Personal Top 10 - Jam & Spoon

1. Jam & Spoon Feat. Plavka - Angel (La Da Di O-Heyo)

2. Jam & Spoon's Hands On Yello - You Gotta Say Yes To Another Excess - Great Mission

3. Tokyo Ghetto Pussy - I Kiss Your Lips

4. Storm - We Love (Mellow Trax Remix)

5. Jam & Spoon Feat. Rea Garvey - Be Angeled

6. Storm - Time To Burn

7. Jam & Spoon Feat. Plavka - Find Me (Odyssey To Anyoona)

8. Jam & Spoon Feat. Plavka - Kaleidoscope Skies

9. Tokyo Ghetto Pussy - To Another Galaxy

10. Jam & Spoon Feat. Plavka - Right In The Night (Fall In Love With Music)

May 2007 was when...

...I created a YouTube account.
At first I didn't quite remember why I created a youtube account. But now I do: so, I created the account in order to re-upload the original trailer of Wolfen. Then, as I started viewing some videos, I saw some missing. That's when I decided to upload this:



Yup, this post is about Rea Garvey as well, the main vocalist of Reamonn (Life Is A Dream, Supergirl, Tonight). I first saw Rea Garvey in an old video on MCM Romania, singing over Jam El Mar and Marc Spoon's (Rest In Peace Marc Spoon) beats. As the song has two different video versions, this was the one I saw:



As I was already familiar with the works of Jam & Spoon (Right In The Night, Angel (La Da Di O-Heyo, Kaleidoscope Skies, Find Me), I knew anything they made was nothing short of a great hit abroad. I say 'abroad', because after the downfall of VIVA TV (Rest In Peace), the only acceptable music source on TV was that of MCM or MCM Romania. This is what once used to be called trance. What we have nowadays on the trance scene is commercial bullfrog crap. Well, as long as it puts an end to the crisis, which I truly, honestly and sincerely doubt... but that's another story.

Back To The Old School

Mi s-a oferit ocazia sa ajung prin Jazz (un club) ieri seara. Am stat pana la vreo 3 dimineata. Cu doua 'burn'-uri la bord, mi-am exercitat miscarile de dans pe ritmurile urmatoarelor piese:

Inner Circle - Sweat (A La La La La Long)
Republic - 16 Tonna Fekete Szen
Voltaj - 20
Faithless - Insomnia (Un remix de la ceva amator)
Chris Isaak - Wicked Game
? - Guantanamera
Pat Boone - Speedy Gonzales
Chubby Checker - The Twist
Chubby Checker - Let's Twist Again
Elvis Presley - Jailhouse Rock
Black Eyed Peas - Where Is The Love
? - Besame Mucho
Zucchero - Baila
Ray Charles - Hit The Road, Jack
Gareth Gates - Spirit In The Sky
Texas - Summer Son
James Blunt - You're Beautiful
Shania Twain - Man, I Feel Like A Woman
Pink Floyd - Another Brick In The Wall
Mika - Relax (Take It Easy)
Duffy - Mercy
Spin Doctors - Two Princes
The Pointer Sisters - I'm So Excited
Lipps Inc. - Funkytown
Elton John - I'm Still Standing
Roxette - The Look
Freddie Mercury - Living On My Own
George Michael - Faith
Michael Jackson - Beat It
Bob Marley - Could You Be Loved
UB40 - Can't Help Falling In Love
Tears For Fears - Everybody Wants To Rule The World
Guns'N Roses - Sweet Child O'Mine
Depeche Mode - Enjoy The Silence
Sandra - Hey Little Girl
Seal/Adamski - Killer
Shania Twain - That Don't Impress Me Much
Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)
Blue - Guilty
Reamonn - Supergirl
Desperados - Lene De Ma Doare
Leonard Cohen - Dance Me To The End Of Love
Bon-Bon - Valami Amerika
Moby - Lift Me Up
Jet - Are You Gonna Be My Girl
Fatboy Slim - The Rockafeller Skank
The Rasmus - In The Shadows
The Beloved - Sweet Harmony
Apollo 440 - Stop The Rock
Bodyrockers - I Like The Way You Move
Emma Bunton - We're Not Gonna Sleep Tonight
UB40 - Red Red Wine
Dire Straits - Money For Nothing

... plus inca 10 piese de care nu am auzit in viata mea, dar cica sunt evergreens.
In urma acestei experiente am avut ocazia sa aflu ca inca nu mi-am pierdut statutul de enciclopedie muzicala.

