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nothing like the real thing

2011-12-29T06:55:00.001-08:00

All Hail the Great Successor

2011-12-22T06:41:00.000-08:00

Adam Dean story @panos pictures

sadness is my boyfriend

2011-12-22T06:24:00.000-08:00

My wounded rhymes make silent cries tonight
My wounded rhymes make silent cries tonight
And I keep it like a burning
I'm longing from a distance

I ranted, I pleaded, I beg him not to go
For sorrow, the only lover I've ever known

Sadness is a blessing
Sadness is a pearl
Sadness is my boyfriend
Oh, sadness I'm your girl

These scars of mine make wounded rhymes tonight
I dream of times when you were mine so I
Can keep it like a haunting
Heart beating close to mine

Sadness is a blessing
Sadness is a pearl
Sadness is my boyfriend
Oh, sadness I'm your girl

I ranted, I pleaded, I beg him not to go
For sorrow, the only lover I've ever known
Every night I rant, I plead, I beg him not to go
Will sorrow be the only lover I can call my own?

Sadness is a blessing
Sadness is a pearl
Sadness is my boyfriend
Oh, sadness I'm your girl
Sadness is my boyfriend
Oh, sadness I'm your girl
Oh, sadness I'm your girl
(Lykke Li - Sadness Is A Blessing)

descanse em paz, Cesaria

2011-12-18T02:37:00.000-08:00

the most beautiful song on earth

2011-12-15T12:44:00.000-08:00

tu sais...

2011-12-09T09:03:00.001-08:00

Tu sais ce qu'il faut faire pour vivre au milieu des sirènes ? [...]
Tu descends au fond de la mer très loin
Si loin que le bleu n'existe plus
Là où le ciel n'est plus qu'un souvenir
Une fois que tu es là, dans le silence, tu y restes
Et si tu décides que tu veux mourir pour elles
Rester avec elles pour l'eternité
Alors elles viennent vers toi et jugent l'amour que tu leur porte
S'il est sincère
S'il est pur
Et si tu leur plaît
Alors elles t'emmèneront pour toujours

they seem

2011-12-06T01:47:00.000-08:00

i follow you

2011-10-10T11:45:00.001-07:00

Impersonations by Kevin Spacey

2011-06-26T15:51:00.000-07:00

"Le bel été"

2011-01-17T06:49:00.000-08:00

Thought of you

2011-01-06T14:17:00.001-08:00

An amazing animation. About its production you can learn more here.

What would be your last supper?

2011-01-04T03:46:00.000-08:00

A series of photographs by designer James Reynolds based in London who has staged "last meal" requests.

Ironia cotidiană

2010-12-30T04:25:00.000-08:00

Andrea Pilia, Adriano Leo and Dario Cataldi, three Italian students realize this disturbing series of photographs, which represents the first instants after a sudden death.

E' qui la festa ? (Rome, 2010)

View the series here

TOKIO COMPRESSION

2010-12-23T01:49:00.000-08:00

'tokyo compression' by german-born hong kong-based photographer
michael wolf is a collection of images showcasing local commuters
through the aperture of foggy subway car doors. at once a snapshot
of the capital city's density, urban infrastructure, and societal makeup,
the voyeuristic series captures subjects ranging from sleepy indifference
to dazed confusion.

Pure Performance :)

2010-12-18T12:32:00.000-08:00

La Gazza Ladra animated

2010-10-16T09:18:00.000-07:00

Cat empire - Fishies

2010-06-09T13:44:00.000-07:00

The Book of Kells and Kila

2010-04-03T15:13:00.000-07:00

"The Secret of Kells" is as much as its main character (Brendan) succeeds to create: an artistic treasure of truth.

Kila's song brilliantly completes its magic.

Happy Easter Eggs!

2010-04-03T06:29:00.000-07:00

Are these people crazy?

2010-03-11T12:12:00.000-08:00

This is the first question in the FAQs section of "At the Edge of the World" website, a documentary on Sea Shepherd crews' attempts to stop whale hunting in the Antarctic Ocean.

