I’m sure most of you are familiar with these images that have been circulating the blogosphere:

First, let me point out that Al Gore has failed at proving that Global Warming exists. That’s like trying to prove that Santa exists. Sure, wouldn’t it be dandy? But facts are facts and fiction is fiction. So, what does a has-been politician do when his life’s work has been proven time and time again to be a fraud? Well, if this has-been politician is Al Gore; he resorts to Photoshopping “evidence”. I mean, Photoshop trumps science, right? Wrong. Sorry, Al. It doesn’t. Just like whining about pregnant chads doesn’t win an election. YES, we all remember your whiny ass complaining about pregnant chads and dimples on ballots.

In the images above you can clearly see that several massive hurricanes have been Photoshopped. It’s been proven that hurricanes are at a 30 year low. Here are some graphs I found at Watts Up With That:

Both Northern Hemisphere and South Hemisphere AND therefore overall Global hurricane activity has continued to sink to levels not seen since the 1970s. Even more astounding, when the Southern Hemisphere hurricane data is analyzed to create a global value, we see that Global Hurricane Energy has sunk to 30-year lows, at the least. Since hurricane intensity and detection data is problematic as one goes back in time, when reporting and observing practices were different than today, it is possible that we underestimated global hurricane energy during the 1970s.

Using a well-accepted metric called the Accumulated Cyclone Energy index or ACE for short (Bell and Chelliah 2006), which has been used by Klotzbach (2006) and Emanuel (2005) (PDI is analogous to ACE), and most recently by myself in Maue (2009) , simple analysis shows that 24-month running sums of global ACE or hurricane energy have plummeted to levels not seen in 30 years.

Why use 24-month running sums instead of simply yearly values? Since a primary driver of the Earth’s climate from year to year is the El Nino Southern Oscillation (ENSO) acts on time scales on the order of 2-7 years, and the fact that the bulk of the Southern Hemisphere hurricane season occurs from October – March, a reasonable interpretation of global hurricane activity requires a better metric than simply calendar year totals. The 24-month running sums is analogous to the idea of “what have you done for me lately”. During the past 6 months, extending back to October of 2008 when the Southern Hemisphere tropical season was gearing up, global ACE had crashed due to two consecutive years of well-below average Northern Hemisphere hurricane activity. To avoid confusion, I am not specifically addressing the North Atlantic, which was above normal in 2008 (in terms of ACE), but the hemisphere (and or globe) as a whole. The North Atlantic only represents a 1/10 to 1/8 of global hurricane energy output on average but deservedly so demands disproportionate media attention due to the devastating societal impacts of recent major hurricane landfalls.

Interesting, indeed. Visit Watts Up With That for more information. Unless you’re a liberal. From what I understand; you liberals aren’t all that interested in facts and information. But, it’s there if you ever decide to quit being morons.

If you look at the second image I posted; the one with the faux-hurricanes… you’ll notice that the Arctic has magically disappeared! Funny, since the Arctic ice is currently at the SAME levels as 1979. The good people at Daily Tech pointed this out.

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Rapid growth spurt leaves amount of ice at levels seen 29 years ago.

Thanks to a rapid rebound in recent months, global sea ice levels now equal those seen 29 years ago, when the year 1979 also drew to a close.

Visit Daily Tech for more information.

Also, NASA points out that the average temperature of the water near the top of the Earth’s oceans has significantly cooled since 2003. CLICK FOR NASA ARTICLE

BBC has found that we have not observed any increase in global temperatures for the last 11 years. Yes, that’s over ONE DECADE. CLICK FOR BBC ARTICLE

So… tell me… Why does Florida appear to be dissolving in Al Gore’s lame Photoshopped images? What the hell happened to CUBA? Last time I checked; Cuba still exists. Also; look at the SIZE of those faux-hurricanes. Anyone who actually believes this Global Warming bullshit simply WANTS to. There is no other conclusion.

Here’s something fun:
Letting Al Gore know we aren’t falling for his junk science, Portland, Oregon 11/18/09

Wake up, people. He’s cashing in and making BILLIONS off of easily influenced MORONS.

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What?

“Alien” is the first movie of one of the most popular sagas in science fiction history, and introduces Sigourney Weaver as Ripley, the iron-willed woman destined to battle the galaxy’s ultimate creature. The terror begins when the crew of the spaceship Nostromo investigates a transmission from a desolate planet and makes a horrifying discovery, a life form that breeds within a human host. Now the crew must fight not only for its own survival, but for the survival of all mankind.

