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4/22/2009

More and more, more and more, more and more, more and more, there's never gonna be enough

差点错过Metric,三月就self-released,至少能在四月灌满耳朵。在lab的时候也不忘登上他们的Myspace。Self-release有个好处就是艺人会将新专辑所有的歌大大方方放出来挂在网上,相反乡村大牌Rascal Flatts简直是吝啬至极。新专辑明明有四首接连发售的单曲,他们Myspace上面却只有一首供人试听。 上周也正式上线自己的Twitter,其实很早开始用了一次。但是突然觉得很方便,于是正式使用。有个问题就是与垃圾校内、垃圾QQ空间相处不融洽。归根结底是这两个地盘过于“闭关自守”。(其实校内通过编写widget是能够实现的,个人水品太次,不会编而已。) 善始善终在这学期有比较好的体现:刚开学刚刚(终于)把Band of Brothers看完了,这会儿快要结束整个学期,上周硬是在那么多事情的情况下奢侈的霸占了一部分时间,把小说也看完了,顺带再次快速浏览了一遍电视剧。我想要蓝光! 拜托新影正天影院一定要赶在7月完工啊。作为全国电影市场份额相当大的成都,也是即将拥有全国最多电影院线的城市,到现在都还没有IMAX!今年7月一定要赶在7月15号左右完工啊。哈利波特就指望你了。然后再期望一下顺带上映变形金刚2的IMAX,我多看几次无所谓。最后期望2010年太平洋院线成功引进成都第二座IMAX后,万达院线能有所启示。唉,Syracuse也该建一个商用3D IMAX,光秃秃抱着那个科普用的多没意思。BTW,今天是地球日,Syracuse的IMAX居然不上映Disneynature的Earth,倒是Regal院线都有上。 前段时间做了一个有意思的梦,倒不是梦的内容多有意思,虽然我记不得,但是想必是个干扰性极强的梦。因为梦醒后我第一件事就是问自己:“我在哪里?我在干什么?”有意思的是,我花了整整一秒钟来思考这个问题。人的思考速度惊人的快,但是我仍然花掉了一秒钟光景,等我“想起”之后,还真发觉挺有意思的。 几天前的新闻都很有营养。比如海军60周年,比如上海汽车展。前者的一系列消息,使得我在邓吉熙的博客上留了三个字:靠你了!估计他没有看懂,还在莫名其妙。后者呢,好些国产厂牌设计的车在外形上还真让我小吃一惊,嗯,这个态度是好的,继续下去。
4/18/2009

Follow My Path

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3/27/2009

To mix everything in a bottle, give a stir, swallow it, then sing aloud!

想要扳着指头算到底要错过多少暑期档的电影,却发现十个手指用完了还不够。忍痛放弃八月NY State Fair上Kelly Clarkson和Kenny Chesney的演唱会,把寄托放在40周岁的Woodstock。有消息说今年回归,未知source来源,真假难辨。跟ebay大拿kimo学了几招拍物品的技巧,几欲略施小计,孰料相中的“黑珍珠”一骨碌跟隔壁的猪跑了,着实难掩遗憾之情。

自从订票之后,我再也没有见到认真了。每一天都糊里糊涂的度过,生物钟也被迫(或者说是自愿更令人信服)改到了PDT。时间快的让人觉得一个哈欠都是奢侈的,倘若说这是浪费也不会有人有异议。周一的时候我问朋友:“今天星期几?”“今天已经周四了。”他都懒得瞅你一眼,生怕这一瞬的时间换成货币可以拯救经济危机。

必须得承认,我心里还是充满小期待的,以至于一周前某一天一晚上没有睡好。原因呢,是因为想到了成都,想到了贾樟柯的《二十四城记》,想到了上海一大学生的获得西班牙某短片奖的电影,然后开始思索捣鼓一部关于“成都,我爱你”的短片。于是整个电影的构思在脑海里转的飞快,从剧本、摄影、画面乃至演员一一呈现,后来不知道已经是什么时候了,总之一定是困得没有知觉的情况下,工作室停止了加班。第二天在网上瞎逛的时候,发现已经有一部叫《成都,我爱你》的电影正在制作了——关于四川大地震的。

