The time has come...

... (again and) today ! At least for some of the details of my departure.

I hate goodbyes, I have this strange and uncomfortable feeling, having to say goodbye and spending a day or two seeing people, do this, do that... If only it would all go so fast as a snap of my fingers. So I am doing what I can to achieve this while also not leaving people upset. It's not really an issue to not say goodbye, my feelings about the people don't change when I don't visit someone or don't send a letter/e-mail etc... but then again, emotions do have to be expressed, how else are people know you will miss them.

But this feels like I will be away forever! I better ignore my own complainin', the amount of stuff to do, pack or organize is just driving me nuts. I better just lift my arse and go see people before I leave. People can't really guess how much I can miss them, not everyone has the gift/curse of telepathy.

DISCLAIMER: If anyone is reading this and I did not bid farewell, it means I just forgot about you for a moment, because I was already thinking about so much more stuff.

As a personal reminder, something worth engraving in my stubborn head, I have to express feelings to the people I love, to the girls I love. I don't mean saying "Je t'aime", "I love you" or "Amo-te" every single day, I mean expressing it more than with just a look once in a while. It's about avoiding being boring/predictible/repetitive and still showing there is care coming out of the pounding chest for them.

I always wanted to write someone a love song. I never decided on anything decent because my lyrics were just too plain and direct, they had no (good) little word tricks, metaphores or insinuations. I will have 2 months to stop thinking about computers, my job and customers... and spend some time with some books, a moleskin, a sketchpad, my MP3 player and my digital camera. I'll see if there is enough freedom to let it flow...

n.-

PS: How often did I tell myself that I am just loving Bat for Lashes and that they'll go with me to Australia?

Only you

We suffer everyday, what is it for
These crimes of illusion, are fooling us all
And now I am weary and I feel like I do

It's only you, who can tell me apart
And it's only you, who can turn my wooden heart

The size of our fight, it's just a dream
We've crushed everything I can see, in this morning selfishly
How we've failed and I feel like I do

It's only you, who can tell me apart
And it's only you, who can turn my wooden heart

Now that we've chosen to take all we can
This shade of autumn, a stale bitter end
Years of frustration lay down side by side

And it's only you, who can tell me apart
And it's only you, who can turn my wooden heart

It's only you, who can tell me apart
And it's only you, who can turn my wooden heart

klaxons

This was a speed job, I just showed up late, waited 10 mins in the exctatic crowd and experienced a 1hr or so long (short) concert.
My hopes were the lowest possible. How could they not be, after watching so many crappy live performances on youtube?
But here's a dedication to today's effort. Of course we (munich) were not treated any better than any other location they played at, but I appreciate the relatively good surprise. The crowd liked it a lot though, judging from the jumping and crowd-surfing.

Here's "It's not over yet" in some of its several shapes;

A Klaxons studio recording:


... out of tune maaaan! Get your singing sorted out or stay out of booze and drugs!

The original (unless you did not know, klaxons covered the song),


pretty much an 80-90s reminescent dance song and very typical video.

... and tonight's performance:


... pretty much okay, isn't it? I thought so. I have some samples of "Golden Skans", "Magick", "Two Receivers" and a single not included on the album.

The pics look pretty shit, here are the best ones anyway:




n.-

Interpol

Showing up late at the venue, I barely managed to see the Blonde Redhead, but I will definitely be (re)searching about them and add them to my ToDo list.
This was also the night to put my camera to the test. I was pretty impressed... this means I'll be carrying it to concerts quite frequently.
After working through some SMS and the crowd, I finally met the people I was supposed to. Joanna even managed with a subtle perseverance to get the setlist.


The performance was really good, sound was fab, all to make it quite a soul-penetrating experience without the need for drugs or alcohol. Some guy decided to smoke the strongest joint ever and all the smoke twirling around us might have influenced... I can't really tell.
And now some video memories of the event.







Upcoming, Klaxons on sunday and Joshua Bell on monday.

n.-

Ich glaube ich könnte kotzen

Anger management
No more mr. Nice-guy-oh-Munich-is-just-so-nice attitude!
This morning, I thought I could just break somebody's neck/face/ with a nice long kung-fu blow!
Jeeeesus! When these guys (germans) strike and they tell us there are backup measures, I will stay at friggin'home.
I need 2 transportation means btw home and work. A subway followed by a train when going to work, and vice-versa on the way back.
Not only is that train the most delayed train in town, but there's a 2-day strike going on too. I had everything planned, I would take the subway at a specific time, which would allow me to be at the train station and wait max 10mins for the train, which is expected to arrive every hour at the same minute. I considered the actual climate, COLD ,when thinking that I did NOT want to wait outside too long! Murphy's Law stepped in... and there were no subways... at least when I needed them... Maaaan, does this shit happen in Barcelona, Berlin or Paris?
I felt like I was in a country with a lesser transportation system where the companies would not inform their customers about the shit that was going on...
The more I write about it, the more I have the feeling I am making a storm in a glass of water (as we say in portuguese)...

I had to relieve my tension and I had nowhere to release it upon... until now.
Done, I feel better already!

Definition of the day, here.

n.-

(healthy) time wasting as my doctor said

Images
Wow, this fellow sure applies some effort to his creations. http://www.chris-anthony.com/

Music
I am a member for a short time and still in the slow charming process of Last.Fm. Not tired of sharing online a whole wealth of shit and (shitty) oppinions on stuff (facebook, blog, forums, etc...), this platform allows me to share:

• my taste, by specifically choosing songs;
• my listening habits, by letting iTunes, WMP and XBMC put in the "Recently Played" category the songs they play.

