Net-Collected Tom Waits Pics

What He Said ....

• "I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy."
• "I don't have a drinking problem except when I can't get a drink."
• "Colder than a well digger's ass"
• "I knew him when he was nothing and he hasn't changed a bit"
• "I'm so goddamn horny the crack of dawn better watch itself around me."
• "Coleen's belly was shaking like jelly And I'm getting harder than Chinese algebra."
• "I'm not weird about it or anything (masturbation). I don't tie myself up first or anything."
• "All the donuts have names that sound like prostitutes"
• "There's a world going on underground"
• "There ain't no devil, there's just god when he's drunk"
• "I know a girl, she been married so many times, she got rice marks all over her face"
• "My friends think I'm ugly, I gotta masculine face."
• "I don't need no make-up, i got real scars, i got hair on my chest, i look good without a shirt"
• "Yeah, and I was using parking meters as walking sticks!"
• "The moon was sharp enough to draw blood from a stone"
• "I stay in a place called 'Rooms'... There's a whole chain of them."
• "I've lost my equilibrium, my car keys and my pride."

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Friedrich Nietzsche music quotes

"Without music, life would be a mistake."

" In music the passions enjoy themselves. "

Friedrich Nietzsche

The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe

Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary,
Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore,
While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,
As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door.
"'Tis some visitor," I muttered, "tapping at my chamber door-
Only this, and nothing more."

Ah, distinctly I remember it was in the bleak December,
And each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor.
Eagerly I wished the morrow;- vainly I had sought to borrow
From my books surcease of sorrow- sorrow for the lost Lenore-
For the rare and radiant maiden whom the angels name Lenore-
Nameless here for evermore.

And the silken sad uncertain rustling of each purple curtain
Thrilled me- filled me with fantastic terrors never felt before;
So that now, to still the beating of my heart, I stood repeating,
"'Tis some visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door-
Some late visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door;-
This it is, and nothing more."

Presently my soul grew stronger; hesitating then no longer,
"Sir," said I, "or Madam, truly your forgiveness I implore;
But the fact is I was napping, and so gently you came rapping,
And so faintly you came tapping, tapping at my chamber door,
That I scarce was sure I heard you"- here I opened wide the door;-
Darkness there, and nothing more.

Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there wondering,
fearing,
Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortals ever dared to dream before;
But the silence was unbroken, and the stillness gave no token,
And the only word there spoken was the whispered word, "Lenore!"
This I whispered, and an echo murmured back the word, "Lenore!"-
Merely this, and nothing more.

Back into the chamber turning, all my soul within me burning,
Soon again I heard a tapping somewhat louder than before.
"Surely," said I, "surely that is something at my window lattice:
Let me see, then, what thereat is, and this mystery explore-
Let my heart be still a moment and this mystery explore;-
'Tis the wind and nothing more."

Open here I flung the shutter, when, with many a flirt and
flutter,
In there stepped a stately raven of the saintly days of yore;
Not the least obeisance made he; not a minute stopped or stayed
he;
But, with mien of lord or lady, perched above my chamber door-
Perched upon a bust of Pallas just above my chamber door-
Perched, and sat, and nothing more.

Then this ebony bird beguiling my sad fancy into smiling,
By the grave and stern decorum of the countenance it wore.
"Though thy crest be shorn and shaven, thou," I said, "art sure no
craven,
Ghastly grim and ancient raven wandering from the Nightly shore-
Tell me what thy lordly name is on the Night's Plutonian shore!"
Quoth the Raven, "Nevermore."

Much I marvelled this ungainly fowl to hear discourse so plainly,
Though its answer little meaning- little relevancy bore;
For we cannot help agreeing that no living human being
Ever yet was blest with seeing bird above his chamber door-
Bird or beast upon the sculptured bust above his chamber door,
With such name as "Nevermore."

But the raven, sitting lonely on the placid bust, spoke only
That one word, as if his soul in that one word he did outpour.
Nothing further then he uttered- not a feather then he fluttered-
Till I scarcely more than muttered, "other friends have flown
before-
On the morrow he will leave me, as my hopes have flown before."
Then the bird said, "Nevermore."

Startled at the stillness broken by reply so aptly spoken,
"Doubtless," said I, "what it utters is its only stock and store,
Caught from some unhappy master whom unmerciful Disaster
Followed fast and followed faster till his songs one burden bore-
Till the dirges of his Hope that melancholy burden bore
Of 'Never- nevermore'."

But the Raven still beguiling all my fancy into smiling,
Straight I wheeled a cushioned seat in front of bird, and bust and
door;
Then upon the velvet sinking, I betook myself to linking
Fancy unto fancy, thinking what this ominous bird of yore-
What this grim, ungainly, ghastly, gaunt and ominous bird of yore
Meant in croaking "Nevermore."

