The biggest music festival in Germany, one of the best rock festivals in the world (since woodstock atleast!) takes place this year over the weekend of the 6th, 7th and 8th of June at the Nurburgring racetrack, North West Germany. Entrance is 125 euros (about £90) for the whole 3 days including camping (this compares to £140+ for Glastonbury or Reading/Leeds). Metallica are headlining on Saturday and other performers include Bullet for my Valentine and Rage Against the Machine. More to be confirmed soon. Website - www.rockamring.co.uk. Anyone fancy it?Monday, 28 January 2008
RockamRing 2008
The biggest music festival in Germany, one of the best rock festivals in the world (since woodstock atleast!) takes place this year over the weekend of the 6th, 7th and 8th of June at the Nurburgring racetrack, North West Germany. Entrance is 125 euros (about £90) for the whole 3 days including camping (this compares to £140+ for Glastonbury or Reading/Leeds). Metallica are headlining on Saturday and other performers include Bullet for my Valentine and Rage Against the Machine. More to be confirmed soon. Website - www.rockamring.co.uk. Anyone fancy it?
Thursday, 24 January 2008
Quantum of Solace
Thats the newly confirmed title of Bond's 22nd outing due to be released in November 2008. Daniel Craig returns as bond follows on from loosing all the money at Casino Royale. The producers promise twice as much action as the last film which is good really because Royale was probably my least favourite of the modern (since Goldeneye) bond films. It was still a good watch but the plot was abit hollow (essentially evolved around winning money at a casino) and the ending (what ending???) was frankly terrible!
In other news this week, the BBC website reported that a modern depiction of "The Three Little Pigs" could be offensive and racist! The story evolves around 3 "cowboy builder" pigs who build there own houses - you know what happens. Aparently, it could offend the muslim/asian community as the idea of "pigs building houses is a slap in the face". I'm sorry but if your going to be so politically correct, we may aswell live in a communist global regime where everyone eats carrots, wears bright orange jail suits with no individualism what so ever and boycott that Hush Puppies toilet roll incase it offends the Cantonese! Thanks to Matt for pointing this story out.
And another fairly typically aussie story. A teenager from Melbourne recently got arrested for causing criminal damage at his parents home after inviting 500 people via myspace to a party at his house. It caused some £15000 worth of damage and his parents are predictably, not best impressed. Well, he didn't stop there. The 16 year old is now organising a "party tour" of western Australia with dates in Sydney and Brisbane, this time the parties are legal (although im not sure about the drinking). The kid has been idolised by some youths in Australia but condemned as an "arrogant brat" by everyone else. He's billed as Australia's Paris Hilton which, i think for a 16 year old lad, is the most embarrasing synonym possible. He even has a "slap correy down the street" website set up by some people who dont like him. 714,993 people have slapped him! Heres the website, try yourself - www.slapcorey.com. My record is 245m so far! Its silly but addictive and could be the answer to come of our chav problems in the UK. The creators are promising a new version where you can upload your own photos and slap whoever you want.
Anyway, ive got to get reading. My Active Tectonics lecturer is the world famous George Davis (no, honestly, he is world renown!). He's a great guy but had this wonderful idea that our reading list should be 170 papers long which works out at ~12 a week.
Laters
In other news this week, the BBC website reported that a modern depiction of "The Three Little Pigs" could be offensive and racist! The story evolves around 3 "cowboy builder" pigs who build there own houses - you know what happens. Aparently, it could offend the muslim/asian community as the idea of "pigs building houses is a slap in the face". I'm sorry but if your going to be so politically correct, we may aswell live in a communist global regime where everyone eats carrots, wears bright orange jail suits with no individualism what so ever and boycott that Hush Puppies toilet roll incase it offends the Cantonese! Thanks to Matt for pointing this story out.
And another fairly typically aussie story. A teenager from Melbourne recently got arrested for causing criminal damage at his parents home after inviting 500 people via myspace to a party at his house. It caused some £15000 worth of damage and his parents are predictably, not best impressed. Well, he didn't stop there. The 16 year old is now organising a "party tour" of western Australia with dates in Sydney and Brisbane, this time the parties are legal (although im not sure about the drinking). The kid has been idolised by some youths in Australia but condemned as an "arrogant brat" by everyone else. He's billed as Australia's Paris Hilton which, i think for a 16 year old lad, is the most embarrasing synonym possible. He even has a "slap correy down the street" website set up by some people who dont like him. 714,993 people have slapped him! Heres the website, try yourself - www.slapcorey.com. My record is 245m so far! Its silly but addictive and could be the answer to come of our chav problems in the UK. The creators are promising a new version where you can upload your own photos and slap whoever you want.