Expresia zilei: 'Este mult aer in iarba!'
PS: Nu eram high...

Scurt Playlist Inainte De A Da Definitivatul La Sibiu

O analiza a unor piese pe care le aveam pe mp3 player-ul meu pe cand eram la Sibiu anul trecut in August.

Tarkan - Simarik

Piesa aceasta va aparea pe random de fiecare data cand te plimbi pe o strada din Sibiu si chiar la o aruncatura de piatra de locul unde esti cazat. In timp ce mergi linistit pe strada cu o atitudine degajata si nu vrei nicicum sa le dai de stire localnicilor ca esti de acolo, piesa va incepe si conform "Living On Video"-ului, incepi sa te misti tantos pe strada, asemenea lui Tarkan, in speranta ca vei da pe drum de cineva cu care sa "mua-mua"...

Stefan Raab - Hier Kommt Die Maus

Cand incepi sa iti dai seama ca ai o miscare prea "tarkaneasca" si lumea din jur isi poate face o parere cam dubioasa despre tine, te gandesti ca totusi mergi pe strazile unei societati civilizate, nu prin ghetouri turcesti asemanatoare celor din clipul Simarik. Urmatorul pas dupa ce ti-ai dat seama de acest lucru este in mod evident incercarea schimbarii piesei. Si surpriza... e o piesa pe ritmul careia te poti zbengui si mai si pe strada. Cu riscul de a nu fi considerat manelist, iti continui drumul pe ritmurile piesei mentionate inainte.

Schnappi - Schnappi, Das Kleine Krokodil

Cea mai utila piesa. Poate fi folosita ca substitut pentru o mantra. Necantarea aceastei piese impreuna cu un foarte bun prieten chiar inainte de ultima proba orala cu cei mai severi profesori (cica) duce inevitabil la picarea examenului. Ne-am inteles, nu?

Schnappi Und Das Lama - Ein Lama In Yokohama

The next best thing dupa piesa dinainte. Ca efect, are o intensitate mai mica, dar pornind de la proverbul 'repetitio mater studiorum est', putem realiza miracole chiar si la cele mai solicitante examene.

Der Grosse Hussar

Cand esti cu prietenii, poti afla, printre altele, ca amintindu-ti de un cantec vechi pe care l-ai ascultat ultima oara acum cateva luni bune si nici atunci nu ai avut habar de versurile originale, il poti recrea (mai mult sau mai putin stalcit) apeland la propria putere de creatie. Cantarea acestui imn de dragoste si dor poate da nastere la lupte cu perne, alergari pe coridorul pensiunii unde esti cazat la ora 3 dimineata, precum si la cinstiri din partea proaspat-cunoscutilor. Hit-ul verii'2008 garantat!

Movie: The Langoliers (1995)

IMDB Link: HERE
Personal Rating: 8.5

Based on the works of Stephen King, this is a lengthy (3x60 minutes) classic starring Dean Stockwell among others.

Scary moments:

Almost none. Just the waiting and my being thrilled about what would happen next.

WTF moments:

-The dissappearing of all those people on the flight
-When the langoliers appeared


7 things I've learned from this movie:

1)Now I know what you get when you cross chestnuts with Pac-Man.
2)When you sleep at night, don't EVER ask yourself what happened to the previous day.
3)If you somehow manage to turn back time with let's say 15 minutes, do not think about grabbing a snack.
4)If you get lazy, the langoliers will get you.
5)Any strange noise you might hear... it's the langoliers!
6)You can save the money spent on TNT in the case of condemned buildings by hiring some langoliers.
7)On a red eye, you wouldn't want to be caught awake. Especially if strange weather is forecasted on the way to your destination.

Thumbs-up:

Overall, a pretty nice movie. The cast is just as good.

Thumbs-down:

All computer-animated stuff, including the langoliers.

Another Damn Dream

Had one of "those" dreams again. Not as haunting as the one HERE, but somehow still haunting. Scary.

When you focus too much on one thing, you hope of at least not dreaming about it at night. Right.

You will dream about the little things, the ones you never thought affect you during the daytime. Wrong.

The odds of dreaming about the very same thing both day and night, either with eyes open or closed are next to minute. Questionable.

This won't happen again anytime soon. Pray I'm right...

