Bob Marley and The Wailers - Catch A Fire

The Libertines - Up The Bracket

(Thanks Brad)

Motown!

Weeping Woman by Pablo Picasso (1937)

Missy Elliott - Supa Dupa Fly

Beautiful! Revolutionary! Ground-breaking!

The Twilight Saga - New Moon

The Men Who Stare at Goats

Works for me! :--)

Muse - The Resistance

Jennifer's Body

Miles Davis - Sketches of Spain

Gershwin - Porgy and Bess

Conductor: Simon Rattle

Willard White, Cynthia Haymon, Damon Evans, Cynthia Clarey, Harolyn Blackwell, Bruce Hubbard, Marietta Simpson, Gregg Baker

Glyndebourne Chorus

London Philharmonic Orchestra

1989, Remastered 2005

Cirque du Freak (The Vampire's Assistant)

Viva Mzansi!

F**k the Haters!

:--)

Steve Biko (1946 - 1977)

'...

September '77

Port Elizabeth weather fine,

It was business as usual

in police room 619

Oh Biko, Biko, because Biko

...'

Peter Gabriel

FUCK APARTHEID!!!

Fantastic Mr Fox

(500) Days of Summer

Up (3D)

Lotsa clever fun!

Funny and heartwarming too!

See it in 3D!

Nelly Furtado - Say It Right

Nelly Furtado - Say It Right

[Huong]MySpace Videos

Homer Simpson (The Global 'Daddy')

Brenda Fassie (The Madonna of the Townships)

Ethics & The Limits of Philosophy - Bernard Williams

Mind-altering! :--)

The Cure - Disintegration

'... Best album ever!' Kyle Broflovski (South Park) :--)

AA RIP (1952 - 2009)

Miss you Teena.

Love you.

Always.

Dr Dre - The Watcher

[Dr. Dre]
Things just ain't the same for gangstas,
Times is changing, young niggas is ageing,
Becoming OG's and the game it changing,
To make way for all these new names and faces, but
The strangest things can happen for rappin, when
Niggas get wrapped up in image and actin',
Niggas get capped-up and wrapped in plastic,
Zipped-up in bags, when it happens, that's it.
I've seen 'em come, I've watched 'em go,
Watched em rise, witnessed it and watched 'em blow.
Watched 'em all blossom, and watched 'em grow,
Watched the lawsuits when they lost the dough,
Best friends and money: I lost them both,
Went and visited niggas in the hospital.
It's all the same shit all across the globe.
I just sit back and watch the show. (The watcher)

Chorus:
Everywhere that I go
Ain't the same as before (The watcher)
People I used to know
Just don't know me no more
But everywhere that I go
I got people I know (The watcher)
Who got people they know
So I suggest you lay low (I watch)

[Dr. Dre]
I moved out of the 'hood for good, you blame me?
Niggas aim manly at niggas they can't be.
But niggas can't hit niggas they can't see.
I'm out of sight now, I'm out of they damn reach,
How would you feel if niggas wanted you killed?
You'd probably move to a new house on that new hill.
And choose a new spot if niggas wanted you shot,
I ain't a thug, how much Tupac in you, you got
I ain't no b**ch neither.
It's either my life or your life,
And I ain't leaving, I like breathing,
Nigga we can go round for round,
Clip for clip, shit, fo'-pound for pound.
Nigga if you really want to take it there we can,
Just remember that you fu**in with a family man.
I got a lot more to lose than you, remember that,
When you wanna come and fill these shoes. (The watcher)

Chorus

[Dr. Dre]
Things just ain't the same for gangstas,
Cops just as anxious to put niggas in handcuffs.
They wanna hang us, see us dead or enslave us,
Keep us trapped in the same place they raised us.
Then they wonder why we act so outrageous,
Run around stressed-out and pull out gauges.
Cause everytime you let the animal outta cages,
It's dangerous to people who look like strangers.
But now we got a new era of gangstas,
Hustlers and youngsters livin' amongst us.
Lookin at us now, callin' us busters,
Can't help but reminisce back when it was us.
Nigga we started this gangsta shit.
And this the motherfu**in thanks I get?
It's funny how time fly,
I'm just havin fun, just watchin it fly by. (The watcher)

Chorus

G.H. Hardy

(Uncle Godfrey) :--)

- [dedicated to JM]

Kostas Pratsinakis

Thessaloniki's finest!

