Because a cynic told me the best is yet to come

We are entirely smooth.

2009-10-23T15:13:00.003+03:00

Ceea ce ma fute cel mai tare la icre nu e faptul ca nu pot sa scriu macar un rand de recenzie/articol , ci faptul ca n-am nici cea mai vaga idee despre ce. Mi-e pur si simplu scarba sa scriu despre ceva. Orice ar fi acel ceva. Nu stiu daca e an actual writer's block sau doar impresia cauzata de oboseala vesnica si de the mood swings recente. Cert e ca nu pot sa ma concentrez sau sa ma prefac ca am de unde scoate ceva inteligent. Daca ar avea unde sa ma doara, as zice ca ma doare fix acolo. Dar, tocmai pentru ca life decided to screw me on many levels, n-are unde sa ma doara.

In alta ordine de idei, racesc. Si la Leu tot nu merg lifturile. Ma si aud horcaind.

Replay

2009-10-21T17:58:00.003+03:00

Ieri de dimineata, la ora 7 jumatate, in RATB (336, in drum spre mirificul Etaj 6 al Complexului Leu din Bucuresti..*), ascultand muzica la telefon, mi-am dat seama de.. o chestie. The National au prostul obicei de a face melodii numai pentru repeat. De cate ori incepe vreo melodie de-a lor, mi se pare parca blasfemie sa nu ii mai dau play macar o data. Stiu, m-am prins cam tarziu.

* e mirific pentru ca au ramas fara curent. Ore la master nu se mai fac ca's seara. La secretariat nu e nimeni ca nu vor sa stea in frig (so no carnet stampilate for you...). La decanat nici atat. Lifturile nu merg asa ca trebuie sa urcam sase etaje zilnic *insert band joke about older teachers here* La baie tre sa te duci cu submarinu si oricum degeaba te duci ca nu e apa decat in wcuri (pe langa de fapt). Traim vremuri grele, ce mai.

The Saga, aham

2009-10-12T11:40:00.000+03:00

Stiti si voi ce a leakuit, nu? yes,yes indeed

Sweet mother of Bowie

2009-10-03T21:23:00.001+03:00

About Brian Molko

He currently is not speaking to Nicky Wire, as the dress wearing, shark-grinned Manic Street Preacher refused his offer of a 'quick one backstage' and called him a shirtlifter before tossing his feather boa around his shoulders and flouncing off with a bottle of Babycham.

Am vrea noi... am vrea noi

The Neverending Why

2009-10-01T00:07:00.004+03:00

Beibi, Wire... eu pot sa iti iert multe... palariutele de ealderly citizen, the yellow eyeshadow, haina de hamster urias, Pumele alea oribile din care ai 5,982,714 de perechi, the pink-all-over-the-place look, fata aia de emo girl meets Brian Molko, faptul ca tii sa iti arati chilotii (care's vesnic de trei feluri: albi, tartan and animal print. Stiind in ce formatie esti - a se vedea singurul sailor suit al lui james si singurul tricou pe care la purtat in perioada turneului Send Away - tiind sa cred ca ai doar 3 perechi de chiloti). Iti iert si the shite home bleech job si faptul ca pe zi ce trece semeni din ce in ce mai mult cu o femeie de 70 de ani (nu cu domna ma-ta...ea se tine bine pentru 71 de ani). Sa nu uit de the mid-life crisses pe care le aia de 3 ori pe saptamana. Ba mai mult, ca sa vezi (si tu si Sean...care zice pe Forever Delayed ca us fans bitching about Manics should die) cat te iubi , iti iert si versurile de la Autumnsong... Dar.. this, this is too much....

*bine,still, nimic nu se compara cu Brian Ioana Maria Vlas 'I've never touched a man's penis' Molko.. mai ai de muncit la asta, bai, Uaiăre

Nancy's Life

2009-09-27T17:54:00.003+03:00

Nancy was eating her cottage cheese and tomatoes. Nancy realised that next week she'll start school... Nancy uttered a 'pizda ma-sii' and continued eating her cottage cheese and tomatoes.

Here's a song.

Pig.pig.piggy

2009-09-16T20:37:00.000+03:00

Ou em giii

Also...

Fuck Button went all bonkers on us.. eh,eh

Kiss and swallow

2009-09-14T20:14:00.003+03:00

And I who thought only bands like Strokes or Horrors got asked such question... Alas, I was mistaken!

How many members of the Manic Street Preachers have you kissed?

Sean: One. Richey. Larking - it wasn’t on the mouth. On the cheek. I think it was one of his drunken malaises, helping him stand up in a friendly way. It was a very stubbly sort of affair. A brotherly thing.

James: None. I can’t even think of kissing Sean when I was young. I’d need a couple of telephone directories to get to Nick’s level, and to kiss Sean would be incest. I saw Richey kissing a bloke once. Not one of the band. I think it was an experiment.

Nicky: I haven’t kissed any on the lips. I kissed Richey on the cheek. We’re a very touchy band but not a kissy band. Very touchy. I mean, I slept with Richey for six months, in the same bed, when we used to live with Philip [their manager]. Downstairs was the couch and the floor, which everyone wanted, and James and Sean, and me and Richey, would swap alternatively. Upstairs was a double bed, which was a bit planes trains and automobiles sometimes: ‘That’s a really soft pillow my hand’s in’ ‘That’s not a pillow!’ Richey would just get blotto and pass out, really. So it’d be an incredible smell of vodka in the morning. You know the way it kind of pours out of your skin?

And Wire wants us to believe him... as if!

Heaven Was Full

2009-09-08T15:20:00.003+03:00

"Absolute fixation with nostalgia and the idea of people and loves that never happened, so much that I can't function properly with the people in my actual life."

Wesley Eisold, Cold Cave

Cold Cave - The Trees Grew Emotions And Died

Modest Mice

2009-09-02T20:07:00.003+03:00

Oh, Jarman, you dedicated follower of fashion, you...

The Cribs - Victim Of Mass Production

6&3/4

2009-08-29T14:38:00.003+03:00

I'm not gonna say a word about THE big announcement made last night. Altough, in my world, THE big announcement might be the following...

Ipso Facto are going to break up. This really makes me sad. I loved them, they played great music and I would've loved to see them live.

They were an all-female 60s inspired goth group based in London associated with The Horrors and new London scene.

The only good part is that all three members will keep making music. Bassist Samantha Valentine is a new member of R O M A N C E (finger-licking band, dare I say), lead Rosalie Cunningham will start a proggresive-rock influenced band called Ketu and drummer Victoria Smith will be in a band called Blue on Blue. So, I guess I'll keep my eyes peeled and hope these bands will last longer than Ipso Facto.

Also, former keyboardist Cherish Kaya worked with Faris Badwan under the name Lumina and the result was a haunting cover of Back Lips' 'I'll Be With You'.

At The Discoteque

2009-08-27T18:23:00.002+03:00

Mr. Oizo better watch out. Falt Beat has just been reinvented....

Din ciclul 'guess who'

2009-08-26T18:23:00.002+03:00

Knock knock

Who's there?

*don't own, don't want to...

Fingerprints and co are so last season

2009-08-22T20:53:00.002+03:00

De cateva zile, cand intru pe mail vad o faza la news from entertainment cu un model (care era urata cu spume ... cel putin asa reiese din poza atasata articolului) care a fost omorata de her ex sau ceva de genu. Da, nasol, blabla..e plina lumea de nebuni dar avem nevoie de ei ca sa faca AP&co bani din ceva. Evident, follow-ups are essential. Azi (sau poate ieri..nu mai stiu) a venit un titlu care face ca plastic surgeries sa aiba a whole new point...

Ex-model's breast implants were key to body's ID

That is all I had to report.

Pretentious Twats

2009-08-21T09:18:00.001+03:00

... really, what's with the name?

Coming up beyond belief...

2009-08-17T15:09:00.002+03:00

....sau cum the usage of acid is no longer requiered

In alta ordine de idei, am attendat (asta e pe sistem 'zborul celor de la AB4 a fost cancelat') ieri concertul baietilor de la Editors... Front row lejer, ei au rupt, vocalu' e nitel scapat de la balamuc, am urlat, ma usturau mainile de la aplaudat. Dar dupa ce am iesit, ma simteam ca si cand nici nu fusesem la un concert. Nu tu stare de euforie, nu tu hyper mood, nimic. Parca a lipsit ceva. Sad, huh? Maybe I'm just getting old.

I am just a patsy

2009-08-10T19:03:00.001+03:00

Now, excuse me, I'll be off to watching this on repeat

Today's Lesson

2009-08-05T17:04:00.005+03:00

Guess the bands... I dare you (ignore the file names)

Ya want moar?

The adult world took it all away

2009-08-03T20:02:00.006+03:00

Am realizat* cu (o oarecare) tristete ca Placebo sunt, in mare, a band that embodies teenage angst... mai departe, cand tu treci de angstu' cauzat de explozia de cosuri de pe fata/realizezi ca angstu' ala n-are treaba cu acnea, se cam impute situatia. That's all.

Oh, the new album still suxxx more than a prostitute from Amsterdam.

*sincer, banuiesc ca revelatia am avut-o de mai de mult, dar am negat asa cum neg multe pentru a putea trece peste each day.

I Hear A New World

2009-07-22T13:21:00.003+03:00

Severed Heads - Petrol (Alternate Version)
The (Hypothetical) Prophets - Person To Person
Kraftwerk - Atherwellen
Model 500 - I See The Light
Grauzone - FIlm 2

Sursa de inspiratie:
Up
Down

Also totally worth it
From Chicago to Bombay

This Is The End, I'll Take A Bow

2009-07-06T21:13:00.001+03:00

Deh, m-am pastrat... Click Click Click

Most of the time you are happy

2009-07-04T23:51:00.002+03:00

Thank you, Mr. Burgess! Thank you, lads!

Golden Skanks

2009-07-04T13:44:00.003+03:00

Au fost niste scumpi si fara gig. Thanks, guys! Poate un gig Klaxons next year cand bagati turneu cu yr new album.

He had green flippers and sang the blues

2009-06-29T22:32:00.004+03:00

I think I love Nick Cave even more... yes,yes indeed

......

Also, pentru toti cei loviti de evenimentele recente care nu stiu cum sa mai boceasca (desi cu o saptamana in urma nu mai stiau cum sa scuipe pe personajul cu pricina -cel al carui nume nu il vom rosti), de la mine pentru ei si familia lor... aceasta inregistrare. And, biatch, we all know WHO is the real God in that video.

/he is not Jesus though he has the same initials .

Facing Page: Top Left

2009-06-26T14:04:00.002+03:00

*Nancy se inscrie la scoala de soferi. Nancy se duce la testul psihologic.*

Domnisoara psiholog: Ati fost internata?
Nancy: Nu, dar mi-as dori.

