THIS IS THE VOICE THAT SHOOK THE EARTH!

AND LO! He returned from the lands beyond the hills aloft a giant beast! And his number was 7 and he came to reclaim the lands of the people around him, not to enslave, but to SAVE.

JAPE WINS, CHILDREN SING

JAPE WINS, LONG PRAISE JAPE, ALLAHU AKBAR! ALLAHU AKBAR! screamed the crowds filling the streets of Dublin, overjoyed at the victory of one Richie Egan and his alias, Jape, for succeeding in securing the Choice Music award for 2009. And all we can say to this is ALLAHU AKBAR. Personally I was worried about who the award could have possibly gone to, I honestly thought that the huge sales of Lisa Hannigan and Mick Flannery would take the accolade, pulling yet another victory back for the singer songwriter massif that proclaim; WE ARE NOT DEAD, BUT DRINKING TEA AND KNITTING.Pity my good friends MJEX were minus the B L O O D R U S H.