Uma luso portuguesa em Hollywood (pelo menos na cidade das estrelas) e na TV nacional americana
Sempre achei que era das poucas actrizes das novelas portuguesas que era realmente uma actriz e bem bonita por sinal!
Sunday, October 04, 2009
Original vs Cover II
And the first time I heard it and fell in love...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKnxmkOAj88
Which one would you choose while walking to the love of your life?
Dylan or White?
Live...
Recorded...
Live...
Saturday, October 03, 2009
Saturday, September 12, 2009
If it were me I would have run and kissed him, at least who can resist such a man...
Speaking of Creep this guy gives me the creeps with a song called Townes... However I was n't able to find the actual song so here goes a taste (not at the best quality)
Saturday, May 16, 2009
How to get into trouble or how USA got into trouble...
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/17/magazine/17foreclosure-t.html
A long article but well worth it for those who would like to understand the actual world crisis. Pure madness...
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Why going to an American Uni pays of...
Can you just imagine actually being there? Pity my Uni wasn't like this ;) Thursday I will bring you this ;)
Thursday, March 12, 2009
I listen to this today...
... and realized it would have been a great soundtrack for the past year and a few months, sometimes it keeps on being a great soundtrack... A pity I haven't played this song for a while and I didn't recall it for so many months.
Friday, February 27, 2009
Saturday, February 07, 2009
Friday, February 06, 2009
Old Shit / New Shit - The Eels
Everyone loves you
Nobody cares
An awful collection
Of enemies and friends
Congratulations to you
With sad regrets
I'm tired of the old shit
Let the new shit begin
The psychic pain
Of living in this world
Is overwhelming me
Again and again
A beautiful afternoon
Inside you in your bed
I'm tired of the old shit
Let the new shit begin
Nobody loves you
Everyone cares
None of them know what's
Coming 'round the bend
Congratulations to me
Many happy returns
I'm tired of the old shit
Let the new shit begin
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Soundtrack so one isn't driven mad...
Paulo vê se pelo menos lembraste de me gravar algumas coisas para que eu não desligue completamente da civilização and to have something to dream about during the long lonely nights ahead ;)
Sunday, December 28, 2008
Or why I would love to be Jack White's wife...
It gives you goosebumps!
Much better then the original! Ya, you can say as much as you want that you are into the money, but the truth is that if you couldn't play you would certainly die, because it runs in you veins and with such passion! Impossible not to fall in love with a guy playing like you...
Friday, December 05, 2008
Monday, December 01, 2008
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Monday, November 17, 2008
Sunday, November 16, 2008
Arizona Dream (1993)
Finally a deleted scene: What would happen if he had became a car's salesman... I would love to get my hands on the uncut film!
A song that has haunted me ever since I was 13...
Mr. Depp has been a good influence ;) I know it's a weird movie, unfinished, but ever since I saw it, I have never lost the impression it left written on my soul...
Saturday, September 13, 2008
Acabadinha de mudar há 4/2 semanitas....
Novo job há 4 semanitas, novo flat há 2 semanitas e bendito do nerd que inventou o CIF Lixívia podia era ter juntado um pouco de creme hidradante para as minhas mãos não andarem na desgraça que andam...
Ah! E um spazito no fim das limpezas também dava jeito, com umas massagens às costas...
Daqui a umas semanitas depois das limpezas e assentar, será feito o jantar de estreia ;)
Monday, July 21, 2008
My Vice For So Many Years
Makes you wish buying the collector's box and watch all the 9 seasons as a countdown for the movie. Many questions were left unanswered; I know many will keep unanswered and satisfaction will never be attained. True to the show life will be always a search for the truth and with new findings new questions are raised, quite philosophical as no human being can ever comprehend or attain all the knowledge and all the truth, starting with the simple fact that each human being understands truth in their own unique way…
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Bob Dylan @Alive2008 - Lisbon, Portugal
This song never stops to make sense, everyday more:
I ain't lookin' to compete with you,
Beat or cheat or mistreat you,
Simplify you, classify you,
Deny, defy or crucify you.
All I really want to do
Is, baby, be friends with you.
No, and I ain't lookin' to fight with you,
Frighten you or uptighten you,
Drag you down or drain you down,
Chain you down or bring you down.
All I really want to do
Is, baby, be friends with you.
I don't want to straight-face you,
Race or chase you, track or trace you,
Or disgrace you or displace you,
Or define you or confine you.
All I really want to do
Is, baby, be friends with you.
But he never sang it, but he sang this one with an amazing smile during the song to the public, a smile I won't forget that easily, the great Bob Dylan smiling to us simple mortals ;):
It was a concert to remember and tell about to your grandchildren, it may not be Bob Dylan of the 60's (quite impossible as we are in 2008) but still amazing at the keybords and harmonic, with such lyrics and songs!
Wednesday, July 09, 2008
The Ugly Truth
I know fuel prices are the main indirect driving force (if they weren't so sky high there wouldn't be many people investing in biofuels as they are not cheap to produce) and don't misunderstand me I'm a Greeny but starving people so we can drive our cars and still think we are doing wonders to the world is being a hypocrite. Yes let's save the environment but not at the cost of human lives.
The devilish side of biofuels is that even if they are from non feeding products (that is their are not consumed by human beings) they still land from the products that actually feed and with raising cost of petrol and therefore transportation, as well as a mad frenzy for energy has driven prices of energy in all it's forms. This made biofuels' production actually worthwhile and I can assure you that the vast majority of its investors aren’t investing only on the kindness of their heart; they are doing it for the profit with the bonus of a status quo that they actually care about the planet not their pockets. Another small detail biofuel defenders forget is how much land is necessary to produce the energy needed to produce biofuel for us to drive our cars, let’s just say there isn’t enough land for that.
In my opinion, we should be investing in other renewable energies and invest in a solution using those for our cars, be it solar or eolic, hydrogen, etc. That’s were the future lays, not in short term solutions as biofuels that may reduce a little bit of our dependence of petrol, but at the cost of human lives? That is unacceptable.
Friday, June 20, 2008
Camané no Sudoeste, bem que podia ser no Paredes de Coura...
No dia 8 de Agosto, também não se percebe porque não os Franz Ferdinand no Alive ou em Paredes, mas o cumúlo da estupidez é mesmo Beck no SBSR juntamente com o Mika (que tem muita sorte que quero ver Spiritualized e por isso não meto os pés no SBSR senão acho que estava muito tentada a despistar a segurança para entrar com uns ovos para atirar durante Grace Kelly e se ainda sobrassem durante a do Relax, até 8 doses diárias durante meses fazem disto)...
Sobre a desgraça de ontem: The White Stripes 3 - 2 Roberto Carlos
Pelo menos os adeptos alemães bem que entoavam o refrão, não há nada como a guitarra do Jack White para dar pica e alento a uma selecção, agora Roberto Carlos (supostamento o que o seleccionador faz a selecção ouvir)...
Thursday, June 19, 2008
No comments...
"In Alabama the laws take the ban one step further. All stores, including specialty stores, are barred from selling vibrators because of a 1998 law prohibiting distribution of devices that provide genital stimulation. Breaking the law is an offense that can bring up to a year in jail and a $10,000 fine. It's a penalty that rivals that for illegal gun ownership in some states."
Monday, June 16, 2008
I'm starting to think my hometown is really the end of the world...
The rest of the rather interesting interview is at this site:
http://www.21stcenturypinups.net/fla2/issue2.html
By the way a magazine I highly recommend (with Bernie Dexter in the first issue, an interview you can't miss)!
Friday, June 13, 2008
It's confirmed, she will be back!!!
After basically killing the series and dreaming about getting Michael another love interest… A few days, by the way, after he learnt she was killed, supposing they had been mad enough to do it in last season's episode. I really doubt that would stick: “I lost the love of my life a few days ago, but as soon as I saw you I fell in love”! Especially after betraying all the shows fans, because chemistry like this that the viewers can just sense is hard to get! If it wasn’t for Wentworth Miller (who’s absolutely divine) and being stupidly faithful (I also saw all 9 seasons of X-Files, to be disappointed by the really bad and sloppy wrap up in the end)…
So she will be back, as I desired after seeing the box, it had to be a hoax, something just to fool Michael’s brother, but after checking the internet and finding out that the actress had really left the show, I had last all hope… But the producers gained their senses and as this is not the real world they will just resurrect her! So prepare yourselves for more of this:
Interview with Jason Pierce - Spiritualized
Interview by Grayson Currin
"I must confess nervousness in advance of a phone call to Jason Pierce, the co-founder of Spaceman 3 and, later, Spiritualized. From afar, Pierce has always seemed slightly manic with the media, embracing its platform to talk about his process of making a record but quickly turned off by its questions about his personality, his drug use, and the personnel problems of his bands.
Up close, though, his music-- especially its obsessions, like its overwhelming volume and scope and its pervasive tension between getting high with Jesus, getting high with drugs, and possibly dying in the process-- means a great deal to me. When I listen to a Spiritualized record, I listen to it on repeat for days on end, committing fully to Pierce's own full commitments. When he makes a record, he does so completely. Ladies and Gentlemen, We Are Floating in Space exited via a 17-minute closing groove, and Let It Come Down featured 100 musicians, including Dr. John. At his best, Pierce sounds like an all-or-nothing sort, one not prone for small talk or half measures. So why would this self-involved titan want to waste time talking about a new record that, for him, is already old?
To my surprise, Pierce had a lot to say after awaking near noon in a New York hotel. Our conversation spilled outside of the time slot set by his publicist, and, throughout, he seemed genuine, thoughtful, well-considered. If he was ever going to respond that way, now seems like the time. The past few years have been difficult for Pierce: In 2005, he nearly died, weighing just 112 pounds and entering type-one respiratory failure in Royal London Hospital. He was diagnosed with "advanced periorbital cellulitis with bilateral pneumonia."
When he came to, Pierce was left with an album he knew he needed to finish but comprised of songs with which he could no longer connect. He found his muse in a filmmaker and, once again, in American soul and folk music. Songs in A&E, Pierce's sixth studio album as Spiritualized, is a full-volume, ultra-dynamic return to glory. And the Spaceman likes to talk about it.
Pitchfork: Jason?
Jason Pierce: Is it that time already? [laughs]
Pitchfork: Rise and shine. Should I call back?
JP: No, it's fine. You're probably the first of many for today. How are you doing? I didn't realize it was so late already. I've just woken up. I've got to hit the ground and start talking about myself immediately.
Pitchfork: Today is the last day of three days of press-- interviews and photo shoots in New York. What's the difference between this press trip and others? The 2001 trip seemed busy and stressful.
JP: What was it like in 2001? I can't remember. I can't compare the two because I can't remember what 2001 was like. But it's good. It feels good. I feel quite a lot of relief just to have finished that record, so it's gotten a lot easier now.
Pitchfork: After your stay in the hospital, how frightening was it to think you might need to give up on the songs you'd written? That's a lot of work simply to scrap.
JP: Sometimes it seemed like it was just as hard to try and finish it as it was to throw it away. Yet, those songs were all written before my illness. The whole album was written with kind of fictitious characters in mind. The whole idea was to write an album that was outside of myself and, hopefully because of that starting point, I would write an album that was considerably different than anything I'd written before. But then when I came back to it after my illness, all the songs sounded deeply personal, almost like they were more related to me than if I started with me as a central character. It was really harrowing and really kind of impossible to find a way back into it until Harmony [Korine, the filmmaker] became involved.
Pitchfork: How long have you known Harmony?
JP: Only since I met him when he came to see me at the Daniel Johnston show. He came to see me and asked me if I'd get involved with some music for his film, Mister Lonely. He's not like an old friend. He became a friend, but he put me-- I think it was kind of a dumb move-- in a studio to make some music. And it was hugely liberating because I didn't have to front the music I was making. It was literally incidental music. It was incidental to his film, so I didn't have to stand by it and say, "Look, this is my new project. This is where I am today. This is what I'm doing." By being in the studio just working with sound like that, it just became...I was producing a lot of music, and-- somewhere during that process-- I decided to work on my own album in parallel to the film music. So the two kind of bled into each other. There are bits of my album in the film. There are bits of the film in my album. And the film gave the album an atmosphere, a sense of space that it was in, which it didn't have before. Before I became involved with Harmony, the album just sounded like 11 old songs that came after each other. The film kind of gave it this space that it sits in now, that makes it work.
Also, Harmony is like the craziest person I've ever met. He really is out there. And the enormity of his thing, his film, put my album in perspective for me. He's this crazy motherfucker who's taking on that, and all I've got to do is piece these last bits of the jigsaw together. It was fortuitous and kind of the best thing artistically for me, but also on a friendship thing, you know?
Pitchfork: Had you seen any of the film when you started recording?
JP: I don't think he'd started shooting, so there wasn't a lot to look at, you know? I'd read the script. A friend of mine was in the film, so I'd seen the script. I knew what he was talking about. I wasn't completely in the dark. I started the music immediately because it seemed like it didn't matter. If I was making music, I was making music. Whether it was in the film or not, it was still making music.
Pitchfork: What was your goal for the music for the film, in terms of sound, idea and even technique? Or did you not have one in mind?
JP: The music for the film? [pause] There's a question. I don't know. I can't remember. I think I was just in the studio on my own, so it wasn't like trying to construct anything. It wasn't like being with people and saying, "This is what we're trying to achieve here." I just sat with a piano or a drum or whatever and just made music. That's why it's hugely liberating to do that kind of stuff-- I'm trying to achieve this kind of thing.
Making a record's a real fight for me. I'm constantly fighting with this thing inside of me that says I should be sitting in a room with Matthew Shipp or I should have Han Bennink on drums or this song should be playing for the next 20 minutes in my head, not a silly little pop song. It's constant.
Things like "Soul on Fire"-- I didn't want that on the album. When it's a pop song, I don't really want to do pop songs, but they exist and sort of come out by accident. I couldn't find anybody to back me up on that. I couldn't find anybody to say, "Yeah, that's a good idea. Take ‘Soul on Fire' off the record." With Harmony's thing, I was kind of free to do that, to say I'm going to make some music now that doesn't have to fit into anybody's criteria. They didn't really even have to fit the film.
The beautiful thing about Harmony is that he's constantly challenging what works in a film and what doesn't. Whether you love it or hate it or whatever, it's constantly in this place where it's not a comfortable place to be. It's not like "Ahh, yeah, I understand that on the simplest of forms, or on the simplest of terms." So it didn't matter, you know? If he took it, he could have it. If he didn't, it didn't matter. I was still making these pieces of music because it made sense. And maybe, in an odd way, they were more about what I'd been through than these old songs that sounded like they were about what I'd been through.
Pitchfork: I imagine it felt really good just to be creating again.
JP: Yeah, and having somebody value that as well, which I felt was also really important, too. I'm not the most confident person, anyway, and to have somebody who really valued and was excited about these things... I don't work on my own records in a kind of public way. I don't play stuff for people and go, "Is that all right?" I don't do sort of jokes and say, "How was that for you guys?" It's a deeply sort of personal thing, and it has to be good for me to justify everything else that goes on, even calling up a band and saying, "C'mon, let's get together." People have to put effort into that, so-- until it's great in my mind-- it's like, "What the fuck's the point of that effort?" With Harmony's thing, I was working with someone who was deeply enthusiastic about what he was doing, and it was absolutely the best time in my life to be working with someone who was like that.
Pitchfork: When you played the Mainlines shows last year, you were playing some of the songs that became Songs in A&E. How close were they to finished?
JP: They kind of existed as songs, but I don't think they were finished. They hadn't found that kind of...I'd mixed 'em a few times. I'd tried everything. I'd tried to mix 'em like I was mixing an old Spiritualized album-- mixing up the sounds and applying reverbs and stuff. And I'd just gone through everything to try and get this down and finished, and it just sounded like the application of an idea to something. It sounded wrong. I think the mixes were finished maybe a year after we'd played them live.
