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Kings Of Leon

Posted by Helen D on December 18, 2008 at 10:53pm

Short of time as very busy leading up to Christmas, but saw Kings Of Leon last night and- Oh My God! - They were absolutely stunning.I have enjoyed their albums, but nothing prepared me for seeing them live for the first time;rockier, louder, fantastic light show, loyal and jubilant crowd of fans - what more could you ask for?You might ask for a good support band - well there was a band called 'M83' who gave a good account of themselves and were worth turning up early for.It was a good lead into the festive season. Merry Christmas to you all - Peace, Happiness and Good Will to all who have no interest in the festivities,xx

House of cards (по мотивам)

Posted by Alina on December 18, 2008 at 6:54pm

Замок из пескаВсе равно, с чего начнем,И неважно как закончим.Взглядов лишних не дари -Лучше перейдем к любвиЗамок из песка разрушь,Покинь как яЗамок из песка разрушь,Покинь как яКрохи былогоСмахни и забудьНо тыМолчишьБрось ключи свои на гвоздь,Мужа поцелуй - и в ночь.Эта гребаная жизньПусть летит с катушек прочьЗамок из песка разрушь,Покинь как яЗамок из песка разрушь,Покинь как яКрохи былогоСмахни и забудьНо тыМолчишьОпятьотказСгоришь от слов моих(возможен вариант -От слов моих сгоришь)Предложения замены приветствуются))

Nude (по мотивам) (Big ideas)

Posted by Alina on December 18, 2008 at 6:30pm

Вариант не "радужный", а десятилетней давности.Не строй зрясвой дом изнадежд и иллюзий.Хоть ангелом будь,Пой в доме псалмы -Но этого мало.Все твои чувства - лишь дым.Рухнул фундамент - черт с ним!Ты с рельсов сошел.Порочным языком целуя и маня,Влечет в постель, и ты не в силах устоять.Такне строй зрясвой дом изнадежд и иллюзий.За грешность мыслей ты достоин только ада...Все твои чувства - лишь дым.Рухнул фундамент - черт с ним!Ты с рельсов сошел.

Exit music (по мотивам)

Posted by Alina on December 18, 2008 at 6:30pm

Расстанься с мечтойИ высуши слезы...Сегодня сбежим навсегда.На сборы лишь миг -Содом и ГоморруКровавый рассвет принесет.Нежное дыханьеДаст мне силы.Легкое дыхание -Без него погибну.Песней согрей -Холод сковал нас,Но он не вечен, поверь.За спиной смех ханжей.Пусть подавятся моралью.Ввысь мы взлетимПо дороге в вечность,А вам только тлеть,только тлеть...А вам только тлеть,только тлеть...А вам только тлеть,только тлеть...© savaP.S. Самому Qwerrie понравилась пара строк. Жизнь прожита не зря)))

save

Posted by East on December 18, 2008 at 4:30pm

SAVE THE RAINFORESTI just give money to rainforest foundation.....if you can please give some money.http://www.rainforestfoundation.org/

My Sadistic Dog needs Help!

Posted by Vanessa Vasquez on December 18, 2008 at 4:26pm

Seriously.. every single toy ....she gets overjoy...play with them...then later on I walk into the room to find a murder scene.All the cotton ripp off from the toys...eyes ripp off....stuffing everywhere!

Yeah Don't let this cute little fluffy thing fool ya!she is a 4 paw of terroR!!!

Mine.

Posted by Bodysong on December 18, 2008 at 1:37pm

24/03/2009300 mangos bien gastados.Radiohead, ahí vamos !

dead calm

Posted by Missy aka Mom on December 17, 2008 at 3:23pm

the dead calm that is me is the dead calm that came from us my crush my dream and then friend embers to coalbrick and stone my most loved three doors in a rowmany lives depend on that will happen nextwho decides a worlds fate at eighteenmeeting of the leadersIt is cold out there and warm heresafeagain we have dead calm366 days without incident

