The Cosmic Banditos by A.C.Weisbecker

Ok, it's 4am and I've just finished reading my favourite book in the whole world ( well, joint favourite really, as The Persian Boy is right up there with it. Only, you can't really compare the two - they're worlds apart! ). I can't remember how many times I've read this book - but it's a lot! And I decided I want to talk about it a bit :)

For those of you who have just groaned and thought 'oh no, book review', then I strongly suggest you get yourself a copy of this book! I guarantee you'll be blogging about it yourselves a few days later. Love it, or hate it, The Cosmic Banditos will take you on a road trip you'll never forget!


The story itself, to be fair, is pretty kooky, and I would say approaching it with an open mind is essential, lol. It's probably not for the easily offended. Not that it sets out to be offensive. Also, if you're lost, bored, confused ( or offended, lol ) after the first few pages - stop reading!

But, if, like me, you're immediately intrigued, then fasten your seatbelts for one hell of a ride. You'll fall in love with a host of hilarious characters, including a down on his luck, intellectual pot smuggler, a dog called High Pockets, and the unforgetable bandito, José.

The story really kicks in when José and his contrabandista buddies rob a family of tourists. This begins a chain of events, which takes our heroes on an epic quest across Mexico and America, for the meaning of life itself! They cause havoc and destruction wherever they go, each disaster usually larger than the last, and twice as hilarious!

This book has everything from quantum physics to drug fuelled outrageousness, and I don't know what else to say about it, except - buy it and read it!

Gorgeous Twins!

Just a quick post to say - OMFG - how gorgeous do the twins look! Lol. Two pics have surfaced of Tokio Hotel's new 2010 Calendar - and the twins look stunning ( well, they all do! ). Ok, people were a bit miffed by the picture Nokia used, but this will immediately erase any concerns anyone may have had about their 'new look'. ( And if it doesn't - people must be blind! ) Anyway, I'm gonna shut up now and just post the evidence. Sorry they aren't the greatest quality pics - but enjoy! ( PS ... is Bill wearing tartan trousers in one of those pics? Please let him be wearing tartan trousers, lol. I so want to see that! )

Richie Nickel

Richie Nickel, in his own words, is an International Fashionista, socialite and style icon and I've wanted to do a post about him for a while now. He's just someone I really admire, and as a bonus, he's too cute for words!

Online, he's mostly known for his You Tube channel - What Style is to Nickel. On it, he talks about the things he loves most - make up, personal style, beauty products, accessories, hair and style in general. I can't reccomend his videos enough! You don't have to be obsessed with make up and fashion to enjoy them. I wear very little make up, but I still find the videos really interesting and useful. And I guarentee you will love Richie :) He's an absolute joy to watch!

You can also ...

Follow him on Twitter

Add him on Facebook

Read his Blog

Another really cool thing Richie does is Blog TV. Every Tuesday night at 9pm, he'll be going live on Blog Tv so that you can log in and ask him any questions you might have. I watched his last episode - great fun :) You can use the button below to find his channel, and there's some old videos there for you to watch if Richie is going live at the time.

Ok, well, that's all the links I think I have. Now let's get to the best part - PIC SPAM!!! Here you'll see why I said he's a cutie!

ST Assignment and Twitter Fanaction

ST Assignment

As you know, the new Tokio Hotel album 'Humanoid' will be released 'worldwide' in October. Unfortunately, we are still not sure if this includes the UK. In fact, it seems that it won't be released here at that time.

Tokio Hotel have now opened comments on the news section of their website. So I implore you to please head to the official UK homepage and leave a comment asking when the album will be released and asking for it to be released here. We'd like to see as many UK fans commenting on there as possible so that they see we want the album!

Go comment!!! Tokio Hotel UK Homepage

Twitter Fanaction

Twitter fanaction - Help Tokio Hotel into the trending topics on Twitter! Tomorrow, Friday 24th July, at 6pm GMT (which is 7pm British Standard Time) Tokio Hotel fans around the world will be posting from their Twitter accounts using the hashtags #humanoid and #tokiohotel

Please participate and help us get Tokio Hotel's new album noticed!

Please also add the THUKST's twitter account to your follow list! Add THUKST on Twitter

And don't forget to check out and enter our 'HUMANOID' competition! Scroll down to read all about it, or use the button in the side bar!

THUKST 'HUMANOID' COMPETITION

In honour of the release of the title for Tokio Hotel's forthcoming third studio album, the THUKST are hosting a fantastic competition! Humanoid is the title of the new album and we want to see your interpretation of it!!

Task:

Using a photograph of yourself or friends/family, imagine yourself as the designer of the new Tokio Hotel album cover! If you were going to be on the cover of Humanoid, how would you dress, where would you take the photo, what would it be about??

We want to see you get a bit arts and crafty. Get the tinfoil out, get your make-up out and have fun!

Entries can be photoshopped. So if you wanna put yourself in a spaceship, go for it!!

Remember though: we want to see YOU in it, not the band. And we want to see you having fun with it. So get dressing up!! Judging will be by the THUKST admin team and they will be looking for:

* Creativity
* Participation
* Originality
* Unusual interpretations of the word 'Humanoid'
* FUN!

Prize:

The winner of the contest will receive a back catalogue of Tokio Hotel's German CDs. That is one copy of all their German singles and albums, plus Scream. That's a total of 10 CDs going all the way back to their first single, Durch den Monsun!! (Plus, we'll throw in a couple of H&M badges and whatever else we've got lying around here. ;))

Entries:

* Competition is open worldwide
* You must send your image to tokiohoteluk@gmail.com no later than 11.59pm (British Standard Time) on Saturday 1st August.

Don't forget to check out Google for some ideas! And keep an eye on our forum because the THUKST admin will post their own photos throughout the next 10 days for inspiration. (Of course, our entries are exept from the contest, but we're excited to be part of it too!)

TOKIO HOTEL

Gosh, today was a good day to be a Tokio Hotel fan. We got a little present from Tom, via his blog, in the shape of two beautiful pictures.

First we have the man himself, looking amazingly gorgeous, and all grown up!


And then we have Bill, who just looks stunningly beautiful and sooo pretty :)



These pics definitely made me squeal :)

Fanwalk Applicants I'm Supporting!

So, as most of you know, I was one of last year's Fanwalkers, and I would never have been able to do it without hundreds of votes from the THUKST and all my amazing friends. This year I'm going to be the one doing the voting!

And the two people I'm backing to go to Berlin are Beckii, who would fabulously represent the THUKST, and Gunni from Norway, who would be an amazing Fanwalker!

Please show the Sony Ericsson Fanwalk 2009, and these two applicants some love, by using the banners below to vote for them to become Fanwalkers! I've also created some permanent links in the sidebar, so you can find their pages and vote for them, whenever you visit my blog :)