All the signs were there,  after all the left turns that led nowhere, I was bound to try  a right instead.  To thine own self be true has been a mantra that had led many down a greater path depending on which part of themselves,  they are being true to.    The itch has grown over the past several months.  Now, I’m  out there laying the foundation for the road trip that leads to the next best part of my life.  After, watching my husband fight his way back from the stroke that befell him this last summer.  I am so proud of him, it let me know  that I had chosen correctly this time.  I have fought my way back from many disabling illness’ and accidents, as has he.  Neither of us has much patience with crybabies, sometimes this isn’t good news for others…  It will become obvious, that unless you are putting jack in my pocket.  I’m not real interested in your problem.  I like everyone else out here in the real world have mouths to feed and creditors to satisfy.  So, let’s get real the family comes first, so the new road begins  today.  When the plan comes to fruition, it will be time to share.  Suzi

My kids, ages 4 and 10 are what drives me to exercise and eat right.   I want to be able to horse around with them, play tag, chase and ride bikes with them for many years to come and hopefully be able to do the same with their children.

If like me, you want to lead a healthier life, enjoy the following tips courtesy of The Buck Institute of Aging.

• Eat the Rainbow – consume colorful fruits and veggies.
• Think of foods as medicines.  Eat your antioxidants instead of relying on meds.
• Meditate.  Quiet focus on breathing helps reduce stress.
• Be open.  Willing to alter one’s diet and consume less at each meal helps with digestion.
• Care for your bacteria.  Reduce your intake of processed foods.
• Drink lots of water.  Hydration is key to healthy living.
• Exercise.  Moderate exercise fights muscle atrophy.
• Avoid chronic stress.  Strokes and chronic heart ailments can be triggered by emotional stress.

If you can’t incorporate all of these strategies at once, focus on making 1 or 2 healthier choices at a time.

Now go run!

Keli

Also check out McDougall and Tim Russert  (posted 7-1-08) for relevant background discussion.  Jan

How I Treat Patients with Elevated Blood Pressure

Elevated blood pressure, or hypertension, is associated with serious health problems, such as strokes, heart attacks, and kidney failure.  Most people believe the problem with hypertension is that the elevated pressure damages the arteries and the body’s organs. Actually, it is more often the other way around. The rise in blood pressure is a response to a sick body—the blood pressure goes up as a natural and proper adaptation—as an attempt to compensate for a plugged up cardiovascular system. After years of consuming the rich Western diet, the blood vessels develop blockages referred to as atherosclerosis, the artery walls stiffen, and the blood itself becomes viscous. All this change creates a resistance to flow, resulting in a decrease in the ability to deliver nutrients to the tissues.  The body responds, as it should, with a rise in blood pressure.

The correct action for the patient to take is to decrease the resistance to flow by eating a healthy diet and exercising. Most people who follow the McDougall diet find their blood pressure decreases within a few days. Based on several collections of results from my clinic, the average reduction of blood pressure is about 14/11 mmHg in seven days, and at the same time medications used for treating hypertension are usually stopped.  My customary protocol is to stop all blood pressure-lowering medications the first day of the Program, except for beta-blockers, which I slowly discontinue by cutting the dosage in half every two to three days. Unfortunately, not every patient experiences the reduction in numbers they desire. Despite their best efforts some people may need medications.

These blood-pressure-lowering drugs function by poisoning the body in various ways. “Poison” is the correct word. In chemistry poison means to inhibit a substance or a reaction. Beta-blockers inhibit the action of adrenalin on the heart muscle, calcium channel blockers inhibit the contraction of the blood vessels, ACE inhibitors and angiotensin receptor blockers do just that (inhibit and block) the blood pressure regulating hormones produced by the adrenal glands, and diuretics poison the water and electrolyte conserving functions of the kidneys.

These five major classes of medications are discussed in more detail below.

Take Measurements at Home for Months before Starting Drugs

Before starting medications in non-emergency situations, people with concerns about their blood pressure should first, buy a good quality blood pressure cuff (an oscillometric monitor for $50 to $100) and use it to monitor their blood pressure at home.¹ I suggest they then record the values several times a week and take these numbers to their private doctor for further discussion.

A sustained elevation of blood pressure to 160/100 mmHg or greater over months suggests the need for treatment with medication.² A word of caution: If you do start blood pressure-lowering medications, avoid overly aggressive treatment. In general, reducing blood pressure below 140/90 mmHg with medication is not beneficial and actually will increase the risk of heart attacks, strokes, and death.^3,4 A recent review by the well-respected Cochrane Collaboration concluded with: “Treating patients to lower than standard BP targets, ≤140-160/90-100 mmHg, does not reduce mortality or morbidity.”⁵

Chlorthalidone Is the Drug of Choice

Chlorthalidone is an oral diuretic (a water pill taken by mouth) with a prolonged action of 48 to 72 hours and low toxicity. Diuretics lower blood pressure by reducing fluid volume, which decreases the output of the heart causing the blood pressure to fall. Doctors and patients often believe that all diuretics have similar benefits. This is not the case, and chlorthalidone is the preferred kind of diuretic for most patients.^6,7 In 1990, the Multiple Risk Factor Intervention Trial (MRFIT) reported a reduction in nonfatal cardiovascular events when the diuretic treatment was changed to replace hydrochlorothiazide (HCTZ) with chlorthalidone in men at high risk for coronary heart disease.⁸ Chlorthalidone is also more effective at lowering systolic blood pressure (the top number) than HCTZ. The starting dosage used was 12.5 to 25 mg daily; but the dosage can be increased to 50 to 100 mg daily. All patients receiving chlorthalidone should be checked after one month for evidence of fluid or electrolyte imbalance: namely, low sodium, low chloride, and low potassium (by blood tests). Other periodic laboratory tests should be performed to look for adverse effects from this potent diuretic. For example, blood levels of cholesterol, triglycerides and uric acid can be increased by this medication. Chlorthalidone is inexpensive; a 30-day supply is $4 and a 90-day supply is $10 for 25 or 50 mg tablets at Walmart.

