The Avalanches: Since I left You

Cortar, pegar, unión, loops, ahora una voz salida directamente de una serie de televisión vieja, luego “La Isla Bonita” de Madonna al revés, sonido de caballos, guitarra acústica, ¡Ahora viene el scratching!.

Eso es Since I left You.

Avalanches no sólo hacen música, juegan con ella. Juegan con los sonidos, los unen, los mezclan, los cortan y los ensamblan de manera sorprendente, revolucionaria y fresca. La “música” que estos australianos pusieron en este disco está constituida por, aproximadamente,  3,500 viniles y la variedad en verdad se nota, pues lo mismo incluye voces, canciones pop, sonidos de animales, música antigua, etc. Todo esto vertido en un coctel que incita a escucharlo una y otra vez. A diferencia de proyectos similares como Girl Talk, The Avalanches son capaces de crear canciones  únicas, y con un sentido de unidad sorprendente. Esto no suena a un mero collage de sonidos superpuestos. Es caótico, pero en un sentido ordenado, y estructurado si es que tal cosa existe. Las meodías que crean son  fácilmente recordables, las canciones son rítmicas y a pesar de lo ecléctico de la música logran consolidar un estilo propio. Estética aparte, Since I left You es un disco asquerosamente divertido, y si no lo has escuchado, hazlo. Ya.

Es más, te dejo las dos canciones más famosas:

You’re a nut, You’re crazy in the coconut!

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Shoulder Pads Rising?

I think I realized I was “in it”, my mild obsession that is, when I was taking photos for my vintage clothing eBay Biz, Hotel Regina Vintage, (girls gotta make a little money) and I was taking a photo of our own dear Pam McGarvey (Sandy in Gemini Rising) for an 80’s dress I was putting up for auction. I think the dress is lovely: a rust jaquard silk with a classic flattering cut, dolman sleeves, and shoulder pads fit for a linebacker. Pam (whose laugh is as charming as she is) started cracking up the minute I presented the dress to her. I have to admit it did make me pause and look at the dress more critically. I still found it lovely, but the shoulder pads were rather pronounced.

“This is how we dressed in the 80’s,” I insisted amidst Pam’s hysterics. I flashbacked to myself at her age, trekking down Fifth Avenue to my temp job in “Looks like a pump feels like a sneaker” (they didn’t really) shoes, pantyhose and dress with shoulder pads, or suit. I’ve always been a conservative dress and I think my style still remains somewhat 80’s in my preference for dresses and suits. I even assured Pam that shoulder pads were making a big comeback this year and she just gave me a look.

Maybe she’s right because the damn dress didn’t sell (yet), but my point is that even though shoulder pads and other retro 80’s looks may make a brief comeback on the runway, I doubt if they will make a major impact on the far reach of fashion. Why? Because it changes so fast now that no one has time to keep up except for a certain few “fashionistas” who in my opinion are beginning to more and more resemble aliens. But I digress…

I began to wonder why I was so drawn to that rust dress (if it had fit it would be part of my Fall 2009 “statement) in the first place, and then I realized that I’ve been on a mild 80’s nostalgia bender in the past few weeks. Maybe it was the death of that former wunderkind John Hughes that set me off, but I began to reflect with sentimentality upon a decade I have previously always despised.

The obsession is beginning with the clothes and then moving on to films. Yesterday, while searching through the Netflix catalog intending to do some research for a new project I’m developing, I suddenly found myself dedicating hours of a rainy afternoon to Judd Nelson’s 1987 mini series “The Billionaires Boys Club”

and I cannot tell you how much I enjoyed every sleazy, nostril flaring second of it. I found myself thinking, “You know that Judd Nelson, was pretty damn good.” Do I really think that or is the 80’s revival just “in the air”? Does it happen naturally or is it all Madison Avenue? I’m not sure, but I can tell you that “Less Than Zero” and “Metropolitan” are now on my Netflix queue. Maybe I’m finally accepting that the 80’s really were “my generation”.

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Would You Feel The Same About God?

For some reason I have been deluged by religious folks concerning my eternal soul and advised on ways to assure my place in the hereafter.  Christians, Catholics and even Muslims have hit me up as if they were car salesman and I was the last customer to buy a car so that their quota could be met  by the end of the month.

