James Brown, 1933 - 2006

James Joseph Brown, Jr. (May 3, 1933), most commonly known as James Brown (also known as The Godfather of Soul), died this dec 25, at Atlanta's Emory Crawford Long Hospital of congestive heart failure, his agent said. He was 73.

He was an American entertainer recognized as one of the most influential figures in 20th-century popular music.
As a prolific singer, songwriter, bandleader and record producer, Brown was a seminal force in the evolution of gospel and rhythm and blues into soul and funk. He left his mark on numerous other musical genres, including rock, jazz, reggae, disco, dance and electronic music, afrobeat, and hip-hop music.

Brown -- known variously as "the Godfather of Soul," "The Hardest Working Man in Show Business," "Soul Brother Number One" and "Mr. Dynamite" (and often introduced as all of the above) -- was known for his elastic dance moves, razor-sharp musicianship and all-stops-out performances. (Watch the incomparable Brown perform )

He was, literally, an impossible act to follow: Keith Richards has said that the Rolling Stones' appearance following Brown in "The T.A.M.I. Show," a 1964 concert that appeared on film the next year, was the biggest mistake of their lives. Brown's performance in that show even earned an ovation from the backing band.
"You have the Rolling Stones on the same stage, all of the important rock acts of the day, doing their best -- and James Brown comes out and destroys them," producer Rick Rubin wrote in Rolling Stone. (i-Report: Your thoughts on James Brown)

1 Biography
1.1 Early life
1.2 The beginnings of the Famous Flames
1.3 "Papa gets a brand new bag"
1.4 The late 1960s: "Ain't It Funky Now"
1.5 The 1970s: The JB's
1.6 Into the late-1970s and 1980s
1.7 Later years and death
2 Personal life and dedications to Brown
3 Trivia
4 Discography
4.1 Top ten singles
4.2 Best albums
4.3 Chronological collections
5 Sample
6 References
7 External links

RIP

Your dream is over... or has it just begun?

Somewhere.. so far away....

I find the map and draw a straight line
Over rivers, farms, and state lines
The distance from here to where you'd be
It's only finger-lengths that I see
I touch the place where I'd find your face
My finger increases of distant dark places

I hang my coat up in the first bar
There is no peace that I've found so far
The laughter penetrates my silence
As drunken men find flaws in science

Their words mostly noises
Ghosts with just voices
Your words in my memory
Are like music to me

I'm miles from where you are,
I lay down on the cold ground And I,
I pray that something picks me up
And sets me down in your warm arms

After I have travelled so far
We'd set the fire to the third bar
We'd share each other like an island
Until exhausted, close our eyelids
And dreaming, pick up from
The last place we left off
Your soft skin is weeping
A joy you can't keep in

I'm miles from where you are,
I lay down on the cold ground And I,
I pray that something picks me up
And sets me down in your warm arms

And miles from where you are,
I lay down on the cold ground And I,
I pray that something picks me up
And sets me down in your warm arms

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(set the fire to the third bar - snow patrol)

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thank you chief

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I'm so Tired of it All - Hank Williams Sr

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In life and love, I’ve been a failure

Too many tears thru it all

Too many broken vows and promises

And now I’m so tired of it all.

Ev’ry thing I loved, I lost, dear

Too many times I’ve watched my castles fall

My life is full of regretting

And now I’m so tired of it all.

From this world I’ll soon be goin’

No one will miss me, after all

Up there, I pray I’ll find contentment

But now I’m so tired of it all.

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~ HAPPY CHRISTMAS! ~

Christmas is coming soon! The streets again are full of x-mas trees, full of people going to the malls or walking on the streets searching for new clothes, gifts, something new to decorate their houses or tickets for travelling to somewhere.

Christmas is a time of hope and happiness in which people gather all family to prove that is nothing wrong among them...at least at that day. It's time to shaking hands and giving hugs asking forgiveness and forgiving. It's (for christians) the most important day of the year (among the other officials days) made to start again our failed relations. Well, at least that's what we learned when we are children....

They say that this is a time to think about what we do or we did. Do you think you were good this year? If you didn't it is time to consider to be a new person, to don't cheat people, to don't steel public money (or any other thing even a simple idea), to don't say lies, to don't laugh of the other miseries or don't be the reason of the other miseries. And be really a good friend of your friends. But if you have someone that you don't want to talk or if you dont like him/her, at least leave them in peace, and wish something good to them in your heart.

It is time to believe that we can transform ourselves in such a better person. And pray for a better world.

Warning: If this video is creep for you or if you think that is ridiculous, change of channel please. It's so common to hear from people: "Oh! This world is so full of disagreeable things better don't think about it and be happy!"

You know..take your silver spoon and dig your grave...U are creep!

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But if you care about it think how you and your family are happy. You have food, maybe a car, and a home to come back. Make, not just this day but all days of your life, something meaningful not just to your family and friends but even to people that you even don't know.

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.::TIME BREAK! LOL!::.

hello green thingy..once more you come to cheating me!
what you want?

i want yourrrrrrrrr wingsssssssss!!!!
i mean......MY wings!
remember that i gave 'em to U once, dont you?

i've just accepted cause you had broken mine
and now you come once again to take it from me
you don't have right to get it back!

right? which right dirty?!
U are NOTHING without meeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

i'm nothing with or without you now
you are an evil thingy..what comes everytime i'm trying to fly again
you know.. soon i will not need wings
i hope you die!

ohohohoh what bad Uuuu R!! im immortal and U know that!
U retarded..blo0dy biaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaatch!!!!!!

you know what?
for the first time i need to agree with you
just a retarted could believe on you once..twice!
i don't know what will happen with me now
i still can't see anything
you took me back to the darkness
but i'll survive

uhuuuuuuu!!!!!!!!!!!! im impresssssssssssed!
u still believe in something!?

nothing is forever
and someday i'll be free
may you leave me in peace now?

i ll be around u girl
waiting U fall down
so much more
cheers ;)

hellooooooo..ahha! didn't see ya for so0 loooooooong!!!!
hay dirty lil girl! im talking to ya!!!
cant u listening meeeeeeeeeeee?!?!?!?!?!?!
i know u can....

