Ireland got Talent

Aimee Banks sings "O Mio Babbino Caro"

The girl is 11. Eleven!!! Just amazing. Can somebody sing more authentic? So natural? I wish her the best of luck. 

And as you may have noticed....

...I am back blogging. Its been 2 years and those years wont go into the big book as good years. 

Surrounded by darkness,
friends in need,
poor souls, tortured with no way out or too shaken to stand still. 
and then some

who just left. 
in anger.
but mostly too early.
they didnt ask or say anything. 
Just left. Us. Me.
In tormoil. 
Too many questions unanswered. 


Want answers? 
You wont get them. 
not now, not ever. 
Forget it
and fuck off.

Scars, new ones beside the old ones. on top. beneath. like spaghetti. or Mikado.

And all you need, sometimes, is just a hug. A real one. 
Like a moment. A real moment. 

and then we start running again... everything just not to stand still.

(Elbow covering U2 - Running to stand still)

One day it will be over. For you, yes YOU, and me, ME. But as Robert keeps saying: DONT FEED THE MONSTERS. They are all small in the beginning before they grow and grow and grow.


Enough time wasted. Lets get to it. I wont wait for you, no more and never again. Life is on my back, gotta go. Made a plan and worked out so far. Impressed myself today, keep at it. Nobody else to (impress).

So here we go.

 Alabama Shakes - Always Alright

And one for the road (a bit cheesy, but hey, F... it)

 Anna Kendrick - Cups (Pitch Perfect's "When I'm Gone")

These days anything but...

...

Bruno Mars - The Lazy Song [ALTERNATE OFFICIAL VIDEO] 

 

 

In the meantime in Ireland/Germany - Wallis Bird - Encore

Wow. I missed the chance to see her live when she was in Galway a while back... stupido...

Michael Stadel in memorian

who got shot and killed 14 years ago in December 1999. 14 years. where is the time gone???

February 2011

was a lifetime ago....

The events in my personal life of the last months of 2010 and beginning of 2011 until now do require some musictherapy, so here it goes:

Goo Goo Dolls: Iris

and break it did.... And it was foolish of me to think, that it ever could have gone somewhere. But I dont regret any of it.


She says: Destiny is not a matter of chance; it is a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for; it is a thing to be achieved.

Seriously, Natalie, I wish you get it, with happiness and all. And even though it still hurts but may you get there.

Personally I am not sure and still thinking about it. Actually there is very little right now I am really sure about, but I guess that is one of the inevitable parts of the journey, the bit they call picking up the pieces after falling apart and before getting up again. I am slower than others and I hang on longer than others, but that is me. What is on the cards next though? For the first time in my life I am thinking about getting a house. A small house, like a cottage or so. Here in Ireland. But it would be my house.... well, that would be an interesting one, have not done something that big before. Because its a big one, like real big. I am not there yet, but we ll see.

Coldplay - Fix you

Rascal Flatts - Broken Road

Taj Mahal - Take a Giant Step

Katy Perry - Not like the movies

Philip Poisel - Halt mich

Hope...

Neill Young  - Soundtrack Deadman

The New Radicals - Someday we'll know

  

Even though it was never meant to be, i like to think, that this would have been possible. In the best of all possible worlds, that is...

Thought of You - by Ryan Woodward 

 

The Truth and nothing but the truth in one sentence...

 

Trading Yesterday - Shattered (MTT Version)

And Ive lost who I am
And I can't understand
Why my heart is so broken

37 - or in words Thirty seven....

...in dedication to Doctor Jones. Peter Jones.

Dr. Jones is still a loyal and fervent follower of his big idols Silent Bob and Jay, F*** yeah!

And it just occurs to me that there might be a bottle or two of cider is left in the fridge. Hallelujah!!! and Good night.

P.S.: Dr. Jones....

Worthy ancestors of....

....Monty Pythons weirdest jokes! I know a tall order, but you judge for yourself.

Even the friggin hobbit Frodo is redeeming himself!!!!

And you always ask yourself, when just Ryan can hear Wilfred talk (for obvious reasons), why can the audience hear him talk? Never mind the pot smoking though, or the bitches...

