I've blown my 'Buy no music this year' promise already

Last night I watched 'Footloose' on Film4. I didn't want to. I had 'Gangster No1' on Bluray sitting by the player but my better half pulled such a face when I told her about the film, I knew me and 'Gangster' would have to wait for another night to be alone.

So, the better half scanned through the channels and 'Footloose' was starting on Film4. I started watching without the help of my iPhone or MacBook and slowly got sucked into it. Kevin Bacon dancing and a thin Chris Penn dancing badly. ( I didn't realise it was Chris Penn when I was a kid.) Anyway, after the really cheesy 'dancing in the warehouse' bit I realised that the tall blond bird was Lori Singer. She was the cello player in 'The Kids from Fame' who couldn't sing for toffee.

The music in Footloose was pretty good but not as good as the music from 'Fame' and then the 'Kids from Fame'. Apart from 'Footloose' and 'Let's Hear it for the Boys' none of the other music from the film evoked any 'musical memories' for me. Both songs reminded me of being in middle school aged about 13 or 14, long corridors and being in the school play 'The Pirates of Penzance'. I also remembered that I preferred Fame at the time and had both the Fame and Kids from Fame soundtracks on tape when I was at school. I know I haven't thrown them away because I don't throw away music but I haven't seen them since I've been an adult. They are probably in a box at my parents house along with my Amstrad computer and lightsabre...

I logged on to Amazon and ordered both CDs for less than a tenner!!! I posted last week about not adding to my overladen CD shelves this year. What can I do? I'm weak and it's too late to change. I am genuinely excited about hearing these 2 great albums again. I only ever heard them on tape so I reckon I'm in for a proper treat. I'll post a blog about it when they arrive.

On last thing. My dad dug out some old VHS home movies the other day and we found a clip of my bedroom, my brother and my first CD player. I had only 2 CD in the entire world then and they were 'Jean Michael Jarre -  Rendevous' and 'Now 7'.

My brother and I had hysterically unbroken voices...

I'll link all the music mentioned in this post, I'm listening to 'Blissed Out' The Beloved whilst writing this.

My Dad Singing Chinese Opera

We went to Newham Chinese Community Centre last week for their Chinese Celebration. My 4 year old daughter asked me to switch her camera onto Video and she ended up filming this. I also feature in it very briefly. (purple jumper/iphone/camcorder)

Enjoy!!!

I've been listening to the Razorlight Album this morning.

Foursquare Application actually helped us out today

I've been using the foursquare app on the iPhone now for a couple of weeks and have managed to gain a couple of badges. I was never too sure what the wider use of the app would be for me but I decided to give it a go anyhow.

I remember I felt the same about Twitter when I first joined over a year ago but I'm glad I stuck with it because I have found some amazing people also using the service. I'm sure you all know who you are.

In short foursquare is a gps based app where you can 'check in' to locations and earn points. You can see who else has checked in and also see 'tips' that have been left. So far I have been quite local and been to Nero's coffee shops and checked into a few locations where I've had business meetings. I've been earning points and points





make badges in this game.

Today I was looking at the longest queue in the world outside the Natural History Museum in London and was wondering what to do. The only other time I have ever seen a queue that long was in the early 80's at the Epcot Centre, Florida waiting to get on the Planet Earth ride. The one that looks like a golf ball.

Wondering what to do I decided I may as well 'check in' at the Natural History Museum on the Foursquare app and see what and who was about. I quickly read all the tips linked to the location and found a really interesting one that said to 'use the 2nd entrance on Exhibition Road if the queues on Cromwell Road were too long.'

So instead of leaving and heading up to Harrods or the V and A we walked to the side entrance and did indeed get in very quickly. Top marks to Foursquare and the user tips.







One of the door staff told me as we had our bags checked that the main queue was over 3 hours long!!!

I'm listening to cartoon birds singing on a kids programme called Third and Bird as I write this. This is the only music I have heard all day.


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