Why I No Longer Routinely Prescribe Beta-blockers

For many years beta-blockers were considered one of the first line therapies for the treatment of hypertension. Current evidence suggests that beta-blockers (like Atenolol) should not be prescribed unless there is some other reason for their use (like atrial fibrillation, heart failure, or myocardial infarction).⁹ A recent Cochrane Collaboration concluded: “The available evidence does not support the use of beta-blockers as first-line drugs in the treatment of hypertension. This conclusion is based on the relatively weak effect of beta-blockers to reduce stroke and the absence of an effect on coronary heart disease when compared to placebo or no treatment.”¹⁰

Examples of commonly prescribed beta-blockers are: acebutolol (Sectral), atenolol (Tenormin), betaxolol (Kerlone), betaxolol (Betoptic, Betoptic S), bisoprolol fumarate (Zebeta), carteolol (Cartrol), carvedilol (Coreg), esmolol (Brevibloc), labetalol (Trandate, Normodyne), metoprolol (Lopressor, Toprol XL), nadolol (Corgard), nebivolol (Bystolic), penbutolol (Levatol), pindolol (Visken), propranolol (Inderal, InnoPran), sotalol (Betapace), and timolol (Blocadren).

I Never Prescribe Calcium Channel Blockers

Calcium channel blockers are also called “calcium antagonists” and “calcium blockers.” They may decrease the heart’s pumping strength and relax the blood vessels, and are commonly used to treat high blood pressure, angina (chest pain), and some arrhythmias (abnormal heart rhythms). However, they increase the risk of dying from heart disease and cancer (especially breast cancer), and the risk of developing open-angle glaucoma, suicide, and bleeding.^11-17

Examples of commonly prescribed calcium channel blockers are: amlodipine (Norvasc), clevidipine (Cleviprex), diltiazem (Cardizem), felodipine (Plendil), isradipine (Dynacirc), nifedipine (Adalat, Procardia), nicardipine (Cardene), nimodipine (Nimotop), nisoldipine (Sular), and verapamil (Calan, Isoptin).

I Never Prescribe Angiotensin Receptor Blockers (ARBs)

Angiotensin is a hormone found in the body that causes blood vessels to constrict, resulting in higher blood pressure and extra work on the heart. Angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs), also called angiotensin II receptor antagonists, prevent angiotensin from binding to its receptor in the walls of the blood vessels. This results in a lower blood pressure. These medications are often prescribed because they are less likely to cause a chronic cough than medications called angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors (ACE Inhibitors), which also work on the “angiotensin system” to control high blood pressure.

Convincing evidence shows that angiotensin receptor blockers (unlike ACE inhibitors) increase the rates of myocardial infarction (heart attacks) despite their beneficial effects on reducing blood pressure.¹⁸

Examples of commonly prescribed angiotensin receptor blockers are: candesartan (Atacand), eprosartan (Tevetan), irbesartan (Avapro), telmisartan (Mycardis), valsartan (Diovan), and losartan (Cozaar).

ACE Inhibitors Are Less Beneficial and More Dangerous Than Advertised

Angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors (ACE Inhibitors) have been used for decades to treat hypertension and heart disease. Their main selling point is that they are said to be “renal-protective,” meaning they help protect the kidneys from failing, especially for people with already existing kidney disease and/or diabetes. However, their value for protecting the kidneys has been largely refuted.^20-23 The ALLHAT data (the largest antihypertensive trial and the second largest lipid-lowering trial) showed that among those patients with diabetes, more patients in the ACE inhibitor (lisinopril) group progressed to end stage kidney failure compared with the chlorthalidone group.²³ Acute and chronic kidney failure from the use of these drugs is also reported (and is much more common than most doctors realize).^19,23

Examples of commonly prescribed ACE inhibitors are: benazepril (Lotensin), captopril (Capoten), enalapril (Vasotec), fosinopril (Monopril), lisinopril (Prinivil, Zestril), moexipril (Univasc), perindopril (Aceon), quinapril (Accupril), ramipril (Altace), and trandolapril (Mavik).

Medication Benefits Are Oversold

Not surprisingly, pharmaceutical companies make great efforts to advertise the benefits of their products and to cover up the harms.  To be more blunt, these companies lie to doctors, patients, medical journals, and the media.²⁴ One common method used is to report unimportant benefits from use of their products, such as lowering the blood pressure, rather than reporting very important end points like staying alive and reducing the risk of a stroke or heart attack.

They also report “relative benefits” rather than “absolute benefits.”  For example, the risk of stroke over five years is fifteen cases per thousand for untreated patients and nine cases for those actively treated with medications.²⁵ The relative risk reduction is 15 minus 9 divided by 15 or a 40% reduction. Forty percent sounds like a great benefit. However, figuring more honestly with reports of the absolute benefit are far less impressive. The absolute reduction in stroke from treatment with medication is 15 minus 9 strokes, which equals only 6 strokes prevented after treating a thousand people with medication for five years. In other words, annually, one stroke is prevented by treating one thousand patients. That’s a lot of money spent and side effects suffered for a very low absolute benefit. (Would you trade sexual dysfunction for this one in a thousand possible benefit?)

The bottom line is this: Make all efforts to avoid the need for medications or any other medical services by staying healthy. This means following the McDougall diet, exercising and practicing clean habits.

References:

1) Pickering TG, Miller NH, Ogedegbe G, Krakoff LR, Artinian NT, Goff D. Call to Action on Use and Reimbursement for Home Blood Pressure Monitoring: Executive Summary. A Joint Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association, American Society of Hypertension, and Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses Association. Hypertension. 2008 May 22.

2) Williams B, Poulter NR, Brown MJ, Davis M, McInnes GT, Potter JF, Sever PS, Thom SM; BHS guidelines working party, for the British Hypertension Society. British Hypertension Society guidelines for hypertension management 2004 (BHS-IV): summary. BMJ. 2004 Mar 13;328(7440):634-40. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC381142/?tool=pubmed

3) http://www.nealhendrickson.com/mcdougall/2004nl/040700pubp.htm

4) http://www.drmcdougall.com/misc/2006nl/august/fav5.htm

5) Arguedas JA, Perez MI, Wright JM. Treatment blood pressure targets for hypertension. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2009 Jul 8;(3):CD004349

6) http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/479473

7) The Medical Letter, Volume 51 (Issue 1305) February 9, 2009

Carter BL, Ernst ME, Cohen JD. Hydrochlorothiazide versus chlorthalidone: evidence supporting their interchangeability. Hypertension. 2004;43:4-9.)

