therealphilbrown.com: May 2009

Friday, 29 May 2009

lrlrl

a free coldplay album to download at lrlrl.coldplay.com. whoop

Wednesday, 27 May 2009

Ben

interviewer:	so what qualifications can ewe offer this flock?
sheep:	well, although I'm certainly by no means the most academically qualified, I really am a 'sheep sheep'.

"if Christ has not been raised, our preaching is useless and so is your faith. More than that, we are then found to be false witnesses about God, for we have testified about God that he raised Christ from the dead... And if Christ has not been raised, ...you are still in your sins"

- the bible

so am I lying to you? have I got it wrong? as a guy called Clive once said,

"Christianity, if false, is of no importance, and if true, of infinite importance. The only thing it cannot be is moderately important"

Saturday, 23 May 2009

Yael

currently enjoying Yael Naim.

Friday, 22 May 2009

you

so it's over to you. in light the fact that my two recent songs, 'Plague Tonight' and '40 Years Time', were both Jewish (-ish), I thought I should perhaps branch out into other 'religions'...

two ideas based around the Cornershop classic, 'Brimful of Asha', include the lyrics:

'brimful of allah, only 72' - on the subject of white raisins, or
'everybody needs a buddah for a pillow, everbody needs a buddah'...

your ideas?

Wednesday, 20 May 2009

overview

a pretty simple bible overview

Tuesday, 19 May 2009

plague

Plague Tonight - Jewish Eyed Cherry

Go on and close the curtains

‘Cause all we need’s menorah light

Unleavened bread ...and a bottle of wine

Sleeping in our shoes tonight

Well we know that we’re going away

and how I’m glad I’m quittin’ my job

I never liked …that slavery

Say goodbye to misery

Plague tonight

All the way ‘til dawn

Come tomorrow

Pharaoh will be gone

Plague tonight

All the way ‘til dawn

Come tomorrow

Pharaoh will be gone

There's some dough on the fire

And you can smell it’s got no yeast

We’ve killed a lamb, as required

Eating our Passover feast

It ain't easy to say goodbye

Darling please don't start to cry

‘Cause girl you know we've got to go, oh

Moses said that it was so

Stay inside

Lamb blood on the door

Stay inside

He’s killing the firstborn

Stay inside

Lamb blood on the door

Stay inside

He’s killing the firstborn

Tomorrow comes we’re goin’ away

To the desert, far from slaver-ay

Girl you know we've got to go, oh

Moses said that it was so

Stay inside

Lamb’s blood on your door

Stay inside (/Genocide)

He’s killing the firstborn

Stay inside

Lamb’s blood on your door

Stay inside (/Infanticide)

He’s killing the firstborn

Stay inside

‘Til the break of dawn

Come tomorrow

Tomorrow you’ll be gone

Stay inside

‘Til the break of dawn

Come tomorrow

Tomorrow you’ll be gone

Tomorrow you’ll be gone...

40

40 Years Time - Jonah and the Ark

Oh, well in five years time we could be in the desert still

And we’ll be there thirty more if it be God’s will

So let’s head down to the taber-nacle and kill

Another bull on the altar, let its blood spill

And there'll be blood, blood, blood

All on the altar and blood, blood, blood

All down the sides and there'll be blood, blood, blood

On priestly garments and blood, blood, blood

So what the heck

'Cos we'll be trying our hardest not to choke

As the tent gets filled with billows of smoke

We’ll be pouring our libations out as is the routine

'Cos it's what we need to be ceremonially clean

But it was fun, fun, fun

Our sacrificing it was fun, fun, fun

Those burnt offerings it was fun, fun, fun

Those grain offerings it was fun, fun, fun

Oh it was fun

Oh, well I'll look at you and say I think your ephod looks cool

I'll say, "That onyx on your breastplate, or some other jewel?"

