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Showing posts with label videos. Show all posts
Showing posts with label videos. Show all posts
My Father, Pablo Escobar
This documentary captures the brutal history of my beloved Colombia in the time of the cartel wars, a time that deeply changed our culture and the way the world perceived our country. Sad but true...
Fito Paez in London
Fito in London's Union Chapel!
Here playing London Calling, a cover version from The Clash famous song!
Here playing London Calling, a cover version from The Clash famous song!
mewithoutYou - January 1979
Am listening these days to this awesome band, mewithoutYou; not only are the lyrics profound but I have also found the music very powerful.
Into the wild
Happiness only true when shared... WTF? Love the song though, Eddie Vedder, Guaranteed!
Paraiso travel, Fonseca
Yo te sigo si me dejas todo vale maybe it's better to let go
Pa' donde se fue tu amor
De haber sabido que en las buenas saltarías sin pensar de este vagón
Si caminamos en la mala y olvide pegarte el corazón
Fue mi error
Acuérdate acuérdate (acuérdate)
Que fuimos uno y caminamos en la misma dirección
Ya no me dejes solo en este mundo por favor
El paraíso sabe amargo sin tu amor (x2)
Reina que te adueñaste de mi vida entera
De dos colores son tus ojos nena
Y hoy llevo el miedo aca bien adentro
Aunque tu no entiendas de eso candela (x2)
Acuérdate acuérdate acuérdate...
Reina que te adueñaste de mi vida entera...
Space Adventure Cobra
Space Adventure Cobra, or just Cobra, was my favourite cartoon during my childhood. I barely remember the plot but certain images are still strongly attached into my mind; in fact, in one of the most memorable episodes Cobra takes part in an extreme game named Roughball, which is a mix between American Football and Baseball. I have found it on YouTube, -unfortunately only in Spanish- but anyway, it brings back really good memories.
Zeitgeist (the documental)
You may want to see this documental!
See more at: http://www.zeitgeistmovie.com/
Zeitgeist
When the power of love overcomes the love of power,
the world will know peace.
Jimi Hendrix
See more at: http://www.zeitgeistmovie.com/
Manu Chao - London, Brixton academy
Do I need to add that this is by far the best gig I have ever attended to? I bet Pau, the mad Chilean, enjoyed by far more than me; haj, and we thought we would not be able to get us tickets…
This small video was not recorded by me, but I found it on YouTube by rgpietro
Dali & Film
Saturday morning, rainy day. Haven’t been to the Tate Modern for a while but wanted to see this exhibition, so la poderosa took me to the museum. The whole thing is about Dali and Film, how this relationship influenced his works. Short films like Buñuel's Un chien andalou and L’age d’or and Walt Disney's Destino, as well as some of his most known masterpieces were in there, The Persistence of Memory, Autumn Cannibalism, Metamorphosis of Narcissus, Young Virgin Auto-Sodomized by the Horns of Her Own Chastity, Dream Caused by the Flight of a Bee around a Pomegranate a Second Before Awakening among many others. I didn’t miss any, read every single description and were quite into it as I used to love Dali. The paintings are a bit small but very colourful and although the explanations are in certain cases irrelevant, it is worth seeing it. I would recommend avoiding L’age d’or as it is too long and not really exciting.
Found Destino on YouTube.
Found Destino on YouTube.
Leadership and Power
Writing on ‘Leadership and Power’ as the main topic for the MSc dissertation, I came across the Time's most influential Leaders and Revolutionaries of the past century. To my amusement, among them they've listed the 'unknown rebel', which tempted me to do some research. Here you go the footage, speechless!
Tiananmen Square Protests, 1989
Bob Dylan - Hurricane
This excelent song by Dylan is about the story of Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, who was jailed for 2o years for a crime he apparently didn't commit. True or false this is poetry, hope you enjoy it.
Video Downloader
Thanks to the recent Top Gear posts I came to know how to download these stream videos into one’s computer. One of the drawbacks is this VideoDownloader only works with Mozilla Firefox as it is an add-on for the browser; the other thing is you have to download the Flash video player to reproduce the videos.
It has been stated on their website that you can download videos from the following sites:
Angry Alien, Blip.tv, Break.com, Dailymotion, eVideoShare, Free Video Blog, Google Video, Grinvi, iFilm, Keiichi Anime Forever, Metacafe, MySpace, MySpace Video Code, Putfile, Totally Crap, vidiLife, vSocial, AnimeEpisodes.Net, Blastro, Bofunk, Bolt, Castpost, CollegeHumor, Current TV, Dachix, Danerd, DailySixer.com, DevilDucky, Double Agent, EVTV1, FindVideos, Hiphopdeal, Kontraband, Lulu TV, Midis.biz, Music.com, MusicVideoCodes.info, Newgrounds, NothingToxic, PcPlanets, Pixparty, PlsThx, Revver, Sharkle, SmitHappens, StreetFire, That Video Site, VideoCodes4U, VideoCodesWorld, VideoCodeZone, Vimeo, Yikers YouTube and ZippyVideos.
