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Conference fun

I’ve got 2 conferences lined up in the next few weeks which should all be good fun.. well one more than the other. Warwick is *very* big on conferences. In fact ask any student and they will tell you that the educational part of the university seems very secondary to it. All the university care about is making the lawns tidy, flowers pretty and putting up different sets of flags every two weeks. I mean really, who would be so silly to consider that buying new books for the library would be more important. Pssf, us students think about such trivial things. (not that I have taken a book out of the library in about 2 years.. but still!!!) They also love to kick people out of their campus rooms within hours of term finishing to get them ready for the conferences and all the sweaty conference sex! (as opposed to sweaty student sex). Thankfully (well in some senses) I lived in the direst set of halls on campus, so dire that they didn’t put anyone in them in the holidays. I mean really, imagine coming back to your room and thinking 2 strangers may have been upto all sorts in your bed the night before. Hmm well actually I suppose hotels… ick I’ve never thought of it like that before!!! Woe betides my pure mind

But anyway.

Conference numero uno: NUS National Conference – Blackpool – March 30th – 2nd April. I’m one of 11 elected delegates from uni & its helpfully being held in my home town. But I’m still going to get put up in a hotel & fed lots which is nice!! And its going to be v. wicked because I’m very good friends with 5 of the other delegates and know all the others so yay! I’m looking forward to having them up here, and of course spending many long days discussing all student politicy things….

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numero duo : SRA Spring Conference – The national student radio associations main conference of the year takes place in Nottingham between the 10th and 12th of April. Despite having been involved in student radio for 3 years, I have never got round to going. But this year it should be good. There are 8 of us going so far and I’m waiting to hear on others. Problem though as to where we are going to stay as the suggested accomodation is a tad expensive. If anyone knows Nottingham well and knows of cheap accom give me a shout!

Thought I would give a quick plug to Audioscrobbler.

From the site:

Audioscrobbler started life as a Computer Science degree project by Richard Jones (better known as RJ) at the Univeristy of Southampton in the UK. The Audioscrobbler Project is an ongoing exploration into Social Information Filtering, music being the “Problem Domain”.

Basically you download a winamp plugin which feeds back to Audioscrobbler what you are listening to. It builds stats of your favourite artists, songs etc… and then when its collated 500 tracks you have listened to, suggests tracks/bands that you don’t have and that it thinks you would enjoy. Pretty funky. Roll on my 500nth song!!

Coincidences Shocking. Russ B has updated his blog two days in a row (see sidebar). That in itself is pretty shocking. But no he mentions Supersister, a girl group which holds a “special” place in the heart of all RaW hacks. And ooh what does Winamp at that particular moment in time, out of 3523 tracks decide to play… you got it … Supersister – Coffee.

Blogs I’ve just come across that are worth a poke:

Little Red Boat
Mad musings of me

Also the fab Popdizzy has been added to the side bar!

Hmm I’m getting an awful lot of google hits for Delta Goodram naked. Nice. And for full piano score tatu all the things she said. Random!

Cheese on trial: Are Flip & Fill the most evil men in dance?

Not only does the April edition of Mixmag contain the best cover headline ever (see above), along with the intro Forget Sadamm & Osama. Meet the most dangerous men in the world , this months cover cd is just funny as fcuk. Its called Porn House Mix [God knows what this is going to do for me on google], and is really not something to put on loud with your parents in the house as it opens with the words [OVER 18s ONLY HIGHLIGHT TO READ] You know what my favourite fantasy is. I love two hard cocks. One fucking me and I like to suck one off while the other is fucking me. And today I have 2 of my favourite friends coming over and they are gonna be eating my pussy and I’m going to be sucking me off. MMM I can hardly wait its gonna be good. Hmm I’m not sure I should really put that here but its v. amusing over a dance track.