Where?

At home.

With?

The muttiest mutt in Muttland.

Why?

Recently Ridley Scott announced some initial details about his Alien prequel and whilst reading through the possibilities and nods to the original, I just had to watch it again.

Worth It?

I knew exactly what I was getting, an absolute stone cold classic. Ridley Scott created a bubble of pure tension that builds and builds until the explosive climax, and smack bang in the centre is the poor crew.

Weaver is incredible as Ripley and her performance fully deserved to go down in sci-fi folklore, and what I like most about the Alien series (yes, even 3 and Resurrection) is how different they are from each other, and whilst the original is the only out-and-out sci-fi movie in the series, the sequels would be nothing without the hints at the growing mythology.

THOSE classic scenes still hold up fantastically, but what I had forgotten was just how long Scott draws them out, so even though I knew they were coming, the tension still got to me to the point I was yelling “JUST JUMP OUT AT HIM FOR THE LOVE OF GOD!”

Classic movie, if you haven’t seen it, then you’re no friend of mine.

I’m thinking I’ll be watching Aliens this weekend to get me in the mood for Avatar, two birds killed with one stone.

8.5/10

Quel che si dice una dichiarazione d’amore,ecco ogni volta che lo si ri-ri-rivede. Sono dell’idea che Allen non abbia vie di mezzo o piace o non piace, il suo modo di far cinema è basato sui rapporti umani, anzi no meglio, sull’uso spasmodico del dialogo fino all’essere logorroico, addirittura fino all’uso del monologo e questo spinge ad ascoltare più che a guardare e i suoi personaggi da psicoanalisi cinici , ironici e sarcastici nonchè molto autobiografici e quasi sempre felici sconfitti ci portano a riflettere.  Manhattan è le note di Jazz di George Gershwin che apre il sipario con Rhapsody in Blue (firmando una delle colonne sonore più belle di sempre) in quei minuti iniziali dove il regista lascia spazio alla sua città natale facendone un piccolo ritratto al mondo.Manhattan è la cornice di grattacieli, strade e luci dove si innestano le vicende dei protagonisti.Manhattan è il luogo dove il protagonista , Isaac Davis, si rifugia o da cui forse è frenato. Essì perchè Isaac Davis è un autore televisivo la cui moglie Jil (Meryl Streep)l’ha lasciato per un altra donna,che ora ha una storia con Tracy (M.Hemingway) una ragazza liceale il cui padre potrebbe essere più vecchio di lui per sua stessa ammissione, e come se non avesse buoni motivi per troncare il proprio curriculum relazionale incontra Mary (Diane Keaton , più volte compagna di set di Allen), amante del suo migliore amico Yale (M.Murphy)che scombussolerà ancor dippiù la sua vita. La verità la dirà Tracy al termine con quel ‘bisogna avere fiducia della gente‘ e di risposta Isaac abbozzerà un triste sorriso, sicuro almeno questa volta della sua verità. Il finale ricorda un po’ Io ed Annie.  Signori, questa è Manhattan (c’est la vie)!

Chevvolete che vi dica io stravedo per Allen, sono estremamente di parte nel giudicarlo ma questo è proprio il suo capolavoro, lasciatemelo dire eh. Sono convinto che tutti noi, a nostro modo, siamo abitanti di quella Manhattan, a tutti noi è stato concesso un tempo da trascorrere che non è uguale a quello degli altri ma dell’altro abbiamo comunque bisogno e questo ci rende tendenti all’imperfezione ma estremamente umani. (nel suo cinismo il messaggio è rassicurante, ebbè!)

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Hello Good People who surprise me by still reading this blog during my long absences.

This post was originally half written over four weeks ago and was never finished, I was interrupted by the ‘flu,the Cultural Revolution and Revolutionary Operas and then had to recover from the exhaustion of all three!

Anyway, I am now myself again and am greatly excited at the prospect of seeing the Steve Hillage Band and Gong live at The Forum in London, this Friday (on the 27/11/2009 in case you read this at some point in the future).

Talking about some point in the future, before the Cultural Revolution, or sleeping or reading about East Asian pop music compulsively once  again, I will get straight to the point and illustrate Gong’s new album entitled 2032 with a short clip. I have to admit that I think this music video is amazing. It was made by the Japanese animator team Mu-0C Magic , who I believe are Hibari Hoya,Haruka Sakota, and Akira Watanabe.

Gong- How to Stay Alive ( 2009)

Is the album entitled 2032 because an asteroid is due to hit Earth in that year?

