Wednesday, January 30, 2008
I just want to feel some rhythm
Bruce Springsteen - Radio Nowhere
Recommended by Michael Stipe
At the MTV Europe Music Awards 2007 in Munich, Germany, when asked by Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl which song he wished he had written, R.E.M.'s Michael Stipe cited "Radio Nowhere". -Wikipedia
Spooky
Ana Carolina Dias ("A Menina Pastora Louca")
Ela tem apenas 12 anos, mas fala e se veste como adulta. Chama-se Ana Carolina Dias e foi apelidada na internet de Menina Pastora Louca quando, em julho, um vídeo caseiro com três minutos de duração virou mania no site YouTube. No filme, Ana Carolina aparece no altar de uma igreja evangélica, diante de centenas de fiéis, pregando palavras bíblicas de maneira feroz e apaixonada. Na época da gravação, tinha cerca de 8 anos.
Ela mora com os pais numa região pobre de Campo Grande, bairro no subúrbio do Rio de Janeiro, e leva uma vida quase normal. A normalidade, porém, é quebrada por seu ritmo de trabalho: ela prega nos templos da Assembléia de Deus. Ana Carolina tem compromissos marcados até março do ano que vem. Viagens para o Norte e Nordeste estão agendadas para as próximas semanas. E já trabalhou até no exterior: duas vezes nos Estados Unidos, em 2003 e 2005, e uma vez na Alemanha, em 2004. Ela afirma que não ganha nada por isso. "Só pagam a passagem e a hospedagem. Não cobro para levar a palavra de Deus."
Ezequiel Dias, pastor e policial, e a mulher, a dona de casa Suzana Dias, que se apresentam como "assessores espirituais" da filha, dizem não se afetar com as críticas. "Sou adepto da frase: "Que falem mal, mas falem da gente. Já chorei muito ao ver essas coisas circularem, mas não ligo mais", afirma o pai. A jovem pregadora tem o auxílio da família na administração de tantas atividades. "Ajudamos a responder às cartas e a filtrar os telefonemas. Como assessores espirituais, damos conselhos e mostramos que decisões ela deve tomar", diz o pai.
trecho do artigo "A menina pastora louca", publicada na revista 'Quem'
Seen as the intro to the Arcade Fire concert, Festival SBSR 2007, Lisbon
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Before and After: Once in a lullaby
Guns don't kill people...it's that certain noise they make
Eddie Izzard - Guns
Eddie Izzard - Empires
Eddie Izzard - Religion
Found years ago on a friend's VHS tape
Sunday, January 27, 2008
Before and After: Please don’t think I’ve left you alone
Arcade Fire - Keep the Car Running
Foo Fighters - Keep the Car Running (Arcade Fire cover)
Seen at Festival SBSR 2007, Lisbon, and on minimalismo exacerbado
Porque é que não estou a receber uma chamada tua?
Oioai - Deves Estar a Chegar
Oioai - Sushi Baby
Seen live at LX Urban Sessions
Saturday, January 26, 2008
Damn the Man. Save the Empire.
Lucas: "Who knows where thoughts come from? They just appear."
A.J.: "What's with you? Yesterday you were normal and today you're like the Chinese guy from the Karate Kid. What's with you today?"
Lucas: "What's with today today?"
Eddie: This music is the glue of the world Mark. It's what holds it all together. Without this, life would be meaningless.
The Martinis - Free
Evan Dando - The Ballad of El Goodo
Found by Kaylan more than ten years ago
Pronounce the word nuclear, nuclear
Barack Obama delivers the Top Ten list on the Late Show with David Letterman (January, 2008).
Seen on Perez Hilton
Dr. Seuss
“Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened.”
“You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.”
“Today you are You, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is Youer than You.”
“You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself in any direction you choose. You're on your own. And you know what you know. You are the guy who'll decide where to go.”
“The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go.”
Dr. Seuss
Read on Thinkexist.com
Friday, January 25, 2008
Here's to the land you've torn out the heart of
"This is a song that's evolved a bit...It was written by a guy called Phil Ochs and he wrote it as a song about the civil rights movement in the 60's in the South and it was titled "Here's to the State of Mississippi". And then in the early 70's with Vietnam he used the same song and rewrote it and revised it and then it was called "Here's to the State of Richard Nixon". And on the last 'Vote for Change' tour that we did, Tim Robbins was on board for that, and he revised it and this is that latest revision of Tim's and I've made a few alterations to update it of what's happened since November two years ago, but perhaps my daughter, who is little now, but when she grows up maybe she'll have a version of her own, but I truly hope that she won't have to."
Eddie Vedder - Here's to the State
Seen on VH1
See you on June 9th..?!?
To be confirmed: Foo Fighters, June 9, Pavilhão Atlântico, Lisbon
Read on Last.fm
Atonement
MATILDA
Matilda told such Dreadful Lies,
It made one Gasp and Stretch one's Eyes;
Her Aunt, who, from her Earliest Youth,
Had kept a Strict Regard for Truth,
Attempted to Believe Matilda:
The effort very nearly killed her,
And would have done so, had not She
Discovered this Infirmity.
For once, towards the Close of Day,
Matilda, growing tired of play,
Went tiptoe to the Telephone
And summoned the Immediate Aid
Of London's Noble Fire-Brigade,
Within an hour the Gallant Band
Were pouring in on every hand,
From Putney, Hackney Downs and Bow,
With Courage high and Hearts a-glow
They galloped, roaring through the Town,
'Matilda's House is Burning Down!'
Inspired by British Cheers and Loud
Proceeding from the Frenzied Crowd,
They ran their ladders through a score
Of windows on the Ball Room Floor;
And took Peculiar Pains to Souse
The Pictures up and down the House,
Until Matilda's Aunt succeeded
In showing them they were not needed
And even then she had to pay
To get the Men to go away!
It happened that a few Weeks later
Her Aunt was off to the Theatre
To see that Interesting Play
The Second Mrs Tanqueray.
She had refused to take her Niece
To hear this Entertaining Piece:
A Deprivation Just and Wise
To Punish her for Telling Lies.
That Night a Fire did break out -
You should have heard Matilda Shout!
You should have heard her Scream and Bawl,
And throw the window up and call
To People passing in the Street -
(The rapidly increasing Heat
Encouraging her to obtain
Their confidence) - but all in vain!
For every time She shouted 'Fire!'
They only answered 'Little Liar!'
And therefore when her Aunt returned,
Matilda, and the House, were Burned.
Hilaire Belloc
Found on Internet Movie Database
A uma rapariga
Abre os olhos e encara a vida! A sina tem que cumprir-se!
Alarga os horizontes!
Por sobre lamaçais alteia pontes
Com tuas mãos preciosas de menina.
Nessa estrada da vida que fascina
Caminha sempre em frente, além dos montes!
Morde os frutos a rir! Bebe nas fontes!
Beija aqueles que a sorte te destina!
Trata por tu a mais longínqua estrela,
Escava com as mãos a própria cova
E depois, a sorrir, deita-te nela!
Que as mãos da terra façam, com amor,
Da graça do teu corpo, esguia e nova,
Surgir à luz a haste de uma flor!...
Florbela Espanca
Read by accident
Broken News
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Seen on SICRadical