For a while, I tried to make them sound like the acoustic thing, like, "This is how they're supposed to be. Let's do it like the acoustic shows would do it." But it sounded wrong. It seemed like I couldn't find a space for them to sit in that worked. And then it all kind of happened, having gone through all of that. Sometimes it's easier to make decisions when you know that you've tried things that are so wrong, you know, "OK, I don't go that way with it. I don't go this way with it." The way I work, I kind of have to go down all those wrong paths to know that the one I'm doing really is the one that is going to work.
Pitchfork: Did those shows help you see how the songs should work, or how they should fit together?
JP: Kind of, and also that they were to good not to finish. We had to find a way to put this album together, and, also, I had to make them contemporary again. I don't mean contemporary like contemporary to modern music. I mean contemporary to me, contemporary to my life, like I wasn't just working on a set of old songs. At times, it felt like someone had asked me to remix my last album or the album before that. "What is that? It's been finished forever. It's been a long time since it's been finished. What's the point of carrying on with it?" That's what this record felt like when I was working with it. So [the shows] kind of made the songs contemporary again.
Pitchfork: Mixing has always been so important to Spiritualized records. You're infamous for struggling through that process over a long period of time. What were the particular challenges of mixing this one?
JP: A lot of those challenges are the same as every record: You have to find that space. My records don't mix in a conventional sense, like, "Oh, here you go." I don't mean they're unconventional records, but they just have to find a space. It's almost accidental. I tried everything with this one, and I don't mind going down paths that I kind of know aren't going to be the one that will work. But I might get a tiny little gem that I can carry into the next process. It's weird because, what I ended up with this record, I ended up mixing it with no studio effects. I ended where I was with Amazing Grace, where anything that was added to it in the mix stage just sounded like I'd applied some reverb to it or whatever. So all the reverbs in the sounds are the rooms that the tracks were recorded in.
That was the energy in it, and I was quite happy because that's what I'd been trying to talk about when I was working on those albums with William Parker and Evan Parker and Matthew Shipp [2003's Spring Heel Jack Live]. Those records are all about performance and just sticking a microphone into the performance and capturing it, not about trying to produce a record, you know? I kept saying I got sick of listening to people's productions, like people who had no ideas, no songs, nothing to say but could still con people's ears into thinking those songs were there by the application of production. I kind of wanted my record a little more honest than that: "Well, this is us. We put a microphone on it. Here it is."
Pitchfork: Care to name any names?
JP: [laughs] No, you can fill in your own. You can fill in where you feel like they apply. A ton of stuff, you know? I'm not talking about the tiny little specific thing. I'm talking about a lot of music. It's that kind of thing where people still talk about making songs for radio or doing a radio mix or something. The idea of making a record for the medium with which you're going to try and sell that record is just kind of weird. I make records. I don't make records...[breathes in]
People are now telling me, "Albums are dead. You've got to make your records in tiny, bite-size pieces people can download." Well, I don't want to fucking do that. I make albums. I make these things that have their own space and time, and they fit. There's a link and a relationship between certain songs and certain ideas and certain themes. I'm kind of going, "What next? If you want me to do little bite-sized things, I'll just do the chorus for you. Or I'll just have them download the notes A and E." You can read an excerpt from a novel or a book in a magazine, but you can't deny that it's from a book, you know?
I don't make records for this medium with which we're going to sell it. The selling of it can never be more important than what you're actually making. There's too much of that in the world-- in everybody's world, not just in music. There's too much, "Are you hip to this kind of stuff?" "Hey, this is cool." "Are you hip to it, because this is what we're selling today?" I think it's bullshit. I'm rambling now.
Pitchfork: You mentioned selling the notes A and E instead of the record itself. Tell me about the titular pun.
JP: I don't think it translates in America very well. "A and E" in England only means "Accident and Emergency." I did suggest that maybe we call it Songs in Accident and Emergency and spell it out in America, like subtitle it. If I say "The record's called Songs in A & E," to someone in England, they'll go "Accident and Emergency." They'll know what that means. It's written everywhere. It's written on every single hospital.
Pitchfork: Did that medical reference become apparent from your time in the studio, or reflecting about that time?
JP: I've got a feeling that it was there before again, before I went in there. But my memory's lost that one I'm afraid. It was always a good pun. It wasn't meant to allude particularly to a stay in a hospital. The idea that-- I don't have to explain it-- that the keys of A and E musically and the idea that these songs are...it kind of fits in with all my songs. I think they're all Accidents and Emergencies. I don't know why I do this. It's not any easy process. I don't even think I'm gifted in a way that someone can just stick a microphone and say, "Hey, this guy can play the guitar." Because I can't! I don't even play the guitar. The only time I play the guitar is when I walk on the stage, and that's it. It sort of seemed like it fit with the way my songs kind of came together, anyway.
Pitchfork: Particularly with Let It Come Down, you talked about the songs not necessarily being autobiographical, so it seems that writing outside of yourself has always been of interest. You mentioned before finally making this record about characters. Why haven't you tried that before?
JP: I think that you've just got to be honest, and sort of the greatest music is almost recorded by accident, coming out of people that are not doing it to make...There's always this talk of the industry of music and about selling records and whatever, but that ignores probably the majority of music that isn't about trying to sell itself, that isn't about being connected to any industry. There's a huge amount of music where someone just happened to have a tape recorder and turned it on or hit the red button while they were in the back of church or recording something in their front room. There's a huge amount of that music from America.
I've just got this thing that music has to be honest. So I never really wrote about characters, but this album was definitely about a group of people that were going to populate these songs, which I'd never done. "The Waves Crash In" was called "The Old Man Says Goodbye to His Daughter at the Gate", and it was about exactly that. It was about an old man filled with pride and sadness that his daughter was old enough to leave home and go out into the world. His whole future was embedded in this person, like this lineage of time. "Borrowed Your Gun" was that kind of sentiment as well, that the future is with children. The lines at the end of "The Waves Crash In" were the girl's lines back to the father. He's like, "Look, I'm really sad to see you go, but I'll try and be with you forever." And the girl's throwing these lines back that are saying "I know you think I'm staggering but lately I've been staggering," with both senses of the word.
But, like I say, that may have been where I started with it, and I can still relate that story about that's what it's about. But it kind of isn't about that anymore. It became deeply about me and where I was. Now that it's finished and it's out there, even that's irrelevant. Maybe it's relevant for a couple of weeks while I talk about the album, but eventually the songs become about and for whoever's listening to them. I've said the line about Ray Charles a million times, but nobody listens to him singing "I Can't Stop Loving You" and wonders who Ray can't stop loving. They apply that to their own lives. That will happen with this.
Pitchfork: Did the lyrics change at all when the titles changed?
JP: No, they were the same lyrics, the same words.
Pitchfork: So only the titles changed?
JP: Yeah, and a different sense of what the song meant to me. "Death Take this Fiddle" was written from a place with pride, almost like life isn't worth living unless death is around. As soon as you understand that and as soon as you can go really close to death, everything can make more sense. That's a place where people will always want to go. Obviously, after my illness, it could no longer really sound like that anymore, but that's where it started. To write a song like that with any form of pride after an illness sounds like the actions of a fool. The whole sense of where it was at changed.
Pitchfork:You keep mentioning the sort of American music where there just happened to be a microphone, where a recorder happened to preserve an authentic musical moment. People always talk about you buying the Stooges record as a teenager, but when did you first hear this sort of soul or folk or gospel music from America?
JP: A little later than that. The blues thing was slightly more mainstream. There were a lot of kids who were into rockabilly when I was a kid, when I was 16 or so, and listening to John Lee Hooker and Muddy Waters and that kind of stuff.
The Staple Singers was probably the first gospel stuff I heard. I used to listen with Natty [Brooker, original drummer of Spaceman 3]. He taped a lot of radio shows, like Alexis Korner radio shows. The Staple Singers was somewhere in the middle of all that. The main reason was they just sounded alien. I think the track was "Tell Heaven," and it's just this long, extremely slow vocal thing. A lot of what people were playing as blues then was more like white blues bands. So [The Staples] immediately sounded alien, like it just dropped from the sky or something. Once you get an in, it's like anything. You want to hear more. "Where did this come from?"
It still seems like it's endless. I found those Mississippi Records from Portland, and they've got whole catalogues and more of that stuff. You listen to like the Rev. Charlie Jackson, and you think "Wow, where's this from?" It's some guy in Kentucky with an electric guitar playing this amazing stuff...and then there's a whole ton more of this kind of stuff. All of the George Mitchell stuff that Fat Possum just put out...It's this kind of thing that, but for the sort of luck of that person being there at that time and putting something down, this music almost wouldn't be here. But for that kind of accident, they're there, and there's more of it. It's beautiful stuff."
You can find the interview here:
http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/feature/50952-interview-spiritualized
By the way a very interesting site to RSS and keep updated.
I can't wait to see Spiritualized live for the first time I just hope Alive's sound will be much better than last year's...
Case-se no Maxime com o Padre Vieira
Hoje (13-6-2008) às 23h no Maxime, Lisboa.
Ora ai está uma brilhante ideia para acabar com as bocas do "tia solteirona" ou "já tens namorado" e de certeza que o Sr. Padre Vieira também concede divórcios na hora sem justificações ;)
Será que o Wentworth Miller consegue alugar um jacto que ande para aí à velocidade do som pelo menos para chegar a tempo (já que o Johnny Depp, Beck e Jack White já não estão no mercado)? Só espero que ele saiba tocar guitarra eléctrica senão quero logo divórcio e não lhe perdoo os vídeos com a Mariah Carey (tirando o som e a dita, continuam a ser de cortar a respiração, o que se tem que fazer para ficar com um papel e cumprir um contrato)!
Beck - Modern Guilt to be released on July 7
About 30 minutes long (in contrast with Guero and The Information, not and Ipod album in this case) with Danger Mouse production and The Great Cat Power’s collaboration on Walls, so I’m quite curious to hear this one and add it to my Beck collection ;)
Modern Guilt:
01 Orphans
02 Gamma Ray
03 Chemtrails (single above)
04 Modern Guilt
05 Youthless
06 Walls (ft. Cat Power)
07 Replica
08 Soul of a Man
09 Profanity Prayers
10 Volcano
Thursday, June 12, 2008
The world is sick...
And on another that they are too fat...
http://www.tmz.com/2007/12/01/to-all-the-haters-jennifer-loves-her-body/
Just because they don't starve, they don't do plastic surgeries or they don't do enough of those. Women cannot fight a few simple things in life without resorting to plastic surgeries: cellulite (every month due to our menstrual cycle we accumulate liquids and therefore cellulite, some have worse genes but eventually all of us get it and pregnancy doesn’t help), breasts that start to become less firm and eventually just hang down (this occurs faster if you breast feed your children and it’s a crime not to do so if you can as it’s the best defence system you can offer to any baby) and birth stretch marks once again due to pregnancy. This not to speak about wrinkles through all your face and eventually your body…
So women are left with two options:
- Starve, don’t have babies and in case that happens never breast feed and please no C-sections, and do intensive plastic surgeries until you are 60+ and look like Joan Collins or Michael Jackson
- Have babies, eat in a healthy manner with some moments of sin, do exercise (but forget about being maniac about it as you don’t have time or a personal trainer) and live with the fact that everybody ages and that unless you have the dope (and it’s not a once a time investment, breast implants have to be changed every 8 years or so for example) and “no plastic surgeries” is not a principle for you, you will never have you body in the same state as the body of Madonna, Demi Moore, Angelina Jolie, etc.
Let’s just put it like this stop making life a hell for people who are thin but not anorectic (they are lucky enough to have great waists, so what? Lucky them! And don’t worry it must be hell to live everyday looking at the mirror and wondering if you are too fat to use a certain dress to the Oscars as people will be so cruel about it) and please stop making fun of women who are normal for their bloody age, not all can afford to do plastic surgeries or are against them or are simply reluctant to succumb to that kind of pressure and not all have the will power to pass 40+ years starving and refusing everyday some of the biggest pleasures of the world. By the way the same goes for those that are morbid obese, it may be entirely their fault, in most of the cases, but making fun of them or being cruel will only make them eat more to fill the void…
Ah! And let’s not forget about those that brag that they eat steaks, sweets, chocolates, chips and whatsoever and they never get fat (yeah, if you only it one meal of that the whole week and you skip all others) or those who say that they are 1,70 but only weight 48 kgs (so why do you look so healthy and are not in hospital in your death bed and were is the weight of your breasts or of your hips) it gives the idea of impossible healthy measures to normal human beings… And then they wonder why so many women cannot get into grips with their bodies and men mock about diets but they are always bragging that their dream is to marry some model or other with those impossible measures (they are of course lying...). After all what are a few inches more or a few pounds less? Or some close up photos with a few computerized touches?
Then when they see they with their true colours it’s a sock “too fat”, “too slim”, “hideous makeup” or “no makeup: too normal/ugly”… Hey, they are not perfect, all of us have some defects, some much less then the normal ones yes, but still with some shortcomings...
Friday, May 30, 2008
My Dream Wedding Dress...
As I will never marry I don't have to worry about this old English rhyme ;)
Married in White, you have chosen right,
Married in Blue, your love will always be true,
Married in Pearl, you will live in a whirl,
Married in Brown, you will live in town,
Married in Red, you will wish yourself dead,
Married in Yellow, ashamed of your fellow,
Married in Green, ashamed to be seen,
Married in Pink, your spirit will sink,
Married in Grey, you will go far away,
Married in Black, you will wish yourself back.
But you must agree with me it's an absolutely gorgeous gown!
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
Monday, May 26, 2008
Today, not tomorrow @ Coliseu dos Recreios, Lisboa
Crying, Waiting, Hoping...
Interview
Lost someone...
Satisfaction...
I'm not going to make the same mistake twice, this time I'm going to see "the greatest" Cat Power ;)
Teatro amador com uma grande autor: Lorca
Tem que se apoiar iniciativas destas, a ver se o pessoal se cultiva e evolui como ser humano!
Monday, May 19, 2008
My favourite pin-up model: Bernie Dexter
In my opinion the one who better impersonates what Bettie Page was... I would love to have this gal's glamour and everything else (including most of the times her excellent taste) ;)
Anti-Immigrant Violence Continues in South Africa
A country which fought so much for human rights and respect for all no matter race or religion commits this atrocity. Once again I must be ashamed of my country’s history and people… I know hunger, unemployment, poverty and AIDS-toll takes all hope, but killing those who are as bad or worse can never be justified…
Never less, the country is been leaded by an incompetent and will be followed not only by an incompetent but also a rapist, hope is slimming in such a great country, with so much potential…
Sunday, May 18, 2008
Camané - Sei de Um Rio (Let's make love listening to...)
Who signs with this passion... Boys take the hint ;)
"I know of a river...
I know of a river
In which the only stars,
Always leaning over,
Are the lights of the city
I know of a river...
I know of a river
A river where falsehood itself
Has the flavour of truth
I know of a river
My love, give me your lips!
Give me the lips of that river
Which was born of my thirst!
But the dream continues...
And my mouth (for how long?)
Parting from yours
Repeats and remembers
"I know of a river...
I know of a river..."
My love, give me you lips!
Give me the lips of that river
Which was born of my thirst!
But the dream continues...
And my mouth (for how long?)
Parting from yours
Repeats and remembers
"I know of a river...
I know of a river..."
I know of a river...
Ah!
For how long?"
This was how he began last Friday's concert and I can say it was one of the most sensual things I've heard, with that voice, that passion, that intensity, just absolutely chilling...