Answers in the comments section please, the song is certainly cheerfully apocalyptic. But then the first ever song by Gong that hit me lyrically in the centre of my brain was You Can’t Kill Me, a song about killing off the rest of the family, symbolic and  psychologically strange.

( preceded appropriately by Radio Gnome Prediction) released in 1971 from the album Camembert Electrique:

The tracks on the new album 2032 sound definitely like the old Gong, although on occasion I can hear a bit of old Hawkwind and The Ozric Tentacles too. However considering that without both Hawkwind and Gong , there wouldn’t be any Ozric Tentacles ..I’ll let you do the maths…

Here is Pinkle Ponkle from the new Gong album, starting off sounding a bit techno, then a bit middle-Eastern but then definitely just like Gong’s unique style with echo unit orgasmic sighs by Gilli Smyth , Daevid Allen’s poetry, psychedelic spacy effects by Miquette Giraudy, Steve Hillage’s uniquely wonderful  guitar sound ,with Mike Howlett on bass,Chris Taylor on drums and Theo Travis on flute and sax.

See the Gong website (http://www.planetgong.co.uk/) for further guest players on the album including the original Didier Malherbe.

Gong and Steve Hillage surreptitiously introduced me to Gamelan, free form jazz , Middle-Eastern and Indian classical music and musical concepts like drones on Miquette’s synth,and modes from the East on Steve’s guitar, when I was only fourteen and “World Music” was not generally heard in London’s mainstream media, apart from a bit of Indian Classical music.

In recent years of course, Steve Hillage has been creating music with Miquette as System7, but even with dance/trance/techno music he was still playing his guitar live.

Now with the reemergence of The Steve Hillage Band , he is playing his old stuff again, something many of us had wished and prayed for during the past two and a half decades and never dared to hope would come true.

I will end with some video clips as it’s late and I need to go to bed! One last piece of info, I phoned up a ticket agency today ( Keith Prowse) and there are still tickets available for this Friday (tomorrow) at the Forum in Kentish Town…

but only because every Steve Hillage fan in London does not realise he is playing yet. If you are one of them, get yourself a ticket by whatever means , it’s not too late. Or you could go and see The Steve Hillage Band and Gong , on Saturday the 28th at The O2 Academy in Oxford,  and Sunday the 29th of  November at The Corn Exchange in Brighton.

I have already put up so many of my favourite Steve Hillage tracks up on this blog along with my favourite youtube video clips so forgive me if I am repeating myself .

Om Nama Shivaya from the album “L” (1976)

Salmon Song ,this is a clip from the fantastic video of Steve Hillage playing in Canterbury from the truly excellent DVD  Steve Hillage LIVE in England 1979.

and from the same DVD here he is with Hurdy Gurdy Man

and here they are in 2009 in Bonn playing  Searching for The Spark ..they need a bigger audience to bounce their musical vibes off, so get down there , if you are in London, Oxford, or Brighton and dance your hippie dance.

See you all on Friday or online sometime.

Love and Peace

Born2rant

Back in the 1970s it seems that a naughty Wookie could lay his furry paws on a Princess’ dowry without fear of recrimination…

I bought some DVD’s the other day. One of them was the 1979 movie All That Jazz, directed by Bob Fosse (Sweet Charity, Cabaret, Lenny). The movie is Fosse’s semi-autobiographical story about a director/choreographer/dancer’s life and career. The film was inspired by a period from Fosse’s life, when he tried to edit his film “Lenny” while staging his 1975 Broadway musical “Chicago”. It’s the story of Joe Gideon, a chain-smoking, workaholic choreographer and theater director who sleeps with all of his dancers. He wakes up everyday with Vivaldi blasting through his cassette player. He has his daily dose of Visine, Alka-Seltzer and Dexedrine and heads to work. His lavish lifestyle is taking him to an early grave, and even though his daughter and ex-wife try to pull him back from the brink, it seems to be too late. Gideon is already flirting with the angel of death, played by Jessica Lange. His condition gets worse and is admitted to a hospital with a severe case of angina. Gideon is bedridden, but it doesn’t stop the cigarettes, women or champagne from flowing. Gideon is playing with death until a massive coronary stops everything. The backers for the broadway play that Gideon is directing have to decide what to do with the production. They realize that the only way they could make a profit with the play is if Gideon were to die and they could cash the million dollar insurance.