The general consensus was that certain criteria needed to be met or certain actions performed if I was to ever get past those pearly gates or to be introduced to some umpteen amount of virginal female youths ready to do my bidding, kind of like a celestial cat house I guess.

For all of you atheists, lets just assume that God exists (They have been doing it for thousands of years, you can bear with it for a minute or two). This got me to wondering, all of these religious people said that God loves me and that they love God, and in order to get into heaven, I needed to do and believe certain things to move on after I die. It made me wonder whether the intent of the beleivers were selfish and for their own needs and not so much the God that they believed in. They want so badly to get into those pearly gates and some idyllic existence that they would offer themselves up to the God of their choice to ensure their heavenly boarding pass.

I then got to wondering, how many people would maintain their affection and loyalty to their God, if lets say that God told you, “You know Bob, you’ve been a real loyal and loving servant to me and I appreciate it, But, due to issues beyond my control I’m gonna have to send you to hell for all eternity. I’m sorry, I am sure that you will understand in time, since that is all that you will have! Enjoy the roast”.

And if Satan or some other God or deity offered them a better deal, would the hell bound people take it to save themselves? I am sure there would be a few, there always is. Would that change the way you felt about God, or would you stick by your original God through thick or thin, better or worse, and feel that if it is hell he wants for me, then hell it is. Or would you be bitter and angry and wonder what the hell was he thinking (Pun intended).

Do we really need the heaven and hell thing to make up our minds on making the right decision, cause people still do bad things even if they believe in a God, or are we really sure that what we do in our daily lives, are for all the right reasons, no matter how we justify them in our minds?

Just a thought on my mental radar!

Take care

Steve

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Cd Madonna - Superpop 2009

01.Superpop

02.Triggering (Your Senses)

03.Me Against The Music

04.Hey You

05.Cyber-raga

06.Be careful (Cuidado con mi corazón)

07.Keep The Trance

08.Fighting Spirit

09.Lo Que Siente La Mujer

10.Liquid Love

11.Is This Love (Bon d´accord)

12.Wonderland

13.Ring My Bell

14.Your Honesty

15.History

16.Get Stupid

17.Like An Angel Passing Through My Room

18.Imagine (bonus track)

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Ρατσιστικές αποδοκιμασίες για την Μαντόνα

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Έντανα αντέδρασαν οι 60 χιλιάδες θεατές της συναυλίας της Μαντόνα στο Βουκουρέστι και την αποδοκίμασαν όταν εκείνη κατά την διάρκεια του σόου που κάποιες στιγμές έχει πολύ έντονο το τσιγγάνικο στοιχείο μίλησε για τις διακρίσεις απέναντι στους τσιγγάνους και τους υπερασπίστηκε κάτι που δεν άρεσε καθόλου στους παρεβρισκομένους που άρχισαν να την γιουχάρουν.

Η Μαντόνα δεν έκανε τυχαία αυτή την παρέμβαση αφού είναι γνωστό ότι ειδικά στην Ανατολική Ευρώπη υπάρχει έντονος ρατσισμός απέναντι στους τσιγγάνους και τον τελευταίο καιρό υπάρχουν πολλά επεισόδια με αποκορύφωμα την επίθεση που δέχτηκαν πριν λίγα 24ωρα χωριά τσιγγάνων στην Ουγγαρία από εθνικιστές με αποτέλεσμα να σκοτωθούν αρκετοί τσιγγάνοι[next]

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Madonna huiduită la Bucureşti(pe bună dreptate)

Eu unul cred că nu trebuia să se bage “diva” peste treburile noastre, pe ea o doare la bască.Nu trăieşte în românia să vadă care e treaba.Ea protejează nişte hoţi, nişte infractori şi lista cu elemente negative continuă.Dacă aş fi fost la concert aş fi huiduit şi eu pe bună dreptate, aş fi venit pentru muzică bună, pop , nu pentru melodii ţigăneşti (edit:Nu am nimic cu oamenii civilizaţi din această etnie) de care aud în fiecare zi prin tramvaie şi colţuri de bloc.

CU DEDICAŢIE PENTRU MADONNA: Să ţii iei pe toţi acasă! dacă tot îi aperi.

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Tic - tac, Long live the king, the queen is Paa....