Neil Young ROCKED the hell out of MSG!!! Dec 16th, 2008

Posted by inez on December 17, 2008 at 8:00am

To me, the most challenging thing about the GA pit tix, is deciding WHEN to arrive. Let’s face it, noone wants to kill hrs in line as amusing as some interactions can be… on the other hand, you sorta go all in with these tix because you really want to be right next to the stage, with the unobstructed view, to be a part of it all… And so now I know: 2:40pm for Neil Young’s 8pm gig (doors @7) is waaaaay TOO EARLY. And as some sweet security guard was giving me explicit instructions as to where outside at 35F under light snow I was supposed to spend the next 4.5hrs – it looked sad. I brought a whole bunch of work hoping to sit with it, in line, somewhere in the corner – but there was NO CORNER and NO PLACE TO SIT – AND NO F*CKING LINE – I was the first one. I’ve never been the first one for anything in my life. So I settled for an hr in a bar across the street and finished work and wine and pretty horrible food staring out the window at that magic door… still unattended. 4pm. Got out, hid from snow in the employee’s entrance, asked security if it was ok – they said “no”. I turned on my iPod and started watching the WOWOW broadcast. They made no effort to kick me out and pretended I wasn’t there – I love New York. By 4:25 a few ppl showed up so I re-emerged. A funny crowd in its diversity – some young kids, some old-time hippies, those who don’t fit into any of the above groups (me?), some drove from Ithaca, Jersey, Boston… still a SHOCKINGLY small group of 11 (Ocean’s 11?) till ~5:30. Almost disappointed, I noted: “At a Radiohead gig, there would be 200 ppl making a snowman by noon!!” That was a lie – the SNOWMAN part of it… ‘cause snow didn’t stay. Instead, some awful undecided form of precipitation was dropping from the sky getting progressively worse. At 6pm, security opened magic doors dragged out a table (the purpose of which remained a mystery) and pushed the line (‘sorry guys, we need to move you’) out from that little overhang to the middle of the sidewalk. The snow got nasty. One fringe benefit at the front of the line (which was ME) was the subway vent of several sq feet: every time the train passsed underneath, a whole bunch of hot air was pushed out. So standing on top of it prevented my feet from getting frozen solid. Another nice thing abt this little social network that formed at the front of the line was that a few ppl were here the night before and knew exactly WHERE TO GO once we are finally in. Apparently, security was useless - and there’s a million gates inside… So if any of you ever do the pit at MSG → 2 flights up → gate 54 ;-)7:02 (2 min late!!!) – the doors opened and they started letting ppl in … commotion… They warned us so many times about the bags that I actually hesitated inside with my bag open for search – but noone seem to care for me. What the hell was I waiting for? Clearly, my brain didn’t work properly anymore. Everyone’s rush pushed me out of my hypothermic stupor, and I followed the same group I was hanging out with for hrs …we got wrist-braced with pretty MSG thingys, flew upstairs and OMG!!! – this was almost beyond belief as I found myself at the DEAD CENTER OF THE RAIL ~6 ft from the stage. I was the geometric center of the rail. I slid down to the floor ‘cause I had just about enough standing and shaking and focusing on maintaining my body temperature ;-)… Amazingly enough, on each side of me there were the guys from that first 6 ppl on line!! There was some fairness there I guess – which is rarely the case.I have to say, it was a very ‘civilized’ pit – through the support acts, there was actually a decent amount of room to sit or move around, and there were guys selling pop-corn and beer, and you could leave and come back, and ppl respected each other’s space. This really hasn’t been my experience at, say, Radiohead gig in Toronto. Perhaps because the crowd at MSG was more ‘adult’, and more hippy-ish, or – because it’s New York, and we are awfully nice around here ;-) (hey, this wasn’t a joke!)Now, I don’t remember much of ‘Everest’ – I think it has to do with the time that my brain required to thaw. But it was a short set – they started at 8 and played for ~30min. WILCO though was a treat! Never seen them LIVE, and they were cool. Right of the bat, Nels Cline, their guitar player is something else... And his oddly charismatic look in my opinion totally captured the attention of the audience. (NO, it had NOTHING TO DO with is RED PANTS!!!) I uploaded a bunch of Wilco pix for ya. A nice touch was that it happened to be Jeff Tweedy’s son’s 13th birthday, and so the boy came out to play drums for one of the songs. That was sweet ;-)Set change took some time, and finally Mr Young took the stage at 10:15. Oh my… “Hey Hey - My My… New York City will never die!”… ;-) It was like touching history. Mindblowing. I was so ridiculously close – I could read what the pin on his jacket said “Hippies for OBAMA” (check the pix – see for yourselves ☺ ). So, alright Neil may look old, perhaps older than his years (he looks totally iconic if you ask me…). And I won’t guess what forms of abuse his body has been through over the years… but when he started playing – the energy of it, the force… was simply astounding. It filled the space completely. And when he sang, he sounded the same! I mean, if you were to just hear the performance (which is what I’m doing now – and let me know if you want the complete audio-track), you wouldn’t guess that it is 2008!… He played many classics “Needle”, “Cinnamon Girl”, “Heart of Gold”, “Cowgirl in the Sand”– check out the set list… but also quite a few new songs that I never heard before. In fact there was so many – he had these big cardboard thingys with pages of lyrics for new songs glued on, just in case; those were lying on the floor. But a snatched a picture of those before he started playing (there’s a snapshot in my ‘album’). Mr. Young advised us to “make a shitload of noise” whether we liked the new songs or not ☺. The guys next to me screamed “We DO!!!” The INTENSITY was beyond anything I expected. He played for 2+ hrs straight and asked as if we wanted another song. The audience roared. “You will regret that at 3 o’clock in the morning” – he said. I didn’t! Personal highlights? Many… “Cortez the Killer”… so much power, and darkness, and punishing devastating guitar riffs. God!! And there’s something to be said about those 10+min tracks. Sometimes you just need the time to live it, you want to stay there and not be found for a while… Like…what the heck happened to the extra 4min of Paranoid Android?!? (uh-oh, getting sidetracked – sorry). The main set closed with “Rockin’ in the Free World” when his band was joined by the entire crowd, the guys from Everest and Wilco, and it seemed like all of the audience. It just resonated so well with the times this country is going through… - truly galvanized everyone into a frenzy. Mr. Young went backstage for just a couple of mins and was back for the encore. “Sorry it went a little bit late, – he said at some point, - but that’s OK…”The Beatles’ “A Day in the Life” was a set-closer! Could it get any more unexpected? It was very different from the original though. Darker. And at the end, Mr. Young was ripping the strings out of his guitar, and as they were flying and hitting the metal generating this crazy wall of sound…. It was so profoundly awesome ... I caught a few frames of this grand finale too. The gig ended at 12:45AM.And the subway was appropriately packed. And my connecting line was out of service… At the surface, snow changed into pouring rain and I decided to take a cab half way and walk the rest to get drenched. Seemed like a thing to do.xoxo