- OJOS DE BRUJO - New Flamenco!

Ojos de Brujo translates as "eyes of the wizard". It's an appropriate name for a band who attempt to create musical magic. Formed from a collective of young Spanish musicians who use flamenco as a foundation for cross-genre experimentation, Ojos de Brujo incorporate elements of hip-hop, funk, salsa, and reggae into a dynamic flamenco sound.

'It's time to try things. We don't try and invent something, it's more like cooking - you can eat paella all the time but if you mix it with something it's new and tasty. We don't have to do Catalan rumba like our fathers. We try and do fusion, not confusion. The song has to work. Maybe we'll put some berimbau over Latin funk. Or with palmas (the rhythmic handclapping of flamenco) we'll mix some hip-hop scratching. OK, you can't change the rhythm of flamenco but you can put a Hammond on that rhythm and it works.' said original lead singer Dani Monoloco.

.::FLAMENCO!::.

Flamenco is a folk art, around 200 years old. It is from Southern Spain and is individualistic, yet structured. Song, dance and guitar are blended into passionate rhythms which are often improvised and spontaneous. Flamenco will have any imaginable theme, from up to date stories, to politics, to love, to history, to humor, etc. Often however, the tragic lyrics and tone of flamenco reflect the sufferings of the gypsy people from whom it originated.

Flamenco exists in three forms: Cante, the song, Baile, the dance, and Guitarra, guitar playing. The source of Flamenco, however, lies in the tradition of singing. The singers' role is very important with the guitar playing an accompaniment to the song. Today the solo guitar flamenco has developed into a separate art and is fashionably blended with jazz, blues and pop music.

Flamenco dance has complex patterns of rhythm and sophisticated footwork with the upper body emphasising grace and posture.

The songs of flamenco are from different regions as: Fandangos from Huelva; and Alegrias from Cadiz. There are two main styles in Flamenco: "jondo" - the serious and deep meaning, the cry of oppressed people; and "chico" happy, light and often humorous. The ideal in flamenco is called "duende" (demon or elf), which is a state of emotional involvement, group communication at a deep level and a feeling of sympathy, between musicians, dancers and listeners.

And this one is one of which my friend Valentino from Spain has indicated to me:

SARA BARAS

I have many influences in my life. In my mood, in my way to dress or in my way to think. I like many music rhythms and I'm always trying to know something new or different. It doesn't mean that I will hear that again.

Marilyn Manson's video reminds me strong colors like red. (btw my favorite color is red cherry!). And red reminds me life, passion and some kind of music like rock or just..flamenco.


And is about flamenco that will be my next post and I will post about new flamenco too, just a band: Ojos de Brujo. I'm trying to find a good video about castanets too cause I really like castanets but I didn't find till now a good quality video.

Why flamenco then? Well, some years back I have learned flamenco ballet. I used to passed my free time just playing that. It is really an amazing experience dancing in a so strong way, playing castanets and 'tip-taping': it makes you wake up. Our teacher, Teo (he was originally greek and his name is "unpronounceable"!) was so tireless, exigent and sweet at the same time. He made me love what I was learning.


Flamenco is a passionate music and dance. If you want to be a good flamenco dancer (or anything else in life) you need hours of exercise. But the most important is the feeling and passion. Latins in general have passion enough to do something like that. But hardly a german, romanian or a finnish could feel the same but sure it has exceptions. And americans..hmmn..they can do anything..hehe. But it depends on each person.

So, there's no obvious connection between Marilyn Manson and Flamenco, just the red color.

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Everytime I hear or I watch Manson I feel something strong. Love or hate him but he will always be an interesting personality. Some people say that he is wierd or sick but for me he is just trying to make comes out something that is killing him inside. Sometimes he is so scary for me..but I'm scary for some people as well..sometimes.

Marilyn Manson (born Brian Hugh Warner on January 5, 1969) is an American musician and the lead vocalist of the band Marilyn Manson. His current name is formed from the names Marilyn Monroe and Charles Manson. Manson bears the title of "Reverend" in Anton LaVey's Church of Satan.

He was born in Canton, Ohio and attended Heritage Christian School, but was soon turned off from Christianity, which he viewed as hypocritical and more concerned with instilling fear than virtue. He has stated that the Christian vision of the Apocalypse in particular had a lasting effect upon his outlook. After transferring to and later graduating from Canton's GlenOak High School, Warner and his family moved to Boca Raton, Florida. While living in Boca Raton, he studied journalism and theater at Broward Community College , and became the assistant entertainment editor of BCC's student newspaper, the Observer.

Manson convinced long time friend Jessicka (Jack Off Jill, Scarling.) to start a riot grrl-esque band, which he later dubbed Jack Off Jill. He not only produced most of the band's early recordings but also played guitar on the song My Cat. Jack Off Jill went to open most of his South Florida shows.
Manson has helped or provided full scores for several major motion pictures, although several of his pieces have been cut, and his name dropped from the credits. Some of his more notable soundtrack score contributions include From Hell, The Matrix and Resident Evil.
Manson appeared as a guest on rapper DMX's album Flesh of My Flesh, Blood of My Blood for the track "The Omen", produced by Swizz Beats, and has performed (with the rest of the band) on stage with Eminem as background music in the song "The Way I Am".
Manson sang vocals on "Break You Down" off of the Washington, DC-based industrial rock band Godhead's 2000 Years of Human Error album. This album is distinguished for being the only one released on Manson's vanity label Posthuman.