God Save The Nouvelle Vague

2009-06-25T21:51:00.002+03:00

Yeah, that band who claims to " take the songs that you adore and make you fall in love with them all over again" are back. Sincer, nu sunt nici pe departe geniul care se vor a fi. Sunt a cover band cu bune (putine) si BIG!meah's (multe). Noul album, nu e diferit. Imi plac the following: "All My Colours" (de fapt, partea lui Ian McCulloch makes me melt...si cam atat), "Parade" (care oricum cred ca e orginalul minus vocea 'dubioasa' si nitel domesticit..bah, ce chestie) si vocea lui Martin Gore (ok, si coverul dupa "Master and Servant" merge... asa, daca esti de pe alta lume si n-ai auzit in viata ta originalul). In rest... MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH! 'Blister in the sun' e un afront adus amintirilor din clasa a 12a cand ascultam Violent Femmes all day long, 'God Save The Queen' e just another song fara all the range and general stupidity, 'Road to Nowhere' la fel fara Byrne, la 'Ca plaine pour moi' nu imi dau seama ce au schimbat (bine, aud vocea aia enervanta) etc etc. Pot sa scriu tomuri despre cum, de fapt, Nouvelle Vague is not so special like they want us to believe. Nu, nu o sa ascult la nesfarsit coverul vostru dupa M&S cand am originalul. Ce chestie.

Speak In Tounges

2009-06-22T17:41:00.003+03:00

Da, am azi in jurul incheieturii o bratara alba cu negru (checkered, ca-i in trend) de la un anumit concert. Da, ma dor muschii picioarelor. Da, conversii mei mult prea iubiti (si mult prea rupti) sunt si mai rupti acum...

Si, da, sufar... Impresii mai multe, dragii mei, this way.

I say I'm leaving but it ain't true

2009-06-19T21:09:00.003+03:00

Eu cred ca domnul care a scris acest articol thinks the new Placebo album is really great and his fave band is White Lies

/Love the song
//Will be on repeat for a while now
///OMG! Greenhornes yumminess combined with QOTSA yumminess? fap fap

It's just a different lifestyle

2009-06-17T12:20:00.000+03:00

Cineva spunea si spunea bine 'Is there something in the water in Manchester'. Ei, da. Soundu' asta tipic cica zonei si the general earcandy te cam face sa iti zici ca tre sa fie ceva, sa fi copilarit pe acolo si sa fi baut apa in care au fost deversate reziduri de la o uzina din zona or something. De ce zic asta? Pentru ca nu prea auzi formatie fara birth certificate de Manchester careia sa ii iasa bine soundu' dom'ne. Si totusi, The Ruling Class, chiar daca nu's pe de-a-ntregul englezi macar (vocalul e din Suedia), te fac sa te uiti in stanga, in dreapta si sa zici 'Tim, is that you?'. Si sa te astepti sa auzi macar vocea lui Ian 'No, it's me'.

The Ruling Class - Sleeping Beauty

Despre domnul de la Champagne Riot nu stiu prea mult. I-am citit blogul si stiu ca e din Danemarca. Adica din Scandinavia, lucru de care ne-am fi prins si dupa una-doua ascultari. Da, indie-popul Scandinavian Warfare e tipic zonei. Ma duce cu gandul ba da Le Sport (remember them?) ba la the dreamy state pe care o ai dupa prea mult Radio Dept. Si e perfect for a not-so-lazy summer day.

Bowie?! Yes, Bowie, Sir

2009-06-16T11:44:00.000+03:00

... because we are all unhappy bubbles of anal wind

We also do speak politics for you to hear

2009-06-14T13:23:00.003+03:00

Creierul meu de gasca imbibat cu o bere la pranz si-ar dori sa scriu despre cat de bun e Duff McKagan. La 44 de ani. Si cum Slash o suge and always has (he's ugly, ugly, i tell ya...) .. dar nu voi face asta. Am si eu limitele mele. In schimb...

....

Maine am examen la materia numita Politologie. Politics, parties and all that jazz. Ceea ce e chiar foarte funky. I like rants about how American politics are shiat, about how UE will fuck us all. Imi place Generation Terrorists de la Manics ca se inflameaza pe el (pe atunci) pustii aia si o ard in sloganuri naive (desi nu's de acord cu unele faze ... dar ce conteaza). Ma extaziez cand dau de o carte cu anarhismu' si variile lui forme la BCU (aka Biblioteca Central Universitara... la care imi place sa merg ca este multe carti acolo). Rad cu lacrimi cand Raymond Aron face misto de intelighenta britanica/franceza in contextul socialism vs. liberalism. Injur la tot pasu' legile stupide si imi zic ce futut e statu' blablabla. Ma uit over and over again la 'Rude Boy'. Ma apuc si scriu referate despre politics in discurul Manics. Dar cand vine vorba de invatat la materia Politologie... ba, nu pot. Ma ia cu cascat, imi zic 'trai-te-ar, ce tre sa stiu io sistemul de guvernare in Elvetia' (ceea ce nu inseamna ca nu ma iau de fazele cu 'consociationalismul' lor si pluripartidismul dus la extrem..). Ma intreb de ce tre' sa stiu ca exista 6 tipuri de sisteme hibrid care rezulta din variile combinatii intre cel parlamentar si cel prezidential (din care oricum vreo 5 nu se pot pune in practica...). Din astea. Ma pierd in detalii, pentru ca mai stiu si eu ceva pe ici pe colo, si nu pot sa invat. Asa ca stau si ma intreb... nu pot sa o ard azi si sa ii povestesc de Nozick, Chomsky, Orwell, Joe Strummer si Manics stimatului domnului Parvulescu? Oare ma pica daca fac asta?

Learn to live without clutter

2009-06-12T21:33:00.002+03:00

Unde i-au gasit? Si pe pustii aia cu platitudinile pe care le spun si pe aia care le-au facut traileru si idea lor incredibil de proasta...

Echos from the other world

2009-06-10T20:39:00.005+03:00

Mi-am amintit ca ii vad in some 20+ days... OMGOMGOMGOMG! Desi Klaxons imi par formatia perfecta pentru small venues (and, oh boy, did they rock that venue in Lyon... :D:D:D:D), i'll settle for a small crowd/fest thing this time...

Vin cu completari... pentru cei interesati, desigur....Citeam ca pe setlistul de la gigul din Conventry (a se vedea vidul de mai sus), melodiile noi au fost:

- HOODOO BORER (le place la baieti titlurile dubioase, nu zic nu)
- VALLEY OF THE CALM TREES
- SILVER FOREST
- ECHOS (da, fara e... as in sound... nu ecou...pfffff... )
- VENUS

Deci, poate curand si un albumul ala mult asteptat
....

Vorbeam acum cateva zile cu a good friend, si el fanatic al clacsoanelor. Evident, amandoi cu aceasi problema: impactul muzicii lor asupra publicului romanesc si cati ca noi mai sunt out there. Eu imi pun teeul luat de la concertul din Lyon, cu blugi rosi skinny si bummed converse...el teeu' lui new rave/80ist cel mai probabil...ne tragem outfituri de descreierati. O sa repetam versurile inainte just in case si alte faze. Dar cativa vor mai fi ca noi? Doi, trei?

I like me some slap bass

2009-06-09T22:14:00.004+03:00

Eu am o teorie conform careia toti basistii sunt retardzi..mai mult sau mai putin. Nu,nu e judecata de valoare. Am si dovezi. John Cale, Wire, Osdal, Jamie Reynolds de la Klaxons, Kim Deal (for not wearing a bra... and dangling them... ). Cale tragea scaune prin studiouri de inregistrari cu Lou Reed. E normal. Doar e basist.(La Reed e de la the shock treatment primit to be cured of homosexuality prin the 50's la cererea parintilor..). Wire poarta fuste si fluffy tiaras si skanky makeup. E normal. Doar e basist. Osdal are la gat un necklace cat un candelabru. E normal. Doar e basist. Jamie se imbraca in Evil Rudolph si Furby. Din nou, normal, basist. La Kim Deal tot nu e normal ca le lasa sa atarne. And the list goes on...

Da. Este despre basisti postul de fata. Pentru ca mie imi plac. Retarzi cum sunt. Mai mult decat orice alt membru din formatie. In general, isi baga pufa (sau tiara pufoasa, dupa caz) in tot. Uneori, scot cate una pe sistem 'I understand The Buzz, but why the cocks'. Dar fara ei/ale lor instrumente melodia n-ar fi ce e. Cum ar suna 'Archives of Pain' fara notele cantate de Wire (desi nu si scrise de el)? Cum or fi fost Rage Against The Machine fara Morello? Ar mai fi fost Talking Heads the funkiest white band in town fara basu' Tinei Weymouth? Ce ar fi fost Joy Division fara Peter Hook sau Gang Of Four fara Dave Allen? Hell, cam tot ce misca in post-punk ar fi fost o laba fara basisti... (yes, i've said. take it or leave it).

Si totusi, toata lumea (in frunte cu Rolling 'We-use-1-year-olds-to-write-our-reviews' Stone) makes the fap-fap sound numa' cand aude de chitaristi/bateristi. Nu s-au gandit nici pana in ziua de azi sa faca un top decent cu the greatest bass players ever. Zic decent in sensul 'se iau cativa muzicieni si cativa critici, se baga intr-o camera cu o foaie si un pix - eventual cate una/unu pentru fiecare - si li se cere sa scrie basistii lor preferati'. (Maynard James Keenan probabil s-ar trece pe el...dar asta e alta poveste). Evident ca, dupa publicare, ne-am inflama toti ca nu fu ala de il iubim noi mai mult mai sus in top. Pardon, mint, NME a facut un top cu basisti prin 72... adica acum 37 de ani. Desi pare socant, zic ca lucrurile s-au mai schimbat. Si totusi, se fac toti ca ploua cand vine vorba de basisti. Ba mai mult, un fost basist injura statutul de basist. (Javra de SIR McCartney zicea prin 2007 ca... citez, sa imi bag io ceva in el, "bassists are the fat guys who stand at the back".) Singurul din industrie care pare a fi entuziasmat de basisti (si ii pune sa cante si sa se rupa in figuri pe albumele pe care le produce) e domnul Steve 'I-wrote-a-20-page-essay-about-how-shitty-the-industry-is' Albini.

Sa nu credeti ca n-am dat cotrobait pa gugle. Si inca cum. Mai aveam nitel si dadea peste articole din anii 60. Tot ce am gasit a fost o referinta la Bass Guitar Magazine care a cerut cititorilor sa voteze "The Greatest Bass Player Who Has Ever Lived" prin 2006 (recunoasteti, nu va asteptati chiar de la o revista despre basses sa faca asa ceva) si topul asta. (daca dati click pe 'Best musicians', s-ar putea sa aveti un moment de extaz cand veti vedea ca e ales cate un basist pentru fiecare an din 55 incoace, dar va va trece cand veti vedea ca pe 2008 au fost doi candidati la titlul de best bassist si fara numar,fara numar in rest).

Si cand te gandesti ca all it took was one link on fark.com to get me going...

Va las cu un bas that's pure evil...

Talkshows on mute

2009-06-08T14:45:00.004+03:00

Sincer, cred ca Molko si Osdal should do the exact same thing la gigu din Bucuresti... las la alegerea lor which one will flash us and which one will carry the flasher ...

OMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGeightpoundjesusonapogostick! a new placebo song i actually lurve...