This I sat engaged in guessing, but no syllable expressing
To the fowl whose fiery eyes now burned into my bosom's core;
This and more I sat divining, with my head at ease reclining
On the cushion's velvet lining that the lamplight gloated o'er,
But whose velvet violet lining with the lamplight gloating o'er,
She shall press, ah, nevermore!

Then methought the air grew denser, perfumed from an unseen censer
Swung by Seraphim whose footfalls tinkled on the tufted floor.
"Wretch," I cried, "thy God hath lent thee- by these angels he
hath sent thee
Respite- respite and nepenthe, from thy memories of Lenore!
Quaff, oh quaff this kind nepenthe and forget this lost Lenore!"
Quoth the Raven, "Nevermore."

"Prophet!" said I, "thing of evil!- prophet still, if bird or
devil!-
Whether Tempter sent, or whether tempest tossed thee here ashore,
Desolate yet all undaunted, on this desert land enchanted-
On this home by horror haunted- tell me truly, I implore-
Is there- is there balm in Gilead?- tell me- tell me, I implore!"
Quoth the Raven, "Nevermore."

"Prophet!" said I, "thing of evil- prophet still, if bird or
devil!
By that Heaven that bends above us- by that God we both adore-
Tell this soul with sorrow laden if, within the distant Aidenn,
It shall clasp a sainted maiden whom the angels name Lenore-
Clasp a rare and radiant maiden whom the angels name Lenore."
Quoth the Raven, "Nevermore."

"Be that word our sign in parting, bird or fiend," I shrieked,
upstarting-
"Get thee back into the tempest and the Night's Plutonian shore!
Leave no black plume as a token of that lie thy soul hath spoken!
Leave my loneliness unbroken!- quit the bust above my door!
Take thy beak from out my heart, and take thy form from off my
door!"
Quoth the Raven, "Nevermore."

And the Raven, never flitting, still is sitting, still is sitting
On the pallid bust of Pallas just above my chamber door;
And his eyes have all the seeming of a demon's that is dreaming,
And the lamplight o'er him streaming throws his shadow on the
floor;
And my soul from out that shadow that lies floating on the floor
Shall be lifted- nevermore!

{LP} Mazzy Star - So Tonight That I Might See

Στροφή στο παρελθόν (τι κλισέ Θεέ μου) και πιο συγκεκριμένα στο 1993 όπου η Mazzy Star κυκλοφορούν το δεύτερο album τους "So Tonight That I Might See". Ένας δίσκος ο οποίος κατάφερε να γίνει αισθητός ένα χρόνο μετά από την επίσημη κυκλοφορία του λόγω κυρίως του τραγουδιού "fade into you" το οποίο στοίχειωνε για αρκετό καιρό τα κολεγιακά ραδιόφωνα αδυνατώντας να γίνει δεκτό από τους ευρέως γνωστούς εναλλακτικούς ραδιοφωνικούς σταθμούς των ηνωμένων πολιτειών.
Με ήχο που παραπέμπει στους πρώιμους Cowboy Junkies και την Nico οι Mazzy Star επαναπροσδιορίζουν την έννοια της αποκαλούμενης dream-pop και δημιουργούν το τέλειο soundtrack των ανεξάρτητων road-movies των επομένων δεκαετιών. Αργόσυρτοι κιθαριστικοί ρυθμοί, διάχυτος αισθησιασμός και "εφηβική" απογοήτευση από την φωνή της Hope Sandoval με μια χρειά στα πλήκτρα από Gainsbourg συνθέτουν αυτό το μωβ κολλάζ χαρμολύπης και σκοτεινής ψυχεδέλειας που μπορεί να μας συνοδέψει σε οποιοδήποτε αναίτιο ξενύχτι μας.

Βαθμολογία: Περιμένω την άποψη του simon_says και ακολούθως ίσως την αποκαλύψω.

{LP} Devics - Push The Heart

Οι Devics είναι ειλικρινείς!!!! Τελεία και παύλα! Δεν αποσκοπούν να μας συναρπάσουν πλασαριζόμενοι ως κάτι το διαφορετικό, δεν είναι πειραματικοί ούτε καινοτόμοι.
Είναι μια μπάντα η οποία ηχητικά κινείται ανάμεσα στην γλυκανάλατη folk-pop που θα μπορούσαμε να ακούσουμε σε ένα επεισόδιο του "Dawson's Creek" (ανάμεσα σε λυγμούς και κλάματα ή σε ατέρμονες βαθυστόχαστες σιωπές κάποιας άκαυλης παιδούλας) και σε αδιάφορες ακουστικές συνθέσεις που θα μπορούσαν να αποτελούν b-side του τελευταίου δισκου του Frank Black. Εντούτοις, η ερμηνεία της Sara Lov στο "lie to me" είναι αψεγάδιαστη.