All That Jazz is a 1979 American musical film directed by Bob Fosse. The screenplay by Robert Alan Aurthur and Fosse is a semi-autobiographical fantasy based on aspects of the dancer, choreographer, and director's life and career. The film was inspired by Fosse's manic effort to edit his film Lenny while simultaneously staging his 1975 Broadway musical Chicago.

I love musicals. That didn’t sound right… I like musicals that are good. Some are not, and I don’t like them at all. My wife thinks I’m completely gay for watching musicals. I think it’s a genre like any other, and a movie isn’t judged buy its genre, but whether it is good or not. All That Jazz featured an amazing performance from Roy Scheider, great dance scenes, cool 70’s camerawork and… –Well, I can’t think of anything at the moment, but overall a great movie. My rating is a solid 3 out of 5 stars. Maybe even 4 stars. Two thumbs up, if that’s any easier to interpret. Let’s call it 7/10 points and a must see for anyone who likes Roy Scheider or musicals.

Hier ein paar Links zum aktuellen Geschehen:

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Hier ein Foto (mehr auf facebook und auf Anfrage) von TMI – 1 (aufgenommen im März 2009 © Michael Hänel)
März 2009: 30 Jahre nach TMI in der 3sat Mediathek

Start your week in party mood. Aqum! )

Gracias a todos los que vinistéis a la fiesta, fue genial.

La mayoría de las ausencias fueron por causas más que justificadas así que…perdonados.

La gente llegó en turnos lo que hizo más fácil que puediera compartir charlas con todos vosotros.

Me encantó todo, las sorpresas, las no sorpresas, los regalos , los coros improvisados, manuela, vera, los antojos, el par de huevos, las velas, las risas… pero sobre todo el cariño con el que todo el mundo me trató.

Gracias por ayudarme con mi nuevo proyecto: I HEART MY THIRTIES. THE PROJECT.

pd_ Especial mención merece la aparición sorpresa de santi. llegó sigilosamente desde barcelona para darme una de las mayores alegrías que recuerdo. Mil gracias Don Santiago.

Iré colgando algunas fotos de la fiesta por aquí. Aquí van algunas:

EL BUFAS & EL RU. LA ALMUDAYNA.

DANI, VERO, R, MR JEAN & ELI. PEPE BOTELLA.

LA TARTA. PEPE BOTELLA.

ME DESCOJONO. PEPE BOTELLA.

QUÉ LA CHUPEN. QUÉ LA SIGAN CHUPANDO. PEPE BOTELLA.

LA FLOR DE MI SECRETO. PEPE BOTELLA.

GIOV EL LUCHADOR. LA HUEVERÍA.

MARINA, CHARLIE, GIOV & LOLO. LA PANZA.

SORO&CECI

CECI, SORO, NACHO, SANTI, EL MESERO & ELI. LA PANZA.

MI NIÑO BOLA FAVORITO. LA PANZA.

LA FAMILIA. LA PANZA.

LAS MÁSCARAS & LAS RISAS QUE NOS ECHAMOS. LA PANZA.

AITOR. LEJAR HANDIA. DESPUÉS DEL PARTIDO QUE GANÓ POR UNO (35-34) COGIÓ SU COCHE Y SE TRAGÓ 4 HORAS DE CAMINO PARA CELEBRARLO CON NOSOTROS. MILA ESKER ETORTZEAGATIK AITOR!!!

ARTURO COMO BUEN SUIZO NO MANEJA BILLETES MENORES DE 50.

FUCK YOU: I´M IN MY THIRTIES!!!

BELÉN POR BULERÍAS. LA PANZA.

MARINA & LOLA SCHÜL. LA PANZA.

JOSE & YUDITH.

ENTRE COPAS.

MIRADAS.

EL TRÍO SE VA A POR COPAS.

En todo cumpleaños tiene que haber unas velas a la altura de la ocasión:

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Is the "Caligula" movie with Malcom McDowell, historically accurate?
For anyone who has seen the controversial movie, "Caligula" with Malcom McDowell in the lead role, is the movie historically accurate? or not? like what parts of the movie did they get wrong compared to what happend in the real Caligula’s life?

Tim D | Nov 10, 2009

- Gyro

Κάποτε, επί ημερών «σοσιαλισμού» του ΠΑ.ΣΟ.Κ. (1979-1981), το ΚΚΕ είχε σαν κεντρικά συνθήματα τα “Αλλαγή δεν γίνεται χωρίς το ΚΚΕ” και το “ΚΚΕ αλλαγή – δεύτερη κατανομή“. Με αυτά τα συνθήματα το ΚΚΕ εξωράιζε το ΠΑΣΟΚ και έδινε ψεύτικες ελπίδες για τον επερχόμενο ΠΑΣΟΚικό σοσιαλισμό.  Στα συνθήματα αυτά και στην λογική τους, είχε τη βάση της η συγκυβέρνηση του 1989.

