I’ve added a much needed introduction to the History page on my website, detailing everything about me, for all those who don’t know me. I’m also meeting with the band this week, so I’ll have some news on that soon. All of my old video blogs are now available to watch, and I promise to record new videos soon. Take care, and thanks for visiting my website.
You see, we’re currently in the Zodiac sign of Cancer, and also my latest video project for JimmyTeens.tv about the Treatment of Cancer Patients has been uploaded, so the title is a play on words! Check it out, I filmed this two weeks ago at St. James Hospital (which is where I’m a patient at for two days of the month).
I’m really proud of the way it turned out and want to thank Cat, the Youth Support Co-Ordinator, for letting me shoot and edit it. Hopefully I can do more films for Jimmy Teens in the future! The other update is my Sims 2 series, The Caliente Affairs, that has been on-going since 2005, but I’m only just now in the process of uploading it to my website. You can check out a preview of how it will look when all 19 current episodes go live, via Twitpic.
I’ve finally uploaded my second t.A.T.u. vs. Klaxons EP, it’s available to download in the music section along with the previous EP. The videos have also been uploaded to YouTube. Here’s the pretty artwork!
1. Vremya Luny (Magick Mash Up)
2. Snegopady (Two Receivers Mash Up)
3. 30 Golden Skans (Russian Vocal Mix)
Track one combines the t.A.T.u. album track from Happy Smiles, Время Луны (Vremya Luny), with the Klaxons single Magick. Track two mashes together the verses from t.A.T.u.’s new single Снегопады (Snegopady) with the Myths of the Near Future track, Two Receivers. Finally, track three is a revisit to a previous mash up, 30 Golden Skans, but remastered with the Russian vocals from 30 Mинут (30 Minut).
As well as adding a link along with the rest of my online profiles, WordPress have kindly launched an official Twitter widget for the sidebar, so to stalk me without even leaving my website, just look a little to the left and note the most recent status posted under “Activity”. (EDIT – The widget is not cooperating is it? Not my fault, sorry!)
I’m currently eating the most delicious Chocolate Praline doughnut I’ve ever had – and I’ve never had one before! I’m also having a… yes, yes, a cappuccino! Those of you paying attention to my RSS feeds on the side (check me out, saying that like I actually know what it means) will have seen I’ve uploaded a new video blog… so why isn’t here? Well, it’s a decision I’ve made. Seeing how YouTube is kind of its own community I’m going to keep my video blogs separate from this blog, but you can still find the links down the side – so keep your eyes peeled!
My bootleg seemed to drum up a lot of interest, a lot of praise, and it got me my highest ever hit count in one day! But I’m over that one now, I’m gonna start working on my next lot… unless, like I always say and like always happens, something jumps out at me and begs to be mashed.
90210 started last night – on E4, as I requested (thanks guys)! Now I’ve already seen episode one, but two episodes were on last night so I got a bigger picture of it. I still like it, but not even the appearance of Shannen “Brenda” Doherty could make up for a poor second episode. Everything from the title just begged to be The O.C. and I don’t want that, I want it to come into its own… which I know is completely stupid since it’s a remake of the original Beverly Hills! But I know what I mean, and I will stick with it… even though Shenae “Annie” Grimes is a terrible lead girl. In contrast, Skins new series has an amazing lead in the form of Kaya Scodelario (nice name) – but it’s leaving me a little empty, it’s gotten very surreal. But again, I’ll stick with it, could turn into a favourite. Speaking of favourites, my new best obsession The Big Bang Theory is on tonight at 11pm on Channel 4 (and in HD), so if you like me you’ll watch it and become a fan!
Now go away, leave me with my yummyummy doughnut.
Question: What do you get if you take Lady GaGa’s current worldwide chart-topping single, Just Dance, and mix it with a two-year-old, should-have-won-Eurovision entry from Russia?
Answer:
Lady GaGa vs. Serebro – #1 Dance Song
There’re two versions available to download, the first has Colby’s rap in the middle, whilst the second is a tiny bit longer and has Lady GaGa’s rap in the middle. I know it’s already at the top of the charts, but it wouldn’t hurt to support Lady GaGa’s world domination and buy the song if you’re one of the 7 people who haven’t already! And despite being two-years-old, Serebro’s debut song is still as catchy as it was back when you first might have heard it along with me, being performed in Helsinki! As such, you can also buy it from iTunes, and loads of other places.