Manson made a cameo appearance as a doctor in the Murderdolls' music video "Dead in Hollywood", and also appears in the Nine Inch Nails music video "Starsuckers, Inc." He appeared in some films too. His first appearance in a film was in the role of a pornographic actor in David Lynch's Lost Highway, in 1997.

He is also a watercolor painter. An exhibit for his art was held at Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions on September 13, September 14, 2002 and also at the Hotel Lutecia, Paris on September 14, 2004 and the next day in Berlin. He contributed a piece to the West Memphis Three benefit exhibition at six spaces. Many of his paintings have sold for over $5,000; buyers include Jack Osbourne, Nicolas Cage, Dave Navarro, Andy Dick and Lisa Marie Presley.

Well..I have just pasted something from his biography here. If you wanna know more just click on the tittle link post.


Marilyn Manson (band)

So..What's new?

Since I was in a nun school they used to tell us to act always like someone was watching us. They thought that in that way we all would do less mistakes. I dont know but the fact is that till today I never put my finger inside my nose - just when I take shower to clean it, I never make strange noises :P and I'm always sick about smells, I mean, always taking shower and wearing perfumes and cleaning my teeth like crazy and I used - and I do till now - sleeping like a princess :D or like I think that a princess would do :P. I dont lay on my bed like a common mortal..hehe. Ah! And I don't go to the wash room with the open door! Ever!

I know that those are just details but if you will live with someone sure the other person will notice all that! But it is all a routine. With time you learn to do that automatically and it starts to be a part of you.

How many things we do automatically in our lives? At home, on the streets, at work? And even with people. Or even to show to everyone how cool we are! It will never change! People use to do right things or try to do impressive things when they are close to others..or when they want to be closer...but why dont do that normally? Have you ever seen someone that at the beginning is gentle and cool and later you notice that this person is disgusting? I prefer do have the consciens about who I really am than pretend to be something that I am not. The problem is..who am I? haha

But the point is..we are always living in a repetitive way everyday. Doesn't matter if you are good or not. YOU ARE A REPETITION! Everything is always exactly the same..wherever you go..whenever it happens..just dates are different..in the History or in your simple or luxurious or violent or clean or dirty or pretended life! Just some are smarter than others. So, try to be creative if you wanna win or live something really good in life.

MadMaktub I - Beta Version!

Finally i got it! I have read a lot of comments about to switch the old version to this new one..and it was not good. But today I have decided to take the risk and...tcharam! That's perfect!

I've just needed to make few changes to this new version works completelly. And I'm so glad that everything is fine here.

But I won't delete my new one. In my profile both will be there.
Just check it out!

See ya later alligator ;)

MadMaktub...a new beginning

It seems that was just few months ago that I've started to write here. Now there's a new blogger version..beta. But I was afraid that this new version could make some changes here. So, this blog now is too heavy in all senses anyway. I thought that I should try the other version before to change this blog first.

The big change really changed me and I'm not the same anymore. Who doesn't change? In two years I have changed more than half of my life. Anyways I'm still not perfect at all! Who is?

This blog is a diary even when it doesn't look like one. Everything is true here even when it seems that it is a fiction. Everything has a sense even when it seems to have no sense.

But surelly a new way is beggining and I don't know if it is better or worse. Just time will show it. But I really like changes. If still stones change its shapes and the universe is expanding along the time...why not me? ;)

I was reading some pages here today. I could see the simple beginning, later the colors and so much life. And a lot of feelings inside of it. Sometimes when I look back I think that it was not me there. Maybe somebody else writing in my place.

It is beautiful seeing all this but I will not miss anything. I dont belong to anywhere.

Even so..

The story continues...

25th september!

Oh! And yesterday was my birthday!!! Many friends have called me and have sent me so many good wishes. It is PRICELESS!!! Im so happy for that! And I wish for all a long and happy life :)!!! But I couldnt have a party..I was working till late!

Anyways I was waiting for someone in my work when I took a book and I have started reading it. It was a text from Arnaldo Jabor.

The director and journalist Arnaldo Jabor was born in Rio de Janeiro in 1940. He was already a technician of sound, critic of theater, scriptwriter and director of short and long movies. In the decade of 90, by force of the circumstances dictated by the government Fernando Collor of Mello, that scrapped the national cinematographic output, Jabor was obliged to find new routes and found in the journalism his livelihood. He inaugurated like columnist of O GLOBO in the end of 1995 and later led for the TV Globo, in the Jornal Nacional news and in the Bom Dia Brasil (all from Globo Company - the best and the biggest one company of media in Brazil) the ironic style with that comments the facts of the brazilian present time.

This text is about how people make life harder than it already is..relax! Sure it doen'st mean to be an alienated person..just relax and live life in the best way you can! And being happy with the small things...

Now..I'm gonna paste the text in both languages..portuguese and english..cause i couldnt do it in my page in orkut cause it is too long..

Here it goes....


SEJA UM IDIOTA- Arnaldo Jabor

Gente chata essa que quer ser séria, profunda e visceral sempre. Putz! A vida já é um caos, por que fazermos dela, ainda por cima, um tratado? Deixe a seriedade para as horas em que ela é inevitável: mortes, separações, dores e afins.

No dia-a-dia, pelo amor de Deus, SEJA IDIOTA!

Ria dos próprios defeitos, e de quem acha defeitos em você! Ignore o que "aquela" pessoa boçal disse, pense assim: quem tem que carregar aquela cara feia, todos os dias, inseparavelmente, é ele ou ela... pobre dele ou dela.Milhares de casamentos acabaram-se não pela falta de amor, dinheiro, sexo, sincronia, mas pela ausência de idiotice.

