So it is almost time for the Brit Awards 2012. Here is the list of the nominees. I have to say that some of the nominations are a bit of a shock, like Kanye/Jay Z being an “International group”, and some of the best British Singles aren’t really that great. Blur get the outstanding contribution to music award.

Here is the list.

BRITISH MALE SOLO ARTIST

Ed Sheeran
James Blake
James Morrison
Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds
Professor Green

BRITISH FEMALE SOLO ARTIST

Adele
Florence & The Machine
Jessie J
Kate Bush
Laura Marling

BRITISH BREAKTHROUGH ACT

Anna Calvi
Ed Sheeran
Emeli Sandé
Jessie J
The Vaccines

BRITISH GROUP

Arctic Monkeys
Chase & Status
Coldplay
Elbow
Kasabian

BRITISH SINGLE

Adele: Someone Like You
Ed Sheeran: The A Team
Example: Changed The Way You Kissed Me
Jessie J Ft B.o.B.: Price Tag
JLS Ft Dev: She Makes Me Wanna
Military Wives / Gareth Malone: Wherever You Are
Olly Murs Ft Rizzle Kicks: Heart Skips A Beat
One Direction: What Makes You Beautiful
Pixie Lott: All About Tonight
The Wanted: Glad You Came

BRITISH PRODUCER

Paul Epworth
Flood
Ethan Johns

BRITISH ALBUM OF THE YEAR

Adele: 21
Coldplay: Mylo Xyloto
Ed Sheeran: +
Florence & The Machine: Ceremonials
PJ Harvey: Let England Shake

INTERNATIONAL MALE SOLO ARTIST

Aloe Blacc
Bon Iver
Bruno Mars
David Guetta
Ryan Adams

INTERNATIONAL FEMALE SOLO ARTIST

Beyoncé
Björk One
Feist
Lady Gaga
Rihanna

INTERNATIONAL GROUP

Fleet Foxes
Foo Fighters
Jay-Z / Kanye West
Lady Antebellum
Maroon 5

INTERNATIONAL BREAKTHROUGH ACT

Aloe Blacc
Bon Iver
Foster The People
Lana Del Rey
Nicki Minaj

OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO MUSIC AWARD

Blur

CRITICS’ CHOICE

1st – Emeli Sandé
2nd – Maverick Sabre
3rd – Michael Kiwanuka

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Yesterday was the Soccer AM Dance Off 2012. If you don’t know what it is, the Soccer AM crew have a dance off once every year, and show their moves. For the past few years Sky Bet have actually been taking real bets on the winner, and the last few times I have watched I wished I had a bet, just for fun.

So yesterday I did I put £10 on Baby Elvis and £20 on Dev (£10 of which was a free bet). Dev let me down! But Baby Elvis was clearly the best, even though he did not win. Trev won this year, I should of put the £20 on him instead of Dev, but oh well, never mind!

If you have not seen it you should, it is entertaining if nothing else.

Who do you think was the best? Watch below. Skip to 1.10 for the start of the dancing.

So what do you think?

I just found out that another Expendables film, The Expendables 2, is coming soon.  Here is the trailer…

What do you think?

This follow up has a few new names in it; Chuck Norris, Jean-Claude Van Damme and Liam Hemsworth; The old cast of Stallone, Statham, Lundgren, Corture, Li and Crews are back, as are Schwarzenegger and Willis.

I got this on Blu Ray and liked it, I have to say I did not think they would make another, they have, hopefully it will be good. I imagine there will be lots of guns and action, just like the last one.

It is due to out this summer.

Hey blog,

So yesterday we went out in Newcastle; Friday night, in Newcastle, go to bars and it’s a good night. It is January, and the middle of the month, and a Friday (as opposed to a Saturday night) and over the past few years the bars have got quieter on a Friday night in the middle of the month. Last night the “trendy” bars were dead! We went to Baby Lynch at around 9pm and had the entire bar to ourselves. When we left at around 9:30 there were only another 2 groups of people in there. We then went to Ohso, and there was us and 1 other group! By the time we left there around 10pm  were 4 or 5 other groups of people, so still dead. It looked like the same story for Perdu, we walked past (no queue) and I had a quick look in and it looked pretty empty too. The Diamond Strip bars were all quiet, apart from Revolution which looked quite busy, but that always is.
It is strange to see “the cool bars” being so empty, but walking past places like The Bee Hive being really full, we went to Popolo, Baccus and Hoochie Coochie too which were as busy as they usually are on a Friday night. It is sort of sad to see the bars being so quiet, it’s really weird that you can go 1 week and be the only one in the bar and go back the next and have to queue to get in. Ohso was actually cool when it was quite empty, DJ playing good music and in a nice warm bar with more or less nobody else, it was like my own exclusive place

