Jimmy Saves the World

It has always puzzled me how certain songs can relate to certain points in your life and that whenever you hear that song the emotion comes back, its also amazing how ever rubbish or down you are feeling a song can bring a smile to your face.



I have loved Jimmy Eat World for years, and will continue to love them. I go through fazes of liking a band or style or music but Jimmy will always be there. Even if I haven't heard that song for a while I will continue to blast the lyrics out.

Back in 2007 I had the privilege to say that I saw Jimmy Eat World play twice in one day at Reading Festival. Rather than playing the same set twice, Jimmy played a very public friendly set on the main stage and a very album fan friendly set on the Lock up stage.

I saw them at Brixton in 2008 and when I heard Jimmy were returning to the UK I snapped up tickets to see them in Bristol and Brixton and to see them twice in the space of two days was incredible.

Jimmy Eat World, for me keep finding those songs that relate to my life. Its pretty much a given that "The Middle" will always cheer me up whenever I am down, its such a feel good song.
"Hey, don't write yourself off yet
It's only in your head
You feel left out or
Looked down on"

It just speaks truth and especially to anyone who does feel left out and just need that reminder that everything will be ok and you are not alone.
Just try your best
Try everything you can
And don't you worry
What they tell themselves
When you're away

There are so many Jimmy songs that mean something to me. Amazing the first time I played Disintegration, it summed up how I felt about a failing relationship, and the entire Bleed American album took a whole new meaning when my long term relationship ended, despite having listened to the album hundreds of times before.



Music is my life and my feelings can be completely summed up in the music I play. Whether its being Air or Rammstien, but Jimmy Eat World can save any situation =)

The Bird is the word!!!!!!

A-well-a everybody's heard about the bird.....

Last year Rage Against the Machine was Christmas number 1 beating Xfactor superbly with a massive campaign. Of course this year people have jumped on the "lets beat xfactor" band wagon. Various songs have been chosen. My favourite is The Trashmen's Surfin Bird, recently made re-famous in a family guy episode.

So spare 79p and help prevent Xfactor getting xmas no 1.!!!!




Follow the campaign on facebook

Two other campaigns I have noticed are Blink 182 and Reubens Christmas songs, so please down them as well as they are fun xmas songs =)

Blink 182 - I wont be home for christmas


Rebuen =Christmas is Awesome


I highly doubt any of them will go to number one, there is a major lack of press coverage but will be good to see the songs in the chart

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The NXT Invasion

This Monday Nights raw was a 3 hour viewers choice special. Where viewers could vote on several things throughout the night, including Tag Partners, opponents and match stipulations.

Raw for 2 hours 45 minutes of it was lackluster, with some "funny" moments, Kozlov's dancing was assuming to watch, but most of the matches and segments did NOTHING to hype up the upcoming fatal four way PPV at all and was just a one night thing, something WWE is good at the moment.

The main event was John Cena verses a chosen CM Punk (why the wwe universe didnt choose Rey or the champion is beyond me). The match itself was good, a proper feud between the two should be a hit in the future, but the match is not what this Raw will be remembered.



About 10 minutes into the match, recent NXT season one winner Wade Barrett entered the ring. After slowly walking the to ring, all seven of the other rookies surrounded the ring and quickly attacked CM Punk's straight edge society. Once the SES was eliminated the rookies then surrounded Cena in the ring. After a few seconds of watching Cena think "sh!t" the rookies then attacked Cena. They didnt just attack Cena they destroyed him. Once Cena was down, the rookies then began their damaging attack, attacking Matt Striker, Jerry Lawler, Josh Roberts and various over officals and staff ringside including a cameraman, then started destroying everything that was ringside, from chairs, matts, barriers to the ring. Once the rookies left the ring after 10 minutes of destruction a stretcher helped Cena out of the ring.



WOW!!!!! The winds of change are truly happening in the WWE, this was completely unexpected and very graphic especially for a PG program. This type of "gang" war style of attack hasnt been seen in the WWE for years. Neither has something so shocking has been seen since the eventful Paul Heymans ECW invasion back in 2001.

So what does this mean? Well judging by FCW tv previews the main event continued the nxt invasion theme, i havent read it as I want to watch FCW first without spoiling it but it seems that the WWE have full faith in the NXT rookies and this invasion. Obviously winner Wade Barrett will be the ring leader of the gang. This will give him incredible heat for the upcoming months.

Now it was obvious that a few of the rookies, notably Justin Gabriel and Daniel bryan looked very uncomfortable with the viscous attack, I have a feeling that they will be quickly kicked out to keep them faces.


But it is very interesting to see where the WWE is going, especially with the quickening shortage of Main event stars, last week they made Evan Bourne look a million dollars, now the ball is in Wade Barretts hands and what a choice. This guy has impressed everyone on NXT, he has the look, the in ring skills, his mic skills are fantastic (check out his work as a commentator on FCW TV if you don't believe). He is the future of the WWE and a fresh new look to the WWE. Lets just hope WWE dont give up like they always seem to do....

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The stressful revision

Its that time of year again, the last minute mass cram of revision which will hope aid you into getting the best mark you can get, however you always know that you could do better.

I know for a fact that this year i have barely put any effort into university. This is due to a number of things, some i wont go into detail about, but pretty much for the past 9/10 months i have felt very down. I havent been my true self, (obviously everyone has good and bad day's) and its frustrating me and of course with exams being now and that im blogging rather than revising for my stress analysis exam...

Its hard to find motivation, it really is. I know i could have most likely got 4 chapters out of 8, down by now today but ive only just barely finished the first chapter. Its going to be a long night, but i will get there somehow.

All i want is for the exams to be over, for this year of uni to be over, so that at the end of June i can go into the OBSU and have a change of scene. A break from uni and education (well to an extent...)

I will find myself, its just with exams being right now, thats really not helping!

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