I'm Walking on Sunshine

Song: Blur - Death of a Party

Game: Grand Theft Auto 4
DVD: X-Men: The Last Stand

Another thing that has got me extremely excited recently is the return of Sci-Fi TV series Futurama. After its cancellation several years ago, We have seen 4 feature length films come out on DVD, which was great, but that was only a short term thing. After successful sales of the films, Comedy Central have resurrected the Planet Express crew with 26 new fun filled episodes, spread across 2 seasons. 

No matter what people say, I believe Futurama is the best animated series of this generation. Not only does it have comedy that will make you laugh out loud, but the story also have a lot of emotion in them that can bring a tear you your eye. Thats the reason why I think Futurama has such a cult following, you actually care for the characters in this program, and the story isn't as random as Family Guy is.

If your were never really into Futurama, and need convincing of how great it is. Here is my top 5 Futurama Episodes.

1. Luck of the Fryrish

The most emotional episode of Futurama I think. Fry is out of luck and goes to find his old 7 leaf clover only to discover his older brother stole it when Fry was missing. 

2. The Sting

Really clever story this. Fry gets killed by a Bee sting and Leila struggles to cope with his death and starts hallucinating Fry.

3. Jurassic Bark

Another emotional episode, sees Fry find his old pet dog from the year 2000 fossilized and displayed in a museum. He starts a one man protest outside in the rain to get Seymour back. 

4. Amazon Women In The Mood

The funniest episode of Futurama. After a double date goes wrong, Zap crash lands onto a unknown planet run by huge Amazonian women.

5. The Devil's Hands Are Idle Playthings

The final episode in the original run. Fry writes a play to show his love for Leila, but to do so, he trades his hands with the Devil. The ending is really well done.

Everyone is happy with the return of Futurama

Music Is My Radar

Song: Fall Out Boy - I Don't Care

Game: Call Of Duty 4
DVD: American Dad

Not much to write today, but feel I should write something. I had a look at my most played songs on iTunes. The top 40 most played I have on is quite random, but I like a good variation of things. So, here's my 5 most played songs since 2006.

1.Exitlude - The Killers 84 plays
Probably because its quite a short song, but it is a lovely song to reminisce to. Each time this is played, a montage of the good times of Uni goes through my head.

2.Acceptable in The 80s (Radio Edit) - Calvin Harris 82 plays
Always a good song to play to get the night started. Get you into the mood, ready for some dancing. Cant beat a bit of 80's inspired electro pop. 

3.Smile - Lily Allen 73 plays
This song cheers me up, a nice happy song. Played this quite a bit when Lily first appeared on the music scene.

4.When Your Heart Stops Beating - +44 73 plays
Surprise this is so high up, but guess I did play it loads during Uni, nice fast paced song with plenty of emotion in the lyrics.

5.Whoo! Alright-Yeah... Uh Huh - The Rapture 67 plays
A good summery song that I played loads...(in the summer I guess). It's just an upbeat tune that helps motivate me for the day.

My iTunes top 50 most played, its random and some songs are bad, I know

Top 5 tunes ever!

Song: Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Honeybear

Game: Resident Evil 5
DVD: High Fidelity

It's 4am in the morning and I cant get to sleep. So after watching High Fidelity for the 74th time, I decided to list my own top 5 songs of all time. It was actually harder than I thought, but finally did it at 5:45.

1. For Tomorrow - Blur
The first time I heard this song was in 1993, and from that moment, I knew it was something special. Its the song that got me into Blur, and I believe it to be one of the most influential indie tracks of all time. It will always remind me of my childhood, and 90's England. From the opening riff, its catchy chorus (The La La La...bit) to the Saxophone fade out at the end, Damon Albarn and Co have written the perfect song to represent the best of British Indie in the 90's. I will never get bored of this song and even shelled out £20 for the original vinyl release of this song, which was pretty hard to find.

2. Exitlude - The Killers
Even though this is probably just a sign off for the end of the Killers 2nd album, Sams Town, Its one of my favorites. It works really well as the last song on the album, a good end to something beautiful. Its one of the songs that represented the end of University for me, 'we hope, you enjoyed your stay, it's good to have you with us, even if its just for the day' When ever something is coming to an end, this song makes me look back at the good times I've had, it always brings a smile to my face.

3. Take The Long Road And Walk It - The Music
One of the most energetic songs I have ever danced to. Starts off with a space like fade in, before you hear the guitar riff slowly build up to what seems like preparation for an epic battle. Before you know it, the song kicks in, and the battle has begun, You try to contain yourself but inevitably you lose all self control and head to the mosh pit and throw yourself around like its the end of the world. This is a song that really does help give me energy to kick start the day or just get me motivated. Even after hours dancing around, when this songs comes on, I will find the energy from somewhere to keep dancing.

4. Moving - Supergrass
Another indie classic from the 90's. The reason I love this song is how at first listen, it feels like its going to be a slow ballad, but the ghostly voice of Gaz Coombs slowly lures you into something unknown, you feel something may happen, but not entirely sure. But once we're in that comfort zone where we're not really expecting anything much, The song jumps right out at you with a big surprise. The chorus is very powerful, with its aggressive piano, the dirty bass line and the anguish in Gaz's voice, there is a lot of passion in this song, whilst also keeping a funky beat to keep you 'moving'.

5. Get Ready - The Proclaimers
You may wonder why this is in my top 5, Well its because its an awesome song. The Proclaimers take on the classic Temptations hit, Get Ready. I first heard this in my favorite movie of all time, Dumb and Dumber, during the scene where Harry and Lloyd are travelling to Aspen in the dog van. Everytime I hear hear this song, it just makes me happy. Really catchy tune, with its 90's American rock influenced guitar riff. Its definitely a good road trip song, and has been played many times before during my random road trips I've taken.

There we go, now I should go to bed as the sky is now light...