Top Gear: two episodes
Top Gear: Bugatti Veyron at top speed
This is a very intense video, the music coordinates perfectly with the images and at some point you might have forgotten to breathe. Enjoy the Bugatti Veyron at 407 Km/h
Top Gear: Real life vs. Video games
I've been told this was a Top Gear's classic episode so I had it a go, well, it's just hilarious, cannot get enough of it...
Rhythms Del Mundo
Haven't done much recently, however it's worth mentioning an album I've been listening to intensely, its name is Rhythms del mundo and is basically a compilation of renowned musicians from all over the world in an attempt to make a point: the imminent threat of global warming.
I quite like Coldplay’s Clocks, Kaiser Chiefs’ Modern way and Franz Ferdinand’s Matinee featuring Buenavista Social Club. Don’t miss it!
An inconvenient truth
Almost cry watching this documental thinking of my sons' future. Don't want to sound alarmist but it's a fact that we're going to destroy the planet we live in; there are things to be done, we all do need to wake up!
The last song is very touching and the recommendations at the end of the film quite relevant.
The last song is very touching and the recommendations at the end of the film quite relevant.
Alegria
Went to see Cirque du Soleil's Alegria last month and frankly it does deserve its good reputation.
First of all they performed in the Royal Albert Hall, what a fantastic venue for this sort of events, where coincidentally takes place a scene of Hitchcock’s The man who knew too much, which I had seen before I went to the show.
Although it was freezing to death on that very night, once inside you feel relieve and what’s more excited for the oncoming event. The music, the stage, the lights were just perfect and the connection with the audience total, contrastingly to what I had read on a local newspaper where it was criticised the coldness of the show -never understand critics anyway.
Remember telling the friend I went with that some of the characters -those who look creepy, like the Master of ceremonies- are a vague representation of the traditional circus and perhaps it is the way Cirque du Soleil condemn the use of animals and other techniques used by the decadent old-fashioned ones.
I did enjoy it overall, though was expecting a bit more from the flying acrobats or aerialists. The clowns were to laugh to death, the two Mongolian contortionists mind-blowing, the hula dancer so beautiful and skilful, what a sweet voice of the singer...
Look forward to seeing more, hopefully soon!
2006's song, Heartbeats
Heartbeats - Jose Gonzalez
I know this isn't either a 2006 work, but I've only listened to it this year. Anyway, it's the cover of a Swedish electronic duo's song (the Knife) and is also the soundtrack of a Sony Bravia TV commercial.
To me, the most touching tunes are played by a solo guitar along with a voice either female or male, I’ve felt in love for that melancholic blend, just perfect and haunting!
I know this isn't either a 2006 work, but I've only listened to it this year. Anyway, it's the cover of a Swedish electronic duo's song (the Knife) and is also the soundtrack of a Sony Bravia TV commercial.
To me, the most touching tunes are played by a solo guitar along with a voice either female or male, I’ve felt in love for that melancholic blend, just perfect and haunting!
(...)
Ten days of perfect tunes
The colors red and blue
We had a promise made
We were in love
2006's film, Head-On
Gegen die Wand (Head-On) directed by Fatih Akin.
Do not let the trailer put you off!
Although this isn't a 2006 film, I've watched it only this year and found it quite intense and dramatic. The plot is about madness, love, disillusion, life… Apparently it follows the style of a Greek tragedy, divided into five acts each one separated by a song interpreted by a traditional Turkish group. I couldn't stand all the blood but loved the anti-Hollywood ending, who said life was fair?
At this point, I should cite a comment by Simon Sieverts I've read on IMDB about this film:
Do not let the trailer put you off!
Although this isn't a 2006 film, I've watched it only this year and found it quite intense and dramatic. The plot is about madness, love, disillusion, life… Apparently it follows the style of a Greek tragedy, divided into five acts each one separated by a song interpreted by a traditional Turkish group. I couldn't stand all the blood but loved the anti-Hollywood ending, who said life was fair?
At this point, I should cite a comment by Simon Sieverts I've read on IMDB about this film:
The central issue of Gegen die Wand is identity: the identity of Cahit's first wife, Cahit's rejection of the identity-checking done by the doctor in the clinic, Sibel's identity crisis, Cahit's made-up identity for Sibel's family, Sibel's inability to identify herself as a wife, Cahit's inability to identify himself as Turkish, Sibel discovering her identity within the family (finally?), the missing identity of her husband at the end of the film and Cahit rediscovering his identity in the missing town of his birth (eventually?). Yes, this is depth. Shakespeare would love this film, but he would probably have done this scene as a soliloquy. Selma is a surrogate ("Ersatz" -there's a nice German word) for the audience, for he is opening his heart to us, even if we don't consciously identify with her at the beginning of the scene - she's blocking the final dramatic development, after all. What makes us forgive her?
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