This is a spoof song/video from the band Family Force 5 (who incidentally, I am bringing over from the USA in May to play some gigs here in the uk!) which I think is quite funny.
The band, although relatively unheard of here are big in the states and have appeared next to the likes of The Pussycat Dolls and many more.....
There are so many things in this world the are a pain in the neck but it seems none more so than an actual pain in the neck! You see, this morning, I awoke at 4am to discover that a problem I had had some time back in my neck had re-occurred. The first time it happened, lets call it 'Neck affliction', was about a year ago and I remember having to drive down to Portsmouth to meet a band whilst being unable to turn my head. Not a problem until you get to either a junction or if you are trying to change lanes on the motorway. Whats even worse is that because you look like a robot, people just laugh at you, in fact sympathy was given by no-one. But I got through it and after a week, I had managed to defeat the pain, just your average war movie.
Unlike most film sequels 'Neck Affliction 2 - Meetings of dread' was not only a better storyline but included romance and far more pain. It was bad enough that my German girlfriend was going back to Germany that weekend and I had planned a lovely weekend that was ruined by a phone call reminding me that I was supposed to be elsewhere in the country but to then have the agony of the neck pain really topped it off. It all ended up really lovely with Anja joining me at the hotel I was staying at so that we could still have our last weekend together but what wasn't nice was me walking around the town center at 5 in the morning desperately trying to find somewhere that might sell pain killers.
2 weeks later the pain had finally subsided and all went back to normal.
So, here we are, 2 days off the biggest party night of the year and its back ' Neck affliction 3 - This time with a vengeance'. I awoke at 4am in agony, couldn't move for 20 minutes and then managed to get into the shower to try and sooth it with hot water. No good! I ended up going to the hospital and waiting 2 and a half hours to be seen. As I was taken through and sat down to start another wait I overheard a very old man in the cubical next to me asking a nurse if he could go home. 'Not yet' she replied, 'the doctor is just coming over'. The doctor turns up and with a loud (he was a bit deaf) and dispassionate vice declares ' sir, you have broken your neck'. At this point the gentleman, probably well into his 80's says 'so can I go home now then?'.
Of course the answer was no but to then have the same doctor come to deal with my neck which certainly isn't broken left me at a bit of a disadvantage. A quick feel round it and he declared it a muscle spasm although why it should keep re-occurring is apparently a mystery. O top of that, apparently, it only lasts a couple of days and then goes away, oh no it doesn't! Apparently, the reason as to why the pain is with me for 2 weeks or more is also a mystery. But of course, we wouldn't like to investigate and check any of these things would we, this is not an episode of House, its much better to stuff some drugs in my hands and watch me 'do the crouch' as I walk off into the sunrise and live painfully ever after.....
With questions like 'What is the Meaning of Life?' and 'Where will I go when I die?' open to being answered on this blog, you might wonder why I am asking 'Will it Blend?'.
Well wonder no more, check out the videos below and you will know
Ipod
Toy Cars
Marbles
I would like to start this post by apologising to those of you that rely on frequent posts in my blog to get you through your hard days at work.......... Due to Christmas, I have not had the time to update but will put a few things on today to keep you entertained James!
HOW MEN AND WOMEN SHOWER DIFFERENTLY . . .
How To Shower Like a Woman
Take off clothing and place it in sectioned laundry hamper according to lights and darks. Walk to bathroom wearing long dressing gown. If you see husband along the way, cover up any exposed areas. Look at your womanly physique in the mirror - make mental note to do more sit-ups/leg-lifts, etc. Get in the shower. Use face cloth, arm cloth, leg cloth, long loofah, wide loofah and pumice stone. Wash your hair once with cucumber and sage shampoo with 43 added vitamins. Wash your hair again to make sure it's clean. Condition your hair with grapefruit mint conditioner. Wash your face with crushed apricot facial scrub for 10 minutes until red. Wash entire rest of body with ginger nut and jaffa cake body wash. Rinse conditioner off hair. Shave armpits and legs. Turn off shower. Squeegee off all wet surfaces in shower. Spray mould spots with bathroom cleaner. Get out of shower. Dry with towel the size of a small country. Wrap hair in super absorbent towel. Return to bedroom wearing long dressing gown and towel on head. If you see husband along the way, cover up any exposed areas.