Lady Gaga - The Fame

Duke Ellington - New Orleans Suite

Puccini - Turandot

Conducto: Tullio Serafin

Maria Callas, Eugenio Fernandi, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Giuseppe Nessi, Nicola Zaccaria

Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano

1957 (Digitally remastered 2008)

.

ps Includes Nessun Dorma!

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs - 3D

Mix Three

1. Drowning Man - U2
2. I Miss You - Blink 182
3. Hate It or Love It - The Game (feat. 50 Cent)
4. Bank Robber - The Clash
5. All Night Long - Mary Jane Girls
6. Footsteps in the Dark - The Isley Brothers
7. Bump 'n Grind (LP Version) - R.Kelly
8. Atrevete-te-te - Calle 13 (feat. Edgar Abraham)
9. Goodbye, Horses - Q Lazzarus

Dizzee Rascal - Boy in Da Corner

Arctic Monkeys - Humbug

The Final Destination - 3D

Sad Mix

1. The Funeral Party - The Cure
2. Atmosphere - Joy Division
3. Dressed in Black - Depeche Mode
4. Mother - Tori Amos
5. Bullet Proof .. I Wish I Was - Radiohead

District 9

80's Mix

1. I Won't Let the Sun Go Down on Me – Nik Kershaw

2. Wouldn't It Be Good - Nik Kershaw

3. Wide Boy - Nik Kershaw

4. Like to Get to Know You Well - Howard Jones

5. Money Talks - AC/DC

6. Everything Counts (medley)(Live 88) - Depeche Mode

7. Holding Back the Years - Simply Red

8. The Reflex - Duran Duran

9. Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go – Wham

10. Billie Jean - Michael Jackson

11. Black Man Ray - China Crisis

12. Two Hearts - Phil Collins

13. Time after Time - Cyndi Lauper

14. I'll Tumble for Ya - Culture Club

15. Careless Whisper - George Michael

16. Only When You Leave - Spandau Ballet

17. If You Love Somebody Set Them Free - Sting

18. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For - U2

19. Singer Man - UB40

20. Lessons in Love - Level 42

21. I Heard a Rumour - Bananarama

22. Imagination - Belouis Some

23. Hold Me Now - Thompson Twins

24. When Doves Cry - Prince

Funny People

Fight Club - Chuck Palahniuk

Brilliant!

Inglourious Basterds

Tarantino's Back! With a Bang!

:--)

Aliens in the Attic

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland + Through the Looking-Glass - Lewis Carroll

ps pre-reading for Tim Burton's movie adaptaton next year (starring Johnny Depp as the Mad Hatter)!

iPod Shuffle - 1GB

new toy! yay!

Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion

ps No.1 on NME's Future 50 for 2009

A Thousand Splendid Suns - Khaled Hosseini

(Thanks Mir)

G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra

Sienna Miller kicks ass!

Mos Def - The Ecstatic

My Fav 3 Tracks =

1. Casa Bey

2. Auditorium (feat. Slick Rick)
3. No Hay Nada Mas

BBC Proms 2009: Prom 28 (Royal Albert Hall)

• Stravinsky Scènes de ballet (15 mins)
• Mozart Bassoon Concerto in B flat major, K191 (18 mins)
• Mahler Symphony No.6 in A minor (85 mins)

Karen Geoghegan bassoon

BBC Philharmonic

Gianandrea Noseda conductor

http://www.bbc.co.uk/proms/2009/whatson/0508.shtml

The Holocaust Exhibition (Imperial War Museum, London)

© Imperial War Museum

http://london.iwm.org.uk/server/show/nav.00b005

Notorious BIG - Notorious Thugs (feat. Bone-Thugs-N-Harmony)

...