Die Young, Stay Beautiful

2009-06-07T12:15:00.004+03:00

You are the generation that bought more shoes and you get what you deserve

Parklife

2009-06-06T10:06:00.006+03:00

We love reminiscing about the 90s.* Mai ales noi cei ce nu stiam ce sunt alea cosuri pe atunci. Noi cei ce eram too young to fully realise pe ce lume traim si totusi old enough sa ne prindem ca there was something going on somewhere in the world (mai ales in UK). Ne ia cu oftat, cu fraze de gen ‘MTV was cool back then’. Ne entuziasmam la gandul ca Manics erau patru, ca Liam si Noel isi vorbeau, ca Oasis si Blur nu isi vorbeau, ca Damon avea un dintisor de gangsta, ca Suede mergeau in turneu cu Manics, ca Damon si Justine Frischmann erau mai ceva ca Britney si Justin, ca Jarvis was mooning Jacko, ca Placebo si Soundgarden faceau vids cu Chris Cunningham si ca people gave a fuck about Mansun. Noua ne este dedicata inregistrarea de mai jos. Cine s-ar mai gandi acum ca cele trei formatii prezente in filmulet vor mai urca pe scena in cadrul aceleiasi festivitati de premiere, beti ranga si se vor injura ca chiorii?** Not the people who are buying cheese de la Alex James, no.

*nu zic ca nu facem la fel si cu the 60s,70s,80s. Stiu doar de cate ori m-am gandit ca ar fi fost uber-uber sa stand in line in front of CBGB’s waiting for that gig with Blondie, Television, Bad Brains, Richard Hell si Ramones on the bill. Also, nu zic ca prezentul o suge. I am too much of a Klaxons and Horrors whore ca sa zic asa ceva.

** nu e endearing cum Oasis tot incearca sa ii injure pe Manics si Blur si tot ei si-o iau in freza?

Showing them what life is all about

2009-06-05T11:27:00.005+03:00

Haide-ti s-o spunem pe aia dreapta: ‘Dark Night of the Soul’, albumul ala facut de Sparklehorse in colaborare cu Dangermouse (sau invers, cum preferati), pare mai mult o compilatie cu melodii ale celor ce canta/ale formatiilor lor. E, probabil, si ce trebuia sa iasa given the fact that the singers also wrote bits of the music (asta si faptul ca e o mare de colaborari... cu oameni cu voci diferite...hence the music had to fit their vocals and all that bollocks...). 'Revenge' e Flaming Lips clar, 'Little Girl' parca e luata de pe albumul ala Strokes pe care tot il astept de vreo n ani de zile (atat timp a trecut ca nici nu mai stiu cand a fost lansat FIOE), 'Jaykub' te face sa crezi ca s-au reunit Grandaddy (desi, de cate ori aud introul am impresia ca’i un anumit b-side Manics), 'Daddy's Gone' e de pe vreun album A Camp, 'Just War' parca e 'Juxtaposed With U' de la Super (super) Fury Animals. (E da' ce nu va mai ajung? Ce fac aici, va povestesc albumul? Auzi nesimtire.) Also, va invit la un dans pe that dark dubious song called ‘Pain’ that's featuring Iggy's vocals…si la o tigara pe melodia 'Dark Night of the Soul' featuring David Lynch's vocals and that jazz gloomy vibe...(da-ma naibii, i've said a song i like has a jazz vibe). Nu o sa va stresez cu cat imi place... ar fi si culmea. Ce, nu va dati singuri seama ca avalansa de colaborari (in speta numele Casablancas) ii garanteaza locul dubioseniei asteia printre mah faves this year? (da, m-am udat toata)

Little Girl (feat. Mr. Casablancas)

And am I the only one caruia i se pare ca David Lynch a cam lost it – dupa all that shit cu ‘how to catch the big fish'? Which, admittingly, is not such a bad thing.

Someone somewhere soon will take care of you

2009-06-04T15:59:00.001+03:00

Din seria 'songs that give you chills'... desi, fata de Follow The Cops, melodia asta brings me to tears si in varianta de pe album... in orice varianta de fapt.

Also... bai, sunteti pe real?

Let's spend the night in Jimmy Choo's

2009-06-03T17:26:00.002+03:00

Sunt unele melodii care, live, bring tears to yr eyes si iti par epice. Ca in cazul de fata. Nu stiu cat imi place in varianta de studio dar cand o aud live ma trec fiori (motiv pentru care acum e pe repeat in Songbird). Imi pare rau ca nu am un vid cu liveu' de aseara din Bruxelles... it was beyond!

Legat de asta,ascultandu-i aseara mi-am dat seama ca noul album suna intr-adevar bine live...noul baterist e ca this force of nature si nu ma mai simt unsure about the gig de pe 21 din Bucuresti. Iar Sleeping With Ghosts mi-a lasat un gol in stomac. De asta imi plac asa mult Placebo. I've been reminded. Thank you...

Tonight we beg the question

2009-06-02T19:51:00.003+03:00

Teoria pe care vreau sa v-o prezint in continuare poate soca pe multi. De fapt, cu siguranta o va face. Mai ceva ca niste versuri cum ar fi ‘He’s a boy/you want a girl/so tear off his cock/tie his hair in bunches/fuck him, call him Rita if you want’. Recunosc. Imi place la nebunie sa sochez.
Se intampla prin 1989. Un semiotician pe numele sau Leonard Meyer avansa in cartea sa ‘Style and Music’ o teoria re-vo-lu-tio-na-ra. Cica, CICA compozitia muzicala ar fi influentata de istorie si ideologie. In mare zic. Nu vrea sa intru in detalii. Stiu, e deja prea mult pentru o singura fraza si deja simt cum mi-am pierdut o parte dintre cititori.
In 2007, un adept al acestui Darwin al semioticii muzicale ne spune ca teoria respectiva e cam ignorata, dom’ne. Stiu ce veti spune. Ar fi si revoltator sa fie considerate relevanta!!! Adica, cum? Sa ascultam toti nebunii? Ar fi ca si cum am accepta evolutionismul nebunului alalalt! Dar va rog, lasati-ma sa termin. Amicul nostru ne prezinta cartea si ne implora sa ii dam o sansa. E esential pentru o analiza completa a unei compozitii muzicale sa cunoastem putina istorie, niste ideologii, niste concepte filosofice. Si, desi pare surprinzator, am fost convertita. Acum, si eu cred ca contextul in care a fost creata o piesa muzicala si ideologiile celor ce au scris-o sunt extrem de importante.

Meanwhile, in another world, Legs McNeil, Jon Savage, Nick Kent and Simon Reynolds are all backslapping Meyer and music semioticians in general. The music press is cheering!
Also, as vrea sa primesc o explicatie de ce toti semioticienii pizdii ma-sii, de la Nattiez la Meyer si Barthes s-au blocat toti in muzica clasica… De ce Savage nu s-a apucat sa faca un studiu de caz cu instrumente ale semioticii pe Sex Pistols spre exemplu? Nu ca imi era mai usor sa fac referatu’ ma-sii acuma?

They tell me that i'm sick in the head

2009-06-02T15:15:00.004+03:00

Veterani intr-ale bautelor cu The Horrors (prieteni de cam multa vreme.. cica de pe cand vocalul avea formatie cu Rhys Webb de la Horrors), Neils Children au aceasi pasiune bolnavicioasa ca cele cinci orori din Sounthend in a-si arata their makeup skills. Spun asta pentru ca e evident ca aici se termina asemanarile. Neils Children sunt aia cu afinitatea pentru The Jam (pe care au cam dat-o naibii lately) si pentru The Cure (pe care o tin inca aproape de inimioarele lor de englezi nebronzati). X.Enc a iesit pe 11 mai la labelul Structurally Sound (chiar al baietilor de care vorbim aici), e cica numit dupa this experimental sound collage single from the late '70s (daca nu stiti despre ce e vorba, e ok, nu cred ca trebuie. and, if life's fair, probabil doar Rhys Webb stie si el i-a pus numele asta) si, cum ii sta bine unui album scos de o formatie din imediata vecinatate Horrors/de pe scena King's Cross, a fost numit pe diverse siteuri an instant classic (citeam pe undeva chiar ca e pe sistem Velvet Underground dar eu nu m-as intinde in halu' asta). Evident, e tot post-punk ceva mai melodic (doooooh). Evident, miroase... pardon, pute a The Cure pe alocuri (parca nici vocea nu ii ajuta). Evident, bateria se bate tot while standing (aici se cam opresc asemanarile cu VU...). Evident, exista referintele (sonice) obligatorii la Josef K. Evident, ne place si e cam pe repeat (zic 'cam' pentru ca e evident ca nu ma las eu de Manics cu una cu doua) lately...

Neils Children - Indifference Is VITAL

Ocean Rain

2009-06-01T12:30:00.004+03:00

Drumming while standing and a babyfaced keyboardist are the keys for guaranteed success. Asteptam cu nerabdare pozele de pe prima pagina a Daily Mail.

We all are of walking abortion

2009-05-31T13:19:00.005+03:00

S.C.U.M. - Warsaw from Vice online on Vimeo.

Mai vorbeam eu candva pe aici de pustii astia, dar ar merita sa zic de ei in fiecare post. S.C.U.M., ca orice alta formatie barely legal care e deja garuanteed sa primeasca un Godlike Genius Award (daca va pute NMEu', de la oricine altcineva vreti voi), ma enerveaza. Stiu, socant. Foarte. De ce ma enerveaza? Pai n-am zis intre virgule? Pentru ca industrialu' asta care le iese din instrumente suna prea bine, pentru ca le vin asmenea idei, pentru ca nu sunt White Lies (desi merita de n ori mai multa promovare decat mizeria aia de trupa), pentru ca it's actual art* and not some wankery, pentru ca au la baterie o gagica (stiu, given the name, era mai caterinca cand erau doar tipi - bateristul initial s-a carat prin noiembrie 08) care e prea buna (fiind un blog de muzica - in mare - si nu de pornografie, vorbesc evident de felul in care she bangs her drums). Ah,si many many extra points pentru nume. E demential. Si pagina de MySpazz (cu tot cu its url: scum1968) e beyond cu that quote din 'Of Walking Abortion' ...

*Warsaw, melodie inregistrata in Varsovia, face parte din this artsy-farsty project numit SIGNALS prin care S.C.U.M. vor sa documenteze evolutia lor as artists. Sa fie si sa ne auzim cand Tate Museum o face expo cu vidurile lor.

~postul de fata face parte din incercarea mea futila de a promova over and over again formatiile -mai noi sau nu- care ies la baute cu Horrors. more to come.~

No, no blood just liquid from you

2009-05-30T17:10:00.004+03:00

Am o problema cu Placebo. Aveam o problema cu Placebo in sensul bun al cuvantului. Ca multi altii de altfel. Acum am o problema cu ei in sensul ca, daca s-ar putea, as ingropa noul album. Revin. Ca multi altii. It fails in ways unknown to mankind. Hence, one must not be amazed ca la concert voi sta degeaba. Sau poate la o barfa cu mah group. Cam cat dureaza noul album. (De cat era mizeria? Ah, de o ora… Hopa, cam mult.). Revin la Molko (si Osdal si noul baterist… si tunsorile lor). Nu, nu cred ca mizeria scoasa in urma celei mai recente vizite la un studio de inregistrari exista din cauza varstei lui Molko (Manics au cu vreo 5 ani in plus si uite ce bine o duc… muzical vorbind, evident…). Cred totusi ca parte a vinei trebuie luata de turneul jointuit cu Linkin Park si MCR (mama, mama, ma simt ca un urban care abreviaza vreo denumire de muzeu din Bucuresti). Noile melodii suna la fel de generic si au aceleasi shitty chord changes ca noua melodie LP. Also, alta bucata de vina apartine botoxului injectat de Molko in creier de frica ridurilor (everything must look like a baby’s bum). Nu voi prezenta in detaliu albumul (oricum, ce as putea sa spun? Besides ‘crap, crap, crappy’?). Nu de asta suntem aici. Suntem aici pentru a ne pregati ca stam o ora cu our arms crossed pe 21 iunie. Si, eventual, sa facem pronosticuri cam cat le va lua lui Molko si lui Osdal sa il cheme pe Hewitt inapoi in formatie (you were right all along, our ideas were bad). Iar Hewitt, ca un mesia ce e el, va accepta (mai exista si varianta cu scuipatu’ in cap.. dar o vom ignora).