Trate seu amor como seu melhor amigo, e pronto. Quem disse que é bom dividirmos a vida com alguém que tem conselho pra tudo, soluções sensatas, mas não consegue rir quando tropeça? Alguém que sabe resolver uma crise familiar, mas não tem a menor idéia de como preencher as horas livres de um fim de semana? Quanto tempo faz que você não vai ao cinema?

É bem comum gente que fica perdida quando se acabam os problemas. E daí, o que elas farão se já não têm por que se desesperar? Desaprenderam a brincar!! Eu não quero alguém assim comigo. Você quer? Espero que não. Tudo que é mais difícil é mais gostoso, mas... A realidade já é dura; piora se for densa. Dura, densa, e bem ruim.

Brincar é legal! Entendeu? Esqueça o que te falaram sobre ser adulto, tudo aquilo de não brincar com comida, não falar besteira, não ser imaturo, não chorar, não andar descalço, não tomar chuva. Pule corda!

Adultos podem (e devem) contar piadas, passear no parque, rir alto e lamber a tampa do iogurte. Ser adulto não é perder os prazeres da vida - e esse é o único "não" realmente aceitável. Teste a teoria. Uma semaninha, para começar. Veja e sinta as coisas como se elas fossem o que realmente são: passageiras.

Acorde de manhã e decida entre duas coisas: ficar de mau humor e transmitir isso adiante ou sorrir... Bom mesmo é ter problema na cabeça, sorriso na boca e paz no coração! Aliás, entregue os problemas nas mãos de Deus e que tal um cafezinho gostoso agora?

"A vida é uma peça de teatro que não permite ensaios. Por isso cante, chore, dance e viva intensamente antes que a cortina se feche".



BE AN IDIOT - Arnaldo Jabor

Boring people is who wants to be grave, deep and visceral always. Gosh! Life is already a chaos, why do we need to make it a treaty? Leave the seriousness for those moments what are inevitable: deaths, detachments, pains and related.

But in your everyday life, by the love of God, BE AN IDIOT!

Laugh at your own defects, and whose finds defects in you! Ignore what "that" rude person said and think like this: who should carry that ugly face, every day, inseparably, is he or she... poor of him or of her! Thousands of marriages finished itself not by the absence of love, money, sex, synchronization, but by the absence of idiocy.

Treat your love as your best friend, and that’s all. Who said that is good we share the life with someone who has an advice for everything, sensible solutions, but doesn’t laugh of his own trips? Someone who knows to resolve a family crisis, but doesn’t have a single idea how to fill the free hours of a weekend? How long don’t you go to a movie?

It is pretty usual people who stay lost when their problems are finished. So, what will they do if they do not have anything to be despaired? They forgot how to play!!! And I don’t want someone like this with me. Do you? I hope you don’t. Everything that is more difficult is more pleasant, but... The reality is already hard and get worst if it getting dense. Hard, dense, and too bad.

Playing is nice!! Got it? Forget what they told you about "being an adult", all that talk about "don’t play with food", "do not speak stupidity", "don’t be immature", "do not cry", "do not walk barefoot", "do not take rain". Play with a jump rote!

Adults are able to tell jokes, walk in the park, laugh high and lick the cover of the yoghurt. Being an adult doesn’t mean to lose the pleasures of life - and that is the unique "no" really acceptable. Test the theory. Just for a week to beginning. See and feel things as they would what they really are: passing.

Wake up in the morning and decide between two things: staying with a bad mood and transmit that ahead or smiling... Good is having a problem in the head, smile in the mouth and peace in the heart! By the way, leave your problems at the God’s hands.. and what about a pleasant small black coffee now?

"Life is a play that does not permit attempt. So sing, cry, dance and cheer intensely before the drapery is filed".

err..sorry for my english :P

Coca-Cola!

In May, 1886, Coca Cola was invented by Doctor John Pemberton a pharmacist from Atlanta, Georgia. John Pemberton concocted the Coca Cola formula in a three legged brass kettle in his backyard. The name was a suggestion given by John Pemberton's book keeper Frank Robinson.

It was a prohibition law, enacted in Atlanta in 1886, that persuaded physician and chemist Dr. John Stith Pemberton to rename and rewrite the formula for his popular nerve tonic, stimulant and headache remedy, "Pemberton's French Wine Coca," sold at that time by most, if not all, of the city's druggists.

So when the new Coca-Cola debuted later that year - still possessing "the valuable tonic and nerve stimulant properties of the coca plant and cola nuts," yet sweetened with sugar instead of wine - Pemberton advertised it not only as a "delicious, exhilarating, refreshing and invigorating" soda-fountain beverage but also as the ideal "temperance drink." It is said coke was discovered when DeLuise, a 19th century American soda jerk accidentally hit the soda water spigot, adding carbonated water to the syrup in the glass. The result was a "happy accident": the invention of Coca-Cola.

Though Pemberton died just two years later - five months, in fact, after his March 24, 1888, filing for incorporation of the first Coca-Cola Co. - the trademark he and his partners created more than one hundred years ago can claim wider recognition today than that of any other brand in the world.

some links:
http://www2.coca-cola.com/presscenter/imagebrands.html
http://www.pussnig.at/AT7/index.htm
http://www.solarnavigator.net/sponsorship/coca_cola.htm

and what's better to drink while eat doritos? some people prefer beer..others will say fanta (orange for me pls!!)... or... coca-colaaaa!!!!

btw..do u know the history of coca-cola? if you dont know yet now is time to!

Doritos!!!

