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What a week!

Thursday, May 22, 2008

I have not had any time to think or barely breath this week - it's been f*****g chaos! Thankfully tomorrow is Friday. That said it will be a chaotic day as I am spending the day with a film crew.

I did manage to record a series of Releases which I am most grateful for - it means I can produce Release 4 without worrying about having to record something! This Release features the last video pod cast from our recent trip to Spain. I hope you enjoy joining us on the drive along the coast.

There has been the odd bit of news I wanted to cover this week but I have come home so tired I simply haven't had the energy. I'll break it down to a digest.

Janet is touring (should put Grandma-donna in the shade), I feel the natural catastrophes in Burma and China are shocking and upsetting, we want to visit Pompeii, people updating their Facebook profiles with inane crap annoy me oh and it's Eurovision this weekend (not sure whether that's a good think or not!).

Anyway it'll probably quiet over the weekend as it's a public holiday here in the UK and Andy and Rob are visiting so I doubt there will be time for blogging etc - please let there be some nice weather so we can get out and about!

Adios amigos - until the next five minutes when I have a breather to write something!

Labels: Facebook, Friends, holiday, Janet, Release, Weather, Work

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Janet and Larry

Monday, March 31, 2008

I have to say a big thank you to Cram for letting me know about the Larry King Live video podcast.

The very first edition is a full 45 minute interview with Janet Jackson. It was great to see a full interview in good quality rather than some grainy crappy short clip in You Tube.

Now if only the rest of today had been so positive!

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Rock with U

Saturday, March 08, 2008

One of my favourite songs from Discipline but I think the video doesn't do it justice.

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Blustry Day

Saturday, March 01, 2008

It's been a very blustery couple of days - we lost the bin last night (thankfully it was only as far as the end of the garden). I don't quite understand the weather at the moment, one minute it's really dry and mild the next it's freezing cold or raining heavily. It's very unseasonal for February (especially it's now March!).

I published Trunk Cast 125 this morning and it's a particularly long show - I decided to include a full run down of my thoughts of the new Janet album Discipline. Be sure to have a listen as I have included the odd sneaky sound bite too.

We're having a quiet weekend following our trip home last weekend. I am off to Greece Monday after next so I had the time to pop into town to look for a few bits to take with me - not sure I achieved anything though having only come back with some socks and a shirt! I must be getting too picky. That or the latest fashions are just hideous. You either look like an Emo, a goth or some middle aged sad surfing type - where are all the nice clothes?

One thing that won't go out of fashion is the Apple Mac and since the announced upgrade to the Mac Book range this week I am tempted to upgrade my iBook as soon as I can (although not for a Mac Book Air as it's simply impractical as my only machine). Of course my enthusiasm will be fired up if Liz and Colin turn up this weekend - they called for some Apple related advice this morning as they are purchasing a Mac Book - I don't think I will be able to resist if I see a new one in the flesh!

I took a number of shots this week but didn't get a chance to upload them until now - this I have done and they are included in the Capture collection on Flickr (displayed below):

It's been a very busy week really. In fact there have been a number of things that I didn't even think to blog about which I could have - most notably was the horrendous situation at Blackfriars Station on Thursday evening. Passengers were not allowed down the external part of the platform as someone had jumped off the railway bridge onto one of the old bridge columns and was planning to jump - when I was there there was a team of police negotiators trying to stop him from jumping. The poor guy was still there when Richard came home and sadly I don't know the outcome.

Richard also set up a new HP Media Server and a Squeezebox - now all our music is in one place, is playable for any iTunes computer, brows-able on the web and playable from any of our internet radios/stereos etc ;0) Don't you just love technology when it works? (Just don't mention Tiscali gggrrr!)

Labels: Cats, Devon, Friends, Gallery, Janet, London, Music, Photography, Plymouth, Richard, Shopping, Trunk Cast, UK

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Discipline please!

Tuesday, February 26, 2008

Got my copy of Discipline - although not the copy I ordered!

First listen I think Roller-coaster is fucking amazing! True Janet Old Skool new Twist - amazing. Issue it as a single J!

Of course not forgetting Rock With U, Luv, 2Nite, Let Me Know etc LOL

I love the major update to the janet web site too - well done JDJ and welcome back!

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No Discipline

Monday, February 25, 2008

For the first time ever I have not got Janet Jackson's new album on the day of release :(

Why? HMVs shit delivery service that's why.

Thanks a bunch HMV! Why send a "on the way" mail last Wednesday when I am still waiting for it to arrive! What a pile of crap.

Still at least I have the MTV skits to keep me amused!

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WTFeedback!

Wednesday, January 09, 2008

Err a couple weeks ago I wrote about Janet's new single Feedback. Now I wasn't very kind and to be honest I take some of my venom back as I have played the song quite a bit - it's grown on me and my faith in Janet is returning.

That is until I saw the video for the single. What the ~~fuck~~ feedback! It's awful! It's a cheap hash of numerous ideas, a mash of Super Mario Galaxy, every naff James Bond opening credit and some sick twisted s&m fantasy with Janet flicking this ridiculously large pony tail around (obviously fake).

Come on Miss Janet, where's the excellent pop music, the fantastic dance beat and the humour - what's with all this dark material?

Now my expectations of the new album have taken another nose dive.

Click the pic to view the video...

Oh and as for the closing routine in the red cat suit - watching Brandy throw up is more entertaining!

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Feedback is not good

Sunday, December 16, 2007

Arjan has the new Janet Jackson single Feedback available for download and once again it feels that Janet's producers have missed the boat.

On listen the single is a lot like Britneys last offering which is a real shame.

Gone are the days when Janet was a musical pioneer, someone who led the pack. It seems the music companies are producing her work too late and she's getting left behind.

After a couple listens to Feedback I really am not sure what to make of it - the chorus is quite catchy but Janet can do much better then this.

It's interesting to see that Janet seems to have completely departed from Jam and Lewis - whether this is a good idea remains to be seen. I think the Jimmy and Terry stuff was the best work on 20 Y.O.

I am really sad to say this but with this new effort and 20 Y.O., I am really loosing faith in Miss Jackson.

You can also listen to the track here:

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