You can buy it here:
http://www.fnac.pt/pt/Catalog/Detail.aspx?cIndex=1&catalog=discos&categoryN=M%C3%BAsica&category=fado&product=5099921480720
Thursday, September 06, 2007
Para aqueles que não entendem como mal posso esperar por 17/09 ;)
The soul of those eyes, the breathless breathing, the passion and just the whole character... Totally addicting! ;)
Wednesday, August 29, 2007
Conquest by The White Stripes
Conquest-
He was out to make a conquest
Didn't care what harm was done
Just as long as he won
The prize
Conquest-
She was just another conquest
Didn't care whose heart was broke
Love to him was a joke
'til he looked into her eyes
And then in the strange way things happen
The roles were reversed from that day
The hunted became the huntress
The hunter became the prey
Conquest-
Now you know who made the conquest
She, with all her female guile
Led him helpless down the aisle
She had finally made a conquest
Ahh ahh ahh ahhhhh (x4)
Oooh oooooohh oohhhh
And then in the strange way things happen
The roles were reversed from that day
The hunted became the huntress
The hunter became the prey
Conquest-
Now you know who made the conquest
She, with all her female guile
Led him helpless down the aisle
She had finally made a conquest
Ahhhhh
Conquest
I absolutely love this song, the lyrics are great (I've met many such hunters, unfortunately they haven't become the prey yet) and the music... well it's Jack & Meg at their best (as there is no official video you may just listen)...
Tuesday, August 28, 2007
What I've been up to this year
For the first time since I’ve got my new mobile phone it’s quite empty, only with the message “No more entries today” which at the same time means no more entries for the whole week… This doesn’t mean I’m on holidays (as usually those are marked as an entry), as I keep on having loads of work and some trouble in organising it all.
So surprise of surprises, I’m actually updating my blog, as at the moment I’m doing a backup of a database on which I need to work, as it’s taking a while here I’m!!!
Although since I’ve started working with my father, I haven’t taken much of any kind of holidays, I’ve been able to take some days to go and watch some concerts or actually enjoy some summer festivals.
I must say that if it hadn’t been Paulo and the Maiorais, my musical life would have been quite poor in terms of concerts for the first 5/6 months of 2007, but as they had the guts and perseverance to keep on organizing concerts of some of the best Portuguese bands that are around I can say I’ve been quite blessed ;)
The first concert, you may have seen in the blog: d3o, will be a story to tell my grandchildren, as well as some other amazing nights in Rio Maior. Even if fate won’t allow Maiorais to keep on dreaming and even if Paulo can’t organize the so dreamt about Musical Festival at our local theatre, the concerts I saw in a little bar will be treasured moments, as to everybody who knows me more a less, knows I would love to have my own club, but a club as the famous ones in London and USA, where we and about less then a thousand lucky ones are able to see bands such as The White Stripes, The Yeah Yeah Yeah’s, Guided By Voice, Beck, Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash and so on at their beginning, with excellent conditions (which isn’t always what happens at some of few clubs we have in Portugal and unfortunately they are in Lisbon, I still live about one-hour drive from them and the concerts are fatally at eleven or even midnight and a girl must work so)!!!
So the concerts I was lucky enough to watch in my home town we basically my salvation at a quite little town but unfortunately also quite dull in activities for the mind, soul, heart and thrill music gives me…
When I first heard The White Stripes were coming to Portugal I was in heaven (2 hours later in a nightmare as it wasn’t truth), then some weeks later Jesus & The Mary Chain, then LCD Soundsytem and finally Sonic Youth, unfortunately not all on the same day, so I ended up in going to 3 different Summer Festivals plus one (as Manu Chao also came to Portugal)…
The White Stripes concert suffered for being in the middle instead at the front with many idiotic Smashing Pumpkins fans who clearly don’t know how to respect others and the low sound whose soul responsibility was of who ever organized the concert… So sadly I saw the whole concert in Black & White through screens, never actually saw not even what colours Meg or Jack were wearing (although I knew it had to be black and red), while passing most of the concert hearing Spanish spoken quite loud, as well as Portuguese… So if The White Stripes ever return I will this time be at the front row if possible (although I hope somebody will bring them to the Coliseum de Lisboa)…
From the other big expectations I can say I loved Jesus & The Mary Chain (even if their guitars didn’t play as Psychocandy), LCD once again fantastic, Sonic Youth was magical and Manu Chao is Manu Chao: amazing (thought but not with out non concert related pain)…
Now I can’t wait for Patti Smith this autumn! Perhaps, one of these days I actually win the lottery and I will finally watch Bob Dylan and of course do my around the world trip ;)
I really can’t tell much more of what I’ve been up to lately as work as consumed much of my time and energy, but hopefully I will be able to make ends meet still this year and actually do some travelling even if only through Portugal ;)
Saturday, July 21, 2007
Friday, May 04, 2007
Can't wait for 9th June!!! Icky Thump - The White Stripes
This one just listen, the video is some kind of medley somebody made with the song...
IIIIIIIIEEEEEEE
Icky thump
Who'da thunk?
Sittin drunk on a wagon to Mexico?
Ahh well
What a chump
Well my head got a bump
When I hit it on the radio
Redhead senorita
Looking dead
Came and said
"Need a bed?"
En Espanol
I said
"Gimme a drink a water,
I'm gonna 'sing around the collar'
And I don't need a microphone."
Icky Thump
With a lump in my throat
Grabbed my coat
And I was freaking
I was ready to go!
And I swear
Besides the hair
She had: one white eye,
One black (nk) stare
Lookin' up
Lyin' there.
On the stand
Near her hand
Was a candy cane
Black rum, sugar cane
Dry ice (and) something strange
La la la la la la la
La la la la la la la
White Americans, what?
Nothing better to do?
Why don't you kick yourself out
You're an immigrant too?
Who's using who?
What should we do?
Well, you can't be a pimp
And a prostitue too.
Icky thump
Handcuffed to a bunk
Robbed blind
Looked around
And there was nobody else
Left alone
I hit myself with a stone
Went home and learned how
To clean up after myself.
Thursday, May 03, 2007
North American Scum - LCD Soundsystem
For those that only hear North American Scum here goes the lyrics, for me it's criticizing not only some things about America but also this stupid hatred people are feeding on... It's becoming stronger and stronger; everybody throws the first stone but forgets whether they shouldn't also throw stones to themselves...
I'm scared of another Holocaust, one of hatred against innocents just because they are American or Arab, because, yes anti-Americanism is becoming absolutely unreasonable, just as unreasonable as anti-Semitism is/was or just as unreasonable anti-Immigrants and anti-Arabs is… I have a weakness I never expect the worst from people and sometimes I’ve paid the price for being so, but I still have faith that for some not all must pay!!!
So let’s quit looking to North Americans as if they were all the enemy and unite strengths against the atrocities committed everyday by monsters who laugh in our face because we let them get away unpunished or we get them too late (and yes that includes some North Americans but not all, just as well as it includes Russians, French, Sudanese, Israeli, Palestinian, Arabs, Coloured, Whites… there will always be evil everywhere and focusing on only one will let other commit unspoken atrocities with no consequences and sometimes with our silent consent).
In the end it’s a great song no matter the political message, so enjoy!!!
Oh oh oh
oh i don't know, i don't know, oh, where to begin
we are north americans
and for those of you who still think we're from england
we're not, no.
we build our planes and our trains till we think we might die,
far from North America,
where the buildings are old and you might have lots of mimes.
aha, oh, oh.
i hate the feelin' when you're looking at me that way
cause we're north americans
but if we act all shy, it’ll make it ok
makes it go away.
oh I don't know, I don't know, oh, where to begin
when we're north american
but in the end we make the same mistakes all over again
come on north americans
we are north american scum
we’re from north america
and all the kids all the kids that want to make the scene
here in north america
when our young kids get to read it in your magazines
we don't have those
so where's the love where's the love where's the love where's the love where's the love tonight?
but there's no love man there's no love and the kids are uptight
so throw a party till the cops come in and bust it up
let's go north americans
oh you were planning it i didn't mean to interrupt
sorry
i did it once and my parents got pretty upset
freaked out in north america
but then i said the more i do it the better it gets
let's rock north america
we are north american scum
we're from north america
we are north american scum
we are north american
new york's the greatest if you get someone to pay the rent
wahoo north america
and it's the furthest you can live from the government un huh huh
some proud american christians might disagree
here in north america
but new york's the only place we're keepin them off the street
boo boo now we can't have parties like in spain where they go all night
shut down in north america
or like berlin where they go another night, alright, un huh un huh
you see i love this place that i have grown to know
alright, north america.
and yeah, I know you wouldn’t touch us with a ten-foot pole
‘cause we’re north americans.
we are north american scum
we are north americans
we are north american scum
we love north america
take me back to the states man
north american scum
where we can be
north american
where the dj
here in north american scum
don't blame the canadians
let go north america
Wednesday, April 04, 2007
Maybe My Big Sister
Como irmã mais velha...
Mais uma excelente canção de uma das melhores bandas nacionais
Sunday, March 11, 2007
All I Really Want to Do - Bob Dylan
Dedicated to all the lies, maybe they will understand...
I ain't lookin' to compete with you,
Beat or cheat or mistreat you,
Simplify you, classify you,
Deny, defy or crucify you.
All I really want to do
Is, baby, be friends with you.
No, and I ain't lookin' to fight with you,
Frighten you or uptighten you,
Drag you down or drain you down,
Chain you down or bring you down.
All I really want to do
Is, baby, be friends with you.
I ain't lookin' to block you up
Shock or knock or lock you up,
Analyze you, categorize you,
Finalize you or advertise you.
All I really want to do
Is, baby, be friends with you.
I don't want to straight-face you,
Race or chase you, track or trace you,
Or disgrace you or displace you,
Or define you or confine you.
All I really want to do
Is, baby, be friends with you.
I don't want to meet your kin,
Make you spin or do you in,
Or select you or dissect you,
Or inspect you or reject you.
All I really want to do
Is, baby, be friends with you.
I don't want to fake you out,
Take or shake or forsake you out,
I ain't lookin' for you to feel like me,
See like me or be like me.
All I really want to do
Is, baby, be friends with you.
Monday, February 12, 2007
Now that explains all...
Miller's father is of African, Jamaican, English, German, Jewish, and Cherokee descent, and his mother is of Russian, French, Dutch, Syrian, and Lebanese descent.
Thursday, February 08, 2007
Man in Black by Cash
Well, you wonder why I always dress in black,
Why you never see bright colors on my back,
And why does my appearance seem to have a somber tone.
Well, there's a reason for the things that I have on.
I wear the black for the poor and the beaten down,
Livin' in the hopeless, hungry side of town,
I wear it for the prisoner who has long paid for his crime,
But is there because he's a victim of the times.
I wear the black for those who never read,
Or listened to the words that Jesus said,
About the road to happiness through love and charity,
Why, you'd think He's talking straight to you and me.
Well, you wonder why I always dress in black,
Why you never see bright colors on my back,
And why does my appearance seem to have a somber tone.
Well, there's a reason for the things that I have on.
I wear the black for the poor and the beaten down,
Livin' in the hopeless, hungry side of town,
I wear it for the prisoner who has long paid for his crime,
But is there because he's a victim of the times.
I wear the black for those who never read,
Or listened to the words that Jesus said,
About the road to happiness through love and charity,
Why, you'd think He's talking straight to you and me.
Saturday, January 27, 2007
Tuesday, January 23, 2007
Saturday, January 20, 2007
Mais uma organização Maiorais!!!
Born a Lion playing John Captain in my hometown - Rio Maior, once again organized by my best friend and some friends - The Maiorais
Once again a really bad image but OK sound...
Sunday, January 14, 2007
A Portuguese in the Best Albums of 2006
Mozart: The Piano Sonatas - Maria João Pires
The same year she had to end a dream in Portugal due to lack of funding, something I can bet would have not happened in some other countries, where not only the government supports arts but the private sector is the biggest supporter. Unfortunately our companies say that they practise social responsability but not even the arts they help, nevermind the poor and most needy!
Saturday, January 13, 2007
Was a again so proud: Born a Lion & Nicotine Orchestra - In a Bar - Rio Maior - 20/01/2007 - 5=2 bebidas
Mais uma organização os Maiorais! A não perder, pelo que já tive o prazer de ouvir podem bem ser, ou já são em certos circuitos, the next big thing no panorama musical nacional! Mal posso esperar para os ver ao vivo, tenho mesmo muita curiosidade de ver como é que eles se portam ao vivo!
Today for my breakfast (not a good idea when watching the Tree of the Dead)...
I can't get sick of this movie, for me it's Tim Burton's masterpiece, that is if you enjoy his dark side as much as I do, altough I suppose all the Tim Burton movies are masterpieces, specially those that have Johnny Depp, because everytime you hear that a new Tim Burton movie with Johnny Depp is releasing you may be certain that it won't be good but Grand!!!
Johnny Cash - God's Gonna Cut U Down
I know everybody just loves this song, Johnny Cash's voice is too powerfull and if Gods were sang like this there would be much more believers... And of course Johnny Depp is just one of the most good looking guitar players in the world (the second in my ranking tyed with a few others that I can recall), if only God had made enough men as him ;p
Tuesday, December 19, 2006
d30 Dez 16 Inabar Rio Maior
A imagem está muito escura tenho que a editar mas acho que de som está bom, por isso oiçam o que perderam num dos melhores concertos que a nossa aldeola já alguma vez viu (sendo que a banda fez bis nesse feito)!!!
Friday, December 15, 2006
d3ö - É já amanhã!!!
A não perder no Inabar em Rio Maior pelas 23h, vai ser uma noite sempre a abrir e fica desde já umas fotos como promessa!!!
Wednesday, December 13, 2006
Even dead he still manages to make victims...
If you click the title you will be able to read an article about Pinochet and Chile.
As much as I wanted sometimes it's impossible not to speak, my blood boiled when I heard that this monster was buried with military honours! If I was the victims and their heirs I would also be outraged, he was buried as a hero when he was responsible for the death of hundreds, the torture and destruction of thousands of lives!
Then seeing I don’t know how many bishops making the funeral to a man who deserves to rot in hell, who never regretted the crimes he committed! How can a church defend a burial of a monster and refuse to accept gay marriages, the use of contraceptives, baptize children from divorced couples, marry divorced couples and so much other nonsense but accept that who has committed hideous crimes may be buried as a good catholic… How can they possibly try to convince to lay a foot at mass with so much hypocrisy?
Monday, December 11, 2006
Monday, December 04, 2006
I'M SOOOOOOO STUPID!!!!!!
Today I did for the first time something I've never done before: I didn't buy a ticket for a concert and waited until the last day to do so, so sure I was it wouldn't sell out. Unfortunately it has and that may mean I've lost one of the best concerts of the year.
But when about one year and some weeks ago I went and see Devendra and he didn't sell out, how in earth was I to guess that a nearly as perfect stanger to Portuguese was going to sell out...
Never again, I suppose that I soon as Nine Inch Nails startes to sell I'll have to run to buy a ticket...
Perhaps one of the best concerts of the year and I'm going to miss it and on top of all I may be forcing someone to go alone... 
Thursday, November 23, 2006
Think I'm In Love - Beck
One of my favourite songs of Beck's new album and it's really one of the best albums of the year!!!
"I really think I better get a hold of myself
Don't wanna let the night get ahead of myself
Whisperin' her love through a smoke ring smile
She doesn't know what happens when she's around
I think I'm in love
But it makes me kinda nervous to say so
I think I'm in love
But it makes me kinda nervous to say so
Doodododododooodoo
Probably lay my head on a wooden floor
Tell her I was tired from working the store
Counting all the cash from an old shoebox
Saving up to buy her something she wants
I think I'm in love
But it makes me kinda nervous to say so
I think I'm in love
But it makes me kinda nervous to say so
What if it's wrong?
What if it's wrong
To pray in vain?
What does it mean
To fake your death?
To wake up tainted?
Take a little picture in a photobooth
Keep it in a locket and I think of you
Both of our pictures, face to face
Take off your necklace and throw it away
I think I'm in love
But it makes me kinda nervous to say so
I think I'm in love
But it makes me kinda nervous to say so
Really think I better get a hold of myself
Don't wanna let the night get ahead of myself
Whisperin' her love through a smoke ring smile
She doesn't know what happens when she's around
I think I'm in love
Think I'm in love
Think I'm in love
Think I'm in love
Think I'm in love
Think I'm in love
Think I'm in love
Think I'm in love"
Friday, October 27, 2006
Teddy Bears + Iggy Pop - Punkrocker
Sounds much better than another punkrocker playing out there although that one also has some good lyrics...
