King Richard III: Facial Reconstruction and Who I Think He Was!

After the discovery and announcement of King Richard III's body the other day, I couldn't help but get more involved in his story!

I found this King Richard III facial reconstruction video. Watching his face come to life really made him look like quite a kind man. Maybe history wrote him an awful man because they were jealous of his lovely looks ;)

I honestly feel that this King had a great heart, and that there was some sort of propaganda by the tutors after he had passed to sort of rewrite his history - because he was King at quite a young age and was hated for that. He was actually quite involved with the "commoners" and made changes so that poor people could also be heard in court hearings - even though they didn't have the money to back them. I want to read more about this King, but from someone who isn't swayed either way. If only I could call on my past lifes ;)

The similarities of him in this one painting to the right, and of Christopher Walken (left) are uncanny! It could totally be his doppelgänger! Wouldn't you agree?

Richard III obviously had swag, and everyone else around him couldn't handle it.

I don't think the King would have poisoned his wife, Anne neither - if anything I feel she might have poisoned herself out of depression. This was also her second marriage. 

These are my thoughts and as outrageous as they are - I feel compelled to know a little more about King Richard III.

It's truly exciting that they found his remains and to sort of bring his legacy back to life again :)

Enjoy this video of how they reconstructed the young King's face, below!

Church Sells Silence CD!

This 800 year old church in England is the next big recording star to hit the big time! What is it offering? 28 minutes of silence. This gem is being sold out quicker than they can keep up with! Pretty amazing! I actually want to buy a copy, because there is something to be said about the calmness of chapel quietness. Hear (or not) and read more about it here. :)

Family Of The Year: Hero

Every time I hear this track on CBC Radio 2. I can't stop singing it, while prancing around like a total lush at work. If anyone could see me from outside (which they probably do) or my boss who has zero idea I am doing this. This is a "hold your chest so your heart doesn't burst" kind of love connection.

This track is special, and I adore this live recording so much I thought I would share it with you all!

This Californian band is finally getting the credit they deserve! 

Enjoy :)

Giant Squid Caught on Tape for First Time for Discovery Channel's 'Monster Squid: The Giant Is Real'

AMAZING! I cannot wait to see this! ABC and Discovery released this little teaser of a rare video capture of a Giant Squid.

Enjoy! :)

Happy New Year!

2013 is going to be a great year! Apparently I didn't take note to know the difference between one and plural year(s) while scribbling my chicken scratches! ;) 

Christmas Cheer! (A few days late ;)

My goodness! I am embarrassingly late at writing another post! I am going to try much harder in 2013 by blogging a little bit more.

 It's been quite busy with a little one, and by the time you're done with your day - you just want to enjoy it alone, huddled up by the fire place, under a blanket playing on the iPad and wondering where the day went :)

I'll post some holiday photos that I never had a chance to post of little decorated areas around my house.  Here are my little Alessi Christmas characters (above) and my Alessi Nativity Scene! (below)

This next photo I finally hunted down a proper sized frame for. The original photo (above) spoke volumes to me, that I contacted artist Kelli Murray to customize her work to look more like me - and she did an amazing job! I love it so much!

 These Christmas boxes below, I used to put Edie's Christmas calender gifts in. She was so excited to wake up every morning to see which box I would pull out to reveal a little surprise. :)

 As you can tell I love deer, and I have to personally thank my mom for also spraying these white, and making these wicked vintage looking trees! She's so damn talented! Thanks mom!

Did you all have a good Christmas? Was Santa good to you? How will you be ringing in the New Year?

I Heart Santigold!

If Boney M, M.I.A, Kim Wilde, and The Sex Pistols could birth a musical prodigy it would be Santigold! I've been listening to this amazing artist/producer for a short time, but I feel I need to write about her before year end.

My soul sings when I hear her and have such an almost tribal connection to her reggae, 80's pop-punk vibe. Glorious!

It would be pretty wicked to see this lady live. Such a talent! I'm sure most of you have heard her single "Disparate Youth" and if you haven't - you really should! I'll post it below.

Santigold's album "Master of My Make-Believe" is solid through in though. The production is fabulous!

A guaranteed fantastical purchase! :)

Enjoy "Disparate Youth" below

Röyksopp feat. Susanne Sundfør - Running to the Sea

It's very rare that you get 2 of your favourite Norwegian bands together to make some insanely powerful music. That is exactly what is happening with the beautiful Susanne Sundfør, singing atop the lovely drones and sounds of Röyksopp. I can't wait until this is released as a single. Gosh I wish I was within this musical circle :)

You can keep with the progress of this song by clicking the link here: http://royksopp.com/ and until then  you can enjoy this live version of "Running to the Sea" below! 

Meet Gwen: Her New HTC Windows 8X Phone!

This is the first time n my life that I MAY want to stray from my iphone (I can't believe I am writing this!) and get myself the new HTC 8X phone. It does look sexy, and I was slightly sold from the last commercial with that catchy and cute tune in black and white.

Gwen Stefani being my ultimate idol - takes the cake on swaying me even closer to this smartphone.  If she is using it to sketch out some sweet new L.A.M.B designs while receiving Skype calls from her babies, this might have to be my next phone! I use an older HTC model when I am traveling overseas and often times I get frustrated with it but  I might have new hope for this one.

We'll see, but for now enjoy Gwen in the latest HTC 8X commercial! 

May I also mention these phones have "Beats Optimized Audio" so some wonderful sounding MONSTER insides! 

Love it in this colour, too!

Lest We Forget