I think when University starts back up next week it'll be a hell of a shock to my system. During term time my tutoring uptake effectively doubles and I give guitar, bass, piano, voice and music theory lessons to fellow students at the University, as well as my usual cast of kids in the local community -- generally I have 14 hours of tuition a week. I'm also a waiter in restaurant in evenings for about 12 hours a week and I have just been offered a job in a music store in Glasgow at another 16 hours a week. 42 working hours a week, on top of a full time Masters course at University -- it doesn't bear thinking about. 
 
Anyone else suffering on a similar boat? More over, does anyone have any advice for juggling such a life?

I said goodbye to nearly 15 years of my gaming life this morning. After being a PlayStation owner from the age of 4, I have had the controller's iconic mapping of buttons imprinted into my brain for over a decade. In 2006, I made a jump to the 360 and would always associate in my head that A = X, B = O.. etc etc.  
 
Alas, I turned on my PS3 today and booted up the inFAMOUS demo for the first time since it went up (no idea why it has taken me so long to try it) and I was told that to use the 'Push' technique I am to hold R1 and push X. A bad dude advanced and I held R1 and pushed X and lo and behold, I threw a grenade. Baffled? I sure was.  
 
Turns out the combination for grenade throw is R1 + Square, and Square is where 'X' would be mapped on an Xbox 360 controller.  
 
So yeah, after over a decade, Microsoft have rewired my psychology and now I sit here in a cold sweat with visions of me never being able to properly co-ordinate my hands to game ever again.  
 
Fuck you Microsoft and your awesome pad. I feel like I've lost a child.  
 
DAMN YOU. DAMN YOU ALL TO HELL!

It's August 28th, and birthday of a good friend who's into his Classic Rock a little too much - which ain't necessarily a bad thing either!
 
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Today's playlist includes: 

• Eagles
• Skid Row
• Boston 
• The Who 
• Kansas
• Guns N' Roses

 
Enjoy!               
  
Lashe's Daily Spotify Playlist, 28/08/09 - Classic Rock / Happy Birthday Graeme

Hey guys, been doing this for a while now on my Facebook - decided to bring it to Twitter and Giantbomb for anyone interested. Just a daily playlist lasting no more than about 30 minutes - nice to break up your day with some new sounds!
 
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With my friend's birthday looming tomorrow, it dawned on me that I was in my last official year of being a teenager. As such, I decided to regress into my early-teen style and reminisce over some wonderful Power Metal.
 
Today's playlist includes: 

• Sum 41
• Demons & Wizards
• Iron Maiden
• Hammerfall
• Stratovarius
• Elvenking
• Blind Guardian 

 
Enjoy!     
 
  Lashe's Daily Spotify Playlist, 27/08/09 - Power Metal

Hey guys, been doing this for a while now on my Facebook - decided to bring it to Twitter and Giantbomb for anyone interested. Just a daily playlist lasting no more than about 30 minutes - nice to break up your day with some new sounds!
 
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Today's playlist includes Singer/Songwriters from yesteryear, generally sticking to the 60s/70s. 
 
Today's playlist includes: 

• Bob Dylan
• Neil Young
• Richard Thompson
• John Martyn
• Roy Harper
• Nick Drake 
• Paul Simon

 
Enjoy!      
  
 Lashe's Daily Spotify Playlist, 25/08/09 - Singer/Songwriters