Their answer:
Clinically, no. The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society is, however, caught between two lousy options. Countries won't enforce international conservation laws and marine animals are being hunted to extinction. Beyond laws and morality, Capt. Paul Watson (founder & head of Sea Shepherd)argues that if the whales die, the oceans die; if the oceans die, we all die. Sea Shepherd has few resources, however — the group raises approx. $2½ million a year (by contrast, Greenpeace's fundraising is almost 100 times that amount). When minimal resources and ambitious goals are mixed together, the result can resemble insanity at times.

Further they explain Paul Watson was one of the original members of Greenpeace but he left 1977, calling them "the Avon ladies of the environmental movement" and founded Sea Shepherd, describing its Antarctic efforts as law enforcement — a campaign of intervention rather than protest.

"At the Edge of the World" follows their 3rd Antarctic campaign, making a great documentary about a great story.

Mr. Freeman

2010-02-23T05:19:00.000-08:00

Simply the best

2010-02-18T03:21:00.000-08:00

I hope he gets his second olympic gold!! :) Good luck, Zhenya!

let's ...let's fly

2010-01-01T15:53:00.000-08:00

just the way you are

2009-12-10T04:54:00.000-08:00

DESAFINADO

2009-11-28T13:18:00.001-08:00

CONCERTUL

2009-11-20T02:00:00.000-08:00

frumos, superb, sublim, complet, amuzant, generos si cu toate acestea n-am spus nimic... DE VAZUT.

Why yachts

2009-11-03T08:07:00.000-08:00

In the mood for anesthetic

2009-10-23T03:27:00.000-07:00

Saawariya e un basm ...de basm. Fotografie si scenografie dementiale. Si un bonus pentru fete :-D

Tube vision

2009-10-22T15:31:00.000-07:00

Ce simplu e de fapt

2009-10-16T08:56:00.000-07:00

... isi numeste Bradut post-ul in care isi da si el cu parerea in discutia creata pe urma ultimei sale plecari din Romania.

Si daca tot suntem aici hai sa invatam paradoxul cascadei :)

Lars von Trier's Antichrist

2009-10-05T10:02:00.000-07:00

I got sick watching it but loved it. As one of the critics I've read says Lars might have reinvented horror.

Röyksopp - What Else Is There?

2009-08-25T14:59:00.001-07:00

...reminded me so much about The Knife then mystery was solved. It's actually featuring Karin Dreijer Andersson from The Knife :)

The Adventures of Seinfeld & Superman

2009-06-14T01:50:00.000-07:00

was a series of short film commercials promoting American Express featuring Jerry Seinfeld as himself and Patrick Warburton (Putty from SEINFELD) as the voice of Superman.

Here's the link to the series or you can watch them on youtube of course :)

Energy 52 - Cafe del Mar (remixed)

2009-06-14T01:47:00.000-07:00

Hey hey hey

2009-03-31T06:15:00.000-07:00

Current obsession

2009-03-24T05:22:00.001-07:00

Truth in Advertising

2009-03-14T11:02:00.000-07:00

Anxiety is a Mirage

2009-02-15T08:56:00.000-08:00

On a psychological level, anxiety creates an imaginary future that doesn’t really exist. For example, you might be anxious that flying will lead to a plane crash, so you avoid the thing you fear. Usually the bad thing hasn’t actually happened to you, and probably never will. This can be true for anything from asking someone on a date, to speaking in public, to walking on a quiet street late at night.

What are you most anxious about today? Instead of imaging the worst case scenario, allow yourself the pleasure of imagining the best case scenario. What do you have to lose? (Besides a nervous stomach and tight shoulders.)

Long waited

2009-01-20T06:19:00.000-08:00

U2 - Get On Your Boots

The future needs a big kiss
Winds blows with a twist
Never seen a moon like this
Can you see it too?