the holidays

Posted by PrttyBrd on December 17, 2008 at 3:05am

A million multicolored lights and 10+ lbs of stress. I think I'll decommission my stress to weight indicator. Phew, there, now the holidays will be that much more jolly.

This just made me laugh

Posted by Janie on December 17, 2008 at 1:29am

MonkeyBeef! I wish I could explain the background story but it would take to long! And most likely my job, but it is funny all on it's lonesome.

another day

Posted by East on December 16, 2008 at 8:23pm

well lets see.....i got up around 11:00am and watched some tv. then i took the green bong off my night stand and took a big morning hit...........lol..

school

Posted by East on December 15, 2008 at 12:33pm

no school today and i could not be in a better mood......well maybe if i had some green......todays mission get some.....

to much overtime

Posted by Janie on December 14, 2008 at 9:20pm

so with all the overtime that I've done at work, i've noticed that i've got about two whole work days of radiohead on my iPod. And that's not even all that I have. if anyone cares, it would be the people on this website...And I wish I could bitch to everyone how annoy this overtime is, but I'd lose my flippin' job. Damn non-disclosure contract....And it's been cold and snowy...we actually got snow in the city of seattle that has stayed the whole day so far. That has not happened since 1990. I couldn't even walk up the hill to walk my dog today. That is not normal for seattle. It will get cold and might snow, but won't stick! The world is going to hell in a hand basket! At least i'm not in the northeast right now, cause you guy's got it much worse. At least there is some good snow in the mountains, it was quite beautiful this morning (wish I had a picture!) I could see the tops of the white mountains that surround the city...that is why Seattle is one of the best places to live! Don't ever want to leave, hopefully I never will.

While we care about global economy, the world keeps going...

Posted by Marine on December 14, 2008 at 4:20pm

One of the best photographs I have seen this year.

This is from KHALIL SENOSI.2 days ago: Security personnel drag away a Kenyan journalist, as Kenya's President Mwai Kibaki's delivers his speech during Independence Day (Jamhuri Day) celebrations at the Nyayo National Stadium in Nairobi Friday, Dec. 12, 2008. During the event a number of Kenyan journalists were removed while protesting against a contentious media bill, which critics say is intended to limit press freedom. During the violence after Kenya's presidential election late last year, the government banned all live broadcasts for several weeks, citing national security.

