Songs of my childhood

When I was little, I am talking before 5 years old, my mother would play Opera and classical music for me before bed. I have good memories of this most of the time (some blood curtailing screams scared me now and then). Certain songs bring me right back to that safe place where I know that nothing bad will happen. Others take me bake to frozen raspberries with sugar and milk as I at them in bed. My mom and dad did not really consider the age rage of what I was lessening too. I have not heard of many 3 year olds enjoying the Phantom of the Opera as a bed time story but that was me. You do not even wont to know what movies my dad let me watch when I was 6 (It involves aliens and organ harvesting). Can you tell I was a first child? Well I am still trying to peace some things together like the story of a young girl sold into salary but runaway and was chased in the train station, then some how ends in a swamp with someone trying to kill her. I have been trying to figure out what one that is to no avail sadly. Here are some songs that I loved from my early childhood.

David Oistrakh, Debussy - Clair de lune

Mozart, Piano Concerto No. 21, Andante ("Elvira Madigan")

Beethoven - Moonlight Sonata (first movement) solo piano

Bach, Air on the G string (Air on a G string, string orchestra)

Beethoven - Für Elise (fur Elise, piano solo)

Bach, "Little" Fugue (G minor)

Bach, Toccata and Fugue in D minor, organ

Colm Wilkinson ( Music of the Night)

Phantom of the Opera

I used to lesson to plays on radio too once i learned to use one. It was grate that late night shows continued into the 90's I do not know if some shows still run these or not. But here are some good old ones. To be honest this is tame compared to what I considered a "bed time". I am just happy that my dad realized that some movies where not expectable for a kids, well when it was to late for me. I still remember my brother in tears on his birthday thinking that monkeys where going to melt out his internal organs. I think that he would have been 7. Hah the good old days, laugh.

War of the Worlds (radio broadcast from 1938) -1/6

War of the Worlds (radio broadcast from 1938) -2/6

War of the Worlds (radio broadcast from 1938) -3/6

War of the worlds (radiobroadcast from 1938) -4/6

War of the worlds (radiobroadcast from 1938) -5/6

War of the worlds (radiobroadcast from 1938) -6/6

Odd sports

I love how people come up with odd sports. So here are a few. To find the links to pages that explain how to play the game just click on the name of the sport.

World Finger Jousting Federation

Trangleball

Ultimate Wheel

Segway Polo

World Sport Stacking Association

Zorbing

Cheese Chasing

I have always liked watching Magasteutures. It gives us ordinary people a look into what it takes to build the everyday things we use. So here is one that I enjoyed watching.

Megastructure : Construction of Burj Al Arab 1

Megastructure : Construction of Burj Al Arab 2

Megastructure : Construction of Burj Al Arab 3

Megastructure : Construction of Burj Al Arab 4

Megastructure : Construction of Burj Al Arab 5

The holy land grab.

This topic is talked about all the time. It seems that the more people talk the less we can do. I grew up watching media that portrayed Jewish people as always the victim and never the one doing the evil actions. I know that Evil is a strong word. As I see it, Nazis are evil people and the right wing Jewish Israelis' have become the new Nazis. This time they are the ones making a "Pure" "homeland". I see problems with this. One being that the reason so many people see the Jewish community as victims is dew to Nazis trying to make a "Pure" homeland. We all know that the holocaust took place and anyone that deny's it is in major denial. It was not only the Jewish community that felt the pain of that event but Gypsies, Those of mixed race and anyone of colour. I grew up knowing people that had grama's that lived through it and still had the makes on there arms to prove it. They where kind old ladies that never would wont what they lived through to be put onto anyone ells let alone in there name. I hate looking at people that stand and yell this happened to us and doing the same thing to a group of people at the same time. My second problem comes with "Homeland". It is confusing at best. The Arabs that live there now are the people of that land for thousands of years. Some are even descendants of Jewish people that believe it or not converted to Christianity, and that get ready for it... to Islam. So when People say that they are getting there right full land back they are really taking it from a brother. The skin and look may have changed on both sides, One mixing more with Northern Europeans and the other mixing with more arab. If anyone takes a look at human migration patterns it will show that. So using the words that it is your homeland and no one ells's is totally bullshit. The right wing can only play the victim so long and with every passing day that gets less and less believable. Do not use the kind grams that I have met as justification to take land. Palestine opened there doors for the Jewish community when the USA shut there's to them. See this as a political land grab of some right wing nut jobs.

Holy Land Grab, From Al Jazeera English.

part 1

Pert 2

On a side not there is a group of Israeli women that stand at the Palestinian check points watching to make sure that Israeli solders do not harm the Palestinians trying to go about there life's in what limited way they can. These are brave and good women. DO not let a right wing political view tarnish the good people that at standing at the side lines. You cane not blame all Jewish people just as you can not Blame all Muslims for Sept 11th. We all know how that feels. I will defend anyone that badmouths a good person based on race, religion or sex. So no hatters ok.

People and Cars and the Side Effects

Well now I have been away for a long time, longer then I had planed. Work cot up with me after I got better and life was a messy. But its all relatively good now. I funked up my knee at work (its just really sore) and I'm stuck in bed resting till work. So It gave me a chance to read peoples blogs. I read Aalia's blog about the bad parking jobs and had some of my own pics (off the net of cores) all over my laptop and thought I should get rid of a few. So here are the "side effects" of people driving. I am considering posting a vid I tuck when my friends and I had a little miss hap with the car but it does have a "bit" of sailor worthy language if you get my drift. So I will ponder that. Here are the pics.

Back!

Sorry all, I had the flu and was working a lot. Well I will post a lot soon if not tonight!

Random Thoughts - Sasha Face

photos courtesy style.com

I love Sasha Pivovarova and all the interesting facial expressions she makes on the runway.



EDIT: Speaking of Sasha, some of you may know that she is also an artist. She was recently enlisted by Chanel to create an illustration for a show in Moscow (below).

photo courtesy stylelist.com

The Russian model says that she was "inspired by the joy of seeing fairytale characters coming to life in one of the main theaters of Moscow, the city where I was born."

I've seen some of Sasha's work before and I quite like it. However, all her subjects seem to bear an uncanny resemblance to herself and it makes me wonder if this is a drawing style she purposely developed or if the extent of her drawing ability is self-portraits.

What do you think of Sasha's illustration for Chanel?