(Notorious BIG)

Armed and dangerous, ain't too many can bang with us
Straight up weed no angel dust, label us Notorious
Thug-ass niggaz that love to bust, it's strange to us
Y'all niggaz be scramblin', gamblin'

Up in restaraunts with mandolins, and violins
We just sittin' here tryin' to win, tryin' not to sin
High off weed and lots of gin
So much smoke need oxygen, steadily countin' them Benjamins

`

Nigga you should too, if you knew
What this game'll do to you
Been in this shit since ninety-two
Look at all the bullshit I been through

So-called beef with you know who
Fu**ed a few female stars or two
Then a blue light, niggaz, move like Mike, shit
Not to be fu**ed with

Motherfu**er better duck quick, cause
Me and my dogs love to buck shit
Fu** the luck shit, strictly aim
No aspirations to quit the game

Spit yo' game, talk yo' shit
Grab yo' gat, call yo' click
Squeeze yo' clip, hit the right one
Pass that weed, I got ta light one

`

All them niggaz I got ta fight one
All them hoes I got ta like one
Our situation is a tight one
Whatcha gonna do, fight or run?

Seems to me that you'll take B
Bone and Big, nigga die slowly
I'ma tell you like a nigga told me
Cash Rule Everything Around Me

Shit, lyrically, niggaz can't see me
Fu** it, buy the coke
Cook the coke, cut it,

Know the b**ch before you caught yourself lovin' it
Nigga with a Benz fu**in' it

Doesn't it seem odd to you
Big come through with mobs and crews
Goodfellas down to the Bone Thugs dudes
Who's the killa, me or you?

Live Concert: Buffy Sainte-Marie at Queen Elizabeth Hall, London

(Thanks Paulie)

Regina Spektor - Far

Antichrist

HEALTH WARNING: (Seriously!) NOT FOR THE FAINT-HEARTED! :--)

The Brothers Karamazov - Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Whew! This one almost floored me. Big read!

Girl from the North Country - Bob Dylan

Well, if you're travelin' in the north country fair,
Where the winds hit heavy on the borderline,
Remember me to one who lives there.
She once was a true love of mine.

Well, if you go when the snowflakes storm,
When the rivers freeze and summer ends,
Please see if she's wearing a coat so warm,
To keep her from the howlin' winds.

Please see for me if her hair hangs long,
If it rolls and flows all down her breast.
Please see for me if her hair hangs long,
That's the way I remember her best.

I'm a-wonderin' if she remembers me at all.
Many times I've often prayed
In the darkness of my night,
In the brightness of my day.

So if you're travelin' in the north country fair,
Where the winds hit heavy on the borderline,
Remember me to one who lives there.
She once was a true love of mine.

Copyright ©1963; renewed 1991 Special Rider Music
http://www.bobdylan.com/#/songs/girl-north-country

Moon

ps writer/director Duncan Jones = David Bowie's son.

35 Rhums (35 Shots of Rum)

The Horrors - Primary Colours

`
My Fav 3 Tracks =
1. I Only Think Of You
2. Sea Within a Sea
3. Primary Colours

Dance Overture 09 - London Studio Centre (Peacock Theatre, London)

© 1997-2009, London Studio Centre

Mark Ronson (feat. Amy Winehouse) - Valerie

California Love - 2Pac (feat. Dr Dre)

...

[Dr Dre]
'We in that sunshine state with a bomb-ass hemp beat
The state where ya never find a dance floor empty
And pimps be on a mission for them greens,
Lean mean money-makin-machines servin fiends
I been in the game for ten years makin rap tunes
Ever since honeys was wearin Sassoons
Now it's '95 and they clock me and watch me
Diamonds shinin', lookin' like I robbed Liberace'

...