Mr. Iggy Pop, when he is going to gather with his old band, it seems that he cannot stop ;) I haven't heard the rest of the album, so I don't know if it's so interesting as this song...
See me drivin down the street,
I'm bored with looking good.
I got both hands off the wheel,
The cops are coming.
I'm listening to the music with no fear,
You can hear it too if your sincere...
Coz I'm a punk rocker yes I am.
Well I'm a punk rocker yes I am.
Coz I'm a punk rocker yes I am.
Well I'm a punk rocker yes I am.
I see you stagger in the street,
And you cant stay on your feet.
And your faking in your sleep,
You wish that you were deep.
You can't hear me laughing to myself,
If you could you would be someone else.
Coz I'm a punk rocker yes I am.
Well I'm a punk rocker yes I am.
Coz I'm a punk rocker yes I am.
Well I'm a punk rocker yes I am.
See me die on bleaker street,
I'm bored with being god,
See me sneering in my car,
I'm driving to my star.
I'm listening to the music with no fear,
You can hear it too if your sincere...
Coz I'm a punk rocker yes I am.
Well I'm a punk rocker yes I am.
Coz I'm a punk rocker yes I am.
Well I'm a punk rocker yes I am.
Coz I'm a punk rocker yes I am.
Well I'm a punk rocker yes I am.
If you click the title you can go to their myspace page and hear the song
One tiny quote that explains Portugal's situation and society ;)
Friday, October 20, 2006
Tuesday, October 17, 2006
Rock Puro e Duro
Desisisti de tentar colocar o video por isso cliquem no título e vejam o que se chama de rock n' roll a sério ;)
Depois de quase 7 anos depois da primeira vez que olhei pelo vidro do Zé dos Bois finalmente passei para o outro lado e foi fabuloso, apesar do calor!
Por um ambiente intimista daqueles, mesmo em frente da banda a ouvir aquela bateria e guitarras ;) Venha daí mais e espero ficar surda só depois de morrer ;)
Friday, October 06, 2006
Thursday, September 28, 2006
"A excisão, como o cinto de castidade, é o medo que o homem tem da mulher" (Entrevista a Khady Koita, activista)
"Três milhões de meninas são excisadas a cada ano. Na chamada África Negra, mas também na Indonésia, no Egipto e até na Europa. Há entre 130 e 150 milhões de mulheres no mundo a quem o clitóris foi cortado e esta senegalesa muçulmana a viver na Bélgica é uma delas. Em Lisboa para promover o seu livro e participar num seminário, fala deste crime e de como combatê-lo.Conta no seu livro como foi excisada, aos sete anos, "de surpresa": o clitóris "serrado" a sangue frio com uma lâmina velha enquanto três mulheres a seguravam, a dor, o sangue, o silêncio dos adultos.
Quando é que alguém lhe explicou o que tinha acontecido e porquê?
Nunca. Ninguém me explicou porque, suponho, quem faz isso também não sabe porque o faz. E eu também não fiz perguntas. Mas quando começamos a investigar, quando se lê sobre isso e se fala com os "velhos", temos várias respostas: faz-se para que a rapariga possa chegar virgem ao casamento, para que a mulher seja fiel ao marido; outros dizem que é preciso tirar "aquilo" porque se o marido lhe tocar morre, ou então é o bebé ao nascer que pode morrer... A maioria dir-lhe-á que é feito para agradar ao marido. Em nome da honra e dignidade do homem. Para que a mulher não seja demasiado gulosa por sexo...
A origem da prática está identificada? É costume associá-la ao islamismo e a África.
Sabe-se que já no tempo dos faraós se fazia a infibulação, que é a forma de excisão mais brutal, em que se corta tudo e se cose a vagina à mulher - foram encontradas múmias assim. Aliás no Egipto, ainda hoje, 97% das mulheres são excisadas. Em África faz-se no Iémen, no Djbuti, na Eritreia, na Somália. Mas faz-se também na Indonésia e no Curdistão iraquiano - não é uma prática só africana. E não é feita só pelos muçulmanos. Também os cristãos e os animistas a praticam. Não há uma religião específica dos que a fazem nem textos religiosos - não está no Corão nem na Bíblia - a preconizá-la. Mas como as mulheres de um modo geral não sabiam ler, disseram- -lhes que era um preceito religioso, e elas acreditaram que tinha de ser feito. Sobretudo porque foram educadas na ideia de que se não fossem excisadas não casavam, e se não casassem, não existiam. Por isso, a luta contra a excisão passa também por alfabetizar as mulheres. Desde que possam ler e escrever, começam a reflectir.
Mas se alguém acredita num deus que teria feito tudo o que existe, e portanto as mulheres tal como nascem, como defender que teria criado todas as mulheres "com defeito"?
Claro: se Deus fez as mulheres com clitóris, é porque acha que faz falta. É por isso que digo aos homens: "São vocês que instigam isto; é uma ideia vossa". É como o cinto de castidade que foi inventado na Europa, como quando os médicos europeus queimavam o clitóris das raparigas para, supostamente, lhes curar a histeria. O propósito é o mesmo: controlar a sexualidade da mulher. Vem do medo que os homens têm das mulheres .
Quando é que começou a questionar-se sobre isso?
Já adulta. Bastante tempo depois de ir viver para França.
Escreve que as relações sexuais eram penosas e dolorosas com o seu primeiro marido. É possível ter prazer sendo excisada?
Em todo o lado - talvez à excepção da Europa actual - espera-se que o homem tenha prazer no sexo, mas a mulher não, e menos ainda quando casada contra vontade, como no meu caso. Eu nem sequer participava no acto. Quanto à dor, depende da forma como se foi excisada. Umas mulheres têm-na, outras não. Mas mesmo sem clitóris é possível ter prazer sexual - depende do parceiro. E hoje em dia há médicos que reconstroem o clitóris. Resulta em alguns casos.
Fala também de problemas no parto devido à mutilação.
Aquela zona está cicatrizada, perdeu a elasticidade, o que implica que as mulheres fiquem todas rasgadas e tenham dores horríveis. Mas nos primeiros partos eu não sabia que isso se devia à excisão, ninguém me disse "você foi mutilada e vai ter este e aquele problema". Nenhum dos médicos que me seguiu mencionou sequer o assunto. Isto em França! Tinha 15 anos quando dei à luz pela primeira vez e a médica que me viu não me fez uma única observação sobre a cicatriz que viu no lugar do clitóris. Só depois da morte de três meninas, em França, nos anos 80, é que isso começou a mudar. A mais mediatizada foi a de uma bebé do Mali, de três meses, em 1982. Na sequência disso começou a haver formação nessa área entre os médicos e o pessoal da assistência social.
Três das suas filhas foram excisadas em França, nos anos setenta, por uma amiga sua, que nem sequer lhe pediu permissão. Mas escreve que se ela tivesse perguntado, teria assentido...
Nessa época, o meu espírito não estava preparado para criticar, ou mesmo para questionar a prática. Nunca me tinha perguntado se estava bem ou mal. Era normal e era preciso fazê-lo. Foi muito mais tarde, quando comecei a envolver-me, como intérprete, na luta contra a violência sobre as mulheres que conheci, nos hospitais, uma associação que combate a excisão e da qual fazem parte muitas médicas, que me explicaram as consequências nefastas da excisão. Como vê, hoje, a atitude dos médicos que se calaram?É o relativismo cultural, aquela ideia "É a cultura deles, não temos nada a ver com isso". Mas há cultura e cultura! A mutilação sexual feminina tem de ser vista no contexto dos direitos humanos. E aí não há cores nem culturas. Não se pode fazer discriminação em termos de direitos humanos, dizer que são só para alguns. Mas são também as comunidades imigrantes que dizem: "vivemos aqui mas não queremos ser como vocês, não queremos adoptar os vossos valores". E aí há um conflito, como no caso da interdição do véu muçulmano nas escolas públicas francesas. Eu sou muçulmana e não uso véu. No meu país não se usa. E acho que se deve respeitar o direito da escola. Se são essas as regras da escola laica, se eu a frequento devo respeitá-las. Tal como, se estou num país, tenho de respeitar os seus valores, adaptar-me. Claro que há conflitos. Mas penso que nos países em que os imigrantes não vivem todos ao molho, em gueto, as coisas funcionam melhor.
Que devem os países europeus fazer?
Não é essencial fazer leis específicas contra a excisão: creio que em nenhum lugar da Europa é permitido mutilar qualquer parte do corpo. O que é preciso é ter atenção a essa realidade. Por exemplo, em França, todas as crianças dos zero aos seis anos são examinadas, incluindo o sexo, nas consultas pediátricas, e tudo é anotado na ficha respectiva. E explica-se à família tudo o que há a explicar sobre a excisão em termos de saúde, sublinhando que é uma prática interdita, ilegal, e que se a criança aparecer excisada o médico será obrigado a comunicar o facto ao ministério público. Em França há mais de 30 processos por esse motivo. E na Suécia houve um processo contra um pai que fez excisar a filha de 13 anos na Somália. "
Friday, September 15, 2006
Send a Blue Helmet to Darfur
Just click on the post's title!!! Make our generation worthwhile to remember, act now!!! As an African I cannot just sit down and watch innocent people being killed nor allow Sudan's government to finish it's hedious job!!!
17 of September - Use a Blue Hat for Darfur
Just click the post's title to put your own blue helmet!
Wednesday, September 13, 2006
Gideon - My Morning Jacket
Gideon.
What have you told us at all?
Make a sound, come down off the wall.
Religion, should appeal to the hearts of the young.
Who are you? what have you become?
You animal.
Come on.
What does this remind you of?
Truly.
Truly we have become.
Hated and feared for something we don't want.
Listen.
Listen.
Most of us believe that this is wrong.
You animal.
Come on.
What does this remind you of?
Animal.
Come on.
What does this remind you of?
Animal.
Come on
Tuesday, September 12, 2006
Friday, September 01, 2006
"Para que não restem quaisquer dúvidas e perante algumas críticas que recebemos, a responsabilidade do título de capa "Abominável Universidade Nova" (que remete para o artigo no interior com o título "Admirável Universidade Nova", este sim assinado por Maria de Fátima Bonifácio) é inteiramente minha, como director da Atlântico.Como me parecia óbvio, o adjectivo "abominável" deveria ser lido com ironia, não pretendendo pôr de modo algum em causa a importância da Universidade enquanto instituição e dos professores universitários em geral, não se referindo também a qualquer universidade em especial. Muito obrigado."
in
http://revista-atlantico.blogspot.com/
Depois de um título destes e depois de ler este post do editor de tão prezada revista (também sei ser irónica meu senhor), decidi dispender 4 euros para a comprar, ler o dito artigo e poder criticar este senhor pela escolha do título. Pois se o senhor editor afirma que o título não se refere a nenhuma Universidade em especial, então É O EDITOR MAIS IGNORANTE a nível nacional!!! Eu sou a primeira a criticar o ensino nacional, a primeira a criticar as universidades em geral, não só as nacionais, mas também as internacionais que na maioria dos casos estão alienadas do mundo de trabalho, estão obcecadas com a teoria e esquecem-se de que a realidade é demasiado complexa para encaixar na perfeição nos pressupostos teóricos. Em consequência os alunos que completam estudos universitários entram no mercado de trabalho sem conhecimentos práticos, sem capacidade de trabalharem imediatamente nas funções para que supostamente foram formados e no país, infelizmente, muitos dos empregadores acham que o facto de se ter formação superior significa que já sabem fazer tudo, na minha área, por exemplo, gerir uma empresa ou elaborar um projecto de investimento para uma candidatura a quaisquer fundos comunitários ou um empréstimo bancário. Muitas das vezes os universitários são puramente lançados aos "tubarões", sem a adequada formação prática que, uma vez que não foi administrada pelas universidades, a empresa deveria fornecer.
Sim o sistema está incorrecto e merece estas e muitas outras críticas. Mas se o artigo não se refere a nenhuma universidade em particular, então este SENHOR EDITOR É DO MAIS IGNORANTE POSSÍVEL E DO MAIS INCOMPETENTE OU TEM UMA AGENDA POR DETRÁS, pois para sua informação existe uma universidade em Portugal que por acaso se chama Universidade Nova de Lisboa, universidade que tive o prazer de frequentar e que pelo menos no curso de Gestão que frequentei é a melhor do país, é certo com as limitações nacionais, mas a Faculdade de Economia da Universidade Nova tem feito esforços contínuos de investimento em investigação na área (tendo alguns dos seus paper vencido prémios internacionais), de recrutamento de professores competentes nas suas áreas de especialização e muitos com experiência profissional a nível empresarial, ou seja não são apenas académicos. É certo que nem todos primam pela excelência mas a concorrência internacional por professores é extrema e o país em si um pouco limitado. Apesar disso tive alguns professores excelentes e penso que extremamente competentes, alguns que me marcaram para a vida, em termos profissionais.
O certo é que quem vir esta revista nas bancas e devido ao seu preço, 4 euros, simplesmente ficara pelo título da capa e pensará imediatamente na Universidade Nova de Lisboa (muitas vezes apenas chamada de Universidade Nova) e pensará que a Universidade Nova de Lisboa está a formar ignorantes, ficando de fora todas as outras universidades nacionais. Ora isto é difamação pura e simples, é uma ofensa aos meus pais que fizeram imensos sacrifícios para que eu e a minhas irmãs pudessem tirar cursos superiores (sendo que a minha irmã mais nova frequenta igualmente a Universidade Nova) e é uma ofensa aos estudantes da Nova e aos que se formaram na Nova. Como em tudo esta Universidade formou alguns ignorantes, mas talvez não tenha formado um tão ignorante como universidade que formou o editor desta revista, que não compreendeu algo do mais básico em termos de marketing, que um título daqueles não remete às universidades em geral, mas a uma universidade em especial, que poderá ter ficado com a sua imagem prejudicada pela irresponsabilidade e incompetência dum pseudo intelectual. A Universidade Nova, não é uma Católica que pode dispender as quantidades que quiser em marketing para atrair os melhores alunos do país, é uma universidade pública, que apesar de o ser tem tentado oferecer as melhores condições aos seus alunos e pelo menos nas faculdades de Economia, Direito, ISEGI e FCT tem o conseguido, que não vai poder gastar rios de dinheiro para limpar a sua imagem devido à incompetência de um editor de uma revista para poder salvaguardar não só os alunos que agora a frequentam como os que se formaram na instituição e para não perder a capacidade de atrair os melhores alunos do país.
A questão será, será que o senhor editor é apenas ignorante e incompetente ou que tem uma agenda dissimulada, porque isto é um assunto que move vários interesses e muito dinheiro sobretudo para certas instituições privadas.
