A Rock Star is reborn…

…yeah, yeah, yeah…

We did a good thing…

We raised a wad of cash for Saku’s Foundation… (over $2K)

 But MOST importantly… the inner rock god came out that night…

the results…

1. Oasis  – Acquiesce

2. Matchbox 20 – Downfall

3. Robbie Williams – She’s the One

4. Travis – Driftwood

5. The Darkness  – I Believe in a Thing Called Love

6. The Killers – All These Things That I’ve Done

7. Queen – It’s Late

8. The Faces – Stay With Me

9. Stone Temple Pilots – Days of the Week

10. The Black Crowes – Descending

My-oh-my ipod nano.

I was walking to work this morning listening to Everything but the Girl’s version of “Only Living Boy in New York”, watching the masses hustle and bustle their way to their cubicles like doped white mice in a college lab, considering the lyrics and feeling strangley alive amongst the dead – and full of social awareness…

…and then “Tied up and Swallowed” by the Black Crowes came on and I I just wanted to rock out…

But it did make me decide that it’s time for a new music in me meme…

Usual rules: Name the song from the song lyrics below in the comments (NO GOOGLE) and then I’ll delete it and you get to live in joyous rapture having recognized the song lyrics on some random guy’s i-pod. Before realising that you’ll never ever get back the three minutes it took to respond.

Sounds like fun?

Let’s go…

1. Because we need each other
We believe in one another
And I know were going to uncover
Whats sleepin in our soul

2. I wonder how you sleep
I wonder what you think – of me
If I could go back
Would you have ever been with me

3. When you get to where you wanna go
And you know the things you wanna know
You’re smiling

4. Nobody is an island
Everyone has to go
Pillars turn to butter
Butterflying low

5. I wanna kiss you every minute, every hour, every day
You got me in a spin but everythin’ is A.OK!

6. And when there’s nowhere else to run
Is there room for one more son
These changes ain’t changing me
The cold-hearted boy I used to be

7. You’re staring at me
With suspicion in your eye
You say what game are you playing?
What’s this that you’re saying?
I know that I can’t reply

8. Red lips hair and fingernails
I hear your a mean old jezabel
Lets go up stairs and read my tarot cards

9. One day, left me for the dead
Woke up on the floor, time for another one
Two days, shes leavin me again, cant take it no more
Out through the open door

10. Have mercy baby
And hand me downs
It was just a few years ago
Youd hand me ups and a map
Right out of town

Now…go.

4 days in…

Week one nearly done… and it’s tough to say anything of any real substance about it…

Initial observations:

- I seem to be working with some great people… an eclectic mix.
- I like fish, which seems to be a good thing and must ask the boss/fishfeeder for some advice as and when I finally get my own tank up and running.
- I enjoy playing ping-pong at lunch time with JP, but do not so much enjoy getting my as handed to me on a plate by the large Iranian dude. (it’s a metaphor for losing very badly and looking like a flailing one winged (thats wing-ed) beastie…
- The fresh fruit is a nice touch
- Trying to piece together the work that is expected of me has been somewhat challenging, but then again, I never did like it too easy.
- Doing the work without the tools, likewise.
- I have yet to formally meet some people… but I’m very shy and reserved that way.
- The incredibley chilled atmosphere blows my mind. Does anyone get stressed at this place?

As far as the piecing it all together part is concerned I do have to ask myself if I know more than I did 4 days ago – and the answer is very definately ‘yes’… so I guess it’s all good.

I’m also really enjoying the walk to and from – the metro doesn’t really save any time – it’s more a lazy convenience and I have multiple routes that I can take which mixes it all up… and armed with a *gasp* CD player I have a new soundtrack to every day…

- Monday = Black Crowes Tall Sessions
- Tuesday = Starsailor
- Wednesday = Del Amitri
- Thursday = Quireboys

(I have no idea whay I even typed that – how 16 year old of me (not that there’s anything wrong with that))  

…of course, I was called about 3 other jobs and was given a GOLDEN contact for a place that I REALLY wanted to work at… I knew this would happen – it always does… and I really don’t feel good about chasing any of the opportunities up… it’s a karma thing.

But so far so good.

I like the balance.

The Black Crowes – The Dark Truth

 I make no bones about that fact that I believe The Black Crowes to be the most Rock ‘n’ Roll Band in Rock ‘n’ Roll. I believe I own almost everything commercially available to date and am VERY EXCITED in anticipation of their new album this year.They have also been a band who have been rife with lost bass players and guitars players and drummers and the rehiring of said guitar players and drummers.

But now I know why Johnny Colt never came back.

He wasn’t allowed to drive the Chris Robinson borg, got spit out and squished for his efforts!

Rock on borgdudes.