My Holiday

My holiday wasn't that exciting. On the weekend I was working. I worked from 12-6 on Saturday. It was a fairly easy shift just put away some delivery. On the night I went home and watched the F1 qualifying. It was really good to watch as it was a close championship. For the rest of the night I went on my computer and then decided i needed to get some sleep for tomorrow. I worked an 11-6 shift which dragged on. I was constantly serving for 2 hours in bikes and i ended up with a sore throat by the end of the day. After work I watched the F1 and was annoyed that Raikkonen won the championship. After that i just sat on my PC until some time in the next morning.

From Monday to Wednesday I did nothing at all. Just staying up until stupid times in the morning and sleeping until a stupid time in the afternoon. On Thursday I had to work a 3 hour shift 5-8. It was pretty boring and the shop was empty since the Aberdeen game was on TV. I just built a bike and talking to some colleagues. At the end of my shift I just went home and relaxed for the rest of the day. On Friday I went back to my usual thing of doing nothing. Again at the Weekend I was working the exact same hours as before. The day dragged by and I was really not enjoying myself. I just couldn't wait until I had seen 6 o'clock. On that night I felt shattered but I ended up going out for a few drinks. I stayed out until 1 in the morning knowing I had work a 11 the next day. This was my least favourite day as time seemed to stay still. I kept looking at my watch all the time and things kept getting worse as the day went on. Eventually 6 o'clock arrived and that was work over until thursday. I didn't do much after work. Recover from the tierdness from Saturday and watched Top Gear. I pretty much was fell asleep an hour after. That sums up my holiday.

BBC Radio 1

I Learned a lot about the way that the radio station BBC Radio 1 operates. We don't think that much about it when we listen to the radio. All the things that go on behind the scenes. So much work and effort is put into the show.

Radio Began back in 1920 and there were a few different music genres until it reached the 1960's. In the 60's there was a lot of rebelion, protests. The Music scene had . Radio One began in 1960 and it was a boat that played radio which was called Radio Caroline. It was described as a Pirate Pop Ship but it struggled due to money problems.

The Producers of the show Will Kinde, James Wood need to make sure that the schedule for Radio 1 is running on time and that the DJ's are in for there time slot of the day.

There are many famous DJ's at radio 1. There is Jo Whiley who has been on Radio 1 since 1993. There is Chris Moyles and Zane Lowe. The studio for radio 1 is based in the center of London but tries to focus away from being a London radio as there are most people outside London listen to the show so the majority of people probably wouldn't understand jokes and stuff about London. The DJ's of the show also go to many live events and it means that they are able to meet bands that they have never seen before.

The playlist on radio 1 is easy listening during the daytime show. The Colin and Edith Show is experimental with it's music and doen't play anything that is in the charts. Zane Lowe's changes from mainstream music to specialist. Radio 1 plays a variety of different genres and play big bands all the way to small and upcoming bands.

Rod Mckenzie is the editor for newsbeat. The editors and researchers decide what will be on. The newsreader is Georgina Bowman. They try to present the news in a diiferent style from the TV way of presenting.

There is a chatroom on Zane's show and it allows people to say whatever they want. There are a lot of advertisements. The Radio producers pick out what will be of interest for most people. The Radio DJ's will go to clubs because many of the best DJ's will be there.

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Soundgarden Superunknown album review

The Album Superunknown by Soundgarden is the best selling album by the band. It was released in 1994 and is the 5th album. The fisrt track Let Me Drown really comes out very strong. The song is performed very well instrumentally and the vocals of Chris Cornell are amazing. The Piano thats in the song adds that extra touch which gives it a great sound. The next song My Wave another strong song the drums of Matt Cameron and Bass of Ben Shepard really stand out later in the song. Vocals are still great but not the best on the album. Track 3 Fell On Black Days absolutely amazing. A soft song by a band that play usually heavy and the pull it off perfectly. Towards the end it gets loud which works really well. This was a single from the album.Mailman probably my favourite song the raw guitar of Kim Thayil. The Drums again very slow but have a nice deep sound. Superunkown an excellent song that gets you into the mood for playing an instrument. Chris Cornells high vocals work with the high pitched guitar and drums and bass combine together well. The Guitar solo by Kim Thayil shows that he is one of the best guitar players ever. Head Down another favourite for me. The quiet and vocals create a moody atmosphere which has a low pitch guitar sound. Black Hole Sun everyones favourite Soungarden Song. The Best Single for them. The song is constructed beautifully. The verses and chorus are so different from each other. The Guitar in verse and chorus change so much. Next is Spoonman which has somebody playing spoons along with the bass and drums. Another strong song for them and a single from the album. Limo Wreck is next another great song. I thinks the lyrics are cool on this song. A song that makes me sing along and another one I like to play on drums. The Day I Tried To Live the next song goes a little downhill for me this song. A bit bland doesn't stand out for me. This was also another single. Kickstand another amazing song. It's short and sweet. Fresh Tendrills I hate it so much it's so boring it's not very exciting it just doesn't have that sound there. 4th Of July has a really heavy guitar riff which is the best thing and Matt Camerons drums also making thje song heavy. Chris Cornells dark and gloomy vocals is the icing on the cake. Half is a song performed by Ben Shepard his vocals are really quite impressive as you don't really hear his voice until this song. His guitar in the song was also very good. Like Suicide a song that irritated me.It was over 7 minutes which means this song drags. It doesn't need to be long. Last Song She Likes Surprises ends the album very well. Nice guitar but the bass playing by Ben Shepard makes the song stand out most. If I had to rate the album out of 10 it would be 9.9 just 2 songs ruin it for me. A link to album http://www.amazon.co.uk/Superunknown-Soundgarden/dp/B000024C2Q/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/026-9049597-0989252?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1191790869&sr=8-1

A Little Bit Better Just

I absolutely hate reggae music. I love my metal music. Lyrically the song is constructed a lot better than the last song. Instrumental the song is still weak except for the keyboard actually helping to save the song. The backing vocals are also done pretty well. The Electric guitar does eventually get better but still it isn't exactly a mind blowing solo. The second is better than the first.

An Overated Musician

I hated the song so much it was far to repetitive. Instrumental it didn't do anything for me. There was hardly any intrumental input. I think that Bob Marley is one of the most overated musicians ever. His "singing" is only ok at best. The song obviously didn't take long to come up with becuase lyrically the song is terrble. I'm just not a fan of the guy and if this is his best song then i wouldn't go out rushing to uy his album.

My Time In College

I started college just 3 weeks ago. I go to Aberdeen college. I was still in Canada when college had started so i missed the first 2 weeks. I'm enjoying it a bit more at school. There was no freedom in school and hated wearing there boring black and white dress code. I enjoy my classes a lot more than i did at school. I do miss my music class though. I'm learning a lot more than i did at school.
I've met some friends from school and met also some new people. I've also met people that I used to work with and also meeting up with friends that I still work with.
I remember when I was on the bus to college i was so nervous and actually felt sick, but during the day thaings got better i just decided not to let my nervous take the better of me. I felt shattered by the end of the first day but i still had jetlag after arriving back from my holiday and staying awake for 25 hours isn't the best thing to do.