How To Shower Like a Man
Take off clothes while sitting on the edge of the bed and leave them in a pile. Walk naked to the bathroom. If you see wife along the way, shake penis at her making the 'woo-woo' sound. Look at your manly physique in the mirror. Admire the size of your penis and scratch your butt. Get in the shower. Wash your face. Wash your armpits. Blow your nose in your hands and let the water rinse them off. Fart and laugh at how loud it sounds in the shower. Spend majority of time washing privates and surrounding area. Wash your butt, leaving those coarse butt hairs stuck on the soap. Wash your hair. Make a Shampoo Mohawk. Pee. Rinse off and get out of shower. Partially dry off. Fail to notice water on floor because curtain was hanging out of tub the whole time. Admire penis size in mirror again. Leave shower curtain open, wet mat on floor, light and fan on. Return to bedroom with towel around waist. If you pass wife, pull off towel, shake penis at her and make the 'woo-woo' sound again. Throw wet towel on bed.
For anyone that knows me, this post does not come as a suprise, I love Family Guy and watch it far too much. It makes me laugh so hard that I nearly wet myself!
This scene is taken from one of the latest episodes, the family is about to die when Peter makes one last confession.......... Oh, and it looks like they finally understand Stewie.
'Where?' I hear you say? For a post entitled 'Photos from Germany', this seems to e a rather bland piece of writing with not a sight of colour, landmarks or people. Well, there is a reason for that, following my last post, I have to admit that there was another thing that I did not take with me, a camera.
After all, why in this day and age do we need one? We have phones which can capture all the footage we need, unless of course we forget our chargers! By the way for those of you worried about how I am coping without a phone I can assure you that I am holding in tere at the moment. Its not easy and every hour I think 'ah, I must call so and so', it is then that reality dawns on me and I swear at myself for being such a fool.
The worst thing is that I am waiting for about 10 people to get back to me about things. It is very easy for them to ignore my emails so I need to phone some of them and give them a nudge (you know who you are!) but I can't. Hense I am going over to my parents early tonight (they have invited me for dinner) so that I can nab their phone for half an hour. I know what you are thinking, 'Mike, you have a landline, its on your website...'. Well, you would be right, in a way. Its a skype phone and it seems that my wireless internet has decided that it wants to really play up at the moment so I can't even use that.
Oh well, I will get back to talking to myself and cursing my stupidity every so often,
Mike
Yes, I'm back in sunny England, I have to say, we all laugh about our weather but it was just as bad in Germany, just a little colder. As usual when I go away, I had forgotten a few essentials, a jumper, my phone charger and a razor being the main things this time. The razor was sorted easily enough, I used Anjas lady shave which as far as I was concerned was no different to any other razor. The only difference I can now see is that lady shavers are designed to cut blokes to pieces. I have not cut myself since I went through puberty and started trying to get rid of the fluffy haze that I referred to as a beard!
The phone charger was more tricky, I had to keep the phone turned off and just check messages once a day. It actually lasted until last night when I landed in London. I stayed overnight at my best mates, had 1 too many pints of Guiness and left it there this morning, DOH! Its being posted back to me tomorrow!
The Jumper was the thing that Anja decided to bring up at every given moment, whenever I thought I had a bit of one upmanship on a subject, I would be brought down to earth as I shivered in the cold wind as was asked why I was not wearing something warm, women!
I will tell you more about the trip over subsequent days, in the meantime, I have to tell you about the trip back. I was sat in the British Airways Plane praying that the overweight smelly man that had checked in behind me was not going to end up next to me when someone in front caught my eye. 'My', I thought, that man looks strangely like Mark Owen. Wow, thats a coinsidence the bloke next to him looks like Gary Balow. Well, no coinsidece, Take That were sitting 2 seats in front of me!
