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This world is big and so-awakeI stayed up late to hear your voiceThis light is here to keep you warmThis song is here to keep you strongI made a list of things to sayBut all I really want to sayAll I really want to say isHold her and keep him strongWhile I'm away from hereHold her and keep her strongWhile I'm away from hereI've seen the world and so-awakeAnd stay up late to hear me singJust hold herI've seen the world and so-awakeAnd stay up late to hear me singJust hold himHold her and keep her strongWhile I'm away from hereHold him and keep him strongWhile I'm away from hereUntitled - REM
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Almost there.

Ahhh....Only 6 days until I finally make a move and leave France... This will probably be the last entry for a while, as I don't think spending time hunched over a computer - no matter how appealing it sounds - would be the appropriate way to make memories on my first (not so much)hard-earned holidays.I'm thinking - except the obvious cultural event in Saitama - going to the Yokohama art Triennale, which looks alright.(-"So, what did you do during you holidays in such a peculiar country?" - "Art exhibit." -"Oh. Japanese traditional art ?" -"No." -"Oh.")I will, as usual, stare at everything and understand nothing, but at least I'll be trying.Art's probably not my thing. Well, too bad. And yeah, language barrier, that one IS to be used in that country...Still have to watch Lost in Translation before I leave, I've been told it would be a shame not to... Still don't know where I'll sleep after night 5, which is great. Except if rain decides to greet me. Well, well, well... Lots of fun and cold fingers ahead. I'm rushing, things aren't ready yet, even if the most important stuff has been done last weekend (JR Pass & RH ticket & list of cities to visit is now prepared.). Let me grab my sleeping bag and "I'll make the speed of light out of this place" as the song goes. No purple shoes yet.So yeah, was in Paris last weekend, to get tickets, you know. As a happy coincidence, I was contacted two days before by a friend of mine who got stuck with too many NTM gig tickets. I accepted mostly to help him, as I didn't think I appreciated the band enough to see them outside a festival. Did they actually do festivals ? I'm so ignorant of hip-hop...Anyway, there I was, rushing to get everything done for Japan, and leaving for the now-familiar Bercy place. So much more relaxed than last June...Outside and in... Well, beer is still expensive as fuck, but well... The two bands before the main course were crap, but it was to be expected, right ?, however one the DJs had the interesting idea to mix some bits of music from the last 50 years, which was a good way to introduce me to the let-s-get-back-in-time-and-see-how-much-you-aged trip that was the gig.NTM have aged, that's for sure. Their audience as well - 30ish people were the majority - so the rythm of the concert itself was a bit jerky. They cut the fun with solos - from the rappers as well as DJs and dancers. That's still in the idea of hip-hop but a bit obvious, really. And yeah, the girls dancing didn't meet my high feminist standards, but I was expecting it, so no offense taken.But I didn't think I'd have such a good time. Except for the slight crowd phobia I felt when the lights went off (a bad memory of my only Cypress Hill gig), it was actually quite nice. Friendly crowd (so much more than in pop/rock gigs, that's unbelievable....Oh wait, maybe that's because there were more guys than girls...), good setlist. Lots of interaction with the audience, which is really much better than what we are used to with... anyway, I heard all the tracks I wanted, especially Laisse Pas Trainer Ton Fils and Qu'est-ce qu'On Attend which are favourites of mine (like many others ;).Laughed my ass off with the "punishment" we went through when we weren't being loud enough : fucking awful 80's music blasted at full volume by the DJ until we boo'd it enough for him to stop. That was sooooo good !Lots of fun on the Carnival proposed by Joey Starr where the whole crowd was jumping left and right like idiots. Well, that's interaction ! I had forgotten that NTM can also mean good fun. Yeah, Passe le Oinj was good as well and the whole venue will probably smell pot for a while. And, as one always completes the other, sadness came with Kool Shen and his Ange dans le Ciel. I'm not much in favour of "memory songs" about dead people, but this one was actually well written. And, even if it must have been performed dozens of times, emotion is still there. She must have been a great person.So, yeah... That was good. Opening and closing the gig on the same track but with different orchestrations is definitely a great idea. And yeah, maybe because it was "Seine Saint-Denis Style", it's such a fucking great song.My mission next week ? Bring French rap to Japan. Joking, joking...Next time I might have finally listened to this Japanese band called Polysics I've heard on NoLife tv yesterday... Weird stuff with keyboards, sounds funny, hmmm...
