"Viva La 'Music'!"

It’s been so long since my last entry, yet I feel unable of writing something worth reading.

I’ve talked about books, about music…but I’m yet to write about movies, fashion, or an actual blog, where your write about what’s going on around you. And that’s the last thing I’d write about.

So, what you will read will be…whatever comes to my mind while I write.

Going back to one of my first topics, music, I went to a Coldplay concert while ago, and, despite all my friends and family being tired of me talking about it, I feel like the subject has endless “conversation-topics”. For example: the location, the opening bands, the crowd, the sound, the fireworks, the stage, Oh! And did I mention THE BAND?!.

This was my first concert (I consider this to be the first, even though I went to some of the local bands’ gigs, one while I was on a trip, and others in my city…but now you understand). I shall say, for the sake of this blog, that “it was the first concert I went, located in a stadium”. Yep, that did sound better.

The atmosphere was weird though. The people were relaxed…not what I expected at all, yet it’s what you may see in a Coldplay gig. The only thing I thought I would see and actually saw, was the “summer festival” guys. You know…trendy outfits, cool cell phones, “wannabe-ray-ban” sunglasses, quite a boring looking crowd. Almost no black clothing, no studs, no bands t-shirts…and yes, while I listened to some of the opening bands, I checked out the outfits, I’m a girl after all.

Coldplay’s performance was amazing. Chris was himself, running from one side of the stage to the other in a second, and singing beautifully. I tried not to stare at the big screens where the gig was being shown, because I had the feeling I was watching a DVD (you can tell by that that their performance was that good…it sounded unbelievable, and they looked really good :P)

So, my eyes where set on the stage almost all the time. And I was quite far from it, so they looked like little bugs...cute bugs. What I found most exciting about it, was the fact that I could see for myself the movements of those guys. I thought Will’s arm was going to break, and that Jonny was in a trance…and Guy…well…he always keeps it cool. The shows that I had seen from the “Viva la Vida” tour on TV were really good, so I kind of went there with spoilers. I knew, for example that before they go on stage, they play “The Blue Danube” for the crowd, about some special treats, and about the neon/glowing in the dark paper butterflies thrown to the audience during “Lovers in Japan”. But what I did not see coming, was Will’s performance as a guitar player/ singer in “Death will never conquer”…which I later found out wasn’t a new thing. I didn’t see coming the “cell phone wave” (you know, the thing where you stand up and sit down while you scream “Ohhhhh”…known for being displayed at soccer games) and the cover of “Billie Jean”.

Another thing that surprised me, was the fact that they played “Clocks”, “In My Place” and “Yellow” almost in a row…and only after they played two songs from their last album- Wait…here’s the set list:

---“The Blue Danube”
Life In Technicolor
Violet Hill
Clocks
In My Place
Glass Of Water
Yellow
Cemeteries Of London
42
Fix You
Strawberry Swing
God Put A Smile Upon Your Face- Talk (techno remix)
The Hardest Part (Chris solo piano)
Postcards From Far Away (Chris solo piano)
Viva La Vida(with a cheering crowd and the grand “oh oh oh oh ohhhhh ohhhh” hahah)
Lost!

Singing in the rain (they put that song while they went to a little stage in between the crowd) A short intro/song to Will’s performance, done by Chris who also played the harmonica
Death Will Never Conquer (acoustic/ the one sung by Will)
Billie Jean (cover - acoustic)
Don Quixote ((a new song, inspired by the Latin audiences, and countries))

Viva La Vida (remix)
Politik
Lovers In Japan
Death And All His Friends
(This belongs to the “encore” part of the show…you know, the part when they say goodbye, leave the stage, and come back)

The Scientist (which I predicted to my friend)
Life in Technicolor ii
The Escapist…as they left…

It was an incredible experience…hearing Chris talking in Spanish (he even looked at our side of the stadium and screamed “¿Todo bien?!” while they were playing “In My Place”.

The crowd was almost on fire. When Coldplay started playing "Fix You" we all started to weep. Everyone there was singing and yelling their heads off. The highest peek of the night for the exited crowd was "Viva La Vida". "The people in the stadium kept on singing that song through the whole show...and even while they (should I say: "we") went away.

On our way out, some security guy told us “Hey! If you go left you’ll get a free CD”. My friend was like “Let’s get out of here while we can” and, of course I was like “No way! I want a CD” so, I struggle and made my way through the crowd and picked up a CD…a special edition with live tracks and it was given to us…like a souvenir for such a good time. We only asked for the show…and we left the place with a gift! (I shall add that this special CD, was given away through the whole tour, not just in this concert)

I don’t know…I had fallen a little bit out of love with this band, but after this…I’m back in love with their music, and with each one of them!

