Sunday, December 27, 2009

Movie Bytes: Sherlock Holmes (2009)

Directed By: Guy Ritchie
Starring: Robert Downey Jr, Jude Law, Rachel McAdams

What it’s all about:
Sherlock Holmes and his sidekick Dr. Watson stop a human sacrifice ritual being conducted by one Lord Blackwood just in time. Blackwood is incarcerated and hung for his crimes. Three days after he is pronounced dead his tomb is found open, and a witness claims he saw Lord Blackwood arise from the tomb. Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson must delve into the world of the occult to stop Lord Blackwood.

The Verdict:
Guy Ritchie’s re-imagining of the classic detective is sensational and over the top, yet matched with amazing set pieces, great performances from a solid cast and some genuinely funny moments, Sherlock Holmes will have enough to keep casual movie goers happy, yet enough substance to make the film enjoyable to existing fans. The chemistry between Jude Law and Robert Downey Jnr. is paramount to the films success, and while the story can seem to get a little lost along the way, all in all it’s an enjoyable holiday blockbuster.

7.5/10

[Via http://rebornonline.wordpress.com]

Saturday, December 26, 2009

So far, so good.

My life right now consists of watching independent movies in bed,
smoking pot with my boyfriend in bed,
and constantly listening to Liza With A ‘Z’ album.

I feel a bit defeated lately.
Me and a couple good friends have recently grown apart
but I’ve decided to stop mourning our friendship and just keep going with my life.

Me and my boyfriend got a sweet apartment on the Upper East Side,
we are moving in next week. It is pretty small but for starters is perfect.
I am kind of sad that I have to spend my 800 dollar savings on paying my share of the rent,
and security deposit.
I wish I could just go shopping with them instead.
I need new boots, jeans, shirts, and jackets. Is getting quite cold in NYC.

Wish I could look like a mix between Liza Minnelli, Madonna, and Lady Gaga.


[Via http://youthdreams.wordpress.com]

Sunday, December 20, 2009

Desperately Seeking Susan

With 1985 Madonna!!!

Never realized how much I love this movie until today as I watched it for the first time…how have I lived this long and never seen it? Good Question.  Anywho, there are soo many things Madonna has in this movie that I have – for one, that cross earring…and there are so many things she has that I want.  Anywho, I clearly get my inspiration from this eventhough I’ve never seen it.  It’s like having a long lost twin.

Here’s the first part enjoy. (I’ll add more as I finish them)

I really want her suitcase/bag. I saw one about a year ago in a vintage shop but it was so broken that my friends talked me out of it. This begins my search for one. Later on I’ll upload photos of my vintage suitcase collection – its pretty out of control.

[Via http://pearlschainssafetypins.wordpress.com]

Saturday, December 19, 2009

LUCK BE A LADY GAGA

So this is the point at which I should probably report on the Pre-Fall RTW collections that were shown in the various fashion capitols over the past few weeks.
Well – whatever.
They were so boring I couldn’t even be bothered to sigh about them.

Instead, I’m going to tell you about the most exciting thing going on right now in our little known universe.
No; it’s not the Hadron Collider, 570 ft beneath the Franco-Swiss border, going about the tricky business of figuring out how we all got here in the first place, and it’s not the delicate negotiations taking place at the Climate Change summit in Copenhagen; nor is it the start of the new season of ‘Keeping up with the Kardashians’ that just aired on US TV on Sunday night.
It’s not any of those inconsequential creations or events (Pre-Fall collections included.) It’s a little Lady called Gaga.

Whatever you think about Lady Gaga, you can’t deny that she has had the biggest impact on the worlds of art, fashion, music and entertainment in the last 365 days. Whether you love her, hate her, don’t get her, don’t have an opinion either way, don’t even know what the hell I’m going on about – however you feel and whatever your opinions are, energy, persistence, and undeniable presence in 2009. Obviously, not everyone’s a fan:
Antonio Berardi recently refused to work with her on a collection of clothing– because he cited her music as being ‘meaningless’ and couldn’t see ‘what impact [it would] have in 20 years to come.’ I like Antonio – I think he is one of the most talented, exciting and sophisticated designers working today, but it disappointed me no end to read that this was his opinion of someone who I consider to be a true fashion phenomenon.

YES! IT'S HER! Before she was Gaga: Stefani Germanotta performing at Sacred Heart School, NYC

3 years ago, Lady Gaga was Stefani Joanna Germanotta – singing and playing piano in dive bars like ‘The Bitter End’ with her own 3-piece soft rock band. Watching a YouTube clip of her and the rest of the guys doing a cover of Led Zeppelin’s ‘D’yer Maker’ and – (after getting over the initial shock of her general appearance: no leotard, no crazy sunglasses, no crystals, no lace, no paper mache-based head gear or sparkler-shooting brassiere; just black leggings, top, and long dark brown hair falling over her face,) I listened and enjoyed a really heart-felt, energized rendition of a much-loved rock classic.

She has a strong, melodic, catchy voice, and is clearly a very talented and accomplished song writer. That’s a given. But you have to admit – even if you’re an absolutely head-over-heels-in-love-starstruck-breathless-at-the-thought-of-her fan – this girl with a big voice and a meagre back-up band is just One of Many. You could be watching anyone play the piano and pour their heart out to a Led Zep track – hundreds of girls doing exactly the same thing right now.

Gaga performs 'Paparazzi' at the MTV VMA's; The Lady meets HRH The Queen; Gaga performing on her 'Dali Elephant Leg' piano at the Royal Variety Show

Well, this particular girl Made It.
But how? How on earth did someone like her, with her fantastic yet somewhat controversial product slip through the net, against all the obstacles? I guess you could put it down to sheer determination and hard work, but it was also a combination of luck, fate, faith – whatever you want to call it. Because, assuming the ‘Gaga’ business model did not yet exist, if Stefani G went up to the boss of Interscope records today she would be laughed out of the office after proposing her plans for Pop-World Domination: An aggressive plan of attack that included faking a bloody death on stage at the MTV VMA’s, songs about dangerous and deeply disturbed love affairs with accompanying music videos set in futuristic russian bathhouses, and a performance on Ellen DeGeneres in a Frankenstein-style shoulder-padded jacket and crystal encrusted eye sockets. Not to mention meeting the Queen of England whilst wearing a red latex dress with a 20ft train. Forget about it! First of all, she would have been stopped at reception and told to put some clothes on before she even announced who she was and what her business was turning up there without an appointment.

From Lollapalooza DIY; to Restaurant cabaret; to wearing full-on McQueen in her new 'Bad Romance' video

So how did she persuade people that someone like her should exist and be given the chance to entertain and become the Lady that she is today? Well, it sure as hell didn’t happen over night. She crawled on her belly through crummy bars filled with bored NYU students and private parties in L.A. restaurants; she slithered into and out of DIY bejeweled underwear and ripped stockings; never turned down a gig; never stopped working, writing, singing, dancing…And then finally someone heard her sing in the right place, at the right time because she’d made damn sure that she was there when they were. Then she harnessed the power of the Internet and social networking sites, Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, the lot, and made appearances EVERYWHERE in the most eye-catching and sometimes unbelievable outfits; making sure that both her and her music got maximum exposure. Literally, I don’t think this girl said ‘no’ to anyone or anything. If speaking to a particular person or performing at a particular event provided another opportunity for people to hear the music, see the fashion, here the story, it was worth doing. Her rise has not been accidental – it was calculated, carefully created, thrown out there and attacked through every communicative medium in existence, until you couldn’t ignore her even if you wanted to. Now she’s wearing head-to-toe Alexander McQueen in her new music video; gracing the cover of every magazine that’s still worth printing; appearing on Saturdaynightlive in skits with Madonna, and performing on a sell-out Monster Ball Tour.

Lady Gaga on the cover of Elle Magazine, January 2010 issue

If you are disagreeing with everything that I’m saying you’re probably about to stop reading and fob this off as another fanatical ‘dear Gaga from afar’ love letter. But before you do, just understand this:
The very fact that Lady Gaga has got to where she is today should put the faith of all the gods combined back into you that we’re not living in a society where the whole of pop culture is being PG-rated and spoonfed to us via X-factor, American idol, The Hills, The City, and all of that other teen-idol-perfectly-pink-botox-filled-vomit-inducing bull-Ish.
Lady Gaga describes herself as being a ‘liberator’; and that she most certainly is. She couldn’t put it more perfectly. Her music tells you it’s ok to dance in the dark; to do your hair, gloss your eyes, touch yourself till you’re alright, and to be obsessively opposed to the typical.
She liberates all of us – fans or haters – from all of the humdrum, run of the mill, ordinary, mass-market forms of ‘entertainment’ that we are supposed to buy, consume, and then enjoy. And on that note – when Gaga performed on The X-factor in the UK, in front of the mastermind of tacktastic popculture – Mr Simon Cowell, it only demonstrated further what a dramatic contrast she is to all of the aforementioned entertainment options, of which Mr Cowell is responsible for some of the very worst. Lady Gaga went on that show well aware of what it was and what it represents, and she stuck two gloriously glamorous fingers up to the whole thing. Has there ever been a more perfect, grotesque, yet contradictory union in pop culture history?The top contestants and winners from the X-Factor will achieve fame – but begrudgingly. It’s almost as if they are ‘celebrated’ for none other reason than that the general public doesn’t have a better choice. Well now they do. Instead of choosing the grey, dreary, auto-tuned teenagers that come rolling off the SyCo production line every 6 months or so, they can choose Gaga.
I really hope that the Psycho-Syco era is coming to an end, and the King of light entertainment will be overthrown by the Queen of all things Magic, Monstrous and Magnificent.

Gaga in all her many Guises

“My goal is to use music as a way to bring all sorts of communities of people together; to blur the lines and say music has NO POLITICS, music has NO RELIGION, music has NO COLOUR PREFERENCE, music has NO SEXUAL PREFERENCE, MUSIC IS FREE.”

- Lady Gaga

[Via http://missnash.com]

Thursday, December 17, 2009

Madonna & Child

Oh, Madonna.  I see that the face you bought yourself, as a early holiday gift, is easing in nicely.  You were a little Puff Diddy last week but it’s all baby’s ass smooth now.  I bet you look at Lourdes, who’s now officially the coolest celeb teen, and think I don’t look like her mom, I look like her sister.  Sure you do, baby.

[Via http://circusofthestars.wordpress.com]

Saturday, December 12, 2009

Bang bang! Revolver!

Madonna knows how to keep her fans happy even when she’s not touring/producing a record, so get ready because “Revolver” is coming near you! The news from madonna.com :

We are happy to confirm that Madonna’s ‘Revolver’ will be released as a digital maxi single on December 29 worldwide and will feature fantastic remixes by David Guetta, Paul Van Dyk and Tracy Young! In related news, ‘Revolver’ will also be released as a CD maxi single and 12” vinyl single in early 2010. Please check below for the different release dates and tracks-listings!

