Um livro na mão. O resto da biblioteca puxada por correntes.

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Acabei de descobrir Glee

GLEE. Esta nova série da FOX apanhou-me desprevenida e agarrou-me. Quando comecei a ver não estava à espera que se tratasse de um musical e muito menos ficar surpreendida pela qualidade das "cantorias". As músicas são todas velhos êxitos, músicas familiares mas com novas e surpreendentes interpretações.

Esta música é um original de Billy Idol.

"From Ryan Murphy, the creator of "Nip/Tuck," comes GLEE, a new comedy for the aspiring underdog in all of us.

The series follows an optimistic teacher, WILL SCHUESTER (Matthew Morrison), who - against all odds and a malicious cheerleading coach - attempts to save mckinley High's Glee Club from obscurity, while helping a group of aspiring underdogs realize their true star potential. It's a tall order when the brightest stars of the group include KURT (Chris Colfer), a soprano who hits a high note in fashion; MERCEDES (Amber Riley), a larger-than-life diva with a voice to match; ARTIE (Kevin mchale), a geeky guitarist who rocks and rolls; and TINA (Jenna Ushkowitz), a punk rocker who hides behind her stutter and blue hair extensions.

Will's only hope lies with two true talents: RACHEL BERRY (Lea Michele), a self-proclaimed star who is convinced that myspace and show choir are her tickets to fame; and FINN HUDSON (Cory Monteith), the popular high school quarterback with movie star looks who must protect his reputation from his holier-than-thou girlfriend and "Cheerios" head cheerleader, QUINN (Dianna Agron), and his arrogant football teammate, PUCK (Mark Salling).

Will is determined to do whatever it takes to make Glee great again, but his only ally is fellow teacher and germaphobe EMMA PILLSBURY (Jayma Mays). Everyone else around him thinks he's nuts - from his tough-as-nails wife TERRI SCHUESTER (Jessalyn Gilsig) to mckinley's scheming cheerleading coach SUE SYLVESTER (Jane Lynch) - but he's out to prove them wrong.

Featuring a soundtrack of hit songs from past and present, GLEE is produced by Ryan Murphy Television in association with 20th Century Fox Television. Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk and Ian Brennan are co-creators of the series. Murphy, Falchuk and Dante Di Loreto serve as executive producers, while Ian Brennan serves as co-executive producer. Murphy directed the pilot".

Saiba mais no site oficial de GLEE. Também no Facebook.

Recomendo!

Um livro muito dificíl de ler porque... só se o rasgar!!!

Este é um livro verdadeiramente perverso! Um livro masoquista! Além de perverso no título, é um livro que obriga o leitor à brutalidade de o rasgar para se deixar ler. Falo do conto de Edgar Allan Poe, The Imp of the Perverse, na edição de Helen Friel:

"What is this thing that builds our dreams yet slips away from us"?

There's no time for us

There's no place for us

What is this thing that builds our dreams yet slips away

From us

Who wants to live forever

Who wants to live forever....?

There's no chance for us

Its all decided for us

This world has only one sweet moment set aside for us

Who wants to live forever

Who wants to live forever?

Who dares to love forever?

When love must die

But touch my tears with your lips

Touch my world with your fingertips

And we can have forever

And we can love forever

Forever is our today

Who wants to live forever

Who wants to live forever?

Forever is our today

Who waits forever anyway?

John Lennon, sobre Deus

I believe in God, but not as one thing, not as an old man in the sky. I believe that what people call God is something in all of us. I believe that what Jesus and Mohammed and Buddha and all the rest said was right. It’s just the translations have gone wrong.

John Lennon

Será que Eça era vidente?

"Nós estamos num estado comparável somente à Grécia: mesma pobreza, mesma indignidade política, mesma trapalhada económica, mesmo abaixamento dos caracteres, mesma decadência de espírito. Nos livros estrangeiros, nas revistas, quando se quer falar de um país caótico que pela sua decadência progressiva poderá vir a ser riscado do mapa da Europa - citam-se, a par, a Grécia e Portugal. Nós, porém, não possuímos como a Grécia, além de uma história gloriosa, a honra de ter criado uma religião, uma literatura de modelo universal e o museu humano da beleza da Arte. Apenas nos ufamos do Sr. Lisboa, barítono, e do Sr. Vidal, lírico."

Eça de Queiroz, in "Uma Campanha Alegre", (1872) pág. 235, edição Livros do Brasil

Eça de Queiroz escreveu esta reflexão em Janeiro de 1872. Ou seja, passaram-se entretanto 138 anos e cinco meses. Nada mudou ou Eça adivinhou?!

