UK Top 75 Singles (22/07/2007)

1 (1) Umbrella - Rihanna
2 (3) Foundations - Kate Nash
3 (4) The Way I Are - Timbaland
4 (2) Big Girls Don't Cry - Fergie
5 (7) Do You Know (The Ping Pong Song) - Enrique Iglesias
6 (8) Worried About Ray - The Hoosiers
7 (6) When You're Gone - Avril Lavigne
8 (12) Oh My God - Mark Ronson ft Lily Allen
9 (5) Fluorescent Adolescent - Arctic Monkeys
10 (9) Teenagers - My Chemical Romance
11 (10) Soulmate - Natasha Bedingfield
12 (New) Mr. Rock 'n' Roll - Amy McDonald
13 (16) Song 4 Mutya - Groove Armada ft Mutya Buena
14 (33) Big Girl (You Are Beautiful) - Mika
15 (11) Lovestoned - Justin Timberlake
16 (15) Beautiful Liar - Beyonce & Shakira
17 (13) Fans - Kings Of Leon
18 (New) Folding Stars - Biffy Clyro
19 (14) Like This - Kelly Rowland ft Eve
20 (New) What Time Is It? - High School Musical
21 (17) Torn On The Platform - Jack Penate
22 (20) Had Enough - The Enemy
23 (19) Bigger Than Big - Supermal
24 (18) Do It Again - Chemical Brothers
25 (28) Give It To Me - Timbaland ft Nelly Furtado & Justin Timberlake
26 (26) Cupid's Chokehold - Gym Class Heroes
27 (29) Say It Right - Nelly Furtado
28 (23) Heavyweight Champion Of The World - Reverend & The Makers
29 (27) Here (In Your Arms) - Hellogoodbye
30 (25) The Girls - Calvin Harris
31 (24) Lost Without U - Robin Thicke
32 (New) Same Girl - R. Kelly & Usher
33 (36) Real Girl - Mutya Buena
34 (31) It's Not Over Yet - Klaxons
35 (34) How To Save A Life - The Fray
36 (21) Any Dream Will Do - Lee Mead
37 (New) Counting Down The Days - Sunfreakz ft Andrea Britton
38 (46) Gotta Work - Amerie
39 (40) Makes Me Wonder - Maroon 5
40 (New) Nothing Changes Around Here - The Thrills
41 (60) Grace Kelly - Mika
42 (42) Generator - The Holloways
43 (37) Glamorous - Fergie
44 (35) Anonymous - Bobby Valentino
45 (New) Secret Sunday Lover - Ali Love
46 (32) Beggin' - Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons
47 (43) Never Again - Kelly Clarkson
48 (56) The Take Over, The Breaks Over - Fall Out Boy
49 (49) Shine - Take That
50 (New) Tell Me Where It Hurts - Garbage
51 (41) Smokers Outside The Hospital Doors - Editors
52 (48) Don't Matter - Akon
53 (39) 4 In The Morning - Gwen Stefani
54 (44) Chasing Cars - Snow Patrol
55 (55) Ruby - Kaiser Chiefs
56 (61) Love Today - Mika
57 (45) NYC Beat - ArmandVan Helden
58 (52) People Help The People - Cherry Ghost
59 (57) Girlfriend - Avril Lavigne
60 (70) What I've Done - Linkin Park
61 (63) Standing In The Way Of Control - The Gossip
62 (51) Over My Head (Cable Car) - The Fray
63 (50) Icky Thump - The White Stripes
64 (30) Selfish Jean - Travis
65 (New) Shut Up And Drive - Rihanna
66 (47) Sexual Healing - Alibi & Rockefeller
67 (68) The Sweet Escape - Gwen Stefani
68 (22) Hunting For Witches - Bloc Party
69 (66) Destination Calabria - Alex Gaudino ft Crystal Waters
70 (New) Hey There Delilah - Plain White T's
71 (59) Acceptable In The 80s - Calvin Harris
72 (Re) Rehab - Amy Winehouse
73 (New) Passchendaele - Good Books
74 (69) Patience - Take That
75 (New) Love Is Gone - David Guetta

Money Is Never Intended For Any Plans Made

It's been a busy time over the past wee while. Pay has been relatively good this month and I had the best plans made with what to do with it. It funny though that when you seem to be getting somewhere, something else comes along and pulls the rug from under your feet. My initial plan was to buy a taptop computer for my DJ business, essentially upgrading to a digital dj instead of the '2 decks & a mixer' set-up. The money was just about there but in a sudden twist my sky box in the bedroom has broken down and I'm now £65 out of pocket for an engineer and I know it'll be costing me more cos it ain't a software problem. The bloody thing just refuses to switch on so I can see me having to pay for another new box on-top of the call out charge. Bye bye laptop, it was a good dream while it lasted! With a bit of luck there'll be a little of my hard earned cash left so maybe a new bike could be bought since the current one's given up the ghost.

There is a bit of a treat I've already given myself though. I decided to get a new mobile phone. It didn't cost me anything apart from a new 18 month contract so I'm now the proud owner of a Nokia N95. Haven't had much chance to use it as I'm waiting on my current number being transferred over. Hopefully that'll be sorted by the end of this week.