I decided not to say anything to them on the flight, I had a book to read, 48 pages left, I had to finish it before touch down.
On our departure from the plane I walked alongside them, pretended that I was with them, everyone turning thinking, 'I wonder who the new member of the band is?' It was at that point something terrible happened, I heard myself whistling a tune, not just any tune, I was whistling 'Want You Back' while walking alongside the band that had originally sung it. The shame, what must they have thought? It was at that point I thought of changing my hum to a Robbie Williams song, to see if I got a reaction but I resisted.
I had a bit of banter with them in the queue at the passport lounge but apart from that kept myself to myself, I work in the industry, I certainly wasn't going to come over all star struck!
I then left them, desperate for the toilet and found the urinals. Now those of you that are males reading this will know that the urinal in the middle is the least preferred, it is also the place where stage fright is most likely to happen. Not that I normally have a problem with that so up I went. All of a sudden, as if by magic, Mark Owen appears by the side of me, well that was it, I couldn't go. There is nothing worse than standing at the urinal, nothing happening and then having to pretend to finish and walk off STILL needing the loo. What was even worse is that I didn't want to admit I couldn't go so I just stood there and waited for Mark to finish as it was obvious what had happened if not. Well that man must have drunk the plane dry, I have never known anyone to pee for so long!
So there we go, a trip to Germany and a pee with Take That, you can never say my life is dull!
Yup, this post comes to you all the way from Germany, Dusseldorf to be precise, although this evening I leave for Bonne!
Having a good time out here at the moment, would you believe this is the first holiday I have had in 3 years? It is so nice to be able to relax and not bother about emails or the telephones....... ok, wel nearly not worry about that, the phone is being checked once a day and the emails twice but hey, I have a business to keep going, I can't just leave everything, can I?
I have to say, being me, it is very hard to relax, I am not the kind of person that can just sit and no worry about things, I enjoy having things to do, I enjoy moving the company forward, starting new projects, thinking up new ideas. So thats what I shall do, I will have a nice time in different surroundings, I will relax for some of the day and the rest I will plot. Plot the success of the company, world domination, I will be the emperor of Earth..... oops, got a little carried away there, but hey, there could be worse world emperors...............
Well, its official, I have been booked in to host this brilliant event again. I love The Ultimate Event and have worked with the guys that run it for about 5 years now. Its the largest 1 day Christian music event in the uk and has had some of the biggest Christian artists from around the world in past years.
The vision of the event is a simple one, to convey a positive message to the youth that come along. A message that will not be found in many other places in music.
This year they have Delirious, a band that has had 5 top 20 hits but has never been featured on Top of the Pops (RIP). This actually makes them the only band to have had that many chart entries that hasn't been featured on there. Why? Because the message in their songs may offend! May offend who? They had songs on there about sex, violence, death and worse but if a song contains lyrics about God it may offend? Strange!
We also have Toby Mac. Toby was one part of arguably the biggest Christian band of our time, DC Talk. Who? Well there hasn't been a whole lot of talk about them in the uk, in the usa though, they went platinum many times over! Toby brings with him some of the best HipHop, rock fusion there is!
Its going to be exciting, hopefully it will be a repeat of a couple of years ago when we sold out of all 12,000 tickets. Oh, and did I mention that its the whole day in Alton Towers theme park as well as the gig? Well it is, why would you NOT come?
OH DEAR!!!!!
When a manager that has been with the club for just over a month comes out with comments like this, you know there is going to be trouble!
"We needed the fans for the full 90 minutes and we didn't get that - for me that's a disgrace.
"I've got to choose my words carefully but I thought the supporters let us down badly, they never got behind us when we needed them most.
"I keep going on about passion and commitment. Does it work only one way?"
Yesterday was awful, if we had of won, that would have been a discrace, we were dreadful, where was the passion and commitment that Ggrant talks about? It may not have been in the stands but it certainly wasn't on the pitch either!