Cel mai prost concert ever la care am fost!  Lăsând la o parte organizarea execrabilă, femeia aia ne-a  zgâriat timpanele peste orice limita a răbdării! Sincer, dacă nu ar fi avut în spate toţi dansatorii, spectacolul, figuraţiile şi tot ce era pe lângă ea, nu cred că ar fi strâns nici o mâna de oameni. În afară de toti cei care au dat o căruţă de bani ca să stea îngesuiţi în faţa scenei şi care se agitau şi ei din când în când, restul populaţiei gură – cască ca şi mine de altfel, a reacţionat doar la tributul adus lui MJ, la ţigăneasca -  hmm, oare de ce? şi la mesajul ei cu ţiganii - huiduit din inimă. Primul concert la care lumea nu a strgat bis. Oricum, mulţi au plecat în timpul spectacolului, iar la final, după al ei Good Night, toată lumea buluc spre ieşiri, de parcă până atunci îi ţinuseră careva în lesă.

Oare de ce e numită Divă? Că până la treizeci de ani s-a culcat cu aproximativ 1400 de bărbaţi? Că dansează şi are o super echipă de dansatori şi backing- vocal, că are pretenţii exagerate? Că acum mulţi mulţi ani muzica ei era cam singura care se auzea? Acum, sincer acest mega, ultra promovat concert a lăsat mult mult de aşteptat. Diva a sunat ca un curcan, pe ici pe colo playback – inclusiv ultima melodie în totalitate, toate melodiile, inclusiv cele oldies – să le zicem – au fost mixate.

Regina închipuită a muzicii pop e departe de realitate. E..pa! Regele, chiar dacă s-a dus, e mai viu ca niciodată!

Iar organizarea…doar atât am de zis…şi acum am sub limbă nămol de la praf!

Da, totul a fost praf!

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De el cine intreaba?

Stim despre ea ca va schimba peste vreo zece tinute, casuta din spatele scenei va avea de toate: sala de masaj, cabina de dus cu hidromasaj, sala de gimnastica, tavanul acoperit cu o panza de matase alba si peste 500 de trandafiri albi si rosii pentru decor.

Dar despre el ce stim? Nimic. Suntem nepregatiti. A avut apa calda la hotel? Considera ca McDonald’s & KFC sunt de porc? Are iubita? Ii plac fetele de la noi? Oare va cina inaintea concertului? Si-a adus borseta cea mare cu cd-uri sau cea mica? Vorbim de omul care va aprinde focul, gospodarul show-ului de diseara, Paul Oakenfold.

Adevarat, e concertul ei, al Madonnei dar fanii de pretutindeni poate si-ar fi dorit sa afle ca DJ-ului din deschidere ii place Seinfeld si cola la 0.25 l. Jurnalistii lu’ peste.

PAUL OAKENFOLD / Starry eyed surprise

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Mergem la Madonna diseara

E o ocazie unica! Se poate intampla numai o data in viata! Sunt asteptati 70000 de spectatori si o mare desfasurare de forte.

Fara peturi de plastic, fara umbrele, fara brichete, fara camere performante, fara sandvisuri, fara spray-uri.

Se asteapta a fi un show de exceptie!

Metroul va circula pana la ora 1,00.

Daca am fost la concertele lui Michael Jackson, Rod Stewart, Joe Cocker, Joan Baez, Eros Ramazotti, Enrique Iglesias, Elton John, Rolling Stones, era firesc sa mergem si la Madonna.

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"Bucurie cu Madona"

Mi-a parvenit niste-un document interesant. Multumesc Phane si Narco junior. Este vorba de cea mai recenta opera semnata Samuel Costel si incorporeaza persoana ce reprezinta, aparent, una din muzele lui. Nu stiu daca e o coincidenta, dar cel mai probabil nu, Madonna maine are concert la noi in tara, in parcul Izvor din Bucuresti.

Imi imaginez ca distinsul domn Samuel Costel este un campulungean foarte fericit, in lumea lui si in felul lui. Cert este ca mereu il vad pe strada si de fiecare data zambeste in timp ce isi raspandeste “geniul” prin oras.

Va prezint in continuare (indraznesc sa spun ca este chiar in exclusivitate) ultima aparitie Samuel Costel:

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