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graytreefrog (you're insignificant -

hi little frog you here to make my daythrough it will i swim through the muckmuck mucky waters with green and style crouched and staring at the camera all fingers stretched without the recorded sounds of merged visionthat trapped your voice in quicktimeso i shut down the blinds and look at you you look at me and at the treesi am starting to grasp this placethanks to local music and homesickness and the years going by and the never-ever-ending trainsmumble jumble in the eariM starting to dig digit
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a moment...

a tender moment of infinite clarity,with knowledge succinct to the brim,how to capture the mood of the day,and bring it back again ten years later.especially how the jazz flowed through your fingers when you picked up the silver fork.I couldn't stop smiling every time you blinked.I heard words before, but not this way.I saw the world in a flutter while it was spinning us away.
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Polar Bears Starving, Turning to Cannibalism

By Marsha WaltonCNN(CNN) -- Summer is over in the northern hemisphere, but it's been another chilling season for researchers who study Arctic sea ice.Disappearance of Arctic ice cover may affect storm systems, storm tracks and crops, according to researchers.1 of 2 "It's definitely a bad report. We did pick up little bit from last year, but this is over 30 percent below what used to be normal," said Walt Meier, a research scientist with the National Snow and Ice Data Center in Boulder, Colorado.This past summer, the Arctic sea ice dwindled to its second lowest level. Arctic sea ice is usually 1 to 3 meters, or as much as 9 feet thick. It grows during autumn and winter and shrinks in the spring and summer.Scientists have monitored sea ice conditions for about 50 years with the help of satellites. Changes in the past decade have been alarming to climate researchers and oceanographers."It is the second lowest on record. ... If anything, it is reinforcing the long-term trend. We are still losing the ice cover at a rate of 10 percent per decade now, and that is quite an increase from five years ago," Meier said. "We are still heading toward an ice cover that is going to melt completely in the summertime in the Arctic."Arctic ice helps regulate and temper the climate in many other parts of the world. The less ice there is, the more dramatic the impact. Huge sheets of ice reflect solar radiation, keeping our planet cool. When that ice melts, huge expanses of darker, open ocean water absorb the heat instead, warming things up.Although few humans live in the Arctic, the disappearance of this ice cover can have effects far beyond the few residents and the wildlife of this harsh region. Ice cover loss can influence winds and precipitation on other continents, possibly leading to less rain in the western United States and creating more in Europe.So, just how much ice is disappearing?Less than 30 years ago, there would still be 7 million square kilometers or 2.5 million square miles of ice left at the end of an Arctic summer. That's now dropped by almost 40 percent. See how much Arctic sea ice has disappeared »"Seven million square kilometers roughly corresponds to an area of the lower 48 United States. So back in the early 1980s, the lower 48 states would be covered in sea ice in the summer," Meier said. "Now we've essentially lost sea ice east of the Mississippi River and even beyond. So that's a significant amount of area."The best known consequence of disappearing sea ice in the Arctic is the loss of the polar bear habitat."The Arctic sea ice melt is a disaster for the polar bears," according to Kassie Siegel, staff attorney for the Center for Biological Diversity. "They are dependent on the Arctic sea ice for all of their essential behaviors, and as the ice melts and global warming transforms the Arctic, polar bears are starving, drowning, even resorting to cannibalism because they don't have access to their usual food sources."Scientists have noticed increasing reports of starving Arctic polar bears attacking and feeding on one another in recent years. In one documented 2004 incident in northern Alaska, a male bear broke into a female's den and killed her.In May, the U.S. Department of Interior listed the polar bear as a "threatened" species under the Endangered Species Act. In a news release, U.S. Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne stated, "loss of sea ice threatens and will likely continue to threaten polar bear habitat. This loss of habitat puts polar bears at risk of becoming endangered in the foreseeable future, the standard established by the ESA for designating a threatened species."What is the future for Arctic sea ice? Some scientists believe that in just five years, the Arctic may be ice-free during the summer."The Arctic is kind of the early warning system of the climate," Meier said. "It is the canary in the coal mine, and the canary is definitely in trouble."
