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とうとう最終日。楽しいことは、あっという間に終わっちゃうんだよね。Manchester は、実に怪しい天候だった。昼間、街中で買い物してお茶してたら、いつの間にか雨が降り出してた。今日もか・・。ちょっとブルーな気分になった。今日の会場は、Manchester 郊外の Old Trafford という場所。Metro に乗ってかなきゃいけない。そしてまた、Box Office で Ticket 受け取りが必要。雨なら、ギリギリに行きたいとこだけど、Ticket 受け取りがあるので3時に着くように出発する。Old Trafford の駅を出てすぐ会場の LUCC があって、もうかなり長い行列ができている。よく見ると、それは Ticket 受け取りの人の列で、開場待ちの人たちはまた違う集団らしい。とりあえず、Ticket の列には私が並んで、友達は開場待ちらしい方へ。日曜ってこともあるだろうけど、けっこう皆、気合い入ってるなあ。この Ticket の列も微妙で、WASTE の窓口と、チケットマスターの窓口とあるらしいのに、誰も気にせず、長い列を見ると、皆その続きで並んでしまう。Ticket 持ってる人も、何の疑問も無く並んでるらしい。なんでそんなことがわかるかというと、私の前にいるアメリカ人のお兄さんがとてもおしゃべりで、親切(おせっかいともいう)な人で、絶えずいろんな人に話しかけては、間違いを正してあげてるから。もちろん、私もチェックされました(笑)。お兄さんは、最初違う列に並んで、結局 WASTE Ticket なので並び直したのだとか。それはともかく、Old Trafford に着いてから、嘘のように晴れ上がって、(もちろん雲はあるけど)雨の心配がなくなったのが、何より嬉しい。item14hz8.th.jpgitem16ud4.th.jpgitem2ga5.th.jpg写真は、今回の UK Tour で唯一 Manchester だけの前座 MGMT 。このバンドと、Bat For Lashes の間、ふと横のクラブハウスのような建物を見上げたら、Colin と Jonny が仲良く窓から外を覗いていた。どうやら、そこが楽屋代わりらしい。Jonny は一瞬で引っ込んでしまったが、Colin の方は観客に応えて手を振ったり、果てはカメラを持ち出してステージ前の観客の群れを撮影してみたり、すっかりくつろいでいるようだった。お茶目な人だ。(ライブ終わったあとも、同じ窓から一人で顔出して、タバコ吸ってた。)今日も当然、 Jonny 側。Jonny は今日も、サービス満点。今日は晴れてるから、たっぷりJonny 撮影しました。ただし、携帯デジカメで、フラッシュも無いし、ズームも甘いので、目で見た姿より、小さくしか写らないのが、何とも歯がゆい。でも、何枚も撮ってるうちに、なんか楽しくなってやたら撮りまくった。もちろん、thom 中心にね。で、あとで数えてみたら、一番撮った曲が Myxomatosis で14枚!thom でパラパラ漫画ができそう(笑)。私は写真撮るの下手で、何が撮りたかったのかあとで見てわからないものがあるのだが、今回も何枚もある。思い切りぶれて、見切れてたり。これは、すべてColin を写そうとして、失敗したやつ。定位置だと奥すぎて、私のカメラじゃ写せないので、前に出てくる瞬間を狙ったもの。でも、無理があり過ぎ。Colin を狙ったはず、と思って見ても、どれが Colin かもわからない(笑)。今日は、ちょっと面白いものを見てしまった。Ed が観客に向けて、投げキッス。さすが Ed 。r の中で、投げキスとか一番似合うかも・・が、その後、何を思ったか、Ed は盛んに照れて、頭ポリポリしたりしてた。こちらから見ていると、その方が不思議。Ed が気障なことして、その後、照れるなんて(笑)。thom や Jonny の真似?それとも、照れた仕草が流行ってるのかな。Jonny もよく頭ポリポリやってるよね。今日も、 Fake Plastic Trees 聴けた。thom 今日は、歌詞ばっちり。Glasgow で復習したもんね。前座が2つだったのに、いつもより早いよな、と思ってたら、最後におまけがあった。2度目のアンコールが終わっても、スタッフが片付けに出てこないから、もしや、と思ったら、やっぱり。最後の曲は、Lucky だった。今日は1曲多く聴けて、君たち Lucky だったね、ってことかな。それとも、2回続けて雨降られなくて Lucky 、かな。・・私は、UK でライブ見れて Lucky だったな。今日は、すごく楽しいライブだった。帰りの Metro 何故か一駅で降ろされて、仕方なく乗り換えたバスの中は市バスなのに、r ファンだらけ。Manchester へ向かう道中、自然に大合唱が始まった。Karma Police ???そもそも radiohead の曲か?と思ったら、Creep だった。下手過ぎだって・・(笑)。でも、皆楽しそう。また来たいな。うん、きっと来る。item4nx3.th.jpg
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Glasgow Green June 27th