Its always a chicken and egg situation, if the team plays well the crowd get excited and sing and shout, the players then get a buzz out of it, play even better and the feeling grows. If you are treated to a no show like yesterday, what do the fans have to shout about? At least if the players get in there and kick a few lumps out of the opposition, it gets everyone excited, to stand back and let them play does nothing for anyone!
So Mr Grant, stick a foot up those players backsides and make sure they turn up on Tuesday. We know you have been left with a pretty poor team but the least they can do is have some of that passion you seem to think the fans need!
Its amazing how difficult it can be running a business, especially when things don't go quite to plan. As a record label, we have often struggled to finance te projects we run and especially for me, believing that this is something that I have been called to do as part of my reason for being here on this Earth, it can really de-motivate me when things do not go as well as I hope.
Business often feels like......
I decided to visit a church that meets just down the road from me today, I have been feeling like I needed some time where I could just fade in, where people did not know me but I could focus and hopefully get some vision and direction.
Well all I can say is that the guy preaching had me in mind when he prepared. The talk reminded me of why I started up the business in the first place, the things that I had felt God say to me and that actually, God made me to be in this place. Knowing that means I know I am the best equipped to do this job at this time and that I am supposed to be doing this, even when the times get difficult.
Sometimes it feels like........
The best thing is that the things he said made me realise that actually, I have the answers as well. Just because sometimes I can't see a way forward doesn't mean that there isn't one, of fact, a lot of it is outlined for me, I just need to study the principles that the bible lays out and other things will fall into place. I have felt hurt recently, hurt that God did not seem to care, that decisions I had made had been the wrong ones and hurt because oter people had wronged me. I had forgotten one of the main things I used to say to people, /its not what happens to you in life that defines you, its the way you handle it.
Another thing that has really helped me to get things in perspective was a blog a friend of mine wrote about being intentional in your life, Check it out here, he is spot on with what he says and again, it has been inspirational for me, Thanks Finch!!!
I was reminded of this today and yes, sometimes the shit hits the fan, yes, sometimes things don't go to plan and it can be hard but over all, its the way I handle this that will see me be a success or a failure. Heres to an amazing few months, building the business, building my life and seeing others motivated through the things that happen to me.
These pictures are by a British artist that paints not on canvas but on pavements, I think they are really cool so I put them on here.
Many people ask me what I think of myspace as someone in the industry, do record labels really look at it people ask me, the answer is yes, sometimes they do, usually after you have sent them a demo though. Labels don't tend to look through finding the best bands but if they hear a band they like they will often go on to their myspce to get a feel for their popularity.
Personally, I think that Myspace is a fantastic tool for bands. Bands no longer need websites as they have a myspace site that gives fans all they need, music, video, a blog and up to date news but I do have a problem with people that say myspace is one of the best marketing tools around.
Having a myspace is one thing, and yes sometimes people do just find your page as they trawl through BUT the fact is, you still need to market your myspace if you want people on it. The funny thing is, I must get about 3 emails a month from new sites that offer bands the chance to 'market' their music by having a page on thier site. Most of these are exactly the same as myspace, they have the music player, they enable you to add video and upload your gigs but again, you have to market your page if you expect people to look at it.
So why on earth are we about to launch our very own version, musicfinity? We believe we are going to do something different. Musicfinity will offer you all of the thngs above but will be a site to help bands, a site that will give bands all of the tools needed to market thmselves.
Musicfinity wil allow bands to send a press release to local and national media at the click of a button. Thier fans will be able to advertise the band to all of their contacts online at the click of a button. Bands will be offered gigs, some on fringe stages at some of the uk's biggest festivals. Basically, everything a band needs to enlarge their fan base and get their music out there should be on this site and just about all of it will be free.
And just to show that we are not completely against myspace and similar sites, it will automatically update the top 5 sites whenever a band updates their musicfinity page.
So hopefully, we can do something different and help bands build a name for themselves..... time will tell!!!
Found this on one of my mates blogs and thought I would give it a go..... Thanks Finchly, its given me at least half an hour of fun!! After the miserable display by Norwich this afternoon, its really cheered me up, ha! 
