I was listening to BBC Radio 2 one lazy afternoon several weeks ago. Steve Wright was at the helm of course, and I was rather taken aback by the first song he played. The vocalists sounded so familiar, the lyrics so distant but the words, the words spoke volumes. It took me sometime to find out the name of the song. Mainly due to the fact the web master down at Radio 2, tend to be of the more relaxed nature and do not update the ‘songs played’ feature as often as I would like. However, when I did put all the pieces of the jigsaw together, I knew the male artists who was behind the song. Non-other than Lionel Richie. The song, was called Just For You, the title of his next album. The song is special to me for it bridges a gap in your life. The gap when you slowly go from being a child, sheltered and protected to being a man. A man of the big wild world and come to realise both the happiness and sadness it has in store. A true test for any song in my MP3 collection is how well it can play on the road. Well more specifically how well the song sounds, when you are driving, alone, behind the wheel and enjoying perhaps only for a few hours the pleasure of your own company. I know that this song will pass the test. The Easter holidays (less than 2 weeks away) will reveal all and I am sure I will have a few stories to tell.

Not many people know this. But I have had a long time desire to direct a music video. Well maybe that is too narrow a description of what I wish to do. I want create the entire concept for a music video and see it through to the end, by showing my ‘stars’ in the production. I am not sure what has fueled this desire for so long. I suppose it is the ability to be able to interpret the words, melody and lyrics of a song onto the visual form. There are many songs that I would like to direct. Those in particularly are those who never had the luck to have a promotional video created. Many songs from the Michael Jackson 2001 album, “Invincible”, particularly 2000 Watts, Speechless and Unbreakable. I know that this dream will never see the light of reality. That is not to stop me from letting my creative juices flow and to come up with a story board for an excellent video. You never know, one day I may even shot some pilots. When I have the time of course!?

I have been trying to select a song to summa rise my four years at University. It cannot be done. I know I haven’t set myself exactly an easy task. Having thought about it, on my walk around campus as I headed home this afternoon, I realised it cannot be done. The song just hasn’t been written. Songs tend to focus on one human emotion. When I have felt so many at Uni, so many that I may not even list them all here. Love, Pain, Hurt, Heartache, Despair, Happiness. Songs also tend only to broach a certain period, a few months if that, before they become sour. Can you remember the anthem from last summer? What? You can’t remember? Are You Ready for Love?, the re-released Elton John, 70s classic. I need to find a song that can somehow link my time at Uni together, but also map the changes in my life, in friends and the change within me. If any of your guys out there think of anything, e-mail me or post an idea on the guestbook.

There are various levels to everything. A gift can have special meaning when it is sent by someone so special. A surprise can become a special surprise. I have not had many true surprises in my life. Something that has happened, when least expected and without the need for explanation. I tend to not like spontaneity of such events. Someone made me think that they would never get in touch. I, being the sort of guy I am, feel for it. I thought that I would never get what I was hoping for. I did though. I just wanted to thank that someone, for bringing a smile to my face on a lonely, cold and drizzly Wednesday.