Doritos is a brand of flavored tortilla chips produced since 1966 by the American food company Frito-Lay (a division of PepsiCo, Inc.). Doritos are sold in many countries worldwide.
Originally produced and marketed only as tortilla chips and sold in red bags, over the years Doritos have produced new flavors and corresponding different bag colors. An all-new Doritos look premiered in December 2005, although Doritos' pre-2005 logo was introduced for the Canadian market in 2006, as it is still used for the Mexican market and internationally.
The Doritos brand is also known for its marketing campaigns, which have included many television commercials featuring the late Avery Schreiber as well as product placement in movies such as Wayne's World.
The brand name seems to be loosely derived from the Spanish word oro for gold (or dorado for gilded) and the diminutive suffix -ito meaning small (therefore orito without the D would mean little gold). It also rhymes with other Frito-Lay brand names Cheeto, Tostito, and Frito (which is the Spanish word for fried), so the term fits in with the larger corporate theme.

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time break

WE ALL are guilty for that
we JUST TALK and make nice movies abt it
but WE DONT get out from our comfortable homes
neither SHARE our meal

watching this video WE can see how our lives and goals ARE too FRIVOULOUS

TODOS NÓS somos culpados por isso
SÓ FALAMOS e fazemos belos filmes
mas NÃO SAÍMOS de nossas casas confortáveis
e NEM DIVIDIMOS nosso pão

vendo esse video NÓS podemos ver como nossas vidas e metas são TÃO FÚTEIS



ohhh..shit! sorry for my english..
is it really important??

Gumtree - Free classifieds in London free classifieds UK

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the first page of a newspaper reflects the world.. fragmented and confused...so..to know someone just observe how he writes or how he shows his world for you

~ bye sleeping beauty ~

i've seen it all and it's never enough....

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..like no one's watching... =P

while you dont decide what to do..while you dont know what you feel..while you DONT wanna think abt ANYTHING..while you are in life just for a walk..or after that hard work day...


relax.....and dance...

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Wear Sunscreen is the common name of an essay, (actually called "ADVICE, LIKE YOUTH, PROBABLY JUST WASTED ON THE YOUNG " - The original column by Mary Schmich of The Chicago Tribune. June 1, 1997) written by Mary Schmich and published in the Chicago Tribune as a column in 1997. The most popular and well-known form of the essay is the successful music single released in 1999, accredited to Baz Luhrmann.

Click here to read Mary Schmich's version of how her article was miscredited to Kurt Vonnegut via e-mail and became hugely popular. The song, on the CD Something for Everybody by Baz Luhrmann, is properly credited to Schmich.

"One of the most surreal singles in memory, "Everybody's Free (To Wear Sunscreen)" has an even stranger story than you'd imagine: in 1998, a student lifted the text of an article columnist Mary Schmich had written for the Chicago Tribune and started sending it around the world, crediting it as a commencement speech given at MIT by Kurt Vonnegut. Film director Baz Luhrmann (who had taken a big part in designing the soundscapes of his films Strictly Ballroom and William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet) got his hands on it just as he was working on a remix of Rozalla's 1992 dance hit "Everybody's Free (To Feel Good)." Within a day, Luhrmann had hired a local actor to read the text, and a single was born. It's a wonderfully surreal pop-cultural moment on an album that strives for such things. Luhrmann's modus operandi involves the remixing and customizing of tracks until they have a fabulous sheen, and it owes a lot to the equally media-attuned Malcolm McLaren (and especially to McLaren's 1989 album Waltz Darling). Though he throws in a handful of time-tested songs (Doris Day's "Perhaps Perhaps Perhaps," La Bohème's "Che Gelide Manina"), Something for Everybody is very much of a specific moment--and though the moment may pass, fans will enjoy revisiting it time and again." --Randy Silver

Wear Sunscreen was set to music, renamed Everybody's Free (To Wear Sunscreen) (aka The Sunscreen Song) and released on an album by Australian film director Baz Luhrmann. The single was released by Luhrmann under the EMI Music Australia Pty. Ltd. label on the 1998 album Something for Everybody and on a 1999 single release.

Contrary to popular belief the essay is not read by Baz Luhrmann on the track; it is read by Australian voice actor Lee Perry. Quindon Tarver performs the lyrics on the chorus.
The song features a spoken-word track set over a mellow backing track. The song lyrics, which consist of a litany of humourous but practical advice, were drawn word for word from the Schmich column except for a date change from "'97" to "'99" - although an early version has been found with the original line of "Ladies and gentlemen of the class of '97" still in place.

The supposed story behind the single was that Baz Luhrmann delivered a speech to a graduating class and it was thought that they were well spoken and sage enough to be played beyond those walls. When a radio station was propositioned to play the speech they turned it down saying that they only played songs with music behind them. The idea was put forward to accompany the words with music and once it began playing became more and more popular till it was officially released.

In the 1996 film William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet directed by Luhrmann the melody of the backing track can be heard being sung by a choir.
In 1999 the song was a part of the end credits in John Swanbeck's movie The Big Kahuna, starring Kevin Spacey, Danny DeVito and Peter Facinelli.
The single's title is likely based on the song "Everybody's Free (To Feel Good)" which was released in 1991 by Rozalla.


Wear Sunscreen
(Mary Schmich)

Ladies and gentlemen of the class of '97

Wear sunscreen

If I could offer you only one tip for the future, sunscreen would be it.
The long-term benefits of sunscreen have been proved by scientists, whereas the rest of my advice has no basis more reliable than my own meandering experience.
I will dispense this advice now.

Enjoy the power and beauty of your youth. Oh, never mind. You will not understand the power and beauty of your youth until they've faded. But trust me, in 20 years, you'll look back at photos of yourself and recall in a way you can't grasp now how much possibility lay before you and how fabulous you really looked. You are not as fat as you imagine.

Don't worry about the future. Or worry, but know that worrying is as effective as trying to solve an algebra equation by chewing bubble gum. The real troubles in your life are apt to be things that never crossed your worried mind, the kind that blindside you at 4pm on some idle Tuesday.
Do one thing every day that scares you.

Sing.