'Shake it shake it baby
Shake it shake it, shake it baby
Shake it shake it mama
Shake it Cali'

:--)

La Roux

My Fav 2 Tracks =
1. Cover My Eyes
2. I'm Not Your Toy

Public Enemies

As I Walked Out One Evening by W H Auden

As I walked out one evening,
Walking down Bristol Street,
The crowds upon the pavement
Were fields of harvest wheat.

And down by the brimming river
I heard a lover sing
Under an arch of the railway:
'Love has no ending.

'I'll love you, dear, I'll love you
Till China and Africa meet,
And the river jumps over the mountain
And the salmon sing in the street,

'I'll love you till the ocean
Is folded and hung up to dry
And the seven stars go squawking
Like geese about the sky.

'The years shall run like rabbits,
For in my arms I hold
The Flower of the Ages,
And the first love of the world.'

But all the clocks in the city
Began to whirr and chime:
'O let not Time deceive you,
You cannot conquer Time.

'In the burrows of the Nightmare
Where Justice naked is,
Time watches from the shadow
And coughs when you would kiss.

'In headaches and in worry
Vaguely life leaks away,
And Time will have his fancy
To-morrow or to-day.

'Into many a green valley
Drifts the appalling snow;
Time breaks the threaded dances
And the diver's brilliant bow.

'O plunge your hands in water,
Plunge them in up to the wrist;
Stare, stare in the basin
And wonder what you've missed.

'The glacier knocks in the cupboard,
The desert sighs in the bed,
And the crack in the tea-cup opens
A lane to the land of the dead.

'Where the beggars raffle the banknotes
And the Giant is enchanting to Jack,
And the Lily-white Boy is a Roarer,
And Jill goes down on her back.

'O look, look in the mirror,
O look in your distress:
Life remains a blessing
Although you cannot bless.

'O stand, stand at the window
As the tears scald and start;
You shall love your crooked neighbour
With your crooked heart.'

It was late, late in the evening,
The lovers they were gone;
The clocks had ceased their chiming,
And the deep river ran on.

[http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/15551]
[From Another Time by W. H. Auden, published by Random House. Copyright © 1940 W. H. Auden]

The Same Deep Water as You - The Cure

kiss me goodbye pushing out before i sleep
can't you see i try swimming the same deep
water as you is hard "the shallow drowned lose
less than we" you breathe the strangest twist
upon your lips "and we shall be together..."

"kiss me goodbye bow your head and join with
me" and face pushed deep reflections meet
the strangest twist upon your lips and
disappear the ripples clear and laughing break
against your feet and laughing break the mirror
sweet "so we shall be together..."

"kiss me goodbye" pushing out before i sleep
it's lower now and slower now the strangest
twist upon your lips but i don't see and i don't
feel but tightly hold up silently my hands
before my fading eyes and in my eyes your
smile the very last thing before i go...

i will kiss you i will kiss you i will kiss you
forever on nights like this i will kiss you i will
kiss you and we shall be together...

© 1989 fiction sings ltd

Blood - The Last Vampire

MJ - RIP (1958 - 2009)

Ben 10

Sunflowers by Vince Van-G

by Rem Koolhaas (Architect)

Seattle Public Library

Black Eyed Peas - The E.N.D

My Fav 3 tracks =

1. Alive

2. Meet Me Halfway

3. One Tribe

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

Great pace.
Great CGI.
Skillfully made.
Sets new standard for HD action movies.

Karoo Moose (Play) [Tricycle Theatre, London]

Loved this.
Great storytelling techniques.
Interesting use of stage-space, props, music.
Great cast.
Chuma Sopotela (pictured) is a revelation as Thozama.
Highly recommended.

Galaxy Triplet ARP 274 (NASA Image)

'We are made of star stuff ' Carl Sagan

DNA Architecture

the body's song (yo cuz!)

by Zaha Hadid

me fav architect

The Hangover

This one's okay. Some pretty cool moments.
But overall some kinda spark missing.