Για να μην λέω δικά μου λόγια και θεωρηθεί οτι υπονομεύω το ”κόμμα”, αφήνω τον Χαρίλαο Φλωράκη να εξηγήσει τι σημαίνει το σύνθημα “αλλαγή δεν γίνεται χωρίς το ΚΚΕ” και επίσης, πως το εκλογικά δυναμωμένο ΚΚΕ θα εξασφάλιζε πραγματικές αλλαγές ύστερα από μια νίκη του ΠΑΣΟΚ.

Κάντε κλικ επάνω στην εικόνα (ή στο link κάτω από την εικόνα) για να κατεβάσετε την μπροσούρα. Είναι σχετικά μικρό (8 σελίδες 2,5ΜΒ)  και θα χρειαστεί περίπου ένα με δύο λεπτά για να “κατέβει¨ στον υπολογιστή σας.

Χωρίς το ΚΚΕ καμιά πραγματική αλλαγή

Análise: Novo single da Janet Jackson vindo do seu novo álbum “Number Ones” (Jackson²), que foi lançado apenas em formato digital em 22 de Setembro. Primeira música que a Janet lançou depois da morte de seu irmão Michael.

“Don’t it, baby! Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough” (Jackson²)

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Bem, inicialmente, havia um papo que a parte em que Janet canta “don’t stop ’til you get enough” (Jackson ²) era uma homenagem ao seu irmão e sua música vencedora de um Grammy, “Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough”. Mas parece que Janet negou o fato numa entrevista para a TV. Bem, se é homenagem ou não, é passível de discussão, cada um pode interpretar como quer.

O fato é que a canção é assinada como ”Nu Disco”, o que quer que isso signifique (na verdade, isso seria uma espécie de reinvenção da Disco Music. Mas vamos lembrar que a Disco Music não acabou à toa. Era um tipo de música bom e divertido, mas descartável como muita coisa do pop atual. E claro que dificilmente alguém vai criar algo inovador ou relevante neste estilo!). Tem uma batida interessante criada pelo Dark Child (Rodney Jerkins) e inclusive um fato interessante que acredito que tenha passado despercebido: parte da música sampleia (além da “homenagem [Jackson ²]) a canção “Disco Night” do grupo GQ, que fez sucesso com essa canção nos anos 70, a era da Disco Music (mais uma vez referência à Disco Music presente). O clipe da canção é uma mistura de “Rhythm Nation” (de 1989, #2US) com “Scream” (de 1995, #3UK e #5US, dueto com seu irmão Michael para o álbum duplo HIStory [Jackson²]), com uma fotografia bonita e Janet em forma.

Michael Jackson agora está morto. Vamos ver o que pode sair do que ficou do seu reinado do pop com seus suditos… e Janet é mais um deles…

PS: A quem possa interessar, aqui está um vídeo da canção sampleada “Disco Night”, do GQ, de 1979 (#12US).

Bruno

Ok this bike was recently spotted and I had to add it to the site. Thanks to Steve for sending me the pictures. Two very unsual things about this bike. First was immeadiately obvious. The bike has a CYC Bashgaurd just like the one in the article in “Bicycle Motocross Action” on Pikes Peak.

Was this that bike, or merely a local attempt to duplicate the Pikes Peak bike?  **Editors Note- See the article above (Pikes Peak). Clearly the bash guards are different, and the bike used in the test was stickered as a regular Stormer. **

Second was the decal says Stormer Jr. Never heard of this model before. The bike shows tall and looks like a a regular Stormer. This bike has a 18.5″ top tube just like a regular Stormer.  So what is the difference? Could it be that CYC had intended to do a CYC Stormer Jr. Model and just never did? This clearly looks like a regular Stormer to me. Could it be the factory simply mislabeled it? This is a very interesting find.

***This just in*** Barry (last name unknown) just commented that he was on the CYC mailing list for years.  CYC it turns out made a production run of special edition Pikes Peak Stormers and Stormer Jr.’s. maybe 500 of the Stormers and 250 of the Stormer Jr.s were planned for production. It is unclear how many they actually produced. Thanks for the info Barry!***

- por Bernardo Brum

Eu quero acordar na cidade que nunca dorme.