Don't be reckless with other people's hearts.
Don't put up with people who are reckless with yours.

Floss.

Don't waste your time on jealousy.
Sometimes you're ahead, sometimes you're behind.
The race is long and, in the end, it's only with yourself.
Remember compliments you receive. Forget the insults.
If you succeed in doing this, tell me how.

Keep your old love letters.
Throw away your old bank statements.

Stretch.

Don't feel guilty if you don't know what you want to do with your life.
The most interesting people I know didn't know at 22 what they wanted to do with their lives. Some of the most interesting 40-year-olds I know still don't.

Get plenty of calcium. Be kind to your knees. You'll miss them when they're gone.

Maybe you'll marry, maybe you won't.
Maybe you'll have children, maybe you won't.
Maybe you'll divorce at 40, maybe you'll dance the funky chicken on your 75th wedding anniversary. Whatever you do, don't congratulate yourself too much, or berate yourself either. Your choices are half chance. So are everybody else's.

Enjoy your body. Use it every way you can.
Don't be afraid of it or of what other people think of it.
It's the greatest instrument you'll ever own.

Dance, even if you have nowhere to do it but your living room.

Read the directions, even if you don't follow them.

Do not read beauty magazines. They will only make you feel ugly.
Get to know your parents. You never know when they'll be gone for good. Be nice to your siblings. They're your best link to your past and the people most likely to stick with you in the future.

Understand that friends come and go, but with a precious few you should hold on. Work hard to bridge the gaps in geography and lifestyle, because the older you get, the more you need the people who knew you when you were young.

Live in New York City once, but leave before it makes you hard. Live in Northern California once, but leave before it makes you soft. Travel.

Accept certain inalienable truths: Prices will rise. Politicians will philander. You, too, will get old. And when you do, you'll fantasize that when you were young, prices were reasonable, politicians were noble and children respected their elders.
Respect your elders.

Don't expect anyone else to support you.
Maybe you have a trust fund. Maybe you'll have a wealthy spouse. But you never know when either one might run out.

Don't mess too much with your hair or by the time you're 40 it will look 85.

Be careful whose advice you buy, but be patient with those who supply it. Advice is a form of nostalgia. Dispensing it is a way of fishing the past from the disposal, wiping it off, painting over the ugly parts and recycling it for more than it's worth.

But trust me on the sunscreen.


Parody
The Baz Luhrmann song version inspired numerous parodies. John Safran released a song entitled "Not the Sunscreen Song". The musician and comedian Chris Rock enjoyed great success with his spoken word song "No Sex (In the Champagne Room)." Denis Leary performed a version called "Drink Beer". This version was also parodied in an episode of House of Mouse where Jimminy Cricket performed it.

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my friend dipen has sent it to me..

jo hota hai acche ke liye hota hai
jo hua acche ke liye hua
jo hoga woh bhi acche ke liye hoga
parivartan hi sansar ka niyam hai

means..

whatever happened in past happened for good
what is happening is for good
what will happen is gonna happen for good
change is the only permanent thing in this world

so..change your way to see life
and get living
doing the best you can
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good luck!
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.: do something! :.

looking to this pic..im thinking..how many children dont have a birthday party? well..im not beeing sappy saying that..but the fact is..we dont think abt others everyday..maybe sometimes..maybe once in a year

we can do many things abt others..and just write abt them and say how you are sad is not enough..and we all know that..right??

first you need to start in your own home..then with your neighboor..in your neighboorhood..city..state..country..well..you know what else

all this wars that we are seeing nowadays are just a signal that our civilization failed..just take a look in some pics of some miserable countries to see how happy you are..and how much u can do abt it

and if you dont know what to do..try to look for some organizations what take care of this..cause surelly..just words are not enough..and we need to be really brave to do like all those volunteers do even outside their countries

click on the tittle of this post and start to live the real life

happy birthday lil shining star :)

Eleven years ago I saw you for the first time..i couldnt believe that was me to give you life!..it was a miracle!!..finally i could see you..you were born with 56cm..and it was not a sacrifice cause im a big woman too :) .. premature..so fragile..at the beggining dad didnt want to be apart from you even a single second and he promised me that he wouldnt make any movement and beg me to let you sleep between us..i was so scared!! but..incredible x=o!! he woke up at the same position that he went to sleep x=p !!
i remember that i didnt sleep for 2 weeks..just looking at you to see if nothing would be wrong..and i did everything was possible to make your life so much better..but with time some problems started to happen and you were there always by my side..too young to understand but too iluminated to be there and take care of me when i thought that i was alone in this world..so young and so wise..

love you so much sweet princess..my lil shining star..happy birthday :)

hmm.. im wondering what was your secret wish before you blowing out the candles x=D

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I'm ready. Just waiting to you to open the gate. When may I get in?
Be patient. Your freedom is coming soon.
I'm tired. What if I break before you open it?
Don't worry. I will get you whatever happens.
I promised you since 4 years ago. Dont you remember this?
I never break my word.
What if I'm not fixed?
I accept you as you are.
You will be free and you will fly as I promised.
There is always a right time to things to happen.
But if you fall first, I will get you.

return to innocence

life never stops..and changes are always coming..like waves..sometimes bigger..sometimes smaller..but always diferent..and sometimes we need to describe it like trying to dont loose the moment..to make it printed in our story..even when we dont say anything abt it..it is there..in our memories..that's our necessity to organize life..even when we dont do that consciently our mind does it naturally

that's why at the last moments of our lives we remember all those moments..like in a flash..or one day..many years later..we remember something what happened in that same place..or in that same situation..but is not the same

just let it flows "not interfere with whats happening..nor we should try to change things..we should let things happen as they are, and not think over it..just enjoy each moment we are together..and not think much about them"

yeas..just let it flows..even if you are afraid to dont be able to catch the time in ur hands..cause time never stops..and it is always changing

and all those comfortable moments will pass..and others will come

an eternal cycle

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SYD BARRETT 1946-2006

Pink Floyd founding member Syd Barrett in an undated photo. Barrett has died aged 60, after living the life of a recluse for the last 30 years.