Wednesday, August 09, 2006
Late hours in the office so I can go to Paredes de Coura's Festival
So here I'm listening to this on my Ipod and it's just absolutely contagious, in the good sense ;)
Apple Blossom
hey little apple blossom
what seems to be the problem
all the ones you tell your troubles to
they don't really care for you
come and tell me what you're thinking
cause just when the boat is sinking
a little light is blinking
and I will come and rescue you
lots of girls walk around in tears
but that's not for you
you've been looking all around for years
for someone to tell your troubles to
come and sit with me and talk awhile
let me see your pretty little smile
put your troubles in a little pile
and I will sort them out for you
I'll fall in love with you
I think I'll marry you
Sunday, July 30, 2006
Dirty Pretty Things - Lisboa Soundz
Rock n’ Roll, British, Glam, Sexy,
She Wants Revenge - Lisboa Soundz
Before going to Lisboa Soundz I read an interview with these guys in which they said they made music for girls because they thought there were enough bands with aggressive music for guys, which was rather weird when I actually saw them on stage. They are not “take you breath away” or “leave you with out speech”, but they are more brutal than Dirty Pretty Things and I doubt there are more girls liking they’re music than guys ;)
Los Hermanos - Lisboa Soundz
A concert with little people watching, although they were arriving slowly, but they just sat down on the floor under the shade and quite far from the stage. At least there where some Brazilians all enthusiastic, one even with the Brazilian flag around his shoulders and they sang along the entire concert. I had heard part of their interview on the radio and they seemed a rather interesting band to watch and get to know as I only had heard the above song. They gave a very good concert, with a wide mixture of different Brazilian music types, so I can’t really categorize them. But I enjoyed them and any musician that is able to play with a football’ ball and play the guitar at the same time is a musician worth listening at least once ;) Some good rock n’ roll and up-lifting music and a treat after Isobel Campbell ;)
Isobel Campbell - Lisboa Soundz
Here I’m sorry but I will have to be really mean as this must have been one of the most pathetic concerts I’ve seen in my life and sincerely it isn’t worth the trouble. Resuming, we had a full grown woman in her thirties acting as a little girl of 5, oh so god dam sweet that any idiot could see straight away it was highly cynical, the type of sweetness some women try to use to manipulate people with their oh I’m so sweet, don’t you think so? Her musicians didn’t smile the whole 30 minutes the concert must have lost and all the times she spoke with them smiling and giggling all so sweetly they didn’t even smile to her and most of the times didn’t even look to her. They played mechanically without any passion; she did back vocals or sang in duets with another vocalist, but mainly only the refrains.
I wonder why the act is called Isobel Campbell if she isn’t the main vocalist, she hardly plays instruments and she even gave us a rather peculiar moment, when we know she has more than a decade of shows on her back… She sat to play her violoncello her band started to play, she ran out of the stage, then returned sat down, her band began to play again but she rumbled through her staves trying to find the right page, then after 3 attempts from her band she finally began to play but then got lost again when she had to turn another page and turned 2 instead…
Basically it was a disaster and what surprised me more was there where actually people applauding and cheering her as if they where enjoying her performance and the little butterfly like runs to the mic to say thanks very low and run away from it straight away, as most of the time she was with her back to the public or singing with her eyes shut. Go figure with Howe there where hardly any enthusiastic applause and even less cheers and with such a pathetic performance…
Howie Gelb & The Gospel Choir - Lisboa Soundz
Due to some really bad directions from the radio (they must think that everybody knows Lisbon’s downtown) and waiting to find out if I would have some company for the night ahead, I didn’t see the first group (some Portuguese band) but was fortunate enough to catch Howie Gelb & The Gospel Choir at the begging of their concert (although I must have missed a couple of songs). It was a great concert with a mix of blues, gospel & country and from the little I’ve found out in the web it seems he is one of the more under-known of American guitarists and songwriters, at least that is what you can read in a Amazon’s comment to one of his albums and the most famous band he belonged to was called Giant Sand. Yet another dinosaur forgotten by the industry…
There were not many people watching the concert, must were still in beaches or whatever and most were people who were there just to see Strokes, specifically the type of kids who only enjoy a band as long as it’s considered cool and hip to like them, the ones that cannot enjoy any type of music unless somebody (their urban tribe or the industry) tells them it’s cool to enjoy them…
Thursday, July 27, 2006
Belle & Sebastian @ Lisbon - 17/07/2006
As the only video I found from Lisbon's concert has really bad quality, here goes one of the songs they played and, at least for me, one of the highs of the concert!
Some how I found the concert 4 years ago in Sudoeste more magical, this one was a great concert, no mistake, but discovering them 4 years ago as the last playing band at about 4 AM with hardly anybody seeing them hit me harder. It's funny how 4 years ago I saw them with the exact same fantastic company, altough this time there were more viewers/listeners ;)
Friday, July 14, 2006
My Holidays!!! 14-15-16-17/08/2006
Dia 15
01.00h Morrissey
23.10h Fischerspooner
21.40h Broken Social Scene
20.20h Madrugada
19.00h Gomez
18.00h White Rose Movement
Dia 16
01.10h Bloc Party
23.30h Yeah Yeah Yeahs
22.10h Gang Of Four
21.00h Eagles of Death Metal
19.55h We Are Scientists
18.55h Members of The Public
18.00h Nigthmare of You
Dia 17
00.50h Bauhaus
23.05h The Cramps
21.15h (chk chk chk)
20.30h Maduros
18.00h Shout Out Louds
+ bandas por confirmar
Ya, as I only have one week of holidays I think I will be more tired than I went, but I believe it will be well worth it, I just don't agree with the choice of putting Bloc Party as the head of the 3rd day, I just hope The Yeah Yeah Yeahs will play until we're dead!!!
Wednesday, July 05, 2006
This was how Mitsy was dressed Saturday
So today I'll put her flag on again to see if luck comes to us once again and the Froggies go home humilliated ;)
BBC - Radio 1 - Sonar 2002 - John Peel's Video Diaries
BBC - Radio 1 - Sonar 2002 - John Peel's Video Diaries
To remember one of the most important men in Radio, one I at least didn't have the pleasure to hear, but due to new techologies we can hear at least the live performances at his program, unfortunatly I would love to be able to hear some of his interviews.
Tuesday, July 04, 2006
Bill and Melinda's $60 Billion Challenge
Bill and Melinda's $60 Billion Challenge
There have always been loads of critics against Bill Gates, mainly from fundametalists and computer nerds. He built a company upon the dream that everybody could have a PC and easily use it. Windows and Office may have lots of faults (finally Italy scores, it has been a rather boring game and I really hope tomorrow we will win and face them, cause if they play has well as they did today it won't be that hard ;), but the truth is that nearlly everybody can use a computer (bloody hell only now these Italians wake up) and what they produce is compatible with nearlly all the other PC a person may need to use and this without any need to be a computer nerd, know programming or to depend mostly on a keyboard. Maybe a decade from now a company will be able to deliver such user-friendly programms, then Microsoft will face real competition.
But my post isn't about Microsoft, it's about Bill Gates decision to work part-time at Microsoft and full-time in his Foundation, besides the fact that he has already given more than a third of his fortune to this Foundation, making it the biggest in the world. Many may critizice that he should increase his scope on charitable causes, that he should not focus only on the erradication of poverty and on USA's poor's education or that he only donates to the projects he chooses to. This week The Economist has a great article on this subject, which highly complements BusinessWeek's one. In The Economist its stated that, already with this week's donation, the Foundation only has about $1 for each person living in poverty in under-developed countries. So I agree with The Economist, Bill Gates by focusing on two big causes is acting the right way, because only with that focus he can have a true impact in the causes he defends.
If you scatter your donations, they will be to small to make a difference, an impact in the lifes of those you aim to help. Then there is another thing just as important as focusing in a few causes, making the projects/organizations you donate money to accountable, not because you want to make a profit but to maximize your donation and the potential impact it can achieve. We cannot keep on thinking that a humanitarian organization/project will always to their best and will always be honest, firstly they need to work in a more business like manner in terms of maximizing costs effectiveness, because every $1 saved is a $1 you can employ in what really matters. Yes they need to be accountable to minimize waste and so that the donor is sure his money is not used in other stuff then what he aimed for.
The main reason I say this is because, at least in Portugal, there are lots of "humanitarian" organizations that give their Presidents, Founders and other members high in the ladder perks, which in Portugal's case sometimes are higher than some given to for-profit organizations' managers. In the end there are some less honest people who take advantage of the fact that the organization they manage is not accountable and that most donors don't demand that accountability and the results achieved by the projects to which they gave their money.
I believe a man who built one of the most powerfull organizations from scratch, who became the richest person in the world may be just the most fit person to run the biggest Foundation in our world and make an impact, especialy in a cause that is also my dearest: the development of under-developed countries and the erradication of poverty.
Tuesday, June 27, 2006
Some posts stolen, but when they are good ;)
Thanks for the jewels:
http://eunaovoulermais.blogspot.com/2006/06/afinal-mooila-cantar-brasileira-chama.html
For those of you who have never used YouTube or have a slow connection just leave the whole clip play once with all its bumps and then see the whole clip from the start this time without bumps...
Yet another...
http://eunaovoulermais.blogspot.com/2006/06/life-is-tuff.html
Here goes the reedition of the lyrics and now you can see just way it's a fantastic song!
"Life is tough and love is rough
For the man who just can’t ever seem to get enough
The days go by and the women come and go
So many that you decide to get rid of your front door
So you don’t have to hear them all disappear
You just sit and you wait
Staring at your empty plate
And you can say I’m a lonely sailor
Rockin’ gently on my dreams
‘Cause I can have it all, but I don’t want it all
And it ain’t like I’ve never ever ever tried
I've just never been fully satisfied
But just a tie a little shoelace
And to share a sleeping bag
And I look ahead to the days
When I can look back at all the fun that I’ve had
But still, but still, but still..
I see so many little boys I wanna marry
I see plenty little kids I’ve yet to have
Even when the moon goes out
Even when the sea dried out
I still see so many little boys I wanna marry
I see plenty little kids I’ve yet to have now
Even when the sea’s all freeze
And everything’s lying underneath
Even when the sun ceases to shine
I won’t care, I’ll still have on my mind
So many little boys I wanna marry yeah yeah
I see plenty little kids I’ve yet to have
And in the shower I get my dreaming done
I hold my breath and I wait for the day to come
Oh little Billy, little Timmy, little Jimmy, you’re the one
I may not look it, but I swear my heart is young for so many..
Little boys I wanna marry
I see plenty little kids I’ve yet to have you know you know
I've got many little boys I wanna marry, yeah you know
I've got many little kids I've yet to have
Oh oh, Yeah yeah
Little boys I wanna marry, yeah you know
I've got plenty little kids I've yet to have now, yeah you know
I've got so many, so many little boys I wanna marry now, marry now
So many..."
Monday, June 19, 2006
Two other movies to check
All the Invisible Children
http://www.alltheinvisiblechildrenmovie.com/index2.pl
A good example of what Hollywood can achieve if it wants, as hard as it may be to watch I think people have become to numb and are really needing a reality check, at least to see if all the violence and evil they are bombed with daily hasn't taken their humanity and maybe try to do something to help...
The Devil and Daniel Johnston
http://www.thedevilanddanieljohnston.com
He had times where he was more lucid than any of us, when you listen to his music or read his lyrics you can almost feel and taste life and love in it's true essence or at least the way I believe their true essence is/should be...
You know what's going to be my next movie...
" Depp, 43, is almost pathologically unpredictable. He can be bizarre, hilarious, unsettling—even annoying. But he is never the same. He's the anti-Tom Cruise."
"Time slows down when you're with Johnny Depp. He seems like a man who has never rushed to, or from, anywhere in his life. He is chronically late for interviews—sometimes four or five hours, sometimes days—but this time around just a gentlemanly 50 minutes. And once he's with you, he never seems in a hurry to leave. His voice is a soft, low mumble. His body is in almost constant motion—rolling those cigarettes, rubbing an elbow, reaching for a glass—but the rhythm is tranquil and fluid, like a cat licking its paw." (How I would love to be that paw...) "He's a calm, almost hypnotic presence. "He's always been true to who he is," says director Tim Burton, who has made five films with Depp, including last year's "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory." "He's never been ruled by money, or by what people think he should or shouldn't do. Maybe it's just in America, but it seems that if you're passionate about something, it freaks people out. You're considered bizarre or eccentric. To me, it just means you know who you are."
You can read the rest if you click on the title...
It's weird how the last time 2 times I went to the movies it was to see Charlie's Chocolate Factory and the Corpse Bride and now definetly Pirates 2... Do you see anything in common? Besides being masterpices? One clue it's not Orlando "Unsalty" Bloom nor Pirates's Director ;) Ever since Edward Scissorhands...
Monday, June 12, 2006
True Love Waits
A good friend of mine meantioned this music when I told her that there has been many fans posting in Paredes de Coura festival's forum requesting Radiohead's presence at the festival as they are on tour about that time in Europe. So here goes a great song, with fantastic lyrics... Love can achive all, forgive all, pardon all and even betray oneself's beliefs...
I'll drown my beliefs
To have your babies
I'll dress like your niece
And wash your swollen feet
Just don't leave
Don't leave
I'm not living
I'm just killing time
Your tiny hands
Your crazy kitten smile
Just, don't leave
Don't leave
And true love waits
In haunted attics
And true love lives
On lollipops and crisps
Just don't leave, don't leave..
Don't leave.. don't leave
Sunday, June 11, 2006
SBSR - 07/06/2006
Another great night, Franz Ferdinand are getting better and better live, and it was good to see finally The Legendary Tiger Man and Linda Martini, although there were some sound problems and too little time for the 2 Portuguese bands... But that is something I want to write in Portuguese, perhaps it will reach Mr. Covões. Anyway, I highly recommend FF and Tiger Man, as Linda Martini I still haven't heard their album and 20 minutes hardly show what a band is capable of. The night was fantastic, I finally heard "this town is out of control, burn this city!" live and Alex was just amazing on stage.
Linda Martini were ok and Legendary had some sound problems on his first 2 songs but as I was right in front, no problem, the only pity was that it was sooooooo short and he smashed a perfectly good electric guitar, I still think he aimed it to the public but he didn't throw it with enough strenght, otherwise it doesnt make sense why throw a guitar with so little strenght if he intended to smash it in rock n' roll style he would have done it with more strenght and I imagine that he would have done it after a great solo riff and against the stage floor... Anyway lots of people were offended by his attitude as they thought it was his way to say hell to the organization and even hell to his fans, I can only say they don't know Paulo Furtado, not the true person but his stage personalities, they haven't seen has much Wraygunn concerts has I have ;)
So here goes the Portuguese part...
Já tenho ido a muitos Super Bock Super Rocks, desde os primeiros quando ainda se faziam em várias salas, vários dias e sobretudo no Coliseu, fui ao primeiro SBSR no Parque Tejo e foi aí que se começou com esta ideia de ter as bandas portuguesas nos intervalos do palco principal. O principio até é bom, apesar de que se o pessoal curtir a maioria das bandas do palco dos portugueses e do palco principal, mal tem tempo de descansar e fica arrasado para a última banda. Contudo o ano passado e este, as coisas correram mal em termos de organização, na minha opinião, sobretudo este ano.
A música portuguesa está a obter cada vez mais destaque e por muito estranho que possa parecer à Música no Coração há pessoas que escolhem ir a um festival tanto por algumas bandas do palco principal como por algumas bandas do palco dos portugueses e 20 minutos é uma indecência, maior ainda quando há atrasos no palco principal e o palco dos portugueses é que fica prejudicado ainda por cima porque em cada intervalo temos que aturar 10 minutos de anúncios. Eu tenho uma licenciatura em Gestão, eu sei que sem os patrocínios e o marketing todo à volta dos festivais era impossível trazer algumas das bandas que vem.
Mas para mim a solução passava por fazer o SBSR aos fins de semana e mesmo que os portugueses não pudessem tocar 2 horas pelo menos dar-lhes 1 hora, uma hora e meia, pelo menos as 2 últimas bandas do palco dos portugueses e como o festival era aos fins de semana, deixava de haver o problema do pessoal estar à trabalhar, na escola ou na faculdade e deixava igualmente de haver problemas com a hora a que o festival acabasse, os Franz Ferdinand podiam tocar perfeitamente às 2, 2h30 da manhã.
