Welcome to the World of the Plastic Beach

Wow what can I say about the Gorillaz's (or would it be Gorillaz'?) newest album, Plastic Beach, aside from simply amazing. It's definitely a contrast from their last album, Demon Days. This album includes musical contributions from many great artists including: Bobby Womack, Mos Def, Snoop Dogg, Lou Reed, Bashy, Kano, Little Dragon, Hypnotic Brass Ensemble, and many more. As I said in my previous post, you can listen to the album in full here or here (has previously unseen artwork in the gallery) for a limited time. I hope you'll give it a listen!

I finally found a bit of time to read a bit this morning before completely passing out. You may have heard of it in the media as of late, Kick-Ass which is a movie coming out this April. What you may not know is that it's an ongoing comic published by Marvel. I have to say, I'm only on the third issue (out of 8 for the first volume) and it is fantastic. Might not be your thing if you aren't into gore, especially with the introduction of Hit Girl. Let me tell you, they don't take care of criminals the Batman way.



The story follows Dave Lizewski, a New York City high school student, who is just normal. He's not super smart, not a jock, not the class clown, or the popular kid. He's just himself, an avid comic book fan, with a question. Why do people try so hard to be like Paris Hilton but nobody tries to be like Spider-Man? His transformation into Kick-Ass isn't what you'd normally expect for a comic book hero. His parents weren't murdered in front of him. He didn't get bitten by a radioactive spider. He doesn't have a power ring or get super powers from cosmic rays. In fact, he has no powers at all. He's just a teenager who is doing what we've all thought about doing at one point of our lives but never did. I seriously encourage everyone to give it a try, even if you aren't a comic book fan, or see the movie when it comes out. You can watch the trailer for it here.

I've been so busy trying to juggle my time around, between work, helping my friend through his breakup and move, being there for the special people in my life, and just finding time to relax and do my own thing. You start to wish there were more hours in the day! I want to go back to college not just for myself but for reasons I will explain in a later blog post. As a final remark I want to give props and congratulations to all the athletes that performed in this year's winter Olympic games.

Until next time :)