Tonight, after handling some burocracy at home while listening to some Kanye West (Flashing Lights is so yum...), 50cent and DJ Danger Mouse, I started the (Last.Fm) console, right-clicked on the first of my Neighbors and choose to play her radio...

Maaaan, I haven't heard Mew in so long, then comes Klaxons, digitalism... wow, this listener is cool.... then some unknown names show up, Tiger Lou (Sweden), Shiny Toy Guns (US), Plain White T's (US)...

This reminds me of the times of my search for music when I knew nobody that liked what I did. Back then I used a prog that would almost randomly propose me some stuff and that was when I listened to Fela Kuti, Louise Attaque and others I can't remember... audio-grabber... -scrobbler... -something... yeah, I think it was something like that...

Oh, juuuust great! By listening to Burning from The Whitest Boy Alive I noticed I just took it mistaken for a Kings of Convenience song for a little while now. As I listen to Radar at work (details posted here) and they don't display what they play, this kind of correction's pretty welcome and let's admit it, I don't like to be mistaken for somebody else either... except if his surname is Pitt and has an amazon as a wife.

And now (still on Last.Fm) this...

... the sound quality is pretty shite but it still is the sound of unavoidable shaking...

Aaaarrgggh... I'm dying because I can't get off the hook... ENOUGH! I'll disconnect, just add some more characters, a couple of CRs and call it a day!

N.-

Lights

I still love the light oh baby
Keeps me awake but I don't mind
Everything I always wanted
Is right there but soon it won't be

If fortune favors the brave
I am as awful as they come
I got a million things to say
I got a million things to

I still love the light oh baby
Keeps me awake but I don't mind
Everything I always wanted
Is right there but soon it won't be

If fortune favors the brave
I am as awful as they come
I got a million things to say
I got a million things to

I still love the light oh baby
I still love the light oh baby
I still love the light oh baby
I still love the light oh baby

If fortune favors the brave
I am as awful as they come
I got a million things to say
I got a million things to

A million things to say
A million things to say

Yesterday's concert was great! With a fab first half, a mild second one and a small negative note to Munich, I still loved it. Tom Smith did bring a lot of the brio to the show.

n.-

Keep it central I said

NAS
I should start consulting and selling (*) home media storage hardware. I am an evangelist of storing media (music/movies and any kind of doc) centrally at home.
With the amount or people I have at home, I can't just stop smiling at them when I tell them that my WHOLE media library (my personal docs stay personal, no way they can access that) is accessible to them if they bring their laptop. Just plug it to the network, and bang the share'o-rama can start.

MS had the Windows Home Server in the baking for a while, but the truly interesting side is that hardware vendors like HP are releasing hardware bundled with the software. The machine looks reeeeaaallly cool and considering its features, the price does not seem that high. Uk guys, tranquilpc, actually built a fanless device, meaning, a dead quiet one.
15mins (hardware) and 18mins (the features) of one's life to see and listen to some guys talk about it.
How I see it, the ability to backup (during the night) a whole laptop/computer's config to HS will be a life/time/nervous-breakdown/marriage saver.

I love my home network setup which still amazes me by the (so far) unreplacable XBOX1 + XBMC2 = media center.

I am not THAT a geek am I?

n.-

(*) I think I just found a personal job I'd love to do. Need to work on my marketing on that now:)

Patrolling white and cold

Music

I was angry with myself again. I listened to something I should have paid more attention to when it was released, but just the fact that I am taking it in and enjoying it makes that bad vibe fade away.

Ina Marie played Snow Patrol's (yes, an Irish band) "Eyes Open" album on my home stereo. I recently placed the album in the adequate folder on my NAS, she found and played it.

They're famous for their singles (Spitting Game..) but their true value is in the lyrics. I was sitting in my room and when "Set The Fire To The Third Bar" (feat Martha Wainwright) came on, I had to stop and lay down... All sorts of emotional memories came in, just as if emotional blocks were removed and sadness and happiness poured like water of a broken down dam.

Allmusic's review on this album has some truth in it, something anybody will know as soon as they listen to them: "... the kind of band that embraces simplicity as beautiful and human flaws as art".

Better late then never they say...

n.-

Dans la merco Benz

Petite princesse
Ma beauté, ma promesse
Ma petite faiblesse
Ma plus belle histoire de fesses
Dans ma mercedes
C'est de l'espoir que je caresse
Souvenir suprême de mon plus beau problème
Dans ton abdomen, tout nouveau spécimen
Joue à la crème
C'est de l'espoir que je promène

Mon amour hélas
Le temps passe

Mon amour hélas

Petite princesse
C'est pas l'heure de la grand-messe
Charmante hôtesse
Qu'as-tu fait de ta jeunesse?
Dans la Merco Benz
C'est de l'espoir que je caresse
Petite connasse
Pourquoi tu fais ta radasse
Petite pétasse
Qui montre rien en surface
Qui veut qu'on l'embrasse encore
L'embrasse encore

Mon amour hélas
Le temps passe

Le temps passe
Mon amour hélas
Mon amour hélas
Le temps passe

Dans la Merco Benz