My Year in Lists: The Top Albums of 2008

Posted by Lindy on December 14, 2008 at 12:30am

This year was an interesting one, and I was surprised, at the end, that while there weren't too many new albums that I really loved, there were several new albums which I love more than I would've ever expected -- albums which will make my 'best of all time' list, and albums which I'm sure I'll continue to love for a long time to come. Without further ado, and before I hop into the best of list, I'm going to get a couple of formalities out of the way.Most overrated album of the year: Vampire Weekend. I know this will make people mad, and I'm sorry – I like the album: it’s fun, it’s catchy. It’s decidedly old hat after about 10 listens, though, and I got really sick of seeing them everywhere. Get mad at me if you will; I’m bored of this album.Biggest surprise of the year: Kanye West: 808s & Heartbreaks. Yes, I admit – I like the new album. It’s well-produced, the vocals are brilliant, and Kanye West doesn’t remind me of Kanye West (which is perhaps why I like it so much). It’s a good album – I’m shocked, but I admit it. (Doesn’t make Kanye any less of a douchebag, though.)Honourable mention: Final Fantasy's EPs, Spectrum 14th Century and Pays to Please. Together, these are two sides of a gloriously rich story. As flashy as Pays to Please is, Spectrum rounds it out with a richness that balances out the pair. Owen Pallett is a lyrical tease, a brilliant composer, and continually amazes me.Most underrated albums: Wolf Parade, Department of Eagles, Cut Copy. For as much love as some other albums are getting, At Mount Zoomer, In Ear Park, and In Ghost Colours are truly brilliant albums. I'm amazed at how little love and attention Wolf Parade, DoE, and Cut Copy are getting in everyone's year end lists, but those 3 albums have been among my very favourites this year.And now without further ado, here's my year in lists: the best of 2008.25. Los Campesinos!: We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed. The only reason this is so low on the list is cos I haven't listened to it more than a time or two. Love these kids, though, and I'm sure it's on par with Hold On Now, Youngster, which you'll find further down this list...24. Clinic: Do It!. It's funky, it's fun, it's quintessential Clinic. Quite addictive, when you listen to it, and it's definitely a grower (though I loved it from first listen).23. Fuck Buttons: Street Horrsing. Starts by blowing your mind with Sweet Love for Mother Earth, and by Colours Move, you're completely mindblown... in a really pleasant way.22. Bloc Party: Intimacy. I never thought there would be a day when Bloc Party would release an album that wasn’t in my top 10. This hurts me – physically. And that’s not to say there aren’t great songs on the album – I love Biko, I love Trojan Horse, I love Signs. But seriously, guys – Ares and Mercury are horrid. The album is completely unbalanced, and isn’t a cohesive album like the previous two. I like that their sound is changing, and I like adding a more electronic vibe, but if they’re heading toward Mercury/Ares, they’re going to lose me.21. Beck: Modern Guilt. This is the grooviest thing Beck has done in ages (I’m pretty sure we have DangerMouse to thank for that), and I love the throwbacky vibe. The album is also cohesive, and I really dig that. I love this album; just haven’t listened to it enough.20. MGMT: Oracular Spectacular. I know, I know – rounding out at the bottom of my top 20? How could I, right? See, here’s the thing about this album for me: I love Electric Feel. Seriously, that’s song of the year material. I love Kids. It’s groovy. The album is groovy and fun… but it all sounds the same to me. I like their sound, I like their style, I like this album… just don’t love it.19. The Verve: Forth. Don’t get me wrong – new Verve is instant win, and I'm more than thrilled that we got it. New Richard Ashcroft always makes my heart go pitter-pat. This album has several really great tracks – Appalachian Springs, Sit and Wonder, Valium Skies. I even like the first single, Love is Noise. The Verve definitely didn’t disappoint, after all this time.18. Of Montreal: Skeletal Lamping. It’s fun, it’s cheeky, it’s groovy as hell, and it’s decidedly addictive. I love it – possibly a new favourite, and definitely on par with Hissing Fauna (though in a completely different vein: Hissing Fauna is as poptastic as Skeletal Lamping is groovetastic).17. M83: Saturdays = Youth. This album has such a great vibe – if MBV had a logical heir, it would certainly be this album – there's something about this album that brings MBV to mind in the best possible way, and M83 should be really proud of that. It functions really well as a cohesive glimpse of shoegazey gorgeousness, and I’m really enamored of its complex grace.16. Los Campesinos!: Hold On Now, Youngster. This is how you spell EPIC ALBUM. They’re fun, they’re smart, they’re adorable, and this album makes it nearly physically impossible to stay still. And I adore it.15. Benoît Pioulard: Temper. I love Benoît Pioulard’s style – I love the richness of his musical textures, the little noises spirited away in the background. I haven’t had enough time to sit with this album and fully appreciate it, hence its position on my list. I'm confident that with more listens, it'll continue