As a founder member of legendary rock group Pink Floyd, Syd Barrett wrote songs at once wistful, surreal and quintessentially English. Barrett's increasingly erratic mental state led to him leaving the band in 1968.

A source close to the band, who did not want to be named, said Barrett died on Friday, 7th. Media reports say complications from diabetes were the cause.
Barrett's bizarre on-stage antics in the late 1960s were linked to his experimentation with psychedelic drugs, and he left the band in 1968.
The singer, songwriter and guitarist, who wrote the bulk of Pink Floyd's earliest music, has been credited with helping shape its progressive sound and influencing artists including David Bowie.
He wrote most of the songs on Pink Floyd's first album "The Piper at the Gates of Dawn", which was a hit in Britain, and also worked on "A Saucerful of Secrets", released in 1968.
Barrett issued his first solo album, "The Madcap Laughs", in 1970, with backing from members of Pink Floyd and Soft Machine, but his involvement in music had ended by the mid-1970s and he has lived the life of a recluse ever since.
Pink Floyd's 1975 track "Shine On You Crazy Diamond", from the album "Wish You Were Here", is widely believed to be a tribute to Barrett.

Introducing their classic song, Wish You Were Here, Pink Floyd's Roger Waters said: "This is for the people who can't be here - especially Syd." But the epic Shine On You Crazy Diamond, written as a tribute to Syd Barrett, will stand as his epitaph.

The tribute-song "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" is here..watch the video..at the end you can see the image of Syd Barrett in a big screen behind the band



And this is "Wish You Were Here"..my favorite i must say

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the best football player of the world!..ha!

..worried?! who?? me?!?

where'd you go? i miss u so....

ED INFINE L'ITALIA HA VINTO LA TAZZA!!!!

AND YOU KNOW WHAT? BRAZIL IS A PARTY NOW!!
CONGRATULATIONS ITALY!!
YOU REALLY ROCKED AT THIS CUP!!


LI AMIAMO L'ITALIA!!



f*** u france..hehehe X=P

where the hell is matt??

the matt video's song is Sweet Lullaby by Deep Forest

"The lyrics come from Solomon Islands - small islands north of Australia). This is most likely a regional dialect based on english. You can recognizing some possessive french pronouns (Sa) as well as some future tense verbs (pandera)"

the lyrics are not funny as we can suppose to be watching matt's video..but..who is worried abt it? me neither!! ;)

to some "The song is about a girl trying to get her little brother to go to sleep by telling him that their parents won't return if he didn't."

in other sites they say that "The song is about a young child crying because he does not see his father with the family. In response his elder sister sung this song to comfort as well as tell him the reality, with an appeal for their deceased father to protect this child in the land of the living (local ancient belief is that the dead care for loved ones they left behind)"

...you can try to find it out by yourself..if you want to ;)


Sa ziza zecob dela dalou'a
Boralea'e borale mi komi oula
Etawuae'o ela'o coralia wu'aila
Ilei pandera zel e' tomu pere no mo mai

Alatawuané icas imani'u
Barletas e'e barkia'a
Pro'e lai e'le a pantou la'u
Ilei pandera zel e' tomu pere no mo mai

Sa ziza zecob dela dalou'a
Boralea'e borale mi komi oula
Alatawuané icas iwua'oula
Ilei pandera zel e' tomu pere no mo mai


the original video is right down this post..with beautiful images...

Sweet Lullaby by Deep Forest

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life must go on..and as ive written in my other page..im like a snake..sometimes i need time to change my skin..u can call it as u want..phenix as well..what needs to burn till becomes ashes from ashes start again..and u know it is in that time that you know ur truer friends..who simply says "i cant help you" is just thinking abt himself..

how many times didnt u help someone? yay..i know..many times
so..think abt it..could be you at his place
world is full of negative things cause humans dont think abt others

think abt ur next and do ur best to make this world better than now
God cant do miracles if you dont give a hand to Him
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..4th july...

and a few more than one year later
she had a beautiful moment
she was so stupid
just trying to say things to impress
sometimes when we meet what is so much important to us
we dont know what to do

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..WELCOME BACK GUYS!!...

WELL..CUP IS FINISHED FOR US!
TODAY THE SCORE 1 X 0 TO FRANCE WILL BE IN OUR MEMORY LIKE THE OTHER ONE WHEN WE DECIDED THAT MATCH BY PENNALTIES

WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING HERE IS.. PARREIRA IS NOT A GOOD TRAINER...HE DIDNT MAKE THE OBVIOUS CHANGES IN THE TEAM..

ANYWAY.............EVERYBODY WILL SAY SOMETHING IN THIS WEEK....

HAYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!! FIREWORKS AT THE SKYYYYYYYY!!
IM HEARING FROM MY HOME NOW!!
THAT'S THE TRUER BRAZILIAN SPIRIT ;)

WE ARE HAPPY AS EVERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!

BUT PLZ..DONT TALK ABT FRANCE TO US AT LEAST FOR...
A WHOOOOOOLE ETERNITY!! hahhhahhhahhaa

life..

..PROUD TO BE BRAZILIAN!!! BRAZIUIUIUIULLL!!! WOHOOOOOOO!!!!

..3 X 0 = BRAZIL X GHANA!!!

AND THE MATCH IS ENDED..SOME MINUTES BEFORE ZÉ ROBERTO SHIRT 11 DID A GOAL!!!
OUR TEAM IS REALLY A TEAM! THERES NO JUST ONE STAR! THEY ARE PALYING TOGETHER AS A REAL TEAM!!