Espero que os assobios antes de Legendary Tiger Man tenham feito soar umas réstias de inteligência na organização do festival e que vejam finalmente que o pessoal não olha para as bandas portuguesas como uma mera passagem de tempo, uma distracçãozinha antes da próxima banda, mas que há bandas portuguesas de excelente qualidade e que também tem público que se sente defraudado com a atitude da organização, sobretudo quando os Keane que nem eram cabeça de cartaz se alongaram demasiado na sua performance, quem são eles a mais do que algumas das nossas bandas? É tempo de começarem a respeitar o trabalho de algumas das nossas bandas e já agora do público que paga o bilhete, porque como qualquer aluno de gestão/economia sabe o mais importante é satisfazer as necessidades do clientes porque senão se as satisfazer e pior ainda desrespeita-los não se obtém lucros, acaba-se por perder os clientes no longo prazo e coloca-se em risco a própria sobrevivência da empresa...
Friday, May 26, 2006
Oscar Wilde
"If one hears bad music, it is one's duty to drown it by one's conversation."
Por mim toca a fazê-lo no Estribo, que pelo zunzum que andei a ouvir aquilo mudou de aparência, de gerência, mas infelizmente não da péssima e detestável qualidade de som ;) Podiam fazer-nos o favor de que já que tem que passar música potencialmente extremamente prejudicial ao nosso intelectuo de passa-la bem baixinho e o pessoal poder conversar na boa sem estar ao berros é que caso a gerência não tenha reparado aquilo é um bar não uma discoteca ;)
Avante com um movimento nacional anti-Estribos que por aí populam no nosso país ;)
Até que enfim!
Gracias por inagurares (?? aí que o espanhol já começa a fazer estragos, qualquer dia escrevo portuguenhol inglesado) o meu blog pela primeira vez ;) Só espero que o meu Daddy não vá para Angola durante o Paredes de Coura, senão mais uma vez vou perder The Yeah Yeah Yeahs e é uma pena que o Sr. Jack White não venha :( Estou a ver que temos que ir a Chigago/NYC numa altura em que apanhemos The White Stripes in town ;)
Entretanto cusquei hoje o site do Beck, se ele vier (e duvido depois do desire do ano passado em que o colocaram no fim do mundo como cabeça de um cartaz no sense e ainda por cima num domingo de madrugada com putos que só curtem o que tá em fashion e não música a sério) só pode ser no Sudoeste, que Paredes de Coura anda ele por terras nórdicas e Países Baixos... Temos que fazer um baixo assinado para um concerto a solo no Coliseu dos Recreios ;)
Tuesday, May 23, 2006
It seems this summer will be a great summer in terms of concerts… Just a pity that money, time and work will be hard to juggle!
Let’s see, next month in about a week and a half on the 7th of June, Franz Ferdinand, Editors, dEUS, The Legendary Tiger Man and Linda Martini! Then about one month and a half afterwards, on the 17th of July, Belle and Sebastian and a week afterwards on the 22nd The Strokes and, its rumored, The Raconteurs!
Jack White is definitely a must, it’s not The White Stripes, but perhaps he likes Portugal and comes back, after all it was unthinkable that The Strokes would ever find out there was a country called Portugal that has been waiting for a concert for some years already ;) But I should stop dreaming otherwise I can get disappointed...
Anyway here are some clues for our festivals’ organizers: Wilco, The Morning Jacket, Calexico, Bob Dylan, Iggy Pop, Devendra, and so on (otherwise the list would be too great) and thanks for the Yeah Yeah Yeahs in August (if I had a band it had to be one like The Yeah Yeah Yeahs)!
Tuesday, May 16, 2006
Little Boys - Cripple Crow
Most people just think this is kind of a gay music with a fantastic beat, Devendra introduced this song in November as a song for men and women, I like to think that it's not only because women can also be lonely sailors but above all because of the first paragraph of the music, all those women who come and go, come and go precisely because men don't seem to ever get enough...
"Life is tough and love is rough
For the man who just can’t ever seem to get enough
The days go by and the women come and go
So many that you decide to get rid of your front door
So you don’t have to hear them all disappear
You just sit and you wait
Staring at your empty plate
And you can say I’m a lonely sailor
Rockin’ gently on my dreams
‘Cause I can have it all, but I don’t want it all
And it ain’t like I’ve never ever ever tried
I've just never been fully satisfied
But just a tie a little shoelace
And to share a sleeping bag
And I look ahead to the days
When I can look back at all the fun that I’ve had
But still, but still, but still..
I see so many little boys I wanna marry
I see plenty little kids I’ve yet to have
Even when the moon goes out
Even when the sea dried out
I still see so many little boys I wanna marry
I see plenty little kids I’ve yet to have now
Even when the sea’s all freeze
And everything’s lying underneath
Even when the sun ceases to shine
I won’t care, I’ll still have on my mind
So many little boys I wanna marry yeah yeah
I see plenty little kids I’ve yet to have
And in the shower I get my dreaming done
I hold my breath and I wait for the day to come
Oh little Billy, little Timmy, little Jimmy, you’re the one
I may not look it, but I swear my heart is young for so many..
Little boys I wanna marry
I see plenty little kids I’ve yet to have you know you know
I've got many little boys I wanna marry, yeah you know
I've got many little kids I've yet to have
Oh oh, Yeah yeah
Little boys I wanna marry, yeah you know
I've got plenty little kids I've yet to have now, yeah you know
I've got so many, so many little boys I wanna marry now, marry now
So many..."
Monday, May 15, 2006
Poema 20
Puedo escribir los versos más tristes esta noche.
Escribir, por ejemplo: «La noche está estrellada,
y tiritan, azules, los astros, a lo lejos».
El viento de la noche gira en el cielo y canta.
Puedo escribir los versos más tristes esta noche.
Yo la quise, y a veces ella también me quiso.
En las noches como ésta la tuve entre mis brazos.
La besé tantas veces bajo el cielo infinito.
Ella me quiso, a veces yo también la quería.
Cómo no haber amado sus grandes ojos fijos.
Puedo escribir los versos más tristes esta noche.
Pensar que no la tengo. Sentir que la he perdido.
Oír la noche inmensa, más inmensa sin ella.
Y el verso cae al alma como al pasto el rocío.
Qué importa que mi amor no pudiera guardarla.
La noche está estrellada y ella no está conmigo.
Eso es todo. A lo lejos alguien canta. A lo lejos.
Mi alma no se contenta con haberla perdido.
Como para acercarla mi mirada la busca.
Mi corazón la busca, y ella no está conmigo.
La misma noche que hace blanquear los mismos árboles.
Nosotros, los de entonces, ya no somos los mismos.
Ya no la quiero, es cierto, pero cuánto la quise.
Mi voz buscaba el viento para tocar su oído.
De otro. Será de otro. Como antes de mis besos.
Su voz, su cuerpo claro. Sus ojos infinitos.
Ya no la quiero, es cierto, pero tal vez la quiero.
Es tan corto el amor, y es tan largo el olvido.
Porque en noches como ésta la tuve entre mis brazos,
Mi alma no se contenta con haberla perdido.
Aunque éste sea el último dolor que ella me causa,
y éstos sean los últimos versos que yo le escribo.
Pablo Neruda (1904 - 1973)
in "Veinte poemas de amor y una canción desesperada" (1924)
in "Veinte poemas de amor y una canción desesperada" (1924)
Tuesday, May 09, 2006
80% to 95% Condom Effectiveness - "there is no such thing as ‘safe sex - only ‘safer’ sex"
I was reading on the other day about the anti-contraceptive movement of “extremist” Christian organizations, when one part of the article called my attention about condom effectiveness. The other day I had seen a rate of 80% in a Brazilian health webpage but I thought it had been a mistake as in school and health brochures I had always seen a rate of 95%, which in case of AIDS is still too much of a risk. So I did a bit of research and I found some national health government webpages, reports of WHO, and so on.
It seems that they still haven’t done a condom efficacy test that has given valid and conclusive rate. But the most recent tests done on condoms’ reveal that its effectiveness may be as low as 80% (depending of the research) and even lower for other Sexual Transmitted Diseases.
It’s rather interesting to hear all AIDS organizations, health professionals, and so on, speaking of the use of condoms as the only way to prevent STD however they seem always to forget to stress that “there is no such thing as ‘safe sex - only ‘safer’ sex” as the New Zealand government states. Having sex using a condom with a one night stand, a new partner or even an unfaithful partner means that in every 100 times 5 to 20 times of those have the chance to contract AIDS (if the other is infected). “Luckily”, the % of infected people aren’t that high. However I keep on not understanding how people take chances catching a one night stand, for example, infected and that the condom fails. People don’t tend to risk doing or taking something that can mean catching a medium-term terminal disease.
Besides that fact it’s quite worrisome that there are no conclusive proofs of condoms effectiveness in preventing the transmission of STD and as some can make a person infertile (especially women as there are lots of STD in which the man only carries the disease, while the woman gets infected) if not detected or treated in time… I know that becoming infertile or HIV positive would kill my dream of being a mother, my deepest desire (AIDS also as it shortens my life span and I don’t wish to give birth to a child I’ll abandon a few years afterwards). So I suppose it's always better to know with who you are going to bed and still face the possibility that you may not be the only person going to bed with that person ;)
Anyway here are some citations of the sites I found more interesting and if you click the title you will be able to download 2 reports on condom effectiveness. And don't forget that even the highest rate, normally associate to correct usage but failure of the condom such as leaks, slip offs and rips, 95%, means you can still get pregnant and if you can get pregnant you can get infected with a STD.
http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs243/en/
The most frequently cited condom effectiveness rate is for typical use, which includes perfect and imperfect use (i.e. not used at every act of intercourse, or used incorrectly). The pregnancy rate during typical use can be much higher (10-14%) than for perfect use, but this is due primarily to inconsistent and incorrect use, not to condom failure. Condom failure – the device breaking or slipping off completely during intercourse – is uncommon.
http://www.moh.govt.nz/moh.nsf/0/CAA750BDA8432F84CC25702000720012
- Individuals should decide when they are ready to have sex and should not feel pressured to have sex when they are not ready
- There is no such thing as ‘safe sex - only ‘safer’ sex
- Using condoms consistently significantly reduces the risk of catching a sexually transmitted infection
- Don’t have sex with someone who has an STI
- Many teenagers will have sex. Using a condom significantly reduces the likelihood that they will catch and transmit a sexually transmitted infection.
Cochrane Collaboration
'This review indicates that consistent use of condoms results in 80% reduction in HIV incidence. Consistent use is defined as using a condom for all acts of penetrative vaginal intercourse.
Because the studies used in this review did not report on the "correctness" of use, namely whether condoms were used correctly and perfectly for each and every act of intercourse, effectiveness and not efficacy is estimated.
Also, this estimate refers in general to the male condom and not specifically to the latex condom, since studies also tended not to specify the type of condom that was used. Thus, condom effectiveness is similar to, although lower than, that for contraception.'
Bulletin of the World Health Organisation
'The panel strongly cautioned the public against misinterpreting the scanty evidence.
The small number of well designed prospective studies precluded the panel from making judgments about the effectiveness of condoms in preventing other STIs; the reviews stated that the lack of data were not to be construed as evidence either supporting or denying the effectiveness of condoms.'
'Since 2000 important new evidence ...has come to light to support the effectiveness of condoms in preventing STIs in men and women. In no study has the effectiveness been 100%. Nonetheless, even partially effective interventions can have a major impact on controlling the spread of STIs in the population (36). ...Condom promotion represents an important component of comprehensive HIV-prevention and STI-prevention strategies.'
http://www.rhlibrary.com/Commentaries/htm/Dwcom.htm
http://www.netdoctor.co.uk/sex_relationships/facts/condoms.htm
Condoms are sheathes that trap the sperm when a man climaxes ('comes'). Wearing them greatly reduces the chances of pregnancy. They also provide some protection against sexually-transmitted infections (STIs), including HIV. But this protection is far from 100 per cent.
Monday, May 08, 2006
My new toy ;)
And tomorrow some studies on condoms effectiveness...
If you can read The Economist of May 6th-12th 2006 "Unstoppable? Iran's nuclear ambitions" once again they defend the same as I, the world must have a united front so that Mahmoud Ahmadinejad doens't think he can get away with it, just as Suddan Hussein thought, due to China, Russia, France and Germany interventions... Maybe it will be the only chance of not occuring a war, as impossible as it may seem with Ahmadinejad's daily verbal threats... It's time for China and Russia to realize they will loose much more if they don't pressure Iran to stop with it's plans to obtain a nuclear bomb (that's if they don't have it already)...
Sunday, May 07, 2006
Greenpeace
Normally I defend Greenpeace but this time I must criticize them. As me they have always been against the use of nuclear power and nuclear weapons, Einstein meant it has a cheap way of energy so everybody could have access to energy and develop, unfortunately he didn’t foresee the consequences. I believe he didn’t wish a
Well, last week Greenpeace put online a petition for NATO not to nuke
The problem is once again if we don’t do something one of these days we’ll see another 11th of September, another 11th of March, another 7th of July, and so many others, but this time it will have been a nuclear bomb in Israel, or perhaps in Greece or even Italy, millions of innocent killed just because we think everybody is human and all human nature is kind not evil. We cannot forget the lessons of our past, the 2nd
I have cried due to the beginning of so many wars, but although I’m a pacifist, I’ve reached the conclusion a long time ago, when I started understanding the world around me that not all are trustworthy, not all are kind and good in nature and the world needs to make a stand sometimes to defend innocent, so that less innocent die than otherwise.
I hope China, Russia (if this time France and Germany behave) will agree to sanction Iran, to make pressure, because just has I defended before Iraq’s war, if the international community sticks together and forces Iran to allow the inspections without any obstacles being lifted, a war will be avoided and many innocent lives spared.
I don’t want another war to happen, but I’ll have to be on NATO’s side if it happens and I believe that nuking Iran will be their last resort and only if they are sure that if they don’t do it Iran will nuke another country. I really hope this war won’t happen because I fear if it does we’ll assist to the begging of 3rd World War. The world has been manipulated to hate blindly USA (they have lots of faults but there are not the worst threat to the world), so that sand is thrown in the eyes of the people who are manipulated and they do not see the biggest threats in our world and Iran with a nuclear bomb is one of the most dangerous at this time.
If we look to history we realize most events are consequences of others and that some repeat themselves in a vicious cycle. I believe there will be a 3rd World War if
Friday, April 28, 2006
The Man Who Doesn't Know How to Smile - Josh Rouse w/ Paz Suay
He used to walk in central park where
at least a dozen women broke his heart
and there he'd sit
and think about his past
she lived in brooklyn and she rode the trains
first she'd the "G" and then the "L" and that is where
they met up on that day
She wants to help him out
'cause he's the man who doesnt know how
he's the man who doesnt know how
he's the man who doesn't know how to smile
he's not happy by himself
Its not that simple just to change a man
Even if you think you can just keep up this and then
its hard
uh huh
So be cautious when you see him pass
he won't hurt you but his face is sad and eve-ry day, he's breathing through the gills
She wants to help him out
'cause he's the man who doesnt know how
he's the man who doesnt know how
he's the man who doesn't know how to smile
he's the man who doesnt know how
he's the man who doesnt know how
he's the man who doesn't know how to smile
he's not happy by himself
The summertime into the fall and
they took a little trip up to the cape and that is where
they laid their bodies down
And in the morning when the sun came up
she looked at him just to say that she would never ever go astray
It's gonna work out now
'cause he's the man who doesnt know how
he's the man who doesnt know how
he's the man who doesn't know how to smile
he's the man who doesnt know how
he's the man who doesnt know how
he's the man who doesn't know how to smile
he's not happy by himself
he's not happy by himself
he's not happy by himself
he's not happy by himself
Try to listen to this at around 1 o'clock in the morning on a Sunday night when you're nearly dozing off as you are listening to the Good Fellows/Bons Rapazes and you can only remind the next morning that it had a lyrics that goes "he's the man who doesn't know how to smile" and that it was such a beautiful song, as you didn't caught which was the band/musician, you have to check MQ3 track list until you find a song that has that lyric or something that reminds you of it and finally I've found it and it's from Josh Rouse's new album "Subtitulo" which unfortunately I still haven't heard...