Outkast - So Fresh So Clean (Video)

legendary!

Kanye West - Flashing Lights (Video)

awesome song. awesome vid. kanye at his best.

Green Day - 21st Century Breakdown

My Fav 3 tracks =
1. Last Night on Earth
2. Restless Heart Syndrome
3. 21 Guns

Terminator Salvation

Atmospheric. Immersive. Enveloping.

Love is Stronger than Death (Lyrics)

Love is Stronger than Death
by The The

LoveLoveLoveLoveLoveLove

Me and my friend were walking
In the cold light of mourning
Tears may blind the eyes
But the soul is not deceived
In this world even winter
Ain't what it seems

Here come the blue skies
Here comes springtime
When the rivers run high
And the tears run dry
When everything that dies
Shall rise

LoveLoveLove is stronger than death
LoveLoveLove is stronger than death

In our lives we hunger
For those we cannot touch
All the thoughts unuttered
And all the feelings unexpressed
Play upon our hearts
Like the mist upon our breath

But awoken by grief our spirits speak
"How could you believe
That the life within the seed
That grew arms that reached
And a heart that beat
And lips that smiled
And eyes that cried
Could ever die?"

Here come the blue skies
Here comes springtime
When the rivers run high
And the tears run dry
When everything that dies
Shall rise

LoveLoveLove is stronger than death
LoveLoveLove is stronger than death

Shall rise
Shall rise
Shall rise
Shall rise

Synecdoche, New York (Movie Review)

Let me tell y'all about a movie I saw this weekend. It's called Synecdoche, New York (pronounced Si-NECK-doh-kee) and it stars Philip Seymour Hoffman (the guy from Capote, The Savages, Big Lebowski).

He plays a playwright and theatre director who writes this massive all-encompassing play over the course of like decades and it doesn't ever really get performed in front of a theatre audience. I know: big idea. But so for me what makes this movie really interesting is the script. And the script-writer who is none other than the much-talked-about, much-hyped, much-loved and much-admired Charlie Kaufman (the guy who wrote the screenplays for two very influential recent movies: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and Being John Malkovich). Note too that this isn't comedian Andy Kaufman from the REM movie-song. And let's not even go near the fact that Jim Carrey plays in the former (that's first-mentioned i.e the screenwriter) Kaufman's movie and plays the latter Kaufman (that's last-mentioned i.e the comedian) in Man on the Moon.

Okay. So. What I'd like to say about this movie is that the most interesting thing about it is the way the script works. The easiest way to explain it is to say that it's like an Impressionist painting. For those unfamiliar with Impressionism (check out Wikipedia! (ed.) :-)) it's this style of painting from the 19th century (thanks Wikipedia) which uses lots of short brush strokes (ibid.) to slowly and painstakingly assemble together a much bigger image. Monet and Renoir are both associated with this style of painting. So too is the great Vince Van-G!

What was I saying? Oh yes. This guy Charlie Kauman writes scripts using little pieces that come together very gradually (while you're sitting there in the cinema thinking 'hmmm ... stay ... or go?') until by the end of the movie this big beautiful Impression has been painted into your head. And you go 'WOW! How did that happen?' and you wander around a bit after to let it all sink into the creases and folds of the old brain. It's quite a nice feeling. But you need time and you need to be in the mood too for that kinda pic.

Just as a footnote: Kaufman's scripts and movies remind me a litle of some of David Fincher's movies (Zodiac, Seven) in that Fincher also uses small plot-pieces to assemble together a complex story. But if Kaufman's movies are like an Impressionist painting then Fincher's movies are more like modern architecture. Meticulously planned but also more science and design to them. Civil engineering maybe. Oh and finally. The big idea that Kaufman explores in this movie (I think) is the question of whether art imitates life or whether life imitates art. Or maybe both. Or maybe neither. Dunno. But worth a watch anyway.

P.S. Some career advice for Philip Seymour Hoffman: ease off the bookish writer roles for a while to avoid getting typecast!