Night is falling everywhere
Rockets at the fun fair
Satan loves a bomb scare
But he won’t scare you

Hey, sexy boots
Get on your boots, yeah

You free me from the dark dream
Candy floss ice cream
All our kids are screaming
But the ghosts aren’t real

Here’s where we gotta be
Love and community
Laughter is eternity
If joy is real

You don’t know how beautiful
You don’t know how beautiful you are
You don’t know, and you don’t get it, do you?
You don’t know how beautiful you are

That’s someone’s stuff they’re blowing up We’re
into growing up Women of the future Hold the big revelations

I got a submarine
You got gasoline
I don’t want to talk about wars between nations

Not right now

Hey sexy boots...
Get on your boots, yeah
Not right now
Bossy boots

You don’t know how beautiful
You don’t know how beautiful you are
You don’t know, and you don’t get it, do you?
You don’t know how beautiful you are

Hey sexy boots
I don’t want to talk about the wars between the nations
Sexy boots, yeah

Let me in the sound

Let me in the sound
Let me in the sound, sound
Let me in the sound, sound
Meet me in the sound

Let me in the sound
Let me in the sound, now
God, I’m going down
I don’t wanna drown now
Meet me in the sound

Let me in the sound
Let me in the sound
Let me in the sound, sound
Let me in the sound, sound
Meet me in the sound

Get on your boots
Get on your boots
Get on your boots
Yeah hey hey

The awareness test

2008-11-25T09:20:00.000-08:00

This is an oldie I love and just remembered of it.

Proust's father,

2008-11-18T05:50:00.000-08:00

Achille Adrien Proust, was a prominent pathologist and epidemiologist, responsible for studying and attempting to remedy the causes and movements of cholera through Europe and Asia; he was the author of many articles and books on medicine and hygiene, says Wikipedia.

One of his self-help book was entitled Elements of Hygiene and was aimed at teenage girls. Here's one of his recommendations: rather than pretending to be slim and fit through artificial means, Dr Proust proposed a regime of regular exercise and included a number of practical, unstrenuous examples —like, for instance, jumping off walls.

Hainele Imparatesei

2008-11-10T09:44:00.000-08:00

Cool

2008-10-22T03:22:00.000-07:00

Tomato natzi!

2008-10-15T03:25:00.000-07:00

In anul 2008, in capitala tarii europene Romania, mi-am ales 4 rosii de pe o taraba si le-am dat vanzatoarei sa le cantareasca. Tanti vanzatoare le-a luat si le-a pasat la altcineva, foarte suparata.

Isi pierduse cuvintele.

A doua femeie le-a luat si ea la randul ei, le-a trantit pe taraba si a inceput sa ma certe ca nu stiu mai nimic despre piata - ca nu e pe alese, ca nu cunosc rolul vanzatorilor...

Catchy

2008-08-28T12:20:00.000-07:00

Pacificul de Sud

2008-08-13T06:03:00.000-07:00

Am urmarit un interviu cu Bradut Florescu despre calatoria sa in Tonga si insulele Cook. Recunosc ca l-am invidiat, cu toate ca am fost deja prin aceste locuri. Imi doresc sa le pot revizita la nesfarsit :). Merita sa intrati pe blogul si situl sau pentru poze si marturii.

Hypnotized

2008-07-26T04:28:00.000-07:00

...by this song. I keep playing this song and it's like a drug already. I feel like dedicating it to "my prince charming" - hope this song will lead us to eachother :). Nevertheless this is for all my friends who have decided to grow-up together ;).

Un copchil si un tigru

2008-07-24T11:38:00.000-07:00

Il stiati pe Clavin? da pe Hobbes? Eu nu, da acu ii stiu si trebuie sa vi-i prezint ca sunt super haiosi :)

Cateva desene...

Slagare de vara

2008-07-22T06:01:00.000-07:00

Raluk tagged me again. I know she is trying to help my blog move with more talent :P:

“List seven songs you are into right now. It doesn't matter the genre, whether they have lyrics or even if they’re any good, but they must be songs you’re really enjoying this summer. Post these instructions in your blog along with your 7 songs. Then tag 7 other people to see what they’re listening to.”

