Weird ad on facebook that I saw just now…:

WTF is that supposed to mean???

This (among other things) almost puts me off the site…

Then there’s this!

Certainly for the first time at Christmas (and possibly for the first time EVER, – not sure), the same song by two different artists sits at No. 1 and No. 2 in the UK charts. The song is Hallelujah – the No. 1 spot is held (predictably enough) by Alexandra Burke’s high-octane choir-supported commercialised X-Factor winning version and No. 2 is Jeff Buckley’s sweet heart-wrenching poetic masterpiece.

Here’s the video of Alexandra Burke delivering the song for the first time, live:

I still prefer Buckley’s version of course, but there’s no denying that – while I may not agree completely with their choice of what song to cover here – Alexandra is an excellent singer. It’s nice that the radio stations will now have to play Jeff again

The Jeff fans who were trying to get him to No. 1 are delighted with themselves – and sure, why not? It’s extremely cool for him – and for this wonderful song – to get exposure like this over a decade after his death.

Song of the moment time again … and, apparently, this song is currently at No. 3 in the charts (with the X-Factor’s Alexandra’s version at No. 1 and Leona Lewis’ version of Snow Patrol’s “Run” at No. 2). In the UK, it’s a certainty that the X-Factor cover will go to No. 1 but maybe we in Ireland can make a difference…

For God’s sake, BUY it on iTunes or another legal source (such as eircom music store) and help get the PROPER version to No. 1 for Christmas.

If you’re on Facebook, join the Jeff Buckley for Xmas No. 1 group and help spread the word… you’d want to be buying the song right now to make a difference.

Also – anything that gets more people aware of Jeff and gets him more airplay can’t be a bad thing, can it?

It’s rare enough that I’m happy with any photo of me, but I’ve doctored this one (the one on my facebook profile) sufficiently that I actually AM happy with it…:

… and that’s all I have to say for now.

Starting college in just over 8 hours time – should be fun

Know I haven’t posted in a while… (well… a week)… I guess I haven’t had much to say and was almost thinking of calling it a day like some other folks have.

Anyway, first off for today… Get on Facebook, get the chicks. You know it makes sense…

Considering my recent mini-obsession with Facebook, this made me laugh:

(Warning: Language may offend some people)

When I saw it first, though, he reminded me of that arse Westwood from MTV’s “Pimp My Ride UK”. Anyway, you can see more (and even buy a facebook gangsta t-shirt) here.