to rise in my estimation, as everything that Pioulard does -- his music worms its way into my heart via my brain, and I end up loving it before I even realise it.14. Islands: Arm’s Way. This album is brilliant, and also full of cellos cellos cellos. It’s fun, it’s smart, the lyrics are catchy and addictive. Musically, it’s complex and a departure from the previous album – in the best possible way. I love where they’re going, even if I loathe the cover art. (Seriously guys, was it really necessary?!)13. Girl Talk: Feed the Animals. This album is a walk down memory lane… albeit obscured by ghetto rap. Every time I listen, I find something new; every time I listen, I love it more. Totally addictive, totally fun, excellent album.12. Foals: Antidotes. This album is brilliant, their sound is brilliant. Lyrics and choruses be damned; Foals manage to succeed at bucking the traditional in favour of something new… formless, and yet still held together. The album is as cohesive as each track is, and it’s a masterpiece of a debut. (Again with the cover art, though – why must you scare me?!)11. Elbow: The Seldom Seen Kid. This album is gorgeous. Complex, layered, more gorgeous than a fairytale and nothing short of spectacular. Garvey’s voice is the common thread between this stylistically diverse collection of brilliance.10. The Last Shadow Puppets: The Age of the Understatement. Lots of people might disagree with my giving this album precedence over so many other great records. It might be merely my personal bias; and yet, there’s something about this album that makes me keep returning to it. Whether it’s how well Alex and Miles have mastered the throwbacky vibe, or how much Owen Pallett’s strings really add to the scope of each song, or how well the whole album works together, I really love this album. Maybe more than I should, but I love it nonetheless.9. Cut Copy: In Ghost Colours. This album is gorgeous, and only gets moreso with every listen. I can’t decide which is better – the initial high of Lights & Music, the intermediate surprise of So Haunted, or the closing grace of Strangers in the Wind. This album is brilliant, through and through, and improves with every listen.8. Wolf Parade: At Mount Zoomer. Love. That’s the only word for this album: love. Every track on this album builds upon the previous, until Kissing the Beehive explodes in all its groovy musicky goodness, and you’re left basking in the afterglow of a truly great record.7. TV On The Radio: Dear Science,. The only reason this isn’t in my top 5 is that I haven’t had enough time to sit with this album and fully appreciate it. I love every track on this album, and I love how well this album works together. It’s truly a masterpiece, and I can’t help but be rapt every time I listen.6. Death Cab for Cutie: Narrow Stairs. This album reminds me of the days before Plans – in the best way I never expected. While they’re definitely trying out some new vibes, DCfC are still as brilliant as they ever were – and songs like Cath and Grapevine Fires seal that deal.5. Fleet Foxes. If I could describe autumn to you in music, I would give you this album. Whether it’s the purity and timbre of the vocals, the tightness of the harmonies, the gentle atmosphere of each track – this album is a coherent tribute to a career I’m very much looking forward to, and it’s a hell of a debut.4. Hot Chip: Made in the Dark. This album has travelled through this whole year with me – I’ve loved it since the first listen, and I continue to do. I couldn’t choose a favourite even if I wanted to. I love how well Hot Chip balances fragile sweetness in with what is brilliant electronica – their music is ridiculously fun and geeky, but the decided intelligence and delicacy behind each track only endears them more to me.3. Department of Eagles: In Ear Park. One word: masterpiece. This album is in equal parts lush, complex, brilliant, and new. I can’t decide if it starts better, or finishes better; I just know that every time the album is over, I want to listen again. The complexity of each track, the quality of the vocals and the lyrics – all of them add up to what is a brilliant, cohesive, highly underrated album. I’m in love.2. Sigur Rós: Með Suð Í Eyrum Við Spilum Endalaust. This album is gorgeous, fun, and quintessentially Sigur Rós. The brass band is an excellent addition to what was already a complex and gorgeously layered sound. Their capability for sheer joy in tracks like Gobbledigook is easily and perfectly balanced with their uncanny ability to build a song well past what one would think is humanly possible, in something like Festival. (In this case, not only is the cover art perfectly, adorably joyously suited to the album, but it’s also perfectly suited to the band. Well done, boys!)1. Portishead: Third. If ever an album was worth a wait, this is it. Most people get upset when a favourite band changes their sound; I couldn’t be happier that Portishead have embraced this newer, darker, more stripped sound. This album simultaneously breaks my heart and repairs it. I’ve listened to this album countless times, wondering if I would ever find a flaw; not only is there no flaw, but I continue to find little complexities and intricacies that only serve to remind me just how great Portishead are, just how great this album is, and just how much I love them.

