Sunday 100 Monkeys Pic Spam

Here are some photos from the 100 Monkeys Grape CD Release Party at the Viper Room on 29 November 2009. All photos found on the always amazing Jackson Rathbone Online site. As always, click to enlarge. Enjoy!

 

Since I'm doing a post full of 100 Monkeys pics, I decided to share some of my own pics with you. There is a troop of Vervet monkeys that comes by my house almost every day. Most times I miss them since I'm at work, but when I do see them, I feed them bread, even though everyone says you're not supposed to. People always say "they're wild & they will attack you!". This has not been my experience with them AT ALL! They are beautiful & precious & so damn cute! I feel bad for them, because they are just hungry. They still go & forage for their own food, but I feel better knowing they've at least eaten something. I always make sure to never look at them directly, so they don't feel threatened & some of the braver ones even take the bread out of my hand. Some of them prefer to hang back, then I throw the bread to them & they catch it. If it lands on the ground, they actually dust it off with their other hand. They are amazingly clever & fascinating to watch. I always make sure I've got extra bread in the house, in case I see them. The other morning I was even a bit late leaving for work, since they saw me & came running up to me, making their little monkey noises, as if to say "Hey, we're here. Where's the food?" It is impossible for me to deny those little faces. They even jump up on the kitchen window sill & peep at me through the window, to make sure I see them. I find feeding them & just watching them while they are sitting there eating, to be so soothing & calming. One of the very best things about living in the part of South Africa that I live in!

Aren't they precious?

Some Of My Favorite Christmas Songs & Some Wallpaper

These are some of my favorite popular music Christmas songs. Yes, I am totally abusing my blog to post videos that I love,  for easy access. Hopefully you like them, too. And I also made some Jackson Wallpapers to prove that I haven't completely forgotten what this blog is supposed to be about. Enjoy! 'Tis the season, after all...

Organised by Bob Geldof & Midge Ure in 1984 to raise funds for the famine in Ethiopia. Band Aid was & still is the greatest collection of musicians of an era in one room, EVER! But then, I was always more partial to British music from back then, even though I was only little.

George Michael circa 1984... LOVE his voice... it's a tragedy that his personal life ended up over-shadowing his talent.

The legend that is John Lennon... 'nuff said.

This is, imho, the best Christmas song to be released since the two from 1984. But then I could be biased, since I absolutely f*cking ADORE The Darkness! If you don't know their music, get your ass to YouTube & get searching. They are the perfect example of f*ckawesome rock with a huge dose of campness & humor. I Believe In A Thing Called Love is one of my favorite songs EVER! Genius!

And now, the wallpapers...