HAPPY NEW YEAR

Dear Guests,
Have a wonderful Happy New Year. Time to PPPPPPAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRTTTTTYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!

From

Retrotrut & XTR

My Winter Break In Washington DC: Part 2 (Final one)

Yes so as I was saying before, I went to New York City to go shopping and hopefully to see some snow falling. But unfortunately there was NO snow. Well other than that my vacation in Washington DC is literally lame with out the snow. Also I miss my friends back in Dubai and I wish they were here with me. Sometimes in Washington it just gets cloudy and the temperature just drops to freezing (not till zero degrees a little higher).
Well enough about the weather report, I'm not a freaking weather reporter :P I'm just talking about my boring old vacation with out the snow.

Now enough about that and let me tell you when I'm coming back to Dubai. I will be coming back to Dubai on the 1st of January 2009. It takes about 2 days to reach from US till UAE. There will not be a countdown till the day I arrive but there will be a countdown on my blog for when The Sims 3 is released. This will be discussed later on January.

This is basically the end of the story. No more things about Washington Dc will be discussed on this blog!

Fan Made Video - Don't Believe In Love by Dido

This is a video that some of the fans made. Basically it's about Don't Believe In Love
and it has a funny plot at the end :P

Dido Galore

Yes I will be posting a lot of things about Dido for the next few days. So you have to put up with that.

An Interview With Dido

The Song That Represents My day

Dido - The Day Before The Day

DIDO SURPRISE:

Here comes the surprise. This song is from Dido's Album "Safe Trip Home". It's a remix of "Northern Skies". It's made by Rollo Armstrong and Dido Armstrong. That's what I've been told about from one of my sources.




Lyrics:
Not really but if you want it you can find it here


HAPPY HOLIDAYS AND HAVE A HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Bonus Music from Dido's new album

Dido - Summer



Lyrics:

We can make it rain again I feel like I belong
let’s make it cold again ____ and it’s wrong
we can put the outdoor chess back in and lock the door
go back to walking all heads down and put our colds back home
the summer has come too soon
now I’m still missing you

We can stay at home and draw the blinds in light of fire
and pull the covers high and go to sleep early for hours
don’t wanna be too hard and there’s no way to cool down
don’t wanna sit outside all night or even leave the house
the summer has come too soon
and I’m still missing you

Don’t wanna sit and drink in parks and watch the sun go down
don’t wanna put me feet in water, lie back in the grass
I don’t wanna watch the planes go by, hold anybody’s hand
the summer hass come too soon
and I can’t come back to you

The summer has come to soon
now I’m still missing you

If the summer goes down stop reminding me how
if we ever had the choice I don’t mind now
If the summer goes down stop reminding me how
if we ever had the choice I don’t mind now
I don’t mind now

Dido - For one Day



Lyrics:

If I had the chance for just one more day with you
I’m day released from here and all that you’ve gone through
well I get you dressed and I get you out
And I know you’ll be fine soon as we broke out

So please just for one day
I wouldn’t talk for you, you tell me what to say
you show me what to do
and please just for one day
I see you walk again and we go hand in hand
so far we can go back

And I do anything I could do for this one more day with you
away from all these wise … stuck on you
and I will buy you ______
and we talk of old friends and of what can I pray
you’ve asked me who you need to kill to make it ok again
but laughing about it make it small anyway

So please just for one day I wouldn’t guess for you
you tell me what you felt and what you want to do
and please just for one day I wouldn’t hide from you
you wouldn’t see me try ______ for me

So please just for one day I wouldn’t talk for you
you tell me what to say, you show me what to do
and please just for one day I see you walk again
and we go hand in hand so far we can go back

And I will cry for you so please just for one day
cause I will ______ I wouldn’t talk for you
I have this day with you and I won’t cry for you
and I will try for you and I will talk for you

hmmmmm hmmmmm hmmmmm
hmmmmm hmmmmm hmmmmm


Bonus Surprise located on next post!

My Winter Break in Washington DC: Part 1

So, as you all know I am in Washington DC and I had decided to look and see how Christmas and the New Year is going to be like.
Now I'm sure everyone thinks that it's cold and it's snowing here in Washington but I got some bad news. It hasn't rained or snowed during the passed few days. Reason is unknown till now. But it is cold in Washington. So during the past few days I've been doing nothing but waking up early (don't ask me why), going to the same old mall (Tyson's Corner) and looking at the boring monuments over and over again. Sometimes I regret going on this holiday but now I'm going to wait and see what's going on in New York City. I hope over there I can see Dido or at least hear her music over there. All what I'm hearing in Washington is R N B & Hip Hop and Country music. Not forgetting Christmas Carols. BBBBBBBBBBBBOOOOOOOOORRRRRRRRIIIIIIIINNNGGGGG!
Now during the next few days expect another update on my vacation.

Note: there will be no pictures provided till further noticed!

