What the hell?
This is what we pay for?
Are you serious?
I don't even know what you're trying to say.
It doesn't make sense.
This fee doesn't make sense.
You don't make sense.
BBC News Online, you're making no sense.
I'd like to bring to your attention a few recent articles.
If you'd care to visit here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/6503519.stm you will notice the title immediately. Why will you notice the title? Well despite the fact that it's bigger than the rest of the text, IT MAKES NO SENSE. "Murder Accused 'Sadistic' Claim". Titles are meant to be short, informative statements that give you a clue about what the article is about. From reading the title on the BBC News feed on personalised Google homepage, I had no idea that this article was about the Welsh murder in which some guy's lover killed his wife, and that he is apparently accused of being "sadistic". So at least two words make sense in there. "Murder" does not fit, and "claim" does not fit. Now, if you look to the right of the article you will see the helpful "See Also" column. Did the person who wrote this article also write the article titled "Husband 'wanted wife dead' claim". Not to rain on this person's journalistic parade, but you do not, I repeat do not, have to add "claim" on the end of every article you write. It makes no sense in either of them.
To prove this is not a one off, here is one on the front page at the time of writing: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/6506717.stm
The title says "NHS staff 'would not be patients'". To me that implies that NHS will not longer be patients if they enter hospital with an injury, but perhaps will be something else, maybe VIPs, I'm not sure what whacky stuff could be happening so I open the link. The first paragraph clears it up "Nearly two thirds of health staff would not be happy to be a patient in their own NHS trust, a survey shows." Now, that doesn't really relate to the title. How about, "NHS staff would not seek NHS care", or "NHS Staff choose private medical facilities". Maybe expand your columns a few pixels if titles have to be compressed to so many characters. At least it would make more sense.
Again, "Banking hitch delays workers' pay" from http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6508791.stm
To me, this brings a visual image of a Natwest, Barclays, Lloyds TSB and others, on the side of the road with their thumbs out, hoping to hitch to Madrid or something. Surely you mean "glitch", as in a "technical glitch", not a "hitch". Surely the person writing the article should know enough to not mix up the two similarly-sounding words? No? Didn't think so.
Please BBC News, do something, anything about this. Hire a "title checker" or something, someone with some common sense who can see that some article titles make no sense. Utilise the budget that we provide.
With Regards.
This is what we pay for?
Are you serious?
I don't even know what you're trying to say.
It doesn't make sense.
This fee doesn't make sense.
You don't make sense.
BBC News Online, you're making no sense.
I'd like to bring to your attention a few recent articles.
If you'd care to visit here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/6503519.stm you will notice the title immediately. Why will you notice the title? Well despite the fact that it's bigger than the rest of the text, IT MAKES NO SENSE. "Murder Accused 'Sadistic' Claim". Titles are meant to be short, informative statements that give you a clue about what the article is about. From reading the title on the BBC News feed on personalised Google homepage, I had no idea that this article was about the Welsh murder in which some guy's lover killed his wife, and that he is apparently accused of being "sadistic". So at least two words make sense in there. "Murder" does not fit, and "claim" does not fit. Now, if you look to the right of the article you will see the helpful "See Also" column. Did the person who wrote this article also write the article titled "Husband 'wanted wife dead' claim". Not to rain on this person's journalistic parade, but you do not, I repeat do not, have to add "claim" on the end of every article you write. It makes no sense in either of them.
To prove this is not a one off, here is one on the front page at the time of writing: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/6506717.stm
The title says "NHS staff 'would not be patients'". To me that implies that NHS will not longer be patients if they enter hospital with an injury, but perhaps will be something else, maybe VIPs, I'm not sure what whacky stuff could be happening so I open the link. The first paragraph clears it up "Nearly two thirds of health staff would not be happy to be a patient in their own NHS trust, a survey shows." Now, that doesn't really relate to the title. How about, "NHS staff would not seek NHS care", or "NHS Staff choose private medical facilities". Maybe expand your columns a few pixels if titles have to be compressed to so many characters. At least it would make more sense.
Again, "Banking hitch delays workers' pay" from http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6508791.stm
To me, this brings a visual image of a Natwest, Barclays, Lloyds TSB and others, on the side of the road with their thumbs out, hoping to hitch to Madrid or something. Surely you mean "glitch", as in a "technical glitch", not a "hitch". Surely the person writing the article should know enough to not mix up the two similarly-sounding words? No? Didn't think so.
Please BBC News, do something, anything about this. Hire a "title checker" or something, someone with some common sense who can see that some article titles make no sense. Utilise the budget that we provide.
With Regards.
The Fray - How To Save A Life
What a song. Released as a single in 2006 from the Chicago-based band's debut album from 2005, it charted in the Adult Top 40 in the US for 15 weeks.
The song is purportedly about Isaac's time in a camp for troubled teens, where
"One of the kids I was paired up with was a musician. Here I was, a protected suburbanite, and he was just 17 and had all these problems. And no one could write a manual on how to save him."
I chose to write about this song because it's bringing back a few memories for me right now, and it's also a pretty classic tune, not to mention the song talks about "somewhere along in the bitterness", I think it's appropriate.
That's it for the history etc., now onto the music. The song starts with a piano introduction, setting a solemn mood. Isaac's voice cuts in, followed by the drums, building up to the chorus which enters with guitar chords and a continuing piano accompaniment, more piano chords and a crescendo of vocals, I guess you could say it's quite moving. It depends if you're emo or not.
The vocals are almost hoarse, which adds to the effect of the song and I think it works very well.
I can't be bothered to say anything else because I'm enjoying listening to the song right now and if you yourself have put it on play then you've still good a good few minutes of listening left, so sit back and enjoy.
Rating: 8.3/10
Let me know what you think of the song here
Labels: How To Save A Life, Music, Review, The Fray
Maxïmo Park - Our Velocity
Damn was I excited to be going to see these guys in April, then I heard their new single.
I creamed myself.
This is probably the best track they've ever recorded, and their last album (including the "Missing Songs" compilation) was also pretty stunning. The highlight of the track, to be released 19th March, for me comes at around 2:57 on the video above; can you imagine Maxïmo Park live giving that chord sequence all they have? Awesome.
The video (as you can see) features the band playing multiple times in a white room. I'm sure someone somewhere has counted how many times each member appears, but I haven't, and I'm not going to try and find out if anyone has. It seems like a slightly weird concept but I think by the end of the video you can see it fits quite well with the speed and flow of the song, but I can't see any relation to the lyrics .. at all really.
Well I can't think of much more to say about this, I would go on about guitar riffs and driving chords and blah blah, but the song speaks for itself.
Rating: 9.4/10
Just as a side note, their next album "Our Earthly Pleasures" is due for release on 2nd April, but was leaked on to the torrent networks today.
Let me know what you think of the track here
Labels: Maximo Park, Maxïmo Park, Music, Our Earlthy Pleasures, Our Velocity, Review
