New Music

[b]Beverley Knight[/b] - 100%

I've liked Beverley for years...I think she's got an amazing voice and one of the best British singers we've ever produced. I was a bit 'meh' about her last album, but she's back on form with this one! Great production, nice mix of up-tempo and slower tracks, all showcasing that smooth, soulful voice - absolute quality.

Play/Repeat - Beautiful Night - lovely song!



[b]Nerina Pallot - The Graduate[/b]

Nerina's 2nd album 'Fires' was a revelation, and I immediately went out and bought her 1st album, 'Dear Frustrated Superstar' which I also love. This is her 3rd album, haven't listened to it much but what I have heard sounds great, and I love the title of one of the songs, 'When Did I Become Such a Bitch'. This is 'Real Late Starter:



[b]Paloma Faith - Do You Want the Truth or Something Beautiful?[/b]

Lots of comparisons to Amy Winehouse and Duffy for this girl, who has a quirky look and sound and has exploded into the limelight with a banging debut album. You might have heard her single 'Stone Cold Sober' which is a great introduction, but the whole album is cool, smooth and great listening.

Play/Repeat - New York

When Bad Tattoos Happen to Good Bodies - #1

Sometimes a good tattoo will really set off a physique. Sometimes... it just detracts from it. Sadly, that's the case here, with new Randy Blue model Cayden Ross. He's got a fantastic body...the ink...not so much. Shame.

Saturday Guyswithiphones

2 today... some might say the 2nd one is a bit bobfoc, but still sorta-cute I think...plus a body like that makes up for all other lesser areas...absolutely killer chest and arms!

Random Internet Hotness

Scouring the internet so you don't have to!

(Note to self: really must aim for less man-flesh related posts in future!)

Aussiebum Surf Shorts

Just ordered these:



Again, sadly model not included. I think his body is perfect! I would strangle puppies to look like that.

Anyway, I'm really hoping they are going to be delivered BEFORE I head off on holiday, though it's not guaranteed. We'll see...

The idea is I've got my skimpy pair for sunbathing, my square-cut trunks for general swimming, and these surf shorts for watersports. So then I'll be pretty much set!

Failblog

I love Failblog - hilarious!

Discretion Fail

Crash Course - So Far...

Francis: "I hate helicopters."

Yes, the Left 4 Dead DLC has arrived and I have it, and played it! The idea of it is to bridge the gap between the end of original campaign 'No Mercy' - when you escape the roof of the hospital via helicopter, with the start of 'Death Toll.' Basically, the pilot of the chopper is infected and the copter crashes, leaving you with the usual problem of lots and lots of undead nasties trying to tear your limbs off.

First impressions... hmm, I haven't played Left 4 Dead for a while and I did find the two levels that make up this new campaign quite tough! The environments were quite sprawling and it was confusing knowing which way to go - I try to cast my mind back to when I first played the game and I guess it was the same back then when playing a new level, but I've played all the standard Left 4 Dead levels so many times now I know the layout completely.

I only played it on Single Player so I could get used to it, so I haven't tried it on Live yet and I haven't played Versus, which I think is where it will really come into it's own. I must admit I didn't really like the finale, it felt like the place to defend wasn't quite as well designed as the original levels - but I did like the fact you had to activate the generator twice, so couldn't rely on camping!

In the first level of the campaign, I got 2 witches and a tank! Harsh!

I will aim to have a go with actual live humans asap - oh, and I was playing on Normal and still died once! I really must be rusty!

Daily Guyswithiphones Pic 1

Ok, since there seems to be at least one hottie per day cropping up on Guyswithiphones, I might as well make it a daily feature! I'm quite liking the pierced nips on this guy - normally difficult to pull off. But he is a bit cocky looking. Mind you, with a bod like that, I guess it's justified!

Another Guyswithiphones Post

OK, OK so I am a little obsessed, but it's an easy thing to check daily on the phone in the morning.

This one I just had to share... very nice chest, don't you agree? I want pecs like this!!

Crash Course Has Landed! (Left 4 Dead)

So today the DLC expansion (that's downloadable content for all you non-geeks) was released for Left 4 Dead.

