Frankie Oceannnnnnn

So I've been listening to a lot of Odd Future tonight, and I remembered an interview with Frank Ocean I read a while back. I fucking LOVE Frank Ocean. The "big brother" of the group, it's so interesting to read this and listen to his music compared to that of Tyler or Earl, for example.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2012/jul/21/frank-ocean-guardian-exclusive-interview

In a roundabout way I appreciate OFWGKTA for just how far they go out of their way to be offensive, it's kinda like the tongue-in-cheek nature of a Cradle of Filth or whatever. But Ocean as always seemed beyond that, not only in lyrical content, but simply in terms of sheer ability.

Also, in terms of up-and-coming rap/R'n'B artists, I've recently discovered The Weeknd - and while initially disappointed that Wicked Games wasn't a Chris Isaacs cover, it very quickly grew on me and is my current obsession:

I love it SO much. Lyrically, vocally, it's just sensational. That's a better voice live than 99% of artists have post-production.

ADDENDUM: Just discovered this article. Much better than mine:

http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/frank-ocean-the-weeknd-solange-miguel-and-dawn-richard-the-new-talents-pushing-the-limits-of-rnb-8390108.html


Also, I'd just like to quickly refrence The Weeknd's Wikipedia page, wherein he's referred to as "the best musical talent since Michael Jackson"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Weeknd

And that, folks is what's going on with me musically at the minute.

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What a Terrible Weekend of Sport (well... for me anyway)

Welcome to Red Five Standing By, the new home of our collective ramblings. In saying that though, I've been terrible when it comes
to blogging lately. As usual I'll promise to write more, but who knows if that will actually happen. I've got some spare time this evening so I thought I'd do a little bit of writing. And seeing as that the only interesting things that have occurred lately have been in sport, I thought I'd write about that.

Texas 2012: Days 9-The End

Oh boy, I sort of forgot/couldn't be bothered updating this in the past week or so. Rest assured though, I've been having an awesome time. I've been doing a lot of driving and walking, and really not that much photographing now that I look back. In any case, I'm going to use this post to dump a few photos of the past week, on this, the last night of my stay in the great state of Texas.

Texas 2012: Days 5-7

Or 'that time I walked on the turf at Cowboys Stadium and ate more stuff'.

Podcast Three: Creme Egg Swimming

Determined to get this week's 'cast out on time, James and I just went in planless and riffed on a single text message he sent me earlier in the week. It's da best shit. Now download it please thanks:

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Texas 2012: Days 3-4

I'm still alive and well (at least until all the cholesterol and sugar takes control of my organs), and I've had a pretty cool couple of days here.

Texas 2012: Days 1-2

I'm finally here. It's hot as hell. But so far so good.