Sunday, October 5

OMG!OMG!OMG!




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

Tuesday, September 30

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

....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!!!!!

Friday, September 19

Kids These Days

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

Saturday, September 6

Random Firl

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...

Wednesday, September 3

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

"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.

Monday, September 1

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

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...)

Friday, August 29

Sniff Sniff

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...

Wednesday, August 27

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

...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...


Thursday, August 14

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




...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.

Saturday, August 2

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

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.

Thursday, July 31

Boredom, Allienation and All The Rest

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...

Monday, July 28

Gotta keep 'em separated

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...

Friday, July 25

Am nevoie de o prietena usuratica

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.

Tuesday, July 22

Alas, they need a new jury

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



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?

Thursday, July 17

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

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.

Tuesday, July 8

Methadone Pretty

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

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.

Sunday, July 6

You Love Us!

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....

Friday, July 4

This Is Not A Love Song

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.