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This lady makes me fuckin' twitch!! - ...and my friend Iliade sent me this: article - so I'm sharing it...And here's another ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT piece.... article2THIS IS YOUR NATION ON WHITE PRIVILEGESeptember 13, 2008By Tim WiseFor those who still can’t grasp the concept of white privilege, or who are constantly looking for some easy-to-understand examples of it, perhaps this list will help.White privilege is when you can get pregnant at seventeen like Bristol Palin and everyone is quick to insist that your life and that of your family is a personal matter, and that no one has a right to judge you or your parents, because “every family has challenges,” even as black and Latino families with similar “challenges” are regularly typified as irresponsible, pathological and arbiters of social decay.White privilege is when you can call yourself a “fuckin’ redneck,” like Bristol Palin’s boyfriend does, and talk about how if anyone messes with you, you'll “kick their fuckin' ass,” and talk about how you like to “shoot shit” for fun, and still be viewed as a responsible, all-American boy (and a great son-in-law to be) rather than a thug.White privilege is when you can attend four different colleges in six years like Sarah Palin did (one of which you basically failed out of, then returned to after making up some coursework at a community college), and no one questions your intelligence or commitment to achievement, whereas a person of color who did this would be viewed as unfit for college, and probably someone who only got in in the first place because of affirmative action.........--> Continue on"WHEN ATHEISTS ATTCK" by Sam HarrisLet me confess that I was genuinely unnerved by Sarah Palin's performance at the Republican convention. Given her audience and the needs of the moment, I believe Governor Palin's speech was the most effective political communication I have ever witnessed. Here, finally, was a performer who—being maternal, wounded, righteous and sexy—could stride past the frontal cortex of every American and plant a three-inch heel directly on that limbic circuit that ceaselessly intones "God and country." If anyone could make Christian theocracy smell like apple pie, Sarah Palin could. continue reading
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talk to me

so.. i'm a bit tired of everything. my surroundings is completely happy, and i don't seem to be a person who believe they are sinciere. shame on me.i'm just so-so tired of them. i still try to find people i'd be comforted with, but somehow (!!) they all fall in love with me and..boys and girls and boys again.. in love in 3 days of communication with me. how is that possible?that iritated me first and for some time, yeah.. then i just got used, and then i got tired, when it happened try after try..though all i wanted was just to sit with smbd and talk and drink tea and listen to music and talk again or be silenced. simply. that's all. not being in love with that smbd. somehow another people get it wrong, so i was to stop my searchings. it still seems to me unbelievebly hard how others get to know they've found their soulmates? it's not that i haven't felt it, yeah, i have.. it's about time or.. or patience or persistence or .. how do they know ..oh.. nevermind. i just need to talk. so.. let it be here.all weekend i spent in bed. i was not doing well, i guess it was a food poisoning or smth. lot's of tea and internet and reading.on monday i have classes at the music school. i need to study two songs. they are lovely))i'm happy to study music, to study how to breath, how to sing, i'm dissolving in it comletely.) i guess noone really knows how it is important to me. sometimes i catch myself - i could study it entirely if only there where people who could tell me everything they know about it. i'm a grateful listener.)well, it's all about time or patience or persistence.my laptop is telling me he is going to go to sleep in 32 min. okay.gnightx
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しずかな週末

