Movie Quote

“…I’m staying in Savannah to write a book. This town is like ‘Gone with the Wind’ on masculine…”

Midnight in the garden of good and evil- 1997

Haha, Good movie

Music

I had a conversation with a work colleague this morning about music and what’s out on the market these days. I know most people my age (30-something) seem to have a problem with the music of the time like hip-hop, R&B, etc. The quality of rock music was the discussion this morning and that has been heated debates by me in the past!

Ok, I reckon most of us just need to adapt to change a bit more. I remember when I was little how older people use to complain about the music back then and i distinctly remember rebelling against it. Man, they just didn’t wanna be funky like us. Is that us now too? I say today and yesterdays music (Led Zeppilin, Rolling Stones, etc.) will be the Beatles and  Elvis Presley of the future- there are people who still listen to it, but is it mainline tunes…? “…they don’t make’m like they use to…” B.S.

I don’t think you have to like the music you hear but at least adapt to the time. Not to contradict myself but there’s very little of the current rock music that I like. Rock has gone to shit in quality/ length/ topics and is completely predictable. They seem to want to stick to old music formats and use it in the modern times. I mean, they are playing with instruments that was developed in the 50’s… and they call it modern!?

That is why I like the electronic music advances of the past decade or so. They are the driving force behind hip-hop, drum & bass, breaks, etc. Love it or hate it, electronic music changed music. From the disco days in the 80’s, house in the 90’s, to electronic bands of today like Goldfish. (PS. How awesome are they! The Jean Michelle Jarre of the new millenium). It is the way music will move in the next decades I think.

Thank you U2, Madonna, etc that started the move in a new rock/pop direction. At least I can enjoy most of whats out there and not hold on to my old records and talk about days gone by.

New toy

Got a new phone (Nokia e61i) with my contract upgrade the other day. I saw that Joe had the same phone and it looked symplistic enough for me to wanna use- not a big fan on ringtones and lights flashing. And o-yeah… not many people’s got one- very important fact that!

Anyway, as with all toys it’s more what they can do that’s not part of the spec than what they are meant to do. So I browsed around looking to load Skype on my phone and came across a Fring site (www.fring.com).

You can load Fring on your phone and connect it with all those voip programs like Skype. Anyway, what a pleasure! Phoned some Skype’ers already and is brilliant. Just can’t get Skype to cell/landline to work yet (have $10 in the account). Keeps disconnecting after dialing a tone.

Will have to get that one working then I’m set. If it just wasn’t for the extreme battery usage…!

Welcome!

Welcome to my ranting and raving… all about nothing.

This is where I will spill my guts on everything I like and dislike. I am opinionated and like it that way. This blog is like a Robert Mugabe government: you might wanna complain about something, but I won’t do anything about it!

So sit back and listen to me gargle in my own blood.