Album Alert: A Different Me by Keyshia Cole

51lffozry2l_ss500_Album: A Different Me

Artist: Keyshia Cole

Released: A couple of days ago.

Singles: “Playa Cardz Right” and “You Complete Me”

Sound: Sultry soul with an attitude.

Listening Time: While making love.

Highlights: “You Complete Me” and “Brand New”

Loft965 Rating: B

Several new species found in Colombia…

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Ten new amphibian species have been found in the westernmost part of Colombia bordering Panama. This area is consdiered a safe have for amphibian living. These new discoveries of species keep popping a couple of times a year and it is always the usual suspects: the Amazon forest, The indonesian archipelago or Madagascar. So, maybe they should just have expeditions in these area and tally all the “new” species they found, some of which pre-date the human. Click for more picture:

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Video: “Eh Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say)” by Lady GaGa

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This was the standout track of the album on first listen. Good thing it got the singles treatment, even when it is meant for Australia and New Zealand alone. This will probably work it’s way up to be a single favorite. It sure is better than “Poker Face” and is very sing-along and summer-ready.

Republicans form a block against Obama…

lk0129d5The vote on Obama’s proposed stimulus plan just goes to show how the Republicans have formed a union in the face of the new president. This just shows that the person that is supposed to change the entire world has another burden in front of him. It is the dust left from the previous incumbent. I mean all of  them voted against it and it managed to pass. They must be having meetings beforehand to do this in unison. What a shame.

Qaddafi becomes leader of African Union

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qaddafi_fabulousPresident of Libya Muammar Al-Qaddafi (who is looking absolutely fabulous here, might I add) has just become the leader of the African Union. It’s hard to predict what eccentric dictators would do to such a prominent organization. Did they run out of people? Maybe Mugabe would be a good vice-leader. He plans to for an EU-like atmosphere, which is highly unlikely considering Africa’s state. I think he opted for the position a long time ago with his tour of Africa. I wonder what is behind it…

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Movie: Slumdog Millionaire स्लमडॉग मिलिनेयर (2008)

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slumdog_millionaire_poster With all the hype surrounding it and the fact that M.I.A. is heavily featured on the soundtrack, I had to check the movie out from the same director that gave us Trainspotting, 28 Days Later and Millions

The movie is a slice of freshness from a perspective rarely voiced in mainstream cinema. This 15 million dollar budgeted flick follows Jamal Malik’s entire young life while splicing How Wants To Be A Millionaire questions between events. 

The plot takes turns and twists as he becomes a young man of courage and independence. The character is belittled by everyone for being a menial chaiwalla, he proves himself through poverty, betrayal, corruption, the mafia, being orphaned at an early age and jumping in a pool of shit just to get Amitabh Bachchan’s autograph. 

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