Die Bertelsmann-Stiftung wurde umbenannt. Sie heißt jetzt Virginia Jetzt! und macht Platten mit Liedern wie “Dieses Ende wird ein Anfang sein”. Und die gehen so:
Schon wieder mal am Boden,
wieder ausgetrickst, belogen,
reingelegt und raffiniert
an der Nase rumgeführt.
Ich hatte gerade erst begonn’
auf die Beine zu komm.
Diesmal gebe ich auf
vorerst habt ihr gewonn’
So weit, so schlecht gereimt (besonders raffiniert: “begonn” – “komm” – “gewonn”). Warum am Boden? Wer hat dich ausgetrickst? Warum gibst Du auf? Wer hat gewonnen?
Aber glaub’ mir,
dieses Ende wird ein Anfang sein!
Wir werden ganz von vorn beginn’!
Dieses Ende wird ein Anfang sein!
Wer immer verliert, muss irgendwann gewinn’.
Die Renate Künast! des Pop
Optimisten also: irgendwann muss es auch mal wieder besser werden? Wo leben die?
Die da oben – Ich hier unten.
Wie haben die mich bloß gefunden?
Rumgeschubst und klein gemacht
und schlussendlich ausgelacht.
Sie waren ständig überlegen.
Es heißt, man muss sich dennoch wehren.
Ich war immer dafür -
diesmal bin ich dagegen!
Wieso haben sie dich gefunden? Wo warst du? Und wenn “die da oben” dich “hier unten” gefunden haben: Wer sind die da oben? Und müssen dich “die da oben” suchen? Funktioniert Kapitalismus nicht so, dass du dich ihnen auch noch andienen musst? Um deinen Lohn zu ‘verdienen’ oder dich für Hartz IV klein zu machen? Wer hat dich ausgelacht? So wichtig bist du denen “da oben” nicht. Wehren ist gut, jetzt bist du also dagegen – klasse, dagegen sein, das ist mal ne Haltung. Herzliche Grüße nach Reinhardtsdorf-Schöna.
Aber glaub’ mir,
dieses Ende wird ein Anfang sein!
Wir werden ganz von vorn beginn’!
Dieses Ende wird ein Anfang sein!
Wer immer verliert, muss irgendwann gewinn’.
Wolltest du dich nicht wehren? Wird schon alles wieder, oder? Muss dir nur scheiße genug gehen? Dann kann’s ja nur noch oben gehen?
Ich war meistens viel zu ehrlich,
aber ehrlich ist gefährlich.
Dieses Land ist nicht gebaut,
für eine grundehrliche Haut.
Solang die fiesen Hunde bellen,
gehen alle in die Knie -
aufgeben wollte ich nie!
Doch jetzt werd ich gestellt…
Ach so, alles Schlampen außer Mutti? Der Ehrliche ist der Dumme? Und jetzt kriegen sie dich? Wer? Warum? Wofür?
Also glaub’ mir…
Ja glaub’ mir,
dieses Ende wird ein Anfang sein!
Wir werden ganz von vorn beginn’!
Dieses Ende wird ein Anfang sein!
Wer immer verliert, muss irgendwann gewinn’.
Was auch immer passiert, es wird schon wieder aufwärts gehen. Nicht, dass du dafür was tun musst, nein, wenn sie dir noch mehr wegnehmen, du arbeitslos wirst, dein Hartz IV gekürzt wird, du gar nichts mehr hast – das ist nur die Voraussetzung dafür, dass es irgendwann wieder aufwärts geht. “Dieses Ende wird ein Anfang sein!”.
Dieses Lied wird ein Hit sein. Es passt einfach zu gut in diese Zeit, wirkt wie der Soundtrack zum CDU-FDP-SPD-GRÜNE-Wahlkampf. Du schaffst es schon, du musst nur wollen. Wird alles schon wieder. Wenns nicht mehr schlechter werden kann, kann es nur noch besser werden.
Musikalisch bewegt sich Virginia Jetzt! auf dem gleichen Niveau. Eine super uninteressante, hundert Mal gehörte Melodie, schleimige Geigen untermalen sie – ich will es nicht mal mehr aufschreiben, dann müsste ich mich ja dran erinnern. Zum Erfolg gehört aber auch, dass Text wie Melodie genau das richtige Maß an Überraschung haben. Der Text klingt aufrührerisch, erweist sich bei genauerem Hinhören aber als eine Ansammlung neoliberaler Überzeugungen, die uns gerade vom gemeinsamen Kampf um unsere Rechte abhält. Und die Melodie ist genau in dem Maß überraschend, dass sie uns zwar bekannt vorkommt, aber eben nicht schon mal wie hundert Mal gehört erscheint.
Das ist nicht Dummheit in der Musik im ökonomischen Sinn – ganz im Gegenteil – sondern im Eislerschen Sinn: Sie fordert uns nicht, sondern sie bestätigt uns in unserer Unwissenheit, in unseren Vorurteilen, und hilft, uns darin gefangen zu halten.
Britney Spears is about to release a new singles collection celebrating her decade of making music. And even though the album will feature “Baby One More Time,” the pop classic “Toxic,” and “Womanizer” there will be new tracks including the single that debuted today on the radio.
3 – Britney Spears
I’ve found what seems to be the non-radio rip. A HQ version. Enjoy it!
I don’t know what I think about the track. Loving, loving, loving the production by Max Martin, but the number and theme seems extremely arbitrary – even for Britney Spears.
I mean, why the number 3? It just doesn’t make sense…
No matter. It is a giant dance number that holds an “old Britney”-style bridge that could have been lifted from her early albums which then segues back into the hyper-produced dance electronica. It is certainly representative of her overall career, it doesn’t make too much sense, it’s incredibly produced, there’s no real singing in it and it has a fucking unstoppably catchy countdown chorus.
I can’t say that this song will catapult her to number 1 again, but it’ll certainly be played on dance floors and radios for at least a few months. Get ready.
Embrace it. It’s fun.
Isn’t that what the Britney brand has always been about? Yeah. It’s fun!
Of all the relationships between music and drugs that I have, or will discuss, reggae and cannabis is probably the most complex, as the roots of this union are buried deep within Jamaica’s cultural, political and spiritual history.
A country separated by political beliefs, Jamaica’s working class have been using ‘ganja’ since Indian workers brought it into the country in 1845, and in the Jamaican religion Rastafari it is referred to as the sacred herb. The Rastafari holy text is the Holy Piby, which is allegedly the closest relation to the first version of the Old Testament, (from which the Rastafari pulled the references to the beneficial herb in Genesis and Revelations). In order to fully understand reggae, we must know more about Rastafarianism, as the musicians were engrossed into its ways.
The Rastafari believed that because of their African ancestry, Africa was Zion, a promised land which they must return home to, in order to become whole and complete spiritually. Whilst they were living in the world of persecution and oppression, they were in Babylon. Their use of marijuana was not just hedonistic either; the drug was used for spiritual purposes, bringing the Rastas closer to god, and in the hallucinogenic field to induce ‘ganja-vision’ – an important part of the male rights of passage during adolescence. With their sacramental herb (and the country’s largest export) outlawed, the Rastas were always facing persecution, and this helped shape the protest music of Bob Marley, Peter Tosh and similar artists.
Reggae became big worldwide, and the sentiment of the Rastafari carried with it; marijuana became fashionable again amongst youth culture. If we look at how both Rastafarianism and reggae has latched onto cannabis culture, we can see that smokers today still enjoy reggae; Bob Marley has become a cult figure inside this culture, and the colours of Jah cover many pieces of smoking paraphernalia. The universal appeal of reggae to the seasoned ‘pot-head’ could simply be down to the fact that it was made by those in a similar state of consciousness; there may be (to a certain extent) a universal way in which the music is perceived, through the drug forming a shared unconscious mind between the listeners. This would make much sense as the general feel of reggae is the epitome of ganja; made up of slow paced, chilled out but funky music, perfect to just sit and relax to.
I have admittedly taken a while to do another music review because I knew Mr. Andrew Bird was next. Yeah, sorry Andrew Bird fans… this wont be exactly a great review.
Originally from the Chicago area, Andrew Bird is a pop/folk singer that has made quite a name for himself. I gotta admit, I dont really get it.
Well, actually, yeah I kinda do. I just dont buy into it really.
Let me lay out the positives:
Extremely talented. Im not gonna knock that. The dude can play anything. Hes multitalented and really knows just about everything when it comes to music. He grew up surrounded by it. Classical, Irish folk, etc. It is clear it all influenced him. Ive not been to his shows but he is quite known for always changing up his own songs and improvising nuances spur of the moment on stage which sounds pretty impressive to me. He doesnt sound like any pop music out there.
Ok, thats as far as I can go with the positive stuff.
HES SOOO BOOOORING….. UGH! Its the reason it took me so long to do this blog. Everytime I was prepared to type it I would automatically just shut down and be like “meh too far”.
Look, you can be talented. You can have a really great gift for music. Its what you DO with that gift that makes it good. He didnt do that for me. He just made it mainstream and mediocre. I dont know if he did it on purpose or not but either way, it worked in the sense that he became “popular” like a hipster with individually actually has become mainstream in itself. Its not too original for me. I dont hear an Andrew Bird song and feel anything.
Now for you Bird fans, hey, its totally fine if you like him. Thats the thing. Hes not BAD he just bores me. Hes trying to be quirky and offbeat but it just seems so… i dunno, produced. Is that a bad thing? I dunno. I just know I am not crazy about it.
Hey like I always say its just how I feel, not saying its right or wrong, just my opinion.
Video time: I actually like this video. Im not crazy about the song, its alright but the video is cute. Its for his song Imitosis.
Bem, eu ainda não digeri direito essa notícia. Você se lembra dos Hansons? Aqueles 3 irmãos loirinhos que cantavam?! Claro que lembra, né? Impossivel esquecer de Mmmbop [clique aqui para ouvir] ou Save me [Clique aqui para ouvir]. Gente, que nostálgico rs.
Mas sim, voltando a notícia, eles estão preparando cd pra ano que vem. Sim, é isso mesmo, eles AINDA não pararam não. E já tem música de estúdio e finalizada pronta que ja ta correndo na internet.
A nova música que certamente estará no novo cd se chama World’s on Fire [Clique aqui para ouvir] e tem uma ótima batida poprock. Bem, no quesito musical, eles amadureceram tanto em voz, quanto em letra e muito mais ainda em estilo. Vale a pena escutar o novo som deles e esperar pra ver se eles flopam ou não, bem, ai só o tempo nos dirá.
Amerie herself revealed the cover to her upcoming album In Love & War on her Twitter earlier this morning. It’s simply stunning, and blows just about any other album cover I’ve seen in awhile out of the water. It will be released in the US on November 3, and will be her fourth studio album (her third, Because I Love It, unfortunately never saw the light of day here in the states).