9) Carlberg B, Samuelsson O, Lindholm LH.  Atenolol in hypertension: is it a wise choice?  Lancet. 2004 Nov 6;364(9446):1684-9.

10) Wiysonge CS, Bradley H, Mayosi BM, Maroney R, Mbewu A, Opie LH, Volmink J. Beta-blockers for Hypertension. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2007 Jan 24;(1):CD002003.

11)  Psaty BM, Heckbert SR, Koepsell TD, Siscovick DS, Raghunathan TE, Weiss NS, Rosendaal FR, Lemaitre RN, Smith NL, Wahl PW, et al.  The risk of myocardial infarction associated with antihypertensive drug therapies.  JAMA. 1995 Aug 23-30;274(8):620-5.

12)  Beiderbeck-Noll AB, Sturkenboom MC, van der Linden PD, Herings RM, Hofman A, Coebergh JW, Leufkens HG, Stricker BH.  Verapamil is associated with an increased risk of cancer in the elderly: the Rotterdam study.  Eur J Cancer. 2003 Jan;39(1):98-105.

13)  Fitzpatrick AL, Daling JR, Furberg CD, Kronmal RA, Weissfeld JL.  Use of calcium channel blockers and breast carcinoma risk in postmenopausal women.  Cancer. 1997 Oct 15;80(8):1438-47.

14) Pahor M, Guralnik JM, Ferrucci L, Corti MC, Salive ME, Cerhan JR, Wallace RB, Havlik RJ.  Calcium-channel blockade and incidence of cancer in aged populations. Lancet. 1996 Aug 24;348(9026):493-7.

15)  Lindberg G, Bingefors K, Ranstam J, Rastam L, Melander A.  Use of calcium channel blockers and risk of suicide: ecological findings confirmed in population based cohort study.  BMJ. 1998 Mar 7;316(7133):741-5.

16)  Pahor M, Guralnik JM, Furberg CD, Carbonin P, Havlik R.  Risk of gastrointestinal haemorrhage with calcium antagonists in hypertensive persons over 67 years old. Lancet. 1996 Apr 20;347(9008):1061-5.

17) Müskens RP, de Voogd S, Wolfs RC, Witteman JC, Hofman A, de Jong PT, Stricker BH, Jansonius NM. Systemic antihypertensive medication and incident open-angle glaucoma. Ophthalmology. 2007 Dec;114(12):2221-6.

18) Verma S, Strauss M.  Angiotensin receptor blockers and myocardial infarction.  These drugs may increase myocardial infarction – and patients may need to be told.  BMJ 2004 Nov 27;329:1248-9.

19) Onuigbo MAC. Reno-prevention vs reno-protection: a critical re-appraisal of the evidence-base from the large RAAS blockade trials after ONTARGET—a call for more circumspection. QJM. 2009;102(3):155-167.

20) Suissa S, Hutchinson T, Brophy JM, Kezouh A. ACE-inhibitor use and the long-term risk of renal failure in diabetes. Kidney Int. 2006;69(5):913-919.

21) Mann JF, Schmieder RE, McQueen M; et al, ONTARGET investigators. Renal outcomes with telmisartan, ramipril, or both, in people at high vascular risk (the ONTARGET study): a multicentre, randomised, double-blind, controlled trial. Lancet. 2008;372(9638):547-553.

22) Yusuf S, Teo KK, Pogue J; et al, ONTARGET Investigators. Telmisartan, ramipril, or both in patients at high risk for vascular events. N Engl J Med. 2008;358(15):1547-1559.

23) Onuigbo MAC. Analytical review of the evidence for renoprotection by renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system blockade in chronic kidney disease—a call for caution. Nephron Clin Pract. 2009;113(2):c63-c70.

24) John P. A. Ioannidis. Adverse Events in Randomized Trials: Neglected, Restricted, Distorted, and Silenced. Arch Intern Med. 2009;169(19):1737-1739.

25) Cook RJ, Sackett DL. The number needed to treat: a clinically useful measure of treatment effect. BMJ. 1995 Feb 18;310(6977):452-4. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2548824/?tool=pubmed

The final contenders

Arctic Monkeys – Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not – By Ciaran Jones

Brand New – The Devil And The God Are Raging Inside Me – By Hugh Morris

Sufjan Stevens – Come On Feel The Illinoise – By Alex Smith

Bloc Party – Silent Alarm -By Joe Curtis

At The Drive In – Relationship Of Command – By Tom Victor

Bon Iver – For Emma Forever Ago – By Ammelio

The Libertines – Up The Bracket – By James Franklin

Daft Punk – Discovery – By Will Gilgrass

Coldplay – Parachutes – By Dan Bloom

Kings Of Leon – Only By The Night – By Caroline Cook

Bright Eyes – Digital Ash In A Digital Urn – By Emma Davies

The Strokes – Is This It? – By Alfie Tolhurst

Kings Of Leon – Youth And Young Manhood – By Becky Rutt

Eminem – The Marshall Mathers LP – By Tom Mooney

Johnny Cash – Man Comes Around – By Mike Brown

Regina Spektor – Begin To Hope – By Fiona Roberts

Snow Patrol – Eyes Open – By Sarah Scott

Arcade Fire – Funeral – By Rob Goodman

Here’s the Poll. Get voting!