Movie: Desperation (2006)

IMDB Link: HERE
Personal Rating: 9.0

A very lenghty movie, but worth your while if you're looking for a great horror flick with a nice plot and storyline. Based on a novel by Stephen King.

Scary moments:

-more than 15.

WTF moments:

1)A cat stuck to the speed limit sign. Later a dog on the entrance to Desperation.
2)The rows of dogs at each side of the highway as Collie drives by.
3)The bloody slot-machine.
4)The body-swapping process.
5)The whole scene in which Steve and Cynthia investigate Desperation.
6)The scene in which David explores the police stations.
7)When Collie shoots Peter.

10 things I've learned from this movie:

1)Never listen to a policeman, especially if he acts weird or has a cut and bleeding face.
2)Marijuana now comes in packs with a smiley on it. :)
3)Trust in your local sheriff . He just might be the next best thing after Charles Manson.
4)'You have the right to an attorney. I will kill you'. Police brutality at its finest.
5)Your dead sister is now a ghost-like apparition. She'll help you figure things out.
6)Human bodies don't last long.
7)Once you're possessed by a more or less evil spirit, you just might have the power to control any animal by shouting a couple of syllables.
8)Chinamen and Americans don't make good neighbours.
9)IN Desperation, the are NO accidents.
10)TAK!

Thumbs-up:

1)Unpredictable plot.
2)Very many references to other movies.
3)Dark humour everywhere. Collie's role is outstanding.
4)This movie flung Ron Perlman right on my list of favourite actors.
5)Lots of scares and suspense.

Thumbs-down:

1)Very many questions are left unanswered at the end of the movie.

Movie: Riding The Bullet (2004)

IMDB Link: HERE
Personal Rating: 9.0

Excellent movie, based on Stephen King's novella bearing the same name. Checked the IMDB recently. The rating is far below which this movie actually deserves.

Scary moments:

-more than 10.

WTF moments:

1)The highway scene with the rabbit, the wolf and the crow.
2)Imaginary hospital-visiting scenes.
3)When Alan is trying to slit his wrist in the bath tub.
4)Some scenes in the car with George.
5)The scene in the hospital with the 'meowing' mother... just creepy.

8 things I've learned from this movie:

1)If you failed in riding a rollercoaster as a child, you'll feel sorry for it all your life.
2)Some drivers are not what they seem, so careful when hitch-hiking. I should be careful with this, since I commute to work every day.
3)Anything trying to have a snack on the highway WILL become roadkill.
4)Convince your mother to tell you the truth about how daddy died.
5)DEATH TRAVELS FAST. Literally.
6)Smoking kills... sooner or later.
7)Love doesn't last. Only the love of a mother.
8)NOBODY LIVES FOREVER, BUT WE ALL SHINE ON.

Thumbs-up:

1)Excellent acting.
2)Excellent dark humour.
3)The 'dual choice scenes' were something I really felt comfortable with. Scary as hell, though...
4)The casting for the actors must have been a pretty lengthy process. They all rocked.
5)The plot was anything but predictable.
6)It was a clear and to-the-point movie. No use for extra scenes in the movie.

Thumbs-down:

1)We never get to know what happens to Alan's two buddies.

Movie: Lake Placid 2 (2007)

IMDB Link: HERE
Personal rating: 3.0

This is nothing compared to the first part. Awful CGI, lame characters, even lamer lines and not to mention the acting which fell almost below any of my expectations.

Scary moments:

-about 2. (Too damn predictable of a movie!)

WTF moments:

-The horrible CGI.

7 things I've learned from this movie:

1)Crocs can be found anywhere!
2)Crocs can pop out of nowhere!
3)When on an island, don't even think about hangin' from a tree. It's obvious why...
4)Crocs like giving head. Or is it 'getting head'? Hmmm...
5)Even though crocs chomp heads off, heads are still found later in the movie.
6)Crocodile-keeping is legacy. Heritage even. Passed down from sister to sister. Raising crocs is part of the Bickerman family traditions.
7)Crocs avoid eating blondes... 'you are what you eat'?

Thumbs-up:

None I can think of...

Thumbs-down:

1)Horrible CGI...
2)Crocs change sizes throughout the movie.
3)Horrible acting.
4)This movie is a disgrace to crocodiles.
5)Do NOT watch this movie unless you're a diehard fan of Lake Placid 1!