La Merienda “el tentempié pop de Canal Extremadura Radio” desde el 10 de octubre pasará a emitirse los sábados de 17 a 19 horas. La cadena pública cambia su programación musical de tarde por magazines y reduce la emisión diaria de “La Merienda” a dos horas semanales de indie nacional e internacional, bandas emergentes, maquetas, descubrimientos, entrevistas, conciertos exclusivos, etc. Puedes oir la merienda, tanto en live o podcast en www.canalextremadura.es, también por TDT, FM y Satélite Astra.
Oferta limitada
Oferta limitada hasta agotar stock: Camiseta Contempopranea + cd por 10 euros. Consulta tallas disponibles y haz tu pedido en contempopranea@telefonica.net
Fotos y video
Ya puedes ver la nueva sección de fotos y videos pertenecientes a la 14 edición del Contempopranea 2009 en la web del festival: www.contempopranea.com
Participa en el concurso de fotos
Permanece abierto el plazo para participar en el I Concurso de Fotos Extremadura Contempopránea Cruzcampo
Aunque las luces del escenario del Festival Extremadura Contempopránea Cruzcampo ya se apagaron, las actividades relacionadas con este evento no han terminado; ya que todavía se encuentra abierto el plazo para participar en el I Concuros de Fotografía Extremadura Contempopránea Cruzcampo.
El objetivo de esta convocatoria es encontrar la instantánea más representativa de la decimocuarta edición del festival de la escena indie nacional. Para ello la organización ha puesto en marcha un concurso entre los asistentes. Queremos encontrar la imagen de Extremadura Contempopránea Cruzcampo 2009, la que mejor represente todo lo que se ha vivido en Alburquerque durante el último fin de semana de julio, y queremos que sean los propios contempopráneos los que capturen esa instantánea.
Las fotografías deben pertenecer a la edición del festival a celebrar del 23 al 25 de julio en Alburquerque (Badajoz). En este concurso amateur, abierto a todo el mundo, no valen las fotos de años anteriores, pero sí se puede utilizar cualquier técnica, siendo digital, que resulten más útiles para mejorar las imágenes.
El jurado, compuesto por los equipos del festival y Elgalloverde.es, elegirá la imagen que mejor represente el tema del concurso, la esencia del festival. El premio para la fotografía ganadora consistirá en dos pases VIP para asistir a la edición del 2010, e incluye dos noches de hotel en habitación doble en un hotel de la localidad de Alburquerque o en sus alrededores, junto a un paquete de regalos oficiales del festival.
Los interesados en participar deben de enviar sus fotos a contempopranea@telefonica.net antes del 15 de octubre de 2009. Los resultados se publicarán en www.contempopranea.com y www.elgalloverde.es el 25 de octubre.
Robert Pattinson e Kristen Stewart também aparecem nas imagens.
Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart e Taylor Lautner aparecem em fotos inéditas do set de filmagem de Lua Nova, sequência de repúsculo que estréia no dia 20 de novembro. Nas imagens, divulgadas nesta segunda-feira (21) pelo jornal “Los Angeles Times”, o intérprete do lobisomem Jacob Black aparece sem camisa e exibe seu abdome impressionante.
Pattinson surge caracterizado como o vampiro Edward Cullen, com lentes de contato douradas e a pele pálida. Kristen Stewart, por sua vez, foi clicada em cenas depois do término do namoro de sua personagem, Bella Swan, com o vampiro e, por isso, aparece com a expressão triste nas fotos.
Em “Lua Nova”, Edward termina o namoro com Bella por achar que é perigoso demais para ela se relacionar com um vampiro. A humana encontra consolo em sua amizade com o lobisomem Jacob Black, mas o relacionamento dos dois irá criar um triângulo amoroso e transformar os dois rapazes em inimigos.
Just a castaway
An island lost at sea
Another lonely day
With no one here but me
More loneliness
Than any man could bear
Rescue me before I fall into despair
I’ll send an SOS to the world
I hope that someone gets my
Message in a bottle
A year has passed since I wrote my note
But I should have known this right from the start
Only hope can keep me together
Love can mend your life
But love can break your heart
I’ll send an SOS to the world
I hope that someone gets my
Message in a bottle
Walked out this morning
Don’t believe what I saw
A hundred billion bottles
Washed up on the shore
Seems I’m not alone at being alone
A hundred billion castaways
Looking for a home
I’ll send an SOS to the world
I hope that someone gets my
Message in a bottle
The Best Of Junior (1995)
Singer/songwriter Junior sparked the British R&B/pop invasion of the ’80s with his classic “Mama Used to Say.” Though Sade Loose Ends, Soul II Soul, and Billy Ocean had more hits, it’s worth noting that Junior was a pioneer when he created and presented British-based R&B/pop music to audiences outside the U.K. some ten years earlier. Many of his sides can be found on the 1995 Mercury CD The Best of Junior.
Born in London, Junior Giscombe grew up listening to his older brothers’ and sisters’ record collection, which included the doo-wop of the Moonglows, the Dells, early Motown, Otis Redding, and the reggae music of Toots and the Maytals and Bob Marley. Though as a teenager he sang lead in a local band, music more or less remained a hobby until he chose a full-time music career after college in the mid-’70s. His inspiration was Philly soul writers Thom Bell and Linda Creed, Gene McFadden, and John Whitehead. A British independent label released his single, “Hot Up & Heated,” but it was Polygram’s subsidiary Phonogram that gave him his first major-label opportunity. The label was rewarded when the infectious “Mama Used to Say” became a major American hit in 1982, parked at number two R&B for two weeks and number 30 pop. His follow-up to “Mama Used to Say” was the number eight R&B smash “Too Late” and both were on his Ji album. His second album, 1983’s Inside Looking Out, included “Communication Breakdown” and the popular ballad “Baby I Want You Back.”
In 1984, Junior teamed with renowned producer Arif Mardin for Acquired Taste, which spawned the singles “Somebody,” “Oh Louise” (Top 20 R&B), “Look What You’ve Done for Me,” and the phat, funky “Tonight.” One of his tracks, “Unison,” appeared on the soundtrack for About Last Night and was a huge dance hit. That same year, Junior wrote and recorded “Do You Want My Love” for the multi-platinum soundtrack from the blockbuster Eddie Murphy movie Beverly Hills Cop. In 1987, Junior had his biggest European hit, “Another Step,” a duet with Kim Wilde and just the first of a string of performances with Wilde. Towards the end of 1987, Junior completed work on his fourth and final album for Polygram, Sophisticated Street. The LP yielded the hit “Yes If You Want Me.” After a period of self-evaluation, Junior began working with producer Alan Glass, Soul II Soul’s Simon Law, Robbie Taylor, and Greg Smith for his 1991 MCA debut album Stand Strong. Though it wasn’t a commercial success, the album’s standout tracks were the title track, the jazzy “Morning Will Come,” the gritty “You Can’t Have What You Can’t Get,” and the steppers/boppers favorite, “Stop Fanning the Fire.” (Ed Hogan, AMG) Tracks:
01. Mama Used to Say (12″ Version)
02. Too Late (12″ Version)
03. Somebody (12″ Version)
04. Oh Louise (7″ Mix)
05. Baby I Want You Back
06. Let Me Know
07. I Can’t Help It
08. Unison (12″ Version)
09. Communication Breakdown
10. Do You Really (Want My Love?)
11. Yes (If You Want Me)
12. Say That You Care (7″ Mix)
13. Not Tonight
14. Darling You (Don’t You Know) See the comments *Thank you, Kunio
Άσε τον παλιόκοσμο να λέει ότι θα μείνουν στη σκιά των Arcade Fire , Grizzly Bear και Animal Collective. Το δεύτερο των Le Loup είναι εξαιρετικό! Εξελιγμένο, άψογο, ο ορισμός του προχωρημένου δεύτερου, η χαρά του εραστή της οργανικής καλλιέργειας. Δεν μπαίνω καν στον κόπο να παραθέσω επιχειρήματα.Από το family το beach town (η καλύτερη επιλογή) και το forgive me (η χειρότερη, σαν give peace a chance ένα πράγμα) είναι τα δύο που επιτρέπουν ελεύθερα στο διαδίκτυο, αλλά άκουσέ το ολόκληρο εδώ . Εντάξει, έχω και μονομανίες…
Diese Woche ging diese Meldung durch die Klatschpresse „Sugababe Amelle Berrebah feared ‘kidnapped’“ und jetzt ist auf einmal verlässt Keisha Buchanan die Band „Sugababes“. Was ist denn da bloß wieder los?
Foto: blythemaniaco
Amelle tauchte zu Presseterminen und einem Gig in der letzten Woche nicht auf. Niemand konnte sie erreichen und sogar eine Vermisstenmeldung wurde bei der Londoner Polizei aufgegeben. Nachdem sich nach ein paar Tagen herausstellte, wurde Amelle nicht gekidnapped, sondern hatte sich in ihrer Wohnung in London verschanzt, weil sie sich von Bandkollegin Keisha gemobbt fühlte. Mein Gott, das sind vielleicht wieder Geschichten. Da die „Sugababes“ schon seit längerem keinen richtigen Hit mehr landen konnten, suchten sie wohl so den Weg in die Schlagzeilen.
Jetzt heißt es auf einmal, Keisha verlässt die Band. Sie ließ über Twitter die Fans wissen, wie traurig sie darüber ist, aber es sei Zeit für sie etwas Neues zu beginnen und zwar solo. Sie ist also „gegangen worden“. Anscheinend hat die etwas dominante und zickige Keisha viel Unruhe in die Band gebracht und so musste sie gehen.
Die „Sugababes“ haben in den letzten Jahren oft die Konstellation gewechselt – einige gingen, neue kamen, sie gingen, die alten kamen wieder, usw.. Der Eurovision-Star Jade Ewen soll nun Keisha ersetzen und das Spiel wird wohl ewig so weiter gehen. Die Frage ist nur, ob die Zeit der „Sugababes“, egal mit welchen Mitgliederinnen, nicht schon längst vorbei ist und anstatt immer neue Sängerinnen anzuheuern, vielleicht doch einfach die ganze Girlband aufgelöst werden sollte?!
Como “cada loco con su tema”, yo sigo a mi bola, insistiendo en la importancia de Francia en el panorama musical. Aunque a nosotros, los de “la piel de toro”, lo que de verdad nos pone “perrakos” es cantar a golpe de pechito-lobo la complicada letra del himno nacional (lo-lo-lo-lo). Especialmente cuando se trata de una final europea, aunque sea de fútbol-chapas. Pues para aquellos que todavía no sepan algo tan obvio, lo electro nació en “franchutilandia” y luego se perfeccionó en “teutolandia”.
Aquí dejo Robert Le Magnifique, un dj y productor francés que lo mete todo en su turmix sonora: electro, rap, trip hop y pop. Su tema Bad’Z Pixel fue elegido para un anuncio de la marca del cocodrilo que bosteza y, desde entonces, está de moda.
Los fans mexicanos podrán asistir a las funciones especiales que se harán el 27 de octubre de la cinta ‘Michael Jackson, This is it’
CIUDAD DE MÉXICO, México, 23 sept., 2009.- Este domingo los fans de Michael Jackson podrán ganar boletos para el estreno mundial de la cinta Michael Jackson, This is it.