Somos recepcionados por Isaac, olhando a cinzenta Nova York em um muito apropriado preto e branco, e acompanhamos histórias sendo escritas, reescritas e jogadas no lixo a todo momento. Afinal, está uma cidade que nunca pára. Sempre há pessoas chegando, indo embora, se estabelecendo, arruinando-se, experimentando, chorando, brigando e apaixonando-se novamente. É quase impossível de acompanhar tantos fluxos sem ficar louco, é verdade. E é tão irresistível quanto.

Manhattan faz isso. Nossos corações estão quebrados e nossas mentes estão estimuladas. Isaac namora uma garota de dezessete anos, pula fora do emprego na televisão, se apaixona pela amante do seu melhor amigo, hostiliza e é hostilizado pela ex-exposa que agora é lésbica, e o pior de tudo, não é um exemplo para a posterioridade. Ele mal traga os cigarros que fuma, afinal de contas.

Aqui nunca vamos encontrar, infelizmente ou não, o grande protagonista que Hollwyood erigiu década após década. Quem é o protagonista, afinal? Um homem perdido em seus próprios ideais de dignidade, relacionamento e vida? Que sente arrepios quando ouve críticas negativas ao trabalho de Ingmar Bergman tal qual uma senhora ricaça sente fricotes quando e criticada pela sua cafonice? Ou é Manhattan, desconstruída e desglamourizada tantas vezes, com obras como Operação França, Caminhos Perigosos e Faça a Coisa Certa?

Teria um tragicomediante, frente a esses mestres do drama visceral urbano, seu espaço pra desconstruir Nova York? Pois sim; aqui sentimos de forma tão palpável que estamos sem deus, que talvez não sejamos nada mesmo nesse mundo, mas ora bolas, nós queremos redenção, não queremos?

Gordon Willis agarra nossos olhares e nos faz viajar em meio à tempestade, à lua (eu tive um impulso louco de jogar você na superfície lunar e cometer perversão interestelar…), as exposições, aos bares, restaurantes, charretes, quartos esfumaçados onde ainda há sexo no meio de tanta violência, dinheiro e arranha-céus, aos bancos defronte a pontes – tudo na mais emocionante das composições de quadro, naquele momento da noite em que só as nossas vozes importam, já que somos, provavelmente, apenas sombras apaixonadas observando milênios de cultura humana – milênios ainda não o suficientes para nos impedir de fazer besteiras, trairmos nossos corações, sermos desonestos com nós mesmos. Não nos livra também que somos medíocres vítimas do acaso, e que as mulheres cansam de nós, e que nossos amigos não são sempre leais, e diabos, talvez sejamos uns chauvinistas que não aprenderam a perder.

Mas se não há nada depois da falência múltipla dos órgãos, se somos garotos solitários em um universo ateu, talvez aqui nem tudo seja uma farsa. Talvez possamos fazer algo além de nos redimir para cada falha nossa. Não sabemos tratar bem nossos parceiros, desprezamos aqueles que mostram algum valor, brigamos pelos motivos mais bestas, como se ainda tivéssemos treze anos. Eu acho que nós somos afobados e descrentes demais – em relação a nós mesmos. Queremos ser perfeitos, queremos que tudo dê sempre certo. Mas somos humanos no final das contas, não é?

Vai saber. Woody não se atreve a responder. Nos acena com prédios, fogos de artifício e George Gershwin. Rhapsody In Blue para a Grande Maçã continuar acordada, mais uma vez, acendendo mais um cigarro e tentando com um pouco mais de doçura.

5/5

Ficha técnica: Manhattan – 1979, EUA. Dir.: Woody Allen. Elenco: Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Mariel Hemingway, Meryl Streep, Michael Murphy, Karen Ludwig

Okay, I did some math and it turns out I actually have to do three a day if I’m going to get all the Miss Novembers in before the end of the month (I think I’m even going to have to quadruple on two days). So here we go!

Photographed by Richard Fegley

The lovely and talented Sylvie Garant, Playboy’s Miss November 1979, landed in the magazine after submitting her picture to the Great Playmate Hunt, a contest which was held for Playboy’s twenty-fifth anniversary.

The second Canadian o’ the day, Sylvie’s later career credits include co-hosting duties with Alex Trebek on the game show “The $128,000 Question” (I guess they wanted to out-do “the $64,000 Question,” or is that a Canadian conversion thing?) and, later, a similar job with Monty Hall on the game show “The Joke’s On Us.”

