Tagged!

photo taken while i was in the old apartment

Thanks to luyi for tagging me! I have been reading her wonderful blog for a long while now, and I just start to blog because I suddenly feel like it...

Rules:
1. Link to the person that tagged you.
2. post the rules on your blog
3. Share six non-important things/habits/quirks about yourself
4. Tag six random people at the end of your post by linking to their blogs
5. Let each person know they have been tagged by leaving a comment on their website.

1. regret
name of the blog, because i have been listening to New Order's Regret a lot lately
it makes me feel new and good at the same time
hope this blog does the same magic to me and you

2. youth
i just watched a japanese TV episode called "Orange Days" and a chinese novel called "seventeen". both of them are about youth.
"Orange Days" is story about a group of good friends at their last year in university, so it talks about uni, looking for jobs, love, relationship, friendship, life... almost everything I can relate to
Seventeen is about what things people do when they were 17. You know, all the stupid things and yet unforgettable
i am going to my last year of uni (excluding post graduate studies), half way between the two above, so i really think a lot about my youth lately...
i know that it's not too late, but i just duno what else i can do...

"life - it only makes sense when you look at it backwards, too bad we gotta live it forwards"
quotes from the movie, Thirteen Conversations About One Thing
i saw this quote from the novel "17", i totally agree with it though i haven't seen the film

3. smoke
i never thought that i would ever smoke in my entire life, but i did, i mean i do...

4. music
i listen to music a lot, digging a lot of music as well
recently i'm really into
Glasvegas
Rachael Yamagata

5. run away
last time i went to Borders, and saw the new book about runnig by Haruki Murakami
so i picked it up and read
i remembered one part when he said that he is not the type of person who is easy to get along with. the reason is because he always run away or hide whenever there's a problem
i do the same thing, but now i'm all alone and can't really run away from myself...

6. unknown
i wanted to write here, because i am anonymous to you unless you make friends with me
i wanted to write for myself, and people who enjoy what they see here
you don't have to know me and you don't have to come back here if you don't want to
simple as that

so i love being unknown




tag six people?

I'm still trying to figure out who i can tag...




The Christian Roommates

this is the first time i upload so many pics at once, so i screwed up the order
so... you have to start reading from the bottom
and this is a very old book, printed in 1967
therefore the binding makes it hard to scan
never mind... enjoy the interesting story by John Updike!












約翰歐普戴克


因為看了村上春樹的一篇文章

閱讀約翰歐普戴克的最佳場所

所以去圖書館找了當年他看的那本書 The Music School
因為是短篇故事, 所以我先跳著看裡面提到的那篇 "基督徒室友們"

非常有趣也寫得很好的一篇故事




可是因為是原文書, 所以看起來有點吃了
不過還是會繼續看下去的

ps. pic from Academy of Achievement

Emiliana Torrini @ Brisbane Powerhouse 16/11/08


其實看完 Emiliana Torrini 的表演, 我心中滿是歡喜有說不完的話想說
但是坐在電腦前的我...只顧自的回味那些美好片段
很難把所有都打下來...

我想音樂只有親身經歷才會懂, 不管是聽還是看
有的人很厲害能把音樂寫得很好, 但那不是我
我只會親身感受... 我永遠都寫不出我滿意的文章
因為我天生就不是那個料

回到演唱會, 一出場的 Emiliana Torrini 身穿綠色有葉子的洋裝
配著金色的高跟鞋, 很可愛
但跟其他團員比較乍看之下, 還真像是零時湊齊的
負責鼓的是個穿西裝戴帽子戴墨鏡的大叔
感覺他應該是從爵士樂團跑來的
不過他的爵士鼓還打得簡直帥爆了
鍵盤的是頂著黑人爆炸頭的黑人(...), 整場幾乎沒有說話
酷酷的坐在旁邊彈鍵盤, 放 sample 跟其他樂器
然後在右邊的吉他手, 頭頂著六零年代的嬉痞頭
一身黑, 感覺他是個老搖滾樂手, 但他一點都不老而且還彈著一手好吉他
在左邊的吉他手, 打扮很學生
不過他很厲害, 不管甚麼樂器他都很罩, 玩了四五種樂器
當然他們不是零時湊齊的, 人家有練過很久的...

整場演唱會 Emiliana 一直在講笑話, 做些搞怪的表情和動作
逗得台下的觀眾樂開懷
其中最搞笑的是在唱 Fisherman's Woman時還整個笑場
笑到不行的她還想繼續唱, 結果完全跑掉因為她還自顧著笑
笑完後她馬上說 "I'm SO sorry. I will give you the money back... out of my own pocket."
其實這樣的一場表演, 實在是看得我好開心呀!
因為她實在太可愛了!
雖然我每次看演唱會都說比我預期的好, 但這比我預期的實在好太多了
只有在那裏看完整場她的表演, 才會知道她有多麼的有趣, 好笑, 搞怪, 跟好聽!!!

之前在聽新專輯 Me And Armini 的時候, 覺得奇怪
為什麼她要做一些很high 跟很experimental 的歌(Jungle Drum, Me and Armini, Big Jump, Gun)
原來這才是真正的她, 表演這些歌時的她才能一邊享受一邊帶給觀眾
但要表演抒情歌她也一點都不含糊
每次都投入到閉著眼睛, 皺起眉頭來唱
真的能看現場是種奢侈的幸福呀~
還沒聽過的快去聽
能去現場的趕快去

ps. 冏, 我又亂寫了一通

還是來聽聽畫質不好的現場吧! Big Jumps!


Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/emilianatorrini
Youtube Video: Emiliana Torrini's "Me And Armini"
Part One / Part Two / Part Three

Regret


Regret by New Order


Maybe I've forgotten the name and the address
Of everyone I've ever known
It's nothing I regret
Save it for another day
It's the school exam and the kids have run away

I would like a place I could call my own
Have a conversation on the telephone
Wake up every day that would be a start
I would not complain of my wounded heart

I was upset you see
Almost all the time
You used to be a stranger
Now you are mine

I wouldn't even trust you
I've not got much to give
We're dealing in the limits
And we don't know who with
You may think that I'm out of hand
That I'm naive, I'll understand
On this occasion, it's not true
Look at me, I'm not you

I would like a place I could call my own
Have a conversation on the telephone
Wake up every day that would be a start
I would not complain of my wounded heart

I was a short fuse
Burning all the time
You were a complete stranger
Now you are mine

I would like a place I could call my own
Have a conversation on the telephone
Wake up every day that would be a start
I would not complain about my wounded heart

Just wait till tomorrow
I guess that's what they all say
Just before they fall apart

Favourite song by New Order
This video is from their DVD, New Order Story. I love that documentary!

I Love Library


Library is such cool place to hang around

So many stories, music, movies lying there to be discovered

and discover something good is such an awesome feeling

ps. picture taken in SLQ

Babel
































When will I learn to listen?

This is a good movie.