New Madonna Single: Revolver

Digital Maxi Single
Europe: December 29th
USA: December 29th

Revolver (Madonna vs. David Guetta One Love Remix)
Revolver (Madonna vs. David Guetta One Love Remix) (Feat. Lil Wayne)
Revolver (Madonna vs. David Guetta One Love Club Remix)


Revolver (Paul van Dyk Remix)
Revolver (Paul van Dyk Dub)
Revolver (Tracy Young’s Shoot To Kill Remix)
Celebration (Featuring Akon)
Celebration (Felguk Love Remix)

CD Maxi Single
Europe: January 22th
USA: January 26th

Revolver (Madonna vs. David Guetta One Love Remix (Feat. Lil Wayne)
Revolver (Madonna vs. David Guetta One Love Remix)
Revolver (Madonna vs. David Guetta One Love Club Remix)
Revolver (Paul van Dyk Remix)
Revolver (Paul van Dyk Dub)
Revolver (Tracy Young’s Shoot To Kill Remix)
Celebration (Feat. Akon)
Celebration (Felguk Love Remix)

12″ Vinyl Single
Europe: February 5th
USA: February 9th

Revolver (Madonna vs. David Guetta One Love Club Remix)
Revolver (Paul van Dyk Remix)
Revolver (Tracy Young’s Shoot To Kill Remix)
Revolver (Paul van Dyk Dub)
Revolver (Madonna vs. David Guetta One Love Remix) (Feat. Lil Wayne)
Celebration (Feat. Akon)
Celebration (Felguk Love Remix)

[Via http://axestaticprocess.wordpress.com]

Tuesday, December 8, 2009

8

Get Together
Madonna
Confessions on a Dancefloor (2005)

“Confessions on a Dancefloor” is the kind of album that seemed to be firmly in Madonna’s past — 12 straight songs of unapologetic dance pop, with barely a hint of the Kabbalah-tastic, yoga-centric self-exploration that characterized her past few efforts. But damn if this wasn’t a surprising return to form for the old broad, and “Get Together” epitomized the album’s success perfectly. It is borderline impossible not to love this tune, its dreamy synths propping up an easygoing and ultra-catchy vocal that drifts along effortlessly. The chorus charmingly boils down the basic premise of millions of pop songs: “Can we get together? I really wanna be with you.”

Also check out: Madonna’s “Future Lovers,” from the same album, a weirder but still undeniably disco track

[Via http://2k50.wordpress.com]

Charlotte Gainsbourg, singer?

Charlotte Gainsbourg; image courtesy of loudersoft.com

A little while ago, my friend Alex forwarded me a press release from a rep at Atlantic Records for Charlotte Gainsbourg’s new album IRM. As a fan, he had wondered if I had considered writing about her, an interest apparently motivated by reading an earlier post I did on Scarlett Johansson. When we saw each other at a mutual friend’s dissertation proposal party, we talked a bit more about it, wherein he basically outlined an entry’s worth of critical inquiry.

1. Like Johansson, Gainsbourg works almost exclusively with men, whether they be film directors like Michel Gondry and Todd Haynes or music producers like Nigel Godrich. Thus, they often occupy something of a muse position for male creative types, perhaps further enforcing masculinist notions of auteurism. Gainsbourg’s previous work with Air and Jarvis Cocker from Pulp and her recent collaborations with Beck on her new album perhaps serves as but one more example.

1A. Gainsbourg has occupied this role for some time, as her father is beloved French ye-ye chanteur Serge Gainsbourg, with whom she sang the controversial “Lemon Incest” in 1984, when she was about 13.

1B. Before casting Charlotte as an artistic man’s (or father’s) plaything, I’d point out that her mother British actress-model-artist Jane Birkin, who was pretty liberated in her views on gender, sexuality, and monogamy. However, she may also be cast in something of a muse position. Like her daughter, she’s also worked with Serge and Beck. And like her daughter, who will be representing bestie Nicolas Ghesquière as the spokeswoman for Balenciaga’s new fragrance next February, Birkin inspired numerous fashion trends and clothiers (why yes, she is the namesake for the famous and expensive over-sized Hermès tote.)

Unlike her daughter, she also had a predilection for posing nude on camera, sometimes while in the act of coitus, perhaps with multiple partners. I’ll leave you to Google. I’ll also leave you to speculate if her daughter is relatively modest about her sexuality as a result of having such . . . “open” parents.

2. Thinking about our friend Annie’s post on Rachel McAdams, Gainsbourg is something of a thinking man’s pin-up, a cultural figure already saddled with normative ideals around race, class, gender, and sexuality. Given that she was recently featured with her half-sister Lou Doillon as the archtype for ”thin” in Vogue’s size issue, I’d add body type to the list of norms she represents. 

3. Gainsbourg doesn’t sing so much as talk in her songs. She intimates her way through songs in a breathy, sensual monotone, perhaps made more exotic by her British lilt or her occasional dalliances with French.

So, I’ll bring myself into the discussion. I like Gainsbourg but am probably too casual about her work be considered a fan. I’ve listened to 5:55 and IRM a bit, and have seen some of her more recent movies, in which she is often my favorite aspect. While I haven’t seen Antichrist (or any other Lars Von Trier movies) and am nervous about just how wanting it seems to be of a psychoanalytic or auteurist read, her turn as a mother rendered destructive by the death of her son has peaked my curiosity.

In addition, I thought her emotionally mature performance as Clair, Robbie Clark’s long-suffering ex-wife in I’m Not There deserved an Oscar nomination. I also liked her cover of “Just Like a Woman.”

I also liked her quiet, discreet turn as Stéphanie, the protagonist’s disinterested object of affection in Science of Sleep, a movie I otherwise hated. This is perhaps in part because the majority of filmgoers at my screening found Gael García Bernal’s Stéphane to be charming, whereas I found him infuriatingly petulant and wanted to smack him with his own disaterology calendar. But I quite liked her. The only parts of her performance that felt disingenuous were when she wears an uncharacteristically skimpy sweater dress to Stéphane’s calendar launch party (which I’m pretty sure was a figment of the protagonist’s puerile imagination) and at the end, when she’s cries about how Stéphane won’t leave her alone. He’s not worth your tears, girl.

Oh, and I enjoy her vocal cameo in Madonna’s “What It Feels Like For a Girl.” Her confrontational monologue about male gender-bending comes from The Cement Garden, a 1993 film adaptation of Ian McEwen’s 1978 novel that was directed by her uncle Andrew Birkin.  

But let’s go back to her voice and problematize the idea of whether or not it’s okay for Gainsbourg to talk through her songs. Pitchfork’s Marc Hogan was really critical of 5:55 particularly for this reason, arguing that her vocal style suggests that the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree. I’d counter with two things. For one, is making such a display of singing really necessary, especially when phrasing and expressiveness are just as important as vocal range, if not more so to those with more limited registers? Isn’t talking through songs how Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen, and Patti Smith developed mythic rock poet status? For another, um, you could easily make this argument for any of Gainsbourg’s male collaborators’ work. Something tells me that Jarvis Cocker, Beck, and Nicolas Godin and Jean-Benoît Dunckel of Air were probably all influenced by her father’s barely-sung approach to documenting his own erotic misadventures. I only hope they were just as interested working with Charlotte Gainsbourg as they were working with Serge Gainsbourg’s daughter.

That said, it might be easy to overemphasize or project notions of what French sensuality might be onto Gainsbourg and her songs (something her character in I’m Not There bristles at during her first date with her future ex-husband, as well as something Air have gotten a lot of critical mileage on from certain online publications with hipster cache until recently). While her second album was adorned with breathy vocals, acoustic instrumentation, and sumptuous production that may have lent itself well to such an essentialist reading, the lyrics to songs like “The Operation” and “Little Monsters” document both the wonder and terror of childhood and womanhood, suggesting what might have drawn Von Trier to cast her in Antichrist. Her new album, which was inspired by working on her latest movie, gives way to more lyrical abstraction, while at the same time emphasizing a harder sound.

In short, Gainsbourg may make male-appointed bedroom music. But that isn’t all it is, if you give it a closer listen.

[Via http://feministmusicgeek.com]

Sunday, November 29, 2009

L’anniversario del Miracolo della rue du Bac

Il Miracolo della rue du Bac

Occorre un pò d’ottimismo e di fiducia nella Provvidenza per non lasciarsi abbattere da tutte le disgrazie che sembrano convergere verso il 140 della rue du Bac, nel settimo arrondissement, dove una chiesa stracolma di fedeli innalza quotidianamente le sue preghiere al cielo.
Qui la Vergine Maria sarebbe apparsa, il 27 Novembre 1827, a Catherine Labouré, giovane contadina venuta dalla sua Borgogna natale per entrare a far parte dell’ordine monacale di Saint Vincent le Paul.

L’apparizione sarebbe avvenuta nella cappella dell’edificio della Vallière: “Erano le 17h30. Nel silenzio successivo alla preghiera mi è sembrato di sentire un rumore accanto all’altare; dopo aver guardato in quella direzione ho scorto la Santa Vergine. Era in piedi e vestita di bianco”.
Catherine sarà beatificata nel 1947.
I pellegrini vengono da tutto il mondo per inginocchiarsi pochi istanti davanti alle spoglie della Santa.
Altre reliquie sono esposte nella cappella, come la poltrona in cui la Madonna si sarebbe seduta.

[Via http://italianiaparigi.wordpress.com]

Saturday, November 28, 2009

The Tragedy of Leftwing Madness

By Mike Smith

Below is a report on how singer and actress Madonna is about to adopt ANOTHER baby kaffir. As if one was not enough.

She is meeting some resistance to this by people who think that these so called “orphaned” kids should be cared for by their own people and extended families. The baby Porch Monkey she “adopted” the last time was not an orphan at all, the dad of little David Banda is still very alive and so is the extended Banda family. This Dad, Yohane, Banda…sold his own child to Madonna. This was no adoption, it was blatant HUMAN TRAFICKING. Why is this woman allowed to get away with it?

Why she adopts these kids, nobody knows, because she doesn’t care for them. She has a whole long list of Caretakers she drives like slaves 24/7 to do all her work.

These are the same type of Leftwing trash who criticizes Apartheid for separating people, when in fact Apartheid was the grouping together of specific people in their own countries and their own cultures. Under Apartheid the White people of South Africa gave each Black tribe its own Country to live in amongst their own people. Apartheid rather united people than divide them. Apartheid never separated children from their parents and communities.

Even our soldiers on the Namibian Angola border did a lot for these Black communities. The schools and hospitals we built for Blacks up there still stands today. Our Instructors who held the rank of lieutenant were often school teachers and taught these Blacks in these schools. The SADF served these Black communities very well in their own areas.

What did the Communist do? They took their Black SWAPO terrorists to East Germany to be trained and then return to Angola, leaving their Black Children behind in East Germany.

After the fall of the Berlin wall, these kids were allowed to return to Namibia, but they were torn between two worlds, could only speak German and their own African country felt strange to them.

The only people who separate children from their parents and communities are Leftwing Communist trash.

Madonna urged to rethink adoption

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7969416.stm

Vadge’s Nanny Quits That Bitch

http://www.dlisted.com/node/31267

East Germany’s Namibian Adventure

http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,1400820,00.html

Source: ZA Sucks

[Via http://lohengrindelarey.wordpress.com]

Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Giovanna Antonelli grava cenas de Viver a Vida em Grumary

Giovanna Antonelli grava cenas de Viver a Vida em Grumary

A praia de Grumary, zona oeste do Rio de Janeiro, amanheceu nesta segunda-feira (23) em clima de gravações. Câmeras, iluminadores e produtores se movimentavam pelo local, enquanto os atores se preparavam para realizar algumas cenas de Viver a Vida, novela de Manoel Carlos exibida pela Globo.

A primeira da fila foi Giovanna Antonelli, que interpreta a personagem Dora. Após algumas tomadas, a atriz fez uma pequena parada para se hidratar com muita água. Animada, ela aproveitou o intervalo e colocou o papo em dia com os colegas, como Nanda Costa.

[Via http://seucanal.wordpress.com]

CQC Oscar Filho vai parar no hospital, após show

CQC Oscar Filho vai parar no hospital, após show

Depois de um show com sala lotada na cidade de São José do Rio Preto, interior paulista, o repórter do CQC, Oscar Filho, foi parar no hospital com forte alergia, no último domingo (22).

Questionado no Twitter pelo colega Marco Luque, que divide a bancada da atração da Band com Rafinha Bastos e Marcelo Tas, sobre o que tinha acontecido, Oscar explicou:

“(…). Foi uma alergia que apareceu da nada. Valeu por perguntar!”, agradeceu.