Movie: Lake Placid (1999)

IMDB Link: HERE
Personal rating: 6.5

This horror flick isn't as bad as I thought it'd be. I remember getting a version dubbed in Hungarian in about 2002, but never watched it. Tonight I felt kind of bored and decided to give a horror movie that doesn't involve too much philosophy a shot. It was worth my while.

Scary moments:

-about 4 or 5.

WTF moments:

-The croc attacking the bear.
-The second crocodile's appearance.

10 things I've learned from this movie:

1)Bears make weird sounds when chewed on by crocs.
2)Cows can be blindfolded and fed to the crocs.
3)Husbands can 'accidentally' be fed to the crocs as well.
4)Crocs do not eat heads.
5)Crocs tip over boats for no particular reason.
6)When you decide to take a walk in the forest, do not step on larger branches.
7)Helicopters have large amounts of fuel.
9)You can live on a farm and have a 30-foot pet crocodile.
10)When you find a huge tooth in a lake, the creature it belongs to can no way in hell be a crocodile!

5 thumbs-up:

1)The attempt of mixing the horror and comedy into something watchable.
2)Some of the dialogue is hilarious!
3)Oliver Platt and Brendan Gleeson's acting. Bill Pullman's acting is also nice.
4)Clear and to-the-point movie. Could have been longer, though...
5)'Law enforcement is very dangerous work, isn't it? And you have such big wonderful boobs! =)))

5 thumbs-down:

1)The uselessness of the dramatic music when Cyr flies in.
2)The old lady had the most swear-worded lines in the movie.
3)Bridget Fonda's constant nagging. Plus she falls off the boat two times and gets tripped by the croc's tail... for a main character she sure is clumsy as hell.
4)Some lines are thrown in there in order for something just to happen.
5)Sometimes people can't make up their minds whether to film in 16:9 or larger...

A Midwinter Night's Dream

Wed, Jan 21 2009.
[21:01]

Firstly, I don't even know what language I should write this in. Secondly, I found out that I for one don't have the slightest idea about dreams and reveries. Nor do I know why the hell I am blogging this thing.

Anyway, it was a normal day at work, 6 classes in a row, no sweat. I met up with Moldo and went to buy something down at Real. We separated after having done the shopping and I came home, turned on the computer, had a few insignificant chat lines on YM. At about 5 o'clock I felt the need to get some shuteye. This of course turned to a quarte past 6. Then I somehow fell asleep. 'I'll wake up in about two hours and do what needs to be done, then I can still spend some time pondering about my open class tomorrow.'
And the funny thing is what I had least expected was a dream!
Picture the whole thing as something similar to a perfect dream or even THE perfect dream. All I ever wanted in life was there: friends, snow, harmony, dreams and even HER. That's what made all this so special.
I believe in dreams, but this seemed more like a doing of the great Oversoul which in its infinite power, decided to gift a human with a mere spark of blue dream powder, yet still enough dosage in order to overwhelm the dreamer with a certain sense of completion. How much of what I've been dreaming about made me determine it's THE perfect dream? Could there have been an even 'perfecter' dream? For the moment I don't care.

[20:35]: Dream-break
I just set the alarm at this exact time. I had no trouble at all getting up as I usually do. I quickly jumped off the bed, didn't give a damn about the cool air hovering in the room, reached under the bed for my slippers and like an arrow, I quickly got into my room, where I grew warmer. I was only trying to avoid what happened to poor St. Coleridge while he was trying to write Kubla Khan. Shook the mouse in order to make the monitor pop out of standby, opened a notepad and started writing everything down by sequence until about six or seven very consistent lines printed themselves on the monitor. All this was done very carefully, so no music or chatting while I tried to jot down a picture-perfect description of the dream. I saved about four copies of the document, yet I still feel like this is one of those dreams one isn't too likely to forget. Or at least willingly or very soon.

Yes I keep a dreamlog, some of us do. Dreams are those little things that can make our short, insignificant lives worthwhile.
In the last few days I haven't quite been sleeping regularly or efficiently for that matter. So to speak, four hours/a day seemed quite enough. Maybe the hours of gathered unsleep were the reason for my chance of having dreamt. Or was the listening of this song the trigger for my rocket into dreamworld?