Simt nevoia sa va povestesc de mah weekend so far. Care fu incredibil de prolific. On a manic level. Adica, ieri seara s-a deschis this new record store* in mah lovely city. Odata cu deschiderea cu pricina, a avut loc si lansarea in Romania (nu credeam ca voi zice asta vreodata) a noului album Manic Street Preachers, Journal For Plague Lovers. Mega-blana, ar spune unii. Da, cititi randurile scrise de the proud owner of the following …erm…stuff: JFPL si Everything Must Go in original, un poster de la lansare (‘ce tre sa fac pentru un poster?’ ‘uite, il dezlipesti pe ala de acolo’), un NME si un Q Magazine cu ze Preacherz (bine, Qu’ e sharuit, ca nu mai aveam bani de el intreg). Stam bine, nu zic nu. Va zic all this cu one hand on mah feather boa, cu un ranjet mai ceva ca al lui Wire si cu un ego mai mare ca al manicsilor in 91 pe care stiu ca il simtiti cum va inteapa indiferent de zona in care stati. Acum, mai sper doar ca va fi prolific weekendul si din punct de vedere al eseului meu la materia sublima numita semiotica...care, incidentally, e despre Manics. Problema e ca tre sa am o problematica sau o ipoteza and besides 'Nicky is top not Richey' sau 'Is it really James+Richey=OTP not Nicky+Richey?' nu prea imi trec prin cap idei (ca sa fac o gluma proasta...ele probabil imi trec, dar nu imi raman)

*se cheama Off The Record the record store (see what they did there? Eh, eh?) si e chiar langa Club A. Evident, ma voi muta acolo. Mai ales ca am ochit si un vinil cu Manics dar care nu e for sale (poate, poate..sper…). Ah, si o sa fie si lansare a noului Placebo(acum realizez ca nu i-am spus numele.. e irelevant... oricum, va fi uitat soon.sper). Merg doar pentru ca’s Placebo si fara ei a mea adolescenta ar fi fost (si mai) trista.

I surrender, mah vision has blurred

2009-05-19T22:08:00.004+03:00

Horrors+ Manics = HEARTSHEARTSHEARTS!!!

Sa o luam pe bucati...

1. Remixu facut de Horrors pentru melodia Manics 'Doors Slowly Closing'... de fapt, mai degraba (cred... asta imi indica simtul de fan) remixul facut de Tom si Rhys aka Spider And The Flies...not a conventional little one at all...basic idea: take one element of the song and use it to create a completely different song... Adica, baietii nostrii au preluat un element din the background of the original instrumental si l-au bagat in loop si prin toate nebuniile analogice cu care se joaca ei cand o pun de-o electronica experimentala, au (cam) ignorat tobele grand de pe original, au dissed the vocals, the little sweet distort si hopa a iesit 'DSC Part II' as seen by two extremely creative biatchs.... intra! intra!

2. Coveru' Manics dupa o melodia not-yet-realease 'Vision Blurred'... reactia initiala a yrs fatihfully: sa imi bag pula, ce misto suna!!! ce voce are James!!! (mentionez pe aceasta cale ca nu stiu originalul..yes, i'm a bad Horrors fan) precis o fi ceva pa sistem Killing Joke in original... reactia dupa vreo ora de repeat (adica momentul in care ajungi sa mai descifrezi ceva din ce mormaie James...daca ai noroc...): FARIS E UN GENIU!!! ce versuri...sa imi bag pula, e genial!!!! Sure,varianta Manics suna ca a big hard-rocking sonicly-mindblowing song... that is a lost gem from THB. cum am zis mai devreme, probabil originalul e this Killing Joke based song... sau poate vreo nebunie cu versuri spoken a la Shangri Las (introul din cover ma face sa ma gandesc la cum ar suna Shangri Las as played by JDB, nu ma-ntrebati de ce... )

All wrapped up in a 'Gime moar, gime moar'

kthxbai!

What The Actual Fuck?

2009-04-29T19:27:00.006+03:00

Domnul Steve Albini probabil mi-a citit statusurile disperate de pe Facebook si a hotarat sa scoata din seif singura copie a noului album Manics (sunt ferm convinsa ca Albini era ultimul care mai avea grija de copia aia, cause the Manics are a bunch of culture sluts). Bref, albumul a leak-uit luni seara, marti de dimineata... cu 15 minute inainte de a pleca de acasa, am dat si eu de el (ce ziceam de statusurile alea that reeked desperation?). What followed? Pai, am plecat cu 20 de min mai tarziu decat ar fi trebuit, mi-am uitat portofelul si am intarziat la ore. Ah, si era sa ma calce o masina in timp ce ascultam Journal For Plague Lovers la player. Azi, a doua masina.. am ajuns la timp la seminar, but hey! Era sa ma uit pe acasa.

Problema e ca nu inteleg ..DE CE??? Adica, albumul e sublim, superb, divin ... Peeled Apples si Jackie Collins Exsitential Question Time deja le stiu pe dinafara (Jackie are vreo 500 de palys pe mah Latsfm...pfooooa). This Joke Sport Severed e perfetion (those chords, those drums, the way the voice blends in perfectly... aaaa...m-au omorat). Marlon JD are un beat demential... and I feel like dancing whenever I hear it. Wiliam's Last Words makes me weep like a little kid watching Bambi's mom get killed... Pe sistem: AAAA!! RICHEY BEING EMOTIONAL ABOUT... STUFF!!! AND WIRE SINGING A SONG WITH RICHEY'S LYRICS!!! OMG, WIRE'S VOICE!!! AND IT READS LIKE A POTENTIAL SUICIDE NOTE!!BAAAAAAAAW. (acum mi-am dat seama, melodia care urmaeaza incepe cu 'I am not dead' - *start freaky fan mode*Richey, guys, ce vreti sa ne spuneti???*end freaky fan mode*). Dar la o adica, it's still what Bradfield would write... si pe acoluri sunt asemanari intre melodii de pe Know Yr Enemy (care a fost un album foarte bun, stfu Wire!) sau baaaw... melodii mai vechi, u get the point. And yet, here I am... Going completely mental about this album...

What the actual fuck?

oh, wait

o.O

I think I see what Wire did there cu that 'It's The Holy Bible pt.2'. DAMN YOU, WIRE!! (desi nu e, nici ca versuri... *thinks of William's, stars crying like the obsessed bitch she is* si nici ca instrumental... ar fi si stupid)

Ca bonus, I even love the devil blabla *starts crying*

I have this essay something-something for tomorrow... and I HAVE to do it... and yet, I'm just listening to Journal... they've ruined mah life

Beautiful, Dirty, Rich

2009-04-23T21:00:00.003+03:00

This is a masterpiece... Sublime indeed. And Primary Colours is beautiful. Everything NME said in that preview and more. It ain't the old Horrors. It's all the blablabla about evolving as a band... and it's so frickin' great. And when i think they're what? 22-23 years old... Heck, and they've done this... Pfooooa, forget 'i'm drepressed I'm 21 and have done nothing with mah life'... This is instant suicide for yrs truly in MPEG format... aw, pretty babies!!!

In Horrors related news...it seems them ho's and the big old fat culture ho's of Manics have done something together... A sex tape? kekeke

Flesh Mechanic

2009-04-22T16:49:00.004+03:00

For What It's Worth

I will have to say... Middle-age ain't good for Molko... no, sir! La shtoarfa de Wire mai e cum mai e ca he's mentally 14, dar lui Molko nu'i prieste... *sigh*

I'd love to hear about Jesus! What's he up to now?

2009-04-19T18:31:00.003+03:00

"Joshua's ministry was three years of preaching, sometimes three times a day, and although there were some high and low points, I could never remember the sermons word for word, but here's the gist of almost every sermon I ever heard Joshua give.

You should be nice to people, even creeps.
And if you:
a) believed that Joshua was the Son of God (and)
b) he had come to save you from sin (and)
c) acknowledged the Holy Spirit within you (became as a little child, he would say) (and)
d) didn't blaspheme the Holy Ghost (see c)
then you would:
e) live forever
f) someplace nice
g) probably heaven
However, if you:
h) sinned (and/or)
i) were a hypocrite (and/or)
j) valued things over people (and)
k) didn't do a, b, c, and d,
then you were:
l) fucked"

(Christopher Moore - Lamb: The Gospel According To Biff, Christ's Childhood Friend)

... have a little sense of humour, please...

Of cheapness and marketing schemes.

2009-04-15T18:59:00.003+03:00

"Allen's lawsuit said the billboard falsely implied that Allen sponsored, endorsed or was associated with American Apparel.
Slotnick said it was not a cheap shot to bring up Allen's sex life in a lawsuit over the billboard and Internet ads."

Pe langa faptul ca am o problema cu America Apperal din punct de vedere estetic (pe scurt, nu imi plac hainele lor... mi se par common, boring si lipsite de that spark a piece of clothing needs to help you stand out...), acum am o problema si cu prostia oamenilor in charge .. Adica, cum domne? Unde te crezi tu sa folosesti imagine lui Woody Allen (sau a oricui altcuiva) in one of yr ads asa randomly. Fara o discutie in prealabil. Ca si cum Converse ar fi trantit pozele alea din campania lor 'Connected' pe un panou si asta ar fi fost. Va dati seama ce scandal ar fi fost pe capu lor? Endorsing? Asta e un termen sublim folosit de Allen in fata caruia reprezentantii AA ar trebui sa se cace pe ei de frica. Think about it... Nu imi vreau fata asociata cu firma voastra. Poate ideologia mea nu se potriveste cu valorile promovate de voi. Ca si cum Nike ar folosi imaginea lui Chomsky in one of their ads... sa vezi acolo caterinca. It wasn't cheap to bring Allen's sex life? Asta fiindca vor sa demonstreze ca imagine lui Allen e deja fucked up si ei sunt a bunch of frickin' angels? Acum, poate vorbesc ca un fan al operei lui Allen, dar nu ne intereseaza pe toti (noi, astia cu scaunu la cap, care nu's innebuniti dupa Dorobanti et all) mai mult artistul aici si nu cu cine se fute persoana Allen? Oare aici nu e vorba de THE ARTIST? Nu el isi prezinta credintele si valorile prin intermediul filmelor/cartilor... si voi n-ati folosit o imagine dintr-un film al lui Allen nu una cu el de mana cu Soon-Yi? Nu e vorba aici de arta si nu de viata privata? Si acum sincer, cand un critic face o recenzie de pentru un film de-al lui Allen sau cand un om se duce sa vada un film se gandeste cum s-a futut Allen cu fii-sa adoptiva? Tare m-ar amuza ca avocatii domnului (oh, behave) Allen sa aduca in dicsutie si ei (asa, pentru o caterinca mica) viata sexuala a directoriilor companiei si a celor de la firma de advertising... Sa vad cat de cheap sunt...