今朝、ジョギングをした。本当に!いい天気だったから、「La Villette」まで走りました。とてもきれいだった。写真を撮った。その所に古い詩(し)を覚えていました :NEW YORK - EDWARD FIELDI live in a beautiful place, a citypeople claim to be astonishedwhen you say you live there.They talk of junkies, muggings, dirt and noise,missing the point completely.I tell them where they live it is hell,a land of frozen people.They never think of people.Home, I am astonished by this environmentthat is also a form of naturelike those paradises of trees and grassbut this is a people paradisewhere we are the creatures mostlythough thank God for dogs, cats, sparrows and roaches.This vertical place is no more an accidentthan the Himalayas are.The city needs all those tall buildingsto contain the tremendous energy here.The landscape is in a state of balance.We do God's will whether we know it or not:Where I live the streets end in a river of sunlight.(...)EDWARD FIELD - 1977
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It's Wright's Dissonant Piano Tones that add the hallmark atmosphere to 'Echoes'. I saw this performed live.Plus fact: In 'Us & Them' from Dark Side, "For want of the price of Tea and a Slice the old man died", refers to the death of Roger Water's Father on a WWII battlefield in a firefight after he ran out of bullets, which cost that much to produce.Also this insight into Wright's personal role within the Pink Floyd over their lifetime. REAL PLAYER 1-Hour.Remember A Day... Richard Wright in His Own Words (Click Here)Saturday 11 October.Homepage:http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/musicclub/doc_richardwright.shtml
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Too much fastfood today

Eaten too much fastfood today and now im having a stomach ache.Was ramdomly checking out on the net earlier today. There was someone asking "how to get the tickets of radiohead's tour in japan?" (for those of us living in hk). This again reminded me how badly i want to see their live performance.Sooooo hopeing that one day radiohead would have their tour in hk.
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Ya pasó el APW

Y aunque no quiera..... eso ya pasò... ojalá el tiempo solamente se hubiera hecho eterno por 2 horas y poquito....El viernes llegó y amanecí contenta... luego un pequeño paseo a la universidad y despuéeeees... de camino al festival concierto APW... que cosa, el camion fué largo porque además de que no estabamos totalmente seguros de cómo llegar, tuvimos que hacer algunas pausas para esperar que el path llegara y saliera, y que el light train llegara y saliera.... pero no importa! todo valió la pena...Salimos del tren ligero y a caminar... venga! concierto para allá ---> vamos caminando, un largo tramo con un gran sol, y luego cortando el camino por el pasto... se escucha la música... que emoción...unos metros más, un boleto y ahí estoy, oficialmente en APW.... que la música entre a mis oidos, que Radiohead se acerque cada vez más....una carpa con souvenirs... cosas que no me gustan y otras que sí.. varias playeras negras con distintas frases... hay que escoger la que más nos guste, el tamñano que mejor nos quede y por supuesto, el termo que nos ayudará a no usar más botes de plástico...Ahora comenzamos a caminar.. se siente la vibra y en especial nuestra propia vibra, 5 personas dispuestas a pasarla bien... y claro, en un principio éramos 4, pero pronto el destino permitiò que siguieramos 5....Minutos después era hora de comprobar nuestra mayoría de Edad, y mi hermano que no lo deseaba decidió ir a explorar.. los otros 4 nos fuimos a festejar con una rica chela... aún cuando era Budwaiser... y en un lugar cercado...Salimos y queremos comer... comer comer... qué será lo que queremos comer??? un cheesy philly steak esogimos y no se diga, esta muy rico, pero es muy pobre par alos 8 dòlares que pagamos... pero no importa! estamos contentas de estar ahí y queeremos pasarla bien.... unas pocas gotas comienzan a caer...Luego de comer vamos al stage principal... ahi nos espera mi hermano.... y comienza la lluvia, pero preferimos ignorarla... què nos puede hace una simple lluvia si eso es algo tan natural??? asì que resistimos un poco y esta nos pasa... el sol vuelve a salir....Un descanso con música relativamente breve y decidimos que era momento de una cerveza más.... vamos de nuevo........ un buen rato volvemos a pasar.Es hora de regresar al escenario y pronto llegarà el momento en que nos acerquemos para escuchar a Underworld.... que buen rato nos esperaba.....Unos minutos de espera sentados en el pasto... un rato de plática con un vecino.... el momento de pararse llega....Hay que moverse! que buen ritmo.... bailemos... una foto?, venga la foto.... que buena foto salió de eso... graaaacias mateo...Hemos terminado de bailar con underworld y el momento que estaba esperano llegaría.... hay que hacer una estrategia... la que me ayude a acercarme... cuál será?-.. pensaba yo....Unos cuantos minutos y un muchacho, un tanto grande, pasò por mi lado diciendo... "excuse me"... o bien! aplicarìa laaaa sigur ros... yo me voy detrás de él... y sí... un excuse me.. y otro excuse me... cuál es la diferencia?.....Llegué al centro del escenario a unos 4 o 5 metros más adelante que mi puesto anterior... ahí hay que esperar un poco más... el cielo debe cambiar a la noche... el escenario debe estar perfecto.... de mientras... unas fotos, y una foto personal... gracias mujer que me ayudaste con la cámara... esas fotos resultarían lo bastante buenas como para recordar....Entonces comienza... unos 15 pasos comienzan a sonar, unas 5 personas aparecen... no lo puedo creer... lo que por años había deseado... lo que por años había soñado... lo que por años había anhelado..... lo que por años había imaginado.... por fin llegaba a mí.... será que realmente estos pensamientos lo habían hecho llegar a mi???, esto que sentí por tanto tiempo generó ese fruto?.... más feliz no pude estar yo... un sentimiento inmenso apareció... y mis sentimientos no pudieron contenerse.... ahí estaba yo, y ahí estaban ellos.... presentandome lo que tanto había escuchado.... mi ser se manifestó en forma líquida.... no lo `pude contener....Una tras otra... diferentes recuerdos, diferentes sentimiento... diferentes sensaciones... cada uná algo diferente representaba en mí.... que bien me sentía.... ´ y al estar ahí... las canciones pasaban y el tiempo también... no quería que esto terminara y no quería saber cuánto llevabamos... mejor esperar lo mejor..... y sí, así sucedió... fue perfecto.... y con un simple saludo al final.. everything is in the right place.... agitar las manos.... gracias!!.... junto las manos.... unas lágrimas... y todo comienza a desvanecerse....Que buen momento.... algo debe de cambiar, algo debe de indicarme... ahora debo de hacer....Es momento de juntarme con los demás... todos estan satisfechos, estan contentos... hay que descansar un poco.... sigamos el rumbo a nuestro descanso...No fue inmediato, no fue sin chiste.... un paseo extraño por algunas calles de NJ nos acompañó... pero al final... un regreso común escogimos... un regreso que me permitiò seguir saboreando lo que hacía poco acababa de suceder.... que voz, que música....Al día siguiente.... ees sabado....este día mi hermano quiere aprovechar la primer parte del dìa de distinta manera... no lo culpo... el no igual a nosotros, y no tiene el mismo tiempo que nosotros....estamos listos y comenzamos la partida.... vamos a comer antes de cruzar... un buen panini hace compañia a nuestra panza....Llegamos y queremos eesperar.. esperar a encontrar al amigo nacho... quién es?, eso no importa, hay que esperar.... qué sol hace!!, no importa... la sombrilla nos protege....Ahora comenzamos a caminar y él se encuentra ahí.... vamos a beber cerveza... hay que identificarse otra vez... un brazalete nuevo y ahora no solo una diagonal, ahora 2... una cruz morada....Tomamos cerveza, platicamos, y todos estamos relajados.... regresemos al escenario... nos sentamos y escuchas algunos proyectos... son buenos generalmente... pero no los apreciamos lo suficiente tal vez...El amigo nacho tiene una muestra... un regalo para todos... vamos un poco hacia atras.. que es hora de relajarnos.... mujer! si no quieres no... mejor no.... pero claro que sí... una tranquilidad y sensación interesante.... pasó el rato y decidimos comer.... un poco de sombra... sobra junto a la pirámida bicolor... azul y reflejo bicolor... que buen momento, pero yo solo quiero de un raspado de fresa disfrutar....luego de esto ya hay que regresar a la multitud... el momento de kings of leo llega y por lo pronto de Radiohead también... David!! ahí está él... nos ha encontrado.... gracias, ahora estoy tranquila....vamos a buscar un buen lugar!, después de una