I think I may go on about this gig for months.......... Found these potos in different places around the net, I still can't believe how good it looked. I know this is a really geeky question but if anyone knows where to find the specs on the lighting etc. let me know, I want to recreate some of this stuff in gigs I do!
Last night featured a trip to Wembley arena to see my oh so favorite band, Muse. Even though I had, quite possible the worst seats in the place, the gig was fantastic, the absolute best gig I have ever been too. The band are the most talented I have seen and the thought that had gone into the show, from the drum riser/space shuttle to the dancing cyborgs and the amazing 3D graphics, was amazing. It has given me so much inspiration and I can't wait to put some of the little things they did with their lighting into practice at some of the gigs I do. For your enjoyment, I have found these clips below, from the gig on youtube, I would post my own but they were too rubbish to even entertain the thought.....
The Opening.... Knights of Cydonia......
Intro to Plug In Baby....
Hysteria
The end of Bliss, the balloons appeared from behind the stage.......
Oh, and just on the offchance you wanted to know the setlist, here it is
01. Knights Of Cydonia (with trumpet)
02. Starlight
03. Butterflies & Hurricanes
04. Map Of The Problematique + Riff
05. City Of Delusion (with trumpet)
06. Plug In Baby
07. Forced In
08. Hysteria
09. Citizen Erased
10. Hoodoo
11. Invincible
12. Supermassive Black Hole
13. Time Is Running Out
14. New Born
***Encore***
15. Apocalypse Please
16. Bliss Extended (with balloons)
***Encore***
17. Muscle Museum
18. Stockholm Syndrome
19. Take A Bow
No, I am not about to talk bondage! I am talking about losing my wallet the other night, my whole life was in that things and the best thing? Would you believe it takes 7-10 working days to get my cards replaced, how do I do anything without cards? My life is ruled by being able to pay by card or to withdraw money with my card!
So, I have been trying to work out how to live for the next week without using any money. First problem: I ran out of hair wax this morning and with nothing to put in my hair, I am just a tall person with a weird frizz on top. So I break out my emergency cash, managed £5 so went to get hair stuff and milk cause I had run out of that too. Well, I am walking around the store and I see the wine section, anyone that knows me, knows this is the place you will usually find me in any store and they had some great bargains. The trouble is I was looking at them FORGETTING I had no money, arrgghhhh, the pain of seeing a good bottle of wine on offer and having to leave it on the shelf!
So this brings me onto my question for the day. As a Christian, I believe that Jesus did a huge amount of miracles; I have seen miracles happen, people being healed by prayer and so forth. So if I have seen miracles and witnessed things happening such as a blind man being able to see after being prayed for, can I recreate Jesus' first miracle and turn good old Anglian water into wine??
Well, I guess not, it’s not really as important as making someone better or turning an impossible situation around but it would make me happy...........
So, as someone in the industry, one of the questions I get asked the most is what do I think about X Factor. Well to start with, I have to say what a brilliant piece of business. The format of the programme draws people in and they fall in love with one of the acts, voting for them by text, generating lots of money which can be used to give them the '£1 million contract' and then because the public have been following their progress for 6-8 weeks they go and buy the record they release.
They don't even have to worry about what song that is, by the time it comes out, the public are so caught up they will buy anything!
I think the sad thing about the programme is that in the end it is all about the money, in the beginning about humiliating idividuals. The first stages, which by my own admission are the most entertaining, are about drawing an audience in by taking the piss out of people that have very little or no talent. Not the nicest thing, its not like you can normally invite people into your house, sit them down and rip them to pieces!
To put a different slant on that though, I would at this point like to mark my admiration for Simon Cowell. Yes, he can go over the top, yes he can be nasty but at least he is honest! I think I gained most respect for him when he took on the angry parents of a girl they said wasn't good enough and told them off for giving her false ambitions. It was great!
So anyway, in true broeknrule blog style, I have found a clip to go with this bit of rambling. I love this, Ant and Dec go to american idol to try out and fool Simon, funny!
