No Love Lost

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

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

(epicepicepicepicepicepicepicepicepicepicepicepic)^n FAIL!

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

But she ain't messing with no broke, broke

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!

: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

....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

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

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...

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.

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...)

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...

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...

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.

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.

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...

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...

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.

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?

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.