In around 20% of cases, strokes are caused by ruptured blood vessels leaking blood into the brain – haemorrhagic strokes.
Both types of stroke – those caused by blood clots and those caused by burst blood vessels – interrupt the supply of blood to the brain, depriving the cells of oxygen and other nutrients. The cells are then damaged or die.
Strokes caused by the breakage or “blow-out” of a blood vessel in the brain are the result of a cerebral aneurysm – ballooning of a weakened blood vessel in the brain – which is left untreated, high blood pressure, or a cluster of abnormally formed blood vessels (arteriovenous malformation).
Aneurysms develop over a number of years and do not usually cause detectable problems until they break.
Types of haemorrhagic stroke
There are two types of haemorrhagic stroke – subarachnoid and intracerebral.
In an intracerebral haemorrhage bleeding occurs from vessels within the brain itself. Hypertension, or high blood pressure, is the primary cause of this type of haemorrhage.
In subarachnoid haemorrhage, an aneurysm bursts in a large artery on or near the delicate membrane surrounding the brain. Blood spills into the area around the brain which is filled with a protective fluid, causing the brain to be surrounded by blood-contaminated fluid.
The symptoms of stroke:
Sudden numbness or weakness of the face, arm or leg, particularly if it is on one side of the body
Sudden confusion, trouble speaking or understanding. Sudden difficulty with walking, dizziness, loss of balance or co-ordination
Sudden trouble seeing in one or both eyes
Sudden severe headache with no known cause
Anyone identifying themselves or friends or family as having a stroke should call emergency services, not a GP, as any delay reduces the chance of a full recovery.
Treatment
The speed of treatment after a stroke is extremely important as the longer the brain cells are deprived of oxygen, the more damage they will suffer.
Clot-busting drugs and aspirin must not be given to patients who have suffered a haemorrhagic stroke. A CT scan or MRI scan will identify the type of stroke suffered.
Treatment of haemorrhagic stroke is less developed than that of ischaemic stroke.
A Medical Research Council trial is currently underway into treatment to remove blood clots surgically and drugs which prevent damage to brain cells during haemorrhages are being tested.
Survival rates are better for patients in specialist stroke units, because of the expert nature of staff and early use of rehabilitation, but such units are not always available.
Rehabilitation programmes will be given to most stroke patients to help them recover lost mobility and speech.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/medical_notes/g-i/764071.stm

Joanna Newsom, the queen of 2006.

2006 was an outstanding year for music. If you disagree then you’re not my friend anymore.

I have elected to share my list from that year rather than 2005 for two reasons: 1) A strange and inadvertent hibernation I experienced in 2005 within the caves of Malaysia. 2) My recent obsession with one-upping everyone around me coupled with a strengthening of my basic arithmetic skills (2005 + 1 = 2006).

If I could do this again, of course, it’d look a lot different. Alas, my decade list will serve as an opportunity to rearrange albums based on sustained listening of old favorites and discoveries of new (also based on the unearthing of a hidden track on “Stadium Arcadium” that makes it the greatest album of 2006, if not the 21st century… just kidding).

1. The Decemberists – The Crane Wife
2. Joanna Newsom – Ys
3. The Knife – Silent Shout
4. Liars – Drum’s Not Dead
5. Band of Horses – Everything all the Time
6. Thom Yorke – The Eraser
7. Islands – Return to the Sea
8. Belle & Sebastian – The Life Pursuit
9. Sufjan Stevens – The Avalanche
10. The Strokes – First Impression of Earth

Fine anno. È tempo di classifiche musicali, con i migliori album del 2009. Iniziamo con la rivista Q, che concede il primo posto ai Kasabian, e le piazze d’onore ai Florence and the Machine e agli Yeah Yeah Yeahs.

Ma stavolta c’è di più: abbiamo anche da inaugurare una lunga lista di album che hanno contrassegnato il primo decennio del nuovo secolo. Ecco qui la classifica di NME, con al centesimo posto uno dei miei preferiti – gli MGMT con Oracular Spectacular – e al primo gli ottimi Strokes. E comunque, la collezione più completa di informazioni la si trova (ovviamente) su Pitchfork.

[Rocklistmusic, NME, Pitchfork]

Julian Casablancas, el famoso catalán vocalista de los Strokes le ha dado un giro a su carrera con su album debutante como solista Phrazes for the Young. Al parecer no es nuevo que un integrante de los Strokes haya hecho su carrera como solista, tal es el caso de Albert Hammond Jr. que incursionó al Indie pop ya hace algunos años.

El 18 de septiembre de este año, debutó en las listas de UK en el sitio 19 con su nuevo album que en lo personal suena muy bien, adecuándose a las necesidades de los oídos que poco a poco migran al mundo de lo electrónico. Su sencillo 11th dimension suena por todos lados y los que no lo conocen, no pueden asociarlo con The Strokes.

Son muchos los artistas que dan el salto del grupo al solista y la mayoría fracasa. Esperemos este no sea el caso ni motivo para que The Strokes se separen, aunque ya hace rato no se sabe nada de nuevo material. Aquí les dejamos una probada de su nuevo material

Da clic en la flecha para descargar

Julian Casablancas – 11th Dimension

A few months ago, I read the ultimate graphic novel, Alan Moore’s Watchmen. It is indeed an amazingly good book. I don’t normally cross over other media into this music based blog, but Watchmen is a story I read and can see it cinematically as well as imagining a great soundtrack to accompany it. I’ve seen the film yet, read first though as I thought it would be sacrilege to see it before i had read the novel. Although good, I have to admit that I was disappointed by it as a whole. It misses out major parts of the novel, but it is visually an impressive like-for-like copy. I even wrote notation on what i liked and what I didn’t, the dislikes out weigh the likes by a strong margin.

The soundtrack though, was one of the best things about the film, it had some inspired choices, including Hendrix. But, here is an alternative soundtrack formed from ideas when I first read the novel. I’ve compiled a short playlist to go with each of the 12 chapters of Watchmen.

Chapter 1
The Futureheads – He Knows

Chapter 2
Joy Division – Dead Souls

Chapter 3
Blondie – Heart of Glass

Chapter 4
Arcade Fire – My Body Is A Cage

Chapter 5
Radiohead – Karma Police

Chapter 6
Thom Yorke – Skip Divided

Chapter 7
The Strokes – What Ever Happened?

Chapter 8
Fleet Foxes – Heard Them Stirring

Chapter 9
The Cribs – Ancient History

Chapter 10
AC/DC – Back in Black

Chapter 11
Elle Milano – This Is How It Ends

Chapter 12
Echo & The Bunnymen – The Killing Moon

Listen and you’ll hopefully enjoy.

Back in June I began the ever subjective task of trying to come up with a Top 100 albums list for the past decade. As one might imagine, not an easy thing to do when you’re an audiophile. I will still come across albums when I walk the dog or am driving in the car and shake my head and say, ‘How could I have missed that album on my T100?’ truth is – space is limited and there’s only so much room in the head and heart (that could be said about a lot of things, I suppose.) In any case, there are certainly glaring omissions, as with any list. You will not see U2, The White Stripes, The Strokes or The Killers on this listing…nor will you see any rap or hip-hop. Nothing against decade-defining albums for critics to laud over, but truth be told, they’re not spinning in my head 10 years later. It’s my list and you’re welcome to take stabs at it – in fact, I welcome the criticisms and comments. That’s what makes the aural debate so fun. With that, ‘Cry Havoc, and Let Slip The Dogs of War…’ I will reserve space in early 2010 for the near-misses and my commentary on other lists that might pop up across the ’scene.’

