~The Perfect Night~Melodies of a love song..Whispering voices carrying on..Moonlight shinning on the window seal..Wine cooled to a chill..Night flowing with such grace..Listening to slow music with candles all in place..We create memories..Never to be erased. ~JW~

PS … I love you more than you’ll ever know. Life is no fairy tale, but you’ve broken my Cinderella Spell! Captured my heart & engraved your name, intertwined my soul now we’re one in the same. My mind replays many memories we have shared. The love you give. Let’s not go there! Just wanted you to know how much I appreciate you and I had you on my mind.  By: ~JW~

Sometimes my eyes just get thirsty to see him…
Sometimes my ears just get thirsty to hear him…
Sometimes my body just get thirsty to be near him… Sometimes my soul just gets thirsty to feel him…and if deprived the wanting becomes inflamed…if I were to slit my wrists,it would bleed his name…I have given my heart and I proclaim…Cupid has done it yet again without aim. ~Rain~

I miss him so much I can’t even explain
My emotions are getting harder to contain
I want to hold him near and look into his eyes
Could this be where my whole future lies?
He’s like an angel that just fell from the sky
And landed right before me…but why?
Its like a dream come true….WHO KNEW
I have found my Prince Charming and his name is Boo. ***** love you*****
~Rain~

MOM
Everything changed the day you died.
It was like my whole world had come untied.
The days were long but nights even longer…
Oh how I wished that I could be stronger.
Happiness just faded into a distance.
My life became a timeless existence.She lifted my spirits when I was down.
I can still see her hair, it was grayish brown.
I watched her close her eyes and take her last breath.
It never gets easier this thing called death.
She was my mother and I loved her so…more than anyone will ever know….

******Happy Birthday Mom****

~Rain~



Ben Drew better known as Plan B is an undoubtedly extraordinary personality. The artist had considered himself an outcast since childhood, the father left the family when the boy was only six and he was far from the best pupils at school. When a teenager Ben taught himself to play guitar, wrote love songs with some R&B spirit, but already at the age of 18 he preferred to turn to rap viewing the style as more appropriate for self-expression. In 2006 Plan B released his debut album Who Needs Actions When You’ve Got Words. Both the audience and the critics made a varied acclaim but nobody remained indifferent and he quickly got himself a fan base. Yet soon it turned out that the choice of genre was not definitive for Ben for that time. This winter the single Stay Too Long from Drew’s new album The Defamation Of Strickland Banks was released and it was clear at once – the guy felt obviously too tight in the frames of one direction only and therefore he remembered about what he had started his music path from – about soul and R&B, and surprised everyone with his incredibly beautiful vocals.

The mood changes regularly on The Defamation Of Strickland Banks

One should not that except for music Ben Drew got actively involved in film making, played in a couple of films and took part in writing the soundtrack. The album The Defamation Of Strickland Banks was born exactly with the connection with that interest. Ben initially wanted to create a story of a character suffering from drug addiction, make a film about him and record the album as the official soundtrack to it. Thus The Defamation Of Strickland Banks is a conceptual record, the protagonist is a young singer named Strickland Banks who falls in love, is put in prison for a crime he never committed, goes deep into introspection, prays, is set free and continues his searching of life’s sense. Little by little we learn it all from each of the album’s 13 compositions. The story unveils with the most melodious accompaniment and is told with Plan B’s most pleasant voice with some falsetto elements – from the opener Love Goes Down till the final What Yo Gonna Do you cannot help admiring it. The mood changes regularly depending on the situation in which the main character finds himself. Thus, the single Stay Too Long is one of the most eclectic compositions on the album, whereas a most beautiful soul-number She Said conquers with its sensuality. A very beautiful and powerful song Welcome To Hell opens the series of prison stories, and it is only the third track from the end, Free, on which liberation finally occurs. Closer to the album’s finale a little melancholic atmosphere reigns on I Know A Song, making it clear that happy endings are for kids, and the things are much more complicated in the real life.

Not just an album but a complete romance

It is an interesting fact that Ben has actually invented his pseudonym because he was not willing to sing sweet R&B songs anymore and changed his plans for hip-hop. So at first one may think he has made a kind of step back. The point is, however, that the album concept would be even more understandable if The Defamation Of Strickland Banks was a hip-hop album, and this makes it even more unusual. Some of the compositions do contain a bit of Plan B’s rapping but the album’s general slant is rather romantic. The protagonist thinks of his ups and downs, suffers and reflects a great deal. Simple and complicated tunes, contagious beats and high level arrangements will not make you feel bored, and when the album comes to a full stop you realize that you have actually listened to a complete romance. In one of his interviews Plan B told that he plans to record a hip-hop album in the nearest future so those fans anticipating can be reassured and those who are just getting acquainted with this unique artist will surely appreciate The Defamation Of Strickland Banks as it deserves.

