Un an al deciziilor.

2011 a fost un al deciziilor. grele, bruste si mai ales bune.

A fost un an in care am castigat, dincolo de dezamagiri si lovituri dureroase, am castigat enorm. Am cunoscut oameni minunati, talentati si frumosi. Am inteles ce inseamna sa-ti pese, sa spui ce simti si sa nu te simti vinovat pentru asta.Am construit, incet o poveste. Am ales sa o port cu mine in fiecare zi. Am ales.

A fost un an in care mi-am ridicat privirea si mi-am infrant temerile. Am plecat dintr-un loc in care ma simteam intr-o suferinta fara sfarsit, intr-o ingropare sistematica in ignoranta si plafonare. Am ales sa fac altceva cu mine. Si cu toate ca a fost greu si a lasat cicatrici adanci in constiinta, a fost cea mai buna decizie pe care am luat-o in tot anul. Am ales sa spun NU. Nu, nu asa vreau sa fiu eu!

A fost un an plin de surprize placute. Au fost gesturi ale unor oameni care au crezut si cred in mine. Gesturi mici si pline de inteles. Pentru care sunt recunoscatoare. Am ales sa apreciez lucrurile pe care altadata nu le-as fi primit asa cum se cuvine.

A fost un an in care am suferit. Am fost dezamagita de oameni in care am crezut nespus de mult. Si acest fapt nu-l mai poate repara nimeni si nimic, oricare ar fi consecintele si actiunile ulterioare.  Am ales sa le las in urma si sa imi construiesc asteptari putin mai realiste.

A fost un an in care am aratat ca imi pasa si am iubit. Si inca imi pasa si iubesc. Este cel mai frumos sentiment de care suntem capabili. Si nu trebuie sa fim zgarciti. Si cred ca singurul sentiment care ne face cu adevarat buni. Am ales sa invat sa imi pese si sa iubesc din nou.

A fost un an extraordinar. Pentru care sunt recunoscatoare si sper ca anul ce vine sa fie cel putin la fel de bun.

NEVER DISMISS YOUR DREAMS.

La multi ani!

All my little words

astept

stau intr-un picior in fiecare dimineata. si e totul violet, lumea mea se insira ca un fir infinit de margele colorate in jurul meu, face o pirueta si eu zambesc. atat pot, sa stau intr-un picior si sa zambesc, cu gandul ca o sa vii din nou, sa ma tii putin de mana si sa lasi muzica sa imi aduca inapoi o amintire fericita. lucrurile bune merita asteptate. eu le astept, in liniste si cu ochiul atent sa nu-mi scape.

Dance… beautiful video

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breath this golden air

almost autumn

when it hurts

“Have  you ever been in love? Horrible isn’t it? It makes you so vulnerable. It opens
your chest and it opens up your heart and it means that someone can get inside
you and mess you up. You build up all these defenses, you build up a whole suit
of armor, so that nothing can hurt you, then one stupid person, no different
from any other stupid person, wanders into your stupid life…You give them a
piece of you. They didn’t ask for it. They did something dumb one day, like kiss
you or smile at you, and then your life isn’t your own anymore. Love takes
hostages. It gets inside you. It eats you out and leaves you crying in the
darkness, so simple a phrase like ‘maybe we should be just friends’ turns into a
glass splinter working its way into your heart. It hurts. Not just in the
imagination. Not just in the mind. It’s a soul-hurt, a real
gets-inside-you-and-rips-you-apart pain. I hate love.”