Diciembre es el último mes del año, llegan las navidades y todos estamos de celebración. Celebramos una despedida, la del año que muere para dar paso a un nuevo periodo de esperanzas e ilusiones. Sin embargo, igual que unos mueren, otros nacen y este mes no solo vamos a despedirnos de grandes cosas, sino que vamos a dar la bienvenida a muchos proyectos que vuelven a casa por Navidad.

Comencemos con el repaso por la música que se lanzarán en Diciembre (probablemente, alguno encuentre un lugar en los zapatos del día 6 de Enero).

1. Rolling Stones. Conmemorando el 40 aniversario de los conciertos que el grupo ofreció en noviembre de 1969 en el Madison Square Garden de Nueva York, Abkco y Universal publican “Get Yer Ya-Ya’s Out! The Rolling Stones In Concert  – 40 Aniversario Deluxe Box Set” y “Super Deluxe Box Set” el 1 de diciembre.

2. Alicia Keys. Con 12 Grammys en su vientre, “The element of Freedom” llega el 15 de diciembre. Un disco que se lanza con dos semanas de retraso ya que la artista ha querido incluir nuevas canciones que estaba terminando de componer.

3. Thalía. Tras una mala época para la artista, llega“Primera Fila” (“Front Row”). Un disco compuesto por 13 canciones que tiene previsto ver la luz el 10 de Diciembre. Ya conoces algunas canciones de este nuevo trabajo como “Equivocada”.

4. Julian Casablanca. El 18 de diciembre, el cantante de los Strokes lanzará una edición de lujo de su disco debut, “Phrazes for the Young”, una caja de diseño antiguo que contiene un CD con el álbum, otro con maquetas y caras B, un DVD con interpretaciones en acústico. Además, lanza el 21 de Diciembre una edición limitada de un single navideño que contendrá una versión de ‘SNL’ (un villancico cómico del programa televisivo “Saturday Night Live”).

5. Nino Bravo. Cerca de cumplirse los 40 años del fallecimiento del cantante, los mejores artistas del pop español se reúnen para hacerle un homenaje en “El homenaje definitivo” que saldrá a la venta el 1 de Diciembre.

6. George Michael. El próximo 13 de diciembre lanzará al mercado su canción navideña “December Song” (la que el año pasado era gratis en la red, ahora se prepara para soporte físico). Además, lanza su primer DVD en vivo el 7 de diciembre “Live In London” que tendrá 23 canciones grabadas durante conciertos en el Earls Court Arena de Londres.

7. Neil Young. “Dreamin’ Man’ – Live ‘92” debió salir en Noviembre, pero el lanzamiento se ha visto retrasado al 8 de Diciembre. Este trabajo es la nueva entrega de los  “Archives Performance Series” de Neil Young y  fue un álbum grabado en 1992 durante la gira de presentación de “Harvest Moon”.

8. Fangoria. “Completamente” es la reedición de “Absolutamente” en el que encontraremos colaboraciones como la de Sara Montiel en la canción que lleva el mismo nombre del álbum anterior.

9. Los Beatles. Por fin llegan en formato digital para PC y Mac. El 7 de diciembre se podrá adquirir una memoria USB de 16 GB con la edición remasterizada de su discografía. En él encontrarás las versiones estéreo de los álbumes, 13 minidocumentales (incluidos también en la edición CD), los diseños de cubiertas originales, textos y fotografías.

10. Pet Shop Boys. Cinco canciones saldrán el próximo día 14 de diciembre en un EP que se llamará “Christmas”. Incluye nuevas versiones de “It Doesn’t Often Snow At Christmas”, “All Over The World” y “My Girl”. Estará disponible en formato físico y en descarga digital.

Julian, Julian, wherefore art thou? 

You must be so totally stoked that Is This It? has reached album of the decade! I believed in you – I knew that your music was rad and cool and moving and heartfelt, but you could dance to it – and boy oh boy did you all look cool…

Now this decision is almost bound to cause much harrumphing amongst bad-tempered (and ugly) muso’s, but at least no-one can seriously deny that they deserve to be on the list; they did undisputably represent a moment in time – a cultural shift away from the halcyon days of party house and the vast superclubs that transformed the fun and liberation of a sweaty underground basement club into a soulless bug-eyed commodity. The Modern Age EP broke that cycle. It diverted those of a more serious age away from a drug burn out and boredom. The vacant stare and baggy streetwear replaced by hairspray and  and inspired 12 year olds to pick up guitars, muss their hair and take an interest in their appearance; seek out rock albums in second-hand shops and only wear converse.

Is This It? is an album of simplicity and brilliance: its’ exuberant swagger, mumbled yet fascinating half-heard lyrics, and disco friendly refrains connected immediately with British youth who  just delighted to have a gang that they could believe in again with songs to swoon and sweat to.

Every song is an encapsulated story of finding people difficult or boring, or ending an affair that was never very promising to prevent any misinterpretation and yet it is just rock. It doesn’t matter.

They deserve the prize for the changes they instigated that made us a more interesting landscape visually and aurally.

Now all Grown-up in public,  sober, sensible, married, – it would be impossible to recreate that shambolic, dazed beauty – but that’s kind of the point. We have to move on, but remember what was there in 2001: the year The Strokes broke.

What we are accomplishing: Creating your own custom stroke, so as to fit your needs.

Creating a custom stroke is quite simple, it’s just not very obvious.  First, you will need to open your strokes palette.  If you do not have it open, you can go to Window > Stroke to open it.  Once here, you should click on the flyout menu and select Stroke Styles.  This will bring up a new dialog box that contains the stroke styles you currently have.  Clicking on New will bring up another dialog box where you can change settings to create your new stroke style.  Just change the name and modify the settings to fit your preference.  Voila!  You have successfully created a new stroke style.