But at least you are free

2009-04-14T20:46:00.003+03:00

No reason for this post...I just think the photo's great
and so is the song it makes me think of

Oh mommy, what's a Sex Pistol?

2009-03-31T09:51:00.002+03:00

This is so much better than Chomsky's Camelot... ah swearz

MSP - Jackie Collins Existential Question Time (XFM rip... no Zane in the background to annoy us...)

OU EM GIIIIIIIIII

2009-03-25T23:12:00.002+02:00

Refuz, dar refuz...sa zic ceva intelingent... OU EM GI OU EM GI .... Chomsky's Camelot 4REAL!

Manics - Peeled Apples (rippuit de pe Radio 1, cu Zane Lowe mancand cacat in background... )

Pretentious Overdose

2009-03-25T08:20:00.003+02:00

Journal For Plague Lovers

Peeled Apples
Jackie Collins' Existential Question Time
Me and Stephen Hawking
This Joke Sport Severed
Journal For Plague Lovers
She Bathed Herself In A Bath Of Bleach
Facing Page: Top Left
Marlon JD
Doors Slowly Closing
All Is Vanity
Pretension/Repulsion
Virginia State Epileptic Colony
William's last Words

Coming from any other band, I'd consider these songtitles utter shit... but hey...these lads do have a certain background, don't they?

It's like xmas all over again

2009-03-21T10:19:00.002+02:00

See, singles are coming out... (p)reviews (ah, NME , ce imi faci tu mie... ) , fake reviews (eventually, o sa imi fac si pe Forever Delayed -forum.oficial.Manics - cont... )... Albums will soon come out(4th of May, 11th of May, 1st of June, 8th of June, God Knows When of '09)....

But first...

*Coughs*

Noul single The Horrors... Sea Within A Sea... HUUUUUUGE!!! Indeed, blabla, no more garage gimmicks, blabla, doamne de ce imi amintesc in halul asta de Stone Roses?, blabla, vai sunt geniali, blabla, ce cauta Rhys la bas si Tom la orga, blabla, more MBV plz kthnxbai... Ptr further details, go here (una bucata mp3 pe moca, ca's baieti sympa - ai de capu' meu, Rhys, mama, da' de ce esti atat de bun???)

Noul Placebo... Battle For The Sun..noooooooow, hm, hm... a grower, yes. Like Meds was, yes. Sunt nitel cam enervante repetitiile, ajungea sa zica de 3 ori, sa se auda like an echo, sa fie mai incet, sa nu fie deloc, cum preferati... eu zic 3X, like an echo. Toborasul e bun, saracu, vai de mama lui, tre sa replace Hewitt, how the fuck do you do it when we all still are in grief cause Hewitt left the band? Dar baiatu' e bun. Instrumentalul e divin, liric vorbind, Molko nu mai face ce facea pe vremuri (evident, coae, se putea muuuuult mai bine). Zicea Molko ceva de un album optimism, seeing the light in the darkness blablabla...But, seriously, optimism is not what we want from Placebo (ca doar ne-au invatat cu altele...)...desi, intelegem, ce sa say, they are middle-aged, crissis, decapotabile alea-alea.... Bref, mp3 disponibil pe siteu' oficial placeboworld.co.uk , ca da bine la CV.

In alta ordine de idei, asteptam cu entuziasm primul single de pe bomba Manics de anu' asta... produs de Steve Albini si cu Wire beat-boxing... 4real!

No Love Lost

2009-02-08T21:05:00.001+02:00

Nu mai stiu cand am auzit de el, dar in momentul in care am vazut un Inrock Hors de series cu el mi-am zis imediat ca il vreau... Am reflectat asupra acestui fapt si mi-am zis 'Don't be absurd. Nici macar n-ai citit nici o carte scrisa de el. 15 euro....nooooo' . Asa ca Inrockul respectiv a ramas in raft. La FNAC, mereu vedeam carti de-ale lui. Dar mereu alta carte era prioritara. Mai tarziu, in Romania, cand mi-am facut abonament la biblioteca de la Institut francais, m-am dus direct la H. Si am gasit 'Platforme'.... am luat-o fericita si .... am ajuns sa imi blestem zilele... Michel Houellebecq e un autor mediocru in cele mai bune momente ale lui ... infect, mizerabil, e incapabil sa isi contureze clar personajele, sa te faca sa simpatizezi cu ele, nu poate sa convey emotion nici daca il bati cu parul si scrie cu 5 clisee pe cuvant. Nu il suport. Nici ma-sa nu il suporta... chiar ea a zis...stie femeia ce stie... In schimb, lumea il considera o bomboana de autor. Nenea aia care au facut 1001 books you must read before you die il iubesc la culme... In editia din 2006...top, 3 carti de-ale astuia...Nu tu Mailer, nu tu Coupland, nu tu Eliade... dar TREI carti de-ale astuia... In 2008, stituatia e si mai imputita... cele 3 mizerii raman... dar dispare Trainspotting... Houellebecq has people fooled... adica ..Trainspotting in puii mei...

Bine, recunosc...poate oamenii de fapt stiu ce petarda e Houellebecq iar aia care au facut cartea sunt cu vaca si se cred la balamuc...

But I still hate Houellebecq's sorry French ass...

Evil Dildo

2009-01-30T14:39:00.002+02:00

Vorbeam odata cu un prieten despre One Night Only ... eu: 'they're like a boyband just that they have instruments' my friend: 'normal, doar n-or avea dildos'... nu, zice un om normal, ar fi imposbil...

Asculandu-i pe White Lies, realizez ca se poate sa fii si o formatie cu dildos and no intruments... muzica oricum e facuta de Editors... Da,stiu, Death si inca niscavai melodioare de pe album sunt decente... Death chiar iti ramane in cap si stii ca e a lor (ceea ce, venind de la White Lies e chiar de admirat, le-as da un Mercury ptr asta)... Dar 'Unfinished Business' e de-a dreptul horror (sa n-aud ca suna a Nick Cave ca's capabila de murder...)...'A Place To Hide' e probabil furata din cosul de gunoi al alora de la Editors (tema recurenta a acestui post... yes, yes indeed)... ca se nu mai vorbesc de faptul ca, de fapt, toate piesele sunt variatiuni pe aceeasi tema..Le dau totusi un punct pentru versuri... care's chiar bune...In rest.....

.....I'll be in my bunk, listening to Alice In Chains...

Black Hole Sun

2009-01-19T14:38:00.007+02:00

(epicepicepicepicepicepicepicepicepicepicepicepic)^n FAIL!

Videoclipul e de o tristete si mai mare... mai bine fara

But she ain't messing with no broke, broke

2009-01-04T14:31:00.004+02:00

I-as zice 'Untitled' ca n-am nici o idee remotely decent ptr a post title... Also, ar fie si mai PoMo... Dar, fie... Motivul pentru care revin in lumea virtuala, mult iubita de Mircica Badea e... well, nu prea e.

Realitatea zicea de dimineata ca 'Romanii cer ajutor'... adica vreo 7 palestinieni , insurati cu romance, vor sa plece din Gaza. Prelipceanu, costumul ala Armani nu te ajuta si la gandit, nu?
Puya zice pe Apropo TV ca el e prost... nu, nu o zice chiar asa, doar ca el nu intelege arta si teatru si ca oricum generatia asta a noastra nu citeste si e grele chestiile astea artistice pentru creierul lui...
Lori face playback in reluare la Live Revolution...
Si un post de muzica romanesc inca da vidul de la Last Xmas...

Also, am citit recent pe blogul unei colege de la Jurnalism cum ca ea ar vrea un ceai/bere/whatever cu Radu Moraru ca e un super-jurnalist... Hai, sa iti traiasca tie familia, you sure?

Recomand 1001 albums you must hear before you die..mai ales daca nu va plac Beatles...apoplexsie, i tell ya, niggaz...

OMG!OMG!OMG!

2008-10-05T18:32:00.001+03:00

:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D

Wut? I have to say something intelligent bout it????? NOOOOOO

I was looking for some action... and all I could find were

2008-09-30T15:36:00.003+03:00

....NME cover goodies... As it says on the cover, well... Strokes 'will be doing stuff early next year'....yes, yes, I know there were statements issused about a new album on Wikipedia (teh kewlest thing next to myspazz .. 4REAL!!!) ... but then came a new Albie album and Fab's solo project and Nikolai's solo and ... well, that was it. And for fuck's sake, it's been 4 years... and, no, I don't give a fuck about yr holidays and shiat.... I want my Strokes... just as I want my Klaxons and my Horrors... And my Placebo... and fast...

In other news, I hear Razorlight are still alive... OH, SHI!!!!!

Kids These Days

2008-09-19T14:46:00.001+03:00

I strongly believe Mark Ronson should get the fuck off my lawn...

Random Firl

2008-09-06T13:49:00.005+03:00

I have pins... I love my pins... Got them from the merchandise stand at various gigs or from the cities I've been to... I've been dreaming of a Echo and the Bunnymen pin ever since I read that book 'Meat Is Murder' and the main character had one that kept falling and he kept freaking put he's lost it. And now I have one. And I also freak out at the sheer thought of losing one. I once lost a Klaxons pin (one of the four I had bought at the gig) on the bus and I got back again on that bus (noticed it was missing when I got off the bus) just to get it back... Anyways, yesterday I was leaving work and I looked at my pins... and my mostly-beloved Mod pin was missing...My perfect checkered black and white pin with some mods (doooh) with their perfect tailored suits and two-tone hats on it and a 'Mod' with that The Who's logo-like 'O' ... I loved it... I remember seeing it in that shop in Soho and going all hyper cause it was some perfect. And it just looked so perfect on my black M&S dress. Went back but didn't find it... and now I'm just praying it's somewhere in that office.. and not under some car or in a trash can or something like that, with bags of chips and empty plastic bottle...

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Something music-related... Why have I waited so long to get myself Insipral Carpets? Brilliant band, brilliant...
Inspiral Carpets - Directing Traffik

I've also been listening to a shitload of Manics, Suede, Primal Scream, Oasis, Pulp, Happy Mondays and Brett Anderson. Discovered the greatness of Late Of The Pier's 'Fantasy Black Channel' (although I still think they should pretend 'Focker' was never written) and Metronomy's 'Nights Out'. Remembered how great Rage Against the Machine are. Realised I'd gladly do Damon Albarn's brain (God, the music for Monkey: A Journey to the West is brilliant... well, you might wanna skip 'Confessions of a Pig' but the rest is just pure love). And was completely blown away by the new Slipknot (I might mention now the I love their Vermilion Part 1&2). I agree, the masks are a bit of a turn off (come to thing about it, they are a great turn off), but once you get passed them (if you can... ), you get a pretty good band.

Oh, and I hate my job...

