The Meadow is the new song from KokoKaina, a singer from Malaysia. Lovely voice.
Here are the Lyrics:
The snow doesn't settle in the ground
And you keep bringing me down
But i'll still stick around
Im tied, im stuck, and im bound
The rain won't gather in a puddle
you and your friends called me trouble
i would dwell in the unknown
hear you whine, complain and moan
The flowers won't sleep right tonight
they can hear us having a fight
if we're lucky, we'll get a day right
But our fire's not looking too bright
There's a place that i'd go everyday
just to think about the ways
and i'd look fate straight in the face
i'd say hey, i think you came here too late
Sometimes i like watching you cry
Least i know you're a human being inside
Sometimes cats and dogs reconcile
once in awhile you even smile
Thursday, July 24, 2008
The Meadow by KokoKaina
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
My Grand Designs
A few days back, I was hanging out with some friends in the University and we started talking about our favourite TV shows. They were really surprised when I told them that my favourite show at the moment is not a sci-fi series, sitcom or any of the popular reality shows on TV. Rather my favourite happens to be an architecture show - Channel 4's "Grand Designs".
Initially I was wondering "who's going to watch this show" but after catching an episode I was hooked. Kevin McCloud goes around visiting people with really unusual architectural house-building projects, some of which sound really wacky but ultimately succeed in the end. You really feel for the people when they face some obstacle during their house build and almost all of them will face some problem or the other at one point in their house build. It's not surprising that most ultimately say that they will not go through a similar project ever again.
It might turn off some people form building their own homes but watching all these people building the house of their dreams makes me think about my own dream house - my own Grand Design. 
They also hold "Grand Designs Live events" from time to time. Just found out that next Grand Designs Live event takes place at Birmingham's NEC between 10-12 October 2008. I would definitely love to attend the event.
Friday, July 18, 2008
Rocking Friar
Meet Italian Capuchin Friar Cesare Bonizzi. Better known as Fratello Metallo (Brother Metal), he is no ordinary monk. This 62-year-old monk is also a heavy metal rocker and has just released his 18th album. He describes himself as a "preacher-singer" and took to this genre of music after attending a Metallica concert.
Tuesday, July 08, 2008
Sungha Jung - Guitar Prodigy
Sungha Jung is a young acoustic fingerstyle guitarist from South Korea. He became famous after his father posted various videos of him playing his guitar (which has been custom made to fit his body size) on the video sharing site YouTube. He turned 11 in September, 2007.
He started playing the guitar in 2005 after watching his father play the musical instrument.
Jung playing "All You Need is Love".
According to information posted on his YouTube profile, it "usually takes me two to three days to practice and videotape a new piece but sometimes up to a week for more difficult ones."
Check out Sungha Jung's Myspace profileSunday, July 06, 2008
Malaysian rocker strips to his boxers
The lead singer of Malaysian punk/ underground rock band Carburettor Dung suddenly pulled down his pants and showed off his boxer shorts at a opposition rally in Malaysia. I am not sure but I think his name is Alak.
He obviously didn't get the reception he hoped for as the audience started hackling and threw bottles at him. Security people had to escort the singer and other members of the group off the stage. Read the report on the Star Online site: "Rocker strips pants and bends down at audience"
Check out their Myspace page.
Read about the incident on other blogs:
Friday, July 04, 2008
11th Godiva festival starts
The Godiva festival, said to be "the UK's Biggest and Best Free Family Festival", started today here in Coventry. It will go on till the 6th of this month at Coventry's Memorial Park.
I am really happy that they have banned people from bringing in booze from outside. Makes us feel safer to bring the kids.
Look out for the Grammy winning Reggae group Inner Circle on the main stage tonight. Popular group, The Enemy take to the stage on Saturday.
The Enemy
Friday, June 27, 2008
Glastonbury Festival starts
The biggest event on the British Music calender, the Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts, has started and will go on till the 29th of this month. According to a BBC report, around 125,000 fans are on-site. The Glastonbury Site mentions that there are some tickets still available.
There was some controversy about US rapper Jay Z as one of the headliners of the festival but that seems to have cooled now. Read Jay Z's response to the critics.
You can also listen to the Festival live on Worthy FM Online.