Los 10 mejores discos del año

Posted by Radiolatinfan on December 13, 2008 at 9:47pm

10. Metallica - Death MagneticTemas clave: "Suicide & Redemption"/"The Unforgiven III"

9. The Verve - ForthTemas clave: "Appalachian Springs"/"Love Is Noise"

8. Ximena Sariñana - MediocreTemas clave: "Vidas Paralelas"/"La Tina"

7. Muse - HAARPTemas clave: "Knight Of Cydonia"/"Supermassive Black Hole"/"Butterfles & Hurricanes"

6. Hot Chip - Made In The DarkTemas clave: "One Pure Thought"/"Made In The Dark"

5. Coldplay - Viva la Vida-Prospekt's MarchTemas clave: "Death and All His Friends"/"Lost+"/"Violet Hill"

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4. Portishead - ThirdTemas clave: "Machine Gun"/"The Rip"/"Small"

3. Jaguares - 45Temas clave: "Entre tus Jardines"/"Visible"/"Un Mal Sueño'

2. Zoe - ReptilectricTemas clave: "Babilonia"/"Reptilectric"

1. Sigur Rós - Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaustTemas clave: "Gobbledigook"/"Við spilum endalaust"

Fun, Fun, Fun in the Sun, Sun, Sun.

Posted by URNotMYfellowDJ on December 13, 2008 at 9:30pm

Is there an 'unspoken agreement' between rioters and Police in Athens ... ?

Does this fit a BBC Radio 4 News report from a Greek correspondent, who this morning Saturday, described that there is an "'unspoken agreement' between rioters and police to not harm eachother, hence no-one has been seriously injured or worse."?That "the Police are giving these young people the chance to vent off their frustrations?" Certainly the public are being metered out a battering much less severe than they would receive in Britain, for instance. I do not see the police man handling demonstrators just moving through & past them. So, it may well be true!

RADIOHEAD: PRICES FOR ARGENTINA CONCERT / PRECIOS ARGENTINA - Please read, thanks