Luciano Borborema publicou no site Território Eldorado uma lista que indica que o álbum ‘Is this it’ (não confundir com “This Is It”, de Michael Jackson), que foi lançado pela banda The Strokes em 2001, foi eleito o melhor álbum da década pelo semanário musical inglês ‘New Musical Express’:

Em segundo lugar, ficou o álbum ‘Up the bracket’, de 2002, dos Libertines e em terceiro, ‘XTRMNTR, gravado em 2002 pela banda escocesa Primal Scream.

“Esta é a lista definitiva dos grandes álbuns dos anos 2000, pois quem participou da votação ajudou a fazer esta década musicalmente brilhante”, disse à BBC Krissi Murison, editor do NME.

Abaixo a lista completa:

1. “Is this it”, The Strokes
2. “Up the bracket”, The Libertines
3. “XTRMNTR”, Primal Scream
4. “Whatever people say I am, that’s what I’m not”, Arctic Monkeys
5. “Fever to tell”, Yeah Yeah Yeahs
6. “Stories from the city, stories from the sea”, PJ Harvey
7. “Funeral”, Arcade Fire
8. “Turn on the bright lights”, Interpol
9. “Original pirate material”, The Streets
10. “In rainbows”, Radiohead
11. “Relationship of command”, At The Drive In
12. “The Sound Of Silver”, LCD Soundsystem
13. “Wincing the might away”, The Shins
14. “Kid A”, Radiohead
15. “Songs for the deaf”, Queens of the Stone Age
16. “A grand don’t come for free”, The Streets
17. “Illinoise”, Sufjan Stevens
18. “Elephant”, The White Stripes
19. “White blood cells”, The White Stripes
20. “Think tank”, Blur
21. “The Coral”, The Coral
22. “The blueprint”, Jay-Z
23. “Myths of the near future”, Klaxons
24. “The Libertines”, The Libertines
25. “Echoes”, The Rapture
26. “Boy in da corner”, Dizzee Rascal
27. “Back to black”, Amy Winehouse
28. “Man comes around”, Johnny Cash
29. “Rings around the world”, Super Furry Animals
30. “Asleep in the back”, Elbow
31. “I’m wide awake, It’s morning”, Bright Eyes
32. “Show your bones”, Yeah Yeah Yeahs
33. “Neon bible”, Arcade Fire
34. “The sophtware slump”, Grandaddy
35. “Down in albion”, Babyshambles
36. “Let it come down”, Spirtualized
37. “Silent shout”, The Knife
38. “Silent Alarm”, Bloc Party
39. “Crystal castles”, Crystal Castles
40. “Gold”, Ryan Adams
41. “Two dancers”, Wild Beasts
42. “Vampire weekend”, Vampire Weekend
43. “Yankee hotel foxtrot”, Wilco
44. “Loveboxxx/The love below”, Outkast
45. “Since I left you”, Avalanches
46. “The great eastern”, The Delgados
47. “Lapalco”, Brendan Benson
48. “Bows and arrows”, The Walkmen
49. “Absolution”, Muse
50. “Arular”, MIA

Os descabelados do Strokes levaram o primeiro lugar no “THE TOP 100 GREATEST ALBUMS OF THE DECADE” com seu álbum de estréia, Is This It.

O disco, de fato, é muito bom mas nem de longe é o melhor deles.

Eu, particularmente, acho o pior dos três.

The Libertines ficou em segundo lugar com Up The Bracket, seguido por Primal Scream – XTRMNTR e em quarto ficou o Arctic Monkeys com o sensacional Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not.

Você pode conferir o Top 100 completo no site da NME.

E abaixo você vê os 50 primeiros da lista.

1. The Strokes – Is This It
2. The Libertines – Up the Bracket
3. Primal Scream – xtrmntr
4. Arctic Monkeys – Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not
5. Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Fever to Tell
6. PJ Harvey – Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea
7. Arcade Fire – Funeral
8. Interpol – Turn On the Bright Lights
9. The Streets – Original Pirate Material
10. Radiohead – In Rainbows
11. At The Drive In – Relationship of Command
12. LCD Soundsystem – The Sound of Silver
13. The Shins – Wincing the Night Away
14. Radiohead – Kid A
15. Queens Of The Stone Age – Songs for the Deaf
16. The Streets – A Grand Don’t Come for Free
17. Sufjan Stevens – Illinoise
18. The White Stripes – Elephant
19. The White Stripes – White Blood Cells
20. Blur – Think Tank
21. The Coral – The Coral
22. Jay-Z – The Blueprint
23. Klaxons – Myths of the Near Future
24. The Libertines – The Libertines
25. Rapture – Echoes
26. Dizzee Rascal – Boy in Da Corner
27. Amy Winehouse – Back to Black
28. Johnny Cash – Man Comes Around
29. Super Furry Animals – Rings Around the World
30. Elbow – Asleep In the Back
31. Bright Eyes – I’m Wide Awake, It’s Morning
32. Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Show Your Bones
33. Arcade Fire – Neon Bible
34. Grandaddy – The Sophtware Slump
35. Babyshambles – Down in Albion
36. Spirtualized – Let It Come Down
37. The Knife – Silent Shout
38. Bloc Party – Silent Alarm
39. Crystal Castles – Crystal Castles
40. Ryan Adams – Gold
41. Wild Beasts – Two Dancers
42. Vampire Weekend – Vampire Weekend
43. Wilco – Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
44. Outkast – Loveboxxx/The Love Below
45. Avalanches – Since I Left You
46. Delgados – The Great Eastern
47. Brendan Benson – Lapalco
48. Walkmen – Bows and Arrows
49. Muse – Absolution
50. MIA – Arular

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A brit NME egy zenészekből, producerekből, zeneszerzőkből és kiadó vezetőkből álló zsűritől kért véleményt a 2000-es évek eddigi legjobb albumairól, és a kapott szavazatokból összeállította az évtized legjobb 50 lemezének listáját. Az első helyen a New York-i Strokes debütáló korongja, az ‘Is This It’, másodikként a Libertines bemutatkozó lemeze, az ‘Up The Bracket’ végzett, míg a 2000-ben kiadott ‘XTRMNTR’ című Primal Scream-album harmadikként zárt. (lejjebb a z első 50 helyezett)…

A Strokes első albumát elsősorban fontossága miatt választhatták elsőnek, a New York-i formáció 2001-ben retró divathullámot indított el az albummal, ezt követően szaporodtak meg a garázsrockot felhasználó együttesek, és a posztpunk újjáléledését is részben Julian Casblancas zenekarának köszönhetjük.

