Daca as fi ‘a celebrity’, probabil in momentul de fata m-as interna la “Promises”(clinica de dezintoxicare) pe motiv de oboseala. La scurt timp “m-as vindeca”(presa va sti ca m-am saturat sa fiu inchisa acolo si am evadat), m-as urca in Mini Cooper-ul meu cel galben si as merge la Apple sa-mi cumpar un nou iPhone. Apoi as merge la Neiman Marcus, iar geanta Yves Saint Laurent ar fi ca o gura de apa dupa o saptamana in desert. O ora mai tarziu as conduce pana la Starbucks, cu catelul atarnand la fereastra masinii, uitandu-ma in oglinda, calcand un paparazzo si lovindu-mi masina nou cumparata. Dar nu conteaza, voi fi fericita, pentru ca vizita la reabilitare m-a readus in atentia publicului, iar actiunile complexe si obositoare de astazi ma vor pune pe coperta celor mai importante reviste de barfa in doar cateva ore. Misiune indeplinita!
`Cred ca muzica insasi poate vindeca. Este o expresie exploziva a umanitatii. Este ceva ce ne atinge pe toti. Indiferent de cultura din care provii, cu toii iubim muzica`.(Billy Joel)
Suntem ca niste note printre alte note, nu putem iesi; tot ce putem face este sa asteptam sa vina timpul si sa ne cante. Sau sa cantam noi hit-urile care au facut inconjurul lumii in anul 2008. Aici puteti afla care au fost asii anului care tocmai a trecut, predictiile anului 2009, dar si cate ceva dspre nou-venitii pe piata muzicala. Tin sa va amintesc faptul ca acest sondaj nu este subiectiv, el fiind facut pe baza topurilor muzicale si a vanzarilor de albume/single-uri.
Retrospectiva muzicala a anului 2008
*Artistul Anului: Leona Lewis
*Albumul Anului: Duffy – ‘Rockeferry’
*Cantecul Anului: Katy Perry – I kissed a girl
*Reveniri: Britney Spears, Take That, Blur
* Despartiri: The Police, Spice Girls
*Debutantii Anului: Kings of Leon, The Script, Lady GaGa, The Ting Tings
* Film Muzical: ‘Mamma Mia!’, ‘High School Musical 3’
Perspectiva muzicala asupra anului 2009
*Artistul Anului: The Killers/ No Doubt/ The Prodigy
*Albumul Anului: Depeche Mode- ‘Sounds of the Universe’/ The Prodigy – ‘Invaders Must Die‘/ 30 Seconds to Mars – ‘This is War ‘
*Cantecul Anului: The Killers – Human/ Kings of Leon – Sex on fire
*Reveniri: No Doubt, Limp Bizkit, Green Day, Blink-182
* Despartiri: The Cheetah Girls
*Debutantii Anului: Ke$ha, Lady Hawke, Pixie , Hana Pestle
* Film Muzical: ‘The Soloist’
Kesha (a.k.a.Ke$ha/ K$) este una dintre cele mai asteptate cantarete ale anului 2009. Desi putini au auzit de ea, blonda din Nashville a compus pentru mai multi cantareti cunoscuti, cum ar fi Britney Spears, Katy Perry sau The Veronicas, iar printre colaboratorii importanti se numara JK Rotem si Dr. Luke. Mai nou, o putem asculta in noul single al rapperului FloRida, ‘Right Round’, o melodie hipnotizanta, care cu siguranta va cuceri topurile. P.S.: O puteti vedea si in videoclipul lui Katy Perry- I kissed a girl.
Ascultati: *Kesha- Radio Radio Radio
*Kesha – Backstabber
*Kesha - A Bad Girl's Lament
Lady Hawke. Copilul unui tobosar si a unei cantarete, tanara cantareata din Noua Zeelanda a facut cunostinta cu muzica de la o varsta frageda. La 11 ani incepe sa cante la tobe, la 14 ani la chitara, iar la 18 isi formeaza propria trupa. Urmeaza o serie de concerte si de schimbari de trupa pana a se ajunge la proiectul ‘Lady Hawke’. Muzica ei este puternic influentata de cea a anilor ’70-’80, ea insasi definindu-si stilul ca unul unic, care tinde sa aiba vibratia ‘tristetii fericite’ pe care clasici anilor ’80 au resusit s-o impuna.
Ascultati: Lady Hawke – Paris is burning
Lady Hawke - My Delirium
Lady Hawke – Dusk till dawn
‘I think music in itself is healing. It's an explosive expression of humanity. It's something we are all touched by. No matter what culture we're from, everyone loves music.’ (Billy Joel)
We are like notes among notes, we can’t get out; all we can do is wait for time to come and play ourselves. Or to play us the hits heard across the world in 2008. Here, you can find out who were the past year’s aces, the predictions for 2009 and also something about the rookies of the year.
Nous voyageons, ainsi nous vivons. Nous recherchons de nouvelles expériences, ainsi nous existons. La vie est courte, et nous sommes un mélange d'expériences, de souvenirs, de gestes, de pensées et d’intérêts.