I am off to see Muse live on tour n the next couple of weeks, a band which I personally believe are one of the best the UK has ever spawned. Not only do they have fantastic tunes, a vocalist with a truely brilliant voice and a sound that really isn't like other bands out there, they have a great personality and can have a real laugh.
The video below is their first ever live performance of Bliss. Matt (vocalist and keyboard in this clip) looks as tough he has some trouble with the synth to start off with but gets it going and then looks truely proud of his achievement!
If you are sending me a demo, check out these guys first. If I can ever find an band that manages to experiment with sound and make music like Muse, I will sign them immediately!!
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Go on you Yellows!!!!!
WBA 0 - 1 Norwich
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I write this completely knackered and ready to collapse on the sofa and wait for Spooks. I love that programme and was once really looking into joining the secret services myself. With the amount of charaters that seem to get killed off in Spooks, I am rather gald I didn't
On the other hand, at that time, my wife had just left me and I really felt as though I had nothing and it wouldn't matter if I died or not. In Proverbs in the bible, its written that 'without vision the people perish'. That was exactly where I was, depressed, without vision, feeling like there was nothing left for my life. I am so glad that vision returned to me and the vision that I got was so much bigger than I had ever seen before. To set up a record lable that would be there to help bands, to be fair and to help Christian bands get to the same place as any others that are out there, in the charts.
The other thing, is that this project, this vision seems to be just as exciting as it would have been in MI5. Thanksfully, I don't look down the barrel of a gun each day but I do face constant challenges. I am happy to say that my faith really does help with these problems and the fact that I actually feel that God is more like a friend than anything else, really helps me when I pray. I have learned that I am allowed to get annoyed with Him (and I have got angry at times), He can take you swearing at him and asking Him what the hell is going on.
The main thing is, I really do feel like He helps me when I need it. I would never thrust this belief into someones face, in fact I very rarely mention it unless asked and am very happy for anyone to disagree with what I say on this blog. So go on, chuck a comment on here, let me know what you think, is there a higher force that can help us, Can this force guide us, give us vision and help us with work?
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Well, it was only a matter of time before I put a post in about Norwich City! One of the greatest passions in my life, football! Just started thinking about it as I wait for the radio commentry of todays game away at West Brom which we will probably lose. I then started thinking of some of my best memories, the one below against Man Utd stays in my memory not just because of our 2-0 win but because it was a match I couldn't get too. I was at a gig in Yorkshire, I had rushed through sound checks to make sure I could sit in the van and listen to the match, and what a match it was!
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Well, here I am working on The Ultimate Showcase, a competition that as a record lable we run in conjunction with Ultimate Events. If you don't know what The Ultimate Event is then you are missing out on a good one! The Ultimate Event is now in its 13th year and is an annual Christian music event at Alton Towers, the biggest theme park in the UK.
The Ultimate showcase is a competition that invites unsigned Christian artists to battle it our to become the the opening act at the gig. In the case of next years gig they will be supporting the likes of Toby Mac, Delirious and Ayiesha Woods.
So why am I writing about it? Well, because its really doing my head in at the moment. The website that we are running it off is over a month overdue and because of that we can't get the live semi finals sorted. By the end of the day, I want to have venues sorted for both the semis and also the final and know what other acts to get in headlining.
The best thing about this competition is the varitry of acts we have entering, its great to see the talent thats out there and see them come into their own as they play at their best to try and get their place in the finals. Our main vision as a record lable came through running youth events in Worcester with the local churches. Its where we met most of the bands we started working with and also saw te sruggles bands had at getting a big break.
On top of that, we noticed that some of the bands that were absolutely superb couldn't make it because they were Christians. The lable of 'Christian' had such a stigma to it that as soon as they mentioned it, people turned off and didn't want to listen. Where did this stigma come from? Well, personally I think many areas, as a Christian myself I avoid the people shouting on the street about going to hell, I hate it if someone knocks on my door and tries to tell me why I should accept Jesus into my heart, I HATE it when I am given tracks in the street! It really is no wonder that Christians get pigeon holed. The only ones that seem to be out there sharing their faith seem to be doing it in a way that is so irrelivant to our culture that they earn the rest of us a bad name.
