'Does anyone like Bryan Adams?'

I have this really bad problem, where if I’m alone for more than about 8 minutes with nothing to keep me occupied, my mind starts going ten to the dozen. I’ll sit and think about anything. This happened last night when I crawled into bed, only to realise I was wide awake and not ready to sleep, and for some reason the phrase ‘turn over a new leaf’ popped into my mind (I couldn’t tell you why). I thought about said phrase for ages, so long in fact that the word ‘leaf’ lost all meaning completely, and I came to the conclusion that the phrase makes absolutely no sense whatsoever. What is a ‘new leaf’ anyway? And why would turning it over symbolise someone becoming a better person? Ooohhh. I think I’ve just figured it out.

Last night, me and Magee were crawling amongst a few bars in town and decided to go catch a band. We had a look to see who was on, and almost, almost, ended up seeing a band called Strawberry Blondes (they are a punk band and the singer goes by the name of Mickie Stabbs – why we even considered it for more than a second is beyond me). On a whim, I had a last quick look to see if anything else was going on and saw that Travis were at the Ritz. As much as they wouldn’t exactly top a list of my favourite bands I do really love a lot of their old stuff, so we threw caution to the wind and went along. This was a good move, as not only were Travis unexpectedly brilliant (you kinda forget how many great songs that band have), but they had a support act called The Republic Tigers, who are now my favourite new band out of the States. They are VERY good and I urge you to check them out at your earliest opportunity. Me and Mag’s got talking to the singer and he told me a whimsical tale about a time when he was playing video games with RYAN ADAMS (!!) and that Ryan got mad at everyone and made them leave because he wanted to play the video games alone. He was described as ‘kinda weird’. In a way, it only makes me like him more. Anyway, their website is here: www.myspace.com/therepublictigers - Check them out.

Heres their video for Buildings and Mountains - this song is just so... lovely. Listen away.