La manera de lograrlo es por medio del portal estoestodo.com.mx que pertenece a Sony Pictures Entertainment, distribuidora del filme. En el sitio se proporcionará una lista que contendrá los complejos cinematográficos en donde se proyectará el filme durante dos semanas, a partir del 27 de octubre.
El Teatro Nokia de Los Ángeles tendrá la primicia del estreno, dado que desde ahí se transmitirán conexiones vía satélite a diferentes partes del mundo en donde habrá eventos yse captará la llegada de las estrellas de Hollywood.
Debo decir que tengo especial debilidad por la escena musical sueca. Pese a que se dice que Suecia es uno de los países con mayor índice de suicidios del Mundo, detrás de esto no se halla más que un viejo rumor que ha ganado fuerza con los años. Como podemos leer en este artículo, el rumor se fundó debido a que Suecia fue de los primeros países que empezaron a recoger datos estadísticos sobre suicidios.
Que sea un rumor infundado concuerda con lo que uno siente cuando se pone a escuchar grupos procedentes de este frío país: transmiten frescura, buenas vibraciones y no son, para nada, fríos. Hoy le ha tocado el turno a una divertida canción de un grupo de 5 chicas de Estocolmo llamado Those Dancing Days.
Otros ejemplos de grupos suecos (algunos de ellos ya han sido protagonistas de entradas en este blog): Shout Out Louds, Shiny Toy Guns, Mando Diao, Lacrosse, The Sounds… Como podéis ver, ni uno de ellos se libra de proporcionarnos alegría con sus canciones.
Primeiras informações sobre Piratas do Caribe começam a surgir.
Piratas do Caribe, uma das melhores trilogias lançadas pelos Estúdios Disney, já está com seu 4º filme em fase de produção e inclusive com nome e data de estreia já definidos, sendo assim os produtores começam a pensar nas histórias a serem desenvolvidas no filme. Uma das histórias mais cogitadas pelos sites de fofocas dava como certa a introdução de uma “fonte da juventude” como sendo o ponto principal de trama para o filme e uma nova informação veio a confirmar essas especulações.
De acordo com o site Hollywood Elsewhere, um “amigo bem informado” dentro da equipe confidenciou que o Capitão Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) estará em busca dessa fonte ao lado do Capitão Barbossa (Geoffrey Rush) e que também o vilão do filme seria um personagem bem ao estilo do Capitão Nemo, líder do submarino em 20.000 Léguas Submarinas, e que possui uma tecnologia bastante inovadora para os padrões da época.
Vale lembrar que tudo isso ainda não passam de rumores, mas já seriam informações bem mais satisfatórias para os fãs. Agora vamos aguardar o término do roteiro final, que está sendo escrito pela dupla Terry Rossio e Ted Elliot, para dessa forma começar as gravações entre os meses de abril e maio de 2010.
Patrick Swayze motspelerska i Dirty Dancing, Jennifer Grey, sörjer sin vän efter dödsbeskedet.
– Jag tänker fortfarande på hur det var att vara i hans armar, säger hon.
När de spelade in Dirty Dancing trodde de inte ens att någon skulle vilja se filmen. Filmen var lågbudget och de inblandade väntade sig en flopp. Men Dirty Dancing blev istället den första film som sålde över en miljon kopior på video.
-Vi var bara ungdomar som hade störtkul, och som gjorde den här filmen som vi inte trodde att någon skulle vilja se, säger Jennifer Grey.
Jennifer beskriver sin vän som en riktig cowboy.
– Han var en ovanlig och vacker kombination av rå manlighet och fantastisk känslighet.
Under sin sjukdomstid började Patrick med sin fru Lisa Niemi, skriva på sina memoarer, ”The time of my life”.
— Jag hade haft en del problem med matsmältningen, mestadels sura uppstötningar och en känsla av uppsvälldhet, under flera veckor. Jag har alltid haft en känslig mage så jag hade inte tänkt så mycket på det, men den senaste tiden kunde jag inte skaka av mig obehaget, skriver han.
Patrick slutade inte jobba fast han var mitt uppe i sin cancer behandling. Han var fast besluten och fortsätta spela in serien “The Beast”. Frun Lisa stöttade honom under hela tiden och när slutet uppenbarade sig kunde Patrick se tillbaka på sitt liv och tänka, – Jag har upplevt mer än vad tio människor skulle kunna göra tillsammans, och det har varit en fantastisk resa.
CIUDAD DE MÉXICO, México, sep. 21, 2009.- Los Jonas Brothers volverán a causar furor en México, pues realizarán una parada en el país como parte de su The Jonas Brothers World Tour 2009.
La cita para poder observar a Joe, Kevin y Nick será el próximo 30 de octubre en el Estadio 3 de Marzo de Guadalajara, Jalisco; a su vez, la agrupación se presentará el 31 de octubre en el Foro Sol de la Ciudad de México.
En el evento los Jonas Brothers podrán presentar al público mexicano su más reciente producción discográfica titulada Lines, vines and trying times, la cual fue lanzada en junio y se ha convertido en un impresionante éxito en todo el mundo.
Los boletos estarán disponibles en preventa los próximos días 25 y 26 de septiembre, y para el público en general a partir del 26 de septiembre.
Hoje foi lançado mundialmente o primeiro single do Kris Allen, vencedor da última(8ª) temporada do Amerian Idol. A música entitulada de “Live Like We’re Dying“! [Clique aqui para escutar!] OBS: RadioRip é uma regravação de um b-side do The Script, banda de Pop rock Irlandesa
Bem, a música tem uma boa pegada Poprock com entradas no Folk, a melodia é bacana e os vocais estão bons. Porém, pra alguem que está começando, ele deveria começar com algo, como posso dizer, mais dele, melhor dizendo, algo original! Afinal, ele não mudou sequer uma estrofe da música original.
Será que vai acontecer com o Kris o mesmo que aconteceu com Archie, que estourou com o 1° single e não foi muito bem com o resto?! Bem, essas são cenas do próximo capítulo…
“Ninguém saiu ferido” disse rapper sobre incidente com Taylor Swift.
Em entrevista a um programa da rádio BBC, o rapper Jay-Z saiu em defesa de Kanye West, na polêmica com a cantora Taylor Swift.
“Ele é só uma pessoa muito passional. Claro que ele foi rude, pois era o momento dela, mas era o que ele realmente estava sentindo. Eu acho que foi rude, mas a forma que o estão tratando… Ele está na capa de todos os jornais. Ele não matou ninguém. Ninguém saiu ferido.” declarou Jay-Z.
No último VMA, Kanye West interrompeu o discurso de agradecimento de Taylor Swift, tomou o microfone de sua mão, e declarou que o clipe de Beyoncé, que também concorria na categoria, era melhor.
A cantora canadense Avril Lavigne confirmou que está se separando do marido, o músico Deryck Whibley, depois de três anos de casamento.
Uma fonte disse à Revista US Weekly que ela vinha ameaçando se separar de Deryck e, finalmente, colocou um ponto final na relação.
“Ela está tentando tirá-lo de sua casa de Bel Air”, contou um informante.
Não é de hoje que há rumores de que o casamento dos dois não anda bem. Avril confirmou a notícia, agradecendo ao ex-marido pelo tempo que passaram juntos, através de sua página no MySpace.
Os dois viveram juntos durante seis anos, e se casaram em 2006.
I grabbed some magazines at work yesterday and quickly flipped through them last night before hitting the sack. I love this photo shoot in the July issue of Vogue Australia. It’s so pretty! Also, of course I chose the blue cover of POP! It’s so hawt!
Gotta get a move on, enough loitering and surfing online. It’s gorgeous weather outside and I’m headed in to town!
Title: หาไม่เจอ หรือเธอไม่มี / Hah Mai Jur Reu Tur Mai Mee (I Haven’t Met You Or You Don’t Exist?)
Artist: Am Fine ft. Keng Infamous
Album: [New Single]
Year: 2009
ลืมตาขึ้นมาพร้อมคำว่าเหงา
Leum dtah keun mah prom kum wah ngao Opening my eyes with the word lonely
กี่คราวที่ใจต้องทนอ่อนไหว
Gee krao tee jai dtong ton on wai How many times does my heart have to endure this?
มีหนึ่งหัวใจไม่เคยได้ใช้
Mee neung hua jai mai koey dai chai I have one heart that I’ve never used
ได้เเต่รอเเค่ใครบางคน
Dai dtae ror kae krai bahng kon I can only wait for someone
เเค่อยากเจอรักสักครั้ง
Kae yahk jur ruk suk krung I just want to find love once
หลับตาล้มลงกับความเจ็บช้ำ
Lup dtah lom long gup kwahm jep chum Closing my eyes with pain
กี่คนเข้ามาแล้วเดินจากไป
Gee kon kao mah laeo dern jahk pbai How many people come and go?
อีกเพียงครั้งเดียวฉันคงขาดใจ
Eek piang krung diao chun kong kahd jai Just one more time and my heart might break
ท่าต้องนับเริ่มใหม่กับใคร
Tah dtong nup rerm mai gup krai If I have to start back at square one with someone
แค่อยากเจอรักสุดท้าย
Kae yahk jur ruk soot tai I just want to find my last love
(*)ปฏิทินที่พ้นข้ามปี เเต่ละเข็มนาทีที่เลยผ่าน
Pbatitin tee pon kahm pbee dtae la kem natee tee loey pahn The calenders that count the passing years, each second hand that passes
ต้องกอดกับความเดียวดายอีกนานเท่าไหร่
Dtong got gup kwahm diao dai eek nahn tao rai How much longer must I embrace the loneliness?
เเต่ละเช้าที่ยังเฝ้ารอ แต่ละคืนยังท้อในใจ
Dtae la chao tee yung fao ror dtae la keun yung tor nai jai With every morning that I’m still waiting, with every night that my heart is still discouraged
ก็ใครคนนั้น (ก็ใครคนนั้น) เขาอยู่ที่ไหน
Gor krai kon nun (Gor krai kon nun) kao yoo tee nai That person (That person), where are they?
(**)ที่ใจยังหาไม่เจอ หรือว่าเธอคนนั้นไม่มี
Tee jai yung hah mai jur reu wah tur kon nun mai mee My heart still hasn’t found you, or is it because you don’t exist?
สบตาฉันที จำได้ไหมที่ใครหันมา
Sopdtah chun tee jum dai mai tee krai hun mah Look me in the eyes, can you remember who turned this way?
พอแล้วน้ำตา หรือฟ้าตั้งใจแกล้งกันให้เหงา
Por laeo num dtah reu fah dtung jai glaeng gun hai ngao Enough with the tears, or did Heaven intend to tease me by making me lonely?
ให้เจอแต่ความปวดร้าว (โว้….)
Hai jur dtae kwahm pbuat rao (Woah) To find only disappointment (woah…)
หรือว่าเธอคนนั้นไม่มีอยู่จริง
Reu wah tur kon nun mai meee yoo jing Or do you really not exist?