You know how it is: it’s late at night… you’re feeling somewhat amorous… your hands begin to wander… and before you know it… you’re googling your own name! Yes, now you know my dirty secret – don’t act like you’ve never done it! Sometimes I just like to see if I was mentioned anywhere without my knowledge. As you know I like to make mash ups and unleash them upon the unsuspecting world, mostly to mediocre success, but sometimes I find them mentioned in the weirdest of places (NME magazine’s website, played on a Belgium, and a French radio station to name a few places).
Well, during tonight’s googlebatory session I discovered my newest mash up (t.A.T.u vs. Bronski Beats) was included in a weekly podcast, recorded last December, called Ramdom Thoughts. I’m not sure how popular it is, but the Facebook page has 91 fans so I take that as a big compliment, to not only be included amongst the likes of some amazing talent like Divide & Kreate, Norwegian Recycling and Hi-Brid (who is ultimately responsible for my Bronski Beat mash up, given that I’d never really heard the song before his mash up of it with Klaxons), but paid the compliment, “How can you make that song better – tomsbrain certainly did!”
I’m sorry, I’m done gushing, but I just want to put it out their and say I am grateful. All this Internet stuff, you never really get an accurate measurement of how well received your work is, so it’s nice to actually hear some feedback! In terms of my next Mash Up, unless anything jumps out it at me (I’m really into Shiny Toy Guns and Natalie Portman’s Shaved Head at the moment), It’ll be back to my ol’ faithful t.A.T.u gals and an attempt at mashing their biggest hit, All The Things She Said… so not a job I’m taking lightly! Speaking of never knowing where my name ends up, if anyone with contacts at the BBC is reading this, can you please book t.A.T.u to appear/perform in this misguided attempt at getting us out of the bottom places in Eurovision thing on a Saturday nights with Graham Norton and Andrew Lloyd-Webber. I know they’re in LA at the moment, but you’ve got 5 weeks to make it happen.
First of all, site updates! Two new Mash Ups over at My Music – one for Christmas, and one sampling the 80s (my second trip back to my decade for a mash up). As for what’s to come, a few more mash ups hopefully, and something spectacular as a little dedication to my old website Amanda Bynes UK, which went offline a few months ago due to Orange being a super-beeyotch and deleting their free members only FTP service (whatever, their loss, we’re getting Virgin broadband now). Intrigued? Come back December 31st to find out what it is! Oh, and do you like my new favicon? WordPress updated their features! The only good thing about Orange closing down it’s service was that I found this place!
Now serious stuff: I had a nosebleed! It’s been so long since my last one it took my three attempts to spell it right! Back then I decided to take a stand. I was having a lot of them, so something must have been causing it. I cut out caffeine and more importantly – Cola! Following on from that, I specifically targeted artificial sweeteners as the source of my bleeds. Aspartame and Phenylalanine were my enemies! I found them in nearly every “sugar free” chewing gum, and unfortunately Sweet Chili flavoured Sensations Crisps. Since that cold and dreary day some 18 months ago, I’ve reintroduced the odd caffeine boost in the form of my beloved instant cappuccinos and Lucozade and things seemed fine. During my research on artificial sweeteners I discovered Pepsi were marketing a new “natural” alternative to Pepsi called Raw. Despite being available in Leeds, I had never seen it… until last night! I was so excited, for the first time in what felt like forever I was going to be able to have cola! It was nice… really nice… but about an hour after polishing off my second bottle, the disaster struck!
Okay so it was only a bit blood – but still! It’s more the fact I thought I’d been smart and health conscious, but the science of sugars is confusing! Oh, and I cannot just put it down to a freaky coincidence… despite the fact that if anyone in the world were to have a freaky coincidence like this – it’d me! It has to be that whatever used to cause my nosebleeds that was in regular, crap-filled Pepsi is still in their “natural” Pepsi… The only suspect ingredient I noticed was Xanthan Gum, so I guess I’ll be keeping an eye out for that now! Unless of course this is all just psychosomatic and I’m going crazy (pfft, going).
Filed under: Site Updates
Just a note that I’ve update My Music and added two new pages containing the videos to two of my old mash ups. They were posted on Multiply and I had to use Vodpod to post them on WordPress so it took me a while to figure it out, but it was pretty easy once I did. I’ve also added an RSS link to all my Picasa Web Albums, rather than the one link to “My Photos” that used to be on the side. And I’ve included a link to my Stickam profile – even though I haven’t used it much, but I want to eventually.
Filed under: Site Updates
Just a note to say I’ve updated the ‘My Music‘ page and all my old mash ups (24 of them, to be precise) are available to download now.