On the music front. I had enquiries for gigs at Christmas both were in 15th December. Unfortunately I'm flying out to Australia on the 13th. Or well I'm supposed to be. Joseph's thinking we'll need around £2,500 each for the trip and neither of us have got that kind of cash lying around. Joseph was hinting on forgetting the whole thing but I've told him not to give up without trying first. I'll have a better reliance on dj gigs provided I pass my driving test next month. If that's successful then I've no worries on the cash front. I might even be able to pay for both of us with a bit of hard work, exhausting but worth it.

UK Top 75 Singles (15/07/2007)

1 (1) Umbrella - Rihanna
2 (8) Big Girls Don't Cry - Fergie
3 (2) Foundations - Kate Nash
4 (6) The Way I Are - Timbaland
5 (23) Fluorescent Adolescent - Arctic Monkeys
6 (3) When You're Gone - Avril Lavigne
7 (4) Do You Know (The Ping Pong Song) - Enrique Iglesias
8 (5) Worried About Ray - The Hoosiers
9 (16) Teenagers - My Chemical Romance
10 (7) Soulmate - Natasha Bedingfield
11 (12) Lovestoned - Justin Timberlake
12 (20) Oh My God - Mark Ronson ft Lily Allen
13 (54) Fans - Kings Of Leon
14 (10) Like This - Kelly Rowland ft Eve
15 (14) Beautiful Liar - Beyonce & Shakira
16 (53) Song 4 Mutya - Groove Armada ft Mutya Buena
17 (11) Torn On The Platform - Jack Penate
18 (13) Do It Again - Chemical Brothers
19 (New) Bigger Than Big - Supermal ft Luciana
20 (17) Had Enough - The Enemy
21 (9) Any Dream Will Do - Lee Mead
22 (New) Hunting For Witches - Bloc Party
23 (15) Heavyweight Champion Of The World - Reverend & The Makers
24 (19) Lost Without U - Robin Thicke
25 (18) The Girls - Calvin Harris
26 (21) Cupid's Chokehold - Gym Class Heroes
27 (29) Here (In Your Arms) - Hellogoodbye
28 (27) Give It To Me - Timbaland ft Nelly Furtado & Justin Timberlake
29 (26) Say It's Right - Nelly Furtado
30 (New) Selfish Jean - Travis
31 (22) It's Not Over Yet - Klaxons
32 (73) Beggin' - Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons
33 (69) Big Girl - Mika
34 (39) How To Save A Life - The Fray
35 (25) Anonymous - Bobby Valentino
36 (30) Real Girl - Mutya Buena
37 (36) Glamorous - Fergie
38 (Re) Best Of You - Foo Fighters
39 (24) 4 In The Morning - Gwen Stefani
40 (38) Makes Me Wonder - Maroon 5
41 (28) Smokers Outside The Hospital Doors - Editors
42 (41) Generator - The Holloways
43 (33) Never Again - The Holloways
44 (60) Chasing Cars - Snow Patrol
45 (51) NYC Beat - Armand Van Helden
46 (New) Gotta Work - Amerie
47 (34) Sexual Healing - Alibi vs Rockefeller
48 (45) Don't Matter - Akon
49 (37) Shine - Take That
50 (42) Icky Thump - The White Stripes
51 (43) Over My Head (Cable Car) - The Fray
52 (46) People Help The People - Cherry Ghost
53 (New) Clean Up Your Eyes - Dykeenies
54 (New) We Get Wrecked - Hamfatter
55 (50) Ruby - Kaiser Chiefs
56 (48) The Take Over, The Breaks Over - Fall Out Boy
57 (55) Girlfriend - Avril Lavigne
58 (Re) Times Like These - Foo Fighters
59 (74) Acceptable In The 80s - Calvin Harris
60 (62) Grace Kelly - Mika
61 (63) Love Today - Mika
62 (32) I'll Be Missing You - Puff Daddy ft Faith Evans
63 (Re) Standing In The Way Of Control - The Gossip
64 (68) Shine - Booty Luv
65 (Re) Hang Me Up To Dry - Cold War Kids
66 (Re) Destination Calabria - Alex Gaudino ft Crystal Waters
67 (New) This Old Town - Paul Weller & Graham Coxon
68 (Re) The Sweet Escape - Gwen Stefani
69 (47) Patience - Take That
70 (Re) What I've Done - Linkin Park
71 (Re) Everything - Michael Buble
72 (40) Ice Cream - New Young Pony Club
73 (44) It's Not About You - Scouting For Girls
74 (49) Smile - Lily Allen
75 (75) Because Of You - Ne-Yo