I saw Radiohead on Friday night.One of the best nights of my life.Bat for Lashes could have been alot better and could have really tried to keep people interested, but maybe the crowd just didn't feel the music. I enjoyed it a bit but it was just a delay for what was to come.Radiohead opening on 15 step was great as it is probably my favourite track on In Rainbows.Highlight of the night for me however was The National Anthem, with the fantastic light shows and the screens really psychedelic.Another highlight was the encore 2+2=5, what a blinding song and i really didn't expect them to play it, but great that they did.To anyone else who was there i hope you really enjoyed it. :) i know i did.
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This summer

- three shirts- cassette tape of The Sugarcubes' album, Here Today Tomorrow Next Week!, for 50 cents- BART- driving- riding my bike- Fahrenheit 451, Where the Red Fern Grows- eating @ local restaurants- listening to music via Youtube videos- worrying about Hollywood bowl ticket, which I still do not have- having family over on the weekdays- making someone cry- mix CDs- stalking Flickr for Natasha Khan pictures
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how little things....

gay pride went well (here in zagreb). *only 5 people got their head smashed*. last year there were molotovy coctails thrown around at crowd..one transparent struck me badly: *The police is here because of you, not us* i don't want this kind of democracy, no sir. apart from thAT (who cares about the basic civil rights, right?) , i'm living in a pretty evolved country since the war finished.
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New Piccies on DAS

The latest image on Dead Air Space is very cute. Looks like the top of Thom's head. Wonder if it's from Glasgow?Ooooh! watch that Dead Air Space. More Piccies and counting. Maybe from upcoming video for House Of Cards according to 'green plastic radiohead'
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Put A Nickle In a Graveyard Machine

I just found me a bottle of bluesSome strange comfort for a soul to sootheAin't it hard, ain't it hardTo want somebody who doesn't want youAnd I've been waitin for a year or a daySome strange weather must be blowin my wayCause I got no mindTo go or to stay or be left behindHolding hands with an impotent dreamIn a brothel of fake energyPut a nickle in a graveyard machineI get higher and lowerI get higher and lowerLike a tired soldierWith nothin to shoot and nowhere to loseIt's a bottle of bluesEgos drone and pose aloneLike black balloons all banged and blownOn a backwoods riverInfidels shiver in the stench of beliefAnd tell me my momma I'm a hundred years lateI'm over the rails and out of the raceAnd crippled psalms of an age that won't thawAre ringin in my earsHolding hands with an impotent dreamIn a brothel of fake energyPut a nickle in a graveyard machineI get higher and lowerI get higher and lowerLike a tired soldierWith nothin to shoot and nowhere to loseIt's a bottle of bluesI just found me a bottle of bluesSome strange comfort for a soul to sootheAin't it hard, ain't it hardTo want somebody who doesn't want youHolding hands with an impotent dreamIn a brothel of fake energyPut a nickle in a graveyard machineI get higher and lowerI get higher and lowerLike a tired soldier with nothin shootAnd nowhere to loseIt's a bottle of bluesBottle of blues---------------------------------One of my new favorite songs.
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Paranoia

What’s your current biggest fear (other than something tragic happening, because that’s boring and predictable)? The more irrational it is, the better! Your goal should not be to identify your biggest fear, but rather to make me feel more normal.My current irrational fear, so nice of you to ask, is that I think I am a bother to everyone I like, even when they haven’t given me a reason to believe that they find me annoying.I’m slowly getting over it. Strong emphasis on the word “slowly.”On the bright side, at least none of us are this girl:
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In this round of Question of the (Sun)day, I ask you to break a norm and report your findings so I can quote you without credit in my midterm.I kid. (But seriously, get the results to me before Monday night.)The real question is: what’s the last thing that annoyed you?My answer? Other than this paper, you mean, since I’ve already let my irritation with it write the last few posts for me? It’s a certain individual who keeps referring to me as “hun.” There is a 100% chance I’m not this person’s “hun,” and even if I was, I certainly wouldn’t be after that condescending term of endearment left their lips in reference to me. Save it for a stray dog.Here is a visual summary:

Your turn.
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Seriously, who are you calling neurotic?