Je peux dire que j'aimerais habiter à Paris. Il y a cent raisons pour lesquelles les gens aiment Pais. Mais si vous me demandez pourquoi je veux vivre là, je dirais en raison de ces rues minuscules et de ces magasins d’autour de blocs. Je ne pense pas que le Louvre soit en tant impressionnant comme les rues. Peut-être c'est parce que les rues sont la vie, quand les musées sont des collections d'histoire. J'aime l'art, mais les antiquaires et la petite épicerie sont faits pour des personnes ; ils émanent beaucoup de bon goût et d’humanité. Et, naturellement, le Tour Eiffel est l'une des attractions principales de la ville.
‘You know what I think? I think that we're all in our private traps — clamped in them — and none of us can ever get out. We scratch and claw but only at the air, only at each other. And for all of it, we never budge an inch.’
Norman Bates is the main character in Hitchcock’s movie ‘Psycho’. At first, he seems just the ‘boy-next-door’ type of guy, who owns a cheap motel and lives with his mother. Only that the mother doesn’t exist anymore, she’s only a part of Norman’s imagination. Because of the fact that he poisoned her, he decides to compensate her absence, by saving her body, preserving it and even trying to talk in her voice. But can he handle the all too different personalities? He fells in love with a client, Marion, but soon, the Mother’s personality intercedes and so Marion ends up by being stabbed with a kitchen knife while taking a shower. That’s when we understand that the Mother’s personality took over quite often, leaving Norman lost in the labyrinth of his mind. All in all, Norman Bates was a very complex psycho-killer character and a good thing to know is that his personality was inspired by one of America’s most dangerous killers, Ed Gein.
‘Out of order, I show you out of order. You don't know what out of order is, Mr. Trask. I'd show you, but I'm too old, I'm too tired, I'm too fuckin' blind. If I were the man I was five years ago, I'd take a FLAMETHROWER to this place! Out of order? Who the hell do you think you're talkin' to? I've been around, you know? There was a time I could see. And I have seen. Boys like these, younger than these, their arms torn out, their legs ripped off. But there isn't nothin' like the sight of an amputated spirit. There is no prosthetic for that. You think you're merely sending this splendid foot soldier back home to Oregon with his tail between his legs, but I say you are... executin' his soul!’
And that is only one of the terrific quotes that you will face if you decide to see ‘Scent of a Woman’. Despite the title and the fact that there will be a woman, I think that the movie is about the journey a man takes from childhood to adulthood. The teenager, played by Chris O’Donnell is just a kid that saw some students setting up a prank that went very wrong and now the school administration is trying to pry out what Charlie knows. He is hired to take care of Frank Slade (played by Al Pacino) a weary retired Army Lt. Colonel, who through an accident looses his sight and his way of life. The interplay between the two characters is mind blowing. There have been many critics about Pacino’s play in ‘Scent of a Woman’, but we must accept the fact that the performance is an extraordinary one. He is both intolerable and completely lovable in this Oscar-winning role of a lifetime. He overpowers each sentence he speaks, each gesture he makes and forces himself to be in the center of attention in every scene he appears. His character has a lot of funny quotes, he can smell the perfume of a woman (hence the title of the movie) and even though he is blind, he makes one the most dramatic and full of passion tango scenes of all times. All in all, ‘Scent of a Woman’ is masterful piece of work. The character development is perfect, the dialogue terrific and the story line makes the audience feel all the right emotions at the right turns and has great drama. ‘Whoooah!’ I’ll give a BIG 10! Worth seeing it!
And so begins Chuck Palahniuk's exceptional novel ‘Fight Club’. If the above lines don't already send you rushing off to the bookstore, keep reading. Chuck Palahniuk is one of those writers you either read completely fascinated or you hate. There are no compromises in his case. The words strike you right with the accuracy of a spyglass; the impact is nondescriptable. ‘Fight Club’ is an angry book. There is very direct narrative, very short and simple dialogue. The story is told to us through the first person perspective of the main character, but his name is never revealed. We have men drawn to Tyler and his ‘Fight Club’ because they feel alive only when they fight, and it is only through Tyler that they feel loved. Indeed, Tyler gains sort of a cult following his every command, and our narrator is no different. When the narrator sees that men are starting to die, he tries to stop the very thing he’d created with Tyler, and that’s when things go downhill, ending with mayhem and destruction. Is the movie worthwhile? Absolutely. See the film then read the book? Yes, in this order. The adaptation of ‘Fight Club’ for the silver screen is absolutely phenomenal, carrying memorable quotes and scenes from Brad Pitt and Edward Norton and toning it down just enough to make it palatable to audiences. I highly recommend this book. Not only that you feel an immense cathartic pleasure, but you will also find an author that writes in an unconventional manner and proves highly successful.
Slatina is just a place somewhere in the world. Maybe it’s a lot like your world, maybe it’s nothing like it. But if you look closer you might see someone like you. Someone trying to find his way; someone trying to find his place; someone trying to find himself. Sometimes it’s easy to feel like you’re the only one in the world who’s struggling, who’s frustrated, or unsatisfied or barley getting by. But that feeling’s a lie and if you just hold on, just find the courage to face it all for another day, someone or something will find you and make it all okay. Because we all need a little help sometimes; someone to help us hear the music in the world, to remind us that it won’t always be this way. That someone is out there and that someone will find you.
