Prayers for Japan...

Song of the Day (#31)

I go on and on about Justin Vernon, and Bon Iver being my favourite band, but there is some competition! This guy is so good, it hurts to listen to him! A good kind of hurt though, a Bon Iver kind of hurt. These two share that I guess... So much power and raw emotion in their voice; they move me every time I listen to them. I gotta stop saying them and start saying him. 'Him' is an up and coming, future star, Irishman James Vincent McMorrow. He hails from Dublin, but is touring right now as I speak. In fact he's either here in Canada or on his way. So if he stops near you, just GO! He is truly amazing. Oh yeah, thanks to my sister for letting me know about this guy...

If I Had a Boat - James Vincent McMorrow

Song of the Day (#30)

In honour of the Oscars (a little late, I'll agree...) and A.R. Rahman not winning the Oscar for Original Song from Danny Boyle's '127 Hours', I decided to dedicate a STD to him, kind of... Not even actually. Draws some parallels though! Just revisiting a soundtrack from one of Danny's earlier movies, Sunshine, and it blew me away just like the first time I listened to it. It was put together by John Murphy who has nothing to do with A.R. Rahman, but Sunshine is directed by the same guy! Such an amazing soundtrack! It really captures the movie, especially this song. Go listen to the album and do yourself a favour and watch the movie!

Kaneda's Death - John Murphy

Trippy

~ Stumbled: creativefan.com/30-amazing-conceptual-photographs/ ~

Song of the Day (#29)

Back in high school, my music taste was a lot different then it is now. My email address was lpf_99@hotmail.com for crying out loud! Linkin Park Fan after the horrible band Linkin Park... When I started disliking them but still used the email, I use to tell people that it stood for Liverpool Fan. Yeah, there were the big three bands, my favourite three bands... Linkin Park, Muse, and MuteMath. As you can tell, not the biggest fan of LP anymore, but I do like the other two still. It's been awhile since I listened to MuteMath, but I thought of them recently and started listening to some of their tunes and came across a song I had not heard yet. It blew me away! Such a cool sound, a very MuteMathish sound. It was a pleasant surprise to my evening and I thought I should share.

P.s. MuteMath is an American band from New Orleans. They were actually once a Christian band but not are just regular. They're still Christians I believe though! Cool stuff.

Progress - Mute Math

My Wedding

If I had my way, my wedding would only consist of my wife, her family, my family, and I. That way, it wouldn't be much of a hassle, in terms of inviting everyone and preparing for everyone. I'm a low key kind of guy and I just wouldn't want a huge wedding. It would work out nicely because, weddings today are expensive as. I say it would work out because I want to go somewhere exotic, hence the picture above... That right there is Oahu, Hawaii. It probably wouldn't be Hawaii though because of Hawaii being a hot spot for North Americans to get married on. Probably somewhere else, like in Europe. Maybe Croatia or even Sweden! Makes an ideal honeymoon, that's for sure. Traveling Europe and all that jazz. Might as well right, seeing that you're already there. The families would have to peace though... I'm always thinking! Got it all planned out. Fat chance of finding a girl who would want this.. Ahh, I can keep dreaming!

~ Stumbled: www.globalgrasshopper.com/travel/in-pictures-romantic-travel-destinations/ ~

Song of the Day (#28)

Back in 2006 is when I started to get into sports (watching sports that is, hah!), well, soccer anyways. What a year to start watching football! With the Fifa World Cup in Germany and all. Anyways with the World Cup comes great advertisements from Nike, Adidas and other sponsors. Adidas had a very great ad where two boys from Brazil get bored and decide that they should have a footy game, where they were the captains and where they got to choose the teams. Instead of choosing from local neighborhood children they start calling world class and world famous football players. Beckham, Kaka, Lampard, and even Beckenbauer, who played a long time ago! It's a very great ad, and if you were interested in seeing it, just search Jose+10. What makes it such a great ad (the first half anyways) is the song they use. Such a unique song, and he is such a unique artist. Here it is...

De L'alouette - RJD2