 

Koyaanisqatsi

Inspired by Summertime Blues. Was thinking already yesterday I should be watching the filem (irish for film :) one of the days. So far I have seen it just once this year. normally I get to four of five times. which multiplied by 25 years means I have seen the movie ca. 100 times. Still get to discover new scenes...




Philipp Glass: Koyaanisqatsi 

Definitions
ko.yaa.nis.katsi (from the Hopi language), n. 1. crazy life. 2. life in turmoil. 3. life disintegrating. 4. life out of balance. 5. a state of life that calls for another way of living.

Translation of the Hopi Prophecies Sung in KOYAANISQATSI

• "If we dig precious things from the land, we will invite disaster."
• "Near the Day of Purification, there will be cobwebs spun back and forth in the sky."
• "A container of ashes might one day be thrown from the sky which could burn the land and boil the oceans."

Just a beautiful song

Sia - Breathe Me 

Help, I have done it again
I have been here many times before
Hurt myself again today
And, the worst part is there's no-one else to blame

Be my friend
Hold me, wrap me up
Unfold me
I am small
I'm needy
Warm me up
And breathe me

Ouch I have lost myself again
Lost myself and I am nowhere to be found,
Yeah I think that I might break
I've lost myself again and I feel unsafe

Be my friend
Hold me, wrap me up
Unfold me
I am small
I'm needy
Warm me up
And breathe me

Be my friend
Hold me, wrap me up
Unfold me
I am small
I'm needy
Warm me up
And breathe me

Sunday evening...

.... and inspired by Summertime Blues (Phoebe). ENJOY

Ayub Ogada: Kothiboro

P.S.: I would love to understand what Phoebe is saying, but alas I can read no greek..... :(

Nice one, Lads!

you wont regret the 3 or so minutes...

Come Together

The Beatles: Come Together

still crisp...

Ultimate Dog Tease

Even though this weekend is over, the next one is already on its way.... :o)

ALL HAIL LEONARD NEMOY

Da Man has given me an idea or two for what to do with the rest of the weekend...

and you dont learn in acting school how to roll one of them funny cigarettes this good. na. they dont teach you that.

Have fun this weekend...

Loud Music?

Some Dirty Dancing?

(Yes, it is really Tom Cruise!)

Ok, not into dancing. Maybe singing??

or maybe you feel a bit belligerent?

But instead of going all Ninja:

It might get really exciting:

... but please dont forget to be safe. I know its a pain, but better safe than sorry.....

















 and then...

You pay me now b....

I hope this version is ok, will check later.

Good night....

...and have a good morning.... 

George. 

And everybody else.

3:06 UMPF. I love the UMPF sound
3:18 Dad is so cool
3:38 The weight of the earth is beginning to shift from my shoulders.....
4:06 Why are you looking at me???
4:26 We know, its very exciting, isnt it...
4:44 quick, boy, quick.
4:50 That is going to help.
5:00 I have to finish this. Come to think of it. FECK IT
5:20 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
6:56 Dad is soooooooooooooooo cool!

Leprachauns to Canada!

 

so far my Irish colleagues didnt really like it. I dont know why...

You take what is yours and I'll take mine

 Mumford & Sons - The Cave 

It's empty in the valley of your heart
The sun, it rises slowly as you walk
Away from all the fears
And all the faults you've left behind

The harvest left no food for you to eat
You cannibal, you meat-eater, you see
But I have seen the same
I know the shame in your defeat

But I will hold on hope
And I won't let you choke
On the noose around your neck

And I'll find strength in pain
And I will change my ways
I'll know my name as it's called again

Because I have other things to fill my time
You take what is yours and I'll take mine
Now let me at the truth
Which will refresh my broken mind

So tie me to a post and block my ears
I can see widows and orphans through my tears
I know my call despite my faults
And despite my growing fears

But I will hold on hope
And I won't let you choke
On the noose around your neck

And I'll find strength in pain
And I will change my ways
I'll know my name as it's called again

So come out of your cave walking on your hands
And see the world hanging upside down
You can understand dependence
When you know the maker's land

So make your siren's call
And sing all you want
I will not hear what you have to say

Because I need freedom now
And I need to know how
To live my life as it's meant to be

And I will hold on hope
And I won't let you choke
On the noose around your neck

And I'll find strength in pain
And I will change my ways
I'll know my name as it's called again


The Philosophical Take by Plato: Allegory of the Cave