Stranglers - Aula Magna

Playing today, in Lisbon

Epilepsy is Dancing

Antony and the Johnsons' "Epilepsy is Dancing" by the Wachowski Brothers.

Start of the day

in a hopefully good mood

Theme from Hollywood - Megapuss

Watched ... 2009

From 2008...To watch

International:
- Stellet Licht (MEX/NL/GER/FRA)
- Waltz with Bashir (ISR/GER/FRA/USA)

European:
- Entre Les Murs (FRA)
- La Graine et Le Mulet (FRA)
- Aquele Querido Mês de Agosto (POR)
- 4 Luni, 3 saptamâni si 2 zile (ROM)
- Le Voyage du Ballon Rouge (FRA)
- Yella (AUS)
- Caos Calmo (ITA)

European Films (Co-Productions):
- Le Silence de Lorna (BEL/FRA/ITA/GER)
- Auf der anderen Seite (GER/TUR/ITA)
- Aleksandra (RUS/FRA)
- Je veux voir (FRA/LEB)
- In Bruges (UK/USA)
- Les Amours d'Astrée et de Céladon (FRA/ITA/ESP)
- Uç maymun (TUR/FRA/ITA)
- Die Falscher (AUS/GER)

Film Festivals:
- El Cant dels Ocells (ESP)
- Pescuit sportiv (ROM)
- Aruitemo aruitemo (JPN)
- Les Plages d'Agnès (FRA)
- Rachel Getting Married (US)

American Films:
- You Don't Mess With The Zohan
- Twilight
- The Hottest State
- Quantum of Solace
- Tropic Thunder
- War, Inc.

recommended by a true cinéphile

Juan Muñoz - A Retrospective

A Retrospective by Juan Muñoz (1953-2001) will be in Museu Serralves (Porto) until February 24th. Among pieces with sound, light and mechanical effects, the Spanish artist's exhibition includes well-known sculptures such as Conversation Piece (1996), Many Times (1999), The Prompter (1988) and the “raincoat drawings”. Since the mid 80's Juan Muñoz's sculptures have overwhelmed public all over the world by creating an intriguing tension between illusion and reality. Probably the most striking effect was experiencing powerful contrasting acts such as observing and being observed at the same time.


01 Nov 2008 - 24 Fev 2009 - MUSEU SERRALVES

La Llorona

Warm Heart of Africa

On a higher note...



Esau Mwamwaya performing Warm Heart Of Africa at The Old Blue Last . In case you don't know... Malawi is my country too :)

I fell in love with a dead boy

I Fell in Love With a Dead Boy - Antony and the Johnsons

with goose bumps i leave... for another night in

Membranes in Medicine

I am because We Are

"Ubuntu" is an idea present in African spirituality that says "I am because we are" - or we are all connected, we cannot be ourselves without community, health and faith are always lived out among others, an individual’s well being is caught up in the well being of others.

Read it here

Sleep NEVER comes easy

A night in - Tindersticks

I had shoes full of holes
When you first took me in
The path that you led
Wasn't straight to your bed
There's no cots to sleep in
And you showed me
Who I was running from
As if I had not known all along

Oh my old feet
They know this hard street
Stay like old friends
You're flat on the ground
There's no further down
There's no cots to sleep in
So come in
Leave them outside the door
Tear off the paper
Tear off the carpet
Off the floor

And I know you're hurting
And I can't be there for you
And I know you're hurting
And I can't be there no more

I had shoes full of holes
When you first took me in
I had calluses, not sores
And I'd like to keep them
So go turn those sheets
Get back on the street
There's nothing more I can bring to you
See I'm scared of the door
Afraid of the floor
Well, I'll go and walk right through
And I'll show you
Who I've been running from
It's the feeling of waking
And it's gone

I had shoes full of holes
When you first took me in
I had calluses, not sores
And I'd like to keep them
Oh now your feet
They know this hard street
They're like old friends
You're flat on the ground
There's no further down
There's no cots to sleep in
So come in
Leave them outside the door
Tear off the paper
Tear off the carpet
Off the floor

I had shoes full of holes
When you first took me in
I had calluses, not sores
And I'd like to keep them
So go turn those sheets
Get back on the street
There's nothing more I can bring to you
See I'm scared of the door
Afraid of the floor
Well, I'll go and walk right through
And I'll show you
Who I've been running from
It's the feeling of waking
And it's gone

Serial Sevens

From a point of view of someone with severe psychological problems...
makes one wonder...
what's the meaning of "NORMAL"

4.48 Psychosis - Tindersticks

Play writer Sarah Kane's last work before her death February 20 1999, depicts the point of view of someone with severe clinical depression, a disorder from which Kane herself suffered.

Psychiatrists often use a test to evaluate the loss of concentration or memory denominated "SERIAL SEVENS" - counting down from one hundred by sevens.

100, 91, 84, 81, 72, 69, 58, 44, 37, 38, 42, 21, 28, 12, 7

EASY PEASY PUDDIN 'N' PIE

Hank Moody...

...will live to be restless another day

It's official, another season of Californication...

Watcha gonna do Hank? ....... now that Karen is gone... and Becca is left behind

2008 / 2009

2008 is over and five days into the new year seems like a great time to post some thoughts. Although "five days" may hint a certain lack of enthusiasm or laziness in posting, I assure you not... A Christmas spent abroad and a house-hunting end of year left little time to post.

The end of the year is a time where an astonishing number of individuals succumb to listography and post endless lists of "favorites". Having ended a somewhat roller coaster type year with many changes on all levels any sort of "favorite" list will amount to nothing but a ton of contradictions and miss-matches resulting in a total mess. Therefore, a short list of looking forward to: "read", "watch" and "do" in the next few months of the New Year makes a lot more sense (in no particular order and not in any way a type of New Year Resolution).









- pin mark all important locations on Google maps account
- backup the long list of films on the hard drive to DVDs
- upload all photos to a location for only photos
- backup old home movies on VHS's to DVD's
- move house
- take up painting again
- spend a lot more time in the Sea
- travel to Norway, Thailand or even Japan