I couldn't identify tracks on their own but I can list some of the albums I kept playing this summer:

Tiago Bettencourt & Mantha - O Jardim
The Cat Empire - The Cat Empire
Paco de Lucia - Entre dos Aguas
Ismaël Lô - Jammu Africa
PJ Harvey - Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea
John Lee Hooker - The Best of John Lee Hooker
...and probably a life time winner, Manu Chao - Clandestino

Saudades de Seychelles

2008-05-05T05:16:00.001-07:00

As melhores praias do mundo são as praias seychellianas. Para quem tem dúvidas ...

Leapsa cu muzica

2008-04-09T13:59:00.001-07:00

Got this tag from Raluk. Here are the rules and my answers. Have to admit some of them were quite funny matches. The links for the songs go to related things where I couldn't find the exact ones.

1. Open your Winamp/iTunes or other player you use to listen to your music library and set it on shuffle.
2. Press forward for each question.
3. Use the song title to answer the question, even if it doesn't make sense. DON'T CHEAT!
4. Write in bold the questions and answers, then comment on how the song fits the question, if at all.
5. Pay it forward to five other people.

1. How are you today? YngwieMalmsteen - Freedom Isn't Free Hmmm. What's suppose to mean? All I know at the end of it: wasn't anything peachie about it :(

2. What does the future have in store for you? 4 Strings - One Million Light Years. Nice, I'm immortal!! And even if they would be million regular years they still announce themselves very easy :))

3. How do your friends see you? The Cat Empire - Siente
...The sign's clear but not spoken
This is a troubled land
This is a troubled land
Honey I'm well but the world is a little unwell
Thank you salut but would you help us change and would you help us through?...
Anytime my friend.

4. Will you ever get married? Morcheeba - Undress Me Now Ahahah. This is a good one. Skip marriage, undress me now! Hmmm... not quite my thoughts lately tough :)

5. What's the story of you life? Manu Chao - Trop tot, Trop tard... O que?!

6. What were you like in high school? Chopin - Nocturne no.2 in EB op 9 no 2 I guess it's just for the connoisseurs :P

7. What's the secret to your success? Massive Attack - One Thought At A Time That's a good attitude.

8. What do you like in your friends? Paco de Lucia - Tarantas Exactly my point :)

9. How's the weekend going to be? Tori Amos - Rattlesnakes Rats!

10. What song should they play at your funeral? Cargo - Astazi Si Maine No Comments.
Locul unde zilele
Se-ntalnesc cu noptile
Unde mor si visele
Unde gandul nu mai e
Mergem departe inspre noi
Trecem prin moarte
Ca sa renastem in alt loc
Sa ne cunoastem
Si cand de drum vom obosi
Fi-vom departe
Iubirea-n tine-o vom gasi
Si-om adormi
Locul unde zilele
Se-ntalnesc cu noptile
Unde mor si visele
Unde gandul nu mai e
Unde-i da, nu e nici nu
Unde totul este un cantec
Peste veacuri ce-au trecut
Tot ce-a fost, s-a petrecut
Mergem departe inspre noi
Trecem prin moarte
Ca sa renastem in alt loc
Sa ne cunoastem
Si cand de drum vom obosi
Fi-vom departe
Iubirea-n tine-o vom gasi
Si-om adormi

11. Will you be happy in life? Nelly Furtado - No Hay Igual I could settle with happy. No need to be unequaled, but I'm sure not looking into relating to others.

12. What do your friends really think about you? Chopin - Balade no.2 in f major, opus 38 Ahahha, another one for the connoisseurs.

