Stand By Me

I found this beautiful version of Ben E King's Stand By Me on the ABC Radio Queensland blog.



It's from a documentary called "Playing For Change: Peace Through Music" and features musicians from all over the world singing the one song.

Grandpa Elliott of New Orleands and Clarence Bekker of Amsterdam are my two favourites.

Had a Real Rough Day...

I've had a rough day today. Had my bum kicked, had someone be really rude to me, worked like a dog only to feel like it was for nothing, and I'm tired and grumpy.

How do you deal with a really rough day? What do you do to make it better?

I have a few things. I usually start by going for a walk with my iPod on, and listening to "Rough Day" by Paulini Curuenavuli. I can't find a decent version of it on YouTube, so I can't share it unfortunately. But it's upbeat and fun, and it's about someone who has had a rough day and they just want to get out and have fun to forget their day.

Then I like to put on some Mythbusters and watch them blow something up. My favourite Mythbusters explosion is when they vapourise a cement truck. Check it out:



Lovely, isn't it? Go on, watch it again. You know you want to. Better still, have some chocolate while you watch it again. Chocolate and explosions... I can't think of anything better!

Hmmm, I feel better already! Of course, while I have been getting that video for you all, I've watched about a dozen other Mythbusters explosions on YouTube. Go on, have a search, you'll have fun!

Music Meme

Ok, here's a meme to help you with your video embedding skills.

This one is to go and find a YouTube video of your favourite song when you were in High School, and embed it on your blog.

My favourite song was this one:



Bit embarrassing... cos it's still my favourite song of all time, even though it has the cheesiest film clip! (And it gives away my age!)