IS THERE ANYTHING BETTER THAT THINKING TOGETHER??

NICE GAME GUYS!!
THE BRAZILIAN PEOPLE THANK U ALLLL!!!

....GOAAALLLLLLLLLLLL!! ADRIANO!! 45:19MIN!

TODAY SOMEONE WILL HAVE A HEART ATACK..HHAHHAHHAHAHA
GO AHEAD BRAZIIUIUIUIUIUIUIUIULLLLLLLLLLLLLL

2X0 BRAZIL X GHANA!!!

...RONALDO!! 1X0!!! SHINE BABEZZZZ!!!

wow! man my city is crazy!! at 5:21min of the first time Ronald made a goal!! and i went ot the window to see the fireworks at the sky!!

and when the match was starting today the firewoks were at the sky for at least 10min!!
and u know..my country is all happyness..thats amazing how somthing can gather everyone!! theres no social diferences..everybody and everything is beautiful today!!

...HEY!! ARE U READY BRAZIL???...

look to the future..live the present
theres nothing to do with the past
what is done..is done
past is just necessary
to make u think what u have done with ur life
and helps u to be better in present
be a trustable person
dont hurt anyone
cause theres nothing worst than
- one day -
u notice how bad u were with someone
live with no expectations
hate your mistakes
fix them
and do your best

..BRAZIIUIUIUIUIUIUIUIUIULLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!

..WOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!! 4X1!!!

4X1..GOAL OF RONALDO SHIRT 9!!! AT 36:14MIN OF SECOND TIME!!

WOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

MAN!! THIS IT IS A FUCKING DAMN COOL GAME..OR WHATEVER IT MEANS..HAHHAHAHA

..OH MY GOOOOODDD!!! 3X1!!!!!!!!! BRAZIIUIUIUIULLL

NOW GILBERTO'S GOAL!! SHIRT 16!!! AT 14 MIN OF SECOND TIME!!

LIKE THE GOLDEN TIMES GUYS!!!
TODAY BRAZIL WILL NOT SLEEEEEPPPPPPPPPP!!!

GO AHEAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!

oh God..i didnt know how much i liked football x=D

.......goaaallllllllllllllll!! 2x1 Braziiuiuiuiuiuilllll!!!

wohooooooooooo...at 8 min of second time ..Juninho - shirt 19 - made other goal!!
BRAZIL 2 X 1 JAPAN!!!

WE'RE GONNA DIE TODAY..HHOHOHO =P

...goooaaallllllllllllllll!!!!!!!!!!!! braziiuiuiuiuiuiullllll!!

after we suffer with a goal from japan, finally....
we made one!!

it was an espetacular goooaaaaall from RONALDO(9)..a head gooaaall!! at 45min of the first time!!

RONALDINHO GAÚCHO (10) PASS THE BALL TO KAKÁ(7) WHO PASS THE BALL TO RONALDO..RONALDO USE HIS HEAD AND....
GOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAALLL!!
beauuuuuuutiiiiiiiiiifulllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll!!!

hey guys!! dont let us die..hahhahhhaha

at the pic Brazil's Ronaldo (L) celebrates scoring his team's first goal against Japan with team mates during their Group F World Cup 2006 soccer match in Dortmund June 22, 2006. Team mates are Cicinho (Bottom R) and Ronaldinho. FIFA(Reuters - Thu Jun 22, 3:57 PM ET )

....BRAZIIUIUIUIUIUIUIUIUIUIUIUILLLLLLLLLLL!!!

I know that our team is not playing like the golden times but i'm so proud of them and all the others before!!
We've won the CUP 5 times!! and WITHOUT VIOLENCE!! CAUSE OUR FOOTBALL IS AN ART NOT A WEAPON!!
go ahead guys!! make our day again!!


see ya later alligator ;)

GOOOAAAAQALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!

BRAZIL 2 X O AUSTRALIA!!
GOAL OF FRED!! SHIRT 21!! AT 44:22M OF SECOND TIME!! NICE CHANGE PARREIRA!! HE CAME TO MAKE OUR DAY!!

GOOOAAALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!

BRAZILLLLLLLLLLLLL!! 1 X 0 AUSTRALIA..GOAL OF ADRIANO WITH RONALDO..THE PHENOMENON!!
AT 3 MIN OF SECOND TIME!!

YOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!


FUCK U ALL AUSTRALIANS WITH YOUR AGRESSIVE FOOTBALL!!

Well..tomorrow will be our second match..hmm..the first one it was just 1x0 to brazil..and we all know that it could be really easy for us! let's see tomorrow...
for awhile im fighting with my glasses..
yeah! i need to wear this again cause the lenses cant heal something i have named...astigmatism....
gosh!

GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAALLLLLLL!!!

4:43PM!!!!!!!!!! FIRST GOAL BY KAKÁ!!!
BRAZZIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIILLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!

WORLD CUP 2006!!!!!! WHO IS THE BEST???????

HELLOWWWWWWWWWW WOOOOOOOOOOORLD!!! THE GAME IS ON!!

well i know that the CUP has started on 9 june but..for us the first day is really today!!
in some minutes will start BRAZIL x CROÁCIA!! That's our first match in that cup!
my city is so ansious today..like all brazilians for sure!!
let's see what will happen...
anyway the party has already started...
the fireworks at the sky...people playing that noisy flute(?) and screaming braziiiiiiiiiiiillll!!!
shops are closed and streets are empty!!!
they are so exciting!!!!
that's my city!! my beautiful city!!!
rio de janeirooooooo!!!!
soOoOoOoO happy!!!!!!! as alwayyys!!!
and nothing can stop uuussss nowwwwww!!
yoohooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

..THE PARTY IS OOOOONNN!!.......