So in conclusion you MUST buy this months mixmag… if only for comedy value

This week’s Notable New Releases

Albums

Boyzone: Love Songs The Ballad Collection : Ew. Why o why? I have never ever liked Boyzone and they were at their peak during my teenage years. But no o no – the precursor to Westlife, they did the same old only love song endevour. I can only think of 2 BZ songs that weren’t ballads (Going gets tough, Picture of you) so why not just a Greatest Hits. And still, I really can’t see it doing well. Surely all the fans have grown up by now. Prediction: Top 20. (now watch it go to no1)

Dannii Minogue – Neon Nights : I’ve always been a fan of Dannii since the fantastic All I wanna Do back in 1997. With her popularity rising over the last year through the fantastic Who do you love now, Put the Needle on it & I begin to Wonder tracks, I expect this album to be electro-pop dance. Much is being made of the fact that there is a track Vibe on all about vibrators!! I have only heard a couple of tracks so far but hope to be hearing more today so I shall update when I can. Prediction : No 7. [I also recommend listening to the Cicada Vocal Mix of Put the needle on it.]

Singles

Its always puts a downer on the day to wake up on a Monday and find that Gareth Gates is number one. Yes it may be for charity and yes he may be taking the p*** of himself a little in the video and it is all quite amusing but is still bloody Gareth doing another bloody cover. Where has Will gone recently??

So, ok, Singles… is there anything that can knock this pesky teenager off the topspot this week?

Linken Park – Somewhere I belong : LPark hold the ‘prestigous’ honour of holding a space in my top 3 songs ever. Not sure which of those 3 places I haven’t quite figured it out yet, but In the End is just such a fantastic, moving song that it gets me everytime. For any Buffy fans out there, there is a fab Spikecentric music video using this track which you can download here . But anyway back to the track in question. I heard it last night for the first time, and wasn’t overly impressed. Nothing good, but nothing bad either. Top 20? I dunno how big their fanbase is.

Misteeq – Scandelous . Popjustice LOVE this song. Mainly because it involves sirens.. lol. The Misteeq girls are back in full flow, with this the first track of their new album Eye Candy which is out on the 31st March. I preferred the stuff of their last album to this particular track, but am looking forward to the album.

Blue – You make me wanna . Aha my favourite boy band. You make me wanna is the 3rd release of their second album. I wouldn’t have personally picked this one from the album … I hope they release Supersexually cos it uses the fantastic piano bit off a Dr Dre track. This one is a lot more mellow & usa groove (i think) than the rest of their released singles. But it should do well.. prob about no 5? Mmm Duncan!

Simply Red – Sunrise . Yes you all think I’m a middle aged lady. Well I’m not but I don’t care. I love Simply Red to bits. Thislatest track has got pure summertime vibe going on, featuring a sample from Hall & Oates. Hucknell looks a tad scary in the video, but their are plenty of semi-naked women in it to grab the attention of most of you! This is just going to be the perfect track to cruise about to with the sun shining this holiday. Here’s hoping it does well… no 6?

Richard X vs Liberty X – Being Nobody : A slice of urban pop bootlegging from the guy behind Freak like me and the most successful losers ever! This mixes Human League – Being Boiled with chaka Khan – Ain’t nobody, although I can’t really hear anything but the Ain’t Nobody part. I like this track, its just not very exciting… a bit static really. And as Natalie commented I just can’t watch her in that afro its too funny! Top 3.

EEEsh@no1. And at no 39. Top disco track I mentioned a few weeks ago. Could have gone higher if it had been worked with.

Midweeks [Updated Thurs am]

OFFICIAL midweeks:

1 Gareth 39k
2 Liberty X 12k
3 Mis-teeq
4 Blue
5 Linkin Park
6 Simply Red
7 Delta Goodrem
8 J Lo
9 50 Cent
10 Jnr Senior
11 B2K
12 XTina
13 Ja Rule
15 Queen

39: NEW Stereopol feat. Nevada

I’ve been somewhat absent here recently and when I have been here, I haven’t exactly been prolific. But the easter holidays are here now, so I have 5 1/2 weeks of fun! However fun is mainly going to be revision because this year is worth 40% of my degree. Ho hum.

I will update. It will be good

See you very soon. Trix

Er I’ve just been up 2 nights continuously doing a computer project. I am so tired.

Stick a fork in me i’m done.

Some new blog picks:

It’s Ok, its just my mind
So…

Go & read for they are good!