Sem perder o bom humor, o humorista ainda falou com um fã, que brincou sobre o motivo da alergia.

“Tinha muita mulher. Fiquei com alergia, porque tava longe delas”, finalizou.

[Via http://seucanal.wordpress.com]

Sunday, November 22, 2009

sag hallo zu Afrika.

Jeder kennt die Bilder. Stars stehen umzingelt von afrikanischen Jungs und Mädels in irgendeiner Halbwüste vor den Kameras und brüsten sich damit, dass sie Kindergärten und Schulen bauen. Das ist ja auch schön und gut und auch löblich. Hilft es der Mehrzahl der Jungs und Mädels relativ wenig, wenn sie nicht mal in das Alter kommen.

Jeder von euch weiß, wie die afrikanischen Kids aussehen. Abgemagert, dünne Arme und Beine, eingefallenes Gesicht und einen dicken Bauch. Dicken Bauch!? Wie können sie denn einen dicken Bauch haben, wenn sie wenig bis gar nichts zu essen bekommen?

Stichwort: Wasserbauch. Und wenn ich Wasserbauch sage bzw. schreibe, dann meine ich auch Wasserbauch. Ich rede hier von 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 Liter Wasser im Bauch. Nicht im Magen, Darm oder in sonst einem Organ. Dieser Wasserbauch entsteht durch Eiweißmangel. Der Körper braucht Eiweiß um u.a. Muskeln aufzubauen und zu erhalten, um Zellen aufzubauen, für das Immunsystem und zur Energiegewinnung. Wenn dem Körper also kein oder nur sehr wenig Eiweiß zugeführt wird, kann er keine Muskeln aufbauen, das Immunsystem wird schwächer und die Zellen können ihre Aufgabe nicht mehr erfüllen, d.h. sie schrumpfen zusammen und werden durchlässig. Und wenn dem Körper dann auch kein Zucker (dient nur der Energiegewinnung) dann verdaut der Körper sich selbst. D.h. er nimmt das bisschen Eiweiß, was u.a. noch da ist und nimmt es zur Energiegewinnung. Es fehlt dann zum Muskelerhalt und -aufbau, zum Zellenaufbau und für das Immunsystem.

Da alles in unserem Körper aus Zellen besteht, ist die Durchlässigkeit natürlich fatal. Man kann es sich so vorstellen: Man füllt ein Glas, welches ein paar Risse hat, mit Wasser. Jeder kann es sich denken, was passiert. So ähnlich muss man sich das auch mit dem Magen und Darm vorstellen, die durch den jahrelangen Eiweißmangel durchlässig werden. Die Kids trinken was, ein Teil der Flüssigkeit geht zwar den natürlichen Weg, aber der andere Teil sickert durch den Magen und Darm durch in den Bauchraum. Und schon haben die Kids einen Wasserbauch.

Der Wasserbauch sieht nicht nur unschön aus sondern schädigt durch den Druck auch das Zwerchfell, welches der wichtigste Atemmuskel ist. Daraus resultiert dann Atemnot.

Was kann man dagegen tun?

Man könnte jetzt natürlich hingehen, mit einer dicken Nadel den Kids in den Bauch stechen und zugucken wie das Wasser (weißlich-gelbe Flüssigkeit) raus läuft. Das hilft den Kids aber nur vorübergehend, dann die Durchlässigkeit der Organe ist damit nicht behoben.

Nun kommen wieder die Stars und Sternchen ins Spiel. Nehmen wir mal die Steffi Graf. Sie macht doch Werbung für die eine Nudelfirma. Nudeln sind voller Eiweiß. Was würde denn dagegen sprechen, wenn sie mal 2-3 Kindergärten weniger baut und dafür ein paar Tonnen Nudeln nach Afrika schickt? Das gleiche könnte man mit Bananen, Eiern, Fisch und Fleisch machen. Überall Eiweiß drin.

Das hilft den Kids zwar nicht sofort, aber nach und nach würden sie gesund werden und würden dann überhaupt auch erst in den Kindergarten oder die Schule gehen können. Was bringen 2000 Schulen in Afrika, wenn es nur eine handvoll Kids dorthin schaffen?

Vielleicht sollte so manch einer mal weniger an die Aufmerksamkeit dafür mehr an die Kids denken.

[Via http://stadtastronaut.wordpress.com]

Sertanejos Edson e Hudson lançam livro ilustrativo

Sertanejos Edson e Hudson lançam livro ilustrativo

Juntos há quase 30 anos, já está quase chegando a hora de Edson e Hudson se despedirem da carreira como uma dupla e seguirem cada um a carreira solo. Para marcar o momento especial e presentear os fãs, a dupla sertaneja lança um livro ilustrado com 64 fotocards.

Nas fotos, os fãs poderão conferir os principais momentos da carreira dos irmãos, com fotos inéditas dos shows e também dos bastidores, além da discografia completa dos sertanejos.

Além do profissional, incluindo o início da carreira, quando ainda eram Pepe e Pupi, o álbum mostra também algumas fotos da vida pessoal, como a infância, a família de cada um e as viagens que fizeram.

“Nesses quase 30 anos de carreira, conquistamos muitas coisas e agora, com esse álbum, poderemos compartilhar um pouco com os nossos fãs; tem fotos muito legais. Tem uma que nunca ninguém viu, da nossa mãe com o nosso pai, os dois se beijando, e um de nós ainda bem pequeno”, revela Edson a O Fuxico, que perdeu a mãe quando tinha dois anos de idade, enquanto o irmão tinha quatro.

Já para Hudson, uma das fotos mais marcantes é a de seu batismo. “Conseguiram encontrar uma foto que eu nem lembrava mais, a do meu batismo, eu bebezinho, com os cabelos enroladinhos. Outra que gosto muito é com um dos meus filhos, Juan, num show. Os fãs vão ficar bem contentes e foi uma oportunidade única poder dividir todas essas fotos com o nosso público”, contou Hudson.

Para os fãs dos sertanejos Edson & Hudson, o álbum já está à venda em todas as bancas de jornais do Brasil. O último show da dupla está marcado para o dia 3 de dezembro, no Villa Country, em São Paulo.

[Via http://seucanal.wordpress.com]

Saturday, November 21, 2009

Why Bikram Yoga is not healthy for Madonna

There are many reasons why Bikram Yoga style is not healthy for Madonna.

(a)Artificial Heat: In Bikram yoga style it is recommended that room temperature should be heated up at minimum 105F that is 40.5degree centigrade.  So the room should be really hot to sweat more while doing yoga.

Now if we go by this logic of Mr Bikram Choudhary then the best place to do yoga should be a desert. Isn’t it?

Well that’s not the case. While it make sense to warm up your body before going for any stretching in yoga but we don’t need to artificially heat our body from outside instead we need to warm up our body internally.

Body can be internally warm up easily by doing 6 to 12 rounds of sun salutation and if you are considering stronger workout perhaps you may practice even 15 to 20 rounds of sun salutation to naturally heat up your body and you don’t really need artificial heating of the room.

(b) Fresh Air: The best location to practice yoga is a place where fresh air is available in plenty. When we breathe in fresh air during yoga, it can help in rejuvenating body and mind.
Now the point is fresh air is not available in Bikram yoga classes as all the doors and windows are closed to heat up the room so yoga practitioner gets in return stale air instead of fresh air which is definitely unhealthy.

(c) Dehydration: If you are not use to hot temperature you body can get dehydrated in the heat and you may feel sick.

(d)Well you may be healthy but that doesn’t mean everybody who comes to the Bikram yoga class room is also healthy so the point is you may end up smelling the sweat of unhealthy person.

Choice is always yours.

Issued in public interest by celebrity yoga trainer Subodh Gupta.

Subodh Gupta is an author of numerous books on yoga, weight loss and stress management. He has been interviewed by various TV channels and his views and articles appear regularly in magazines and newspapers in India and the UK.

Subodh Gupta is based in London (UK) and conducts yoga, weight loss, nutrition and stress counselling sessions for number of celebrities.

Solteira, Giovanna Antonelli curte praia com amigas

Solteira, após dois anos de namoro com o empresário Arthur Fernandes, Giovanna Antonelli curtiu com amigas a praia da Barra, na zona oeste do Rio de Janeiro, na tarde desta sexta-feira (20).

Ao entrar no mar, a atriz, que interpreta Dora na novela global das nove, Viver a Vida, quase levou um caldo com a forte onda. Imediatamente, ela segurou a parte de cima do biquíni, para não deixar os seios à mostra.
Giovanna aproveitou o sol forte que fez neste feriado, para retocar o bronze. Em um tomara-que-caia rosa, a mãe de Pietro, da união com Murilo Benício, exibiu a boa forma.

Thursday, November 19, 2009

En busca de la mejor canción de Madonna

 

Madonna no está en su mejor momento. Aunque se niegue a abdicar, Lady Gaga está a punto de arrancarle a hostias el cetro de Reina del Pop. De repente hasta parece guay atacarla, pero no debemos olvidar que la de Madonna es una de las carreras más espectaculares de la industria de la música (recordad: Hard Candy no existió). No vamos a decir nada que no esté más que manido (prohibido decir la palabra “reinvención”), simplemente haremos un repaso por las mejores canciones de Maddie hasta elegir solo una, por muy difícil que resulte. La decisión no ha sido fácil, y la votación ha estado llena de tirones de pelo hostias como panes. Pero nos gustan los retos, y nos gusta vivir al límite. Y nos gusta Madonna.

 

Al empezar la selección, había una serie de absolutos ICONOS que simplemente no se podían quedar fuera. Enseguida hemos llegado a 10, lo cual dice mucho de la mastodónica dimensión de la obra de Madonna. Dado que lo que hace eterna a una canción es su éxito (pop viene de popular), avisamos que no hay caras b, ni descartes, ni reprises de Evita. Se trata de 10 temazos mundialmente conocidos de los cuales adjuntamos link aunque sabemos que os conocéis hasta el último gemido, pero es necesario volver a hacer justicia a la prostituta más famosa del mundo. Y de paso, os marcáis un guateque por todo lo alto, como hemos hecho nosotros mientras lo escribíamos.

Que empiece a correr el ron.

 

Like a virgin. Esta canción introdujo el concepto de ironía en el mundo del pop: la única forma de saber si estás enamorada es si se te renegera la virginidad. Y todo esto cantado por una muchacha con permanente aspecto de recién violada. ¿Puede haber algo más romántico? Madonna en su momento fue incomprenida y nadie supo ver su sensibilidad, pero Like a virgin sigue muy viva en nuestros corazones y en nuestras caderas. A pesar de ser vocalmente vergonzosa, el ritmo y la filosofía siguen estando vigentes hoy en día. Porque todos nos hemos sentido alguna vez “shiny and new” como un coche nuevo que ya está que arde, y esta canción nos ha dado una mala excusa para bailar como strippers. Eternamente agradecidos.

 

Vogue. Y hablando de bailar, Vogue resume TODO lo que serían los 90: frivolidad, mitomanía, chasquido de dedos, hombres que bailan como mujeres y pose, mucha pose. Esta canción es el tipo de acontecimiento musical que Lady Gaga quizá nunca grabe, al condensar susurros, gemidos, onomatopeyas, órdenes (la canción está toda escrita en imperativo) y una coreografía atemporal. Puede que nadie se la sepa del todo, pero Vogue ha sido la razón esencial por la que los mariquitas de todo el mundo van a la discoteca con abanicos.