ท่ามกลางผู้คนนับพันหมื่นล้าน
Tahm glahng poo kon nup pon meun lahn Amongst a crowd of a million people
ต้องการเเค่เพียงคนเดียวเท่านั้น
Dtong gahn kae piang kon diao tao nun All I need is just one person
สักคนแค่ใครที่ใจตรงกัน
Suk kon kae krai tee jai dtrong gun Just one person whose heart matches mine
มันจะมีสักวันใช่ไหมที่จะได้เจอเธอ
Mun ja mee suk wun chai mai tee ja dai jur tur There will be a day, right? That I’ll be able to find you
Runpee.com has an idea that’s been a longtime coming.
The web site tells you the best time to take a quick bathroom break during current movies.
Better still, it’s an iPhone app!
Set the application’s timer feature and it will buzz you when it’s time to go.
The only down side seems to be that the more popular the app becomes, the more you’ll have the whole theater jumping up 33 minutes into Harry Potter, when Dumbledore says, ‘Off to bed, pip-pip.’
But until we reach that critical mass, you can be one step ahead of your bladder-filled theater mates.
You look really good today, telle était l’amorce au concours du blog de French Factory qu’Erika avait organisé cet été et qui se terminait le 25 août.
Le but était de ne pas envoyer du déjà vu mais plutôt une tenue associée à des accessoires French Factory.
Comme je suis une grande gourmande, j’ai tourné mon look à la sauce macarons… Les délibérations n’ont pas encore été validées, je croise les doigts et espère faire partie du trio gagnant coup de coeur !
Plus de détails sur les articles présentés sur Polyvore
Tavi posted a video on her blog a couple of days ago where she talks about her cover for the magazine POP which just hit shelves in Sweden. It’s a fabulous cover and I just got my copy today (guess which cover I chose!)
Not only is this an interesting issue of POP because of its cover star Tavi, it’s also the first issue with new editor-in-chief , Dasha Zhukova. As is common with a change in chief, the magazine has also got a bit of a facelift with new POP logos designed by Scott King.
Go get your copy of POP now! They’re flying off the shelves!
Vazou na internet a 2ª versão completa de Celebration. A nova versão ainda possui o mesmo remix do Benny Bennasi porém, não é com os dançarinos dela, e sim com os fãs que foram selecionados na turnê da Stick and Sweet 2009 em Barcelona.
Durante o clipe vai aparecendo alguns fãs vestidos de roupas que marcaram as épocas da carreira de madonna, pessoas dançando e celebrabrando e durante os 2:52 do clipe, vem a grande surpresinha, Lola , a filha da Madonna aparece vestida de noiva, representando a época de Like a Virgen, a fase que mais marcou a Material Girl.
É um maravilhoso clipe e comparado a primeira versão, é bem melhor! E realmente é uma verdadeira Celebração!
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It all began with Fawlty Towers, apparently. Manuel, the waiter, ‘e’s from Barcelona… How exactly that relates to a 30-strong big band from Jönköping, Sweden, I have no idea, but that’s what they called themselves. I’m from Barcelona.
They have to be the geekiest-looking group of people I have ever seen, with their 70’s-80’s wardrobe, crazily cool hairdos and glasses so big Kim Jong-Il would have spec-envy. The lead singer and writer of most of the songs, Emmanuel, is a glorious ginger, stylishly scruffy in a way that few could achieve without descending into homelessness.
The music, on their first album at least, is big silly bouncy pop, it’s happy, daft and nostalgic. Yes, all that at the same time.
They are also responsible for the best concert I have ever been to. They were supported by Finno-French duo The Do (you do know a few of their songs, you just don’t know you do…) and the lovely SoKo, so things were already off to a good start by the time the 28 members of I’m from Barcelona’s tour formation trooped onto the stage. And started throwing giant balloons into the crowd.
I don’t think I’ve ever seen a band interact with their audience in quite the same way, it was like a big kids party, we were all singing along and getting quite giddy, jumping about, bouncing balloons at each other, throwing confetti and just generally having a good time. Usually a concert is all about *us* watching *them*, but in this case, we were all interacting with each other as well. I don’t think I have ever had that much exercise, neither before nor since. I felt like I was 15, I didn’t even feel my poor aged almost-30 joints creaking in protest as I hopped and jumped. Well, not until the next day, of course, but what the hell, it was worth it!
The new album, “Who killed Harry Houdini” is a lot less big and silly and daft, and quite a bit more nostalgic, almost melancholic. It’s still good, but it doesn’t quite give me the same kick as the bouncy “We’re from Barcelona”…
Cantora comprou testes de gravidez e estaria obcecada para ter filhos com o ex-marido.
Amy Winehouse está louca para ter filhos. De acordo com a revista “OK”, a cantora teria comprado 12 testes de gravidez em um supermercado, depois de passar a noite com o ex-marido, Blake Fielder-Civil. Com isso, aumentaram os rumores de que ela já ésteja grávida.
Segundo uma fonte próxima à cantora, Amy está desesperada para ter um bebê e não fala de outra coisa.
Amigos da cantora revelaram que apesar de ter se divorciado de Blake no início do ano, Amy deseja reatar com ele e formar uma família.
“Ela está irredutível e que porque quer que Blake seja o pai do filho dela”.
Internet sensation Kid Cudi’s Man On the Moon dropped today. After months of dominating ClearChannel radio with his track “Day N Nite,” (and its various remixes, which made it no less intolerable to hear every five minutes), Kid has the respect of both hip hop’s most majorest stars (Kanye) as well as some indie cred (MGMT worked on a track). Music magazines, clingers to the bygone pre-mp3 era, will no doubt salivate about Kid’s crossroads musical identity; he is a true artiste, they will say, seamlessly traversing the terrains of electro, pop (especially 90’s and foreign pop sounds), rock (again, lotsa 90’s pop-rock here), and hip hop, among others. His production team includes Ratatat and Kanye West! And this will be perceived as awesome!
Other critics will note that this album succeeds on its terms, as, like one of its strongest influences, 808s and Heartbreak, it is an effective auditory study in the atmosphere of isolation and sadness.
What do I think of this dude? I kind of don’t want to stomp on him, because he’s from Cleveland, wrote “Day N Nite” in his bedroom 2 or 3 years ago, got famous on the Internet, blah blah. But I mean, pfork really had a point when they said: “You may not have picked up on this, despite him signaling it desperately from thousands of yards away, but Kid Cudi is a sensitive soul, wrestling with the sorts of inner torments that you or I could only imagine.”
So though I won’t be the first person to note this, Kid’s sad confessionals are about as deep as my pockets the day before I get paid. Example: the echoing of dueling “no no nos” and “yeah yeah yeahs” on “Heart of a Lion.” OMG, is Cudi torn, or something? Can’t decide if no or yeah? I’ve been there.
Witness the song “Soundtrack 2 My Life.” He sings: I’ve got some issues that nobody can see/and all of these emotions are pouring over me. Granted, I sometimes have a hard time picking a verb for profound things I am trying to express, so I almost sympathize with the clumsiness of the verb in a line like, “emotions are pouring over me.” But really, I write these blog posts while I am sitting at work and working on deadline to boot, so I don’t have time to agonize over word choice. If I made a cd, by golly, I would agonize, with my tortured soul, about the best goddamn word to describe my pain.
But Anna, one might say to me, you are a big fan of 808s and Heartbreak, which often lacks emotional articulation. For instance, one song features the line “How could you be so heartless?” repeated ad nauseum. Well, detractor, let me tell you, that Kanye’s rhymes strike on the elemental, truthful side of basic, as opposed to the trite and surfacey side of basic. He is grief-stricken and makes up for ineloquence with sincerity, and, of course, heartbreak! Many times on Cudi’s album, notably in “Soundtrack 2 My Life,” “Day N Nite,” the opener “In My Dreams,” etc, Cudi layers his adolescent poetics with a slathering of self-pity–not a novel or interesting combination, but one that reminds us all of time spent writing in fuzzy-flowered journals purchased at a suburban Claire’s in 1998. I don’t suppose Cudi got his journal at Claire’s though. Prolly went to Hot Topic.
However, the latter half of the album holds some real gems, I mean, if you like 2008 Kanye West as much as I do. “Sky Might Fall,” is a Kanye produced track, with scratchy beats and an organ, dredged from the pile of tape lying in Kanye’s Bentley; it’s almost certainly 808s lost track. “Cudi Zone,” a hilarious song name that reminds me of ‘cuddle zone,’ a place I go when I’m feeling sad, features “Robo-Cop” synths in an optimistic chord progression and the most skillful rhyme-delivery on the album. Then Cudi sings, and you swear it’s Chris Martin or the guy from TOTR. He’s actually a good singer! The busy production really propels this song, taking it from bridge to bridge like a soaring neo-romantic space ship be, which is exactly what Cudi was going for.
The hi-lite of the album for me is Cudi’s Daft Punk rehash, “Enter Galactic.” I liked this song within the first second of hearing it. I thought, “Yes! Jamiroquoi!” in that it is a bopping, space age child of Steve Wonder. It features the soulful synths of what is perhaps DP’s greatest love song, “Something About Us.” Just ignore the Shatner sing-talking, and his neologism “angelesque,” and you will be absolutely charmed.
This album’s spaceophilia is fashionable, but something of it smells like 2007. Oh yeah! That’s because that was the year Kanye reinvented hip hop vocab with Graduation, and invigorated black music’s fascination with space.
Finally, it might be best to think of Cudi not as a revolutionary, but as a hyped-then-disappointment-inducing pseudo-indie genre-hopping artist in the vein of Santo/igold. Remember her? No? Oh. She was supposed to be the NEW M.I.A.!
We’ll have to wait for the NEW KANYE, but this guys pretty good for now. If Cudi can get away from wearing his influences on his sleeve, and um, record sleeve (see Kanye’s production cred), then we might really have something new.
Slide guitar maven Ellen McIlwaine has a 44 year career under her belt and is not about to slow down. Her long history includes performing and recording with musicians such as Jack Bruce, Taj Mahal, and Jeff Healey, creating movie scores, touring the world and so much more.
You can see Ellen McIlwaine perform an intimate solo show LIVE in Cleveland at The Winchester on Saturday, Sept. 26th, 2009. Showtime is 9:00pm. Admission is $14.00. Local country-folk artist Rebekah Jean opens the show. Visit www.thewinchester.net for information and directions.
Ellen McIlwaine
From Ellen’s website bio (http://www.ellenmcilwaine.com/BioShort.html):
“2009 makes forty four years as a professional musician! After returning to the US for two years of college in 1963, she began playing Acoustic Guitar in Atlanta Georgia while attending Art School, moved to Greenwich Village in 1966, opening for many Blues Greats, and getting to know Odetta, Richie Havens, Mississippi John Hurt and Jimi Hendrix.”
