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Will we begin to see child prodigy's playing instruments like computer games?

This weekend for some reason. I don't know why, perhaps little man tate? I started looking for child prodigy's on you tube. I found an awful lot of 8 years old children with a deep understanding of the blues. On this I was very excited at the future of music.....I mean watch quinn and latz and this one is outrageous. I recognise that these people learnt their craft and established interest before computer games like guitar hero and stuff...I play the guitar and am in a band but I often wonder how good I would be if I had guitar hero to hand...I mean are we going to see the rebirth of hair metal. I say this because computer games are not about expression of the soul but about high scores. High scores are all see about effectiveness and getting the high score...i.e. I can play faster than you can...I am interested to see how the technology effects the creativity of the children born in the last five years...the reality is everyone will be able to express themselves to the maximum...its just a choice....I want to be an artist ect ect. But I leave you with this young producer....

Should I find this boring?

There's something inspirational about ping pong - Don't you think?...I mean its a game you have to master beyond comprehension....Like being a ninja...Smooth, elegant and effective....Even the name is great. It's a sport named after the noise it makes.....Awesome!

It made Forrest Gump more famous than "Captin Kangeroo" - Love this sequence.

And I mean Air even got in on the game....with "Kelly watch the stars"-----Roll film....

Well, this game called Ping pong can be laughed at or it can embraced - I choose EMBRACE>>>>>

Band and stupid t.v. shows that may have influenced my taste in music for the worse

What started out as a musical hook up from my New york buddy and guitarist in The Rank Deluxe, Thom Battle. Soon descended into a strange opening of the recesses of my mind. T-Battle mentioned that in NY he and his buddy's would go into a bar, put some dark heart and get all fucked up to this genre. personally I think the music is fucked up enoug. See the video -

So this lead to a full scale trip down memory lane. Its a cultural thing, but I found it hard to watch this video without being reminded about Pugwall and his band orange organics.

As if this wasn't bad enough Tom and my girlfriend, Fiona then start reminiscing about a show called "california dreams" For a second I was thinking what is this trash and then as if by magic I suddenly remembered that I had watched about 100 episodes of this as a child but had completely forgotten about it. I had removed the image of a reacially well balanced californian rock band out of my mind....Personally i think it was the precursor.

California dreams was a dire tv show and should never have been aired on British tv. I mean It gave me a complex....A big one....Then led to a quick look at the classic jesse on caffiene pills clip which for a youngster could be quite shocking and disturbing....

Woah and finally onto the a really bad anti drugs message from the SBTB crew....Did anyone even tell screech...I mean woah there that shirt is enough to inspire a young mind to get on the crack pipe and start shooting heroin between the toes. You can see the Classic "no hope with dope" NBC spot here, it is frankly ridiculous.

Do I really need an easy pizza?

I have to ask myself this question after I received a flyer advertising the latest chapter in the easy history. It begs the question.....Why would I trust you to make me a pizza? I mean I know you can fly a plane and you seem like a nice enough chap but dude who's spinning the dough, who's putting the pepperoni onto the mozzarella...Will you start selling them on easy flights? I find this funny. The premise behind the concept is totally a land grab for recession pounds. it's not brain science that people don't eat out or fly whenn they are broke. But PIZZA? Is it a stretch to far? It hasn't won my vote! If I want cheap pizza I will just google 2 for 1 in my area.....Plus your pizzas look rubbish. In the meantime enjoy this ridiculous pizza commercial from Japan....doesn't make me hungry so much as want to calm down...The thing I love about this advert is the fact the pizza and the ingredients are hanging out at what looks like a rave up and then the pizza slice has a bit too much of a good time, bugs out and then has a come down...Very strange and I would love to advertise pizza in this way...I mean margherita pizza has feelings too.

Nice quote on imitation

"Fashion is something barbarous, for it produces innovation without reason and imitation without benefit"

 George Santayana

Blip.fm - The pretenders conundrum

I have been using Blip.fm for a couple of weeks now and I have taken to it like a duck to water. I have to confess that I never really understod the reason behind twitter. I used it as a kind of track my mental state. As the below mash up of hitler shows - TWITTER has established its own culture and in jokes.

Using twitter service for approximately 1 year now I totally get the point but I don't know what I am achieving by twittering anymore. I have lost my twittering way. I find that Blip gives me a reason to stick a dumb thought out thereby attaching it to a piece of music. I really like the fact that I can integrate blip.fm into my twitter feed. ahhh. Now everyone can see my love for immortal technique in the afternoon.

The best thing for me is not only do I get to see my brothers listening habits I can also give him props. This might sound like a simple tool, but it is so effective in this instance. This leads to the question do I have musical taste if I choose my music via other people who have nice taste?....Hmmm. The pretenders conundrum - I mean is taste inherent or is it something you can learn.

Batman vs the dark knight trailer nice edit

As one of the most successful movies of 2008, possibly all time, the dark knight should be considered quite original and compelling. Funny thing is I have managed to find this really interesting comparison of the 1989 Batman trailer with the dark knight. The similarity is amazing and well edited from the original trailer.