All we hear is...

I just found out that I can stream U.S radio stations through iTunes! Have a look, this is definitely an improvement in the world. 1600 stations mean you don't have to sit through ads! I'm gonna check this out and post a couple of station recommendations.

Reports are done now, so I plan to sleep for... about 27 hours.

The Best Song Title Ever

Through extensive research (okay, maybe just listening to a lot of music) I have determined the secret to having an awesome song.

Are you ready for this?

You need to have the words ‘home’ or ‘circle’ in the title.
That’s it.
I feel like the guy who discovered the 11 secret herbs and spices!

So, without further ado, I present to you…
The Top Twelve Songs with the words ‘Home’ or ‘Circle’ in the Title!

1. Home – Foo Fighters
2. Home – Breaking Benjamin
3. Home Again – Shihad
4. Circles – Josh Todd
5. Circles – The Salads
6. Home – Shihad (These guys have obviously cracked the code!)
7. Home – Great Northern
8. Circles – Incubus
9. Don’t Stay Home – 311
10. This Circle – Paramore
11. Own Way Home – Steriogram
12. New Way Home – Foo Fighters (Coincidence?! I think not!)

There you have it, irrefutable proof. Now watch as I abuse the formula I have discovered in the most Chad Kroeger way possible. And check out my new single, ‘My Home is a Circle’.

Honourable mentions go to the following words: ‘Love’, ‘Heart’ and ‘Angel’. Bit obvious, really. A hundred monkeys at a hundred typewriters could turn out hit songs using those words (I think that might be how Britney’s last album was made).

Dishonourable mention goes to any intentionally misspelled words. E.g. ‘shawtee’. I hate you.

What’s your Heart Song?

I’ve been wondering: is having a blog just another demand on precious time and energy? I haven’t even done a proper post yet, and I am feeling the stress, like I better write something! I make no promises like, “I will keep this updated regularly.” That would be a lie, and not even a good one. The idea is this is supposed to make me a better writer. I’ll write in it when I feel like I have something worthwhile to say.

That being said, I thought I’d start out with something I find pretty easy to talk about: Music.

I had to get the new Weezer album as soon as it was available (my first full album iTunes download, by the way). And I hope you get it too! It’s well worth a listen.

One track in particular really resonated with me. That track is called Heart Songs.

It’s a delightfully intimate tour through Rivers Cuomo’s musical conscience, a sweet mixture of We Didn’t Start the Fire and My Favourite Things. Each verse is like a puzzle, “Who sang that?” “Oh, yeah, I like their stuff too,” “I need to research that one.”

Heart Songs serves as a reminder of the power music has to profoundly affect us, ever more important in our high-stress existence. As someone who rates music as one of the greatest pleasures we get to experience on this miserable world I love that idea that we all carry around this special ‘playlist’, a bunch of songs that buoy our hearts, no matter what.

Thanks once again for a great album, Rivers. You’ve provided your share of heart songs to me, and many others I’m sure.

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