“Moving to Woodstock NY in 1968 and recording Fear Itself with her group of the same name, she gained cult status through her two Polydor albums “Honky Tonk Angel” 1972 and “We the People” 1973. These were followed by “The Guitar Album”, a compilation of all the guitar players on Polydor in 1974: Link Wray, Rory Gallagher, John McLaughlin, Roy Buchannan to name a few. Ellen was the only female player.”
“Exposed to everything from Japanese Folk and Classical Music, American Rhythm & Blues greats like Ray Charles, Fats Domino and Professor Longhair on Japanese radio, as well as the Grand Ole Opry on American Armed Forces Radio, while growing up in an International Community of families from India, Pakistan, the Middle East, China, Korea, Eastern and Western Europe, she was playing “World Music” before it was called World Music!”
A comprehensive Canadian Music article about Ellen McIlwaine can be found here:
http://www.laventure.net/tourist/ellenbio.htm
An amazing video of Ellen McIlwaine performing “La Guitara“:
Autor: Jaime Espantaleón Oslo(EFE)
Vários séculos depois de os europeus terem chegado à América, poucos sabem que, possivelmente, foram os vikings e não Cristóvão Colombo que descobriram o novo mundo, disse à Efe o arqueólogo norueguês Christian Keller.
Os vikings, guerreiros que viveram entre os anos 750 e 1050, se dedicavam à pilhagem e a massacrar seus inimigos. Mas também eram astutos comerciantes, artesãos e colonizadores.
“Eles saqueavam, matavam e atuavam como mercenários em muitos exércitos europeus. Mas também faziam negócios, eram camponeses e magníficos navegantes, com os navios mais modernos da época”, explicou Christian Keller, catedrático da Universidade de Oslo e especialista em história viking.
Longe da imagem popular, os vikings constituíram uma civilização culta e se adaptaram à vida de muitos dos lugares que invadiram.
“Na Islândia e na Groenlândia, formaram sociedades vikings puras.
Na Irlanda e Escócia foram absorvidos pelos celtas; na Rússia, pelos eslavos; e na França, se adaptaram rapidamente”, disse Keller.
Além disso, a mulher tinha uma forte posição na comunidade, que só perdeu após a conversão do povo ao cristianismo, entre os anos 1000 e 1030. Na época, o culto aos deuses Odin e Tor foi abandonado, explicou Keller.
Fisicamente, eles superavam em altura o resto dos povos europeus, e não usavam capacetes com chifres, como costumam ser representados.
“Os restos de 180 vikings, localizados em escavações em cemitérios na Groenlândia, mostram que os homens mediam de 1,70m a 1,80m, e eram mais sadios que os da Europa continental”, disse Keller.
Ele acrescentou que em inscrições em pedras os capacetes aparecem sem chifres. “Isso foi uma invenção do compositor alemão Richard Wagner”, garantiu.
Foi um viking, Eirik Raude Torvaldsson, ou “Eric, o Vermelho”, quem, segundo a literatura, descobriu a Groenlândia entre os anos 982 e 986, depois de ser expulso da Islândia por causa de um assassinato.
Seu filho, Leiv Eiriksson, pode ter descoberto a América no ano 1000, segundo documentam as sagas, escritos originais da atual Islândia que refletem a tradição oral viking.
“Então zarpou Leiv, mas permaneceu muito tempo fora e achou terras que não sabia que existissem antes. Ali cresciam campos de trigo e árvores parecidas com a bétula, e de tudo levaram mostras”, narra a saga.
A saga dos groenlandeses conta, no entanto, que foi o mercador Bjarne Herjolvsson que por acaso avistou a América, quando se perdeu com seu navio no meio de uma tempestade.
O relato de suas viagens animou Eiriksson a navegar para o oeste, buscando a terra desconhecida, que descobriu por volta do ano 1000, segundo afirma a saga.
Eiriksson chegou à Terra de Baffin, ao noroeste do Canadá, que batizou como Helluland, ou “terra de pedras planas”. Ele também chamou o atual Labrador de Markland, ou “terra de florestas” e deu o nome de Vinland, ou “terra de verdes prados”, ao que pode ser a Terranova ou Cape Cod.
No entanto, os especialistas não estão de acordo em relação à descoberta da América por Eiriksson. Na verdade, não há um consenso de que esse tenha sido o seu nome, e sequer de que tenha existido.
“Há um alto grau de insegurança. As fontes escritas mencionam expedições entre os anos 1000 e 1030 rumo à costa canadense, em lugares identificados. Mas elas foram recolhidas 300 anos depois das viagens narradas”, disse Keller.
Segundo o professor, as sagas “misturam literatura continental européia com mitos e canções vikings, por isso é impossível saber que partes são historicamente certas e quais são folclore e lendas”.
Apesar disso, Keller garantiu que as histórias “contêm um núcleo de verdade e fatos concretos”.
Em 1961, um casal de exploradores noruegueses, Helge e Anne-Stine Ingstad, valendo-se das descrições das sagas, encontrou no povoado canadense de L’Anse aux Meadows os primeiros jazigos vikings da América. Mas foram necessários oito anos até que as provas técnicas confirmassem a descoberta.
“Encontraram casas e instrumentos no Canadá idênticos às relíquias vikings da Islândia e Groenlândia. Recolheram um anel de estanho, uma agulha e vestígios de produção de ferro, algo desconhecido para os índios norte-americanos”, afirmou Keller.
Ele acrescentou que os vikings viajaram pela América durante 100 anos, comerciando com os nativos. Mas não deixaram sua marca no novo mundo, lugar que não conseguiram colonizar. EFE je mf
Guia de Vikings www.sobresites.com/vikings
Revista Brathair de Estudos Celtas e Germânicos www.brathair.com
The Beatles fue una banda de rock pop, de Liverpool, Inglaterra.
Sus integrantes son:
John Lennon
Paul McCartney
George Harrison
Ringo Star
Aqui la letra de la Cancion:
Hey jude, dont make it bad.
Take a sad song and make it better.
Remember to let her into your heart,
Then you can start to make it better.
Hey jude, dont be afraid.
You were made to go out and get her.
The minute you let her under your skin,
Then you begin to make it better.
And anytime you feel the pain, hey jude, refrain,
Dont carry the world upon your shoulders.
For well you know that its a fool who plays it cool
By making his world a little colder.
Hey jude, dont let me down.
You have found her, now go and get her.
Remember to let her into your heart,
Then you can start to make it better.
So let it out and let it in, hey jude, begin,
Youre waiting for someone to perform with.
And dont you know that its just you, hey jude, youll do,
The movement you need is on your shoulder.
Hey jude, dont make it bad.
Take a sad song and make it better.
Remember to let her under your skin,
Then youll begin to make it
Better better better better better better, oh.
29.08.2009 – 19.09.2009
Miss Narkissos Contest (client of Wilder PR)
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01.09.2009 – 30.09.2009
Music Hall Of Fame’s Artists Of The Year
Bringiton’s Music Hall Of Fame
03.09.2009 – 11.10.2009
THE SHORT FILM COMPETITION LA TEJITA
La Tejita naturist resort
13.09.2009 – 13.09.2009
1.00 AM SLT – 3.00 AM SLT
Romance and Love songs
G&T Creations Eternal Dreams
10.00 AM SLT – 12.00 PM SLT
DJ Darrin2101 Spinning
Club Purple Butterflies
10.00 AM SLT – 12.00 PM SLT
DJ Darrin Spinning
Club Purple Butterflies
11.59 AM SLT
UKD Project Live Concert
>> Tropical Star Club Stag
12.00 PM SLT – 3.00 PM SLT
Gangsters & flappers
Beachwood Club [B-CluB]
2.00 PM SLT – 4.00 PM SLT
Simone Peterman – Cover & Remixes Live Dance
La Tejita naturist resort
3.00 PM SLT – 5.00 PM SLT
Solange Simondsen presents Electropop Deluxe
Club Republik
4.00 PM SLT – 5.00 PM SLT
Live event (when scheduled)
*AI* Beach Party Central
7.00 PM SLT – 9.00 PM SLT
DJ Tal at *AI* Club Infinity (Sexy Sunday)
*AI* Beach Party Central
More informations on www.secondnights.com, be a secondnighter today…
A top model já foi clicada várias vezes com a barriguinha saliente; bebê nasce em dezembro.
Gisele Bündchen está mesmo grávida de seu primeiro filho, como já mostraram várias fotos da modelo com uma barriga para lá de saliente. O marido da modelo, o jogador de futebol americano Tom Brady, confirmou a notícia em entrevista ao canal de esportes ESPN.
Segundo informações do site do canal americano E!, Brady contou que a modelo está grávida de seis meses e o bebê nasce em dezembro. Apesar das evidências, Gisele Bündchen não fala sobre o assunto com a imprensa e tenta esconder a barriga dos paparazzi.
Tom Brady, que já tem um filho de seu antigo relacionamento, se casou com Gisele em fevereiro deste ano. A entrevista vai ao ar esta noite nos EUA.
I am possibly the only person in the world who gets excited about autumn. Summer peaked too early and then dragged on for fucking ever. I am ready to live in my fur coat and my Docs, and make a twat of myself in tutorials, and warm the new flat in a cautious and civilised manner, and write more (less emo) songs, and just generally be the apparently slightly different person that I appear to be now for like, unspecified reasons. Does anyone else have these Alice in Wonderland feelings? Or is it some kind of mental illness?
Genre: Electro-Pop
Year: 2009
Location: Boston, MA
Label: MySpace
01. I Just Want U 2 Myself
02. Stormy Weather
03. On The Stones
04. Now That You’re Around
05. The Waterfall
06. Sky Turns Red
07. Don’t You Let Me Down
08. Song On The Radio
09. Meet Me At The Sun
On Brite Lite Brite’s MySpace under About Me, “We like to party!!” and “We like to play music loudly.” Those two are good enough for me. BLB definitely fall under the category of electro-pop, but they also take a acoustic tone. Their songs are still extremely dancable though, even with the low-key chick vocals. I recommend this, quite a fun listen.
Natalie Imbruglia é uma cantora e atriz australiana. Seu mais novo álbum chama-se “Come To Life” Natalie produziu o álbum com Ben Hillier (Blur, Depeche Mode) e co-escreveu algumas das faixas com Chris Martin (Coldplay), incluindo o primeiro single “Want”. “Come To Life” é quarto álbum de estúdio da cantora, lançado pela Island Records, sua nova gravadora. (By Last Fm)
Could they be considered the soundtrack of today’s generation?
The band Girls, who we’ve done a few music videos for now, are popping up all over the music scene lately and are being featured on Urban Outfitter’s main website! Their new track “Lust for Life” can be seen on this month’s AV Club page or below!
The video was shot and directed by Aaron Brown and Ben Chappell and really captures what’s at the heart of today’s youth in San Fransisco, which has always been a town to provide an excellent backdrop for political as well as artistic movements.
Ator foi clicado com alguns quilos a mais e os cabelos despenteados.