 

Material girl. Madonna reniega de esta canción, lo cual demuestra que es estúpida. Según ella (y no nos sorprendería nada que estas declaraciones fueran de la etapa Ray of light) Material girl fue escrita desde un punto de vista irónico… y la gente se la tomó en serio. Tanto que empezaron a llamarla así, lo cual a ella por supuesto la indigna mucho y por eso se cambió el sobrenombre por “Ambición rubia”, que es mucho más profundo. Pero Material girl va más allá de la propia Madonna, por el ritmo, por los grititos, por la voz de lolita guarrona (cuando estaba a punto de cumplir 30) y por el hecho de que cuando parece que la canción va a acabar, te sorprende con un epílogo que podría durar horas (desgraciadamente no es así). Materia-al!

 

Secret. Elección controvertida, porque de esta canción no se acuerda nadie excepto Marta Sánchez. Madonna descubrió el wonderbra y se volvió loca (al menos de este modo se puso sujetador), haciendo el ridículo de flirtear con el r&b porque en aquel momento Janet era Dios. El problema es que Maddie es como el amigo gracioso de todas las pandillas, si se pone seria todo el mundo pasa de ella. No obstante, Secret es una gran canción con muchos matices, que intenta contar una historia e incluso sonar old school. Este rollo tan melancólico es inédito en Madonna, y de hecho ella está como un pulpo en un garaje, pero como siempre supo esclavizar a los mejores músicos del momento para que le hicieran lo que ella quería (probablemente dentro y fuera del estudio). El resultado es un disco espantoso con un fantástico single presentación. Muy bien Madonna, pero no vuelvas a hacerlo más.

 

Deeper & deeper. Hay una fina línea entre ser sensual y dar asco. Madonna se meó en esa línea durante su etapa Erotica. Puede que los dientes de oro sean lo más entre la comunidad gitana, pero si eres una super-estrella no puedes parecer un delincuente juvenil. Madonna perdió un poco el norte, y se puso a cantar sobre los consejos que le dieron sus padres en un video en el que se restriega con mogollón de gente. Eso no es ser una zorra, es estar enferma. Lo que pasa es que la base de la canción es demasiado alucinante, y hace una autoreferencia a Vogue. Somos todo tuyos, Madonna.

 

Like a prayer. GOSPEL. DRAMA. TETAS. Like a prayer resume todo por lo que deseamos que Madonna sea nuestra madre. A pesar de parecer compuesta por Jose Cano, esta canción redefine el concepto de subidón, de manos al cielo, y de cantar con cara de pena en una discoteca atestada de tíos sin camiseta. Todos nos quedamos rubios cuando vimos el video de pequeños, pero mezclar a un chulazo con un camisón de satén y con el Ku-Kux-Klan merece la mayor de las ovaciones. Grande.

 

Frozen. Esta canción es un poco coñazo, no nos engañemos, pero fue TAN grande que Madonna tuviera la poca vergüenza de volver hecha una mística que hay que rendirse ante ella. Cuando parecía estar acabada, descubrió a un Dj malviviendo en un garito indie y cumplió todos sus sueños. La producción, en su momento realmente innovadora, está llena de detalles, muy elaborada y muy elegante. Incluso Madonna aprendió a cantar tras Evita (para luego volver a olvidarlo). Una pena que acabara tarifando con William Orbitt, pero al menos Ray of light seguirá siendo legendario, como el disco más conceptual, adulto y ambicioso de la carrera de Madonna. Y uno de los mejores de los 90. En ese momento comprendimos que ella nunca estaría acabada, porque sus fans tragarían con todo. Las velas de incienso y los tatuajes de henna de la Bravo se convirtieron en nuestra ley, y hoy en día aún nos ponemos Skin cuando creemos que somos demasiado complejos para que nadie nos entienda.

 

Holiday. Por aquel entonces Madonna y Cyndi Lauper eran las dueñas del cotarro (¿no habría sido maravilloso vivir en esa época?), y competían en ver cuál de las dos llevaba más complementos. El video tiene el mismo concepto que Single ladies, pero es más rollo clase de aerobic de extrarradio, más sin pies ni cabeza y más anarquía. La canción es demasiado buenrollera para no incluirla, y Madonna se acostó con Narada Michael Walden para que se la produjera. LEYENDA.

 

Hung up. Esta canción es ciertamente vulgarzota, y acabamos hasta el chirri de ella, pero sirvió para probar una serie de reglas incorrompibles: 1. Madonna se abre de piernas sin levantar una ceja. 2. Ella consigue absolutamente todo lo que quiere (ABBA se negaba a darle el sample de Gimme gimme gimme, pero ella sabía que sin él la canción no valía ni para el catálogo de Vale Music). 3. Aunque estés bailando sola SIEMPRE debes llevar tacones. 4. Los japoneses no son aburridos, es que nadie les pone la música adecuada. 5. Si no tienes tiempo para limpiar el espejo, no pasa nada, tú sigue bailando. 6. Las negras de Londres son igual de chonis que las de Nueva York. 7. Si acabas el videoclip en una discoteca, la felicidad esta asegurada. 8. Ningún gay del mundo soportará que sus amigos se sepan mejor una coreografía que ellos, aunque para superarles tengan que dejar la carrera y pasarse el día ensayando. 9. Si al final te caes rendida por el peso de la edad, pon cara sensual y finge que no ha pasado nada.

 

La isla bonita. La que probablemente sea la peor letra de todos los tiempos ha conseguido hacerse un huequito en nuestros iPods. La isla bonita tiene un rollo tan entrañable, tan casposo, y tan sacrílego que hay que amarla. Se supone que hay más palabras en español aparte de “la isla bonita”, pero a ver quién es el listo que las entiende. En el video Madonna se enamora de un gitano, que se supone que es San Pedro (!), y luego se viste de flamenca, porque ella creía que todo el mundo en España iba vestido así (declaraciones reales de 1996). Pues no, Madonna. Y te sorprendería saber que también tenemos carreteras asfaltadas. El caso es que esta canción nos permite poner en práctica los pasos de flamenco que hemos ido aprendiendo en las bodas de nuestras primas. Una vez más, te lo debemos todo.

Después de muchas caipiriñas deliberaciones, hemos llegado a la conclusión de que por sonido, por icono por elegancia, por absurdez y por tetas en cono la mejor canción de Madonna (y por tanto de la historia del pop) es:

 

VOGUE

 

Strike a pose.

 

(y vota en la encuesta)

 

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Anticipation grows for the Gl.A.M.A.'s

GL.A.M.A.’s? Is that a typo? It’s certainly not! On November 22nd, Adam Lambert will rule the stage with his dancers & band but this is not the only reason why this year’s awards show is going to be glamorous and (hopefully) amazing!

Nicki Richards will also be performing with Whitney Houston that very night!

So with the Queen of Pop staying back home in New York and relaxing after saving the world, Malawi, this will be a great event to cheer on our favourite madge-icians, Monte & Nicki!

The 2009 American Music Awards will be broadcast live on Sunday, November 22 at 8/7c. Visit the Official AMA site here!

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Dancing with the Stars: Week 9 - Mya's Salsa

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As “Dancing with the Stars” Season 9 edges closer to its finale, I just wanted to highlight Mya and Dmitry Chaplin’s Salsa which in my opinion was the dance of the season! Last week Mya and Dmitry earned the first perfect score of the season from the judges with their 70’s inspired Samba, and now this week they earned another perfect judge’s score for their Salsa. (Song: La Isla Bonita by Madonna)

To watch more performances from Week 9 of “Dancing with the Stars”, visit ABC.com or Hulu.com. For more news, clips, and results from the show, visit the “Dancing with the Stars” category on this blog or just click here.

Sunday, November 15, 2009

Lado B

Madonna é a rainha do pop, mil hits e blablabla blablabla blablabla. Mas ouvindo seus cds, comecei a perceber que eu adoro uma série de canções não tão hits assim. O que é conhecido como Lado B. Resolvi então listar 10 destas canções aqui. Se você é fã (como eu) deve conhecer todas, mas senão conhecer, corre atrás. Vale super a pena!

1. Candy Perfume Girl

Faixa quatro do álbum Ray of Light. Tem uma guitarra bem roqueira e na versão ao vivo do dvd Drowned World Tour, de 2001, isto ficavidente.

2. I Deserve It

Balada meio pop country do álbum Music com efeitos eletrônicos e violão lindo por toda a canção. Fofa.

3. Let It Will Be (live)

Esta tem sua versão original no ábum Confessions On A Dancefloor, de 2005. Mas é a versão ao vivo, do cd ao vivo Confessions Tour, de 2007 que é matadora. Com uma batida que lembra o funk carioca em alguns momentos, “ninguém segura a loira”!

4. Beat Goes On

Do álbum Hardy Candy é a música que melhor funciona na proposta do álbum. Madonna divide os vocais com Pharell Williams e vira quase um “mano” [rs].

5. Love Profusion

Love Profusion foi lançada como single (com um clipe que parece propaganda de xampu) mas pra mim nunca implacou. É do álbum American Life, um dos maiores fracassos de titia. Canção doce. Linda lindinha.

6. Where’s the party

1986! Totalmente 80’s, com aquela bateria eletrônica característica, refrão delicioso. Integrava o fim do primeiro bloco da Blond Ambition Tour. Do ábum True Blue. Uma festa, como sugere o título.

7. Survival

Babinha deliciosa lançada em 1993 no cd Bedtimes Stories. Babinha porque o cd foi produzido, em sua maior parte, por Babyface, especialista em canções melosas. O cara era Timbaland da época. Secret e Take a Bow são deste álbum.

8. She’s Not Me

Irônica. Com uma pegada de rua e uma batida deliciosa. Madonna mano de novo, ou seja, faz parte de Hardy Candy.

9. Runaway Lover

Também de Music é uma faixa extremamente dançante. Ótima para ouvir em quanto se aruma pra cair na noite.

10. Love Song

Parceria de Madonna com Prince, do ábum Like A Prayer. Mega sensual o encontro dos dois. Bom pra fechar gostoso esta mini seleção side b.

 

 

 

Saturday, November 14, 2009

Equipe de Madonna proíbe cantora de receber flores dos fãs

Um entregador chegou agora à tarde ao hotel Fasano, no Rio, com rosas brancas, um cartão e uma revista Contigo com Madonna na capa para a cantora. A equipe de produção de Madonna não aceitou. Disseram que não recebem nada.

Jornalistas presentes no local tentaram convencer o entregador a revelar de quem era o cartão, mas ele não quis falar com medo de perder o emprego. Alguém arriscou a dizer que poderia ser a própria Contigo, pois essa seria uma forma de tentar uma entrevista com Madonna.

 

 Fonte: http://folhavitoria.com.br/site

Thursday, November 12, 2009

Só a Madonna com luz e a Uniban sem saída

Por Fernanda Cavassana

Quem tem twitter sabe! Esta semana, as palavras apagão, Itaipu, blecaute (Blackout, se preferir) viraram tendência entre os tweets. Dizem que o acontecimento que deixou boa parte do país sem luz serviu para que a eficácia do microblog em informar fosse comprovada. Mas, além de divulgar a informação antes de outros meios, o twitter foi palco de vááárias piadinhas sobre o assunto.


Mas nada superou Madonna durante o blecaute! A  cantora, que estava no Rio de Janeiro hospedada no hotel Fasano no momento, não chegou a ficar nem um minuto no escuro. Dizem que o responsável por isso foi  seu namorado Jesus Luz – nome bastante citado no twitter também. Confira algumas fotos do apagão:


Fachada do Fasano: um dos poucos pontos de luz na orla de Ipanema

Para fechar o Humor de Quinta, uma recomendação do Sr. Vitor Oshiro:

- vídeo que mostra “A Queda” da “Uniban”

Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Curtas de Quinta

Rio não é violento

O secretário de Segurança Pública do estado do Rio de Janeiro, José Mariano Beltrame, afirmou nesta quinta-feira (5) que "o Rio de Janeiro não é violento”.