Dido Q & A: Christmas Edition

What was the first instrument you learnt to play?

Dido replies: The first one was the recorder. That was when I was about 4. Then I started playing the violin and piano when I was about 9. I absolutely loved the recorder as a kid, though. I would carry it around everywhere, playing all the time. The recorder I play on Grafton Street is the same one I had when I was a child.

The songs that you write have to do with your real life. But do you really not believe in love?

Dido replies: I absolutely believe in love! That's what the song is about. How life is
better with love.

What's your favourite time of the day? :-) I'm a big fan of, um, 9.27pm.

Dido replies: That's the sort of question I love and the sort I ask people. :-) Basically it's different in different cities. About 6am in Los Angeles when the air is clear and the sky is totally beautiful, and in London I wake up every day (without fail) at 7.20am. Even if I go to bed at 5am! It turns out that was the time of day I was born. I wonder whether that has anything to do with it? I just love watching the sun rise.

Where am I?

Hey everyone, you might be wondering where I am? Believe it or not. I am in the US. So over the past few days I had been very busy getting my exams over with and then just leaving Dubai.
So on Friday morning me, my mom and my little brother got on the plane and headed to London. When we arrived, we decided to stay in London for 1 day. And we did that.
Then yesterday at 11:30AM (London time), the plane to go to the US was delayed TILL 1:30PM.
After that, I had arrived to the US (at last) and omg was it such a long trip. So When I was at passport control. Those Americans told me that I had to go to section C and I was like wtf? so I went there and they had moved ALL the Arabs aside (literally speaking) and then some Africans as well. WTF? so I waited in line then when they called me they asked me questions like "whats ur occupation?" "How long were u away since u last travelled?" and stuff like that....
Then I finally arrived to my apartment and Now I am just chillin like hell!

Etisalat acts EXTREMELY Gay:

How nice, everything is running just fine and the bills have been paid but look at what Etisalat has done!

Yes, it's true. Etisalat has officially started to act gay. No this is serious. Just look at the internet connection around Dubai. The picture above explains the whole story. Like the saying goes "A Picture can tell a 1000 words"!

I can see that there's a closet case going on with that Etisalat Company.
Note: If Etisalat blocks my blog. A new one will be opened, so don't worry folks!

HAPPY DAYS

I am so HAPPY TODDDDDDDDDAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYY!

I FINISHED MY EXAMS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This calls for a celebration!

WOOOOOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Final Exams = Stress

This is how the typical student is nowadays :P

This book is meant for everyone who is stressed out!

My Final Exams have just started and I am so nervous. With all this stress around here, what am I suppose to do? I try to ignore it but it's hard. I want to procrastinate but I can't because these f***ing exams are in the middle of the way. Also to make things worse, one of my best friends just had surgery - Don't ask. And I have to go see him but I can't see him today because of my stupid exams. So far I just finished one exam and my next exam is at 3:30PM. I will now be posting my exam schedule on my blog.


Sunday 14th of December:

No Exams

Monday 15th of December:

English Exam from 10AM - 12PM,

Arabic Exam from 3:30PM - 6:30PM

Tuesday 16th of December:

No Exams

Wednesday 17th of December:

Psychology Exam from 10Am - 12PM,

Application of Computer Software Exam from 4PM - 6PM

Thursday 18th of December:

Islamic Education from 4PM - 6PM



After all of these exams are over I will be leaving Dubai for a short vacation. More Updates Soon!

Your Choice for the next Single?

"Safe Trip Home has been out for a little while now, giving you plenty of time to dissect and digest it. So, we were wondering, which song would you choose as the next single if it was up to you?"
This is what was written on Dido's site. lol OK people it's time to choose what song you want on Dido's next single. Please vote for your Favorite Song on this link
http://www.didomusic.com/gb/news_and_diary/news/your_choice_for_the_next_single/

All comments must be made on that link. You MUST be a registered member. It's free to join.

Commenting on this post have been disabled

Announcement:

Dear Guests,
I would like to inform you that starting from December 13, there will be NO updates till the 20th of December. Since my final exams will begin on the 14th and they will end on the 18th. But as soon as my exams are finished, I'm going to be going on a short vacation to the U.S.
Also when I'm in the U.S expect a lot of updates from then. I'm really sorry for the inconvenience.

From

Retrotrut

EID MUBARAK!

EID MUBARAK EVERYONE FROM RETROTRUT & XTR!

The person who gets Dido's Songs on TV

Tomorrow night at 8pm, Dido's song Quiet Times will feature on the new episode of Ghost Whisperer on CBS in the US. We caught up with Lindsay Wolfington of Lone Wolf Music Supervision, to find out how the song made it onto the show.