Great, I made myself sound like a hypocrite fangirl.

P.S: Sorry for my English! (that should be the name of this blog!)

Books I

Every now and then I get a feeling inside me...something that pushes me to do something completely unnecessary, something that I just don't need to do. Either because I'm busy at the moment, or because, I just shouldn't.

Lately I've been wandering around my house's bookshelf. Well it's more like a huge wall filled with books. From really old Irish novels, to the latest book by A. Dolina. So, I asked myself "why do you need to read?" The answer was nonexistent.

Maybe... it's just a phase. I need to grab a cup of tea and read something.

The same happens with movies...I just spent two weeks watching movies...every night a new one. Just...because I wanted to.

But the eagerness of reading has taken a new level. I want, need to read books 24/7. But I don't have the time. I mean, with sociology and economy...and several other interests of mine...I have just a little time left (for my one self-indulgence that is). Writing, studying, making music and living is very time-consuming. I don't know if reading at least two books before New Year’s Eve is such a good idea.

What to do??...I guess I'll go with the flow, and leave behind what I want to do...

Just for once. I promise.

g33k

Since I'm rather bored than inspired to write, I've decided to make a list of why my best friends and I are, in fact, Geeks (understanding that the term means more than just being passionate for computers)
First of all: We are a select group of human beings, an exclusive Group of unknown people...n/n, we are the kind of people that you see walking down the street, but you don't stare, look or even notice.
We do have a life, but when it comes to social networking...we suck, awkward is our second name...and we are proud about it!
Is not that we don't want to hang out with new people, it's just that our friendship means a lot, and we don't have to be hiding our dirty laundry from each other. We know we are different, and we've embraced it!
Another example is when some of my friends find a way to talk about math or any science, in a normal conversation. Whether are the odds for something to happen, or how to prove you wrong. They can help you with many computer issues, or create issues about computers.
We talk about everything. We give our thoughts about life and weir things that happen around us. We share knowledge of any kind, and find arguments amusing. Deceases, computers, software. We play old video games. We enjoy way too much of the jokes that appear in the IT Crowd or The Big Bang Theory. We know about Star Wars (ejemm guilty) and we can discuss animes and some comics. We know who Doctor Who is... We Love Tetris...simple.
If you find us in a public space, in the afternoon, you'll probably say, if you did notice us, "Oh...geeks". We will be laughing at silly things, technological jokes, language jokes, pointing out misspelled things, considering writing blogs about nothing and looking rather scruffy than polished. And I am guilty of wearing black-framed glasses. We do look the part, don't we?
If I have to say more characteristics, I would have to talk about me. I love watching science TV shows; I love Star Wars , even before I could understand everything (cause I first saw some of the episodes when I was younger...way younger); I grew up waiting to see every single episode of the X Files (which, of course I did); I love Sailor Moon, loved Evangelion, Pokemon, Sakura Card Captors and many other Animes (I used to plan my day around those shows); I like to dress up as the character of my favourite movies and, with my friends, we pick up which character of our favourite series we'd like to be. I enjoy reading dictionaries and encyclopaedias.
We may not speak Klingon, we may not have a passion for Battlestar Galactica, but we know about that kind of stuff.
Every time we find something funny yet scientific, we share it. A techno-joke on a shirt is priceless. We get this:
"There are only 10 types of people in the world: those who understand binary and those who don't.""If at first you don't succeed; call it version 1.0""Roses are #FF0000
Violets are #0000FF
All my base
Are belong to you" (and yes...we all laughed at that viral video)“F u cn rd ths, u cn gt a gd jb n cmptr programming.” (wow, it's THAT easy? XD)“If you are not part of the solution, you are part of the precipitate”
(t-shirt jokes...they are so jokes!!! Credit to whoever came up with those quotes!)
We love spending our time in front of computers, playing, blogging, actually, wasting our time. Doing creative things with pictures, creating brushes for a software, watching videos in You Tube, and instead of going out, staying in, and watch an old episode of our favourite series, or movie. We do go out...when all the stars in the sky are in the right place. Or when you see a full moon...or ...well...you get the point.
We are the ones who get obsessed over things very easily and get obsessed over something for many years. We laugh (in an incredible funny way) at nothing and everything.
We've read a book in less than three days, we get easily distracted, and we can waste a lot of time talking about random things, which end up connected in some points. We know about what we love, and we sound passionate about those things...sometimes we don't even understand each other.
We know how to make a non-Newtonian fluid.
And that's how we roll.

(againg, sorry for my english...still working on it!-BTW I did not check this, so it may be a nightmare to understand! sorry!!)