I will be downloading it probably on Thursday, off Xbox Live, and then having a good old crack. I haven't actually played L4D for a while so this will be a nice kick start in the run up to the release of Left 4 Dead 2 in November. Annoying that Xbox owners have to pay for this content when PC gamers are getting it for free, but such is life. I think it's only going to work out being about a fiver, and I'm sure to get hours of fun from it.

Can't wait to see what is in store for Zoey, Francis, Louis and Bill - let's lock 'n' load!

Oh Daddy!

You know you shouldn't, but sometimes you just see a pic and it's just hot/nasty/sexy. Perhaps it's all that extra testosterone I'm getting?

File under: random internet forum pic.

More Guys with iPhones

Well since my top 10 Guyswithiphones post, for some reason there's been a huge influx of hotties posting pics and they need to be seen!

I'm going out this evening but if I get home at a reasonable hour I'll post up a selection...

UPDATE

OK, so these are the late entries into the Guyswithiphones Hall of Fame (my own customised list, you understand). A good selection I hope you agree. It seems as time goes on, more and more guys are submitting their pics...which means more perving opportunities per day! Brilliant.

I've had this one. He's a screamer.

I've had this one too. Very kinky - into dirty talk, you know what I mean.

This one begged me but I turned him down. The shower curtain killed my buzz.

I had this one but he has a fatal problem - can't stop pulling his shorts off. You can't take him anywhere - especially not the library.

I had this one 3 times a day, every day, for a week. Then discarded him like a used tissue, he was a sad hollow husk of a hunk by the end. (P.s. this one is my fave but I heard he's not an amateur but a porn actor for Hot House - I think it's better when it's unknowns)

This one reminds me of someone facially, can't think who. I like the shape and proportions of his body, I think I will look similar to this given another few months of hard graft.

So there we have it, some more hand-picked hotties - who do you like?

The X Factor

OK so now the horrendously 'Britain's Got Talent'-style auditions are over, it's time to get interested in the X Factor!

However, I have to say that there's not that many of them I particularly like!

Boys

None of them particularly stand out for me, no idea really who will be picked for the live shows. I've seen Ethan in real life and he's very good looking, I liked his original audition too, so purely based on that I'd pick him for this category:

Girls

Again, none of them really stand out for me! I think they have ok voices but let's be honest, none of them is the next Leona/Alexandra! I suppose my pick is more to do with personality here, I think the blond Stacey Solomon is quite funny in a dippy, ditzy kind of way so I'll go for her.

Over 25s

I think this is the strongest group this year! They are all good singers and all have quite different voices and styles. The one I really don't like is Danyl. I think he's so over-the-top and really comes across as quite false, just too earnest. I wouldn't be surprised to see him go through but I don't like him! I like the guy with the afro, Jamie - I hope he gets through because I think he offers something a bit different. I also really like the guy that was in One True Voice, Daniel Pearce. I think he's a brilliant singer although he needs to ditch the dodgy mohawk, stat!

Groups

Don't rate any of them particularly. How those twins got through this far, I just don't know, but I won't be surprised to see them in the finals. They are rubbish singers, very very amateurish, immature idiots, talentless and rude. I think a couple of the girl groups are ok, but I don't fancy their chances as traditionally they don't do well!

Who do you like, and who is going to go through?

Some Pics

Just some randomly-selected hotness to rock your hard drive...
(Alex O Laughlin, Ben Cohen, Rav Wilding)

Street Meat

What is the polite ettiquette when you see a hunky and shirtless guy walking toward you?

Do you stare, as they obviously know what they are doing and like the attention? Or do you avert your eyes and have a few snatched, furtive glances?

I had this situation yesterday - was out shopping, a guy was walking in my direction with his top off (it was relatively warm but not really hot enough to justify it - wasn't complaining though!) and he had a really, really fit body. Muscular and well-built, lean enough to see abs but not scary-veiny-lean, and a nice dusting of light fur on his pecs and stomach. He was obviously a bit of a show-off and I admit, I looked.

Surely this is a mutually beneficial relationship? Symbiosis - we both get something out of it! Or probably I'm just a perve...