David na mais recente aparição e ao lado na época de friends
David Schwimmer, mais conhecido como o Ross Geller de “Friends”, foi fotografado com alguns quilinhos a mais neste domingo (6), como mostra a imagem divulgada pelo site “TMZ”. Com os cabelos despenteados e expressão de poucos amigos, o ator foi visto enquanto tomava um café em Venice, na Califórnia.
Depois do filnal de “Friends”, em 2004, Schwimmer, de 42 anos, virou aparição rara nas telas. O último trabalho do ator foi dublar a girafa Melman em “Madagascar 2”, animação feita em 2008. De acordo com o site “Imdb”, especializado em cinema, ele deve voltar a emprestar sua voz para personagens de desenho em “Rapunzel”, filme com estréia prevista para 2010.
Podmiot liryczny pochodzącej z lat trzydziestych XX wieku piosenki Donkey Serenade chciałby śpiewać serenadę pięknej señoricie. Ona jednak nie chce słuchać, więc señor decyduje się śpiewać osłowi. Osioł słucha, urodę ma nawet względnie okej, lecz niestety zamiast śpiewu wydobywa się z niego zabawny odgłos. Poczucie humoru nie najwyższego lotu, ale piosenka i tak genialna, szczególnie w wersji niejakiego Allana Jonesa. Najważniejszy jest tu naśladujący stukot kopyt rytm, który mógłby pochodzić z automatu perkusyjnego, gdyby takie wówczas istniały. Do tego jakaś kosmicznie głupia partia fujarki. No i najróżniejsze elementy aktorsko-operowe w śpiewie. Całość aż trudno ogarnąć, choć majstersztyk ten nie ma nawet trzech minut.
Piosenkę, właśnie w tym wykonaniu, poznałem dzięki soundtrackowi z Radio Days (Złote dni radia) Woody’ego Allena. Polecam ten film, fascynujący obraz Ameryki lat trzydziestych i czterdziestych. Radio było wtedy głównym nośnikiem informacji i rozrywki, a jak się ostatnio dowiedziałem, 75% ludności USA rozpoznawało dyrektora radiowej NBC Orchestra, dyrygenta Arturo Toscaniniego. Dyrygent gwiazdorem – ciekawe czasy.
Allan Jones – Donkey Serenade:
Z Internet Archive można pobrać tę i inne piosenki Allana Jonesa. Wszystkie dobre.
Obrazek z Wikimedia Commons. Wprawdzie inna epoka i kraj, ale po prostu nie mogłem go nie dać. A bibisyna polecam, trwa epoka Internet Days, więc można słuchać np. BBC 3 (klasyka) i BBC 4 (gadanie), aż nam spuchnie. Do “czwórki” (gdzie usłyszałem te dane o Toscaninim) trzeba mieć zainstalowanego realsyna, polecam zamiast niego RealAlternative.
Não se fala em outra coisa na Internet e mais uma vez Britney rouba a Sena.
Em um Show em Greensboro no dia 06/09 a princesinha do pop, Britney Spears em sua turnê “The Circus Starring Britney Spears” deu aloca e performou AO VIVO, sim eu disse AO VIVO, não entendeu e quer ouvir novamente? AO VIVOO a música “YOU OUGHTA KNOW” da Alanis Morissete, sendo assim o centro das atenções de TODO mundo.
A princesinha, que em sua turnê só ‘cantava por Playback’, com exceção dos raros vocais na balada Everytime, arrasou na performance e foi aclamada pelos fãs, que como eu ficaram em choque, pela mídia e até por alguns críticos.
Será esse o retorno da confiança dela nos palcos e começo de muitas e muitas músicas e show’s ao vivo?!? Acho complicado, creio que ela ainda poderá ainda dar algumas ‘canjas’ ao vivo, pois esse é apenas seu JEITINHO, mas esperemos pra ver!
Assista a performance AO VIVO do cover da Alanis clicando no play!
Rinôçérôse es una banda francesa formada por Jean-Philippe Freu y Patrice Carrié, que mezcla rock con música electrónica y dance.
Ambos miembros son doctores en psicología, y se declaran como “Psicólogos de día y músicos de noche”.
Discografía:
Retrospective (1997)
Installation Sonore (1999)
Music Kills Me (2002)
Schizophonia (2005)
Futurinô (2009)
Y uno de greatest hits
Rinôçérôse (2006)
Andrés los descubrió en un festival al que fue hace unos años. Pueden escucharlos en MySpace, entrar a su site oficial o saber más de ellos en Wikipedia [en]
Debería, en algún momento –y ningún momento es más propicio que otro para empezar a contar esto desde el principio– reponer algo de la vida de D. No pretendo ser su biógrafo, no. Pero al menos quisiera que alguien lo entendiera un poco, aún ahora.
D. nació hace 38 años, en una clínica del barrio de Flores que ya no existe –o que al menos ya no está emplazada donde solía estarlo. Su papá que vivió muchos menos años de los que hubiera debido, victima de un ataque al corazón justo cuando estaba debajo de las inquietas caderas de su secretaria de turno, era nieto de italianos llegados a Buenos Aires vaya uno a saber cómo. Su mamá, de origen irlandés, lo sobrevivió algunos años.
Todos los años que vivió acá, D. los pasó en la casa de sus padres sobre la calle Nicolás E. Videla, entre Valle y Antonino M. Ferrari. Era una casa inglesa, emplazada en 6 u 8 manzanas que parecían transplantadas de algún suburbio londinense. La anglofilia de D. –que en el fondo nos atraía tanto a todos y que es tan mentada aquí– tiene algo de su origen en la energía que D. debe haber chupado viviendo en ese barrio, rodeado de esas vecinas, ex “institutrices inglesas” de gente importante. Su abuelo, que compró la casa cuando ese barrio recién se armaba, ya dejaba entrever el interés de la familia por lo anglosajón. De todos modos, que el padre de D. se casara con una irlandesa, no respondía tanto a la anglofilia cultivada en la familia, como a la irreprimible atracción genética de todos los hombres de la familia –incluido D. – por las pelirrojas.
Yo conocí esa casa algún tiempo después de la muerte de su padre. D. me había invitado después de la facultad a que me fuera con él a comer algo y mostrarme sus libros. Después de ese iniciático momento, volví muchas veces a esa casa. En general tomábamos una cerveza en la vereda y D. siempre me sometía a su rechazo a tomar del pico, metiéndose en su casa a buscar dos vasos de vidrio en los que servir. “Para eso nos metíamos” le decía invariablemente mi otro yo joven y pretendidamente insolente, cada vez que me dejaba solo con la botella en vilo, en el vano de la puerta. Al volver con los dos vasos recién enjuagados en la mano, encogía los hombros y se sentaba en el borde de cemento donde estaba amurada la reja verde, mientras yo servia la cerveza en los vasos. Nos quedábamos bastante tiempo ahí, sobretodo en verano. D. en bermudas y mangas de camisa arremangadas. Ahí charlamos por primera vez de libros, de discos. Ahí incluso me ponía música, esos discos que él bajaba y reproducía en los parlantes de su pieza y que se escuchaban desde la calle, si es que había abierto las ventanas para ese propósito. Ahí escuche por primera vez Winds Take No Shape de Call & Response o el Two Way Monologue de Sondre Lerche. El tipo de la garita de seguridad nos miraba fijo, atento, esperando que algún vecino se quejara –algo que nunca pasaba. D. siempre prefirió olvidarse esa vereda, o al menos, no teñirla de todo lo telúrico que tenia, en esos días y esas épocas en Buenos Aires, tomarse una cerveza en la vereda. No era solamente que estuviera “mal” a los ojos de los vecinos remilgados y trasnochados, sino que era algo muy de acá y eso a D. no le cerraba. Supongo que, más de una vez y durante mucho tiempo, D. reprimió las ganas de meterse a tomar el té que su madre servia religiosamente a las cinco y más aún, reprimió las ganas de invitarme a tomarlo con ellos. Lo lamento mucho, me hubiera encantado poder hacerlo. Aunque en esos tiempos –y afortunadamente solamente por unos meses más- yo era uno de esos idiotas al que podría haberle parecido de “careta” sentarse a tomar el té con una irlandesa y su tímido hijo, que leía libros en inglés.
Judging by my empty cupboards (completely bare except for a 12-pack o’ Ramen noodles), the time has come for yet another soul-searching Stash It or Cash It blog post, in which I mine my over-abundant CD collection for expendable yet slightly profitable goods. Hopefully I’ll find a few treasures worth selling at Wherehouse music (or for cherishing–but in this time between paychecks, I’m more keen on cashing in). As I rifle through my collection I stumble upon a Mariah Carey three-fer: her triumphant comeback of sorts The Emancipation of Mimi (2005), the serviceable though inferior Mimi retread E=MC2 (2008) and the pivotal yet impossible-to-remember Charmbracelet (2002).
I will start by saying that Mariah Carey holds a special place in my heart. She speaks to the part of me that’s eternally adolescent, poorly-adjusted and hopelessly insecure. Carey touches the Outcast Mixed-Race Girl in all of us who’s still finding her way and trying to belong. I love Mariah Carey. That said, I need to part ways with my colossal CD collection. Sacrifices must be made. Therefore, I take the opportunity to reflect on Ms. Carey (okay…Mrs. Nick Cannon) and what her music means to me.
Somehow fans began to take Mariah Carey for granted as the 2000s fell upon us. We eased away from her records to attend to a new crop of singers who boasted one name (Ashanti! Pink!), were former Mouseketeers (Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, the bushy-haired boy in NSync), or were of Latin heritage (Ricky Martin of Menudo and an intriguingly tacky Fly Girl named Jennifer Lopez). If you were a teenager during Carey’s 90s heyday you may have taken a notion to attend college where the Butterfly singer was passe and, as a result, you started trolling Wuxtry Records or attending shows at the 50 Watt to learn what real music was.
We left her side for a moment, figuring that things would be okay. When we returned, however, things had changed. She was no longer Mariah Carey, the glorious capital-S Singer; she was now one of the Hyphenate, like the aforementioned Lopez: singer-slash-actress. Carey starred in a film called Glitter, a semi-biographical Cinderella tale that is not bad if you set aside all expectations and suspend all disbelief. The film flopped. September 11th 2001 occurred, a day that is not remembered for being the release date of the Glitter soundtrack. Rumors swirled of her deteriorating mental health and she wound up in a hospital, suffering from exhaustion. So far, the New Millennium was not treating Carey so kindly.
