Advantages: A couple of decent tracks Disadvantages: The album lacks consistency, a lot of fillers are evident here
and 'When Your Heart Stops Beating' is therefore a much better offering than what we had from Mr DeLonge. Whereas after the demise of Blink 182, Tom DeLonge took the route of taking himself far too seriously and becoming a complete egotist, +44 are far more light-hearted, and although their music is at times a far cry from that of what they were producing as Blink 182; a lot of the time the tracks here sound like cast off's from Blink 182's self titled release.
'When Your Heart Stops Beating' starts off promisingly with 'Lycanthrope', a track which is fairly pacey and keeps your interest for the 4 minutes that it runs for. Although this track is pacey with strong drumbeats and guitars, it's never really anything spectacular and although starts the album nicely enough it will never leave you gasping in awe of what you have just listened to ...
Advantages: Comprehensive, up-to-date, well researched Disadvantages: cumbersome to carry
For my recent trip to SouthernAfrica, I ideally wanted a guidebook for Namibia, Lesotho and South Africa in one. Unfortunately Lonely Planet do not have such a guide but their South Africa guide also included Lesotho (and Swaziland) which meant that rather than take two books for these two countries I was able to take them in a single volume.
The one problem I find with some Lonely Planets is that they become very bulky for a large country like South Africa - and unless you are really travelling throughout a country, it is almost worth only taking the pages that you need. As being white shows you up as being a tourist in a lot of places - there is little by way of domestic tourism for poorer non-white South Africans - brandishing a Lonely Planet just draws further, unwanted attention to yourself - the book is therefore not something ...
Advantages: Get's feelings down on paper Disadvantages: More poetry?
Here is a small collection of poems that really came from the heart and really made me feel better once I had written them!
Incomplete circle
All I feel is empty inside,
A contradiction considering I'm full.
Ironic because I could have lied
The truth has never felt so dull.
I touch but I can't seem to feel,
I ponder without a thought in my head
Suddenly reality feels to real
Who ever thought I could have been so easily led?
Too quick to judge others mistakes,
Too naive to believe it could happen to me.
All the kisses were all just fake,
Yet I was the one that just couldn't see,
How you tapped into my insecurity
And promised it was love that you felt.
If only you had let me be free
Then with these emotions I could have dealt.
Unfortunately once is enough,
And twice is definately pushing your luck.
Nobody ...
