simply oroque's view

i have heard it all. everytime i think i have heard everything, something comes from the blues and shocks me stiff. here are my most recent shockers: yesterday was saturday 26 february 2011. in lagos nigeria, the air was charged with celebration, everyone was talking among each other about this great son of the soil that was returning after being away for two long years, his family and friends had put in newspaper advert days earlier announcing the thanksgiving service that will bring the entire town to a halt. and that thanksgiving was yesterday. it was aired on television and the fanfare was palpable...so was the question: "exactly what are we celebrating?". you see, chief bode george used to be a political force to be reckoned with. he was the south west chairman of the ruling party and as part of his political compensation, was made chairman and chief exploiter of the national ports authority. to cut a sordid story short, he robbed the entire government agency dry, made...

i find that sometimes, the music industry just floods us with amazing incredible original music that just makes you realize that there's always hope for global music (read: "american music"). besides everyone thinks i never have any fun...yes, i love good music and often times most normal people would agree with music that i think is great. so here goes my small review: thanks to mtv, i found out that miss britney spears has a new single out thats called "hold it against me". as with everything that is churned out by the shamelessly commercial britney machine, the hype was crazy. it was everywhere but noone could listen to it. it wasn't being played on tv but we would hear every minute about this great new single thats burning up the charts. as if that was not enough, kanye west had to give her additional airtime by stating on twitter that he knows her song will get to number one (she and rihanna are billboard number 1 perenials) but that she should allow ...