Sunday 28 September 2008

Media Invasion Days 3,4,5,6 and 7

Now, you might be wondering why I happen to be doing 4 days worth of Media Diary at once. Well wonder no more because here is the answer. I have been on a Combined Cadet Force training weekend down in Folkestone, and largely, i have been detached from the media. But i will report on the little media that did affect me.
On Day 3, I listened to my Ipod for 40 minutes on the coach, largely i was listening to the Axis of Justice Podcast, which I downloaded at the beginning of the Summer. It was a Radio Broadcast, aired in the States, presented by the Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello, and System of a Down Singer Serj Tankian. It is a largely socialist radio broadcast, but nonetheless interesting, and packed with good an interesting music that i might not listen to normally, from Traditional Kenyan Folk to Old School Rap.
After a day inside the prison that is school, i had not been influenced by the media as such, but i listened to my Ipod on the way home for 35 minutes this time, as the trip had less traffic. I was listening to some classical music for my Music AS level (Stravinsky and Haydn if your really that bothered). I got home and watched a Zero Punctuation review of an XBLA double bill, which wasnt as funny as always for 5 minutes and continued to browse the internet for 2 hours doing my usual business for 2 hours. I then proceeded to pack and sleep.
On Day 4, i did not listen to my Ipod but to the radio for 45 minutes instead (Virgin Radio or Absolute Radio now). However i listened to my Ipod for 2 and a half hours on the way down to Folkestone, and then nothing media related happened for 3 days.
On the way home today i watched the Film Airplane on my Ipod with Jerome for about and Hour and a half, and then challenged him to a lyric battle for the remaining hour. When i got home, I went on the computer and my PS2 for a total of 4 hours. I realise how white and nerdy this is, but i'm past caring as i'm exhausted after a tiring weekend, but anyway, i've done my homework!

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