http://www.aidanparr.co.uk The blog of a student journo - random musings/diary entries, reviews, articles and whatever else comes to mind... Thu, 05 Aug 2010 23:25:36 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en So it's been a while. I spent a lot of time yesterday listening to some new music. I downloaded Eminem's new album 'Recovery' and a few mixtapes, the most high profile being Wale's 'More About Nothing' - a follow up to his hit mixtape 'Mixtape About Nothing'. Unfortunately, however, I was ... http://www.aidanparr.co.uk/?p=97 So election fever has hit the UK! Today is polling day - I voted at about one o'clock (but I am not going to divulge my choices!) It is shaping up to be the most exciting election in recent history, with the Lib Dems having their best chance of getting Clegg into ... http://www.aidanparr.co.uk/?p=95 American football is a competition of sheer brute force and skill not seen since the days of the gladiators, and like the Roman’s before us, we build it into a spectacle so big, it eclipses the game itself. Perhaps all sports are some times guilty of this, but non more so ... http://www.aidanparr.co.uk/?p=91 Hi peeps. So I am officially 20. It was my birthday yesterday, and I had an immense time! So a big thanks to everyone that got involved/will get involved on tuesday. Its been a while since I last blogged, so I reckon I'll do another music one, the tunes I've been getting ... http://www.aidanparr.co.uk/?p=88 So I'm sitting at 01:27 on Christmas Day morning, looking through all the Celebrity Playlists on the iTunes store, and I figured I'd do my own. So these are my top tunes of the year - bear in mind, they're not all songs that came from this year, just the ... http://www.aidanparr.co.uk/?p=84 Ok, I won't lie to you, I only bought this album to see what all the hype was about. I'd never really been a big Jay-Z fan, infact, I'd have struggled to name three of his songs. Yet this album has opened doors to me. This album has belatedly introduced me ... http://www.aidanparr.co.uk/?p=81 Ok, so I am blogging for the first time in forever on the night that I was setting aside for essay fun. I am currently embarking on an essay about global journalism, well, that's what I'm telling people. In reality I am surfing the net (does anybody ever say that any ... http://www.aidanparr.co.uk/?p=79 And here's my next article! Would football benefit from Goal Line Technology? By Aidan Parr We’re just two weeks into the new Championship season, and already controversy reigns. Last Saturday saw Crystal Palace denied what seemed to be a cast iron goal in their game against Bristol City. Freddie Sears’ shot had beaten ... http://www.aidanparr.co.uk/?p=76 As promised, here is the first of my articles written for www.football.co.uk - hope you enjoy it! Patrick Viera – Return of a legend? [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="227" caption="Patrick Vieira - Can he return?"][/caption] By Aidan Parr In a transfer window that has seen two record smashing transfers in as many weeks, and ... http://www.aidanparr.co.uk/?p=73 Howdey peeps!! Hope we're all ok out there? So it's summer now, and I am back in my first humble abode, rather than the crazy cool student house. I'm typing away on my old windows machine that seems loath to work properly. So I am still jobless so far, so still skint, that ... http://www.aidanparr.co.uk/?p=69