Thursday, April 27, 2006
Garden Ruin - Calexico
I still haven't heard the new album but from the lyrics and the review it seems it'll be another great album.
Deep Down
When numbers matter more than the heart
Your eyes are hollow and stiffness starts to take control
Capsize the soul, deep down you know it's evil
You've always known
Be a good example show your new tricks
And while you're out there they'll make the pitch
To rally the troops and make a huge contribution
To help push this through
Deep down you know it's evil
You've always known it's evil
The days here are numbered but your record is clean
Outstretched and waiting on banks that seem
To flow and flow, a rich reward to show
Duty carried out in the field
Deep down you know it's evil
You've always known it's evil
You've always known
Chernobyl
This is the reason I'll always oppose nuclear power and I suppose if Einstein was alive he'll would also be... The images are strong, so be prepared or don't click on the link...
Instead of investing in nuclear we should be investing in greener energy, such has hidrogen and not on a energy that has so much propensity to destroy so many lifes, not only because of human or mechanical error but foremost because it's the opening door to nuclear bombs and forgive me but dictators in North Korea and Iran with nuclear bombs is a frightenig thought!
15 e 16 de Abril - Taça do Mundo Lisboa - Masculinos - Judo
Já bastante atrasados mas parabéns pelos fantásticos resultados: 1 medalha de ouro, 1 de prata e 3 de bronze! E já agora à Telma Monteiro que subiu no ranking mundial para 1º lugar na categoria dela!
Infelizmente o meu segundo judoca favorito ;) não conseguiu brilhar como merecia, mas eu ainda tenho fé que um destes dias vou vê-lo numa das próximas edições dos olimpicos :)
Nuno Delgado deixa as competições
Mais uma vez digo que é uma pena que por falta de apoios grandes atletas tenham que abandonar os seus sonhos, sobretudo quando muitas das vezes são eles que trazem mais medalhas e fezem muitos mais sacrificios para as alcançar do que o futebol e na maioria da vezes tem que colocar dinheiro do seu bolso para enaltecer a nobre pátria...
Monday, April 17, 2006
What to expect at your first pelvic exam
I no most girls who read this blog have already done it, but here it goes I've found this in a blog (which has pop-ups, so I took the liberty to post a transcript of it) and as there must be still millions of girls you are wondering how it is. For the guys who read this you now can see what we must undergo for much more years then you!
"Not sure what to expect at your first pelvic exam? Are you afraid? Embarrassed? Well, don't be! It's all part of being a woman, and the sooner you get used to the idea of having gynecological exams, the better, because these will be part of your life forever. I hope the following information will be useful and will help you relax as you face your first visit to the gynecologist.
There are no hard and fast rules about when a girl should start seeing a gynecologist, but these are some guidelines:
- You are sexually active, or are planning to become sexually active.
- You're older than 15 or so but still haven't started menstruating.
- You're experiencing lower abdominal pain, excessive bleeding, irregular periods, or unusual discharge.
- You think you might be pregnant.
- You're concerned that you may have been exposed to a sexually transmitted disease.
- You want to get on birth control.
- You've found a lump in your breast
When you're ready, you're going to have to choose a gynecologist. If your mother, sister, friend, etc., has a gynecologist that she trusts and likes, you might consider seeing the same doctor. If you're new in town and don't really know anyone to ask for personal recommendations, you can call local hospitals, Planned Parenthood clinics, the health center at your college, etc., and ask for recommendations.
A lot of women are very uncomfortable with the idea of having a male physician examining their genitalia; you may be more at ease with the idea of seeing a female physician. Keep in mind that the doctor's gender shouldn't make any difference, as they've had the same training and are obligated to observe the same rules when seeing patients, but if you simply can't fathom the idea of being examined so personally by a male, choose a female. You should also keep in mind that during the exam, regardless of whether you're seeing a male or female physician, you have the right to request that a female (nurse, friend, parent, etc.) be present.
Once you've chosen the doctor and made your appointment, you'll need to prepare for the visit. Basically, there are just a few things you shouldn't do: Don't have sex, or douche, or use any type of vaginal products for at least 24 hours prior to your exam. (You really should never douche, but that's a whole different topic!)
When you arrive at the doctor's office, you'll be presented with forms to fill out; these will ask for your personal and family health histories, and may ask what brings you there (i.e., are you having a specific problem?), whether you're sexually active, etc. A nurse will call you in and will take your vital signs (weight, height, blood pressure, pulse, temperature), and may ask you for a urine specimen. (Even if they don't ask for a urine specimen, be sure you empty your bladder prior to the pelvic exam. This will definitely make it more comfortable!)
S/he will probably ask you some basic questions about your health and why you're there. At this point s/he may take you to a consultation room or office, or she may leave you in the exam room. If s/he instructs you to remove your clothes and put a gown on, but you'd prefer to meet your doctor while you're fully clothed, let her/him know. (You can ask about their procedure for new patients when you call in to make your appointment. If they're unwilling to respect your choice to see the doctor for the first time while you're wearing your clothes, find another doctor.)
Finally, the doctor will join you. Be prepared for some general chit-chat and basic "getting to know each other" conversation. If you have any questions or concerns, this is a good time to bring them up. Once you're being examined it's easy to forget things you wanted to say. It's a good idea to bring a written list of things you want to ask, so that even if nerves take over you'll still recall everything you wanted to say.
Your doctor will leave the room (if you're already in an exam room) or will escort you to an exam room, and will give you a gown to put on and a sheet to cover up with. While you're waiting for her/him to return, try to relax by doing some slow, deep breathing.
Once the exam begins you should be thoroughly checked from head to toe, even though this is a gynecological visit. The doctor should check your eyes, ears, nose, and throat, then move down to feeling the glands in your neck, listening to your heart and lungs, and checking your reflexes. S/he may take your blood pressure again, as well.
The breast exam will come next. If you're not currently performing breast self-exams, let your doctor know so that s/he can teach you the correct way to do it, as well as the best time of the month.Last, but definitely not least, comes the pelvic exam. You'll be asked to slide your bottom all the way to the end of the exam table; this can feel quite disorienting if it's your first time, because you'll swear you're going to fall off. But you won't! Your feet will be placed in stirrups (some exam tables have leg holders instead of stirrups) and you can help by letting your legs fall open. Don't tense up or try to keep your legs together; just let them fall naturally apart. This is probably when you're going to feel most embarrassed and vulnerable, but just remember that the doctor has done this hundreds, if not thousands, of times and while it's new to you, it's not new to them. For them, it's just part of a day's work.
The exam will begin with the doctor visually examining your external genitalia; they're looking for abnormalities such as cysts and they're also noting the size and condition of your clitoris and your labia minora and majora. The doctor must separate the labia in order to see the vaginal introitus (opening) and the urethral opening.
Your doctor may proceed by inserting a finger into your vagina in order to determine the speculum size best suited to you, and also to check to see if your hymen is intact. Or they may proceed by inserting the speculum. Either way, it's very important that you keep your abdominal and pelvic muscles relaxed now, as tensing them up will make the exam difficult for the doctor and uncomfortable or painful for you. Once again, taking slow, deep breaths can help you relax.
If at any point during the internal exam you're experiencing pain or discomfort, let the doctor know. But keep in mind that since this is a new experience for you, it's possible that it simply feels odd and unusual, but isn't actually painful. The speculum is inserted while it's closed; only after it's correctly positioned inside your vagina will its blades be opened; this should not hurt. The doctor will direct a very bright lamp at your vagina so that s/he can see what's going on in there; this may feel warm, but don't let it startle you. They're looking for a number of things, including the size, condition, and placement of the cervix (the opening of the uterus), any lesions/sores/cysts on the vaginal walls, and any discharge or bleeding. The last step of the speculum exam is the Pap test (teste Papanicolau), in which the doctor will take scrapings from the cervix and the vagina. Again, this may feel strange, but it should not be painful. Above is a diagram of a speculum exam.
Once the speculum has been withdrawn, the doctor will move on to the manual portion of the exam, in which they'll insert gloved, lubricated fingers into your vagina. Depending on various factors the doctor may insert a single finger or two fingers. While their fingers are in the vagina, they'll use their other hand to press on your abdomen in order to feel your internal organs, including the ovaries and uterus. This may be a little uncomfortable but shouldn't hurt. Above is also a diagram of a bimanual exam.
Finally should come the rectal and/or rectovaginal exam. In the former, the doctor places one finger in the rectum, while in the latter they insert their index finger into the vagina and their middle finger into the rectum. This is a very important part of the pelvic exam as it allows the doctor to check the rectum for abnormalities such as hemorrhoids, fissures, and signs of cancer, allows them to have a better feel of certain organs, and is the best way for them to check the wall between the vagina and rectum. No pelvic exam is complete without a rectal exam, so if your doctor doesn't automatically include it be sure to request it.
You'll now have another opportunity to discuss things with the doctor before they leave the room. If you're going on birth control be sure to discuss all of the options available to you, including when you should come back for a followup visit. If there's anything you forgot to ask, you can do it now.
Most Pap smears are normal, and chances are you'll receive a lab report in the mail informing you that yours was, too. In the event that any abnormalities were found, or if the results were inconclusive, you'll hear from the doctor's office and be asked to come in to be retested. Don't let this alarm you as there are many reasons a Pap test may initially appear abnormal, yet everything turns out fine when you're retested. Of course if something abnormal really is found, you and your doctor will discuss a plan of action.
Well, that's it! You've made it through your first visit to the gynecologist and you're well on your way to taking charge of your own healthcare and well being.
(NOTE: No two doctors perform exams in exactly the same manner, so your exam may proceed differently from what I've described. However, even if things are done in a different order, all of what I've described should be done during the course of the exam. If your doctor skips anything, don't feel strange about asking them to do it. Believe me, they will not think you're weird for asking!)"
Tuesday, April 11, 2006
The reason I still haven' recovered my sleeping hours
Yes, cruelty isn’t bluntly shown in this movie, much of the atrocities are cut from the viewers’ sight, but we all know what happened… People crying to be shoot by the blue helmets because a bullet was less frightening then being brutally decapitated, most of the times after suffering countless humiliations and after the blue helmets leave, the militias come armed with sticks and swords…
In the end you know it had a ill begging, yes white are to blame, but what happened on that April month of 1994 was mainly due to corruption and greed for power, for all the wealth power delivers, from the government and the military who where supposed to protect the innocents and so many innocents perished, 800.000 people died because of ambition, power and manipulation of ignorance…
I think when people realize what has happened just 2 years ago in Sudan, they will have to agree with me, how is it possible that time after time, every time a genocide is committed it was allowed with the silence of the world, of our leaders, who should also be on a stand being convicted of complicity, because they knew and they didn’t care, people are numbers not human beings, nor lives and nor all potential that is lost… It’s disgusting to hear them saying “Never again!!!”, knowing again will happen once again and again…
Human beings are human beings, their lives are impossible to value, not all the petrol, diamonds, gold, power, money in the world are as precious as the life of a human being…
In the end I think this movie leaves a lot untold, but then Africa is too complex to explain and as much as we had and have much to be blamed of, we cannot close our eyes to the blames of certain people who rule it with corruption, greed, inhuman cruelty and we should never again allow a Sudan, Somalia or Rwanda… Perhaps it’s time for us to stop being manipulated to develop a blind, stupid hatred towards America (as much as we should still put it on a stand when they are guilty) and begin to see why they are trying to cover our eyes, because I have seen plenty manifestations against USA but I’ve not seen one against Sudan’s government when they began committing genocide against a part of their own people, their own “brothers”…
Dobermans para vender
Uma amiga da minha mãe tem uma Doberman que teve cãezinhos no dia 15 de Março de 2006, ela tem 4 femeas e 4 machos para venda. Eu estou mais familarizada com Rottweillers, mas como conheço já duas pessoas com femeas posso dizer que são animais muito doceis, amorosos e leais com os donos e excelentes cães de guarda pelo instinto protector que desenvolvem pelos donos. Os cãezinhos já tem a primeira vacina e estão desparatizados
O contacto da dona é o: 936 251 095 - Eola Pereira
De qualquer forma um cão é uma enorme responsabilidade por isso vejam os seguintes sites sobre Dobermans, é que nenhum animal de estimação é para se deitar fora ;)
Em brasileiro:http://www.doberman.com.br/
http://www.charade.com.br/Links.htm
Em Inglês:
http://www.dpca.org/
Thursday, April 06, 2006
Bastante atrasados, mas parabéns...
Demorei algum tempo a ir ao link para fazer o post, problemas de só ter apanhado a notícia na rádio tão rápido que só deu para ouvir que temos um campeão mundial em Judo, em -81kg ;) Por isso parabéns João Neto e Tiago Lopes (1.º -81kg e 3.º -66kg). Quem sabe talvez um dia este país descubra que desporto não se resume a futebol e que há muitos outros a obter muitos melhores resultados e o Judo é um dos que mais tem o conseguido alcançar e com atletas com um imenso amor e paixão pela camisola, enquanto outros ganham milhares e é a desgraça que se vê às vezes!
P.S. - E não estou a falar do Benfica que se portou à altura e deixou os nossos hermanos à rasca até aos últimos 5 min. de jogo, que é para ver se algumas estrelas do Barça aprendem um lição de humildade (com que então eram favas contadas)...
Monday, April 03, 2006
5000 euros...
250 albums!!! Kind of a harsh fine when the reason so many people does it is that each costs 20, no matter if they were released 1, 2 , 3 or 10 years ago… My wish list is above those 250 and I would love to have 5000 to waist like that, unfortunately my eyesight operation will cost about that much and I earn just a little bit more than 2 minimum wages (and I’m one of the luck ones who earns that much in this country). The solution is not buying mp3 through the net, call me romantic but I still love the fact of unwrapping an album, watch its’ cover, its’ graphic work, as well as all the graphics on the CD cover, there is something magic about it and the magic is greater when you handle a vinyl…
In the end all this is only because the discographies and the huge disco shops are seeing their profit cut, because nobody can tell me that from every 20 euros you pay for each album, most of it goes to the bands, most of them are explored and I really hope that they get to be able to live from what they make on concerts, because the future of profits for musicians rely on the concerts they make, which isn’t such a bad thing as most of them must earn more on the road then thorough sales of their albums… All these years I’ve always preferred to save money to go to concerts than to buy albums, after all when one’s short of money, one has to make some choices and for me the experience lived in a concert is something more unique, sometimes a lifetime experience… Perhaps one of these days I can have my collection of original CD’s, but unless the CD’s prices lower and at the rate albums are released it seems I’ll always be lacking something and will continue not to ear other music than the singles that are played on the radio, and due to my tastes, that means listening to radio from 21 to 00 or 23 to 01 on Sundays, which sometimes is impossible…
By the way do you want more incentive to download TV series than the second season of Desperate Housewives at midnight every Tuesday? How can a TV station waste so much money on a TV series to show it at those hours? It seems I’ll will have to battle with my VSR and see if I can put it once again recording (I wonder if taping a TV programme in VHS is also piracy and violation of copyright?)
Tuesday, March 21, 2006
IV International Blues Festival - Coimbra - Saturday 18/03/2006
Starting the night with a “monster” of Blues called Kenny Brown, living history, walking, talking and singing, is already a fantastic way of begging a night, but the seeing finally Jon Spencer live (even if it is in his new project Heavy Trash, which is awesome, but it also means not having yet the opportunity to see him in Jon Spencer Blues Explosion and that will always be something to be sorry about)! And if you add a moustache, 50’s style, rockabilly, blues, a little bit of Elvis gone wild and a fantastic live performance then you end your night in heaven or hell, as you prefer, as long as it’s fun, hot and wild!
Once again I faced the same problem how can anybody perfectly sane sit all through a concert like that? Having seats doesn’t mean you have to actually sit, especially if you are not 90 years old and on a wheelchair!!! One of these days I’ll send good manners too hell and who wants to sit down all through a concert as last Saturday’s one can go and sit on the stairs…
Anyway, if you have the chance watch both Kenny Brown and Heavy Trash, it’s worth it!