Ms. Garant has only recently gotten onto the convention and public appearance circuit. Here is a picture of her taken August 2009 at the Chicago Glamourcon from the official site of the incomparable Dolores Del Monte (Miss March 1954), a super-awesome vintage model who is still rockin’ in the free world.

Sylvie Garant, left, and Dolores Del Monte

Dolores says in her caption that it was Sylvie’s first Glamourcon:

Sunday our last day of the Chicago Glamourcon, with Sylvie Garant, Nov. 1979. A too short get together with this new Playmate sister. Her 1st time at Glamourcon!

I think it is adorable that Miss March 1954 is a seasoned convention-goer who is showing Miss November 1979 the ropes. I don’t know why, I just love that.

Check out this final pic from the blog of Candace Collins Jordan (Miss December 1979): it features a couple of the playmates who’ve been highlighted here in the last few weeks, and a couple who will be coming up soon. Spot the Miss Novembers!

Left to right: Sylvie Garant (Miss November 1979); Patti Connors, nee McGuire, (Miss November 1976); Candace Collins Jordan (Miss December 1979); Laura Lyons (Miss February 1976); Monica Tidwell (Miss November 1973); Janet Lupo (Miss November 1975); and Dede Lind (Miss August 1967), who you may recall is the roommate of Lisa Baker (Miss November 1966) (not pictured).

1979년 서울
저런 모습이었구나.

Altro capitolo delle foto dei matrimoni, tocca ad Ambra ed Enzo e siamo nel 1979!

Love Unlimited – High Steppin’ Hip Dressin’ Fella

Det här är en så apbra låt att jag inte kan hitta nog med adjektiv för att beskriva det.
Mina minnen till den här låten är främst från 1981 då låten släpptes i en ny utgåva. Ursprungligen släpptes den 1979 men av någon anledning så var det först med släppet 1981 som jag för evigt skulle älska den här låten.

Minns att den var brutalt jobbig att mixa med då den är enormt svajig i takten, något som oxå hörs emellanåt. Tror det hänger ihop med det kluriga pianospelet som svävar över låten och som ger den dess speciella karaktär. Det som dock fängslar mig mest är tjejernas röster och hur man blir som förtrollad både genom vers och refräng. Men även stråkar och blås som oxå har en framträdande plats gör att det blir en sån monumentalt bra discobakelse av det hela. Det är lixom för mycket av allting, och ibland så ska det vara för mycket av allting för det blir helt enkelt så makalöst lyckat med för mycket av allting, som i just den här låten.

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A Speaker Event with Professor Fred Halliday

2 December 2008 6:30-7:45am in Room NAB214

Fred Halliday is ICREA research professor at IBEI, the Barcelona Institute for International Studies. He was formerly professor of international relations at the London School of Economics and is now one of the the IR Department’s emeritus staff. He is a widely known and authoritative analyst of middle-eastern affairs who appears regularly on the BBC, ABC, al-Jazeera television, CBC and Irish radio. Among his many books are The Middle East in International Relations: Power, Politics and Ideology (2005) and 100 Myths about the Middle East (2005).

Please note that this talk will now be chaired by Dr George Lawson, lecturer in IR at the LSE.

10. November Rain
Guns N’ Roses

Guns N’ Roses had come onto the scene with hard rocking hits like Sweet Child o’ Mine and Welcome to the Jungle, but with their twin Used Your Illusion albums they really managed to find a new epic tone to their music. This epic quality was further shown through their video for the 9-minute November Rain, inter cutting one of the concerts with the story of a wedding which goes horribly wrong. The way the story plays out matches with the music and creates a fantastic, large-scale music video.

9. The Hardest Button to Button
The White Stripes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLESpHrtvxs

It may seem simple at a quick glance, yet this video is really a work of ingenuity and wonderful technical achievement. This fantastic editing works both with the music and to make it incredibly enjoyable to watch. And hey, it was even spoofed on The Simpsons!

8. Just
Radiohead

Chances are you haven’t seen a video quite like Just. Radiohead sets out to state a message with this video, even if we’re not sure what that message is. However, the fact that its open to interpretation is perhaps a part of of its brilliance. Why is he lying on the ground? What does he know that keeps him immobilized? And more importantly, how is it that whatever he knows also affects everyone around him in the same way?

7. Jeremy
Pearl Jam

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMRTOZExfJA

Most videos coming into the 1990’s were pop fluff or simple concert scenes, nothing very serious; that is until Pearl Jam came along. Pearl Jam is now notorious for shunning videos for their music, but they did make a couple in their early days, one of which was Jeremy. Jeremy dealt with a topic as serious as classroom shooting and violence and depicted it in an artistic manner in order to display its underlying roots. It was a video with a message, and will be remembered for a long time because of that.