Neil Gaiman

Frightened Rabbit

Frightened Rabbit e o trupa scotiana de indie rock originara din Kircaldy, Fife, formata in 2003. Incepand cu anul 2004, s-a stabilit in Glasgow. Scott Hutchison, vocalistul, chitaristul, basistul si compozitorul trupei isi aminteste ca la inceput au fost doar el si cele patru trackuri pentru vreo sase luni, pana cand a demarat niste showuri pe cont propriu. Grant  Hutchison s-a alaturat un an mai tarziu. Dupa care si-a facut aparitia si Billy Kenedy. In mai 2006 trupa s-a lansat cu albumul Sing the Greys, iar in ianuarie  2007 The Self-Starter Foundation a adus formatia pe Coasta de Est a Statelor Unite, intr-un scurt turneu. Dupe ce Fat Cat Records au lansat o versiune remixata/remasterizata a albumului, Frightened Rabbit au inceput un turneu in toata America.

Albumul The Midnight Organ Fight, inregistrat in 2007, a fost lansat pe 15 aprilie 2008 la studiourile Tarquin ale lui Peter Katis. Formatia a sustinut Death Cab for Cutie pe durata turneului in UK si Irlanda, tot in 2008, landand totdata un album live-Quietly Now!.

The Winter of Mixed Drinks este cel de-al treilea album de studio al trupei. Scott spune despre album: “I think we’ve all had odd, lonely, fallow periods in life, where you find yourself detached from everything, drifting and lost. That’s what ’The Winter of Mixed Drinks’ means to me, but most importantly, it’s the moments of joy afterwards, during recovery, that defines the dark period.”

De pe acest album, un song despre ce se zbate in noi, atunci cand nimic nu mai pare sa ne trezeasca la viata…

Adventures in Feministory: Dara Puspita, The First Indonesian All-Woman Rock Band

Dara Puspita (“Flower Girls” in English) were the first Indonesian group of women to pick up instruments and play rock music on their own, without the assistance of any men. Up through the ’60s, many Indonesian women had found musical success singing for bands with only dudes, but Dara Puspita decided to cut to the chase and write, perform, and play their own songs. The four jet-setters played in clubs around the world to critical oohs and ahs, but more importantly, they paved the way in their own country for Indonesian women in rock.

The ’60s, you see, wasn’t a great time for rock music in Indonesia. Rumor has it that then-President Sukarno stated the Beatles’ music to be “a form of mental disease” (maybe he only heard Ringo’s tracks) and all rock music was declared to be outside of the law.  Susy Nander, Titiek Hamzah, and sisters Titiek and Lies Soetisnowati Adji Rachman solidified Dara Puspita’s final incarnation in 1964 in their hometown of Surabaya. Their combination of lilting harmonies and spring-reverbed fretboard antics smacked more of American surf music than the Beatles, but their music still gained traction with Jakarta’s rock crowd and fellow Indonesian garage band Koes Bersaudara. For about a year they played under the radar, to rave reviews and more and more followers.

In 1965, things changed for Dara Puspita. The Koes Bersaudara, by now both friends and boyfriends of the band, were reportedly jailed for three months for a riot-inducing take on “I Saw Her Standing There.” Dara Puspita were harassed regularly by government workers, and at one point were taken in for a month-long interrogation by the Indonesian police. So, following a grand tradition of rock and rollers under duress, Dara Puspita skipped town and found someone who would gladly hand over cash for their services. Specifically, they holed up in a Bangkok club, which led them to meet some international hotshots and get shows as far away as London and starting their international fame.

After a bloody coup in late 1965, Indonesia became a safer place for rock and roll (if not for political dissidents). The four women of Dara Puspita headed back in 1966 to play to the same loving crowds and a decidedly more comfortable climate for their music. During 1966, they recorded the bulk of their catalog (recently reissued on Sublime Frequencies), played more shows, and then decided to slow down. They formally disbanded after a few years of rocking around the country and showing everyone how to have a good time, leaving behind a trail of a  12 inches and shattered ear drums. Dara Puspita helped pave the way for more women musicians in Indonesia, and to top it all off, recorded a cover of “To Love Somebody”.

article on http://bitchmagazine.org/post/adventures-in-feministory-dara-puspita-the-first-indonesian-all-woman-rock-band-draft

Drive

un film despre eroi. despre nevoia de a face bine, de a ajuta, de a fi corect. un film de nota 10!