Βαθμολογία : 4/10 (αφού έχουν καταχωρήμένη διαφήμιση στο wire καλοί θα'ναι μωρε....)

{LP} Johnny Cash - Personal File

Στην πιο πρόσφατη μέχρι στιγμή κυκλοφορία του μακαρίτη του Γιαννάκη του Μετρητού συμπεριλαμβάνεται μια πλειάδα προσωπικών του επιλογών ηχογραφημένων στο πρόχειρα στημένο στούδιο του σπιτιού του. Η πλειοψηφία των τραγουδιών περιλαμβάνει εν ίδη εισαγωγικού σημειώματος κάποια λόγια του μεγάλου ερμηνευτή που αφορούν την ιστορία τους και την προσωπική σημασία που τους προσδίδει. Στα τραγούδια αυτά ο κ.Cash καταπιάνεται με τους δαίμονες και τις εμμονές που τον κατέτρεχαν σε όλη του την ζωή : την μητέρα του, την απολυταρχική φιγούρα του πατέρα του, την παιδική του ηλικία, το αλκοόλ και τον θάνατο τόσο των προσφιλών του προσώπων, όσο και τον επερχόμενο δικό του. Με φωνή πιο ώριμη και σπαραχτική από ποτέ ο "man in black" οικιοποιείται τα τραγούδια αυτά και οδηγεί τον ακροατή σε μια συναισθηματική ρετροσπεκτίβα της αμερικάνικης επαρχίας και κουλτούρας.

Βαθμολογία : 9/10

{LP} Brightblack Morning Light - S.T.

Οι Brightblack Morning Light είναι μια δυωδία που αποτελείται από τον N.D. Shineywater και την Rachael Hughes. Το καλοκαίρι που μας πέρασε κυκλοφόρησαν τον ομώνυμο τους δίσκο ο οποίος προκάλεσε αίσθηση στον ευρύτερο κύκλο του νεο-κάντρυ ρεύματος, που εύσχημα πλέον αποδίδεται με τον όρο "americana". Ο δίσκος κινείται σε νοχελικούς ρυθμούς σχηματίζοντας ηχοτόπεια μελαγχολίας, η οποία επιτείνεται κυρίως στα κομμάτια όπου κυρίαρχο λόγο έχουν τα πλήκτρα της κ.Hughes. Στον δίσκο αυτό κυρίαρχο ρόλο έχει η ατμόσφαιρα που δημιουργείται και ο λύρισμός και όχι η προσβλητική για τον ακροατή επιδεξιότητα στο παίξιμο των οργάνων που παρατηρείται σε καλλιτέχνες του ιδίου ρεύματος, όπως για παράδειγμα ο Bonny "Prince" Billy, ο οποίος αποτέλεσε και το εφαλτήριο για την βίαιη εισαγωγή (ή προσαγωγή) του συγκροτήματος στον χώρο της δισκογραφίας.

Συμπερασματικά : μια καλή λύση για την εύκολη κατάποση λίτρων μπέρμπον εν μέσω κακοκαιρίας.

Βαθμολογία : 7.5/10

Google Code Search

Google has created a new service called "Google Code Search". By using this service you can locate entire fragments of code in order to use them to write your own applications. The advanced search gives you the ability to narrow down your search by choosing a specific language or a specific function. Check out the link in the right column.

trully free downloadable albums

Free Albums Galore ( http://freealbums.blogsome.com/ ) has uploaded some new records. Rush 'n grab 'em.

"24"

For the devoted fans of "24", I'd like to recommend one of the most obscure sites refering to the skills of the main character of the show, Jack Bauer. http://bauercount.com/ provides you the total number of kills Jack has "performed" throughout the first five seasons of the show. You can find details like the weapons used, the victim and the image of his artistic performance.

Elephant's Dream

For those of you who'd like to watch an interesting animation movie, checkout elephan'ts dream at www.elephants dream.org. It is the first movie that is entirely created with open source software. Within this site you can also find the soundtrack of the movie and lots of information about its creation.

Coming Soon

Sonic Youth Photos pt.2

Sonic Youth Photos

I've added some black & white sonic youth photos that i've come up while searching the net. More of these soon....

Why?

I've created this blog so that i can say whatever i want to say whenever i want to say it. It's kind of a narrow-minded approach but i'd like to share my opninion about music albums and movies (or anything else in my area of interests) with anyone that gives a damn about these kind of staff. So, because Elvis hasn't left the building yet......let's try to cope with each other.

Is this thing on????