Big changes...
So here I'm after so long...
My father was hospitalized and his health isn’t that great, although he has already gotten out of the hospital for sometime. Now he is doing some exams and maybe in some years he’ll have to do a liver transplant, so that means he needs a person trustworthy and with some knowledge of management to assist him and run the business when he is absent. So here I’m working with my father much sooner than I expected.
Hopefully now I can be more regular…
Monday, February 20, 2006
Paused...
Has last week has been quite complicated and I really don't know how long things will take to be OK again, I'm forced to stop for a while posting. Sorry...
Sunday, February 12, 2006
How long will it take to save my first million ;)
Total saved: $1,001,852
Starting with $400 and depositing $400 monthly over 87 years and 10 months (at a rate of return 1.7500000000000002% compounded monthly), you will save $1,001,852.
Initial balance:
$400
Total deposits:
$421,600
Total interest earned:
$579,852
Total taxes paid:
$0
Then they're so suprised that people don't save ;) And this saving plan would be highly optimistic for me as it is nearlly half of my wage and when I have kids, a mortage to pay and college expenses I doubt I'll save any ;)
Monday, February 06, 2006
Tuesday, January 31, 2006
Snow...
Last Sunday it snowed in my hometown! For those of you who are saying "So what, it's Winter, normally it snows!" True but the last time it snowed in Rio Maior was about 20 years ago and it only lasted a couple of hours. With this intensity it has been more than 50 years ago and if you take into account that to see some snow Portuguese have to go to our highest mountain (called Serra da Estrela) or up north near our frontier with Spain, you can start to understand why so many Portuguese acted as little kids and went out to the streets in their PJ's and play with the first flocks or phone nearly everyone they knew (something I'm sure our telecommunications companies thanked a lot as I imagine Sunday mornings must be slow and uninteresting for the point of view of profits ;)
So here goes some photos...
Thursday, January 26, 2006
Hamas
Today I was surprised at breakfast that it seemed Hamas was going to gain the elections in Palestina, which is just ore of the most frightening news I have heard lately. I still remember that when the first Gulf War started I was scared that the 3 World War could start, and this fear still lived with me for a while.
Eventually I started to think that the world had learnt it's less and would not allow that easily that a conflict of that scale would occur. Yes, there were always going to be regional conflicts, always atrocities happening with the world too coward, cynic and selfish to intervene and has much as I hate this attitude, I became less scared of a 3 World War, mainly because most wars and atrocities were being started/committed by unscrupulous, greedy people who manipulate desperate people and brainwash them so they became radicals willing to die and kill innocent people in name of a God or cause (where the hatred for USA is so useful to gain power and money)...
But now we have reached the unthinkable: terrorists reaching power, democratically elected! That was the worst thing that could happen for a free
Tuesday, January 24, 2006
Don't get up!
So here I'm after a very bad day. I had a flat tire for the second time in less than 1 year, but this time I wasn't able to change it, as mechanics think women have men's physical strength ;) This creates a huge problem because most men can't resist the opportunity to make fun and show off! Except if you are drop dead gorgeous, and then they do really lame and pathetic figures in hope of gaining much more than a simple thanks! For those who know me, know that I prefer to be stuck or to pay than to have to stand hearing a man saying ''It had to be a women" or "Women can't do anything"!
In the end it was a man who helped me and changed the tire, and old friend of the family, but I had to wait for 1 hour and a quarter in my car. And just to think that what happened was the fault of a man who just couldn't wait to enter the parking lot although he could see I was doing the maneuver and I was nearly ending it!
Monday, January 23, 2006
Ipod
Talking about Ipods, it seems that Apple is investigating a new Ipod that will be able to record AM/FM stations, if they will allow to set the time to start to record and stop it then I think I'll wait a little bit longer to buy a Ipod, because being able to do podcasting that easily of my favorite radio program so I can hear them at any time of the day is fantastic!
Blind / Deaf
On Sunday while I was driving I was also remembering the conversation I just had about getting blind, I was told that blind can still hear those who they love! I said yes and as long as I could learn Braille and be able to still read, because I couldn't imagine living without ever be able to read again.
But has I was hearing The Good Fellows I remembered an editorial that I had read a few weeks before, about musicians who where deaf or becoming dead and how now Ipods posed new threats to normal people has them mean much more hours of hearing music with headphones and has they reach a volume higher than recommended, there is the danger that people can become deaf. The editorial was warning it's readers to be careful has the idea of having a new album on your hands and only be able to appreciate its design is a frightening thought...
I can't agree more, the thought that was crossing my mind as I was hearing the Guerolito's songs was that becoming deaf would be worse for me than becoming blind. I would never be able to see the world, its beauty, the people I love most, and their smiles and has much as that would hurt, I still could feel... But not being able to hear the voices of those I love most, not being able to listen to music, seems to horrible because although you can still see the physical reactions of those you love most or feel the vibrations of music it is never the same, at least music would lose most of it's feeling, like the one we feel when we hear the sound of a electric guitar or a violin or one of those voices/lyrics that reaches deeply our soul!
Guerolito
Last Sunday I was hearing my favorite radio program: "The good fellows" the only ones who have said that Guero is a good album, that Beck isn't completely lost has some critics have been writing (basically those who first said Guero was Odelay 2 without even hearing the album and then where surprised that it wasn't so and just concluded that it meant he had lost himself, perhaps because he didn't do what they're expecting a commercial album, although Odelay has never been a commercial album).
In the end what may be the truth is that they can't understand why a musician who has the opportunity to make easy money doesn't sell himself and does exactly what he likes music with passion, with soul, not caring about what others say about his music . For me albums of true musicians (that is, those who don't sell themselves) are gifts for the world to express and share their own inner worlds. Beck has always been one of these musicians and that seems to bother some people...
This all to say I had read just a week before a bad review for Guerolito and The Good Fellows passed lots of songs of this album of remixes (saying they had been hearing this album the whole week) and they seemed rather interesting not bad has the review stated.
Friday, January 20, 2006
Changes...
Life has some weird twists, I can’t say much more but for now who ever wonders why I may be more absent than usual, it’s just that from next week onwards I’ll be doing two jobs ;) As soon as I get out of my job I’ll have to give a hand to my father everyday, so I kind of think that by every Friday I’ll be kaput ;) At least for a month
On the bright side I’ll have to be more times with a computer that has access to internet instead of only intranet which means no more excuses about having to switch on my laptop and going downstairs to the office and do so ;) So maybe in the end I won’t be as absent as it may seem…
Now I have to be off for my chauffer job of every Friday and fetch one of my sisters ;)
Pride & Prejudice
Pride & Prejudice
One of the biggest love stories I've ever read, unfortunately as love and life are never quite so...
Mr. Darcy has been changed from the BBC series to an actor with blue eyes, not those amazing brown eyes which made all women fall in love with the character... And Lizzie is no longer one who has a hidden beauty, a beauty that starts slowly to reveal itself to Mr. Darcy as he begins to fall in love with her, as love should be, those we love are always beautifull not because they are physically perfect but because their inner beauty outshines all and they became more beautifull the more you love them...
But only a blind man or woman can say that this actress has a hidden beauty, it's everything but hidden and that takes a lot of the magic Jane Austen created...
Even though I intend to see the movie, so I can take my conclusions based on other than the trailer of the movie ;)
Monday, January 02, 2006
Best of 2005 - Just a few ideas
Ok, a little bit late I admit, but these last months haven’t been easy and sometimes writing is put behind and forgotten...
My list doesn’t have an order, it’s kind of unfair to say this one was better than the other when the music stiles can’t even be compared most of the times!
So here goes my favorite CD’s of the year (although there has been a lot I haven’t heard still):
Devendra Banhart – Cripple Crow, happy, beautiful, soul touching, sad, just absolutely beautiful!
Beck: Guero – A very misunderstood disc in my opinion, yes it is too long, yes it could have come in two CD’s but we are in a time when the few who actually by CD’s, as soon as they unwrap them they rip them to their computer and then straight head to their mp3 players. That is were small tiny little countries as Portugal, were most people can’t afford a computer, nevermind a mp3 player, are in disadvantage, specially when most of our population doesn’t even know who Beck is! And after all, after having his album freely available in the internet, weeks before it’s release, Beck tried to give a gift to his fans. I enjoy a lot of Guero’s songs, it allows us another perspective in his genius, a look to his roots and his influences, specially the latino ones. In the end, people just said it was Odelay 2, without even listening to it, and it’s far from Odelay 2, it’s more of all Beck’s album number 2 and much more. But who cares what critics say? They spoke so badly of Sea Change and it was an amazing album!
White Stripes: Get Behind me satan – It’s White Stripes and oh boy that guitar ;)
Animal Collective : Feels (I biggest regret of 2005 in terms of concerts)
Ryan Adams: Love is Hell – Not a 2005 but the best gift I received in 2005
Concerts of the year (those that I actually went to):
Devendra Banhart at Aula Magna, Lisbon – My best concert of the year
LCD Soundsystem at Sudoeste, Portugal
Josh Rouse at Sudoeste, Portugal
Wraygunn where ever I saw them, but the last time was really amazing, because I have never been so close to a band ;)
Clã at Rio Maior, Portugal (a pity my hometown doesn’t know good music)
Black Car, Yellow Car – Not a concert, but a DJ set and I can say sincerely it was the best I went to this year (and it wasn’t only because it was the only DJ set I remember going to this year ;)
Franz Ferdinand at Lisbon Soundz – End of tour but I had been waiting 1 year for them as I wasn’t lucky enough to see them in 2004 (being in Copenhagen made it impossible)
Gomo at Clinic – Just a pity it was so short
Best Concert of 2005 that I was not there (at least from what I heard):
Beck at Ilha do Ermal, Portugal – To the organization thanks a lot for putting him on a Sunday night after a very famous hip-hop Portuguese group who has mainly fans of 14 years old or less (no wonder if you hear their music), how don’t have enough good taste to appreciate something really meaningful and great, and on top of all about 4 to 5 hours by car from Lisbon where I had to work the following day! Thanks to Antena3, the best radio in the world, that transmitted the concert live for everybody! It must have been a hell of a great concert as one of the radio guys said he didn’t appreciate Beck and that the concert would not be a great deal (that was before the concert). But when he saw, what I only heard, Beck trying to play songs from his new album and suddenly realizing that hardly anybody from his audience knew who he was, just turned the whole concert, playing his most well known songs, to warm up the crowd, having a hell of a presence on stage, making his audience surrender to him and his music… Yet another great concert by Beck! I only hope his next visit will be to Coliseu dos Recreios, Lisbon, so he can remember how much his Portuguese fans love him!
Best DVD of 2005:
Blues by Martin Scorcesse, specially the first episode until now – I’m actually seeing the documentaries on national TV on Thursdays nights (that’s why I look like a zombie every Friday)
Best Movies of 2005 (a disaster as I only remember seeing two films this year):
Finding Neverland (I think it was only released in Portugal in the begging of 2005)
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Corpse Bride – I still haven’t seen it but I now it is the best animated movie of 2005 and after my choices above it’s easy to see Johnny Depp his my favorite actor and Tim Burton one of my favorite directors
Some have been left behind, some haven’t been heard or seen still, some because I was unable, some because dicks speak louder than passion for music, and some because cash and time are too little for so much ;)
Saturday, December 24, 2005
Merry Xmas/Hannukan or other
Whatever you may call this night, whatever may be your traditions, remember it's a night of happiness, to be with those you love most and see the happiness upon children's faces, specially on those that have never received gifts and due to the fantastic work done by many ONGs are able to experience the joy of opening a gift and find a car, a doll, a book, a game for the first time.
Enjoy the night and I hope you behaved, otherwise Santa Claus...
Thursday, December 08, 2005
Devendra, Sigur Rós & Wraygunn
Well, last month I managed to go to 3 concerts, one by chance... They were all so different, brought out different feelings, with a mingle of personal feelings and experiencing something I absolutely love: live concerts, even if sometimes it’s hard to only live music, live the moment, as if nothing existed besides living the concert…
The first one was Devendra Banhart, an ex-homeless with a god’s voice and a poet! Great songs, great lyrics and a person who just seems amazing, free… But his music can really touch a person, not only the uplifting ones, but also the ones that actually carry great truths within them, dreams that are a mere utopia, but make you want to dream, to think that maybe dreams can become true!
The concert was preceded by Caveira, raw instrumental music that frightened nearly half of the audience, I kind of think they couldn’t quite understand how two different musical styles could exist in the same room ;) As I love electric guitars and I love them also loud, electric, hypnotic in full raw power, I must say I enjoyed the concert… However, when Devendra and his pals got in magic began! Its was an amazing concert, better than the one in Sudoeste, mainly because at least most of the people at least knew his single, I didn’t loose the first 3 songs and the concert was much longer (I keep on not understanding why the 2nd stage in Sudoeste only allowed bands to play 45 minutes if the concerts where being done at the same time as the ones in the main stage)… Anyway the room required a more intimate environment and that was what we got, a very warm Devendra playing wonderfully, a magical night with fantastic music only ruined by the fact I had to sit during the whole concert! How can anybody sit all through a concert like that? I couldn’t believe that I was forced to sit all time just because there were people being so polite as I was so we would block the view of the little lords and princesses that could not see a concert standing… I now they paid as much as I did, that they had all the right to sit during the concert, but I had to sacrifice my right to see the concert standing and finding it rather difficult to sit not to mention I kind of offense to a band, as if their music had been so bad that people didn’t even stand to enjoy it, when it was quite the contrary! Anyway getting out of a concert singing the last music of that concert and a feeling of joy passing through your soul, makes everything worth it, and just to imagine I had considered not going…
My second concert was Sigur Rós, but unfortunately it didn’t hit me the same way it hit me 2 years ago, when I got out of the Coliseu dos Recreios absolutely enchanted, as I had experienced an absolutely magical concert, an heavenly night… I can’t pin point why, perhaps the fact that I wasn’t able to see the stage or the band, perhaps because () was more obscure, the band was living a more intense and obscure moment in their lifes, but 2 years ago they seemed so much more intense, so much more involving or perhaps 2 years ago I saw the best concert the band ever gave and now all the other will seem inferior because expectations where raised to high!
About one week ago I saw Wraygunn in Santiago Alquimista (by the way a perfect room to see The Yeah Yeah Yeahs, The White Stripes, Beck,… and huge list of other, but as we don’t have all day ;) Being just inches from the band in the front row was absolutely amazing, Paulo Furtado as always a show off but in a good sense, as he isn’t arrogant, just with an extreme attitude of rockstar, that some how never gets to too exaggerated although close, but he is one of the most important elements of the band, it’s leader and icon… It was a concert by chance, but a great concert with it’s mix of blues and rock and roll, totally electrifying, making it impossible for one to not plunge into the rhythm of the guitar and the drums or the bass… It’s just a pity most people don’t appreciate what we have got here that is good, while most kids (and they are really kids, teens) are mad about Da Weasel (when Sam the Kid has much more quality), and all the commercial hip-hop crap that appears in our national market, bands like Wraygunn, D3io, The Legendary Tiger Man, among others and even Clã are looked dismissed as not so cool, when they are the soul of Portuguese music (fado, Madredeus and others belong to a different style/segment so I’m not including that type of Portuguese music, as they cannot be compared)…
ESADE Business School > MBA, Executive Education, Undergraduate and Master in Management and Law> Barcelona, Madrid, Buenos Aires > Spain, Argentina
A new dream, cause we need dreams to keep on living ;) Unfortunately I also need about 65.000 euros in about 2 years and a great deal of hard work and luck, especially if I don't find another job...
Sunday, December 04, 2005
Sorry
It seems I've reached my MBs limit of downloads of pics for blogger for the day, so maybe during the week I can post more... Basically they are all the same, its just so you can have an idea.
And my Daddy didn't have the chance to take as many photos as he wished ;)
