I hope you had a good Christmas break and I wish you a happy New Year.
Christmas at our house was excellent because it was my turn to host my two sons. The two boys are 11 (though nearly 12 as he points out) and 13 and they normally live with their mother near London, England.
They are pretty normal for 11 (Nearly 12!) and 13 year olds and into the sort of things you expect (i.e. Mentos and Diet Coke). High up on that list is music and so it should be no surprise that Christmas stockings contained a number of CDs.
CDs make a great a gift for them as unlike Play Station games, PSP games, DVDs or Videos there is no 'region' or NTSC/PAL issues. Remote control cars or other small electronics have problems with 110 volts/220 volts or plug pins so CDs work well as a gift. The only problem was the music or more precisely the contrast.
It’s a small complaint really as I didn't have to deal with deeply offensive gangsta rap or average pop bands. No punk and neither Hannah Montanna, no! I had to deal with one child discovering classic heavy metal and the other into the more mainstream end of Hip Hop. The days after Christmas, around the house and in the car, were a constant bone jarring jump from Led Zeppelin to Jay Z or Guns'N'Roses to Timberland. Now I did my time DJing and at no time in my life have I jumped from ‘Sweet Child of Mine’ into ‘The way I Are’. Don't get me wrong, both are fine just not together. It's like wearing leather trousers with a silk jacket. Could be worse of course and as they get older I'm sure it will. However, it was certainly a test.
Now where is that Aerosmitth/Run DMC track again??
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Bazza
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