A évtized legjobb lemezei az NME szerint:

1. The Strokes – Is This It (2001)
2. The Libertines – Up The Bracket (2002)
3. Primal Scream – xtrmntr (2000)
4. Arctic Monkeys – Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not (2006)
5. Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Fever To Tell (2003)
6. PJ Harvey – Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea (2000)
7. Arcade Fire – Funeral (2004)
8. Interpol – Turn On The Bright Lights (2002)
9. The Streets – Original Pirate Material (2002)
10. Radiohead – In Rainbows (2007)
11. At The Drive-In – Relationship Of Command (2000)
12. LCD Soundsystem – The Sound Of Silver (2007)
13. The Shins – Wincing The Night Away (2007)
14. Radiohead – Kid A (2000)
15. Queens Of The Stone Age – Songs For The Deaf (2002)
16. The Streets – A Grand Don’t Come For Free (2004)
17. Sufjan Stevens – Illinoise (2005)
18. The White Stripes – Elephant (2003)
19. The White Stripes – White Blood Cells (2001)
20. Blur – Think Tank (2003)
21. The Coral – The Coral (2002)
22. Jay-Z – The Blueprint (2001)
23. Klaxons – Myths Of The Near Future (2007)
24. The Libertines – The Libertines (2002)
25. Rapture – Echoes (2003)
26. Dizzee Rascal – Boy In Da Corner (2003)
27. Amy Winehouse – Back To Black (2006)
28. Johnny Cash – The Man Comes Around (2002)
29. Super Furry Animals – Rings Around The World (2001)
30. Elbow – Asleep In The Back (2001)
31. Bright Eyes – I’m Wide Awake, It’s Morning (2005)
32. Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Show Your Bones (2006)
33. Arcade Fire – Neon Bible (2007)
34. Grandaddy – The Sophtware Slump (2000)
35. Babyshambles – Down In Albion (2005)
36. Spirtualized – Let It Come Down (2001)
37. The Knife – Silent Shout (2006)
38. Bloc Party – Silent Alarm (2005)
39. Crystal Castles – Crystal Castles (2008)
40. Ryan Adams – Gold (2001)
41. Wild Beasts – Two Dancers (2009)
42. Vampire Weekend – Vampire Weekend (2008)
43. Wilco – Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (2002)
44. Outkast – Speakerboxxx/The Love Below (2003)
45. Avalanches – Since I Left You (2001)
46. Delgados – The Great Eastern (2000)
47. Brendan Benson – Lapalco (2002)
48. Walkmen – Bows And Arrows (2004)
49. Muse – Absolution (2003)
50. MIA – Arular (2004)

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New York-rockers The Strokes’ ablum ‘Is This it?’ is the album of the decade, according to NME. (It is still a fabolous title)

The debut album, released in 2001, beats albums from the Libertines, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, the Streets, Radiohead and Arcade Fire (I didn’t expect Sufjan in that list at all).

The winner was chosen by a panel fo more than 100 music industry figures, including bands such as Arctic Monkeys, Radiohead, Glasvages, Vampire Weekend and Paul Weller, as well as producers, festival bookers, label owners and NME staff past and present.

Second is the Libertines’ ‘Up the Brackets’, third Primal Screams’ ‘Xtrmntr’, follwed by Arctic Monkeys’ ‘Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not’ and Yeah Yeah Yeah’s ‘Fever to Tell’.

The top ten also includes albums from PJ Harvey, Arcade Fire, Interpol, the Streets and Radiohead.

The Strokes’ singer Julian Casablancas said; ‘It’s totally crazy! I don’t know what that means. Does it mean it’s a good musical decade or a bad musical decade? I don’t know, I’m such a bad judge of my own stuff. But I thought it was great when I heard. Recording the album was fun, it was stressing, it was exciting. I think if I was to know then that I’d be having this conversation now I couldn’t be more pleased. I’m restraining myself now, I don’t want to get carried away, but I’m pretty damn psyched with myself. Mental high five!’

NME Editor Krissi Murison said; ‘This is the definitive word on the greatest albums of the 00s – as voted for by everyone who helped make music brilliant this decade. Aside from the fact my choice only made it to number five, I think you’ll agree it’s an incredible list of records.’

Full top 50 can be found in this week’s issue.

Strokes número um

“Is This It”, álbum lançado em 2001 e que marcou a estreia do Strokes, foi eleito o melhor disco da década pelo semanário especializado em música NME.

Para estabelecer um ranking dos 50 discos mais significativos da década, a revista ouviu músicos, produtores, compositores e presidentes de gravadoras.

O também disco de estreia do Libertines, “Up The Bracket”, lançado em 2002, aparece em segundo lugar na lista, seguido por “Xtrmntr”, do Primal Scream. Em quarto lugar ficou o primeiro disco do Arctic Monkeys, “‘Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not”, lançado em 2006.

Boa notícia para os músicos

O deputado Carlos Giannazi, Coordenador da Frente Parlamentar em Defesa dos Músicos e Compositores do Estado de São Paulo, anunciou nesta semana a decisão do Tribunal Regional Federal da 3ª Região que proíbe a Ordem dos Músicos do Brasil (OMB) de fiscalizar os músicos bem como exigir a inscrição na entidade.

O Acórdão garante aos músicos do estado de São Paulo o direito de exercício da profissão, sem necessidade de prova, inscrição na OMB e sujeição ao regime disciplinar específico. O Acórdão destaca, entre outros pontos, que “a Lei nº 3.857/60 não exige o registro na OMB de todo e qualquer músico para o exercício da profissão, mas apenas dos que estão sujeitos à formação acadêmica sob controle e fiscalização do Ministério da Educação”.

“De agora em diante os músicos do estado de São Paulo não podem mais ser fiscalizados pela OMB e nem tampouco ter a obrigatoriedade da inscrição na mesma”, disse Giannazi em seu pronunciamento na Assembléia Legislativa de São Paulo.

Giannazi fez também uma representação no Ministério Público Federal pedindo a suspensão de vários artigos da Lei 3857/60 – que criou a Ordem dos Músicos do Brasil. Depois de julgada pelo Supremo, a ação pode passar a valer em todo o território nacional, desobrigando músicos da inscrição na entidade.