Acho que vou voltar a estudar história porque definitivamente parece que o mundo avança em círculos e tudo se repete.

Fonte: Jornal de Negócios

Não sejas estúpido, não digas que me amas!

Robbie Williams & Nicole Kidman cantam Something Stupid. Encantadores!

I know I stand in line

Until you think you have the time

To spend an evening with me

And if we go someplace to dance

I know that there's a chance

You won't be leaving with me

Then afterwards we drop into a quiet little place

And have a drink or two

And then I go and spoil it all

By saying something stupid

Like I love you

I can see it in your eyes

That you despise the same old lines

You heard the night before

And though it's just a line to you

For me it's true

And never seemed so right before

I practice every day to find some clever

lines to say

To make the meaning come through

But then I think I'll wait until the evening

gets late

And I'm alone with you

The time is right

Your perfume fills my head

The stars get red

And oh the night's so blue

And then I go and spoil it all

By saying something stupid

Like I love you

I love you...

Não resisto a esta música: "Still the memory stays, for always, my heart says, Danke Schoen".

O tenor Wayne Newton engana a cantar Danke Schoen porque quem ouve pensa que se trata de uma voz feminina. Esta canção foi editada em 1962, ainda eu não existia. Neste vídeo a melodia é acompanhada pelos os ruídos encantadores dos discos de vinil. Sons da minha infância. :)

Danke Schoen, Darling, Danke Schoen.

Thank you for all the joy and pain.

Picture shows, second balcony, was the place we'd meet,

Second seat, go Dutch treat, you were sweet.

Danke Schoen, Darling, Danke Schoen.

Save those lies, Darling don't explain.

I recall, Central Park in fall.

How you tore your dress, what a mess, I confess.

That's not all.

Danke Schoen, Darling, Danke Schoen.

Thank you for walks down Lover's Lane.

I can see, hearts carved on a tree.

Letters inter-twined, for all time, yours and mine, that was fine.

Danke Schoen, Darling, Danke Schoen.

Thank you for seeing me again.

Though we go on our seperate ways,

Still the memory stays, for always, my heart says, Danke Schoen.

Danke Schoen, Oh Darling, Danke Schoen.

I said, Thank you for seeing me again.

Though we go- on our seperate ways,

Still the memory stays, for always, my heart says, Danke Schoen.

Danke Schoen, Auf Wiedersehen, Danke Schoen

O Piano: soberbo filme, excelente música

A música é de Michael Nyman.

Os livros na arte de Andrej Mashkovtsev

Pinturas de Andrej Mashkovtsev, da Rússia.

ooh feeling good ...♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

Feeling Good , mais uma música dos Muse ♪

birds flying high

you know how i feel

sun in the sky

you know how i feel

reeds drifting on by

you know how i feel

its a new dawn

its a new day

its a new life

for me

and i'm feeling good

fish in the sea

you know how i feel

river running free

you know how i feel

blossom in the trees

you know how i feel

its a new dawn

its a new day

its a new life

for me

and i'm feeling good

dragonflies out in the sun

you know what I mean, don't you know

butterflies all having fun

you know what I mean

sleep in peace when the day is done

it's an old world, it's a new world

it's a bold world

for me

stars when you shine

you know how i feel

said i'll be fine

you know how i feel

oh freedom is mine

and i know how i feel

its a new dawn i

its a new day

its a new life

for me

ooh

feeling good

ooh feeling good

"Mercedes Benz" com voz de bagaço :)

É a rouca Janis Joplin.




Oh Lord, won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz ?


My friends all drive Porsches, I must make amends.

Worked hard all my lifetime, no help from my friends,

So Lord, won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz ?



Oh Lord, won't you buy me a color TV ?

Dialing For Dollars is trying to find me.

I wait for delivery each day until three,

So oh Lord, won't you buy me a color TV ?



Oh Lord, won't you buy me a night on the town ?

I'm counting on you, Lord, please don't let me down.

Prove that you love me and buy the next round,

Oh Lord, won't you buy me a night on the town ?



Everybody!

Oh Lord, won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz ?

My friends all drive Porsches, I must make amends,

Worked hard all my lifetime, no help from my friends,

So oh Lord, won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz ?



That's it!

Grande Fantasia canta Summertime

Summertime, uma música linda aqui cantada de forma soberba. Oiçam o comentário final de Simon Cowell. :)) Grande malandro! :)

Sobre a vida, o amor e a escrita. Ah, e a perfeição.

Living can be difficult, fun, and at times tiresome. Loving is taking living and sharing it with someone to decrease the difficulty, increase the fun, and when tired, to rest together. The ability to combine the two—living and loving—effectivley in words on a page … that’s perfection.

Word Painting (May 2010)