What to do now? Should I text the people from my dream and tell them how glad I am that I am in their lives? That would sound kind of stupid in the world we live in nowadays... I'll find a way. I swear it. :)

Asa-mi vine cateodata... mai Dutule

Azi am fost cu agentul cu nume de cod 'Moldo' pana la Real in vederea achizitionarii unor ofrande care servesc la desavarsirea ritualului sacru al onomasticii materne. Am parasit premisele cu doua plase, respectiv un ghiozdan ticsit de capturi unele mai ramarcabile decat celelalte. In cadrul acestui proces indelungat de pseudo-lamentatie, caracterizat in mod paradoxal prin auto-afirmare abuziva si excesiva, cele doua parti s-au angajat in conversatie. Un aparent moment de reflexie asupra a ceea ce pentru unii ar parea ca fiind rupt din perioada Schopenhaueriana a scos la iveala mai multe filozofii de viata si vorbe de duh, dupa cum urmeaza:

1)
Peti: Si daca nu ii place lu' taica-tau cadoul?
Paul: Pai daca nu-i place, il bea Paul... ce are?

2)
Paul: Ma, tu stii de ce nu avem noi prietene?
Peti: Hm?
Paul: Pentru ca toate fetele sunt c*rve!

3)
Paul (uitandu-se la o cana cu un pinguin pe ea): Uite ce fain ii!
Peti: Asta-i ca si cum i-ai zice mamei tale ca e pinguin... =))

4)
Paul: Na mai, cauta acolo o punga pentru bautura!
Peti: Eu zic ca aici nu gasim, hai la casa, poate au acolo.
Paul: Uite, ia aia de-acolo.
Peti: Aia cu Winnie the Pooh?
Paul: Da, mai.
Peti: Baaaaaaaaaaa...
Paul: Ce-i mai?
Peti: Pai aia e verde mai si are flori... ti se pare ca acum e primavara?
Paul: Tiai mai...
Peti: Ia-i si tu ceva mai de sezon, uite aia de acolo...
Paul: Aia nu!
Peti: Eu cred ca s-ar bucura mai mult pentru punga asta cu Mickey.
Paul: Michi o cazut in copca?
Pati & Paul: =)))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))
Peti: Uite punga de aici e buna. Are si brazi si chestii de Craciun.
Paul: Pentru maica-mea da, dar pentru taica-meu?
Peti: Hmmmm... Winnie the Pooh?
Paul: Winnie The Pooh.

5)
[Si Vlad statea langa Julia]
Peti: ... :|
Paul: ... :|
Peti: De pe telefonul tau se pot descarca poze?
Paul: Nu.
Peti: De ce nu mi-am adus camera? :|

6)
Paul: Hai sa luam niste ciocolata.
Peti: Dar ai zis ca la maica-ta nu ii place ciocolata... :|
Paul: Pe banii mei sa nu faca figuri!
Peti: =))

7)
Paul: Si asa-mi vine cateodata...
Peti: Si asa-mi vine cateodata...
Paul: Sa dau cu cutitu-n piatra...
Peti: Sa dau cu cutitu-n piatra...
Paul: Mai Dorule...
Peti: Mai Dutzule...
Peti: Unora le-a dat cu carul...
Paul: Unora le-a dat cu parul...
Peti & Paul: =))))))))))))))))
Paul: Iara mie cu paharul...
Peti: Iara mie cu paharul...
Paul: Mai Dorule...
Peti: Mai Dutzule...
Paul: Mai stii cand am dus cadou de ziua Adrianei si pe punga jos scria ceva de Dutu?
Peti: 'La Multi Ani Dutzu' sau ceva de genul?
Paul: Da. =))
Peti: =))
Paul & Peti: =)))))
Peti: Nici acela n-a fost plin...
Paul: Nici acela n-a fost plin...
Peti: Jumatate-o fost venin...
Paul: Jumatate-o fost venin...
Peti & Paul: Mai Doruuuuuuule...
Peti: Nici acela n-a fost tras...
Paul: Nici acela n-a fost tras...
Peti: Jumatate-o fost nacaz...
Paul: Jumatate-o fost nacaz...
Peti & Paul: Mai Doruuuuuuule...
[trece o femeie pe langa noi]
Paul: Daca se uita asta la noi, zi ca avem alcoolice in punga.
Peti: =)))