(8)Friends will be...there? part I

Últimamente mi circulo de amistades esta en decadencia y falto de estímulo para festejar el hecho de ser adolescentes, lo cual me lleva a pensar que: a) están demasiado sumergidos en la típica euforia y depresión universitaria(?); ó b) están dejando de lado una de las características más importantes de la etapa que están viviendo...el carecer de algo, o de todo. En este caso, carecer de ganas de salir, o de divertirse.

La verdad es que en poco tiempo nos vamos a ver y espero que hagamos algo divertido, no solo mirarnos ó hablar de cosas completamente incoherentes, cosas que solo los involucrados en la conversación entienden y que levantan curiosidad y preguntas tontas en los "escuchas". No! Esta vez vamos a romper el molde, vamos a coser a ojo, vamos a crear una escultura desde cero...vamos a improvisar!...estem...eso hacemos siempre, no? Bueno, esta vez improvisaremos el ser diferentes y saldremos por las calles a parrandear. O, al menos, lo intentaremos.

Nótese que este blog es totalmente sarcástico, o cínico, nunca lo vamos a diferenciar-al menos en mi grupo- y no es un reproche para esas personas que, siendo fin de semana largo, decidieron quedarse en otros pagos. Es, simplemente comentarles que se los extraña.
En cierto modo creo que es mejor que no nos veamos tanto, así no se pierde la magia(?) que vive en nuestra amistad.

Debo dejar en claro también que esto existe solo porque me dio pena ver un blog en stand by...aunque sé que este sentimiento de abandono no me va a durar mucho jaja.

Chan chan chan chaaaaaaaaaaannnn

This blog should star with a warning to every single person who decides to read it: it's boring, it's dull, it's filled with nonsense's...pretty much as MT-vi these days
Probably this hole text will be ordinary, without any highlights, maybe one...or two (now, if that happens...wow!) but you'll agree with me that is better trying than just...not...trying.
Few of my friends told me that this should begin with a clever idea, an enigmatic riddle, or something like that...but I couldn't think of anything else that the rubbish they "call music TV".
Rubbish only because its supposed to content music videos, and specials ABOUT music...not reality shows, or game shows, or cartoons related to anything but music. It sucks, and we can do nothing about it....just hang there, praying, waiting until your TV company decides that now it's the right time to let you see VH1 (which, from my point of view, it's 100 times better than that nonsense brother channel it has).
Yeah, of course you could watch the videos and listen to music in your PC...but...I don't want history to repeat itself!...video killed a radio star...what now?! internet killed a video star who had already killed a radio star??? That's not fair!! especially for folks like me and my peers, who used to spend hours and hours before going out, watching videos and writing down their names so we could go and buy their CDs.
OMG, remember when you used to buy a CD, only knowing few singles of it?? I definitely miss those days...I understand that nowadays you have choices, whether to buy the songs in Itutunes, or buy the CD...but...CDs? who buys them?? I surely don't...but why?? It was so cool when we had a huge collection of them (as well as cassettes...yeah...I'm from South America...CDs became affordable when we were 11 years or so...so my collection of pop is all in cassettes...along with some books...but that's another blog) and it was even cooler to try to open them, and to find out what info was inside the little books. The good old days. But if I had to choose, a good LP( yeahh vinyl) in my life would be awesome. Of course I enjoy listening to digital music, it's really clear, no scratchy noises, no errors...no life. It takes a lot of work to put a soul inside a CD. But vinyl will always have a life of its own...it's moody, dark, like a puzzle, it's bright, light, it lifts you off the ground...it's magic...that old magic.

You may disagree with me, and that's OK, but music has changed and I don't know if it is a great thing. Surely, now we can all create music and share it with friends, and with whoever is interested in it. We can have it without going to a music store. We can buy it, or download it with all those software you know...but...is that a way of helping your favourite artist?? Nope. Why?? do you think he gets anything from what you are illegally downloading? It doesn't. Buying the music is a hole different world, even if it is on the internet. It's doing the right thing. We just...don't care of what's right, and what's wrong...we just want what we want right away. You wouldn't steal a CD...but you do download it...don't you? (it seems like one of those advertising campaigns 'you wouldn't steal a movie'). First we had nothing, now everything...just a click away (and, of course a PC with internet right? Like who doesn't have that?? I'm being sarcastic, many people don't...)
My point' its that music, and music business have changed...and it'll keep changing...it'll never stop changing...and as it does, we have to change along with it...eyes wide open, no time to waste.
So...no witty comments, no funny quotes, no drama, just a blank space filled with letters, words, sentences, etc. They might don’t mean anything to you, it doesn't to me...I'm just doing these so I can skip responsibilities...but I kind of believe what I said up there...but then again...do what I say, not what I do...or whatever…right?

BTW: Sorry for my horrible english...I'm working on it!!

Hi!

<3 O.L.o.G...bless us <3