“Neuroticism (emotional instability).”David G. Myers, I’m talking to you again. I really am not a fan of your highly condensed take on this whole neurosis business. In fact, I’m more partial to this:A functional disorder in which feelings of anxiety, obsessional thoughts, compulsive acts, and physical complaints without objective evidence of disease, in various degrees and patterns, dominate the personality.… Although now I’m not entirely sure why. More room for interpretation, I suppose.Also, note to the heinous moron who has been talking on her cell phone for the past five minutes 10 feet away from me: SHUT UP. THIS IS A LIBRARY.Holy Jesus, I’m a hop and a skip away from throwing (what feels like) David G. Myers’ thirty pound book o’ fun across the room at her.When confronted, I’ll say I was merely demonstrating natural selection by both a) weeding the idiots out of the population and b) ensuring that those concerned with education survive (as my other option to get away from her whiny take on how many cinnamon buns she ate this morning and other information that no one, not even the person who originally called her, cares about is by throwing myself out of the library window, which is looking more and more appealing by the second).Hmm. Okay, maybe you win this round, Myers.
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What not to wear

As someone with many thoughts but no formal fashion education, I have taken it upon myself to criticize some of Forever 21’s latest style concepts. Therefore, if any of the following items are currently in your Forever 21 check-out cart, do yourself a favor by deleting them and denying ever having anything to do with them. The seeing world thanks you.As always, I will be accepting thanks for my services in the form of shoes.

Some mornings, I wake up and think to myself, “How can I channel my inner disco ball with my clothing selection?” Oh, wait.

This is hilariously named the “Psychedelic Top,” for the only excuse one could give as to why they bought it would be something along the lines of, “Look, I was on a lot of acid, okay?”

A potpourri of various examples of fail.

A good way to determine whether or not this is appropriate attire is to ask yourself the question, “Am I about to celebrate Kwanzaa?” The answer to both questions should be the same.

Don’t look now, but Bill Cosby’s sweaters have infiltrated the “accessories” category!

What happens when you give a person who recently became blind a sewing machine and whisper, “Georgia O’Keeffe!” in her ear over and over? Had this not been created, the world might have never known.

You know what really makes me upset? When people steal from the elderly. I swear that this exact same material made its debut appearance in my grandmother’s living room in the form of a curtain.In my always humble opinion, a few people should be out of a job right now.
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Glasgow Green

Glasogow は London と比べて、明らかに気温が低かった。晴れとも曇りとも言えない、微妙な空だった。このまま保ってほしい、と願うが、予報は雨。そして、London 最後の曲は、雨降りの歌・・。Paranoid Android(笑)。予報を知ってて、わざと選んだんじゃないだろか、と思ってしまう。〜 rain down, rain down, come on rain down on me 〜ライブ当日昼間、曇りではあったが、時々陽が差した。なんとか大丈夫かも。この日の Ticket だけは、事前に手元に届いていたので、余裕を持って、いろいろ見て歩いた。item25gz4.th.jpgitem38jz2.th.jpg午後4時近く。徒歩で Glasgow Green に向かう途中、いきなり降り出した。けっこう土砂降り。歩きながら、持ってきたレインコートを着込む。結局このあと、雨は強弱はあったものの、最後まで止むことは無かった。恐るべし,Paranoid Android 。・・違うか(笑)。今日も Jonny 側。大体同じ位置。しかし、寒い。吐く息が白いよ。雨、止まないし。ステージ上も寒いようで、皆さんしっかり着込んでた。あんなに派手なライトなのに、LEDだから、ちっとも熱がこもらないんだって。ふ〜ん、だから今日は thom もお腹出さなかったんだね。今日の Jonny はサービス満点だった。ステージ前ぎりぎり端っこで、ギターを弾きまくってJonny 側の観客は、それだけで大盛り上がり、キャーキャー騒ぎまくってた。・・写真撮りたい。雨さえ止めば。Glasgow の観客は、ほんと歌が好き。知ってる曲は、ほぼ大合唱。だから、Fake Plastic Trees で、thom の歌詞怪しくなった時も皆がちゃんと歌ってたので、そのまま続行(笑)。Fake Plastic Trees 大好きな曲なので、Glasgow で聴けて嬉しかったな。当然 Karma Police も歌う歌う。もう曲が終わってるのに、続けてずっと歌ってる。thom もそれにあわせて、また歌ってるし。私は、この曲、別に好きでもなんでもないので、何故、皆が熱狂するのか、いまだにわからない。友達は、合唱ソングだからじゃない? と言うけど、他の曲だって、ずっと合唱してるじゃん。差がわからん。今日は何故か、Jonny の後方に Colin がよく見えた。Colin が、いつも Jonny を気にかけてるのが、よくわかる。Jonny の背中に向けて、一所懸命カウント取ってあげてる。でも、Jonny には見えてないから、意味無いんじゃないかな。それとも、あの兄弟、テレパシー通じてるのか?そして私たちはあることに気付いていた。・・まだ一度も Phil の姿見てない。私は、モニターに映る Phil の顔を、一瞬見た。友達は、今日最後に手を振る Phil が、ちらっと見えたらしい。ドラムの音は、ちゃんと聴こえてるから、きっと元気なんだろう。果たして、最終日、Phil の姿をちゃんと見ることはできるのだろうか?
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345 arrested, kids rescued in prostitution busts

