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Sean Chin

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The Phone Wars

First of all, I’d just like to say Happy new years to everyone who visits my blog! I hope your 2009 is a prosperous one.

As a new year begins, a new chapter opens…I have finally gotten a Blackberry storm w00t! I just love this device to death.

However, the choices and alternate paths to this decision was not easy to stray from. In this day in age, there are many well worthy gagets that would love to live in your pocket.

Just the other day, I had the opportunity to go to my cousins house where we compared four of the best phones on the market; the Blackberry Bold, 8900, Storm and Apple’s iphone.

All of these phones are nothing less of good craftsmanship.  Bold is a luxury business phone with its large QWERTY keyboard and sexy leather backing. The latest addition to the  Curve lineup, the 8900 or “javelin” is what I think is a mini-bold in the body of a storm. The Storm is my baby. Its click-able touch screen plus all the legendary blackberry features like push email and BBmessenger totally sold me. Then we have the iPhone, the so called “phone to rule them all”, or so they say. I never liked the iphone or touchscreens in general, I was never able to type properly or i’d always open the wrong application.

What ever you do when thinking about purchasing a new phone or any new gadget of the matter…you should ALWAYS TRY IT OUT in store first! That’s what stores are for! You can read all the reviews and watch all the youtube demos you want, but in the end, you know yourself better than anyone else, you know what YOU want. So YOU play with it before buying.

***I got my Storm before Christmas and I am just loving every aspect of it. I know some internet reviewers have found things wrong with it, but from my experience, my Storm is flawless. I am a Crackberry Addict. 🙂

Music

Top Ten Tracks of ’08

Well, the end of 2008 and nigh, and there were indeed a lot of crap music but also a lot of awesome new music to pump us up throughout the year. These ten songs are what I listened to the most this year.

#10 Oasis – “The Shock of the Lightning”
Official video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fguOr7EGK0w

Now now, you all know how big of a Radiohead fan I am, “how could you have oasis in your top ten Sean!?!?!?” well honestly, I never REALLY liked Oasis, but after seeing Noah get tackled at V-fest in Toronto and I must admit The Shock of the Lightning is pretty darn catchy…they just squeezed into the top 10!

#9 Katy Perry – “Hot n’ Cold”
Live in Liverpool: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MP0D5sNKnoI

“Katy Perry huh?” YES! I love Katy Perry no matter what anyone thinks. I believe she has one of the best new voices and tracks of 2008.

#8 Coldplay – “Viva la vida”
live: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5I3RPbS8aI

It’s Coldplay…can they make a BAD song?

#7 Moby – “Everyday It’s 1989”

Now Moby was the dude I was really excited to see perform @ V-fest and boy oh boy did he deliver.

#6 Ra Ra Riot – “Ghost Under Rocks”
Official video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9SKprgjH5k

#5 MGMT – “Time to Pretend”
Official video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVnRzEjpUmE

#4 Kings of Leon – “Sex on Fire”
Official Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHhhcKxflMY

“Yaaaaaaouuu! you’re sex is on Firrreee!”

#3 Crystal Castles – “Black Panther”
Live @ Glastonbury 08: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HoQN6RbkcOY

Crystal Castles are the dynamic duo hailing from Toronto and are one of the best new bands of 2008. Singer Alice Glass was even crowed “Coolest person of the year” by NME with Jay-Z at #2.

#2 Radiohead – “Bodysnatchers”
Live:
Radiohead – Bodysnatchers (Bristow, VA 05.11.08) from rhondamarie on Vimeo.

Radiohead is my favorite band ever. Getting to see them live on their In Rainbow’s tour with one of my best friends @ the Molson Amphitheater was one of the best nights in my life.

#1 Ubiquitous Synergy Seeker – “Hollowpoint Sniper Hyperbole”
Official Video:
Ubiquitous Synergy Seeker – “Hollowpoint Sniper Hyperbole” – dir. Alon Isocianu from reactiv on Vimeo.

I predict that USS are the next big thing for 2009. Their EP Welding the C:// is just phenomenal and their full-length album should be coming out next year. This duo is just so unique and innovative with their styles on different tracks, yet their EP flows like a river. When I first listened to the whole EP, I was just inspired.

Events, Music

2009 Dates for Radiohead

After their summer In Rainbows tour, Radiohead have finally announced plans for their 2009 south American tour. So far, 3 dates have been announced.

03/15 Mexico City, Mexico – Foro Sol
03/16 Mexico City, Mexico – Foro Sol
03/27 Santiago, Chile – Cristal en Vivo Festival (San Carlos de Apoquindo Stadium)

A third show is Mexico may also be in the works. So stayed tuned.

Inspirational

XDR-TB

This is a very moving TED talk about how James Nachtwey used his photography to show the world about multi-resistant tuberculosis and went on to win the TED prize.  Please to check it out XDRTB.org.

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