Google I Owe it All to You...

Like most people I tend to use the Internet for predominantly funny but essentially pointless things, Facebook, twitter, really funny cat photos, that kind of thing but today I realised that the Internet can also be a really useful tool, within 10 minutes of deciding to research the Pendle Witch Trials I not only knew all the names of the defendants and their fates but had the original court notes available to read on pc, kindle and phone. It really is extraordinary when you really stop to consider the impact that the Internet has had on our lives and how little we really use it to its full potential. I leave you with this week's image, I think it says a lot about my state of Internet enlightenment

Why I will always love Blondie

"one way or another, i'm gonna win you ... i'm gonna meet you" at first this is a promise, which as the song progresses becomes slightly stalkerish "and if the lights are all out, i'll follow your boys downtown" but what it is is a fantastic piece of music, it's exciting, it's a piece of pop music that does exactly what it says on the record sleeve she's going to have this man "one way or another" and regardless of whether she's going to go on to be "X Offensive" to him or not becomes irrelevant because Debbie Harry's voice has an amazing captivating power to it, it got me from the moment I heard "Heart of Glass" age 12, I was hooked, smitten and most importantly enthralled. Not only is her voice outstanding but her lyrics, in "Atomic", in what was going to have to be an instrumental section Debbie Harry made the rap as she went along, live on stage. When I first heard Blondie I'd truly never heard anything like it, yeah there was manufactured pop on the radio but nothing with that power to make you go along and enjoy the ride, it's not about the story or the way the album fits together, it's about the glory of the syncopated beats and the richness of that voice. I leave you with this to consider, Blondie performing Maria:

Welcome

Hello and welcome to my blog. I'm an English student who occasionally writes poetry and I'm just about opinionated enough to have a blog. All readers are welcome here and I'll be writing about whatever takes my fancy: books, tv, films, house hunting and student life. Speaking of films, I watched my first ever black and white silent movie last week, ok, so it wasn't as retro as it sounds because I went to see The Artist, a new film based on the introduction of talking motion pictures and I cannot recommend it highly enough, the film was superb, the music sublime and my desire to applaud at the end of a film has never been so strong. Without wanting to give too much away, the film has an amazing dog in it who you may have seen on BBC Breakfast News this week, or you can see here: (the official trailer for The Artist)

I'll leave you with this, the tagline of Gilmore Girls (one of my favourite shows), "life's short, talk fast"