And you'll say, "Yeah, well I feel, oh, a pretty happy Jew

With my Urim and my Thummim, just kicking back with you”

And it'll be love, love, love

But not unbiblically and love, love, love

Yeah not like that and it’ll be love, love, love

All on the altar and love, love, love

All down the sides

And though the turban’s replaced the tefillin on my head

I'll be thinking ‘bout the Torah and unleavened bread

And I know that really, all this blood can’t save

But in my mind I've got faith one day the debt’ll be paid

Oh, in five years time we might still be here

In five years time could be in Canaan

Oh, in five years time might be in Lebanon

In five years time we might have read the map wrong

Oh, there'll be love, love, love

Pillar of cloud and there'll be love, love, love

Or one of fire and there’ll be love, love, love

Both day and night time there’ll be love, love, love

Wherever we go there’ll be love.

Sunday, 17 May 2009

Joe

_{thanks to Joe for this one:}

Based on actual conversations.

> Are these your pervert binoculars, Ben?

> No, they're my Dad's.

Laughter.

facebook

today I 'left' facebook.

I say 'left', 'cos I didn't delete my account just yet, for the sake of keeping in touch with people. 'messages' and the like should get forwarded to me, so hopefully this won't put me out of touch with the world.

Reasons for doing it, though, are twofold. (Win. I used the word twofold in a sentence...)

Firstly, I waste time on facebook - and don't want to waste time. There are much better things I should be doing than stalking strangers/browsing photos, like actually replying to my emails and real-life conversation with people!

Secondly, it's just too much of a temptation for me. A few friends have some nude/semi-nude photos up, and I can do without another temptation to look at porn.

Hope you're not offended by the fact I've 'left'! As I say, do please keep in touch! My email address is on my profile, or you can probably click somewhere on here to find one that might work. Who knows.

Friday, 15 May 2009

gone

listen on spotify here:

http://open.spotify.com/track/4o6oRDZ4Ii5ckNUABnvmhq

"...She said he said live like no tomorrow

Every day we borrow brings us

one step closer to the edge, (infinity

Where's your treasure, where's your hope

if you get the world and lose your soul?)

She pretends like she pretends like she's immortal

...Today will soon be

Gone, like yesterday is gone

Like history is gone

The world keeps spinning on

You're going, going, gone

Like summer break is gone,

Like saturday is gone

Just try to prove me wrong

You pretend like you're immortal.

We are not infinite

We are not permanent

Nothing is immediate

We're so confident

In our accomplishments

Look at our decadence

Gone, like Frank Sinatra, like Elvis and his mom,

Like Al Pachino's cash, nothing lasts in this life

Gone, my high school dreams are gone,

my childhood sweets are gone

Life is a day that doesn't last for long.

Life is more than money, time was never money

Time was never cash, life is still more than girls.

Life is more than hundred dollar bills and roto-tom fills,

Life is more than fame and rock and roll and thrills,

All the riches of the kings end up in wills

We've got information in the information age but do

We know what life is outside of our convenient Lexus cages?

She said he said live like no tomorrow

Every moment that we borrow brings us closer

to the God who's not short of cash

Hey Bono, I'm glad you asked

Life is still worth living, life is more than what we are..."

Thursday, 14 May 2009

prize

people with exams;

eyes on the prize!

Wednesday, 13 May 2009

thoughts

today, in true Phil Brown faffing style, I put this together:

...it's a book I'm reading called 'Thoughts for Young Men" by J.C. Ryle.

it's good.

Tuesday, 12 May 2009

heart II

following on from a previous post...

Oh the world

Still decieves you as it turns

Well in my weakest moments I could see

Oh that the heart may be

The weakest part of me

- from "Jocasta" by Noah And The Whale

Monday, 11 May 2009

adamantium

Adamantium: a fictional man-made metal alloy, frequently described in Marvel Comics as being "virtually indestructible".

...but what if the writers had chosen famous pop artists other than Adam Ant to name this material? how well do you think the following would have gone down...