Beltrame afirmou que o Rio possui “núcleos de violência”, ou seja, alguns pontos da cidade são violentos, enquanto outros teriam índices de seguranças comparados a países europeus.

Eu gostaria de aproveitar a fala so secretário para me retratar. Digo semanalmente que o Brasil não deveria realizar a Copa do Mundo nem as Olimpíadas, porque acho que o país tem outras prioridades e também porque a corrupção reinaria absoluta nesses dois eventos. Mudei de opinião. Acho que o Brasil possui apenas alguns pontos de pobreza, desigualdade social e corrupção. Em apenas alguns pontos do país devemos investir mais para resolver esses problemas. A meu ver, esses pontos estão concentrados nas regiões Norte, Nordeste, Centro-Oeste, Sul e Sudeste. Nos outros lugares acho viável Copa e a Olimpíada!

 

Século 21

"Estamos vivendo um momento quase mágico. O Brasil cansou de ser o país do futuro e não quer perder nenhuma oportunidade no século 21. O século 21 é o século do Brasil" – Lula, em Londres.

Bom, o século ainda tem 9 décadas pela frente…

 

Honoráveis Bandidos

Esse é o nome do livro lançado no Maranhão, no Sindicato dos Bancários daquele Estado. O livro conta histórias polêmicas de Sarney. O lançamento não ocorreu em uma livraria porque, segundo os responsáveis pelo livro, os Sarneys pressionaram os donos de livraria a boicotarem o livro. Então, no Sindicato, eis que alguns “militantes” de Sarney deram as caras. Vejam:

Detalhe: o livro já é o 4º mais vendido no país.

 

FHC x Lula. Lula x FHC. FHC x Lula.

O final de semana foi marcado por troca de gentilezas entre FHC e Lula. Lula respondeu à carta de FHC, dizendo que o ex-presidente dava como certo o fracasso do PT na presidência, como quem torce contra o Brasil. Lula disse que o PSDB age como Hitler, em referência aos cabos eleitorais tucanos que estão sendo treinados para conquistar votos no Nordeste. FHC retrucou dizendo que Lula age como um psiquiatra ao interpretar os sentimentos alheios e que ele (FHC) sempre torceu a favor porque ama o Brasil. Dilma não perdeu a oportunidade e entrou no fogo cruzado. Dilma disse que as forças do passado são patéticas ao usar velhas táticas para tentar confundir as pessoas.

Dilma citou o modelo econômico neoliberal do governo FHC; comparou a extensão dos programas sociais dos governos do PT e do PSDB e voltou a polarizar a disputa eleitoral em uma questão plebiscitária. "O que se joga no ano que vem é o confronto de dois Brasis, um que terminou em 2002 e o que o termina em 2010."

FHC preferiu não levar o bate-boca adiante – disse que não iria entrar em debate de baixo nível. Sérgio Guerra, presidente do PSDB, fez as honras e detonou a ministra Dilma, fazendo clara referência a sua inexperiência política. Guerra respondeu a Lula também, dizendo que não gosta de Hitler tanto quanto não gosta de Hugo Chávez, amigo do presidente, que forçou sua entrada no Mercosul.

 

Homenagem à queda do Muro de Berlim

Na última segunda-feira o mundo celebrou os 20 anos da queda do Muro de Berlim. Por aqui, em terras tupiniquins, estavámos discutindo a barreira do preconceito e da intransigência sofrida pela aluna da Uniban. Mas nem por isso o República dos Bananas iria esquecer desse fato histórico e inspirador. A seguir, uma foto que simboliza a queda do Muro, com a derrubada de mil blocos de “dominós gigantes”, decorados por alunos de toda a Alemanhã. O “pontapé” inicial foi dado pelo ex-presidente da Polônia, Lech Walesa, um dos nomes importantes na história do fim da Guerra Fria.

 

 

Serra verde

O governador de São Paulo, José Serra, sancionou uma lei que determina a meta estadual de redução das emissões de CO2. A Política Estadual de Mudanças Climáticas estabelece uma diminuição de 20% nas emissões até 2020, em relação a 2005, o que significa emitir 24 bilhões de toneladas de gás carbônico a menos do que em 2005.

A medida é claramente eleitoral – aliás, todos os candidatos começaram a ficar mais “verdes” depois da entrada de Marina Silva na corrida de 2010. Mas Serra deu uma cartada no governo federal, que bate cabeça para definir qual será a meta de redução que o Brasil vai se comprometer até 2020. O índice deve ser apresentado na Conferência de Copenhague, em dezembro. Dilma, claro, estará lá, mas já avisou: “40% (como quer o ministro do meio ambiente, Carlos Minc) é uma meta para países ricos”.

 

José Alencar

O vice presidente foi homenageado na Fiesp (Federação das Industrias do Estado de São Paulo), com direito a platéia VIP, recheada de presidenciáveis. Lula, como sempre, voltou os holofotes para si e, emocionado, disse a Alencar: “a gente até que aguentaria mais uns cinco anos", brincando sobre a possibilidade de um terceiro mandato.

 

CPI da Petrobrás

A oposição abandonou a CPI da Petrobrás, alegando que não participará do “teatro” que foi montado pela base governista, que impede o andamento das investigações.

Ao apresentar um relatório final antecipado com denúncias contra a Petrobras, senadores oposicionistas apontaram 18 irregularidades que comprometeriam a gestão da empresa. As denúncias foram formalizadas em 18 representações que serão encaminhadas pelo DEM e PSDB ao Ministério Público Federal.

"O caso da Petrobras é tão visível que quem vai elaborar o relatório final é o escritório da Petrobrás. O comando da CPI é da Petrobrás, a relatoria é da Petrobrás", disse Álvaro Dias.

Quem dera se essa fosse a primeira CPI que acabasse em pizza, ou os tucanos não lembram da época em que eles eram governo?

 

Round 2 – Dilma x Sérgio Guerra

Depois das discussões do final de semana (veja acima), a ministra Dilma voltou a atacar o PSDB, dizendo que a oposição está nervosa diante do volume de realizações do governo do presidente Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Para ela, as ações do atual governo são muito mais significativas se comparadas à gestão do ex-presidente Fernando Henrique Cardoso. Dilma frisou que a oposição quer evitar comparações porque "o governo anterior perde de 400 a zero" em relação à atual administração.

"Entendo perfeitamente o nervosismo deles [oposição]. Estávamos tranquilos sem fazer maiores comparações, só que agora nós pegamos gosto pela comparação. Tudo o que nós queremos é comparar, até porque o nosso povo sabe comparar na carne, no testemunho de sua vida cotidiana", afirmou a ministra.

Sérgio Guerra rebateu dizendo que Dilma está seguindo as orientações dos marqueteiros e que é difícil confrontar a ministra porque ela não expõe seus pontos de vista; é uma candidata que não existe, arrogante e autoritária sem votos.

 

Aula de Geografia

Deu na Folha. Retirado do Blog do Noblat:

Dos municípios selecionados para receber uma fatia do R$ 1,2 bi do Fundo Nacional de Habitação de Interesse Social, anunciado ontem por Lula, 92% são administrados por partidos que já aderiram ou são cortejados pela campanha de Dilma Rousseff. O fundo contempla projetos de urbanização para a população de baixa renda em regiões metropolitanas.

Para cidades comandadas pelo trio PSDB-DEM-PPS coube apenas R$ 96,5 mi, metade desse valor para São Paulo. O "cinturão petista" na Grande SP (Diadema, Guarulhos, São Bernardo, Mauá, Carapicuíba, Osasco e Sumaré) levou R$ 189 mi.

Parceiro preferencial para 2010, o PMDB obteve recursos especialmente para o Rio (R$ 82 mi).

 

Jornalistas

A CCJ (Comissão de Constituição e Justiça e de Cidadania) da Câmara dos Deputados aprovou a PEC que restabelece a exigência de diploma para o exercício da profissão de jornalista. A PEC seguirá agora para uma comissão especial, que será criada para analisá-la. Posteriormente, a proposta precisará ser votada em dois turnos pelo Plenário.

 

Pelé canta e dança

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Pelé lançou nesta segunda-feira (9), no Palácio dos Bandeirantes, em São Paulo, um vídeo em que canta uma música composta por ele que homenageia a capital paulista. O clipe será utilizado pela São Paulo Turismo (SPTuris) para promover a cidade em campanhas pela TV e pelo cinema no Brasil e no exterior.

O ex-jogador, que escreveu a letra da composição – além de cantar e dançar no vídeo – cedeu todos os direitos de uso de imagem à filmagem e ressaltou que é uma honra participar do projeto.

Veja o clipe aqui.

 

Bolsa Celular

O ministro Hélio Costa apresentou um projeto ao presidente Lula que está sendo batizado de “Bolsa Celular”. A idéia é dar um celular de graça a cada uma das 11 milhões de famílias atentidas pelo programa Bolsa Família, mais R$ 7 de crédito por mês. Empresas de telefonia móvel já se mostraram interessadas no projeto. O investimento previsto é de R$ 2 bilhões nos 2 primeiros anos.

 

Sarney, o filme

Sarney está selecionando um cineasta para fazer o filme da sua história de vida. A idéia é lançar a obra ainda em 2010, quando o senador e ex-presidente completará 80 anos. Será que vai ter verba da Petrobrás, Lei Rouanet, etc?

 

Trem-bala 2010

Uma das principais obras de infraestrutura prometidas pelo governo da África do Sul não ficará pronta para a Copa do Mundo de 2010. Segundo o Ministério dos Transportes local e a empresa Bombela, responsável pelo projeto, o trem-bala que ligará Johanesburgo a Petroria não ficará disponível em tempo hábil devido aos inúmeros atrasos no cronograma inicial.

Qualquer semelhança é mera coincidência.

 

Estrelas

Lula poderá se encontrar com Madonna nesta quinta-feira. Quem vai brilhar mais?

Tuesday, November 10, 2009

E a Madonna no Rio hein?

Mad chegou toda rica no Rio de Janeiro em um voô particular pq ela é phina!

E já saiu para jantar com o filho de Deus pela noite da cidade. Agora imagina o climão, vc ter que jantar ao lado da Madonna e fazer a egípcia? Eu não conseguiria…provavelmente teria um ataque cardíaco, fato!

ps: vamos ver o que ela ainda vai aprontar…Mas, nhaê Madolla, vamos pro Secreto de novo hein?

Madge till Dolce & Gabbana

Burt Lancaster och Claudia Cardinale i “Il Gattopardo” av Luchino Visconti (1963).

Enligt The Cut kommer Dolce och Gabbanas nya vårkampanj för 2010 att porträtteras av ingen mindre än Madonna. I fredags fotograferades kampanjen av Steven Meisel i New York. Madonna träffade Stefano och Dominico Gabbana under nittiotalet, och duon designade även popstjärnans kläder till “The Girlie Show” turnén 1993. Vårens kollektion för 2010 är bland annat inspirerad av filmatiseringen av  Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusas bok “Il Gattopardo” (1958) och innehåller spetsar, crochetstickat och nät, och är en hyllning till designernas sicilienska arv, skrädderi och sensualism. Och vem passar att visualisera denna beskrivning bättre än Madonna Ciccone?

Om valet av kampanjansiktet säger Domenico Dolce och Stefano Gabbana på deras nättidning Swide Magazine:
“Att ha Madonna i vår kampanj är en dröm som går i uppfyllelse“.