今晚从CST走出来,发现下雨了,很少见。我其实不喜欢下雨,宁愿飘雪,原因很简单,省了打伞这份劳苦的活儿。今夜的雨很静,难以让人恼怒,大概是夹杂着迷迭香而来的。要是还有吟游诗人,他/她也定会将这样的夜雨揽入诗句之中。

MTV的一档真人秀要来casting,最后节目的冠军自然有丰厚的奖金。这让我想起了AI,对于AI越来越没有了底气,虽然很喜欢Megan,但是这季几欲要放弃了。话虽然这样说,乡村周我非常喜欢Kris的表演。首先他唱的是传奇人物Bob Dylan的经典歌曲之一"Make you feel my love”,这首歌本身就被无数歌手所翻唱;其次Kris使用钢琴伴奏的版本和他的声音配合非常默契,颇能使人动容。他这个版本也成为本季截止此时我唯一听的一首AI录音版作品。我最近一周听得最多的就是Kris以及Adele的版本,由于使用Foobar播放,未能在iTunes里面计数。如果选用后者的话,这两个版本定能夺下播放次数前两个席位,要是算作一首歌的话,我想这个记录得保持非常久了。本来关于这首歌还想多说说,时间关系,只能作罢。

Bob Dylan的歌有一个极大的特点,歌词以及旋律非常优美,我不得不贴这首歌的歌词。

 

Make You Feel My Love

 

When the rain is blowing in your face

And the whole world is on your case

I could offer you a warm embrace

To make you feel my love

When the evening shadows and the stars appear

And there is no one there to dry your tears

I could hold you for a million years

To make you feel my love

I know you haven't made your mind up yet

But I would never do you wrong

I've known it from the moment that we met

No doubt in my mind where you belong

I'd go hungry, I'd go black and blue

I'd go crawling down the avenue

There's nothing that I wouldn't do

To make you feel my love

The storms are raging on the rollin' sea

And on the highway of regret

The winds of change are blowing wild and free

You ain't seen nothing like me yet

I could make you happy, make your dreams come true

Nothing that I wouldn't do

Go to the ends of the earth for you

To make you feel my love

Copyright ©1997 Special Rider Music

3/7/2009

Pre-Vertigo

才注意到上一次推荐最近听的音乐是十二月,还没有出去旅游。其实winter break过起来挺短的,但是一晃就到了spring break,短短一周时间就更不用说了,即将转瞬即逝。

由于重装了系统,我都记不得这两个半月以来听过哪些专辑了,最近几周倒还有些印象。在iTunes买了三张新专辑,还有部分就专辑。新专辑分别是<U2 – No Line on the Horizon>, <Kelly Clarkson – All I Ever Wanted>的预购Deluxe Edition,然后一张《Australia》的原声EP。U2的歌我之前只听过寥寥几首,对他们91年的那张盛赞的专辑不甚了解,上一张广受好评的“如何拆卸原子弹”也没有听过,在这个情况下,我觉得这张专辑是比较好听的。大家都不喜欢Kelly的上一张,我对那张某些歌印象很深,也颇为喜欢,这张重拾第二张《Breakaway》的风格,专辑中很多歌曲都非常上口,再加上数首是由Ryan Tedder of OneRepublic 谱曲制作的,所以我还是非常推荐这张专辑的。《Australia》的那张原声EP由5首歌曲组成,并不是网上流传的Promo Score版本,特别推荐By the Boab Tree这首,我记得是结尾曲。

其他我就只能以专辑为单位推荐了,基本都是整张听,对歌名不熟悉:<The View – Which Bitch?>, <Brandon Heath – Don’t Get Comfortable>(老专辑,以前推荐过他的08年新专,终于找到这张资源了), <Emmy the Great – First Love>, <India Arie – Testimony Vol. 2 Love & Politics>, <Lily Allen – It’s Not Me, It’s You>, <Livy High – Love, Hate, And Everything In>, <Morrissey – Years of Refusal>, <The Rushes – To the Surface>。

