Hope everyone is having a great Christmas holiday this year.
Today is Boxing day here in the UK – possibly the quietest day of the year, and also very likely the laziest.
Is it just me, or does anybody else feel guilty about eating so much damn food throughout Christmas?
Anyway.. much love to your grandparents!
PS: Check out my pic of Santa Clause! ooh the magic of photoshop! 
Wow, well I have to say I’m surprised by the top 20 which was broadcast last night on Pheonix fm.
I’m always told I have an extremely melancholy taste in music (yadayada…), and so I’m totally blown away to see “How to Disappear Completely” from Kid A was voted at number 2??! Fair enough it was an online station poll, so only a small chunk of people voted (2,292 infact), but even still, to see that track jump up into slot #2 is pretty incredible – made my morning!
Here’s the full top 21:
1. Paranoid Android
2. How To Disappear Completely
3. Idioteque
4. Let Down
5. Pyramid Song
6. Street Spirit (Fade Out)
7. Fake Plastic Trees
8. There There (Boney King of Nowhere)
9. Everything In its Right Place
10. Karma Police
11. Exit Music (For a Film)
12. Reckoner
13. Nude
14. Lucky
15. 2+2=5 (The Lukewarm)
16. No Surprises
17. Climbing Up The Walls
18. Airbag
19. National Anthem
20. Weird Fishes/Arpeggi
21. Jigsaw Falling Into Place
All in all, it shows (surprise surprise) that OK Computer is still as popular as ever, and In Rainbows is being very well received:
OK Computer – 8 tracks
Kid A – 4 tracks
In Rainbows – 3 tracks
The Bends – 2 tracks
Hail To The Thief – 2 tracks
Amnesiac – 1 track
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Just stumbled onto this site and have to say I’m pretty impressed.
A nicely structured site with good visual appearance, and a great concept called the “Multiplayer” – a great way to learn to play each instrument in a track.
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Each part has it’s own individual video, all of which play in sync, but allowing the user to solo specific videos to learn one instrument at a time.
They also look to have a decent Lessons area, which allows the user to play tutorial videos on how to play guitar, drums, bass, keyboards, etc.
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Would be a great site if this was all there for a price of “£crap-all”, but hey, they’ve got to make money somehow… right?..
Correct, so they’re charging a fee of 0.99p to download a full video to your computer – which to be honest isn’t too bad at all in comparison to booking a £20+ lesson with a real-life tutor, and it saves you the petrol fare, and lugging your kit around with you. Providing you have an internet connection (and something tells me you just might have) then you can pick up and play right now!
You can check the site out here: www.showmehowtoplay.com