According to The Cut, Madonna is the new campaign face for Dolce & Gabbana springa and summer collection for 2010. The campaign was shot by Steven Meisel in New York last Friday. The designers met Madonna in the early nineties, and also designed her collection during “The Girlie Show” tour in 1993. The S/S collection for 2010 will convey the image of the Sicilian iconic woman, and is inspired by their Sicilian heritage, Sartorial tailoring and sensualism. One of the inspirations behind the collection is the novel “Il Gattopardo” by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa (1958), and the clothes are in materials like crochet, lace and net. On Madonna appearing in their forthcoming campaign, Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana said,
“To have Madonna in our campaign is a dream come true”.


Sunday, November 8, 2009

Marilyn Manson vs. Hideto Matsumoto

As we know that Marilyn Manson and Hideto Matsumoto were friends. Many Japanese fans know only Marilyn Manson, and they dare to say that they are Metal fans. Although the dress and the look of Marilyn Manson and other spooky kids seems like Gothic or Black Metal stuff, but Marilyn Manson music is not that hard. It is Alternative Rock, as he put on his Myspace. In middle 2009, the Hideto Matsumoto Official Myspace was founded by other people to support X Japan re-union. Although it is so strange when it says “Official”, and Hide is not the one who run it; there are a lot of fans add it to be friend. They just show their love to Hide.

Hideto Matsumoto was in LA, during she did his album with Zilch. She was a friend of Marilyn Manson, Genitorturers, etc. Genitorturers’ music seems so close to Hide’s music. I asked her about Hide, too. Both are pretty. Hide’s music sounds like those alternative rock bands at LA, so it is his good opportunity to go there. Although we call this genes “Alternative Rock”, it sounds different from famous alternative rock bands, such Fall Out Boy, Good Charlotte, Cobra Starship, etc. I cannot blame that Hide did suck work if comparing with these famous alternative rock bands, because it is a type of LA things. There are still some songs of Hideto Matsumoto, which are similar with those best alternative rock bands; such as Emotion In Motion, Tell Me, Lemoned I Scream and Honey Blade.

Generally, when we like someone, we will say that other tries to copy him. This may be true or it is just coincident. Or! it is the style of LA people. I am New Yorker anyway, so my answer is not the best of this case of Marilyn Manson and Hideto Matsumoto.

Sw Eden matched these photos.
Have Fun!


My most favorite comparing of Marilyn Manson and Hideto Matsumoto


It is funny when people are in Refrigerator.


Hideto Matsumoto just sit on the luxurious chair


Pete Wentz did the same thing, too. Right now the monkey may play with his kid.


Both Manson and Hide played fake roach!!


See that engagement ring that Hide wore it with Tusk Zi:Kill in their movie Seth Et Holth. It was also fashion the Marilyn Manson and Inoran (Luna sea guy) had, too.


What! diamond on their faces


Hideto Matsumoto and Marilyn Manson


Hideto Matsumoto and Marilyn Manson


Hideto Matsumoto and Marilyn Manson
If you can see the eye on the cross in Seth et Holth movie. Just line-up this way.


Hideto Matsumoto and Marilyn Manson
Both are Bi. Hideto Matsumoto seems to be girl for me.


Hideto Matsumoto and Marilyn Manson
They seems to be Indian right now. I heard that Hide went to Indian, too, and Hide and Taiji did the Indian style on XClamation in Blue Blood Album of X Japan.


Hideto Matsumoto and Marilyn Manson
Hide did a song called, Oedo Cowboy.


Hideto Matsumoto and Marilyn Manson
If you can remember that fake head of Marilyn Manson


Hideto Matsumoto and Marilyn Manson
This is just regular dress of Visual Kei people who want to be too much Gothic. You will see a lot of this leather mask on current visual kei bands.


Hideto Matsumoto and Marilyn Manson
This colorful one, people talked about that they are unreal colors, not the colors of nature; that means it is for anti-christ people. Both Hideto Matsumoto and Marilyn Manson are anti-christ. Hideto Matsumoto did well in symbolism; such as in the song, Ever Free. The name of “Eat Me Drink Me” and “If I was your Vampire” are also really great in symbolism therm, too. In case of “Ever Free”, the meaning is “Eve is Free from Garden of Eden”. The Freedom is much painful.

Hideto Matsumoto liked to play with the words as well as Marilyn Manson showed in the album, “The Golden Age Of Grotesque”.

Hideto Matsumoto tended to love Zi:Kill so much, because of their great job in Alternative Rock/ Punk style; and one of the wording reason is “Jekyll and Mr. Hyde”.


Hideto Matsumoto and Marilyn Manson
Charlie Chaplin dress up of Hide
Hide always has various dressings as well as Madonna. She said that it was boring to stay the same way.


Hideto Matsumoto and Marilyn Manson


Hideto Matsumoto and Marilyn Manson
You may need to watch the MV of Tourniquet and Pink Spider


Hideto Matsumoto and Marilyn Manson


Hideto Matsumoto and Marilyn Manson


Hideto Matsumoto and Marilyn Manson


This one just looks like Hide and Manson stay in the same room.

Saturday, November 7, 2009

MADONNA: 4 MINUTES (VIDEO 58)

El video musical del sencillo fue dirigido por el dúo francés Jonas y François, se filmó en Black Island Studios del 30 de enero al 2 de febrero de 2008 en Londres, R.U. En el videoclip aparecen Madonna, Timberlake y Timbaland. Antes de que el video se publicara oficialmente, muchos sitios web dedicados a Madonna mostraron algunas imágenes tomadas del video musical.

El video comienza con Timbaland cantando sus primeras líneas y atrás parece un gran reloj digital que cuenta 4 minutos de manera regresiva, más tarde aparece Madonna empujando un automóvil y pasa por algunas habitaciones donde comienza a cantar con Justin, ambos interpretando a unos superhéroes y escapando de una especie de prisma que consume todo, primero aparecen en una casa y pasan a un estacionamiento donde hay unos bailarines japoneses sobre un auto, Madonna y Justin saltan sobre varios automóviles para después llegar a un supermercado; durante su escape van esquivando obstáculos y bailando de una forma muy especial, al final aparecen Madonna y Justin en una habitación oscura con el gran reloj, para finalmente terminar siendo consumidos por el prisma destructor. La coreografía estuvo a cargo de Jamie King, que trabajó en las últimas giras musicales de Madonna.

El video debutó por primera vez en la tienda iTunes donde se podía adquirir desde el 3 de abril de 2008 a pesar de que el lanzamiento oficial fue hasta el 4 de abril. El 3 de abril varios sitios web dieron adelantos del video entre ellos el de Perez Hiton dando a conocer 20 segundos del esperado videoclip.

Directores: Jonas y François.
Productor: Greg Panteix.
Director de fotografía: Dan Landin.
Editor: Danny Tull.
Compañía productora: Soixan7e Quin5e.
Coreógrafo: Jamie King.
Duración: 3:09
Locación: Black Island Studios, Londres, Reino Unido.
Fechas de filmación: del 30 de enero al 2 de febrero de 2008.

EN ESTA DIRECCIÓN EL ARTÍCULO COMPLETO

Thursday, October 29, 2009

Like Mother...

It’s close to Halloween and i’ve been going through Madonna’s fabulous makeovers through the years to inspire me (for the record, i don’t think i can pull the madonna costume off). I came across this pic though — part of the “Celebration” video, i think. DaughterLourdes does her best to be like mom Madge. Eerily reminiscent of a young Madonna (er, like a virgin as well?), it’s like looking at the fab Madge herself! Awesome, i say.

magicFIB vasaras 09 darbi

2009. gadu, ko daudzi sāka ar saīsināšanu visās jomās un lielu depresiju, magicFIB nu jau gandrīz pavadījuši, strādājot, strādājot un vēlreiz strādājot.

 

Neskatoties uz bēdu ielejas drūmo noskaņu, vasarā:

Borowa Mc aicināja domāt par mīlestību…

…un aicināja uz Latgales koncertiem…

 

 

magicFIB aicināja doties uz Madonnas koncertu Tallinā atraktīvā fanu busā…

 

Medicīnas centrs Mā-Re nolēma izveidot jaunu mājas lapu…

Albumu izdeva Sovvaļnīks, nu jau arī starptautisku atzinību iemantojis latgaliešu dziesminieks…

… pietiks. Jāķeras pie darbiem, gana priecāties

Tuesday, October 27, 2009

It's So Cool!

Bon mardi mes Amours,

Je ne sais toujours pas ce que je veux faire pour changer le monde, mais ça va venir! Rome ne s’est pas bâti en un jour! Ce matin je parlais avec un collègue de travail et on parlaient des pages Jaunes, quel gaspille et personne ne fait rien pour cette abomination… Mon collègue me disait suite à mes explications une belle images : “C’est l’histoire d’une grenouille qu’on met dans un chaudron, elle est pénarde dans son eau tiède,  heureuse de sa situation elle se dit pourquoi bouger puisque je suis bien! Un individu met le feu a broil et là la grenouille sent la soupe chaude et bouge!” Un ti peu simple mais l’être humain est comme ça, faut que la soupe chauffe pour qu’il bouge… Faudrait que je trouve comment ouvrir le rond des imbécilités humaine et je m’inclue dans les conneries.  Je veux faire du bien autour de moi mais j’ai pas le temps, je préfère me reposer dans mon eau tiède, c’est rassurant et apaisant.  Pour l’égo, boof pas le temps de réfléchir!  Bien que nous sommes tous différents on est tous dans la même soupe… L’être humain est capable de si belles choses et de choses si attroces ! Encore faut-il en être sensibilisé et encore faut-il se sentir concerné et de là à passer à l’action pour changer le monde…

Ah oui avant que j’oublis, petite dispute avec Moto-Men! mais rien de grave il vient chez-moi ce soir.  Le prétexte, il m’a boudé hier et ne m’A pas donné de nouvelles parce que soit disant il avait besoin de sa liberté.  Je vous dit pas comment j’tais frustré et lui est renvoyé, ben mon grand si tu veux être libre faut le dire je peux pas le deviner! Et je ne vais pas prendre la chaise du gars super dépendant affectif…. L’Amour c’est l’Amour…. mais quand on te dit j’ai besoin d’avoir du temps ça se dit… mais no way, i dont take the chair….. Bref on s’est expliqué et mon ti poilu va venir dans mes bras, kool!

ah oui en passant jaAi trouvé un autre vocation pour le site… un site de Match… Alors, la nouvelle mission c’est de matcher les célibataire. La première inscrite c’est Peggy, faudra que je travaille le marketing parce que la mise en marché fait pouette! pouette!

Peggy belle Pitoune! Greenpeace, tendance à ironiser quelquefois, recherche beau mâle intelligent style Plateau cultivé pas con  et bien membré (oups je confond avec mes matchs!) Paggy préfère les gars costeaux, attention musclé quand-même, intello conscient de l’écosystème de la terre, impliquer pour changer la planète.

Bref tu es intéressé, tu te sens concerné ou tu connais un beau mâle en rute, post dans le Blogue le plus en vue pour les bads people ajoute ta photos et on va te dire si Peggy va t’aimer….. SVP pas de photo obscène  (pour sa utilise mon courriel : lavilainecharrue@gmail.com)

La vilaine charrue

By the way, avez-vous écoutez les Paroles de la nouvelles toune de Madonna? Bien en gros c’est c’est bon pis ça colle à La Vilaine Charrue et vous ça vous colle!

It’s So Cool!

Soyez vous-même!

Sunday, October 25, 2009

Noronha em Notas

Teto

Marcelo Falcão, vocalista de O Rappa, confidenciou aos amigos de Fernando de Noronha que quer ver os ‘rastas’ dele ficarem brancos na ilha, ou seja, ele planeja morar por lá num futuro bem próximo. Durval Lélis, do Asa de Águia, também tem o mesmo plano para sua aposentadoria, sendo que o baiano já tem onde morar: na sua Pousada TriboJu, que está prontinha da silva e deve ser inaugurada dentro de alguns dias.

