Watchmen

You really should've seen this already since it's been played during the trailers before The Dark Knight. Go buy the graphic novel.

Russel Peters

Watched this for the first time in a while. Check it out

Idioteque

Had the pleasure of seeing Radiohead live on Sunday. They put on one hell of a show. So do these guys.

Some songs you should hear...

I've been discovering, and rediscovering, a lot of great music in the last few weeks, so here's a few stand out tracks.

Aim - Northwest:
Aim is an English DJ, and his music is like a mix of ambience and hip-hop beats. It takes cool to an entirely new level. The album is Flight 602 and it's definitely worth checking out.

The Mayfield Four - Backslide:
This is the old band of Myles Kennedy - the frontman of Alter Bridge. The album Second Skin is full of amazing songs, and this one is getting the most listens at the moment.

John Mayer - I Don't Need No Doctor:
This is a Ray Charles tune, but John Mayer's cover is an awesome jazzed-up tribute which more than does the song justice.

The Lost Sheep

I'm not really sure who deserves the most credit here. Is it Adrian Munsey for his musical genius, is it the musicians for being able to keep straight faces or is it in fact the sheep for the inspiration? Who knows, maybe the music really does speak to them, but I do know one thing for sure: I could never do this.

Piano Ratiug

Mute Math's new album is going to be nice.

End of an era...

Friday marked my last day of school ever. A relief? Kind of. That's not to say I won't miss the general banter and completely unproductive lessons that made up my time at Stamford School. I'm just ready to move onto other things. It was a bit of a fun day as you might imagine. It was fancy dress for a start - I was decked out in full ninja attire, complete with nunchuks (I managed to avoid hurting myself, barely) - but that was just the beginning. What better way to say goodbye to the establishment which I spent ten years of my life at, than by pulling pranks?

The pranks kicked off with a few boys breaking into the school hall at about 1:30am and builing a nice beach scene at the front. It is actually sawdust, but that doesn't make it any less impressive.

Next up, we have the infamous sports day streakers, who ran on the track to do a lap of victory during the girls 800m race.

The next one was the old jumper scene at the science block. No doubt the poor bastard got fed up of physics lessons.

In the morning we were greeted with a beautiful sight. This huge banner hung across the school chapel. I won't get into what S.S.I. actually stands for, but at it's heart it's sexist propaganda.

And of course, what prank day would be complete without some newspapering of common rooms?

The final prank was replacing millions of framed photos around school with ones that we'd prepared. There were far too many for me to put them all up here but to give you a taste, here is a shot from the Regional Dumping Championships:

Here we have the starting line up of the annual cross-Stamford street race:

Here you can see a shot taken from the 6th form Maths-Debate:

And last but not least, our school Underwater Pool 1st Team:

Friday was topped off with a five-hour stretch in the pub, then dinner, and then off to the club. All in all a fitting end to school life.