O Acórdão está disponível no site do Tribunal Regional Federal (www.trf3.jus.br). Para quem quiser consultar na íntegra, o número do processo é 2005.61.15.001047-2.

Just as Julian is being analysed and insulted, maligned and marauded, the end of year polls come to face the judgement for ’album of the decade’

I am delighted that the winner of this accolade is ‘Is This It?’ which is one of my favourite albums of all time. The last time I was thrilled and excited by new music and I suppose life was when they came along at the start of 2001 and moved me. The Reading festival that year was hysterical fun and I was ambitious and unjaded. Although I had fled to Brighton with a broken heart, this was my real tonic that worked. They were my last romance with youth, before I became so weighed down by the cruelty of life and burdened with bad experiences that far outweighed good.

I felt like a teenager. I felt special and I felt lucky to experience seeing them and being around them in the earliest days. Every song on the record is great but the plaintive opening of the title track holds a special place in my heart.

I’ve always wanted to read the sentences and words people delete before sending an email, the real thoughts! It only happens as an accident when someone presses the send button without realizing it. But it seems we could be close to inventing the technology that can do this. I read that by analyzing the electromagnetic signals produced by every key press Swiss researchers were able to reproduce what was typed in a keyboard from a distance of 20 meters.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10072967-83.html

Imagine for a minute you could have access to all the things I have just deleted from this post so that I don’t scare you…Or imagine you could see beyond the “I love you” lines written by your boyfriend, “I love you honey [delete] but I love Cindy more [delete]” Scary huh?

http://www.thinkaloo.com

Eles não são um casal convencional. Ela gosta da Nintendo e entende de Mario e Luigi. Ele, da Sony e ama Final Fantasy e Kingdom Hearts. Eles estudam cinema e hoje ele tem prova. O trabalho em dupla deverá ser deixado de lado pois ela tem outros planos. Ela vai deixá-lo.

Apenas o Fim corre o risco de ser taxado pela crítica como filme de um diretor nerd que colocou todas as referências de seus brinquedinhos em seu primeiro longa. Com certeza estão errados. A história do filme é muito mais do que um casal em final de relacionamento envolto em referências da cultura pop. Matheus Souza, 20 anos, diretor de Apenas o Fim, é um baixinho barbudo que sonha grande. Mais do que isso, realiza. Não importa os problemas que surjam.

Filmado utilizando-se da câmera digital da faculdade, que não podia sair daquele perímetro, fez com que o roteiro do filme fosse adaptado para que se passasse todo na PUC-RJ. E isso de maneira alguma empobrece o filme, muito pelo contrário. Fez com que todas as cenas fossem pensadas com muito mais carinho dando-lhes um significado maior, como confessou Matheus na pré-estréia que aconteceu hoje no Espaço Unibanco, em São Paulo. Fez com que cada cenário escolhido participasse como um ator, ou complementasse um diálogo. O que mais me marcou é quando Ela (que não tem nome) em uma parte da faculdade que está em reforma diz que vai mudar o mundo, e ele sentado embaixo de uma árvore pede para que ela não se esqueça das crianças na África. Ela está em construção. Ele já tem raízes profundas.

Gregorio Duvivier e Erika Mader estão excelentes. A naturalidade dos diálogos só pôde ser atingida pela liberdade dada por Matheus nas gravações, permitindo cacos e adaptação de falas, dando-nos diálogos críveis e uma outra visão do cinema nacional, sem cair em piadas prontas de programas de televisão ou da última banda da última semana que está fazendo sucesso naquele canal de TV. É um cinema dirigido não apenas ao público nerd ou ao público jovem (na pré-estréia estavam pelo menos umas 5 pessoas com mais de 50 anos que se divertiram com o filme e participaram do debate pós-filme). Seu convite a refletir sobre o amor o desejo e o que é um relacionamento são o que realmente importam e gritam mais alto.

O longa foi produzido em um mês com o dinheiro de uma rifa de whisky e pouquíssimos patrocínios. Os problemas orçamentários foram superados quando o filme foi apresentado a Mariza ”Meu Nome Não é Johnny“ Leão, que gostou da idéia do filme e investiu naquele aprendiz de diretor de cinema, o que rendeu o prêmio de Melhor Filme do Júri Popular, Menção Honrosa do Júri Oficial no Festival do Rio 2008 e o Prêmio de Melhor Filme do Júri Popular na 32ª Mostra de São Paulo. O filme também foi selecionado para ser exibido em festivais internacionais como Off Câmera, em Krakow, Polônia,Festival Internacional de Rotterdam - na Competição Ibero-Americana doFestival Internacional de Miami, Festival de Cinema Brasileiro em Paris, França e na Premiere Brazil, no MoMA, em Nova York.

Lógico o filme não é perfeito. Há diferenças de qualidade de cenas (Matheus explica: “Nós não sabíamos mexer na câmera!”) e um leve egocentrismo, mas nada que diminua a qualidade de seu trabalho. Estou ansioso para ver um novo filme de Matheus. E ele já disse ter duas opções. Seguir como o segundo álbum dos Strokes, ou The Killers. Eu prefiro que siga o caminho The Killers de ser e experimente novas linguagens e experimentações. Se permita continuar errando, pois no final é isso o que importa, nos ensina e faz crescer.

O filme Apenas o Fim tem data de estréia em 12/06 e será exibido em salas digitais, pois foi gravado em HD.

P.S.: Enquanto estava na fila, um Senhor que estava na minha frente me perguntou se eu sabia que a atriz era sobrinha da Mallu Mader. Eu respondi que não. Ele continuou, Esse filme é muito bom, vi que tem uma cena de sexo foda! Pois é meu querido, você ganhou muito mais do que isso. O filme talvez tenha feito você refletir no que é amor e o que é desejo e  que realmente importa no meio disso tudo. Ou não, porque depois desse seu comentário acho difícil você ser capaz de usar seu cérebro. Sim, fiquei irado. Eu tenho o dom de atrair bizarros.

Well I don’t feel better
When I’m fucking around
And I don’t write better
When I’m stuck in the ground
So don’t teach me a lesson
Cause I’ve already learned
Yeah the sun will be shining
And my children will burn

And the heart beats in its cage