WESTENDPOET's DANCE CHART w/e 15/07/2007

01 (01) KLEERUP ft ROBYN – With Every Heartbeat (Tong & Spoon Remix)
02 (02) BEYONCE – Greenlight (Freemasons Remix)
03 (10) CHRIS LAKE ft EMMA HEWITT – Carry Me Away
04 (03) YVES LAROCK – Rise Up (Vandalism Remix)
05 (05) DISCO FREAKS – Take Me To The Sun
06 (NE) JAMES KANKANDE – You You You (Alex Gaudino & Jerma Remix)
07 (04) SUNFREAKZ ft ANDREA BRITTON – Counting Down The Days (Fonzerelli Remix)
08 (06) ARMAND VAN HELDEN – I Want Your Soul (Original/TV Rock Mixes)
09 (NE) AXWELL – I Found You (TV Rock Remix)
10 (NE) FONZERELLI – Spirit
11 (NE) EARTH WIND & FIRE – Boogie Wonderland (Bimbo Jones Remix)
12 (09) MARK RONSON ft LILY ALLEN – Oh My God (Chris Lake Remix)
13 (13) CRW – I Feel Love (P.H.A.T.T. Remix)
14 (RE) JOSH WINK – Higher State Of Consciousness 2007 (TV Rock & Dirty South Remix)
15 (17) RIHANNA – Umbrella (Haji & Emanuel Remix)
16 (NE) THE CLICK – Mezmerized (Danny Dove & Steve Smart Remix)
17 (11) TURBOFUNK – Gotta Move (Trent Cantrelle & Chris Cox Remix)
18 (NE) BOOTYLUV – Don’t Mess With My Man (Thomas Gold Remix)
19 (16) ALIBI Vs ROCKERFELLER – Sexual Healing (Freemasons Remix)
20 (24) INFERNAL – I Won’t Be Crying
21 (12) CHEMICAL BROTHERS – Do It Again
22 (14) TIESTO ft CHRISTIAN BURNS – In The Dark
23 (NE) OUT OF OFFICE – Hands Up (Kurd Maverick Remix)
24 (22) DOGZILLA – Frozen (Vocal Mix)
25 (28) MATIJN TEN VELDEN – I Wish You Would
26 (26) JUST JACK – Writer’s Block (Thomas Gold Remix)
27 (NE) FRANKIE VALLI & THE FOUR SEASONS – Beggin’ (Pilooski Mix)
28 (27) IDA CORR Vs FEDDE LE GRAND – Let Me Think About It
29 (30) DAVE SPOON ft LISA MAFIA – Bad Girl At Night
30 (NE) BODYROX ft LUCIANA – What Planet U On

T In The Park

It only happens once a year but it never gets any easier. The madness that is transporting thousands of music fans to Scotland's biggest festival got underway at work today. The weather was merciless but it didn't seem to dampen the spirits of those waiting up to 2 hours for a bus to the festival site. The queue stratched at one point from the gate at North Hanover Street all the way back to Spar on Port Dundas Road!

Inside, we were extremely busy with more enquiries rather than sales which makes me suspect that we'll take a hammering tomorrow morning.

In the meantime, this is how the Evening Times reported the start of the mass migration to Balado:


RAIN has failed to dampen the spirits of hundreds of music fans leaving Glasgow today for Scotland's biggest rock festival.
Despite having to pack their wellies for what is predicted to be a wet weekend, those with the gold-dust T in the Park tickets just didn't care.
All they hoped was there was less rain than at the washout Glastonbury two weeks ago.
Revellers were at Buchanan Bus Station from around 7am to begin the long bus journey to the festival site at Balado, near Kinross, Perthshire.


Scattered showers are expected today and tomorrow but Sunday should be drier and brighter. It will be mild with temperatures an average of 16C (60F).
Much excitement surrounds tonight's big opening - the first three-day affair in the festival's history - and the Arctic Monkeys are headlining on the main stage.
Security is being stepped up at the site throughout the weekend in the wake of last week's terror attacks.
A total of 80,000 revellers are expected to attend. From today about 60,000 campers can also enjoy other acts such as Lily Allen, The Coral and Bloc Party.
Another 20,000 ticketholders will join the festival fun tomorrow.
Tomorrow, American rockers The Killers take to the main stage to rock fans, jointly headlining with Razorlight.
Sunday will see Glasgow band The Fratellis entertain the crowd along with another Scots favourite, Paolo Nutini.
US pop outfit the Scissor Sisters will also play to revellers on the main stage before Glasgow-based Snow Patrol bring the event to a close.
A total of 35,000 tickets were snapped up the day after last year's festival, and another 40,000, which went on sale in February, sold out in 40 minutes.
Meanwhile, festivalgoers are being warned to drink plentry of water during the music marathon.
Scottish Water will make sure that revellers stay hydrated with plentiful supplies of water.

Westendpoet Moves to Blogger

Hi folks, welcome along to The World of Westendpoet on Blogger. For those of you who are regular readers of my site on AOL you'll know generally what to expect. Life is full of changes and the move from AOL to here should be seen in the same light as moving house. Same person, same stuff, new location! For those of you reading for the first time, welcome aboard!

To kick things off, I'll start with posting a couple of catch-up posts from my AOL blog which can currently be found at http://journals.aol.co.uk/westendpoet/dailydiary

The AOL blog has been running for over two years but will be wound down over the next few weeks and this very page will be its full replacement. So while we are here, store my new home in your favourites: http://westendpoet.blogspot.com

Enjoy the ride!