somas album

I got an email from Soma a few weeks ago, but i'm only getting around to listening to it now.

Three of my friends, Mezer, Eric and Walshy are in the Band and unfortunately I have only been to one of their gigs so far. I've been listening to their songs all evening, and they're not so bad!

< Begin Press Release >
Soma’s album, “The Somatic LP” is now available to buy for just €5 at the following outlets:

• Music Zone, Carrigaline, Co Cork
  
• Plugged Records, Washington Street, Cork
  
• Tower Records, 6-8 Wicklow St, Dublin
  
• For digital download at downloadmusic.ie/soma
  
• From the locker/boot of any of the band members!

There are 11 songs on the album cites influences from The Smashing Pumpkins, The Foo Fighters, Ash, Death Cab for Cutie, Jessica Alba and My Bloody Valentine.

The album was recorded from Nov 08 to Feb 09 in various locations in Cork. The album was mastered in April 09 by Richard Dowling in Limerick who as previously worked with such greats as S Club 7, Rachel Stevens, Steps and Busted. (He has also worked with some unknowns such as David Bowie, The Foo Fighters, The Undertones, Jools Holland and Interpol…ahem!)

Try before you buy, you can listen to the songs at: myspace.com/somamusiccork
< /end >

There was a load of free copies to people who knew them, but apparently I don't get one (something about not trusting me...)
Anyway, if you were wondering who is who on the album cover:

• Mezer would be the same as Cindy in the lower left
  
• Eric is the same as Marcia
  
• Walshy is where Bobby is
  
• And lets not forget Dave who is in the same spot as Greg

Head over to their website anyway and have a listen to a few songs!

A mission

Sometimes it feels like it is a test to see how long I can go without updating this.

Lots happening on tumblr!

modernize

So here is what I've been up to this January

• New Years in Kandersteg
  
• Skied and sledded a bit
• Been working away at Musgrave
  
• Got my car repaired, twice
• Sent away all the details about my degrees to be assessed by the Teaching Council of Ireland
  
• Weekend in Tramore for Teoiny and Sandys Birthday
  
• Started a Wakoopa account
  
• Caught up with a lot of US telly
  
• Managed to see every The Daily Show and The Colbert Report for January
  
• Figured out why he says Repor (It's like there is a silent T like in Colbert)
  
• Started using Twitter a lot more
  
• Been to the cinema
  
• Watched a load of movies
  
• My contract has been renewed till April
  
• Didn't get to play as much Call of Duty as I wanted to
  
• Posted over 170 items on my Tumblr
  
• Been to a few Scout meetings

How has it been for you?

2008

A bit late, but here are the stats for 2008. More of an Irish base compared to last year, more subscribers and Mac on the up as well as Firefox. A huge chunk of traffic came from search engines.

Posts: 50
Comments: about 100

Total for 2008:

• 14,460 - Page Loads
  
• 10,964 - Unique Visitors
  
• 10,129 - First Time Visitors
  
• 835 - Returning Visitors
  

On average, each day:

• 40 - Page Loads
  
• 30 - Unique Visitors
  
• 28 - First Time Visitors
  
• 2 - Returning Visitors
  

Top 5 posts this year:

• free priority boarding
  
• iphone prices worldwide
  
• subcard
  
• our next chief
  
• 20 pixels
  

Traffic Sources:

• 63.25% - Search Engines
  
• 26.74% - Referring Sites
  
• 9.97% - Direct Traffic
  

Top Countries:

• 39.28% - Ireland
  
• 18.55% - United States
  
• 14.38% - United Kingdom
  
• 3.59% - Canada
  
• 1.97% - Germany
  
• 22.23% - Other (96 including: Australia, Netherlands, France, India, Sweden, Switzerland, etc..)
  

Top Cities:

• Dublin
  
• Cork
  
• London
  
• Limerick
  
• Galway
  

Top Browsers:

• 50.90% - Internet Explorer
  
• 40.13% - Firefox
  
• 5.16% - Safari
  
• 3.81% - Other (Opera, Chrome, etc..)
  

Top Operating Systems:

• 87.55% - Windows
  
• 9.18% - Macintosh
  
• 2.30% - Linux
  
• 0.97% - (iPhone, iPod, Symbian OS, etc..)
  

That is who visited the actual website. The total feed subscribes is 65

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