Sudiiiiiii strikes back
Friday, September 29, 2006
School Paper
A review I wrote for the school paper; vent. Not very good at all, I'm just the experimental science student =) Please tell me what you think.
Live at Stubbs – Matisyahu
Being vaguely familiar with the genre of reggae, this album struck me as something fairly out of the ordinary; an American Orthodox Jew producing semi religious reggae rock while at the same time managing to continue gaining mainstream success, with fans from all walks of life. Not your average Bob Marley protégé.
The album is essentially a half the songs from his debut, Shake off the Dust... Arise, performed live with a few other tracks added on for good measure. It easily outdoes the debut, breaking free of the sometimes produced and mechanical feel to be a cracker of a performance with great guitar solos.
Although it did not chart particularly well the album is accessible to all; fun to listen and chill out to, inoffensive and a breath of fresh air.
Best track: King Without a Crown/Exaltation
Rating: *** ½ ¶ 10:35 pm 3 comments
A review I wrote for the school paper; vent. Not very good at all, I'm just the experimental science student =) Please tell me what you think.
Live at Stubbs – Matisyahu
Being vaguely familiar with the genre of reggae, this album struck me as something fairly out of the ordinary; an American Orthodox Jew producing semi religious reggae rock while at the same time managing to continue gaining mainstream success, with fans from all walks of life. Not your average Bob Marley protégé.
The album is essentially a half the songs from his debut, Shake off the Dust... Arise, performed live with a few other tracks added on for good measure. It easily outdoes the debut, breaking free of the sometimes produced and mechanical feel to be a cracker of a performance with great guitar solos.
Although it did not chart particularly well the album is accessible to all; fun to listen and chill out to, inoffensive and a breath of fresh air.
Best track: King Without a Crown/Exaltation
Rating: *** ½ ¶ 10:35 pm 3 comments
Thursday, September 14, 2006
Getting Older =)
I can't believe it's September already. Wasn't it yesterday that form 5 started, quietly maturing past the form 4 idiosyncracies and beginning the nerve racking run up to the exams. When Gayan took me out in Colombo properly for the first time, Acropol was the big craze and we were all oh so preoccupied with bad mouthing the speckled geography teacher about her exquisite lessons and wonderful fashion sense. She's moved on and so have we.
Bring It On, Jungle chillaxing, lunches in town, dinners at *PEACH VALLEY*, milkshakes at the Commons, and jungle taxis. Birthday parties, literature tuition and climbing into bed at dawn were such a big part of the last year that it's hard to imagine what life would have been like without them.
Exams; they came and went... Over before we knew it but there far too soon for our liking. Weren't as bad as I expected, just not the most enjoyable of experiences. Holidays began rather sluggishly at the end of May, we were too lethargic to be happy. The last exam was a tear-jerker. Parties were fab when things picked up. Founders Day and the presentation of many a Christmas decoration. Nuwara Eliya in the cold and then off to Australia (no rhyme intended). Back to face the results. =D Was not disappointed.
A glorious summer to say the very least.
Form 5 2005/2006 was one of the best years of my life. Nothing could match the places I've been, people I've met, things I've done and stuff I've learnt.
Lower 6th started 3 weeks ago. Working hard to meet deadlines; school newspaper articles, history projects and interhouse activities. There's so much going on in school that there are hardly enough hours in the day to get it all done. What to do nuh. Getting older without realising it is scary. I can't believe that next month I will be yet another year older, and hopefully not too changed.
Off to Amsterdam next month to look at apartments with my mum. Cannot Wait.
Time flies doesn't it? ¶ 6:35 pm 7 comments
Bring It On, Jungle chillaxing, lunches in town, dinners at *PEACH VALLEY*, milkshakes at the Commons, and jungle taxis. Birthday parties, literature tuition and climbing into bed at dawn were such a big part of the last year that it's hard to imagine what life would have been like without them.
Exams; they came and went... Over before we knew it but there far too soon for our liking. Weren't as bad as I expected, just not the most enjoyable of experiences. Holidays began rather sluggishly at the end of May, we were too lethargic to be happy. The last exam was a tear-jerker. Parties were fab when things picked up. Founders Day and the presentation of many a Christmas decoration. Nuwara Eliya in the cold and then off to Australia (no rhyme intended). Back to face the results. =D Was not disappointed.
A glorious summer to say the very least.
Form 5 2005/2006 was one of the best years of my life. Nothing could match the places I've been, people I've met, things I've done and stuff I've learnt.
Lower 6th started 3 weeks ago. Working hard to meet deadlines; school newspaper articles, history projects and interhouse activities. There's so much going on in school that there are hardly enough hours in the day to get it all done. What to do nuh. Getting older without realising it is scary. I can't believe that next month I will be yet another year older, and hopefully not too changed.
Off to Amsterdam next month to look at apartments with my mum. Cannot Wait.
Time flies doesn't it? ¶ 6:35 pm 7 comments
Sunday, September 10, 2006
Songs of the moment
What I'm listening to..
Ok so it's Sunday lunchtime.. impending homework and the prospect of school tomorrow does not fill my heart with enthusiasm.
Here's a bit of whats on the playlist right now, as music is all that can keep me amused right now =P
Ok so it's Sunday lunchtime.. impending homework and the prospect of school tomorrow does not fill my heart with enthusiasm.
Here's a bit of whats on the playlist right now, as music is all that can keep me amused right now =P
- Ldn - Lily Allen
- Suddenly I See - KT Tunstall
- Teardrop - Jose Gonzalez
- Naive - The Kooks
- King without a Crown - Matisyahu
- Interstellar Overdrive - Pink Floyd
- Magalenha - Sergio Mendes
- Better off Alone - Alice Deejay
- Summertime Blues - Alan Jackson
- BBC - Ming Tea
- Bright Side of the Road - Van Morrison
- Getting Jiggy With It - Will Smith
- Sympathetique - Pink Martini
- Bike - Pink Floyd
- Your Missus is a Nutter - Goldie Lookin' Chain
- Monster - The Automatics
- My My My - Armand Van Helden
- Boys Don't Cry - The Cure
- Time of the Season - The Zombies
- Six Days - DJ Shadow
- White Rabbit - Jefferson Airplane
So, box notation here I come.
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