Alexandra Zachernovskaya

A hard-rock legend, an example for a million of musicians all over the world, both beginning and experienced, and also a talented actor, Meat Loaf has been pleasing the audience with his creations for more than four decades now. His unique vocals never losing their power and charm, deeply thought lyrics inspired both by his rich imagination and life itself, have made the artist famous and his music never gets old. Well-known for his love of sullen gothic atmosphere Meat Loaf and his band often create the images of medieval castles with ghosts in their songs, with a tragic love almost always serving a base of all the events and plots. The things are not that predictable, though. This year Meat Loaf has turned to a bit different theme recording the album Hang Cool Teddy Bear, which characterizes him not only as an ever self-improving artist but also a deeply looking psychologist able to create most interesting pictures and make the listener think them through.

Hang Cool Teddy Bear lives up to your expectations

The protagonist of the album Hang Cool Teddy Bear is a soldier who finds himself on the edge of life and death. Many believe that a person’s whole past life passes in front of one’s eyes but Meat Loaf suggests we consider a different variant. Except for the opener Peace On Earth, on which we get to know the main character and learn about his sad destiny, each of the songs here tells one of the variants of the soldier’s future life. It is not a secret that everything is possible and naturally the only glue here is love – there can be only one woman in the protagonist’s life and it is her that appears in all his life’s versions. The protagonist seems to have quite a joyful character, likes jokes and entertainment as it is clear on the track Los Angeloser, but later we realize he is also quite vulnerable. One of the most curious numbers on the album is If I Can’t Have You, for it does not only feature the backing vocals by DioGuardi, but also a piano verse from Hugh Laurie. If you watched Geeves and Wooster series you definitely know that Laurie is a classically trained pianist. When Meat Loaf guested in House M.D., he invited Hugh to play with him. An unfortunate love case is on the track Love Is Not Real (Next Time You Stab Me In The Back), one of the most emotional and powerful compositions on the album. The same is true about one of the record’s highlights Song Of Madness, on which Meat Loaf’s vocals sound almost twice stronger than the instrumentation. On the whole, the album will leave the brightest impression and lives up to your expectations.

A serious theme implying no sentiments

No doubt Meat Loaf’s voice sounds on Hang Cool Teddy Bear in all its beauty and strength. Even after so many years today his works are surprisingly taken as fresh, up-to-date and respectable. It is especially true about this recording. For the first time a Meat Loaf’s work is produced by Rob Cavallo, who has worked with such teams as Green Day, My Chemical Romance and others. Rob has been carefully watching the musicians’ creative work and has been very happy to get an opportunity to contribute to it, so all the arrangements are made perfect and the vocals really play the leading role here. Perhaps the only album’s drawback is the absence of a ballad – yet its theme is serious enough and does not imply any sentiments. Moreover, Meat Loaf is an artist who has already given the worlds a lot of slow and beautiful hits and this time he wants us to stay tense following the protagonist’s changing way of thinking. Thus the album Hang Cool Teddy Bear definitely enlarges one’s outlook and is going to be a priceless contribution to your rock-music collection.

Alexandra Zachernovskaya

Eminem has released new single Not Afraid, in which he talks about his last to date album Relapse. The record, which was devoted to rapper’s successful battle with drug addiction, hit the stores on March 2009 and became the top-selling hip hop album of the year.

However, in the new song rapper claims that he felt dissatisfied with the album. The track has lyrics: «In fact, let’s be honest, That last Relapse CD was ehh…».

Eminem also encourages people who have drug addiction to follow his example: «I’m not afraid to take a stand, Everybody, come take my hand, We’ll walk this road together».

Not Afraid has become the first single from Eminem’s upcoming album Recovery. According to the rapper’s words, it is not the same record as earlier announced Relapse 2 album, the follow-up to his 2009’s disk Relapse.

Eminem also claimed that Recovery would be very different from both Relapse and Relapse 2. He also said that it would feature Dr. Dre and 50 Cent, as well as DJ Khalil, Just Blaze, Jim Jonsin and Boi-1da.

Sir Paul McCartney shared his opinion about upcoming UK general election day, which is set for May 6. Ex-The Beatles member claimed that he felt dissatisfied with all three candidates for prime-minister position – Gordon Brown, Nick Clegg and David Cameron. He also wished he had an opportunity to vote for Barack Obama.

«I’m not awfully impressed with the people who are in it. You know, I want a Barack Obama. If Obama was running here I think I’d be able to say: «Yeah, change, this is good, this is something different». That is what I want», said he.

Paul McCartney also claimed that he was recently invited to Houses Of Parliament to watch debates: «It was a very boring debate. But that’s not the point, it’s kind of seeing democracy at work».

Last week Paul McCartney announced that Concord Music Group company would reissue all his solo records, including the last studio effort Memory Almost Full. It will also re-release all albums by his side project Wings. Plans concerning another his side project, The Fireman, are unknown.