8)
Paul: Uite Petre ce e aici! Astea-s bauturi pentru tine!
Peti: Pina colada?
Paul: Si sa vezi ca poate dintr-o sticla iese Gunther...
Peti: =))
Paul: Uite ma, slibovita!
Peti: Fuck the cola, fuck the pizza, all we need is slibovita.
Paul: =))
Peti: Uite aici! saniuta fuge, nimeni n-o ajunge...
Paul: =)))))))))))
Peti: De ziua ta, mamico, in dar ti-am adus palinca...
Paul & Peti: =)))))))))

9)
Baiat la casa: Va rog sa mergeti pana la domnisoara aceea, ati castigat un vin si un cozonac.
Peti: Huh?
Baiat la casa: Ati castigat un vin si un cozonac, mergeti la domnisoara.
Peti: [...] bine. Paul, socate banii.
Baiat la casa: 115 lei si 50 de bani.
Peti: Paul, scoate baniiiiiiiiii!
Paul: Hm?
Domnisoara cu promotia: Dati-mi numele, va rog.
Peti: O secunda sa imi dea asta banii!
Domnisoara: Bine... :|
Peti: Pauleeeeeeeee... scoate banii!

10)
Peti: Baaaaaaaaaah, ce faci? Aia nu-mi trebuie ca e mucegaita!
Paul: Daca le alegeai una cate una, mergea mai repede treaba...
[vreo doua minute mai tarziu]
Paul: Mai ce urat s-a uitat la tine femeia cand i-ai pus castanele pe masa!
Peti: [cenzurat]

No comment...

It's Too Bad She Won't Live, But Then Again Who Does?

If I were to choose the lines that stand out as representatives for my second favourite movie, the one in the title would be one of these.

The movie is called Blade Runner and was first released in 1982. Since then, it suffered a lot of fixes and refixes, thus more versions of the movie are available. I've seen the following (and I guess that's roughly all of them) versions:

-Original Theatrical Version
-Original Theatrical Cut
-Director's Cut (1992)
-Final Cut (2007)
-Fan Edit (ADigitalMan) (2008)
-Original Workprint (I've recently gotten hold of this)

I remember watching the movie when I was younger, but lacking the necessary knowledge needed to properly interpret or even dare to comment upon this movie, I always considered it only an action movie. But I later found it is way more tahn that.
Blade Runner is a movie that gives very much importance to details. If a certain scene is cut in a certain version of the movie, it is simply because it tends to supress or stress certain ideas in that specific version. Thus we can conclude that each version, even though containing the same scenes up to a point, if enriched with the adding of a deleted scene tends to slightly alter or completely change the main idea about the main character(s) or Ridley Scott's (the director) vision of a cyberpunk future. What is amazing is that everytime I watch this movie, newer and newer questions start to arise within me and with a little pondering or some not-so-obvious references in the movie being present, I can find the answer to these.

I've recently checked the IMDB for Blade Runner and it ranked place #103 on the list of the top 250 movies. Good thing we have people around who are still able to escape everyday routine and think a bit about their existence, as this movie focuses more on existentialism. I'd personally give it a 10/10. Let's get serious: the movie was way ahead of its time in 1982, as I saw some guy post this on some board on the internet and is still way ahead of its time now.
Those who consider this piece of art seriously overrated should watch it about 2-3 times more, simply because watching the movie only one time may not really provide you with a decent overview of a picture-perfect Future Noir envisaged by Ridley Scott.

The trailer of the Final Cut:

Qui A Moins Peur De Late Night Gaming?

Well, I'm over it. Playing the game in broad daylight is much more comfortable. I've resumed playing it with my precious gamepad. Still not the real feeling, but I'm a get on it a bit later. In fact, right about now would sound perfect... ;)

Tonight I hung out a bit with Ceci, Radu and Mary. Went to L'Olive Bleue, had some Red Orange tea with honey and discussed on the following topics: Obama, olympics, games, education, accidents, and kids showing off about how they caught their parents doin' it... oh yeah, we also told jokes. :D

Qui A Peur De Late Night Gaming?

[23.11.08, 5:30 A.M.]



SH2.
Am vrut sa incerc sa il joc. Am incercat chiar sa pornesc un program de muzica astfel incat sa acopere BGM-ul jocului. Apoi m-am gandit totusi sa 'get into the groove'. Am oprit programul de muzica. What do you know? Dupa ce trebuia sa imi restartez PC-ul din cauza unui crash dupa primul filmulet de tranzitie, i-am dat din nou drumul cu sunetul original. Am stat vreo 4-5 minute si m-am jucat. La primul sunet ciudat (fosnitura de frunza... cred) am inchis jocul. Trebuie sa il reiau. Freakin' scary... cred ca s-au distrat astia cand au facut coloana sonora si efectele de s-au rupt...
Jur ca dupa ce ma voi fi trezit, ma apuc din nou de joc! Sper doar sa nu sara ceva dintr-o tufa, bush it!

