would be like to kill his stupid mutt of a master, he would've wiped man out long, long ago.
But my imagination did not centre around the morbid. No, I was in a universe of my own, where heroes and superheroes from the Marvel, DC and other trademark universes converged. I even had some help from the more real-life characters of Enid Blyton, Bram Stroker, Charles Dickens, Ronald Dahl and H Rider Haggard. It was an amazing time.
Every night, as my father promptly sent me off on my nightly walk back and forth down the 'estate' (sic!), my mind wandered to faraway lands. Flanked by Wolverine, Rogue, Gandalf the Grey and Professor Van Helsing, I would spend my nights playing out a fantasy of accomplishing feats so much bigger than myself, and especially bigger than my then-puny existence.
That was the last millenium. My existence is still puny.
Did they get you to trade
Your heroes for ghosts,
Ashes for trees,
Hot air for a cool, cool breeze?
Did you exchange
A Walk-on part in a war
For a lead role in a cage?
Pink Floyd -- Wish you were here
Never really felt alone then. My imagination would lead me through the dark valleys of loneliness. Imagination, what a beautiful thing. Did you know that imagination is what sets human beings apart from other sentient beings? If only a dog could imagine what it would be like to kill his stupid mutt of a master, he would've wiped man out long, long ago.
But my imagination did not centre around the morbid. No, I was in a universe of my own, where heroes and superheroes from the Marvel, DC and other trademark universes converged. I even had some help from the more real-life characters of Enid Blyton, Bram Stroker, Charles Dickens, Ronald Dahl and H Rider Haggard. It was an amazing time.
Every night, as my father promptly sent me off on my nightly walk back and forth down the 'estate' (sic!), my mind wandered to faraway lands. Flanked by Wolverine, Rogue, Gandalf the Grey and Professor Van Helsing, I would spend my nights playing out a fantasy of accomplishing feats so much bigger than myself, and especially bigger than my then-puny existence.
That was the last millenium. My existence is still puny.
Did they get you to trade
Your heroes for ghosts,
Ashes for trees,
Hot air for a cool, cool breeze?
Did you exchange
A Walk-on part in a war
For a lead role in a cage?
Pink Floyd -- Wish you were here
Friday, July 17, 2009
Vindication is sweet, the consequent loss of life isn't...
For several months now, I've been worrying about Indonesia, and the trouble that's going to stem from there if Al Qaeda establishes a strong foot hold in the world's largest Muslim country. Well, not many people took my concerns seriosuly. so...
Terror stalks Indonesia as hotel bombs kill nine
JAKARTA, July 17, 2009 (AFP) - Suspected Islamist suicide bombers detonated high-explosive devices in two luxury Jakarta hotels popular with foreigners Friday, killing at least nine people, officials said.
Witnesses described grim scenes with bloodied survivors fleeing in panic from the Ritz-Carlton and JW Marriott hotels, as terrorism returned to the world's most populous Muslim nation after four years without a major attack.
The broad streets of Jakarta's financial district were littered with glass and debris and smeared with blood after the breakfast-time bombings, which sent a huge plume of smoke over the city.
A sombre-looking President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, whose crackdown on the extremist Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) appeared to have quelled the extremist threat, said the bombings undermined the security of the entire nation.
He said the attackers "have no humanity and they don't care about the damage done to our country with this act of terrorism, which will have wide effects on our economy, trade, tourism and image in the eyes of the world".
Officials said more than 40 other people were injured when two blasts shook the upmarket hotels, and pinned suspicion on a JI splinter group led by Malaysian-born bombmaker Noordin Mohammed Top.
"Based on the evidence at the scene, we found that there were two suicide bombers," national police chief Bambang Hendarso Danuri told reporters.
Grainy security camera footage at the Ritz-Carlton showed a man wearing a backpack on his chest and carrying a suitcase entering the hotel restaurant moments before a bomb exploded.
The flickering footage aired on the TV One station showed the large open doorway to the restaurant erupting with glass, debris and smoke as the bomb was detonated inside.
People in the doorway were engulfed by the blast, while others dived for cover behind furniture and walls. Witnesses described a scene of carnage.
"I was walking outside and I saw three injured people taken to the ambulance," shop assistant Syarif, 32, said.
"They were all foreigners, their faces and bodies all covered in blood. The skin near the eye of one of them was peeling off," he said.
At least one foreigner, a New Zealand businessman, was confirmed dead and Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said he had "grave concerns" for three missing Australians including an embassy official.
Rudd condemned the "barbaric" attacks, saying they made him "sick to the stomach".
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, condemning the "senseless" attacks as she headed to Asia for a trip starting in India, said the State Department was working to help an unspecified number of Americans hurt in the blasts.
"The attacks reflect the viciousness of violent extremists, and remind us that the threat of terrorism remains very real," she said.
Manchester United were due to stay at the Ritz-Carlton next week as part of an Asian tour but they cancelled the trip, denying a sell-out crowd of 100,000 the chance to see the English football giants play an Indonesia XI on Monday.
The Marriott was hit in 2003 by a blast that killed 12 people, and Friday's violence bore the hallmark of past attacks blamed on the Al-Qaeda-linked JI both in Jakarta and the tourism hotspot of Bali.
National police spokesman Nanan Soekarna confirmed at least nine people were killed and 41 were injured, including 14 foreigners, when the blasts struck around 8:00 am (0100 GMT).
Despite security measures in place at Jakarta's top hotels, including vehicle searches and metal detectors, police said one blast hit the basement of the Marriott and a second struck the restaurant of the Ritz-Carlton.