13. Are there people who miss you? Feist - The Mast
And I don't need to know your favourite artists name
And I don't need to know what woman's felt the same
And I don't need to see you every single day
And I don't need to know the details of your past
And I don't need to know when you thought of me last
And I would have to say if I'm the sail then you're the mast
And we've caught a good wind, the mast
Aye Aye Captain! ;)

14. How can you make yourself happy? Katie Meula - I Cried For You Yep, that's the idea. I cried and I stopped. Life goes on :)

15. What should you change about your life? Bloodhound Gang - Legend In My Spare Time. Become a legend in my spare time, or stop being one? :-S

And the tag goes to Magda and Laura.

Been around the world

2008-03-03T09:18:00.000-08:00

I got from Elena a remixed cumbia which inspired me for a post with my travels around the world. I know I own my friends plenty of posts from that time. The movie shows you pictures from Caribbean - Barbados, St Kitts, US Virgin Islands, Dominican Republic, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Curacao, Columbia, Panama, Panama Canal, Costa Rica and Guatemala.

Happy Martzishor!

2008-03-01T04:54:00.000-08:00

Ce simpatici astia de la google! Acu chiar ca-si merita statusul de home page :)

Be there or be square!

2008-02-18T06:06:00.000-08:00

...and what are blogs made for if not for free publicity ...

Next Friday, at Restart together with my school mates we will put together a live broadcast of a DAPUNKSPORTIF concert.

I'm part of the production team and even if we do have specific jobs on this, we are constantly doing our best to help the other "departments" as well.

Therefore here's one of my actions on the promotional side.

DAPUNKSPORTIF _ 22 Fev 22h

AUDITÓRIO RESTART

22 Fevereiro _ 23h

Live at http://videos.sapo.pt/restart/playview/2 _ 23h

“Overdrive” – the first demo of DaPunkSportif – it soon produced good critics which took the band to various contests and on different stages from north to south of Portugal. They had the honor of opening concerts of Xutos e Pontapés on Três Desejos/three wishes tour, that ended at Coliseu dos Recreios. They were also well praised in Spain where they reached the top five finalists in the iberic contest “Yamaha X – Band 2006”. Recentely we had opportunity to watch them setting on fire the stage Quinta dos Portugueses/ Portuguese Farm at Super Bock Super Rock Festival.

"Ready!Set!Go!", produced by DaPunkSportif and Marco Jung is the first album of the band, with the label of Rastilho Editors. The 7 themes (and the video "I Can´t Move" as a bónus) show that we are in the presence of a rock band in its true sense: visceral Rock, muscled and Stoner qb, all supported by a great rhythmic section, a frenetic groove and riffs without temporal limits. They speak about velocity, motor vehicles, unexpected meetings, the need of starting a travel withouth any marked return, the need of living each day of our lifes as if it were the last one.

more info: www.myspace.com/dapunksportif

Va amintiti de Eminescu?

2008-01-15T17:51:00.000-08:00

15 of January, one of the greatest Romanian poets was born. I remember, in school, celebrating his birth by writing "grandiose" compositions - texts learned by heart, dictated by others.

Today - answering an invitation of the Romanian Cultural Institute in Lisbon - I had the pleasant surprise to rediscover Eminescu's works and philosophy trough a seminar dedicated to him.

Here's one of his poems La Steaua, Portuguese version:

ATÉ À ESTRELA

Até à estrela que nasceu
Tão longa é a caminhada
Que anos por milhar correu
A luz aqui chegada.

Talvez há muito se extinguiu
Por essa azul lonjura
E o raio apenas reluziu
Aos olhos nesta altura.

A imagem do astro que morreu
No céu lenta se avista:
Era e não se percebeu
Hoje não é e é vista.

De igual maneira, nosso ardor
Quando nas trevas finda,
A luz do apagado amor
Nos acompanha ainda.

Trad. Doina Zugrăvescu

Bv in winter

2008-01-05T04:43:00.000-08:00

La cererea ascultatorilor... I give you Brasov at Xmas. Photo credit goes to my friend Waldemar Stadler.

Turma 1 - adik seria de dimineata

2008-01-02T05:19:00.000-08:00

Here's my class from portuguese school Restart... Poza poster pt cunascatori :)