Best Blog In The Fookin' World...Galaxy...Universe

2008-09-03T15:39:00.005+03:00

"Mr. Gallagher your brother seems to have collapsed in the aisle!" (YES! AT LAST!!!) And sure enough....there he is, face down in the aisle unconscious. "Shall I wake him?" asks the attendant. "Nah, leave him there..he's only looking for attention!"

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Boredom is easily killed by a freshly made Oasisnet account and some blogs written by Noel "I'm the biggest fookin rock star in the world and Liam is just a useless bitch" Gallagher

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Also, NME seem to be financed by Teh G Brothers and make a headline outta every random thought this lot have. Not that it makes for bad enternaiment. In fact, it brings the lolz as much as McCain, Pallin and her pregnant teenage daughter. I mean, Liam moving to New York in about a decade? Just imagine it, Noel will definitely move there too, even if he hates it, just to piss off his brother. Surely that will be epic.

You used to speak the truth, but now you're clever

2008-09-01T15:11:00.003+03:00

Am momentant niste dileme... they are on my mind and they are bugging me...

1. How in the name of Lou Reed can The Independent use the word 'recovered' to describe Alex James (cum, nu stiti cine e Alex James? - a se vedea ultimul comment - Da' voi pe ce lume traiti?). He is farming sheep, for Bowie's sake! And he tot looked better when he WAS spending 1 million quid on heroin... 4REAL

2. Cum se face ca Lars Ulrich e fan Oasis?

3. How can one ( and by saying 'one', i mean Mike Skinner) say they are the "Picasso of geezer garage'?

4. When is the new Klaxons material coming out? What are they doing now? Are they still in Italy getting pissed? And what's with the gigs... playing Urkaine, but not Romania...? Fuckheads.

5. How long can I put up with the whole work-work-work-pub-club-sleep schedule?

6. De ce Mediafax pune o stire despre noul album Cure la Life-Inedit si nu la Cultura? Sau o stire despre albumul Muse? (De fapt, intrebarea ar trebui pusa asa... De ce o suge Mediafax?... dar am o vaga impresie ca e retorica...)

Sniff Sniff

2008-08-29T21:46:00.003+03:00

From now on... mai au ramas doar vreo 5 formatii romanesti cu adevarat bune... (still...sa speram ca the side projects o sa fie la fel de bune ca Hotel Fetish)

In cu totul alta ordine de idei...m-am angajat... and it's a pain in the back... no,really...literary, it is...

Moi, je kiffe le rap aussi...maaaais....

2008-08-27T18:49:00.002+03:00

...sau cum Lagerfeld ... ba nu, Lagerfeld mi-a demonstrat ca he's lost it de la faza cu ursuletul de plus care ii seamana... But I still had some expectations de la Harper's Bazaar...

And just when one thought Ting Tings were all Britain had to offer us...

2008-08-14T11:56:00.003+03:00

...Gillespie and Mani are back. So what the new album, Beautiful Future, is not perfect head to bottom, so what Zombie Man isn't all that brillinat and a bit of a filler, so what Glory Of Love is jsut harmless pop? Eu tot vreau sa le ascult cel mai recent efort artistic pe repeat.

This is a song, a song to break yr heart to

2008-08-02T20:21:00.003+03:00

All of my sins are attempts to fill the voids.

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In alta ordine de idei, boredom (the utter, complete boredom that makes you not wanna get outta bed in the morning) has kicked in. Luni plec la Londra. Poate ca acolo o sa imi treaca this boredom... But really, all I wanna do is walk around Bucharest with my Mary Poppins shoes and my black lace umbrella.

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Ca tot mai am ceva de punctat, si hai sa facem un post n in 1. (Observati utlizarea uber-fitoasei Oxford Comma in romana... eh, are fite). Stirea asta ma deprima. Numele viitoarei reviste nu imi spune nimic. Iar chestia cu onlineu' ma deprima si mai tare.

Boredom, Allienation and All The Rest

2008-07-31T22:35:00.003+03:00

I love many things... shoes, bags, Topshop, Nicky Wire's thighs... Yeah, aici e problema... The last thing on the list... Which just points out to another... Pana acum I was lurking the livejournal lolz/slashfics/sheer expression of stupidity communities dedicated to Horrors and Klaxons. Ceea ce mi se pare normal. 'Adica, ce poti sa ii ceri altceva unui fan al acestor formatii?' imi ziceam eu. Ah, ca bateria pe 'Sheena...' e geniala... Ca acousticul Klaxons de la Ibiza 2007 e beyond beyond... e, astea sunt detalii...

Veni gigul Manics... Toate bune si frumoase... Ne apucam si de comunitatiile de loluri Manics... Si radem... si we learn all the trivia... si ne tavalim pe jos cand citim mistouri cretine facute la adresa unui om care...well... de care nu stim in ce sant a putrezit sau daca nu cumva e across the street hiding from the British press...

I don't know if what I've just written makes sense... but I guess it shouldn't. Pentru ca ieri... m-a lovit. Nu e normal. I should be focusing on the music, not Wire's passion for female clothing and scrubbing bathrooms and getting pissed on. And my lastfm avatar... well, it just has to go... poate de maine...

Poate de maine, I'll be one of those fans who focuses on what's important and not on fangirling and lolz...

Pana atunci, va las cu un macro gasit pe this wonderful community...

Gotta keep 'em separated

2008-07-28T22:00:00.002+03:00

De ceva vreme stau si ma gandesc daca merita sa iau cel mai recent album Offspring.
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Offspring sunt pentru mine formatia aia care ma amuza teribil cand auzeam prin 99 'Pretty Fly' si pe care o ascultam prin liceu. De atunci, adica din liceu, nu cred ca am mai ascultat. In seara asta, aveam chef de Nirvana (dar vai) si, intamplator, pe acelasi cd ars ilegal se afla si niste melodii Offspring... printre care si melodia care mi-a rezolvat problema de la inceputul postului.... Voi downloada acel album. S-ar putea sa imi placa...

Am nevoie de o prietena usuratica

2008-07-25T11:08:00.003+03:00

Maybe I could try to write an actual review and stuff... dar nu. De mentionat ar fi ca AB4 le e si mama si tata astora mici din 'actualul val de formatii indie'. And the pogo... Pogo is good! Si mi-a placut coverul lor dupa 'Love Song'. Desi, tot un Placebo era mai gigea.
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Ah, si Doru, Doru was the sweetest...Se vedea ca they weren't expecting all the love we showed them! *big smile on her face*

Oh, si un punct in plus pentru Blister Blue. I actually enjoyed their performance.. mai sa fie.

Alas, they need a new jury

2008-07-22T22:34:00.003+03:00

Vine Mercuryu' peste noi si eu de abia acum ma prind. Nomimalizari... Luati de aici. Tristete mare, din punctul meu de vedere. Nici un album care sa zic ca imi place cap-coada. Estelle si Adele mi se par niste glume. In Rainbows nu am putut sa il ascult (vechea mea problema cu Radiohead, ii admir, dar ii ascult din an in paste si atunci doar Fake Plastic Trees). De Last Shaddow Puppets m-am si plictisit. Laura Marling are o voce ok, un album la fel..La fel pot sa zic si de albumul Neon Neon. Dar nu merita Mercury short list. Elbow and British Sea Power never got me. Dupe ce ca anul trecut, domnii cu short listu' l-au ignorat pe Patrick Wolf si al lui sublim Magic Position, anul asta, they disappoint me again. Hai, nu o fac pe the desperate fan si nu le cer sa ii puna pe Horrors ca stiu ca deh... nu e muzica pentru oricine. You do need a certain acquired taste. Dar cand niste formatii superbe iti vin cu niste albume cu coaie (adica domnii de la Foals si domnii de la These New Puritans cu Antitodes si Best Pyramid...)... ei, eu ii vreau plecand acasa macar cu numele pe short list. Si poate pe domnii de la TNP cu premiul, bocind mai rau ca Clacsoanele anul trecut.

Secret post

2008-07-22T15:25:00.001+03:00

This is just one of those songs (and bands) that make me think I'll never be able to make music. Cause would the music I'd make really matter in comparison to this?

Oh, the rock'n'roll life...

2008-07-17T00:06:00.003+03:00

Pe langa the really important info this little gem has for us (so, Wire likes getting weed on? 4REAL!), raspunsul la prima intrebare mi se pare de-a dreptul glorios. Da, my winamp is still stuck on some manic street preachers.

Methadone Pretty

2008-07-08T19:53:00.005+03:00

Ma uitam si eu pe blogurile din bookmarks si vad un post cu o leapsa pe blogul lui Rekabu.... de pe 18 iunie... FAIL? y/y

Oricum, leapsa asta goes like this... (un copy-paste mic...aaaaaaaaaaaand)

'list seven songs you are into right now. no matter what the genre, whether they have words, or even if they’re not any good, but they must be songs you’re really enjoying now, shaping your spring. post these instructions in your blog along with your 7 songs. then tag 7 other people to see what they’re listening to'

Si eu fiind bored si dornica de a mai tranti cateva melodii pe blog.... well, imi cer scuze daca o sa fie prea mult Manics

1. Manics - Born A Girl (pentru ca uneori imi zic 'i wish i were born a boy...')

2. Nicky Wire - Break My Heart Slowly (mi se pare mie sau domnul Jones nu prea are voce? ... totusi, asta nu inseamna ca nu o pot asculta pe repeat...revin... a zambit in directia mea cand urlam 'Niiiicky')

3. James Dean Bradfield - Emigre (in lupta albumelor solo e un 0-1 ptr Bradfield... si melodia asta poate nu o fi geniala si Bradfield e cu siguranta capabil de mult mai mult...dar... )

4. Birthday Party - Dead Joe (daaaaaaaark.... almost cacophonous...like post-punk should be)

5. The Horrors - Excellent Choice Alternative Story Version (adica prima varianta, aceasi melodia ca cea de pe album, dar alte versuri...versuri tot in stil reminescent The Gift. Si totusi asta parca imi place mai mult. cele trei voci, feleul in care alterneaza, accentele, refrenul....partea cu 'Leaches!Leaches!')

6. Danny Elfman - Little Things (de pe coloana sonora a Wanted. filmul e o porcarie, just for the record...but this soooong. Zici ca Elfman e un tinerel, nu unu de 50 de ani. Ce voce, domne)

7. Manics - I'm just a pantsy (ma gadeam la melodia NIN de pe OSTul Wanted...but fuck it.... )

Nuj pe cine sa tagguiesc.... Adica, trei cred ca stiu.... Claxoanele, baterista si domnul Red... dar restu' de patru?

Everything Must Go

2008-07-08T10:11:00.004+03:00

Poate ca duminica zambeam ca o idioata, dar de abia acum imi dau seama ca au fost in fata mea. Ascult 'The Everlasting' si imi zic 'Am auzit-o live, l-am vazut pe Bradfield cantant-o'. Nu am patit asta cu nici o formatie. Ba nu, mint. Dupa Rapture era la fel. Dar imi amintesc clar ca dupa concertul Placebo nu i-am ascultat mult timp (whatever happened there? Cause I know for sure I loved that gig...poate ei au venit prea tarziu. Si Manics? Ti se pare putin din 1999 pana acum?). Dupa Klaxons, desi i-am ascultat pana la refuz, nu simteam aceasi bucurie. Nu era nici un sentiment de genul 'Ba, asta stiu cum suna live'. Si, daca la unele formatii as fi vrut sa cante o melodie sau alta, acum sunt multumita cu ce mi-au oferit ei. Poate as fi preferat sa mai cante vreo 5 ore, dar cred ca asta vrei de la any of yr fave bands.