Mariah Carey needed to return to her roots, to vent her frustrations and to turn a new page in her career. This brings me to the part of this post where I actually begin discussing her 2000s discography. With the exceptions of Glitter (which I borrowed from the library once, listened to and returned the next day) and her Greatest Hits album, I own all of her New Millennium catalog. I’ll start with her 2002 release Charmbracelet, a necessary yet ungainly album. There were a literal handful of songs that I liked. “You Had Your Chance” is a bouncy, candy-painted kiss-off song aimed at some lousy boyfriend. Not especially groundbreaking but it was one of the only two songs from this album to be put on repeat for at least 20 minutes–when I like a song I really like a song. The other playback-worthy track of this set is a little ditty called “Clown”, the most buzzed-about song of this album. Allegedly, this is a veiled attack against Eminem, the talented yet obnoxious Great White Hope of Hip-Hop whom MC may/may not have dated for a time. This is not a great performance from Carey, marred by a flurry of catty, soft-spoken lyrics that don’t quite pack a satisfying punch. Unfortunately, the only joy derived from this song is in scanning the liner notes in search of clues about the alleged Mariah-Eminem affair. With the exception of these two tracks Charmbracelet simply doesn’t contain as many gems as her other records. Fans know that this is Mariah’s Cathartic Album and that alone is reason enough to appreciate it for what it is. Who’d dare begrudge an artist the space to unburden her heart and soul on record? Charmbracelet was an important release for Carey but it’s an album that, Godblessit, I’m willing to part with.
In an age of instant stardom and rampant selective memory, Mariah Carey’s Charmbracelet served as little reminder of her glory days and offered little reason for her continued relevancy in the music industry. She was no longer the monster hit-maker that she was only a few years before. People like Beyonce were ascending the pop music Everest. Shows like American Idol were cranking out Mariah Carey wannabes, all jockeying for her spot and possessed of two things that Carey no longer had: an instant and ravenous fan base and an easily exploitable naivete about the music business. Carey was still a Grammy winner and a multi-platinum artist but the 90s had just ended and she had reached yet another crossroads. She needed to reclaim her top spot at all costs. Or perhaps she didn’t. But Carey has become notorious for her work ethic and her desire to please. So she regrouped.
2005 saw the release of The Emancipation of Mimi, a return to form that featured all-star guests, great songs and, of course, The Voice. Talk of Carey’s diminished vocal range was beginning to emerge and Mimi largely dispels such talk (among fans, at least–music critics, in keeping with a decade-long pastime of Mariah bashing, were less convinced). This album boasts collaborations with rapper/producer/mogul Jermaine Dupri, the tracks that are, in my opinion, are the best of the album. The first single, “It’s Like That” features a springy 808 and piano-assisted groove, simple lyrics and au courant (for 2005, anyway) pop culture references in which the “purple is taking [her]higher” and she’s the lotion to lackluster ashy “chickens”. It’s a fun, lighthearted song followed by the plaintive piano driven (and JD-produced) “We Belong Together,” which features one of Carey’s strongest vocals up to that point. As is the fashion nowadays, Carey’s vocals are augmented by Auto-Tune and filters, lending to the belief that MC’s pipes ain’t what they used to be. Either way, this is one of Mariah Carey’s strongest showings in years. She ably teams up with the Neptunes, en vogue hitmakers in ‘05, for a few contemporary cuts but mostly hues closer to her Pop&B pedigree. This was the album that saw the return of Mariah Carey and, for me, is a keeper.
Ever the prolific and productive recording artist, Carey is now gearing up to release a new album, Memoirs of An Imperfect Angel. The first single “Obsessed” is another entry into the Eminem-Response Record sub-genre of pop music–actually this is a small subgenre as most of Em’s targets are beleaguered teeny-boppers who are, baffingly, scared shitless of a near-40-year old still rapping about his prescription drug addictions, bad childhood and unfortunate love life…but I digress. “Obsessed” is a frothy sort of non-song designed for massive radio play, video countdown over-saturation and rampant downloading. She hits back at Eminem, again allegedly, by calling him “delusional” and proclaiming that “you’re a mom and pop/ I’m a corporation.” So far, I’m less-than-excited about the new album but I’m pretty sure that I’ll buy it anyway. This is Mariah Carey, after all.
My ambivalence about the upcoming Memoirs mirrors my similar feelings about Carey’s post-Mimi exercise, E=MC2 in 2008. Her lead single was a chirpy, fluffy number called “Touch My Body,” a come-hither coo that beseeches a lover to, you know, touch her body. The low point of the song comes with her imploring her suitor to not post their “flick on YouTube”. I should have taken my initial disdain for this track as an indicator of what to expect from the this album–and should have stayed far away. This track, unfortunately, exemplifies everything that’s gone askew with Carey’s career. While I can appreciate the drive to stay current, “Touch My Body” and every other record on E=MC2 are trying too hard to appeal to the teenyboppers and twentysomethings that she no longer is one of –the kids more likely to buy a Rihanna CD (or, rather, to download her album) than they are to dig into a Mariah record. Many of Mariah’s original fans tuned out when she shed her marriage to Tommy Mottola…and her clothes. So maybe there is a certain savvy and wisdom in courting a new generation of fans. But the main ingredient of her 90s Wonder Years has gone AWOL as the first decade of the 21st century draws to a close–her powerful voice.
We’ve finally hit upon the most troubling aspect of her 2000s output. I’ll preface this part of my posting with a nod to the fact that voices change with age: they peak in the mid 30s and lose range from then on. That is the unfortunate rub of making divadom your stock and trade. No one can be an octave-scaling goddess forever. Whitney Houston can’t do it. Aretha Franklin of today doesn’t hold a candle to the Aretha of the 60s through the 80s. I witnessed a performance by Etta James on Austin City Limits in which she didn’t even attempt to scale the heights of her classic “Tell Mama”. Voices change. That, of course, is not my growing frustration with Mariah Carey. She’s written very popular and memorable songs but she’s been accused of a certain vapidity. She’s been harangued for showboating at the expense of true soul. This becomes a problem if you are a singer known more for the sizzle instead of the steak. What happens when the sizzle starts to die down?
As much as I love Mariah Carey, she came to prominence on the heels of her spectacular voice…and little else. In her defense, of course, when you’ve got a one-in-a-million voice like hers you don’t need much else. You don’t need much else but it’s nice to have for a rainy day. Carey’s still got a gorgeous voice when she’s using it to full effect but she hasn’t really been doing that for the past few years. Does she choose to play it safe? To coo to expensive, diverting beats, content to coast along with the diminished standards of today’s pop music? Has she truly lost The Voice? Who am I to say? E=MC2 typifies this problem with reliance upon Auto-Tune (again) on the T-Pain-featuring “Migrate,” a dumb song but one of the only ones from this album that I managed to enjoy. The other song I like is “Bye Bye”, a sweet ode to lost loved ones that, in my opinion, is hampered by its self-referential tone (”you never got a chance to see how good I done/ you never got to see me back at number one”). But the other tracks strike the ear as so much pandering to the trends of the today’s fickle pop market. “Cruise Control” is a clunky reggae-ish midtempo joint featuring a Bob Marley scion and Carey’s distracting attempt at Jamaican patois. “I’m That Chick” is amusing in that she, apparently, “do’z it naturally/hypnotize like Biggie,” a proclamation that rings as the least natural lyric of this entire album.
Mariah Carey is endlessly fascinating in that she will always be Mariah Carey, the most successful female recording artist of all time. She no longer has anything to prove to anyone–not her fans, not the industry, not the critics. She may not even have anything to prove to herself anymore. Perhaps that is the conceit that drives her albums these days. Gone are the days of sweeping ballads, big curly hair and concealed cleavage. We’ve got the Mariah Carey that Mariah’s always wanted to be–free to dress like a 14 year-old girl, free to release the hip-hop-tinged songs that she’s always wanted to, rich enough to not be pressured by financial gain when it comes to her music. She’s apparently happily married and has everything she’s ever wanted. While fans like me wouldn’t mind her recording a standards album, she just wants to have fun. Who wins, though? Is it wrong to expect a certain standard of Mariah or should we, as fans, just be happy to go along on her journey? This is a question I ask myself whenever I listen to E=MC2 and become irritated. Perhaps I should stash this record for posterity but somehow I don’t think it was created for me.
A new study claims cigarette smokers are tricked into thinking certain types of cigarettes are healthier than others.
The terms “light”, “low tar”, and “mild” have been banned in the EU since 2002.
Smoking opponents say it is now time to package cigarettes in plain packages, so the consumer won’t think one smoke is healthier than another.
Given this latest research, that shows I’ve been fooled into thinking lights were better for me, I am chucking my ultra-light cigarettes, and switching to some class of filterless smoke.
Of course, if my planned move from the U.S. to England goes through, I won’t know what the hell I’m smoking at all, but at least I’ll know it’s a level playing field.
Here’s my proposal for the new generic packaging:
Warnings Simplified
BBC NEWS | Health | Cigarette branding ‘misleading’
Welcome to my first post. And if you’re reading thank you and please leave a comment. If you’re looking for anything about music, movies or books then you’re in the right place. I’m not exactly an expert at this but I’m certain that with time I will get better. First I’d like to start with some music. My favorite song is… I’ve Just Seen A Face by the Beatles. What’s you’re favorite song hopefully people are reading this and you’ll comment and tell me. And maybe get the word out about my humble blog.
That’s all for today
Signing off
Cello Child.
The electronica star will play at the organisation’s night at Matter at London’s O2, alongside Kissy Sell Out, MPHO and Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip.
Other special guests expected at the event, which takes place on Friday October 16th, are due to be announced soon.
Cool To Be Kind is a not-for-profit live music initiative organisation formed to provide a stage for musicians to ‘Rock It Out For Humanity’ and to raise funds and awareness for a carefully selected NGO.
This year C2BK in association with Oxjam Festival presents Oxjam @ Matter – an uber-stylish flagship event.
Tickets are now on sale for the Cool To Be Kind’s event dubbed Looks Good, Sounds Good,
Feels Good.
Looks good beacuse Festival goers will get an exclusive preview of the new ‘Oxfam Pop Up Shop’ which will be launched at this event before it’s taken to other high profile fashion and music events around the country.
Sounds good because he explosive line-up will showcase this year’s hottest rising stars vs the established veterans of sound and vision all Rocking It Out For Humanity.
Feels good because everyone is guaranteed to get the feel good factor just by being at this event. Oxjam is Oxfam’s month-long nationwide music festival with a difference. It’s about music bringing thousands of ordinary people together to combat poverty all over the world.
No, Girls Aloud aren’t breaking up, they’re still very intact. But, the sexiest of the sexiest is set to unleash her solo single this week. “Fight For This Love” is the title. The song has been described as the ani-Xenomania (Girls Aloud’s producers) by Popjustice, There are no words out about the producers, it has all been very hush hush. Cheryl is yet to talk about this project herself!
The single will be played during Radio 1’s Chris Moyles Breakfast show around 8AM GMT.
Cheryl’s debut album “Three Words” is set for an Oct. 2nd release.
São 23h30 de quinta-feira,dia 03 de setembro de 2009…
Estou adicionando uns sons no meu Ipod, e acabo de ver no plantão do Jornal Na rede Tv, a seguinte notícia:
“Direto de Los Angeles, acompanhamos ao vivo o funeral do cantor Michael Jackson.
Será apenas para amigos e parentes……”
O cara foi um gênio da sua fase de lançar sucessos e quebrar recordes em vendas de discos, mas acho um pouco demais o cara ser enterrado só hoje, quanto tempo faz desde sua morte?
Vale apena ser um icone?Você está pronto para ser um icone?
