I've been over working during the past weeks... but music makes it a lot more bearable. It entertains my brain and sets my rhythm. As if a compass dictated the tic tic of my fingers "brainstorming" on the keyboard.
Menahan Street Band with their "Make the road by walking" make my days at work fun. And productive. I love their beat and retro 70's style. Reminds me of "la mafia".
I have been listening to Joy Division all day long ... It's been constantly
inside my head since I woke up... I can't help smiling as it brings back such
good memories of the NYC's trashy East Village (where I used to live three years
ago).
And that is another good
thing about music. It can make you have a "flash back" in a second
and revive particular moments or periods.
Nothing else to say :-). Enjoy your trip to the past.
I just learned about this band this weekend, whilst on the road, on my way to the countryside. And I had a crush on them straight away. If I had to define their music in just one word, that would be Imaginative.
When listening to their music try to pay good attention to all the small subtle sounds that make it happen. Behind them, there is all but conventional instruments, from a small organ toy to a handsaw. Lyrics carry simple but extraordinary stories. Every single detail is being taken care of.
Cause my blog, as I anticipated, is about music, all kinds of it. I just listened yesterday to this fantastic Rumba & Hip hop mix from the very well known (each of them in their register) Antonio Carmona and Mala RodrÃguez.
Have you ever met someone that makes you feel seasick?
This is how Matthew, Dan y Tord, also known as "The Wombat's"felt about the rom-com "The Holiday". They hated the film to the point to write and compose a song about it named "Kill the director"
Ha ha ha! Lyrics are so Funny!!! Here you go...
I've met someone that makes me feel seasick Oh what a skill to have Oh what a skill to have So many skills that make her distinctive But they're not mine to have No they're not mine
Whenever she looks i read the nearest paper No i don't care about the soaps No i don't care about the soaps Though i'm acting like i'm in an Eastenders episode
If this is a rom-com Kill the director If this is a rom-com Kill the director please
Carrots help us see much better in the dark Don't talk to girls; they'll break your heart And this is my head and this is my spout They work together; they can't figure anything out
So with the angst of a teenage band Here's another song about a gender i'll never understand Here's another song about a gender i'll never understand
If this is a rom-com Kill the director If this is a rom-com Kill the director If this is a rom-com Kill the director please
This is no Bridget Jones This is no Bridget Bridget This is no Bridget Jones This is no Bridget Bridget This is no Bridget Jones This is no Bridget Bridget This is no Bridget Jones This is no Bridget Bridget This is no Bridget Jones This is no Bridget Bridget This is no Bridget Jones This is no Bridget Bridget Jones
Is Mr. Winter not willing to leave or is Mrs. Spring being too lazy to show up this 2012? Well, who knows ... but, as the one to decide when each of them comes and goes is this big asteroid we usually have above our heads, this post is meant to call the sun out! And who can do it better than this crazy band called after it.
EMPIRE OF THE SUN, originally from Australia, are classified to play a mix of electroacustic, pop and alternative genres in their debut album "Walking on a Dream", but honestly I think they are pure Sci Fi (music, videos, web page, outfits... all in them is super freaky attractive). I personally enjoy "Walking on a Dream", "Half mast" and "We are the people", but I can listen to the album all way through without getting tired.
The band is currently in NYC working very hard to get the second album out and as they recently posted on facebook "each day is a new discovery in melody and Mysticism, a journey that knows no end, we are in search of the finest gems and will not stop till we have found all 10"
Let's hope this new work makes us travel even farther than the first one, that in my case, literally makes me fantasize like crazy. And, let's hope that listening to them finally makes the sun come out after this long long winter!
Link to "Walking on a dream" website where you may find their album, videos, games... and even join the EMPIRE. Walk through it if you have time, it is worth it.