platamorma hay un espacio... creemos que ese espacio estarìa solo y por lo pronto nos acomodamos.....GRAN error, ese espacio se volverìa a ocupar por los VIpS.... que molestia!, no nos gusta nada... no podemos a ver a nadie.. y mejor, justo al comienzo decidimos cambiar... primero los Vera... y luego los Sanchez.... excuse me, excuse me... no me da gusto pero era necesario...este día, en mi mente daba vueltas... la vuelta de lo que hace 1 año había pasado... no sè por qué con fecha equivocada... pero mi abuela ahí estaba... lo siento pensaba yo... un poco triste....Durante el momento de cambio... no estaba feliz... y canciones sonaban, pero luego a un pequeño lugar llegamos... los 2 estábamos ahí... él veía mejor, pero yo no tanto... así que mejor, entre cada canción, un poco más me movía..... que música señor.... era genial´.... aún cuando ya no estaba bajo el mismo hechizo del día anterior.... no puedo estar mejor...Cada minuto un lugar mejor conseguía, hasta que por fin... un lugar donde sí podía ver a los 5.... gracias... que un buen lugar... a comparación del principio sí conseguí....pasó el tiempo y seguía feliz.. ahí estaban ellos,... pero de pronto.... un silencio.. unos acordes... y exit music estaba ahí... no lo podía acabar de sentir.... algunas lágrimas más salieron de mí.... esa canción,... esa melodía... un alfiler se podía escuchar.... que emociónes flotaban en el aire....unas canciones más.. y la gente seguía feliz.... yo estaba contenta... y algunas sorpresas llegaron... como un planeta telex... que gusto... en fin, como todo lo bueno,.... y como todo lo que tiene un inicio... aún cuando hubiera sido desde un día anterior.... llegó a su fin.... gracias... quisiera haber estado más cerca... pero no lo cambio... que gran experiencia....Todos querían ir hacia atras... pero yo deseaba avanzar... qué podría observar u obtener del escenario?... es hora de acercarme.... un asistente no necesitan? ojalá que sí.... vamos... por fin un set list le lanzan a uno... wow, ojalá fuera mío pero.... al menos una foto conseguí.... alejandro tendría la del día anterior...ahora sí-... me acerco a los demás... creo que un abrazo a david le dí... ojalá a todos le hubiera dado dado uno... en especial a él.... ya esperando irnos... una foto con el escenario... quién la toma?.... gracias... ahora la tenemos en la cámara de él....Caminar y caminar... ahora pasemos al área de postes brillantes y sonoros... estos suenan con tus palmas.... gatos afilando sus garras en un palo... eso me dijo un visitante. Caminar... llegamos a la fiesta.. la pequeña fiesta vip que hay en la entrada.... unas palmeras moradas... algo amarillas.. música que te mueve.... no tenemos mucho tiempo... el camino es largo....Caminamos y tanta gente.... mejor esperamos en la banca... un momento para relajar... veamos a las personas.. veamos a manhatan a lo lejos..... Caminar! vamos a esperar otra vez... un momento de estar sentados en la banqueta... la gente sigue llegando... sigue esperando... un tren, dos trenes... cuándo es nuestro turno?.... ya ha llegado... vámonos....somos felices, vamos a casa.... que a celebrar?, creo que con una buena cena y una buena cerveza será suficiente... vamos al lugar de enfrente... mexicanos americanos.... pizza pizza.... corona corona...estamos cansados... david ya se va... un ride contratado vendrá por él... pero antes... el poste que antes habíamos encontrado... in rainbows... lo encontraba de nuevo en ese lugar... mexicanos... gracias! sin problema lo conseguí.... ahora esperemos fuera de casa... o lo que en ese momento la casa era.... David no te vayas... david muchas grqacias.... llegó el momento del adios....Ahora a dormir, a soñar... que a lo que veníamos ya lo habíamos hecho, y ahora solo era cuestión de terminar...Que festival, que situación.... o más bien... que concierto... un concierto de Radiohead... el que tanto quería...
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CRANKY

Try to understand. Cranky is a mood. It’s not angry or upset. It’s irrational and unthinking. It is unbridled ugly. And it is only temporary. You cannot reason with cranky. You just let it run its course. Unfortunately, words wound and perceptions are fragile. Proceed with caution.
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