Hi Lindsay. We hear you've requested Quiet Times for two TV placements. Of all the songs at your disposal, what is it about that song that lent itself to use on the shows?
It's emotional, quiet enough to stay under dialogue and has movement, which keeps the episode moving along. It worked well for "One Tree Hill" because we needed a song that could tie together three different scenes and had a little suspense - a sense of "what's going to happen?" We always need songs like that. It also just happened that the lyric "I miss you" played under Peyton and Lucas on the phone with each other, and they almost said "I miss you" to each other along with Dido! As for the Ghost Whisperer use of Quiet Times, I can't say exactly because the episode doesn't air until Dec. 5th! Let's just say the mood is right and the lyrics hit perfectly - the song expresses what the characters cannot. Tune in to see what I mean. CBS, Fridays at 8pm. Hey, I'm not afraid of a shameless plug!

When placing music, do you choose a song because its lyrics connect with the storyline or because the music itself is suited for the mood of the scene?
As you can probably tell from my answer above, both lyrics and music are important factors in picking a song for a scene. Sometimes you pick a song more for the mood because you don't want to hit the viewers over the head with a lyric, but sometimes the lyrics say what the characters don't, and that is why the song works. When both of these combine, that's the best possible scenario.

Would you say that Dido's music is "cinematic"?
Dido's music definitely fits pictures nicely. Each album is different, but I think she works well for TV and film because her vocals are soft - they don't get in the way of dialogue, which is important because dialogue is telling the story and is the first priority if a producer or director. She also has that "girl with a heartache" thing going for her. Music Supervisors always need those emotional songs on hand for the next sad or longing moment. Interestingly, I don't think Quiet Times is a typical sad ballad - it works because it has pace and momentum, but still has heart and emotion. It's hard to find a song that moves along but can still make you want to cry.

Did your educational background prepare you for a career as a Music Supervisor?
I took one class called "Soundtracks" in college, but it wasn't really about Music Supervision. It was literally the study of all sounds in film - foley footsteps, sound effects, score. There was nothing about picking songs for scenes and then learning how to license them. I worked in radio for four years and that definitely gave me a good base for working in the music industry. But moving to LA and working for two Music Supervisors was where I really learned how to do the job. Nowadays, there are many more classes about Music Supervision/Licensing/Business, but I still think the best way to learn it and get into this world is by working for a Music Supervisor. I get tons of young people who email me via MySpace wondering what classes they should take in high school and what they should major in college, and I want to say "Enjoy school while you can! Take the classes you like, and if they involve the music business, great. But you have to work in the field to really learn it, make connections and prove yourself."

Finally, what's your favorite Dido song?
I'm going to cheat and name two, because they are so different. I loved Dido's first album, No Angel, during my senior year in college -
before it became a best seller. It was my little secret and I got all my girlfriends to fall in love with it too. And then I remember hearing Thank You on Dawson's Creek and thinking "The world has found Dido!" But I digress... Hunter was my favorite track on that album. There were a couple "kickass girl" songs on it, and that was mine. And now with the new album, I love The Day Before The Day. It is so genuinely beautiful, simple and sad. I've always had a soft spot for sad songs. It's amazing to think how different No Angel and Safe Trip Home are, yet they both have some real gems on them!

(Big thanks to Lindsay for taking the time to answer our questions)

Note: All of this was taken from Dido's site and I highly recommend all of you watch Ghost Whisperer on TV tomorrow!

Announcement:

Dear Guests,
There will be slow updates during the next few days. Sorry for the inconvenience. But you have to be patient during the next few days. The main reason for this is because my exams are coming up and I don't have much time to blog nowadays and also National Day & Eid Holidays are coming up as well :D
So have a Happy National Day and a Happy Eid Everyone!

From

Retrotrut

Rainy Season hits the U.A.E.

"...The morning rain clouds up my window and I can't see it at all, & even if I could it will all be great butt your picture on my wall, it reminds me that it's not so bad, it's not bad..."
Quoted from Dido - Thank You

Hello rain clouds, nice to see you :)

:O are those clouds? Yes it is :D

OMG it's true. It has been ages since it last rained in Dubai. Last April it had rained so much that the ministry of education had to "evacuate" ALL SCHOOLS AND UNIVERSITIES. Since the weather last year was terrible.
Now forget about last year and let's talk about this year. Man, now it has been about a week and the weather in Dubai has been going crazy. I blame global Warming because of these crazy weather conditions. For the past few days the temperature in Dubai has dropped. Literally speaking. It went from 57.2 degrees (that was during the summer) to 21.5 degrees. But it hasn't stopped dropping yet.
Now look at the lovely weather, it's cold (at last) and rainy. Last week it rained on Wednesday and there was thunder and lightning around the Emirates. Then on Saturday it rained all morning and flooded Fujairah and half of Dubai. Now it has been exactly a week and it had rained a lot today (minus the thunder and lightning for today Thank God:P ).
Most of Dubai is flooded and the rain is quite heavy. Plus the weather is really cold (seriously but it's not snowing).