Just an Album review for you!

Music is very important. That's why I thought I would review one of my favourite albums for my reader:

Band: Arctic Monkeys

Title: Suck it and see (2011)

Label: Domino

The Arctic Monkeys are one of the most famous Indie band in the UK at the moment. The band came to fame back in 2002 when publishing demo tracks online. They introduced their 4^th studio album called Suck it and See in 2011. Many people have been waiting for this moment especially after their previous album Humbug did not live up to the expectations from the first two albums bringing the Arctic Monkeys fame and popularity. Despite the critics of Humbug the Arctic Monkeys managed to be the only band to produce four straight Number One Albums next to Oasis. The band started off as a group of four guys from Sheffield trying to find their own sound. Especially singer and songwriter Alex Turner coined the very characteristic sound of the band with his guitar play and his lyrics that deal with adolescent problems and growing up in Sheffield, especially on the first two records.

Oh wow........

....was what I thought when I heard the following stories. I work on the Radio and had people 

e-mail me some of their date stories.

Look, there is more - my five favourite Blogs about Horror Dates!

I am not the first person to have this blog idea. I've listed a couple of blogs that deal with the same topic, so have a look around!

One of the first websites coming up on the blog search is www.abadcaseofthedates.com . The reader sees on the first sight what the web page is about: ‘Bad Dates. Funny Stories. Daily’. The blog is clearly aimed at women but everyone is encouraged to send in stories which does not make it gender exclusive. This blog’s design is simple and clear which makes it very pleasant to use, it is hard to get lost anywhere. It also seems to be very popular as nearly every post gets comments discussing the story told. The only distracting thing on the page is the advert that takes a lot of space and can keep the reader from reading the important stuff.

On the website http://disastrousdates.blogspot.com/ even more stories about the dark side of dating can be found. The web page design again is very clearly structured however it is rather difficult to read the texts as it is white writing on black background. The contact button is quite hidden and the site does not really invite the reader to participate and send in stories. A post history makes it easy to navigate through the posts and invites the reader so have a look around. 

The German Blog called http://horrordates.de/  is a very simple websites with the posts on the right sites and “post your story”-box on the left site. There is not a lot else to the site, people can rate and comment on the stories and share them on Facebook or Twitter. The page is free from annoying adverts; the only graphic seems to be the websites logo which shows a rather ugly girl which is a little bit off putting. 

http://onlinedatingdiaries.blogspot.com/ is a blog that does not seem to be very much used. The author posted a couple of stories about dating in L. A. but it seems more like a personal blog rather than communal work where everyone can participate. The Headline ‘Dating is Hell’ gives the theme of the blog away and makes it clear what it is about. However it sounds rather bitter. However it appears like the writer created a new blog which might be worth checking out.  

My personal favourite about terrible dates is the very neat and simple 

http://disasterdatestories.com/. Not only does the headline already explain the purpose of the blog also the first look already leads the reader to the “e-mail in” button. The page design is very simple but still catchy. The ready does not get disturbed by any flashing adverts or pictures but can completely concentrate on the stories. Also the posts can be filtered by attributes like “family and friend set up”/”bling date”/ “online date” which makes it even more fun to read the different stories. 

So snoop around and read through the stories - some of them are hilarious.  

Welcome

Today is the day - lovebirds sing, Cupid's darts are flying through the air and world is pink and glittery. Obviously it is Valentine's Day! This is the perfect day to launch this blog - telling you stories about everything that could possibly go wrong on a date. I will collect those stories around the Campus of the Swansea University. But you are very welcome to email me your own stories. There are never enough date disasters to be told.

I hope you all take this blog as a chance to laugh at those stories, relate to them and make you feel better about ruined dates and special nights - because you are not alone! 

Have fun reading and keep the stories coming!

photo by ButterflySha on Flickr