Being as I find myself home alone (more on that later) I have decided to be frivolous and carefree for the entire duration. Kind of like Lennon’s lost weekend I will do all those wild and wacky things that I could never do under the constant 24 hour observation of my wife. One of these things (and as rock and roll as I get these days) was to join Xbox live. I put it off as much as I could and, to be honest, I wasn’t in the slightest bit interested previously and still really wasn’t as I plugged the LAN cable in. I’m old school dun and I figure that games should be purchased from a shop, put into your console and then played. Multi-player? Go find some friends and sit on the sofa playing Mario Kart or something. Games were always self encapsulating experiences and had all you needed in the cart or disc. What other way was there? Well I seem to have missed the boat and now what is on the disc is only part of the package. So yesterday, kind of skeptical, I plugged my 360 into the internet just FOR THE HELL OF IT AND BECAUSE I CAN.
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Found this in my hard drive written a while ago. I thought I’d post in case somebody is still interested in a review of a console that has been out nearly two years…
My 360 was purchased last month. It was a toss up between which of the next gen consoles (PS3, Wii and 360) to go for but the 360 won out. Firstly, an most importantly, the 360 has far superior games. It’s really that simple. Both the Wii and the PS3 simply do not have strength in gaming depth. Of course, it depends on your tastes but I’m too old to be waving things at the TV playing a tennis game on the Wii and if I got a PS3 i’d have no games to play such is the dearth of anything decent on it. It’s a no brainier as far as I’m concerned. Plus, I’m a big FPS fan and the 360 has billions of them. I had a look around Times Square at the consoles in the flesh and my opinion of the PS3 was reinforced – it’s ugly and rushed. Anyone want to bet me when the proper ’slim’ ( i.e. finished PS3) will be released? I’ll give it 2 years. Mind you, in sexiness terms, the 360 is no looker and the Wii wins this somewhat superficial contest.
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So my son has reached 24 weeks in the womb. This is great because now it impossible that my wife can miscarry which was a huge fear after the airport incident. I’m relieved and now quite happy it’s all progressing as nature intended. If was born now he would have a chance of survival although those chances are greatly increased after 28 weeks. We have a picture of him in 4D and there he lies asleep in his rubber room. His face is kind of formed and he looks so peaceful and so innocent. This child has no idea how cruel this world will be to him and no comprehension as to man’s utter hatred to man. I feel guilty about bringing him into being and I’m not sure if this is normal but I do. I’ve said it. We purchased some baby clothes today, the first things we have bought. 0-3 months old. These clothes are so amazingly small and I could almost feel him in my arms when I unfolded them from the packets. Why I am telling you all this is hard to fathom. I feel I should document my feelings now so I remember how precious he is when he is screaming and shitting all over the shop. 3 months to go…
So I met the yanks. We are go, go, go. I’m in and I’m willing but there is just one catch – I have to wait until the end of October! Damn. I want to go now!!! So I have to again bide my time at the current place until I get the magic phone call. This is one of the downsides of having too much opportunity. This land (Hong Kong) is awash with loot and opportunity and when there is so much of it you feel like a dog with two dicks. Where should I jump? It’s all very well chasing the dollar right now but you have to project where all this will end. For me I am projecting ahead and I believe that China is calling me. If I want to succeed I need to be with a factory with bases around the world – these guys have that. My decision is final and I have wavered from time to time but I must stop messing everyone around. I’m going. I will know when this week.
On May 22nd of this year a miracle took place. A modern day resurrection occurred on that day but this time there was no Mary Magdalene’s to lap it up. There was no audience (myself included) to witness the re-birth of hip hop and so this release just came and went. The revolution will not be televised. To listen to Hip Hop Lives is to witness the dead being woken. Feelings that have long lain dormant within me were stirred and I again believed. This album on paper is enough to get the hip hop purist salivating and simultaneously scratching their heads – Marley and KRS on a record together? We all know about the beef between these crews but 20 years later, when grown men can have the balls to bury the hatchet and move on, we can all bask in the new found love. This album is a return to the days of one producer and one artist and this album is like a Kane record in so far as there are no guest producers just Marley. The man from the House of Hits that defined most of the golden era now breathes life into the flagging catalogue of a one Mr. Parker.
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