Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Flipsyde blends acoustic and hip hop really well!

The Californian band, Flipsyde, recently gained fame when their song Someday was chosen to be the theme song for NBC's 2006 Winter Olympics Game according to Wikipedia.
Occasionally, I will google new bands or google indie bands, who are not signed to any major record label, to see any innovative musicians who have a great sound vibe.

The promotion of any small businesses is awesome because it can help get the word around that "This band fuckin' rocks!" and creates some competition which makes other bands strive higher which makes the outcome, the music, even better!

Saturday, January 10, 2009

A great example of karma

Five of the infamous Somali pirates were fleeing from the oncoming attack of surrounding warships when their boat capsized. They lost not only their $3,000,000 in ransom payments but also their lives. One of the bodies washed up on the shore and the others remain missing.

Somalia and Ethiopia make up the Horn of Africa which is bordering a popular route taken to travel from the Arabic Sea (part of the Indian Ocean) to the Red Sea and then to the Mediterranean Sea. This also makes it a popular spot for pirates to capture sailors with the intent of extorting money.

Full Story at Yahoo News: 5 Somali pirates drown with ransom share