6. Hurt
Johnny Cash

Johnny Cash is responsible for one of the most emotional videos out there. It is a beautiful and artistic portrayal of his life. Cash gives a no-holds barred portrait of himself here, and he certainly doesn’t pretty it up at all. He looks old and weathered, worn by the harder years of his life. Cash is a legend of music and here he lays his life out for everyone to see.

5. 1979
The Smashing Pumpkins

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2snP7rGP6g

There is a quality to the 1979 video which is hard to describe. Perhaps its nostalgia, for those whose carefree teen years are over, or perhaps its a confirmation for those who are currently in those years. Its a reminder of why its great to be young. Its a celebration of days when all you really worried about was where the next party was going to be and who was going to get the beer. Even if that was never your high school experience, you can still admire this video for looking great and having its own unique tone and feel.

4. Everybody Hurts
R.E.M.

(No youtube available)

Ever been stuck in a traffic jam and wonder what other people are thinking? Now you can know! In Everybody Hurts, REM makes a statement about conformism and the rat race of modern life and how we become prisoners of our own thoughts, unable to break through the societal boundaries around us. As the music progresses and the video nears its climax, it reaches an emotional peak which is hard to top when it comes to the medium of music videos.

3. Buddy Holly
Weezer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFzg8IWcpR0

How much fun is this video? Spike Jones directs Weezer in a video which places them on the set of Happy Days. The special effects here are almost flawless and are reminiscent of those used in Forrest Gump. It may not necessarily have a message or a powerful statement, but then again neither does the song. Its a fun, fluff song with a wonderfully imaginative and fun video.

2. Sabotage
The Beastie Boys

Yet another Spike Jonze video. Sabotage plays out like a cheesy 70’s cop movie, and is highly entertaining as such. It is a video of pure fun; the music matches the action perfectly. Its light-hearted and certainly doesn’t take itself seriously. And its also one of the most memorable music videos to date.

1. Thriller
Michael Jackson

The ultimate music video, taking the genre to a whole new level. This John Landis directed mini-movie ended up being a 13-minute epic which redefined the purpose and grandeur of music videos. It may seem a little dated now to some, but it has managed to draw legions of fans and is the grand-daddy of all music video.

Here are the top-30 movies from the 70’s. This decade is the best one. I always said that the best movies were made in the 70’s. Take a look for yourself and hit that video store on the way home. Ladies and gentlemen, the best movies from 1970-1979…

1. The Godfather part II (1974) Director: Francis Ford Coppola
2. A Clockwork Orange (1971) Director: Stanley Kubrick
3. The Godfather (1972) Director: Francis Ford Coppola
4. Jaws (1975) Director: Steven Spielberg
5. Barry Lyndon (1975) Director: Stanley Kubrick
6. Annie Hall (1977) Director: Woody Allen
7. Chinatown (1974) Director: Roman Polanski
8. The Deer Hunter (1978) Director: Michael Cimino
9. The Exorcist (1973) Director: William Friedkin
10. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975) Director: Milos Forman
11. Apocalypse Now (1979) Director: Francis Ford Coppola
12. Marathon Man (1976) Director: John Schlesinger
13. Manhattan (1979) Director: Woody Allen
14. National Lampoon’s Animal House (1978) Director: John Landis
15. Papillon (1973) Franklin J. Schaffner
16. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) Director: Steven Spielberg
17. The Tenant (1976) Director: Roman Polanski
18. Deliverance (1972) Director: John Boorman
19. The French Connection (1971) Director: William Friedkin
20. Taxi Driver (1976) Director: Martin Scorsese
21. Love and Death (1975) Director: Woody Allen
22. Dog Day Afternoon (1975) Director: Sydney Lumet
23. Five Easy Pieces (1970) Director: Bob Rafelson
24. Serpico (1973) Director: Sydney Lumet
25. Kramer vs. Kramer (1979) Director: Robert Benton
26. All the President’s Men (1976) Director: Alan J. Pakula
27. The Last Detail (1973) Director: Hal Ashby
28. Midnight Express (1978) Director: Alan Parker
29. Three Days of the Condor (1975) Director: Sydney Pollack
30. Play It Again, Sam (1972) Director: Woody Allen

THE TRAILERS FOR THE TOP 3 BEST MOVIES OF 1970-1979