Cruzeiro

Pela primeira vez o House Ship – cruzeiro perfeito para quem adora música eletrônica – vai sair do eixo do Sudeste. Nesta quinta edição, de 25 a 29 de novembro, o navio Orient Queen ancora por aqui, no Nordeste e o cenário escolhido para essa grande party foi Fernando de Noronha. Na trilha sonora dos cinco dias de festa estão DJs tops nacionais e até internacionais, entre eles, Will Saul, Phonique & Vicenzo, Paulinho Boghosian, além de Mario Fischetti e outros ‘n’ DJs.

Ancorando em Noronha, na sexta-feira, nada de festas em terra firme, apenas passeios nas praias, mergulhos e por aí vai… O navio ocupará apenas 600 de suas mil vagas, ou seja, mais conforto. Os tripulantes partem de Fortaleza, mas com check out no Porto do Recife. O preço da cabine dupla varia de R$ 2.250,00 a R$ 7.600,00. Vendas na Lead.

Voo de Verão

A partir de novembro, a TAM vai operar voo direto para Fernando de Noronha. O transporte será feito numa aeronave do modelo Airbus A320. A frequência será semanal: todos os sábados, a partir das 13h. Com isso, a ilha terá ganhará mais uma opção de companhia aérea, além da Trip e Gol.

Final de Semana

Em Fernando de Noronha com a esposa e hospedado na Pousada Zé Maria, o ex-senador Jorge Bornhausen (DEM-SC) passa o final de semana curtindo o sol e uns dias de descanço na ilha, na noite de sexta-feira (23), saboreou os quitutes da chef mineira, Monica Rangel que comandou as panelas do restaurante do Zé Maria para o 8º Festival Gastronômico de Pernambuco.

Plano B

Os habitués do réveillon de Fernando de Noronha estão começando a pensar num plano B para as boas-vindas a 2010. Nunca esteve tão caro, e difícil, arranjar passagens aéreas. Enquanto uma companhia cobra R$ 2 mil, a outra encontra-se sem disponibilidade nas datas dos pacotes das pousadas.

Jesus e o Paraíso

Ana Clara Marinho estava com a camisa “Madonna: Jesus te ama e eu também!” no The Pub, mas decidiu entregar ao DJ quando ele for a Noronha. Ela o convidou para passar o réveillon na ilha, mas Jesus já confidenciou que a virada será com a Madge.

Trip com novo voo para Noronha

A trip ampliará sua frota de aeronaves até dezembro, das 27 atuais passará para 30. Com isso, a empresa fechará o ano de 2009 com um crescimento de 10 aeronaves. Outra novidade é o novo voo que sairá do Rio de Janeiro, a partir de dezembro, e fará a ligação a Belo Horizonte, Maceió, Recife e Fernando de Noronha sem precisar de trocar de aeronave ou fazer conexões.

Fontes: Sociais por Daliana, Coluna Dia a Dia com Roberta Jungmann / Jornal do Commércio / PE, Mercados e Eventos

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Lançamentos da Tia

Segundo o site PopLine, o DVD da turnê “Sticky & Sweet Tour” (aquela que veio pro Brasil ano passado) já tem data de lançamento marcada, e porderá estar nas lojas já no dia 7 de dezembro, “no formato DVD+CD”.

Lembrando que todo mundo (ou não) já viu assistiu o super-show: Ou ao vivo, ou pelo Multishow HD, ou baixou o show transmitido pelo canal britânico Sky1.

Como eu sou bonzinho, vou colocar alguns links de Downloads confiáveis dos próximos lançamentos da Madonna..

Mas não se esqueçam de comprar os Originais! Bjos

Começando pelo show Sticky & Sweet Tour , rs..

Sorry, Live Nation!

Audio HQ – Video HQ

Celebration CD Duplo

CD 1 – CD 2

Celebration DVD Duplo [Torrent]

Créditos a comunidade: Madonna Downloads ♪

Sunday, October 18, 2009

Madonna - Like A Virgin (Remix/Edit)

DEDICATED TO NILE RODGERS

Last Friday I felt privileged to see Nile Rodgers and Chic perform live in Buenos Aires. They were opening act for the Pet Shop Boys. I was plesantly surprised at the close contact he kept with the audience, and most of all his humbleness, this guy is pretty much a living legend in the pop music industry. They sounded as funky as ever, this man is 57 years old and had more energy than me!

The band played some Chic songs like “Le Freak”, “Good Times” and did a great mash-up of their “Soup For One” with Modjo’s “Lady” which sampled from the track. The band also played songs from other artists which Nile produced, such as Sister’s Sledge “We Are Family”, “Thinking Of You”, Diana Ross’ “I’m Coming Out”, David Bowie’s “Let’s Dance”, and Madonna’s “Like A Virgin”.

All in all, his show was a shot of good vibes, funk, and humbleness.

Thanks for the music!

Biography

Influential guitarist, songwriter and producer, born 19 September 1952 in New York City. A leading light of the disco scene in the late 1970’s, he recorded as part of Chic and with bandmate Bernard Edwards produced many of the most popular and memorable disco hits of the 1970’s and 1980’s. You can take a look at the entry Bernard Edwards & Nile Rodgers for a more complete list of their works together. Rodgers produced artists like Sister Sledge, Diana Ross, David Bowie, Madonna, Duran Duran, Mick Jagger, INXS, Thompson Twins, Grace Jones, B-52’s, The and Beavis & Butt-Head and is responsible as either artist, producer or writer of songs that have accounted for sales of over 100,000,000 records.
Rodgers is also the first African-American to own his own national music distribution company Sumthing Else MusicWorks, Inc., which is a leader in the distribution of video game soundtracks.

Nile produced the entire “Like A Virgin” album, playing guitar on all tracks and the synclavier on “Material Girl” and “Stay”. As a producer, this collaboration was among his biggest achievements.

Song Information

“Like a Virgin” is the first single by Madonna from the homonymous album and was released on November 6, 1984 by Sire Records.

The song slammed onto the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 singles chart the week of November 17, 1984 at #48, and shot up the chart rapidly, reaching #1 by its sixth week, December 22, 1984. It was the first of four top five singles from the album. “Like a Virgin” remained in the Top 10 for nine weeks, in the Top 20 for eleven weeks, and in the Top 40 for fourteen weeks.

Internationally, the song was a Top 5 hit and reached the top spot in numerous countries. In the UK it was a massive hit reaching No.3 and selling over 760,000 copies, becoming Madonna’s second best-selling single in the UK to date. It was her first number one single in Australia, Canada and Japan.

The Remix/Edit

There was no 7″ remix released for “Like A Virgin”, the album version was the hit version. An extended dance remix for the 12″ single was commissioned to John “Jellybean” Benitez.

Six years later, a remix was done by Shep Pettibone for 1990’s “The Immaculate Collection“. Since all these versions are easily obtainable, I thought it more fun to include an edited version of the dance mix I did years ago.

Hope you enjoy it!

Label:

Sire Records Company

Track Listing and Details:

1. Like A Virgin (Remix/Edit) (4:00) (unofficial)

Rip Information:

Source: CD

Format: mp3

Bitrate: 320 kbps

Password: steptothebeat

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MADONNA IS ONE NOISY MOTHER!

Madonna’s neighbors are less than pleased with  the material girl’s love of pumping  up the volume in her Manhattan apartment.

Karen George, Madonna’s neighbor filed a law suit claiming: “blaring music, stomping and shaking walls, for up to three hours each day… and… unreasonably high-decibel, amplified music and vibrations pouring through walls, ceilings and radiators,” are what her and neighbors have to endure.

At least Madonna is raising her musician and performer daughter, Loudres Ciccone in the right vein to encourage maximum musical creativity. Madonna’s message, “turn my  music up.” She sounds like a fun mom.

[Vintage Madonna Image via Esty. Image of Lourdes Ciccone by LoveMadonnaRussia]

~posted by Horiwood.Com, Saturday 17th October 2009, Hollywood California USA~

Thursday, October 15, 2009

Luiza Possi vai cantar ao lado da irmã de Michael Jackson em homenagem ao astro publicado por Juliano Berenyi Cerqueira em: Michael Jackson Acontece


Uma homenagem para lá de especial a Michael Jackson vai acontecer no dia 12 de novembro, no Via Funchal, em São Paulo.

Luiza Possi vai subir no palco para cantar ao lado de Latoya Jackson, a irmã de Michael Jackson. A cantora postou uma mensagem em seu twitter avisando sobre a apresentação.

“Agora uma bomba! Atenção! Vou cantar com a Latoya Jackson no dia 12 de novembro, no Via Funchal. Tributo ao Michael Jackson! Sim, estou emocionada!”, publicou ela.

Com certeza vai fazer bonito!

Madonna for D&G and more news

from madonnatribe

With the release of the Celebration album and single and the coming release of the Sticky and Sweet tour on dvd it would seem logic for any artist to take a pause and enjoy the success but that doesn’t happen to Madonna, who is working on more releases for her fans to enjoy.
First of all there’s Revolver, the second new track on her greatest hits album that, as previously reported by MadonnaTribe a while back, will be the second single release off the compilation. The news is that lots of remixers have been contacted to remix the song and among them we find Tracy Young, David Guetta and Paul Van Dyke.
But for die hard fans the most exciting news regarding her music is that for Christmas we’ll also get brand new house remixes of two of her biggest classics: Holiday and Into The Groove!

Meanwhile Madonna will also be busy with another fashion campaign. She will team up again with photographer Steven Klein next month for the new Dolce & Gabbana campaign, but the cool thing is that this time she will model not for the women’s collection but for the men’s! We are sure Madonna and Klein will come up with some great ideas for this one!

Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Like a Virgin

Madonna was laatst op David Letterman. Perfect strakgetrokken gezicht, afgetraind lijf en ze flirtte ondeugend met de presentator. Het kan dus echt tegenwoordig: voor altijd jong. Na de piek van haar carrière kreeg ze kinderen, op 38- en bijna 42-jarige leeftijd. Op 48-jarige leeftijd adopteerde ze een zoon, en dit jaar, op 50-jarige leeftijd, adopteerde ze een dochter. Zien gezinnen van topvrouwen er in de toekomst allemaal zo uit?
Het goede nieuws is dat het tegenwoordig kan, topvrouw zijn. In dat opzicht is de feministische golf geslaagd. Maar hoe dat te combineren met moederschap, daarover vliegen wij vrouwen elkaar nog steeds in de haren. Oude feministen zweren bij quota, positieve discriminatie en opgelegde cultuurveranderingen. Vrouwen, de ‘niggers of the world’, moeten geholpen worden. Nieuwe feministen zoals Heleen Mees denken dat vrouwen mannen in de kast zijn. We moeten durven uitkomen voor onze carrièredrive. Niks borstvoeding, gratis kinderopvang en excuustruzen, maar laten zien dat je je mannetje kunt staan. Letterlijk. Dumpen in de crèche die kinderen, als je ze al neemt. Dat moet. De antifeminist Marike Stellinga gruwelt van al deze ideeën en beweert dat vrouwen helemaal geen mannencarrière willen. Nederland is een vrouwenparadijs, omdat het kleine-baantjes-ethos gesneden is op het vrouwenlijf. We willen moederen. Laat ons.
Het combineren van carrière en moederschap blijft knellen. Het kost allebei tijd en energie en moet min of meer tegelijkertijd gebeuren. We kunnen het kindjes maken uitstellen, massaal aan de IVF en adoptie, en met botox en liposuctie jong blijven. Kijk naar Madonna: het kan, maar het is wel een beetje eng. Het is gezonder als vrouwen op het werk later kunnen pieken dan mannen, zodat we eerst meer van ons kroost en later meer van ons werk kunnen genieten. Dat is pas een vrouwenparadijs.