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Peste vreo saptamana revin cu detalii despre cum se simte un om care si-a dat seama ca i-a vazut pe Stereophonics.

You Love Us!

2008-07-06T11:18:00.003+03:00

Ieri....ieri am stat la o coada pentru autografe de la James Dean Bradfield, Nicky Wire si Sean Moore. Ieri am stat mai mult de o ora lipita de un gard in fata scenei asteptandu-i pe cei trei. Ieri am urlat cat am putut de tare 'Niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiicky' pana cand, intr-un final, domnul Nicholas Jones s-a uitat in directia mea si a zambit. Ieri am cantat cu alti oameni 'If you tolerate this'... pretty big step de la zilele cand o cantam in fata teveului din sufrageria bunicii dat pe MTV. Ieri... ei, de ieri zambesc intr-una ca o idioata....

This Is Not A Love Song

2008-07-04T22:53:00.003+03:00

Maine canta Nouvelle Vague la Bestfest. I-am mai vazut anul trecut, pe al sfarsitul lui iunie, la Lyon, la Fete de la musique. Bref, point is... Tipele care au cantat atunci avea niste accente mizereengleza...din alea gen Soko....adica de stupid french chicks. I know some people are crazy about 'em. Not I. Recent am facut ceva ce vroiam sa fac de mult. Am ascultat toate variantele originale. Ale melodiile cover-uite atat de original de NV. Original pe dracu. Stiam de mult ca Human Fly sau Guns of brixton nu sunt too different from the Cramps or Clash songs (intre noi fie vorba, Human Fly e de fapt stripped down de all the kinkiness the original has). Dar ce au facut cu I Melt With You si Sorry For Laughing e de-a dreptul scandalos (just for the record, alea nu mi-a placut nici inainte de a auzi originalele). Asa ca, eu maine nu ma duc la Nouvelle Vague. Prefer sa aud niste melodii relativ mediocre de pe Angry Mob. Cel putin Kaiserii nu se vor mega artsy.

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Tot pe subiectul covers... domnul Ronson e un scump. Dar si aici am probleme. Pretty Greenu' cu Santogold e almost identical with Jam's version. Iar Valerie imi place mai mult in original...e mult mai sweet. The Only One I Know-ului ii lipseste ceva. Can't pin-point it....but it's just not there. I mean, The Charlatans one just has this overwehlming sound the floods yr ears. Nu si asta al lui Ronson. Iar LSF si Apply Some Pressure concureaza cu Melt With You si Sorry For Laughing la teh worst covers ever. Energia aia care facea din Apply Some Pressure o melodie pop geniala...well, Ronson takes it all away.... and I hate that.

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Ca o concluzie... cum spunea o prietena de faza lui Lennon (da, John) cu 'all u need is love'....bun om, proasta idee... Asa si Collin si Ronson.

Everybody Knows

2008-06-17T22:49:00.002+03:00

Ziceam, dupa o prima ascultare, ca domnii Turner si Kane nu au reusit sa ma impresioneze... ei, bine, today, I take those words back...

Snap My Hands

2008-06-16T18:57:00.003+03:00

...sau cum Timbaland a fost implicat in realizarea unei melodii care chiar imi place (yes, repeat included)

Can I pretend that I was on the run and everyone was everywhere?

2008-06-13T19:54:00.003+03:00

Am dat intamplator peste '17' pe some music blog and I realised it had been lying in my computer for ages. Winamp love was long overdue.

YCNI:M - 17
YCNI:M - Empty Feat

Praise The Lord

2008-06-11T16:39:00.002+03:00

On today's show...

avem un trio din Kingston Upon Thames (da, ze uk...) care isi spune Tubelord si a caror melodie 'Night of the Pencils' ma obsedeaza de cateva zile. Ei zic ca sunt ca 'Biffy Clyro having fun'...but hell. Biffy hasn't been having this fun in a while now... Aaaand structurile ciudate si all the progressive-hardcore shit invelite intr-un ambalaj pop cu chant-uri gen Wombats really make me feel like a kid in a candy store.

Theirspazz, theirspazz

Tubelord - Night Of The Pencils

I'm an alligator, I'm a mama-papa coming for you

2008-06-05T22:04:00.003+03:00

I have a new love.... Say hello to the most perfect thing on Earth.... woot....

Also, I have a second new love.... actually, this new love is a duo... from Ohio... and they play psyche-garage-punk... and have a song called 'Poison Ivy's Chamber'. Can you spell 'we love The Cramps and we are not afraid to show it?'. They say they are influenced by 60's Garage/Psyche and by British Mod ... Really now? Like the fuzzy guitars and raw vocals weren't making the exact same statement. You had to voice it as well for us mortals.

The Black Elevators - Poison Ivy's Chamber

Also, their myspazz page features a live fuzzy-wuzzy cover of Bowie's 'Moonage Dream'. This makes me think i'd love to be a rock'n'roll bitch for them.

The EPIC Fail!

2008-06-02T22:58:00.002+03:00

Avem in programul de azi cateva probleme dureroase si alte puncte nevrelgice...

Blaga la Primarie...da, eu + politica = FAIL! Dar mie mi-au ajuns bordurile, am destule. De 18 ani avem primari PD (-L) si multe borduri. Da, poate Videanu a mai facut ceva in Bucuresti (a se vedea lipsa groapei din fata blocului meu). Dar asa si Ontanu a facut multe pentru sectorul 2 (don't get me started with what Negoita hasn't doen from my point of view).Plus, PD-lu' e partidul lui Basescu...si ala has to go. Oprescu o fi el mai rosu de culoare (politica) - sau nu - dar si eu sunt vreo 48% ...

Maroon 5 meets Ela Ela Ela.... de ce, adam, de ce? (adam il chema pe solist, right?)

Chris Martin care pierde neuroni intr-o rata mai alarmanta ca Madonna (si ale ei idei 'netede' de a lucra cu Timbaland). I-auziti ce declara mititelu'....

"I dreamed about Radiohead last night and Westlife the night before. Which is the perfect blend of what we're trying to do musically. I always dream about other musicians. And they're never interested in hanging out with us"

Deci, Radiohead + Westlife = ....erm....well, something....NOT ON PLANET EARTH!!!! NOT EVER... it is wrongness in its purest form. Si sa mai zica ei ca nu si-au vandut their souls for commercial success... oh, you has..and the spirit of top 40 owns yr souls now (yes, that was a Mighty Boosh reference...parafrazare...ceva....)

As a conclusion...Mircea Badea a luat-o deja pe aratura, nu vi se pare?

Glazed the blazed

2008-05-27T18:01:00.003+03:00

Am cateva probleme lately...

1. Literatura de specialitate scrisa de americani, pentru prosti si numa' buna ca pretext sa te dai cu capu de pereti dupa ce dai peste vreo 10 pagini numai cu exemple...ok, WE GOT IT!

2. Examenul la publicitate de pe 6...pe langa faptul ca o sa fie o mare tristete (cica o sa avem intrebari inteligente...da' io de asta am dat la UniBuc?), e chiar in dimineata ce urmeaza concertului Goldfrapp (eh, veti spune, si? oricum nu iti place ultimul album... in fine...)

3. Plec la Londra...nu asta in sine e o problema doar cand te gandesti la the money i shall spent there. Plec la Londra in perioada 4-10 august. Nici asta nu ar fi o problema...maybe the heat. Pe 8 august e Underage Fest (pentru pustii intre 14 si 18 ani...) . Ghici cine canta.... daaa....The Horrors... ei, asta e o problema. Pe scurt, I need a fake id saying I am ...let's say almost 18... That is a first, ladies and gents. Someone pretending they are younger in order to get in a gig venue. FAIL!

4. Nu gasesc pe nicaieri Dandi Wind... adica, albumele. ca am si eu acolo de un repeat. Dar vreau mai mult....Sunt sublim de haotici.

Dandi Wind - Mafu Cage

p.s.: credeti ca daca I hang around the fest venue and I wait untill The Horrros show up and I try to get their autographs...and, like, explain the situation....they'll feel pitty for me and like take me backstage with them?

*FAIL!FAIL!FAIL!FAIL!FAIL!FAIL!FAIL!FAIL!FAIL!*

I Hear A New World

2008-05-25T18:14:00.006+03:00

Isi spune Billy Trivial si inventeaza o poveste assez sympa despre ale sale origini. Seamana izbitor cu un fanatic Horrors. It's good to capitalize on the success of the 5 Southenders, especially when you don't really sound like them.Probabil, ca si Horrors, a ascultat prea mult Joe Meek si BBC Radiophonic Workshop. De fapt, suna pe alocuri a varianta cu vocals a Spider and the Flies (care, cum poate stiti, sunt varianta imbunatatita a melodiei Gil Sleeping de pe albumul de debut a celor 5 amintiti mai sus...)....Adica tot la Horrors ajungem. Trist, nu? Noroc ca avem si niste momente mellow si usor acustice ca the Joshua Third hair makes the wrong statement.

Ah, sa nu uit... Insects Indomitable nu va aduce aminte (cu o nesimtire pe care doar la Horrors si al lor 'A Knife In Their Eye' - cover Monks mascat sub un alt nume - o mao au) de Just Like Honey-ul fratilor Reid?

Billy Trivial and the Penny Dreadfuls - The Ghost

Sinucideri in masa sau prostia mass-media

2008-05-15T12:27:00.004+03:00

Banuiesc ca sunteti la curent (alternativ... doi 20 etc) cu stirea care a umflat cu audiente buzunarele posturile romane de teveu'. Una mica de 12 ani s-a sinucis ca avea probleme in familie. Dar nu asta e bomba, doar zilnic se sinucid pusti care au probleme cu mama, cu tata, cu pisica... Pustoaica declara, probabil intr-un puseu de teribilism, ca e emo. Irelevant motivul real al sinuciderii (doar nu e o stire ca un caine a muscat un om), hai sa zicem ca Emo = moda sinucigasa (invers, e insa stire de zile mari si audiente cum numai domnul Vali Stan mai are). A se vedea bataia de joc aka articolul Realitatea. A urmat o tanti de la Libertatea (MARELE! ziar Libertatea, fruncea tarii) care a zis ca emo a dat nastere gothului (informatie verificata din surse sigure... cativa cocalari care se dadeau cu saniuta prin Ploiesti si se credeau emo). Bine ca era Lenti Chiriac langa ea. Dar eu sa fi fost, i would've bitten her her off like Ozzy with that bat. Oricum , am vaga impresie ca de la cati goths care se manifestau vestimentar (n-)aveam in Romania, acum nu o sa mai avem. Au fost ,inevitabil, analizati mari artisti emo, Tokio Hotel. Au aparut cativa care au zis 'E rockeri din-astia' (pe buuuune? hai ca pe asta nu o stiam...). Unii emo au zis ca ei este mai sensibili si mai romantici (sa mori tu... in cazul asta, Morrissey da pe dinafara de ce emo e.... ). Unii s-au cutremurat la gandul ca se fardeaza cu negru, poarta mult nergu si au haine bizare (da, imi pare rau mama, de acum nu mai poti sa porti Vansii aia ai mei, ca's bizari...doar ii poarta toti emo....). Au urmat si massurile de o inteligenta rar intalnita de genul... erm...citez...