A propos, exista o piesa care te scapa de temerile de moment...

Another Night, Another Dream

Let me introduce a new idea to whosoever may view this blog. It's about music. Music is everything. Without music, what would there be in this endless vacuum we refer to as 'world'? It's a universal language. We talk about music, we love music, we feel music. Those who can in no way relate - or pretend to - to the latter may I add, have been living their lives in vain. Music is all about feeling and healing. There is a right kind of music for any situation - happiness, sorrow, freedom, compassion, you name it.

I just happen to like the term 'versus' very much. This may refer to two or more bands or members of a band who decide to record a song together or become engaged in a sort of rivalry which does not necessarily have to mean they are battling in order to make a point in front of the general audience.

Another term which I also happen to like is 'featuring'. When a band or an artist decides to make something like this, there are two possible results. Considering the modern times we live in which sometimes even imply combining two or more artists coming from different musical genre backgrounds, we can conclude: the outcoming song is either a hit or a useless waste of time. The merging of genres must be carefully supervised, in order for it not to become a failure. Even the two most different styles of music we never dared imagine possible may just as well exist combined into a single one. I'll come back to this in a later post. Now on with my story...

A couple of weeks ago, I got hold of some Schiller videos. Schiller, (once a german band, now only Christopher von Deylen, one of the founders of the band is going solo under the name Schiller) experimenting various styles, such as trance, new age and ambient came to a certain point in 2002 when he decided to team up with Peter Heppner, (member of the band Wolfsheim) for the song 'Dream of You'. It was probably the success of the song that determined Schiller to go on working with Heppner for their next hit, which became really famous. This hit was called 'Leben... I Feel You', though most people refer to it as only 'I Feel You'.
Among these videos I got my hands on was a video of Schiller's whose viewing for reasons unknown I tended to postpone.

About a half an hour ago, I watched the video. Only once. Then I started just listening to the song, but this time without viewing the video itself. Who is Xavier Naidoo who does the vocals? Back in the days when we had VIVA through cable, my eyes were kind of stuck to the TV set while listening to Xavier's 'Sie Sieht Mich Nicht' (She Doesn't See Me). Now let me imagine a song with both Schiller and Xavier in it. Not impossible, I said to myself. Then I saw the video... I can't quite claim I've never before seen so touching a video, but it moved me in some way. I can feel it. Maybe it will move you too if you get its message... the song is called 'Sehnsucht'(Yearning) ...

Schiller Mit Heppner Und Isgaard - Dream Of You



Schiller Mit Peter Heppner - Leben... I Feel You



Xavier Naidoo - Sie Siecht Mich Nicht



Schiller Mit Isgaard - Ein Schoner Tag



Schiller Mit Xavier Naidoo - Sehnsucht (Video N/A in Romania...)

Eine Kleine Nachtmusik

I always had this thing for foreign languages. My friends aren't surprised to hear me make up a sentence in five languages. In fact, most of them are quite used to this. It's just my way to be. Bubba Sparxxx's quote 'How else can I say it? I don't speak no other languages!' doesn't apply to me at all. Since I was thrown in an English-speaking kindergarten as a kid, I later found keeping my eyes on the TV set was really paying off, not to mention extremely rewarding. Not only did I learn lots of English by watching TV but other languages as well. Take German for example. Pro Sieben was one of my favourite channels back in the 90s. As I kept watching two of my favourite movies in German over and over again since I had them on some old VHS tapes, I started learning more and more about this wonderful and expressive language. As times changed, so did my tastes in what concerns music. The song 'Ohne Dich' ('Without You') by Ramms+ein became one of my favourite tracks through the years. Even though I first fell in love with Mina Harker's Version/Laibach Remix of the song, I came to love the original just as much.
Ramms+ein is an impressive industrial metal band from Germany which I have yet to see come to Romania for a concert. Schiller visited our country some years ago and brought Peter Heppner along as well. Next on the list of German bands to visit us --- Ramms+ein?

