jeudi 12 novembre 2009

Ka Kopano

First you have to know, i feel very concerned about the Africa problem. Or should i saw problems. Poverty, diseases(Ebola, AIDS...), hunger, dirty water, rapes, civil & ethnic wars.... all Africa problems. And so i like to hear about it, discuss about it, learn things about Africa and its problems. I love Africa and i love African people. I can't explain why i'm feeling more concerned about them than about favelas drugs problems, poverty in India or other wars and problems in other countries. There's so many, so much, everywhere. I'm interesting in all but my heart belongs to Africa, and i can't tell you why. If i could, i would. So i have seen a lot of documentaries, movies about africa. To quote a couple of those i'll say : Tears of the sun, Shooting dogs, Outbreak, Black hawk down.. Movies you probably already know.

Tonight i saw for the very first time : The Interpreter by Sydney Pollack with Nicole Kidman and Sean Penn.
1. i loved that Nicole Kidman doesn't look like 'Nicole Kidman' in this movie. I like her character a lot and i like how she performs. I've not seen all NK's movies but quite a few with her and i can say that i have never seen her in a role like this one. And i like it. She and Sean Penn are very good in this movie.

2. what i loved the most in this movie are probably the silences. There's not a lot of music in it. The most important scenes are mostly quiet. i loved it. and NC and SP's acting fit perfectly with the silence. It's not a 'speedy' movie even if we could have thought it would be because of the subject it deals with. But no. One day someone said that the most important part of music are silences. i agreed. and think it's the same in movies.

Quote from the film :

"The clamor of the weapons keeps you from hearing it, but human’s voice is different than the other sounds. You can hear it in spite of everything else, even if it’s not shouting, even when it’s just a whisper, the smallest whisper of men in the middle of armies, because it says the truth."



Playlist of the day :

The Journey/Kopano Part III
- Hans Zimmer
Rona ma Africa
Ratang ka kopano
Batho ba Africa
Ngothando
Sizongoba
Ma Africa
Eya batheo beso
Oh, ngothando
Sizophumelela
Batho ba mme
Bana ba mme
Ka kopano
Ahh tlare thusaneng
Sisonqoba
Nanana Nanana
Theta baba
Ma Africa
Sizonqoba
Lifikil' ixesha
Bana ba mme
Aiye bo
Ka kopano
Nana Nana
Sizonqoba Ma Africa
Sul' inyembezi
Batho beso
Ngothando
Fikil' ixesha
Bana ba mme
Sizo phumelela
Bana ba ntate
Ka khotso
Ka khotso
YEKELINI, YEKELENI

jeudi 22 octobre 2009

...uhhh..think i made it wrong .. ooops

AH F.C.O.L !!!
i pressed the wrong button and erase all the other articles i've made on this blog!! The [H] one is the last standing! .... CRAP! i think i have the draft for the very last one i've lost so i'll put it back this weekend.... for the rest.. too bad... i'll write new ones!

CRAP!
CRAP!
CRAP!
lol

well anyway, this afternoon, i'm bored. Dealing with venues for some gig dates in France for my UK bands but i'm bored anyway. Tv's spelling the lines of a very bad US soap. Rain pouring outside. Cold in the appartement, i think it's time now to put the heater back ON. Haven't eaten since yesterday 10pm... but it's ok. The laptop's burning my legs as i'm on the sofa. Tonight's party @ friends. Gonna be cool to go out a bit. I"s suppose to change my piercing today but.. too complicated to go in town, and i got stuffs to do in here. ok ok i'm too lazy to go in town today! ahah working at home.

Well... telling my life on internet right now. :s not very proud.

Just checked Twitter : i got some friends i don't even know. crazy. i don't know what they can expect from following me as they don't know me because.. well i'm not 'famous' or something. There's nothing i've done in my life that deserve unknown people to follow me. Anyway if it makes them happy ^^ . Talking about this, i'm always surprise how some people on T
witter take some time to answer (to me or others) and read the things we say...stupid things most of time ^^ ahah 'We' are unknown people to them too. And they answer. Nice of them.

ok i'm done with saying boring things. Gone to tidy the appartment. GO!
see you later!!


Playlist of the day :
Running up that hill - Placebo
7 day mile - The Frames
Ran away to tell the world - Ours
Possession - Sarah McLachlan
Delicate - Damien Rice

vendredi 2 octobre 2009

A little bit of R.E.S.P.E.C.T.

