Winter Esential Listening 2k11 Edition

So i suppose it's about that time again, With winter in full swing here, Snow?! The fuck?
I'm going to give you a few tunes to help warm the insides, get the vocal chords working and the DJ fingers moving, Like usual, Youtube links + a Brief bio will be included.

Professor Green - At Your Invonvenience - Coming off his anticipated album of the same name (released 31st October) this tune is a brilliant listen, Inner London Grime music mixed with Hip-Hop. I expect big things from this album, and am hoping his ass will come for a tour soon!

Example - Changed The Way You Kissed Me - Following the same vibe, with a slightly more upbeat/dance feel to it, is the first single from Examples forthcoming Album - Playing In The Shadows - Described as a Jump up song, it is hard to keep your body still when this tunes comes on. The Video was also shot in the Ministry Of Sound Club in London, Short of Fabric, Cable and the O2 Academy it has one of the best Sound systems in the game. Also From this Album - Example - Stay Awake & Laidback Luke Vs Example - Natural Disaster. Big Things Expected Once Again.

The Prototypes - Born To Rise - I don't think i have done one of these without including these boys, Still insanely pissed i missed them during their Australian Tour (Even if it was on Garvey ;)), Expected for Release on September 5th, This is going to be my Anthem of the Summer, Potentially Toppling End Credits as my Favorite Song! (We shall see).

Avicii & Sebastien Drums - My Feelings for you - Jump Up, get down, party hard. Whatever i don't give a crap, this song is legit, Remixed by the Prototypes  the original version is still Tops!. Also Big Up to Avicii, Getting Co-credited on that Leona Lewis song will be HUUUGE for you!

Cut Copy - Lights & Music - Now for all my RnV Peeps, I have a sneaky Suspicion you bitches wont have heardo f Cut Copy, and if you have, Well frankly i applaud your taste in Music! For Australians these boys are fucking brilliant! Having Released a new album at the start of the Year, i am hoping to see many more tunes of these boys Hitting my Essential Listening posts.

Calvin Harris - Feel So Close - Well, possibly thee best act so far on the RnV lineup (Aside from Netsky). An act i have been wanting to see for many years, since  first saw him in Dizzie Rascals music video. I have a feeling that my life will end if this set is missed by me at RnV. He has another album dropping this year or next, so keep an eye out for it!

Dope D.O.D - What Happened - With the best of Both Grimy Dubstep and Hip Hop, these gents from what i think is Holland are, excuse the pun, Dope as fuck.The editing on this Video is possibly the best i have ever seen. Their Lines are sick as well. Their EP, was released this month, and i suggest you hit that shit up!

Loadstar - Berlin - Well While making this list i am Jamming to the Hospital Records Podcast #150, this tune popped up and i lost my shit, no jokes, It went all over the mother fucking place. Hit it up!

Rhythm And Vines - First Lineup Announcment - Ahh Fuck it, it's not a song, but just a fucking good time! It will be so legit!

Nero - Guilt - Such a bit Dance floor banger! Such a huge shame that their album got leaked how it did, Which of course is always a shame to those of us who don't download music Illegally. But yeah, This song is good to put anyone in a dance state of mind. UKF's - Megamix of the Album.

Maverick Sabre - I Need - Ahh yet another piece of amazing music, Has many soul vibes to it, Sorta like Plan B but a lot less ruthless. He also has a forthcoming album, to which i don't know the name, and well only a few people do. Watch this guy rise up and clean up the Charts over there in England.

Aloe Blacc - I Need a Dollar - Posting just because i love the song.

DJ Fresh - Ft. Sian Evans - Louder. - Just Appreciate.

The Clash - London Calling - Yeaaaahhh, the Golden Oldie, Given the recent problems in London i thought, fuck it. How is this not relevant?

And Finally, A song i can't stand. But am posting anyways so i can include her name in the Tags and therefore get more views.
Cher Lloyd - Swagger Jagger - Fuck off you pikey bitch. (That is all) Wait, Fucking shit music hoebagIlluminatislut. There now i am done.

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History 112.

To whom it may concern,

I am writing to you today to discuss why the allocation of funds for the new publicly funded statue should be put towards a statue of Captain James Cook for the work he did upon discovery and eventual mapping and exploration of New Zealand.

James Cook Born in 1728 and was an English navigator, cartographer and explorer. He joined the British merchant navy in his teenage years and later went on to join the Royal navy when he was 27.[1] During his time in the navy he rose through to the eventual rank of Captain and charge of the HMS Endeavour and eventual charting of New Zealand.

His first voyage was aboard the HMS Endeavour, a joint venture between the Royal navy and the Royal Society.[2] This voyage set out with the intention of observe the 1769 transit of Venus and to seek evidence of and find, explore and chart the unknown southern land. For this voyage Cook Had been promoted to lieutenant and given charge of the HMS Endeavour,[3]  He was not promoted to the Rank of commander until shortly after his eventual return in 1771.[4] On this voyage, which had been sanctioned by King George the second, he successfully claimed some pacific islands for the British Empire, Huahine, Borabora and Raiatea, before setting course for New Zealand.