De onmogelijke opdracht luidde: schrijf een column van 300 woorden waarin je de volgende stelling verdedigt of weerlegt: “Vrouwen moeten meer tijd hebben voor zelf-ontplooiing en daarom moet de vruchtbaarheidsleeftijd zo lang mogelijk kunstmatig worden verlengd”. Geweldig idee. Not. Deze column had gepubliceerd moeten worden in NRC Next, maar helaas kozen ze een andere…

It's all about the picks!

For many people playing guitar may seem to be a simply thing to do, but in fact it’s everything but that! Apart from the music theory and techniques, the wannabe guitar player has to choose strings, amps, effects, straps and of course picks!

It’s a common thing for the guitarists to throw the picks to the fans, after the end of some rockin’ song or in the finale, and both Madonna and Monte Pittman have done that! So here are their picks that some very lucky fans were handed!

Madonna, Monte Pittman and Stuart Price signature picks!

Monte Pittman has preferred in the last tours the Tortext (by Dunlop) picks while Madonna almost always plays with her golden nylon one!

It’s the small details that make the difference What kind of pick do you have??

P.S. thanks to anna-clare.com for some of the above photos!

Sunday, October 11, 2009

On working with Madonna David Foster On Whitney, Madonna, and Finding the Next Big Thing

David Foster On Madonna
Wednesday 07 October

“Working with Madonna was an amazing experience for me. She is such a professional, always on time, her work ethic is unbelievable. I had a great time with her, and we had a hit together that together that we wrote called ‘You’ll See,’ which was on her Greatest Hits album.”

May12 David Foster talks about Madonna

“Madonna was great to work with because — I never really understood her mystique although I always liked her music. We met in New York, had dinner to discuss the album. And there was something so intoxicating about her. We were just the two of us at dinner and I was looking at her going, ‘Wow, she totally sucks you into her world. It’s like there’s nobody else in the restaurant.’ She had a great work ethic. A lot of artists, they want to be co producers just because they can. She wanted to be a co producer, but she earned it. She really knows her way around a studio. She works hard.”
source : ctv.ca

50 like Madge... how do we compare?

SHE is worth an estimated £200million, works out at least two hours a day with her personal trainer and follows a strict low-carb diet.
Which all helps to explain how Madonna’s youthful looks have become a modern-day wonder.

As she hits the big five-oh on Saturday, it really does seem like Time Goes By So Slowly for the Queen Of Pop.

But what about her contemporaries out in the real world?

We asked four everyday women how they maintain their looks.

Sue relies on baby lotion, Jo on dancing, Jayne is a fitness fanatic and Carol is a cosmetic surgery devotee.

Saturday, October 10, 2009

Brazilidade: Fléxemóbe

Olha só… quando eu digo que brasileiro é um povo que se inspira no american style, ninguém me compreende. Na verdade, os brasileiros gostam de aparecer, não gostam de ficar por baixo, temos que estar sempre por cima.

É issaê mesmo! No dia das crianças as beeshas pessoas tem um encontro marcado para “celebrar o mundo“! Quero só ver no que vai dar. Vamos terinar a coreô juntos?!

Não viu? Então clicaê

Boa sorte pra quem vai, tem que ter coragem…

Thursday, October 8, 2009

Madonna ritardata?

Certo, la notizia da estrapolare da questo articolo sarebbe che Guy Ritchie ama ancora Madonna, ma chissenefrega? Ormai Madge (ooops, non vuole più essere chiamata così!) ha il bambinello…

La cosa che invece mi è saltata agli occhi è come Guy definisca la Queen of Pop:

…Ma è anche una ritardata…

Ritardata? Una fabbrica-macina-soldi come lei ritardata? Sarei curioso di approfondire…

Cosa avrà voluto dire secondo voi??

Guy Ritchie: Madonna é uma retardada!

Olha só quem está falando???

Guy Ritchie está claramente tentando chamar atenção, que eu felizmente terei a honra de dar a ele, em um post onde eu digo que ele é um total idiota por trazer Madonna à tona em entrevista, após divorciados por mais de um ano.

Em uma entrevista para a Esquire Magazine, Guy começou a por pra fora  seus sentimentos e ressentimentos em relação à Rainha, afirmou que sentia que ela podia estar no páreo com qualquer garota de 20 anos de idade: “Madonna faz as coisas acontecerem. Coloque Madonna contra qualquer garota de 23 anos de idade que ela vai malhar mais, dançar mais, fazer tudo melhor que elas. A mulher é um furacão.“

Sim ela é. Você deve se lembrar bem disso, rs.

Ah espere, ele esqueceu e depois colocou para fora um estúpido comentário: “Eu ainda a amo. Mas ela também é uma retardada.”

De que ele a chamou? Sério? Chegou a esse ponto?

O que você é também? Mesmo que você ainda tenha algum ressentimento, você não poderia achar uma maneira mais elegante ou madura para descrever sua ex-mulher?

Você deveria ser um respeitado artista, mas está muito longe disso Guy!

Devo confessar que eu tinha um pouco de preconceito com Guy Ritchie, mas depois dessa, tenho um conceito. ELE É UM IDIOTA!

Ah, e de bônus nada melhor que uma música que deveria ter sido escrita pra ele:

Gilvan Oliveira
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Tuesday, October 6, 2009

Trend Tip: Don't be scared! Hard Ware aint so hard to wear...

There’s no denying it. Fashion’s getting pretty aggressive right now. If you’re not suited and booted in studs, black leather and buckles then, clearly, you’re doing something wrong. What’s up, are you scared or something? Wimps!

Okay, okay, we’re sorry… stop crying! We understand. Looking like a tough nut isn’t everyone’s style. That’s why us lot here at FashAddict wanted to give you a few pointers on how to inject a little bit of ‘HardWare’ into your life whilst still retaining the air of an… ahem… delicate flower.

For tips on looking fierce, you need look no further than the We Run This Town video featuring Rihanna looking amazing in studded specs and Jay Z accessorising with an ammo belt (above). If sporting a load of bullets makes you a little uncomfortable (what’s up with you? Not into glamourising violence?) then go for something that at least looks a bit metallic and in-your-face. We love our Duke & Duchess Jada dress for its feisty neckline teamed with feminine drapes and sexy straps.

It’s the perfect mix of strong and sweet! And as you get braver, you can start adding extra punky accessories, like studded wrist bands and chunky heels. We’ve been watching Lady Gaga’s Love Game video (below) for accessorising tips. There’s belts and buckles galore!

Love her or hate her, you can’t argue that one thing Gaga understands is how a hot pair of legs can bring the fierce factor to any ensemble. But we’ll admit it, even we are too chicken to don chain-mail knickers and leave our skirts at home on a night out (dancing atop cars in parking lots… as you do). No, we’d much rather get our pins out in a pretty playsuit.

Like this one! It’s the Matilda playsuit from our lovely label Chandelier and it’s cute and girly and silky and flirty BUT there are those hard embellishments again! This time the studs are on the all-important shoulders, the one place you need to be accentuating right now!

Ahhh, the shoulder trend… blame it on the Balmain! Of course, ‘hard shoulders’ are another thing you need to master if you are wanting to look your fiercest this season. Check out Madonna writhing around in Balmain in her new ‘Celebration’ video to see the power of the power shoulder and, of course, Madge throwing some crazy shapes!

Speaking of crazy shapes, it’s not just shoulders that are getting all angular. Strong silhouettes are key in nailing this ‘Hard-Ware’ trend, so don’t forget to kit yourself out in a couple of tin-foil triangles and strike a pose a la Beyonce and Gaga! Or, for the more demure amongst you, our lovely Duke & Duchess Honor jacket cuts quite a fierce silhouette AND nails the shoulder trend. Also, for the REALLY demure amongst yu, the shoulder pieces are attached with poppers, so you can take them off if you’re ever having a bad shoulder day!

All clothes are available from Topshop Oxford St and Mags & Pye Boutique on Brick Lane!

If you are in need of any more inspiration on how to show off your hard side, then have a gander at Look Book where the stylistas over there can show you how it’s done! Here’s a few of our faves; I Can’t Help Myself / But I Love The Bones Of You / When They Fight, They Fight / In The Goth Gang / Wild Child / Simple Studs

More Stuffs

Ok, on the real, I’m straddling the fence on this one. There are so many things wrong with this song, yet the two things that are right with it just might cancel out the bad. First, the lyrics are horrible. Key$ha, I know you didn’t just say you brushed your teeth “with a bottle of Jack” did you? That doesn’t make you hardcore. It makes you stupid for trying. Also, I don’t like the channeling of Fergie. You sound just like her when you spit them “rhymes”. Fergie ruined the Black Eyed Peas and I’ll never forgive her for that. Just don’t do it. And please stop the rapping. A pop singer rapping ruins everything hip hop means. The “S” in you name as a dollar sign, is cute, but that was over like 9 years ago, kid. You bit Gaga’s “Just Dance” hook b/c yours sounds very very similar… you’re a newbie, though. You’ll learn. The good news? You gotta mighty catchy hook (thanks to Gaga’s influence) and a solid overall sound of the song (minus the vocals) so I’m sure at some point, I’ll be dancing to you in the club by default, therefore making you the winner in this stitch.

 

New Madge for ya ears called “Celebration”. Vid is great. … I don’t care how old she is, Madonna looks amazing and still makes good music. She’ll always be the Queen of the Gwens and the Gagas …

 

Silver City’s “Ghostland Observatory” is ohsososososo good. Nice to chill too. Put it on today to get some work done and guess what? It worked. Dreamy electro … niiiice.

 

Next, “Whatever You Want” by Consequence feat. Kanye West and John Legend. I like this one because it’s a different sound for hip hop and I’m looking forward to some good remixes of it, too. I know Kanye can be douchey sometimes, but he’s still talented musically. Except when he tries to sing.

 

“Summertime Clothes” by Animal Collective. Do they ever make anything bad? No. They’re crazy and I totally love it.

Thursday, October 1, 2009

Late Show Video - David Letterman & Madonna - 09/30/09

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Dave and “Madge” discuss A-Rod, marriage, her infamous appearance and enjoy a slice of NY pizza.

Madonna visits "Late Show with David Letterman" at the Ed Sullivan Theater on September 30, 2009 in New York City

Madonna visits "Late Show with David Letterman"

The Late Show with David Letterman” in New York, Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2009. In the scene Madonna and David Letterman eat pizza at Angelo’s Restaurant next door to the Ed Sullivan Theater

Sunday, September 27, 2009

11:35 Drop Dead Gorgeous

Mamamia semplicemente fantasticooo!!!è stata un delle serate più belle in assoluto, non fosse per i miei capelli perfettamente lisci che diventano tutto d’un botto “non riesco a difinire come” per colpa della stupida umidità che risiede nelle zone vicino al mare…fortuna che qualcuno mi ha procurato un ciuffetto…Parlando di cose serie, se avessi scoperto il Mamamia a inizio estate penso che ci avrei passato tutte le serate…è meravigliosooo!!! Regina Miami poi è un mito, per non parlare delle/dei due ballerine/i stile Moulin Rouge con cui ci siamo anche fatte la foto e il tipo biondo ossigenato coi leggings di pelle uguali ai miei e una camicia fucsia fantastica! Non mi sono mai divertita tanto in vita mia…gente splendida, musica splendida, atmosfera splendida…(L)

Hot’n'Cold di Katy

un sacco di Madonna

If U Seek Amy di Britney

Paparazzi di Lady Gaga

Candy man di Christina Aguilera

tutte le icone gay insomma…

Dopo provo a caricare anche il video

XOXO

Carrie.