Blackbirds Suddenly Fall Off in Arkansas

Blackbirds. Suddenly out of nowhere around 5,000 blackbirds dead and fall off in town of Beebe, Arkansas. Weird world huh? Read the news below.

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas | Sun Jan 2, 2011 12:16pm EST

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas (Reuters) - State wildlife officials were going door-to-door on Sunday in the town of Beebe, Arkansas, to collect dead birds after thousands of mostly blackbirds mysteriously fell from the sky.

Workers were searching Beebe, a town of about 4,500 people located 30 miles northeast of the state capital, to collect what officials estimated as between 4,000 and 5,000 birds which began falling from the sky late on New Year's Eve and continued into the next day.

"It could be weather-related or possibly stress-related," said Keith Stephens, a spokesman for the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission. "There were some fireworks shot off at midnight and it is possible that the birds were on their roost and stressed so bad that it could have killed them."

The birds were still being collected from rooftops, trees and yards and will be sent on January 3 to testing facilities in Little Rock and Madison, Wisconsin.

Stephens said hail or lightning in recent days also could have injured the birds but he had seen no physical signs of injuries in the birds so far collected.

High winds and tornadoes struck Arkansas on New Year's Eve, with the hardest hit area more than 150 miles to the west of Beebe.

(Reporting by Eric Johnson. Editng by Peter Bohan)

Source: REUTER | CSMONITOR

One week before, they found dead fishes. Now this.

Any theory? Is this an apocalypse sign? WE ARE NEAR THE 2012 PEOPLE!!!!

lulz.

Better listening to LP's song - Blackbirds. :p

Noted by,

7:14 pm, 06/01/11

chanz

Menanti di Barzakh versi LP

Pernah dengar lagu Far East bertajuk Menanti di Barzakh? Lagu tentang kehidupan di alam kubur/barzakh. Alam yang akan kita temui selepas alam dunia. fyi, lagu itulah yang membuatkan aku beli album Halawatul Iman & mula suka Far East. Walaupun ada kontroversi sikit tentang lirik lagu tu.


Dua tiga hari ini, aku tengah dengar lagu baru Linkin Park, iaitu Blackbirds. Lagu ini merupakan iTunes bonus track bagi A Thousand Suns. Actually, lagu ini asalnya feature dalam game LP ni - 8-Bit Rebellion. Game pasal suatu empayar High Definition (HD) telah mengambil alih kuasa dunia 8-Bit. So LP members (the 8-bit people) rebel!! Mana nak dapat game ini? Kena ada iPhone!!! Coz game ni hanya available untuk iPhone & iPad jek..huhuuhu

Okay, lagu ni bagi aku, adalah Menanti di Barzakh versi LP. Sebab apa? Read the lyrics + translation merepek aku.

Drop that / get up
Take to the streets / better lock that kid up
Face full of teeth when he hock that spit up
Pacing the beat like a beast
Rocking the block on repeat
Speak from the cut like a rush of blood
Paint red on the sleeves of the ones you love
Lay the sick ones down and the bells will ring
Put pennies on the eyes let the dead men sing


[Verse 1]
I shiver and shake the warm air cold
(Ku kesejukan, udara panas bertukar dingin)
I'm alone on my own
(Ku keseorangan, sendiri)
In every mistake I dig this hole
(Dengan segala kesalahan ku gali lubang ini)
Through my skin and bones
(Menembusi kulit dan tulangku)


[Pre-Chorus]
It's harder starting over
(Ianya lebih sukar memulakan semula)
Than never to have changed
(dari tidak pernah perlu berubah)


[Chorus]
With Blackbirds following me
(Burung hitam itu mengekoriku)
I'm digging out my grave
(lalu ku menggali keluar dari kuburku)
They close in, swallowing me
(Ia menutupiku, menelanku)
The pain, it comes in waves
(Kesakitan datang bertalu-talu)
I'm getting back what I gave
(Ku terima padah perbuatanku.)


[Verse 2]
I sweat through the sheet as daylight fades
(Ku berpeluh melalui kain ini, siang kian kelam)
As I waste away
(Ku makin mereput di sini)
It traps me inside mistakes I've made
(Ia memerangkapku atas segala kesalahan ku buat)
That's the price I pay
(Itulah harga yang perlu ku bayar)


I drop to the floor like I did before
Stop watching / I’m coughing / I can’t be more
What I want and what I need are at constant war
Like a well full of poison / a rotten core
The blood goes thin / the fever stings
And I shake from the hell that the habits bring
Let the sick ones down / the bells will ring
Put pennies on the eyes / let the dead men sing

Malas nak translate yang rap. No idea camne nak translate. hahak

Ini aku punya interpretation. Well, setiap orang ada pandangan sendiri, isn't it. Ada yang kata lagu ini tentang rasa 'guilt' LP terhadap album Minutes to Midnight la. LOL. Takyah fikir jauh sangat. No simile, metaphora here. Kalau ada maksud tersirat pun, hanya Mike yang faham kot. Derpp.

P/S: Nak dengar lagu ini? Pergi google sendiri. gahaha. Dan sila komen mana aku silap.

TQ. Noted by,

4:02 pm, 05/11/10

chanz