因为不可抗拒的原因,这学期还没有去过电影院一次。我计划是趁着这几天春假,空出一点时间来,把《Watchmen》给看了,然后我就可以一直等到四月底再去电影院了,这期间的电影都兴趣不大。但是五月开始,就是一轮狂轰乱炸了,我都等不及期待暑期档赶紧到来。今天下载了很多预告片,其中就包括《哈利波特》,个人09年年度期待排名第二的电影。第一是《Transformers 2》,不过像《Up》,《终结者4》,《Star Trek》等这些当然也不是省油的灯,也都是巨期待的电影。

虽然没有去电影院,还是抽空看了几部去年的佳作。非常非常喜欢的是《I've Loved You So Long》,这部影片那天和仙姑语音的时候也推荐给她了。故事可以说并不是前无古人了,但是法国的文艺气息确实是深入骨髓的。《爱你长久》剧本细腻入微,Kristin Thomas Scott精湛的人物刻画实在能算画龙点睛,真可惜未能获得奥斯卡最佳女主角提名。想到此,还得找个时间把《Frozen River》看了,兴许Leo也会blow my mind。另外一部感觉不错的是《Let The Right One In》。拥有恐怖片的外表却有更深随的内涵(况且真的不恐怖)。难怪它获得那么高的评价,而且其美国版也在计划当中了。

2/3/2009

Into the Forest - Farmland

It is said there’s a fabulous planet out there, on which lived many word-speaking creatures: the animals. Just like our earth as well, this lovely trees-covered planet has been separated into several forests. Among those forests, there’re always different area-sizes, different cultures, different languages and of course different residents. Those who live there for quite a long time call their home “Forina” which means “planet covered with trees”, obviously. It all starts from here. Juan the Grizzly owns a large farm in one of the most beautiful forests in this world, but it seems that he never spends lots of time on managing his farm business. Juan’s good neighbor Ginny the Squirrel comes to visit him all the time. She brings the best pine cones. At that time, Juan would open one of his best wines and then they just gonna involve in one joyful chat for the rest of the day. Gradually, it comes to Ginny’s mind that Juan’s not interested in his own property. Rarely has Juan mentioned his work, let alone complaint about the farm. “That’s odd. What a waste!” thought by the squirrel. One year has past, Ginny increasingly visits Juan’s farm more often. Besides those nice food and wonderful wine, the most important thing that hits Ginny’s mind is how to turn his buddy’s farm into a large money-making machine. Then three years later, the wines go short. One day, Juan asks Ginny a favor: run the farm for him since he’s gonna travel around the world. Ginny totally answers “yes” without thinking. Juan the Grizzly Bear is so grateful for that, he opens his best wine ever and cheers with Ginny till the dawn. The second say, Juan starts his brand new adventure. Meanwhile, the little squirrel is carrying out her plan already. It won’t be soon before her ideal blueprint comes to reality. It takes Juan eight years to finish his trip. When he comes back to see his old friend, Ginny has been lying at home for quite a long time. “What happened, my dear?” Juan asks friendly. For a second, there’s a blank in Ginny’s face, she answers: “Oh, it’s you, finally! I miss you so much. To be honest, I have no idea what happened to me, it just occurred. The doc said there’s nothing wrong right here. I just feel tired all the time, both physically and mentally.” The next spring grizzly bear invites his squirrel buddy to join a drink in his farm. This time, Ginny notices peace from her limo window. Memories flash back in Ginny’s head, after the familiar flavor of wine, tears burst out, “Juan darling, I’ve never felt your farm is so beautiful till today, gosh, you must done something!” Juan shakes his head with a kind smile, says: “No, my dear Ginny, I just turn it back to what it looks like, you know, before I left.”
 

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Frank HRzwrote:
啊,原来还是有人看啊,近来非常忙,到时候春假找个时间随便写写吧。
Feb. 27
Sili Yangwrote:
好久没推歌了啊,期待中。。
Feb. 18