So how are we supposed to act? Well, this is open to discussion and I would love to hear other people's thoughts on it so leave some comments! I will put my toughts down on the matter in a few days.
In the meantime, back the the Showcase. This is a great opportunity for bands to get a good gig, get noticed by thousands and build their fan base. Not because they are Christians or because of any message in their music but because they have great music. I would love to see more bands in the charts and on things like MTV. Did you know that Delirious are one of the only bands to have had 5 top 20 hits but not been shown on Top of the Pops (RIP)? Why? Because their lyrics might have offended people? Well, that doesn't seem to apply for a lot of other bands who really do have offensive lyrics. It will be interesting to see how we do, getting Christian bands just as far as we want to get bands that are not Christians on our lable as well. I wonder if we will have more problems?
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Well, I woke this morning fully intending to have a day off but the first thing I see as I flick on the tv is something advertising te new single from Meatloaf. That means I decide to get my laptop out to see what his new offering is like and that means my brain kicks into gear and here I am writing in my blog and i'm about to start on some work.
So anyway, my thoughts on Meatloafs new single, 'The Monster is Loose'. Well first of all I had better explain that I am a bit of a closet Meatloaf fan (I hope none of my friends are reading this!) but 'The Monster is Loose' realy doesn't fulfil my expectations. Considering this offering is supposed to be Bat OUt of Hell 3 it offers none of the passion that the previous two managed and in my humble opinion has none of the top 10 qualities that kept Bat out of Hell in the charts for 474 weeks (did you know that the album still sells approx 200,000 copies per year?) or Bat out of Hell 2 at number one for 7 weeks in the uk charts (another random fact: Bat out of Hell 2 reached number one in 28 countries!).
One thing I have always liked about Meatloaf is definately still there though is a theatrical side of the music and although I have not been that impressed by the title track on this occasion, I have found other tracks that I really do like. Check some out for yourself below, I have included the 'trailer' (I thought only films had those) of Bat out of Hell 3 and also a video of another song off the album (which was on a previous one as well so I have no idea why its on there but I do like it, a lot!
Its All Coming Back To Me Now
The Trailer
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Found this the other day, some of the best bits from the hidden camera show, Trigger happy TV, enjoy!
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Couldn't help it, I just love this guys standup, check this one out!
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And then thought I might write something profound and interesting. I seem to be failing, all I seem to be able to get out of my head is lalala but you never know, something might appear.
To be honest, I am so tired from this weeks work, there is not a lot left in me. It is amazing how stressful it can be trying to run your own business, especially in the media world when anyone will do anything (and I mean anything) to get ahead of you.
I have had the chance to get ahead through underhand techniques in the past but have turned them down, why? Well because I really do believe that you can get ahead by doing things right, that you don't have to hurt other people and crawl all over them to get somewhere. The problem is, I have seen far MORE people move forward by absolutely crapping on anyone who gets in their way. How can the honest person manage to get anywhere if they are up against these others that will just kick us in the balls and leave us for dead?
Well, I have found that actually by being honest with certain companies has really helped me out recently. One large record label said to me that they normally wouldn't have given me the time of day but because I hadn't exaggerated and tried to pull the wool over their eyes with the things we were talking about they really wanted to deal with me. They then chatted to me for ages giving all sorts of advice!
So maybe this approach can work. Maybe the small honest independant label we are will one day rise up and be amoung the majors. You never know........
And I couldn't talk about honesty witout fnding a video about it!!
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So, here we are, my first post. There are several things that I want to make sure of on this blog, 1)That anyone that reads this is thoroughly entertained and 2) that what I write is thought provoking.
So, lets start with entertaing! Below is a video I found recently of Ross Noble, this guy is the most random comedian I have ever seen. I went to his live show and laughed constantly for about 2 hours, it hurt and I think a little pee probably came out!
In this clip, Ross talks about my favorite programme, 24 and Ice cream vendors!
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