Posted by Victoria on December 13, 2008 at 2:00am

Hi. I didn't write this, I friend did and already posted it here, I believe. I want to make sure it reaches the band, somehow.I really want to go to the concert, I've never seen Radiohead live and I won't be travelling to Europe or the US anytime soon, but I'm not going to pay ridiculous sums and contribute to the vicious cycle. I decided not to pay anymore excesive sums for international concerts, and I want to keep doing my own private boicot. But Radiohead for me is different. Just read the article, please. It says exactly what I'm trying to say.Thanks.Hey guys,HOLA; GENTE:I don't really know why am I writting this.NO SÉ REALMENTE POR QUÉ ESCRIBO ESTO.I'm pretty much a mosquito fighting a rhino, come to think of it, but I was outraged at 90% confirmed rumors that the tickets for Radiohead's show in Argentina would cost about 270 argentinean pesos (roughly 80 dollars), which is about 30% of an average middle class income in my country (!).BÁSICAMENTE, SOY UN MOSQUITO ATACANDO UN RINOCERONTE, SI ME PONGO A PENSAR, PERO REALMENTE ME SACÓ EL RUMOR 90% CONFIRMADO DE QUE LAS ENTRADAS PARA RADIOHEAD VAN A SALIR 270 PESOS (UNOS 80 DÓLARES) QUE REPRESENTAN ALREDEDOR DE UN 30% DEL SUELDO BÁSICO DE CLASE MEDIA EN ARGENTINA.The figure is ridiculous by any standards and, furthermore, the concert organizers are exploiting the fact that we're desperate to see a band as relevant as Radiohead in our own country.ES UNA CIFRA RIDÍCULA COMO SE LA MIRE Y, MÁS AÚN, LOS ORGANIZADORES EXPLOTAN EL HECHO DE QUE ESTAMOS DESESPERADOS POR VER A UNA BANDA DE LA RELEVANCIA DE RADIOHEAD EN NUESTRO PAÍS.I could choose not to buy a ticket, right?PUEDO ELEGIR NO COMPRAR MI ENTRADA ¿NO?I could organize a boicot.PUEDO ORGANIZAR UN BOICOT.I most surely will.CASI SEGURO LO HAGA.But what bugs me the most, what really gets to me, is that this comes from Radiohead.PERO LO QUE MÁS ME MOLESTA, LO QUE ME SACA, ES QUE SEA RADIOHEAD.If it were U2, Coldplay, well... fuck them. I'd skip the concert. No biggie.SI FUERA U2 o COLDPLAY, BUENO... AL CARAJO. NO VOY. NO HAY DRAMA.But I still believe in Radiohead!¡PERO YO AÚN CREO EN RADIOHEAD!For my generation they symbolize social awareness, and social awareness is poorly represented by ticket values of nearly 30% of an average middle class income.PARA MI GENERACIÓN, SIMBOLIZAN CONCIENCIA SOCIAL Y LA CONCIENCIA SOCIAL NO ESTÁ BIEN REPRESENTADA EN VALORES DE ENTRADAS DE UN 30% DE UN SUELDO DE CLASE MEDIA.And let me tell you: we, the middle class leftover in Argentina after countless crisis, are not that many. So let us not even discuss those poor bastards underneath our socio-economical level. They can't even afford dreaming about Radiohead.Y DÉJENME DECIRLES ALGO MÁS: NOSOTROS, LAS SOBRAS DE LA CLASE MEDIA ARGENTINA LUEGO DE LAS MUCHAS CRISIS, TAMPOCO SOMOS TANTOS. ASÍ QUE NI SIQUIERA HABLEMOS DE LOS POBRES TIPOS DEBAJO DE NUESTRO NIVEL SOCIOECONÓMICO. A ELLOS NI SIQUIERA LES ALCANZA PARA SOÑAR CON RADIOHEAD.So what's the deal, here, people?ENTONCES... ¿QUÉ ONDA?:a. Radiohead are not aware of the cost of their own tickets and their incidence on the average income in a country they're visiting?A. ¿RADIOHEAD NO TIENE IDEA DEL COSTO DE SUS PROPIAS ENTRADAS Y SU INCIDENCIA EN EL INGRESO PROMEDIO EN EL PAÍS QUE VISITAN?b. Is there nothing they can do about it?B. ¿NO PUEDEN HACER NADA AL RESPECTO?c. Do they even care anymore?C. ¿DEJÓ DE IMPORTARLES?I remember Thom recalling one of his nightmares during an interview in the late 90's: he was onstage and suddenly realised he was Bono (!).ME ACUERDO DE THOM CONTANDO UNA DE SUS PESADILLAS EN UNA ENTREVISTA A FINALES DE LOS 90'S: ESTABA EN ESCENA Y DE PRONTO SE DABA CUENTA DE QUE ERA BONO (!)Do we want that nightmare to come true?¿QUEREMOS QUE LA PESADILLA SE CONVIERTA EN REALIDAD?I don't, and I don't want to think it has come to that.YO NO, NI QUIERO CREER QUE YA ES ASÍ.But, hey, thanks for reading, whoever reads.PERO, EN FIN, GRACIAS POR LEER; QUIENQUIERA QUE LEA.Even though I'm not hoping for a reaction, thank you for allowing me this relief.A PESAR DE QUE NO ESPERO UNA REACCIÓN, GRACIAS POR DEJARME EXPRESARME.

Gordon 'Austin Powers' Brown:- "We not only saved the world ..."

Posted by URNotMYfellowDJ on December 12, 2008 at 8:00pm

Wed 10, Dec.Click Image to open Flash player in new window.In the House of Commons, PM Brown addressing the Banking Crisis lets rip with "We not only saved the World ... ".... Actually Gordon, you moron ..."All it takes an' no mistakes,Is just a slip of the tongue."

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