Takin' Care of Business

Snoop World
by Snoop Dogg (featuring Master P)

[Master P]
At ease, I'd like to welcome the newest No Limit Soldier
Mr. Snoop D-O Double G, and he brings to the tank
Money, power, respect, leadership, street knowledge and wisdom
D.P.G., yah D.P.G.
Pop the Champagne

[Snoop]
So uh
You're about to enter a dimension you never thought existed
And even if you soft you can't get twisted
So pay attention and listen

[Chorus]
Welcome to my world nigga, and it's V.I.P
And the bitches and the bud for free (6x)

[Snoop]
Welcome to this world that you never thought existed
And you got to be a soldier to be enlisted
Listen, I'm gonna take your mind, and your body and your soul
On a whole lil' trip just don't lose your grip

Wait a second (Wait a second), where is the sack?
You don't have to ask no questions just jump in the back
And leave your strap, 'coz there ain't none of that
Where we goin', it ain't nuthin' but 808, beats and flauntin'

Niggas showin' niggas love, hoes suckin' di**s
That's how we do it, 'coz everything is in the mix
Doggy Land, Doggy World, Snoop World whatever
It don't matter 'coz we 'bout it, and homies down to do whatever

Everything is legit, and the bitches the shit
And niggas they give you love, 'coz dey down for it
And that's just how it goes, and all the hoes on me
And everything is V.I.P, and that's on D.P.G

I'm makin' it convenient, just like a liquor store
So if you want a hoe, nigga just let me know
I'll send her at you, and when she gets you (got you)
She with you forever and a day 'coz
That's the D.P way

[Chorus]
Welcome to my world nigga, and it's V.I.P
And the bitches and the bud for free (5x)

[Snoop]
Wipe your feet before you enter in
Now take a seat and peep dis beat and sip yo' gin
'Coz ain't no killin', everybody chillin'
Steady stackin' paper from the floor up to the ceilin'

Now in my world, a bitch is a girl
And man's best friend is his ends, and his mothafu**in' benz
But y'all can't get in just 'coz you all say that y'all down wit us
And try to get around wit us, and hang around wit us, and clown wit us

Hold on, this shit here is for the establishment
Niggas that's havin' shit, so if you ain't roll on and stroll on
This is the spot were the bangers at, the slangers at
Where red and blue equals green, and we proud to be black

In fact we stack G's for them keys, so when we finished doin' deeds
You all can't believe what we did
providin' opportunity in the community,
Tryin' to spread a lil' unity between you and me

Since I'm the mayor, I think I gotta say-ahh a lil' something
Lets keep it jumpin' playa (playa), ain't too many places that you know
about
So everybody in the world, welcome to the muthafu**in dogg house

[Chorus]
Welcome to my world nigga, and it's V.I.P
And the bitches and the bud for free (2x)

[Master P]
UGGHHHH, picture me ballin' (ballin')
A 3rd world hustler out the ghetto of New Orleans
Some say life is like a fairy tail (fairy tail)
Did a song with Snoop Dogg, and it turned into a business deal

But it ain't bout da ends, 'coz we all got matches and we all got
benz's
It's about ridin' with the homies (homies)
Gettin rid of the fake and lookin' through the phonies
And the haters can't stop this, check billboard, number one

The only company with a profit, So say Ughh and How You Do Dat There
It's No Limit and D.P.G. nigga we don't care

[Chorus]
Welcome to my world nigga, and it's V.I.P
And the bitches and the bud for free (4x)

[Snoop]
Yah, Snoop World
Home of the No Limit Soldiers, Beats by da Pound
You know how we do dis, ain't no stoppin' this
We can't be stopped, we run da streets

You feel me, da streets is ours
Ain't no stoppin' this shit nigga
Ain't No Limit neither, you're lucky
Yah, it's on for life nigga

Yah, gonna drive this tank overseas nigga
Gonna get these g's, while we smoke on these trees

YAHH !
Welcome to my world nigga
That's real

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