James Cook and the crew of the HMS endeavour spent nearly six months navigating and charting New Zealand, which he had been told to do in secret instructions given to him before departure, which had remained sealed until the first part of the voyage had been completed. [5] It was these instructions that he was told to proceed south until he found landmass, which had previously identified as New Zealand, and continue on to find the other continent that was rumoured to be in the area, described as the “Southern unknown” (now known as Australia). Although he had not been the first person to make landfall at New Zealand, as he had been beaten by Able Tasman who arrived nearly 130 years prior to him and the Maori who had arrived a further 600 years prior to that, he made some discoveries, in the six months he diligently navigated and mapped New Zealand that Able Tasman had not. He discovered that there was a stretch of water separating the North and South Islands. Although he made mistakes during this time, for example labelling Banks Peninsula as an Island and thinking that Stewart Island was part of the South Island, it can be said that his journey around New Zealand was expertly done before he departed to continue his voyage.

When he returned to England he was promoted to the rank of Commander, and was once again commissioned by the Royal Society to search for the ‘Unknown land of the south’ which he was unable to find during his first voyage. During this Voyage he once again circum navigated New Zealand and determined that it was not part of any larger continent. After determining this he sailed further east in search of it, where he stumbled upon Norfolk Island. It was after his return from this Voyage that he was promoted to the rank of Captain and was given an honorary retirement from the navy. During this Voyage he landed in New Zealand and traded with the Maori, this was beneficial for both parties, as they were eager to trade items, knowledge and ideals and values, much of this trade was facilitated by the pacific contact that Cook had Tupaia. [6] However, it was not always a pleasurable outcome when the two groups met, with the language and culture barrier often to leading to clashes and deaths between the two. Cooks first landing was in 1769 in what would become to be known as Poverty Bay, named Poverty back because of the lack of food and resources that were found there. After leaving this area Cook and his men left to find another place, later names Bay of Plenty because of the plentiful amount of resources.[7]  In the days before this Voyage, Cooks first child, George was born. [8] After his return in 1175 he was promoted to the rank of Captain, and given an honorary retirement, something he did not want, and only took under the condition that if the opportunity to lead another voyage arose, that he have first rights to it. [9]

This opportunity arose in 1176, when Captain James Cook was 48. On this voyage he captained the HMS Resolution for the second time, Whereas the first two voyages had been to seek and claim the great southern unknown, this was about finding the northwest passage, a shipping route at the tip of the Canadian coast line, which connects the Pacific and Atlantic oceans, drastically lowering the time it would take to trade goods with Asia.[10]  During this Voyage he once again returned to New Zealand, however only briefly before setting of for to find the passage. On this stretch of the journey he was the first European settler to discover Hawaii, as well as charting the entire American coastline up to the Bering Strait, he however found the Northern passage to be impassable through frequent attempts. [11] After these unsuccessful attempts as passing the passage he returned to Hawaii in 1779 and landed at Kealakakua Bay, where he returned a month later after another unsuccessful attempt.

It was in this bay that Captain James Cook met his untimely death,  after going ashore to retrieve stolen property, some small boats stolen by the natives of the island, he was struck on the head as he turned to leave the island then repeatedly stabbed to death as he lay in the surf.[12] His body was held in high regard by the natives, who had believed him to be an incarnation of their god Juno. [1][1] His body underwent the funeral rituals that were present in the Hawaiian culture at the time. He was aged 50 at the time of his death.

It is because of these aforementioned achievements that I propose the public funds be directed towards a monument to Captain James Cook, located overlooking Cook’s Strait on the hills of Wellington New Zealand. This is an honour that would be bestowed onto a great man who did so much for New Zealand in the time he spent Charting and exploring it.

Yours Sincerely

Jack Daniel Adams.

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[1] Vanessa Collingridge, Captain Cook: The Life and Death of Historys Greatest Explorer, London: Ebury, 2002.

[2] James Cook, Journal of the HMS Endeavour, 1768-1771; Available from http://nla.gov.au/nla.ms-ms1, Accessed 6^th August 2011.

[3] Nigel Rigby & Pieter Van Der. Merwe, Captain Cook in the Pacific, London: National Maritime museum, 2002, pp.30.

[4] Richard Hough, Captain James Cook, London: Auckland [N.Z]: Hodder & Stoughton, 1994, pp.217.

[5] Ed Hawke, Piercy Brett, C. Spencer, Secret Instructions to Captain Cook, 1768, Available from http://foundingdocs.gov.au/resources/transcripts/nsw1_doc_1768.pdf, Accessed 6^th August 2011.

[6] Merate Kawharu, Cook, Tupaia and Maori, 2011, Available from http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/empire_seapower/cook_tupaia_maori_01.shtml, Accessed on 7^th August 2011.

[7] Robert Fisher, Hugh James, Morton Johnstone, Captain James Cook and His Times, Vancouver: Taylor & Francis, 1979.

[8] Steve Amezdroz, Cook “Obsession and Discovery”, New Zealand, 2007.

[9] John C. Beaglehole, The Life of Captain James Cook, London: A. and C. Black, 1974, pp.444

[10] Frederick William Beechy, Narrative of a voyage to the Pacific and Beering's Strait: to co-operate with the Polar expeditions : performed in His Majesty's Ship Blossom, under the command of Captain F.W. Beechey, R.N. ... in the years 1825,26,27,28, 1832, Philadelphia: Carey & Lea.

[11] Gananath Obeyseskere, The Apotheosis of Captain Cook: European Mythmaking in the pacific, Princeton University Press, 1997.

[12] J. C. Beaglehole, The Death of Captain James Cook, Wellington: New Zealand Electronic Text Centre, 2007, p.290.