Anyway, ive got to get reading. My Active Tectonics lecturer is the world famous George Davis (no, honestly, he is world renown!). He's a great guy but had this wonderful idea that our reading list should be 170 papers long which works out at ~12 a week.
Laters
Saturday, 19 January 2008
Peru Photos
Theres loads more Peru photos in my online albums:
Some from the 2 days i spent in Puno and on Lake Titicaca on the Peruvian Altiplano
And quite a few from Arequipa and the highlight of the trip, El Misit Volcano Trek.
Enjoy!
Some from the 2 days i spent in Puno and on Lake Titicaca on the Peruvian Altiplano
And quite a few from Arequipa and the highlight of the trip, El Misit Volcano Trek.
Enjoy!
Thursday, 17 January 2008
Arizona, Arizona. Whats going on Arizona?
So its back to the bustle of everyday university life for my second and final semester at the University of Arizona. I can't believe how fast the first semester pasted by and the second will surely follow suit. There's plenty of fun and interesting things lined up and the modules im taking look great. One's a structural geology module which is quite frankly taking the p**s - the lecturer introducing the module today referred to some faults as "these lines". Frankly, it should be an easy mark without too much hassle. Other modules are more challenging but not in a bad way. In one of them, im actually the only undergrad student. Then theres the weekly SESS meetings with free pizza lunch, Geodaze symposium in April, Spring Break (possibly fieldtrip to Utah), Structural Geology fieldtrips around Tucson, Mars research and of course homecoming in May.
I think ive just about fully recovered from Peru and the complete lack on sleep on monday and tuesday. I have indeed got something of an entertaining travel diary but it needs typing up. All in due course and hopefully itll be online within a week or so. Theres plenty of photos aswell, ill load them up shortly - of special note are some of the shots from the El Misti Volcano trek. Spectacular! Next Monday is Martin Luther King Day so we have a long weekend off uni. If only. I'll spend most of it sorting work out and trying to get somewhere with my 4th year research project in addition to the Mars work.
It seems about time to return to some odd news, its been lacking in the last few weeks since ive been travelling. Near Moscow, Russia, the military is having to pay compensation to a local resident after one of its rockets went AWOL and destroyed part of his house. Neighbours reported seeing a unidentified object drop 2 bombs during a military exercise. Fortunately no-one was in the house at the time. I think Russian adversaries should be a little concerned of potential future invasions. They seem to be having no problems hitting there own property!
More pointless research was published from Chicago this week. Scientists have discovered that Columbus was probably responsible for the european spread of syphilis. What is it with stereotypical sailors? Enough said really!
And finally, a 20 year old from Australia almostly completely severed his left arm by waving at a group of women on the pavement as he was a passenger in a passing vehicle. His arm was subsequently hit by a passing vehicle and almost ripped off. Doctors say its likely they will have to remove it. I guess some girls literally cost you an arm (and a leg).
Laters!
I think ive just about fully recovered from Peru and the complete lack on sleep on monday and tuesday. I have indeed got something of an entertaining travel diary but it needs typing up. All in due course and hopefully itll be online within a week or so. Theres plenty of photos aswell, ill load them up shortly - of special note are some of the shots from the El Misti Volcano trek. Spectacular! Next Monday is Martin Luther King Day so we have a long weekend off uni. If only. I'll spend most of it sorting work out and trying to get somewhere with my 4th year research project in addition to the Mars work.
It seems about time to return to some odd news, its been lacking in the last few weeks since ive been travelling. Near Moscow, Russia, the military is having to pay compensation to a local resident after one of its rockets went AWOL and destroyed part of his house. Neighbours reported seeing a unidentified object drop 2 bombs during a military exercise. Fortunately no-one was in the house at the time. I think Russian adversaries should be a little concerned of potential future invasions. They seem to be having no problems hitting there own property!
More pointless research was published from Chicago this week. Scientists have discovered that Columbus was probably responsible for the european spread of syphilis. What is it with stereotypical sailors? Enough said really!
And finally, a 20 year old from Australia almostly completely severed his left arm by waving at a group of women on the pavement as he was a passenger in a passing vehicle. His arm was subsequently hit by a passing vehicle and almost ripped off. Doctors say its likely they will have to remove it. I guess some girls literally cost you an arm (and a leg).
Laters!
Monday, 14 January 2008
Back to the USA
today! My flight leaves Arequipa at 16:30pm then transfering to an American Airlines plane from Lima to Miami then on to Phoenix. Hopefully ill get an earlier flight to Miami else ive got a 13hr wait at Lima airport which isnt the most interesting place in the world.
A fun day ahead!
Laters
A fun day ahead!
Laters
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