Fica ai a reflexão>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
BoA recently celebrated her 9th year in the music industry (can you believe it? in the industry for 9 years and only 22!); to honour this achievement I’ve decided to post my top 9 BoA MVs/songs. Enjoy~
Do The Motion, from 2005’s Outgrow, is arguably BoA’s finest song. Produced with a sweet, summery jazz sound, it showed BoA’s versatility and hit the top spot of Japan’s Oricon chart. It remains BoA’s only number 1 single to date. The video is pretty sweet; the European feel and BoA’s simple dance routine compliment the sound of the song really well. You can tell BoA worked really hard on this single and it deservedly is my number 1.
This next song is one of my favourite songs of all time! It’s the song I listen to when I’m in a great mood and it makes me even happier. It’s also the song I listen to in the mornings if I need a bit of get up and go. Sweet Impact is from BoA’s 2007 album, The Face and was pretty successfuly (reaching the top 5 of the Oricon). The Face is a great album (my favourite BoA album for sure). Although, actually, when I first heard this single I was disappointed and didn’t listen to it again for a good while. A few months later I was hooked ^_^ The MV is awesome too, BoA does a great homage to Michael Jackson
QUINCY was the song that started it all for BoA and me. Released in 2004 on her Best of Soul best of album, it was one of the first J-pop songs I got into aside from Utada. In fact, BoA is the second J-pop artist I got into after Utada so she always has a soft spot in my heart. Who’d have thought I’d still be loving her 5 years later? I can remember listening to this song, getting hooked, coming into college the next day and telling everyone about it. It’s not BoA’s most famous song, but I love it ^_^
永遠; Eien (Forever) was released as a promotional single from BoA’s japanese release of her debut English language album (which was released with a best of album; the whole release was called Best & USA – does that make sense? ^^;). From the very first time I heard this song I loved it. It was a return to the BoA that I loved. Catchy melodies, a hook of a chorus, sweet vocals. It’s one of my favourite BoA songs ever and shows how BoA has matured as an artist over the years.
メリクリ; Meri Kuri (Merry Christmas) is also from her Best of Soul album. It was BoA’s first Christmas themed song and hit number 5 on the Oricon charts. I love this song, it’s very simple and very sweet. I love Christmas and love Christmas songs so this is perfect for me ^_^ It also shows off BoA’s very good voice (something for which she is not always given credit). The MV is simple as well and shows a softer side of BoA.
This retro BoA! Amazing Kiss is about 8 years old and taken from her very first Japanese album Listen to My Heart. It’s very very 90s pop (overly produced should I say?). This is a bit silly, but I love it ^_^ It’s weird to see BoA so young and being so talented. Especially considering the fact that 8 years ago I was messing about in class.
Valenti is BoA’s biggest selling single (with over a 200,000 copies sold), it’s a catchy pop song with a real dance vibe. I think this is what people would suggest BoA’s sound to be like. I like this song, it’s cool, it’s not my favourite song though but if it comes on, I don’t mind tapping along to it ^_^ There’s Japanese, Korean and English versions to boot! My favourite is probably the Japanese one though.
This is another Christmas inspired song. It was a huge success for BoA (which I think she was surprised by). It was narrowly beaten to the top of the charts. It’s a beautiful ballad with BoA proving that she can sing beautifully with heartfelt emotion and not just dance around to club beats. Winter Love is perhaps one of her best songs and should perhaps be higher up on this list… *scratches head*
I Did It for Love is BoA’s second English single and features the vocal and production talents of Sean Garrett. It’s a killer tune! It’s an awesome song! It’s a bit repetitive and I know BoA has been slated by a lot of people for still having an accent. But I think that’s rubbish, I can understand her perfectly well and she’s Korean! What’s the problem with accents? Not everyone has to sing in the same General American accent to be successful. Sadly, BoA’s American career doesn’t seem to be going too well, perhaps America is just not ready for an Asian popstar yet. Which is a shame, there’s loads of a talent there. Anyways! This rounds up the list. I hope you enjoyed it, I wish BoA many more years of success! I I I I I did it did it did it for love~ ^_^
Corpo do ‘rei do pop’ será sepultado no cemitério Forest Lawn, em Los Angeles, diante da família e amigos
Michael Jackson (29 de agosto de 1958 – 25 de junho de 2009). Foto: AP
Mais de dois meses após sua morte, Michael Jackson será enterrado nesta quinta-feira, 3, no cemitério Forest Lawn de Glendale, em Los Angeles. A cerimônia privada, somente para a família e amigos, sob fortes medidas de segurança contrasta com a cerimônia fúnebre com muitos artistas, um público de 20 mil pessoas e transmitida ao vivo pela TV, realizada no estádio Staples Center de Los Angeles, em 7 de julho.
O cantor, cujo corpo acredita-se que esteja em uma câmara frigorífica no cemitério, será sepultado no Terraço Sagrado do Grande Mausoléu, uma área de acesso restrito, o que deve manter seu túmulo protegido de curiosos, fãs e saqueadores. Michael Jackson morreu em 25 de junho de uma parada cardíaca, considerada pelas autoridades de Los Angeles como um homicídio provocado por “intoxicação aguda por Propofol” e outros cinco medicamentos.
Os Jackson decidiram se despedir do ‘rei do pop’ em cerimônia íntima, que deve durar 45 minutos, com o réquiem por conta da cantora de soul Aretha Franklin e com a presença da grande amiga do ‘rei do pop’, a também cantora Diana Ross, segundo informou seu irmão Marlon à imprensa britânica. Marlon disse ainda ao jornal inglês The Mirror que o estilista e o maquiador de Michael arrumaram o cantor como se fosse para seu “último show” e que ele “está pronto para o seu grande dia”.
A previsão é de que o corpo de Michael Jackson seja sepultado em um caixão folhado a ouro às 19 horas locais, aproximadamente às 23 horas no Brasil, conforme informou Jesse Derris, da agência de relações públicas Sunshine & Sachs, contratada pela família do artista para tratar com a imprensa.
O site TMZ estima que o custo da cerimônia supere os US$ 150 mil. Seja qual for o valor, será pago pelo Fundo Michael Jackson, uma figura jurídica administrada pelos advogados do cantor, por decisão tomada nesta quarta, 2, pelo juiz da Corte Superior de Los Angeles Mitchell Beckloff, a pedido da mãe de Michael, Katherine.
Todas as entradas do cemitério neoclássico de muros altos, que exige identificação com foto dos visitantes, serão fechadas. Lá estão enterrados símbolos da fase de ouro de Hollywood, como Clark Gable, Jean Harlow e Carole Lombard, além de ícones como Humphrey Bogart, Nat King Cole, Walt Disney, Errol Flyn e Jimmy Stewart.
O guia turístico Scott Michaels, especializado em mostrar sepulturas de celebridades a turistas, explicou ao jornal americano Los Angeles Times que “há câmeras por toda parte no cemitério e se você estiver apenas andando pelas tumbas os seguranças vão te encontrar e fazê-lo sair”, disse.
O recado da polícia aos fãs do ‘rei do pop’ é claro: “Não tentem se aproximar, porque não serão capazes nem sequer de ver o verde da grama de Forest Lawn”, alertou o sargento Tom Lorenz.
Me encanta esta noticia, Hello Kitty celebra su 35 aniversario este otoño con las actividades, fiestas y lanzamiento de nuevos productos. En todo el mundo el tema de Hello Kitty del 35 aniversario es “Hello Kitty Colores”. Sanrio, la empresa que las licencias de Hello Kitty, afirma que los colores transmitir la “esencia de Hello Kitty que ha mantenido su atractivo para los devotos y por tanto tiempo.” Los colores son el rojo para la amistad, de color rosa para el bonito, de color amarillo para heartful, verde y lavanda de deseo de dulces. El mensaje de cada color se refleja en su marca de proa.
“Hello Kitty colores del mundo y captura el corazón y la imaginación de tantas personas”, dijo Janet Hsu, Presidente de Sanrio Global Consumer Products. “El tema de Hello Kitty del aniversario está inspirado en su legado y los amantes de las cualidades que han resonado con los aficionados de todo el mundo durante los últimos 35 años”.
Tiendas de todo el mundo llevará a Hello Kitty del 35 aniversario con temas de la mercancía a partir de septiembre. Cientos de productos asociados con la etapa de despliegue de este año, incluyendo prendas de vestir, joyas de edición limitada y de colección. Kitty35.com es el sitio web oficial para el mundial de Hello Kitty 35 aniversario celebración. Un autentico capricho para todos/as sus seguidores.
Para más información: http://kitty35.com/english/index.html
No perderse esto, no tiene desperdicio: http://www.mundo.in.rs/2009/06/abc-news-now-entrevistas-hello-kitty/
Sea Wolf was started as a solo project by Alex Brown Church, sometime around 2003. He plays with members of the Ship Collective Community, who rotate through bands. Alex has recently gained some publicity after having two of his songs featured in commercials – “You’re a Wolf” in a GM commercial for the Chevrolet Malibu Hybrid, and “Sea Monuments” for a Radioshack holiday commercial. Sea Wolf is currently signed to Dangerbird Records, and has released three albums :
“Get to the River Before It Runs too Low (EP)” – 2007
“Leaves in the River” – 2007
“White Water, White Bloom” – 2009
The Song Featured:
This track starts out with a big, dramatic, almost theatrical opening. Water rippling, with lots of echo room and big, heavy bass drum. It builds up slightly chaotically, but in a good way, with the typical “rewind” sound effect mixed in there as an undertone. Then it all stops, save for the water sound/fire crackling/scratchy record.
Demure acoustic follows, very simply, introducing singer Alex Church’s remarkably amiable singing. A second acoustic soon joins in, along with a cello and an odd sound effect that sounds like a looped slide-up pluck on a double bass. A simple, music-box esque piano riff joins the sections together, tying Intro, Development, Chorus, and Outtro together nicely.
As kind as the music is, the lyrics are equally, if not more, evocative of soft emotions. The lyrics, vocals, and instrumentals blend together to make a thoroughly warm and loveable song.
I met a girl on Halloween
When she was lost, and I was drunk
And it was dark and cold out when we left
And as we walked the rain started
The leaves softened with every step
And all around us people slept alone with their dreams
The wind came down from up the planes
And blew the leaves all through the streets
I wondered how far leaves could really fly
Would they rest in suburb yards
Or make it to the city
Or would they end up in the river just to float away
She pointed to a small brick house
And said it was where she grew up
The lights were out, she aked if we could stop for awhile Find More lyrics at www.sweetslyrics.com
Her hair was still just getting wet
The water running down her neck
Collecting in the handprint in cement beneath her feet
Apparently there’d been a death
Someone close and nothing left
Because she hadn’t left him in the end
I saw her blush when I asked
If she always talked like that
She said it only happened when she drank
And later on I felt her hand
Slipping into my cold fist
She promised me a kiss as soon as we got home
Her costume had begun to tear
She ran ahead and turned to me
Her laughter echoed through the empty streets