Your fight against Human Trafficing is paying off guys. This article just posted on yahoo.345 arrested, kids rescued in prostitution busts By LARA JAKES JORDAN, Associated Press Writer29 minutes agoWASHINGTON - Hundreds of people have been arrested and 21 children rescued in what the FBI is calling a five-day roundup of networks of pimps who force children into prostitution.ADVERTISEMENTThe Justice Department says it targeted 16 cities as part of its "Operation Cross Country" that caps off five years of similar stings nationwide.Many of the children forced into prostitution are either runaways or what authorities call "thrown-aways" — kids whose families have shunned them. Officials say they are preyed upon by organized networks of pimps who lure them in with shelter or drugs, then often beat, starve or otherwise abuse them until the children agree to work the streets."We together have no higher calling than to protect our children and to safeguard their innocence," FBI Director Robert Mueller said Wednesday. "Yet the sex trafficking of children remains one of the most violent and unforgivable crimes in this country."In all, authorities arrested 345 people — including 290 adult prostitutes — during the operation that ended this week. Since 2003, 308 pimps and hookers have been convicted in state and federal courts of forcing youngsters into prostitution, and 433 child victims have been rescued, Mueller said.The cities targeted in this week's sting are: Atlanta; Boston; Dallas; Detroit; Houston; Las Vegas; Los Angeles; Miami; Montgomery County, Md.; Oakland, Calif.; Phoenix; Reno, Nev.; Sacramento, Calif.; Tampa; Toledo, Ohio and Washington.The problem of child prostitution has taken on a new urgency in recent years with the growth of online networks where pimps advertise the youngsters to clients. The FBI generally investigates child prostitution cases that cross state lines.The cases aren't easy to convict.In April 2006, for example, charges against a Nevada man resulted in a hung jury after his 14-year-old victim refused to testify against him. Months later, however, a second jury found Juan Rico Doss of Reno, Nev., guilty of forcing two girls — ages 14 and 16 — to sell sex in Los Angeles, Sacramento, San Francisco and Oakland.A University of Pennsylvania study estimates nearly 300,000 children in the United States are at risk of being sexually exploited for commercial uses — "most of them runaways or thrown-aways," said Ernie Allen, president of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children."These kids are victims. This is 21st century slavery," Allen said. "They lack the ability to walk away."
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I'd like to recommend a book I just bought yesterday (I've read about half so far) called The Music Lesson: A Spiritual Search for Growth Through Music by Victor L. Wooten. It's answered a lot of the questions I had about how music 'works' and why it's the most powerful form of art. I think it's brilliantly written... in a way that's not condescending or off-putting at all, and most of all--even though it's a book for musicians--I understand the musical terms in a way I was never able to before. I kind of found this book by accident. I am also reading Music, the Brain, and Ecstasy: How Music Captures Our Imagination by Robert Jourdain. I have no doubt that it's a great book as well (my brother who's an avid reader and a musician recommended it to me), but after the first chapters I got completely lost, not knowing anything about music theory. Wooten's book--instead--is extremely easy to understand although it probably goes more into depth into that subject.One of the best things about taking the bus to work is that I've almost been forced to read again. I couldn't do this for the past four years or so.... maybe longer. I got bored of looking at the same streetscapes after the first week so I decided to finally start reading Thomas Mann after trying for who knows how long. I managed to finish a book of his short stories. I love his style and subject matter, by the way, and I've also finished reading a self-help book someone urged me to read. I did... even though I hate that type of book... and it was okay. I definitely wouldn't have bought it and wouldn't read it again but I decided to take the best out of it and put it into practice.I've been suffering from depression most of my life and it's been worse these past few years, so I'll try anything at least once if there's any hope I'll ever come out of this. Even music doesn't work its magic on me anymore... not as much as it did before. The book I'm reading will hopefully work its magic on me. Over the past few days I've learned a lot about myself and about the decisions I've made over the past few years. It's been 'enlightening'. I had almost convinced myself I'd never understand. I'm starting to now and I'm experiencing more beautiful moments as a result.
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