Rock and Roll and no the monkeys. Ja ja ja ja
http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/01/06/how-many-monkeys-do-it-take-to-stop-the-show/
I´m reading now one book and two magazines. It´s all about music, folks. Always music. One of them is by Ben Fong-Torres. Not too difficult but, you know, there always new words, new vocabulary to look up in the dictionary. It´s called Becoming Almost Famous. Don´t you remember the movie, guys? Cameron Crowe, yeah¡ All about that lovely era with the groupies everywhere in the gigs, concerts, the music journalism -OMFG -that´s i new: Oh My Fuckin´ God, i have just learned reading a interview with Courtney Love -yes, the fucking postgrunge widow- in Uncut (which of course is my second reading nowadays).
And all that stuff remind me of the good rock and roll, the 60´s, and it has come to my mind an old tune: i love rock and roll (by Joan Jett). I heard it when i was flying to San Francisco in the movie The Runnaways. Old rock and roll.
This week i´m going to SF again to another concert (Reverend Horton Heat in the Fillmore) and we are going to see a collection of Pixar´s movies. It sounds really good. You know, films like Up and much more. And we are thinking of going to a kind of BBK Live but in the Bay Area. Good groups, good ambient, funny people (sure). But everybody here is runing out of money. Some of them because they are travelling a lot (you know LA, Las Vegas, Yosemite Park, Sacramento....) and others because they are having too much fun. I have to save money because Alaska is waiting for me so....
In any case, that´s the way God planned it, so that´s the way is gona be, bro´.
The other magazine i´m reading is about the famous U2 tour all over the States in the 80´s. Rattle and Hum. I´m sorry for you if you belong to the young (new?) generation and don´t know what a hell i´m talkin about. This is before, laptops, cell phones, Lady Gaga and Miley Cyrus-Hanna Montana jajajajajja.
In a certain way, they (U2) were discovering America in that period of their life, in the same way i´m doing it now. Well it is not the same, sure, i know, but that idea of the pioneers looking for something, looking for a better future during the Goldrush...... Perhaps it sounds a little bit exagerated, but you all know what i mean.
My adventure is not as big as that but........ it´s my dream goin on so i try to enjoy every step here, there and everywhere.
Another pic. from last weekend and a song from U2. Enjoy it.
And Bono and Cia. too.
PS. Be honest, be cute, be underground and againts the current (sometimes is better) and read the newspaper too.
http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/08/09/allman-brothers-to-return-to-the-stage/?ref=music
Ksss for ALL OF YOU
I have to remind you, my dear, that God never plans anything. Life might be that way or not but, bro, we do it ourselves! so... what does Alaska have to do with it?? I myself have nothing to do against God. It´s his (her?) club of fans that I can´t stand!!! FOR THOSE AROUND THE ROCK...WE SALUTE U!!!
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ResponderEliminarI want to read the book you're reading by Ben Fong-Torres! I can't forget when the "family" was in the car coming back from Muir Woods and Tiny Dancer came on the radio and you said.."this makes me think of Almost Famous" You took the words right out of my mouth! jejeje....I wonder if Leo has since it?? i imagine most of the time they just looked at each other and said.." Middle aged people...what ARE they talking about..?" I hope you enjoy RHH tomorrow.:-)
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It's great to have a travelogue with a soundtrack! You seem to be making the most of your adventure in the States. I never thought of music as a way to learn a culture, but I can see the power in it through your writing.
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