This is what I wore last night:

• Barbour Jacket
• Gant Knit
• Jaeger Shirt
• True Religion Jeans

3 layers last night, it was freezing! Literally, it was -2. I remember in my youth years ago I would go out with only a short sleeve shirt on, those were the days

Hello blog

It is Friday 13th…wooooo!

I said last week that the cold, ice and winter would return because I started running again, yesterday I ran…Today it was -1 and I had to de-ice my car, yep, the winter is back!

Today I did the usual work, but also had to take some pics for my t-shirts for work; I bought myself a mannequin to make the pics look better, but they do not seem to, they still don’t look as good as I want them, maybe I should just hire models to pose in them or something.

The problem is that the arm parts are missing, so the sleeves do not stay rigid, and it looks shit. I tried to stuff the arms but it didnt make much difference, it didn’t look the way I wanted to. I think if I want this type of mannequin look I will basically have to wear the t-shirt and take a photo, and cut myself out the way I cut out the mannequin.

Here is what I wore today on this cold day:

• H&M Jumper
• Mango Shirt
• Barbour Scarf
• Converse Trainers

Sometime over the weekend I think I will be going out for drinks, so that should be good. The rest I dunno, I may do some work, and I have lots of blogs and things to read for my blog too I will also be thinking of new content for my blog, and brainstorming stuff for work

I have been looking at this t-shirt for a couple of weeks now, it seems a few more stores have began to pick it up. I think it is really amazing, and I am so tempted to go and buy this:

Comme des Garçons have made another great collaboration, this time with The Simpsons creator Matt Groening for this super cool, limited and exclusive t-shirt.

I just love the design, all over printing of speech bubbles from his other work, comic strip Life In Hell. Combine that with the Comme Des Garcons Play trademark heart logo outline and another red embroidered logo and you have an amazing looking tee.

If you have £100 to spend on a cool t-shirt this one is worth considering.

Two songs I am currently obsessed with and cannot stop playing, I am really in love with these 2 songs at the moment I blame How to Make It In America (The TV Show), they were both featured on it and now I can’t stop listening to them

They are old, espeically the Akon track, but still sound so good

What do you think of them?

Akon featuring Styles P – Locked Up

Jeremih – Birthday Sex

Hello blog readers

So today was another typical work day, but I started really early which meant I finished early too I am really excited about work now and the year ahead, I am really back into work mode and looking forward to doing some new things like new t-shirts and also expanding into new things

I got a few films and a CD which I blogged about before, and will probably watch one later.

Here is what I wore today:

• Barbour Jacket
• He by Mango Jumper
• Evisu T Shirt
• Monkee Genes
• FCUK Scarf

I have ordered a few things from H&M today too, only 2 shirts and 10x pairs of black socks. They will probably come next week.

Today I got a few blu rays, a DVD and an album.

Mad Dogs – I watched this on SKY1 when it was on, it was a really good drama and I could watch it again
American Beauty – A bit of a classic, I have only seen it a few times so it will be good to watch it again
Boogie Nights - Another “classic”, but I have only recently discovered it and watched it briefly. It seemed quite good, so I got the blu ray to watch it properly.
Sex Drive – A funny film, I have caught this a few times on SKY and think it’s pretty decent. It is not the funniest film in the world by any means, but is still really good.
Secret Diary Of A Call Girl, Season 4 – I have the other 3 on box set, so I needed this to complete the collection. I have already seen it on ITV2 and it was as good as usual; Maybe not as good as the previous seasons 1&2 but I really like it.

I got another album too…

Cassandra Steen – Mir So Nah. I love her music, she is really good and makes amazing songs