In a first time i didn't want to write this blog. I just didn't want to put a foot inside this battle. But i think things went to far and i am now really disapoined and disgusted when i see how this wave of disagreement is turning to a real "war". I don't like free wickedness. Actually i don't like wickedness at all but let's say i hate wickedness for FREE. Because this is what it's all about. A group of people insulting another group of people for free. Let's put names on things for everybody to well understand. (names. ok. but this "chicken shout" can work and be apply for lot of other causes than this one! Please take a note. thank you!) Last week, we've been told (and when i say "we" i'm talking about House Md viewers) that Jennifer Morrison was leaving the show. At this step let me first tell y'all that i don't care if you are more into 'Huddy' or 'Hameron' or anything else. Honestly i don't care at all! So after this annoucement, some have been really happy because they didn't like Cameron a lot, some just didn't care and some others were really sad. Let's talk about those who were sad. In this group of sad people there was 2 categories of people. The first one was made of the sad persons who liked Cameron and were simply sad (again) not to see her (or JMo) on the show (i count myself as part of this category). The second category was made of Cameron fans, who suddenly became really angry at the producers. Sad and disgusted (a bit) i can understand. Angry? No! now angry and disrespectful : ABSOLUTELY NOT! OK : they won't see Cameron as much as they used to or maybe not any more and it's making a "hole" in the show (still this "hole" can be filled by something else, someone else or just by time!). OK : they were mostly watching the show for Cameron and what turns around and then hey chose not to watch House anymore. Your decision guys! Now someone please tell me HOW can it go THAT FAR that those people are sending insulting mails to the crew & the cast?? HOW can it go THAT FAR that they are making .gif pictures showing Greg Yaitanes, David Shore, Sara Hess, Katie Jacobs or even Lisa Edelstein (????) burning? What's the point? I just can't understand.
Now people let me tell you something. First, try not to forget that : this is just a show! If you're "burning" David Shore because JMo's leaving the series what will you do when your boyfriend/girlfriend will leave you? I don't want to know!! Then, tell me what the hell does Lisa Edelstein has to do in this story? Is it her fault ? NO! And is it David Shore's or the other members of the crew? NO! I mean THEY decided it YES! For reasons that are theirs, they decided that JMo won't be as much in the show or maybe not anymore from now. Now what's your job in the show that allows you to be THAT angry and yellat everybody like that? Tell me what you do, what's your work on House MD and what you did in this series that allows you to insult people breaking their back 16hrs a day for your own 40 mins pleasure each weeks? This is the crew's decision. I agree and i think it's normal if you liked/loved Cameron (or JMo) that you are sad, disgusted, maybe a bit angry, disapointed or anything you want in a negative mood. I think this is normal. But according to me going that far sending insulting mails to the crew is just unfair and should be. I think and i know, the cat and crew are interested be our opinion about the show. Good or bad. They listen to it. They do things, see how we react to it. But this decision has just nothing to do with "us" and i don't see where we have this "backstage pass" to say "Hey you such a band of bastards! Get JMo back right now you son of a b***!" . You can go nowhere with this behaviour and i write it again : this is unfair..let me go further : this is NONE OF YOUR/OUR BUSINESS!

About JMo now. I think it's always nice to have feedbacks from fans. And this is a good thing that she recieved comments saying people were sad she was leaving, or disagreed wih the fact she was not in the show anymore. This is good. This shows how much people love her and support her work. But as far as i know the crew didn't kick her out. What kind ofimage of fans do you guys think you show when each time i log in somewhere on a House forum or fansite or anyhing and i see pictures of Katie Jacobs burning? Or when i see comments on some Twitter pages insulting the crew or making disrespectfull reflections.

I have nothing against anybody. I say it clearly. I just lay something that disturbed me and disapointed me about fans from the most watched tv on earth. I'm just saying you can be angry, maybe not that much but i can understand you are angry or anything. What i just want to say is if you have something to do : do it or say it showing some respect. Insulting people and mostly insulting people for free never lead anywhere.

/!\ Not blaming the whole 'Hameron' community, just saying that SOME PEOPLE cross the line. i know some 'Huddy' had done the same kind of things and still, without blaming the whole 'Huddy' community i think this is not a good behaviour from them too! Not chosing any 'team' just saying that sometimes it's good to show some respect. /!\

With all due respect.
thank you.
Chicken