'mesaj pentru toti care se cred sau sunt emo:ma pish pe curentu vostru si pe mentalitatea voastra de rahat...o fetita de 12 ani s-a sinucis din cauza voastra ieri si acum cateva luni inca o fata de 14 ani a murit pentru ca sunteti prea handicapati ca sa ganditi normal si ii corupeti si pe altii...treziti-va fratilor la realitate si invatati sa treceti peste probleme k asta e tot sensul vietii:sa inveti din greseli si invatati-va copii sa nu gandeasca la fel si sa nu treaca prin chestii dastea si sa-si distruga viatza la o varsta asa frageda...da mai departe daca ai sange-n coaie!!!DESTROY EMO!! sorry de mass pooooooooop.l-am primit si vi-l dau si voua..mass care merita'

De mare finete compozitia. Ma intreb care-i cocalarul...erm... artistul care i-a dat drumul pe 'piata'.
Am o adaugire de facut... mentalitatea de rahat e a alora care invinuiesc o miscare, un curent muzical, un artist etc de faptele unor oameni cu probleme. Oameni care chiar daca ar asculta Rhianna sau Take That are fi la fel de labili psihic. Pot sa asculte si muzica clasica, domnilor. Tot isi trag un glonte in cap, se arunca de la etaj sau impusca un liceu.

Inchei cu un citat din Guy Picciotto de la Fugazi si Rites of Spring (formatii considerate intemeiatoarele genului emo)

"I don't recognize that attribution. I've never recognized 'emo' as a genre of music. I always thought it was the most retarded term ever. I know there is this generic commonplace that every band that gets labeled with that term hates it. They feel scandalized by it. But honestly, I just thought that all the bands I played in were punk rock bands. The reason I think it's so stupid is that - what, like Bad Brains weren't emotional? What - they were robots or something? It just doesn't make any sense to me."

Hush, hush, my love

2008-05-12T17:37:00.003+03:00

Daca Pete o face, o face si Carl. Sau invers...given the fact that Carl was the one who first annouced the free download. Pete l-a pus direct. Si dupa ce a anuntat Carl. Da, ladies and gents... Dirty Pretty Things....aka formatia aia nu foarte diferita de Libertines dar care ne place oricum... si-au lansat single pe net. Free download...

si simt ca in sfarsit Carl a reusit sa treaca peste Libertines...

Dirty Pretty Things - Hippy's Son

De asemenea, citeam o stire de prin februarie bout The Chavs ( aka formatia aia din care fac parte Carl, Jamie si Steff de la Klaxons si Tim Burgess) si cica ar scoate album la sfarsitul anului... Dar vai... asta inseamna ca o sa avem album Klaxonesque before November?

Said she's going to L.A.

2008-05-10T19:20:00.004+03:00

I like Manson.... as in Marilyn...not Charles... i mean, I don't if I'd like Charles. I never did try and see the pro's.... only the con's and that is not a good thing. Anyways, there was a point to all this... as in this post. I remembered I had a Misfits version of Ramones' 'The KKK Took My Baby Away' ... which in fact I don't have anymore. Well, I might have but I have no idea where it is. And I can't find it anywhere on the interwebs. Soooo... yeah, you get the point. On the other had, I found a version Manson did. Which gets us back to the beginning of tis post and my statement 'I like Manson'... and I like his cover of 'The KKK Took My Baby Away'. It was in fact the first time I actually understood what the lyrics say...besides the part with 'KKK took my baby away' ... yeah... this really makes me think of Exploited. Cause you never really understand what they say unless it's in the song's title....

oh, a mp3 of Manson's cover...yeah, suuuuure....

Marilyn Manson - The KKK Took My Baby Away

I also remembered how much I love Big Black's 'Kerosene'... and Misfits... so i'll throw two other songs... the named Big Black one and a song that was covered at a certain point by Metallica... yeah

Big Black - Kerosene
Misfits - Die, Die My Darling

I got it! The blues...

2008-05-07T16:31:00.002+03:00

Mando Diao - Long Before Rock'n'Roll

Stop me if you've seen this one before

2008-05-06T15:12:00.002+03:00

oh, dear...

Boy awaits return of the runaway girl...

2008-05-03T15:22:00.007+03:00

Stiu, nu am mai scris nimic de muuult timp... Intre timp m-am lasat de 'Incest'-ul lui Anais Nin, am terminat ultimul Vargas Llosa si mi-am facut cruce incercand sa citesc 'Cum mi-am petrecut vacanta de vara' a lui T.O. Bobe (dar vai, nu o recomand nimanui...).

Am asculat pana la refuz Nuggets si alte muzici care l-ar face pe Bican sa zica 'Nance, dar ce muzica asculti...maine, poimaine te apuci si de jazz...'

Am ascultat pe langa Nuggets&Co. o formatie gigea si extrem de sympa din the much loved 80. Formatie numaita The Fuzztones, probabil specializati in coveruri Sonics, fac un garage psyche-rock de zici ca sunt the reincarnation a vreunei formatii din 60.

The Fuzztones - Green Slime
The Fuzztones - Strychine

Am intrat in posesia albumului din 2007 a unei formatii care o arde cu iubitii mei Horrors si al carui clapar chiar arata ca a a Horrors member, Soho Dolls. Nu sunt garage, punk sau psyche... sunt mai electro de felul lor. Chiar imi amintesc de domnul Corner si al lui proiect IAMX. Bun,bun, bun. As a random fact, au aparut pe coloana sonor a O.C-ului de New York, Gossip Girl. Now, this..i ain't sure it's that good.

Soho Dolls - Pleasures Of Soho

Last Shadow Puppets (da, da...formatia aia a lui Alex Turner) si-au lansat album de debut. L-am ascultat. Nu m-a impresionat. Imi plac unele melodii mult, fara altele as putea sa traiesc. I'll listen to it again someday and maybe i'll like it more.

The Last Shadow Puppets - Standing Next To Me

Ah, Hot Club de Paris are back...asa cum ii stiam pe Drop It Till It Pops... si am o varianta acustica assez sympa.

Hot Club de Paris - Boy Awaits Return Of The Runaway Girl

Si mai ii am pe lista de must listen pe domnii de la The Deadly Symdrome. Fac indie-pop cu piano, sugar, spice and everything nice. Suna bine and they put me in a good mood. They should be higher in my lastfm charts.

Deadly Syndrome - I Hope I Become A Ghost

And last, but not least. The Kabeedies. Or a tamed version of Blood Red Shoes. Dance-y as fuck. Nice boy-girl harmonies.

The Kabeedies Ep

All Mod Cons

2008-04-17T17:11:00.001+03:00

The Small Faces - Itchychoo Park

If you cannot count past number one, you cannot count at all

2008-04-15T14:40:00.006+03:00

We love Lily Allen and stuff...dar this is the lowest of lows... asa cum spunea cineva... 'lily lily...arata ca Fitza (yes, her actual name)...colega noastra manelista blonda'.... Sad, yes...

Also, this being a music blog si nu unul de mondenitati, vi-l prezint pe Kid Harpoon, un domn din Kent a carui muzica aduce a Larrikin Love si Mystery Jets... in sensul ca are aceleasi influente pshyce-folk. Unde e NME cu scena lor de Thames beat?

Kid Harpoon - Fifty Seven
Ah, si pe aici pe undeva e un cover genial dupa Manhattanu' lui Cohen.

Handmade Easter

2008-04-11T16:01:00.003+03:00

.....si poate de data asta se va deplasa toata echipa Fking Mirror pana la fata locului.... pentru concertul Marijuana, evident ... (droguri aveti?)

Cand a fi penal e deja prea penal....

2008-04-09T21:55:00.004+03:00

...sau cum NME a lansat o barfa de zile mari care pune la colt orice ar zice vreodata Simona Senzual pe Acasa. Cred ca o stiti pe Peaches Geldof... daca dati un search pe wiki, va zice ca e 'British socialite and occasional broadcaster' ...ah, si fata lui SIR Bob Geldof. Sau cum a zis Bican 'nu e asta ala care a cantat in Boomtown Rats si pe urma s-a basit?'. Ba ala... care daca ar avea mai mult creier, in loc sa organizaze Live Aiduri (unde vine Doherty,Peaches se da la el, el o ciupeste pe Peaches de cur si tot ea se plange), ar putea sa cumpere o tara de prin Africa si sa o transforme in US of A part 2. In fine, nu asta era the whole point. Ci Peaches. Caci Peaches este o fiinta cu adevarat remarcabila. O cheama si Honeyblossom, daca nu stiati. Iese numai cu rock dudes. Donny Tourette (the second greatest punker in the world, after Johnny Borrell), cu Joe Lean, cu unu de la Ox.Eagle.Lion.Man.... Acum e cu Faris Rotter. Dar ziceam de NME. Care zice ca nu mai e cu Faz. Ci cu vocalul/chitaristul de la Tiny Masters Of Today. Ivan il cheama pe al nostru baiat. Pre-puber. Caci aici e tot schepsisu (asa s-o scrie?). E nascut in 94. In urma unui calcul simplu... pen and paper pentru cei care au avut probleme cu matematica... are 14 ani. Peaches are 19. ooooooo...

Vb unuia pe forumul Horrors. 'I thought you'd all be exceedingly happy that she found someone of the same maturity level'... desi cred ca pustu' o depaseste pe Peaches la partea cu maturity level.

Si daca tot zic eu de Tiny Master Of Today, alfati ca's 2 frati, Ivan si Ada (14 si 11 ani), din Brooklyn (c'est la merde, ca!) si fac muzica (suprinzator!) buna. Bowie a zis ca's genii. Karen O si Kimya Dawson au colaborat cu ei. Au chiar un cantecel anti-Bush (unde sunt mascatii romani sa puna bata pe ei?) scris pe vremea cand Ada avea 8,9 ani... Ce faceam noi la 8 ani? Unii ne jucam cu **** in tarana si ni se parea ceva GENIAL! Eu stiu ca ascultam de bunica-mea, aveam parul prins in codite impletite si invatam tot ce trebuia pentru scoala. Si ma jucam cu papusile Barbie aduse de mama din Franta. Dormeam cu ele. Le dadeam nume. Cred ca visam si la un ponei. Sigur visam la casa aia Barbie. Sa ma gandesc macar ca as putea face ce fac Ivan si Ada...NEVER!

TMOT - Bushy
TMOT - Hologram World (feat Karen O)
TMOT - Trendsetter ( feat Kimya Dawson)

Ca o incheiere (plina de simbolistica and deep meaning and shit).... daca ma gandesc mai bine, i too would date this kid... chiar daca am 20 de ani si el 14. De cand e varsta o problema? eeee...

Conecting people

2008-04-08T22:01:00.004+03:00

De asemenea, ochi-n patru in statiile de tub, copii. Se va intampla inimaginabilul: il veti vedea pe Curtis...la noi.... in metrou... ioi

In the future, when all's well

2008-04-08T16:06:00.002+03:00

Dar vai... unde imi e tricoul cu Smiths? (nu de alta, dar n-am cu Moz)