Ohne Dich:



Ohne Dich (Mina Harker's Version/Laibach Remix):



Ohne Dich (Schiller Mix)(Fan-Made Video):



After previewing the post, I found it's a great idea to play the first two versions at the same time. Just lovely...

Music With Style

It's been almost 13 years since I bought Sparks' album 'Gratuitous Sax and Senseless Violins' on MC. I was very fond of having it then and I can still remember how sophisticated some lyrics were for me. Back then, there were two major album distributing companies, Vivo and Poker. I guess there was rivalry between these two, but I'm not certain. Original MCs were hard to find, so these two companies started releasing the 'only for sale in Romania' versions. The fact was if an album was issued by these two companies, some differences were to be noticed: the Vivo versions usually contained more tracks, while the Poker ones were recorded in higher quality. I got my Sparks copy from Poker because that was the only company that issued this album I guess. I fell in love with one of their tracks, '(When I Kiss You) I Hear Charlie Parker Playing'. It had very good lyrics, a video that couldn't quite be frowned upon and a very catchy and modern beat. A couple of days ago I rediscovered their album and instantly copied it on my mp3 player. Pure genius, that's what this album is. I mean who else can mix sophisticated lyrics with classic black-and-white video imagery AND put it on a groove that the eurodance world that once was out there would take for granted? That's right. NO ONE... but Sparks.

12 Noiembrie 2008

Azi a fost o zi hyper la scoala. Aproape tot a mers conform planului. Asa cum trece timpul, continui sa fiu din ce in ce mai mandru de clasa mea, dar si de propriile eforturi pe care le-am depus in vederea educarii lor in ceea ce priveste in primul rand engleza si franceza. Stiu ca imi va fi la un moment-dat, cand vor fi terminat clasa a VIII-a foarte dor de ei. Deja stiu dinainte ca voi plange la festivitate si la banchet. Numai Dumnezeu ma putea binecuvanta cu asemenea copii minunati! Iti multumesc din suflet, Doamne!
Cangurul meu a fost super simpatic azi, spunandu-mi ca de ziua ei ar vrea "a kangaroo costume". Warmed my heart a bit more than I expected.
Simpatia copiilor mei a reusit sa imi incalzeasca inima in laboratorul acela de biologie-chimie de la etaj in care azi soba era oprita si incalzirea inexistenta.

Multumesc, clasa a VII-a A! Va iubesc pe toti! Multumesc ca mi-ati dat onoarea sa va fiu diriginte!

Sper ca intr-o zi va voi putea arata acest blog cu mandrie.

Muncitorii au inceput lucrarile de extindere a scolii cu niste sali de clasa si constructia unui grup sanitar interior. S-au taiat niste copaci si s-au tinut sedinte cu parintii elevilor din clasele I-IV. La sfarsitul orelor am iesit cu cativa copii din clasa a VIII-a, a VI-a si a VII-a, precum si cu Iepurovski sa ne amintim de incidentul legat de excursia la Targu-Mures de anul trecut. A mai fost amintit Emil ca desemnat al primariei in vederea managementului copacilor proaspat taiati.

Game Files: Waku Waku 7: Mauru

Since I'm a huge gamer, I think it's time to introduce my favourite chararacters from the various games I've been playing throughout my lifetime. Let's take Waku Waku 7 for example. I first became acquainted with this cute game by emulating Neo Geo games. Of course, the title of the game as well as its theme and characters may sound childish, but things aren't as simple as that. The gameplay is quite simple and anyone who knows the usual Street Fighter-based command inputs (such as D,DF,F+P aka Down, Down/Forward,Forward+Punch for example) will find the game worth beating at least once. The characters' storylines are really interesting, sometimes funny. I didn't expect a game like this to ever capture my attention in such a manner that I may be able to choose one or more favourite characters from it.

Mauru is a cat-like creature (sometimes referred to as 'monster', yet I can't see why, even though he is waaaaaaaaaaaaay larger than your average household feline) who encounters a little girl named Mugi and joins her in her quest to find her parents from which she somehow got separated from. In the game, he has very funny moves and I sometimes get to compare him with Doraemon and Totoro. The first thing that captured me, as I must admit was his cat-like silhouette and his kind-heartedness. It is to Mauru that I owe the fact that Waku Waku 7 is one of my favourite beat'em up games to play on a lazy sunday afternoon. Cute, fuzzy and caring. That's Mauru. =^_^=