An unexploded bomb was later found and defused by police in room 1808 of the Marriott, presidential adviser Djali Yusuf said.
The room was a "control centre" for the attacks, he said, with police discovering explosive chemicals and bomb-making materials in a potential treasure trove of evidence as investigators piece together the attacks.
Officials said seven people were killed at the Marriott and two others at the Ritz-Carlton.
A South Korean man and a Japanese national were also listed among the foreigners who were injured.
Condemnation poured in from Indonesia's neighbours in Southeast Asia, where JI is accused of plotting to create a pan-Islamic state.
JI's most notorious attack was the bombing of several nightclubs on the island of Bali in 2002 which left more than 200 people dead, mostly foreign tourists.
Terror stalks Indonesia as hotel bombs kill nine
JAKARTA, July 17, 2009 (AFP) - Suspected Islamist suicide bombers detonated high-explosive devices in two luxury Jakarta hotels popular with foreigners Friday, killing at least nine people, officials said.
Witnesses described grim scenes with bloodied survivors fleeing in panic from the Ritz-Carlton and JW Marriott hotels, as terrorism returned to the world's most populous Muslim nation after four years without a major attack.
The broad streets of Jakarta's financial district were littered with glass and debris and smeared with blood after the breakfast-time bombings, which sent a huge plume of smoke over the city.
A sombre-looking President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, whose crackdown on the extremist Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) appeared to have quelled the extremist threat, said the bombings undermined the security of the entire nation.
He said the attackers "have no humanity and they don't care about the damage done to our country with this act of terrorism, which will have wide effects on our economy, trade, tourism and image in the eyes of the world".
Officials said more than 40 other people were injured when two blasts shook the upmarket hotels, and pinned suspicion on a JI splinter group led by Malaysian-born bombmaker Noordin Mohammed Top.
"Based on the evidence at the scene, we found that there were two suicide bombers," national police chief Bambang Hendarso Danuri told reporters.
Grainy security camera footage at the Ritz-Carlton showed a man wearing a backpack on his chest and carrying a suitcase entering the hotel restaurant moments before a bomb exploded.
The flickering footage aired on the TV One station showed the large open doorway to the restaurant erupting with glass, debris and smoke as the bomb was detonated inside.
People in the doorway were engulfed by the blast, while others dived for cover behind furniture and walls. Witnesses described a scene of carnage.
"I was walking outside and I saw three injured people taken to the ambulance," shop assistant Syarif, 32, said.
"They were all foreigners, their faces and bodies all covered in blood. The skin near the eye of one of them was peeling off," he said.
At least one foreigner, a New Zealand businessman, was confirmed dead and Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said he had "grave concerns" for three missing Australians including an embassy official.
Rudd condemned the "barbaric" attacks, saying they made him "sick to the stomach".
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, condemning the "senseless" attacks as she headed to Asia for a trip starting in India, said the State Department was working to help an unspecified number of Americans hurt in the blasts.
"The attacks reflect the viciousness of violent extremists, and remind us that the threat of terrorism remains very real," she said.
Manchester United were due to stay at the Ritz-Carlton next week as part of an Asian tour but they cancelled the trip, denying a sell-out crowd of 100,000 the chance to see the English football giants play an Indonesia XI on Monday.
The Marriott was hit in 2003 by a blast that killed 12 people, and Friday's violence bore the hallmark of past attacks blamed on the Al-Qaeda-linked JI both in Jakarta and the tourism hotspot of Bali.
National police spokesman Nanan Soekarna confirmed at least nine people were killed and 41 were injured, including 14 foreigners, when the blasts struck around 8:00 am (0100 GMT).
Despite security measures in place at Jakarta's top hotels, including vehicle searches and metal detectors, police said one blast hit the basement of the Marriott and a second struck the restaurant of the Ritz-Carlton.
An unexploded bomb was later found and defused by police in room 1808 of the Marriott, presidential adviser Djali Yusuf said.
The room was a "control centre" for the attacks, he said, with police discovering explosive chemicals and bomb-making materials in a potential treasure trove of evidence as investigators piece together the attacks.
Officials said seven people were killed at the Marriott and two others at the Ritz-Carlton.
A South Korean man and a Japanese national were also listed among the foreigners who were injured.
Condemnation poured in from Indonesia's neighbours in Southeast Asia, where JI is accused of plotting to create a pan-Islamic state.
JI's most notorious attack was the bombing of several nightclubs on the island of Bali in 2002 which left more than 200 people dead, mostly foreign tourists.
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
"Cold as ice, someday you'll pay the price"
I never thought I’d say this. It’s that time in my life. I’ve officially entered a rut. I know its crazy but its true. I feel like that Russian kid from ‘Goldeneye’ who jumped up and yelled out, “I’m invincibole!” (spelling semantically adjusted) just before he got frozen by a spray of liquid Nitrogen. It cracks me up every time.
Not anymore though. That’s me, I point to the screen, my other hand over my mouth. “The Horror, The Horror” washes over me, along with the combined horror of Nabila Kiyani’s novel classes (from which I was mostly, thankfully) absent. No wonder she didn’t like me.
Oh, and I also found out (a little late on this one Sherlock) that I’m not a particularly likeable person. More on that after this story…
Loosing it severely now. Maybe it has something to do with… or, on second thoughts, let not go there yet.
This one goes out to the one I love
This one goes out to the one I've left behind
Another prop has occupied my time
FIRE! (she's comin' down on her own, now)
The One I Love -- REM
Sunday, July 05, 2009
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