Watch: New Order - Crystal

One of my favourite songs of all time. (fun fact: the name of the band The Killers comes from the band's name in this video)



New Order - Crystal.mp3 (extended version)

Watch: Christophe Willem - Double Je

This guy won the Nouvelle Star competition in 2006. I like the song, it's catchy, fun and disco. I love the concept of the video.



Christophe Willem - Double je.mp3

Watch: Gucci commercial by David Lynch

I saw this commercial some time ago but I thought I should let it sink in before i make any comments about it. So: it's beautiful, elegant, glamorous, but what I like about it the most is that mysterious energy taking over those women and the places they're at, it's like a pulse in their veins (visualised by that city traffic), they're kind of posessed. Nice contrast with the Blondie song which I've always found so "weightless", it brings in a little bit of absurdity I think.
I have to say: I'm in love with this commercial. ^_^


Behing the scenes:

Watch: Ashlee Simpson - Outta my head

The surrealistic video for the song (there are even parts of Dali paintings). I hope she stays on this new path.

Watch: Britney Spears - Piece of me

Here. Much better than the video for Gimme more, obviously.

Listen to: Ashlee Simpson - Outta my head

The first single of Ashlee's upcoming album has leaked a while ago. I think it's kind of an unusual song, but fun and very catchy. It was produced by Timbaland, what a surprise.

Watch: Cranberries - Can't be with you

The first concert I've ever been to was a Cranberries concert, in Belgium. It was AWESOME. :) I remember Dolores' voice being absolutely phenomenal even live! Here's a song which I heard a lot on the radio back then and which I adored of course. I still do. (The video is so 90's :D)

Watch: The Mighty Mighty Bosstones - The impression that I get

Another "good mood song".

Watch: Len - Steal my sunshine

I have a cold (again), so I'm lying in bed, trying to get better... And the sun shines right into my bed... Finally some sunshine after the last days of rain and utter greyness! So here's a song which always got me into a better mood when I listened to it.

Watch: Aqualung - Pressure suit

Love this song. (I posted the mp3 a while ago)

Listen to: Radiohead - All I need

This is my favourite song from the latest album In Rainbows.


Radiohead-All I need.mp3

Listen to: Mazzy Star - Into Dust

Unfortunately, there's no official video for this song (there used to be a live version, but it's been deleted). Anyway, heard this on an episode of House M.D. and thought it was beautiful.


Mazzy Star-Into Dust.mp3

Watch: Tegan and Sara - The con

Watch: Snoop Dogg - Sensual seduction

So good to see a performer with a certain image trying something new! Although he's voice distorted, who knew he could sing? Nice retro video:)

Watch: Robyn - Be mine

The new video for Robyn's song Be mine. Quite different from the older video of the song I posted a few months ago.

Watch: Mattafix - Living Darfur

Heard this today on the radio. Great song. And the video's raising awareness for the situation in Darfur. It certainly has a message of hope, rather than showing the really unthinkable circumstances of those hundreds of thousands of IDPs and refugees.



Here's the song: Mattafix - Living.mp3

Watch: Gwen Stefani - Early winter

I just saw this video. I still can't believe it. How could I not have known about this?! Gwen Stefani shot her video to Early winter HERE IN BUDAPEST!!!!! The video definitely focuses on Gwen, wearing pretty make up and pretty dresses. So, I would say 'pretty video', with the bonus that it's fun to recognize the hungarian scenes like the Nyugati Railway Station, or those beautiful hungarian trains. ;)

Watch: Fall out boy - I'm like a lawyer with the way I'm always trying to get you off (Me & You)

I can't believe I didn't post this before! When I first saw this, I was really surprised about it being the video for this song! I mean, it isn't the typical Fall out boy kind of video, and it's really nice to see that they're raising awareness of things that their e.g. american audiences aren't really aware of.

Watch: Sugababes - Change

If we're already speaking about british girl groups, here's the new video from the Sugababes. It's a nice ballad, but again, the video just isn't right. It's just not good. Why is this?!

Watch: Girls aloud - Call the shots

Their new song finally has a video. Love the chorus of the song. The video not so much, it's a pitty, they've had much better videos in the past.

Watch: Annie Lennox - Walking on broken glass

I was 10-11 years old when this song came out, and even back then I found the man in the video Annie lennox is trying to get away from pretty funny. Then, as I grew up, I recognised John Malkovich being the guy she wants to be with. And, well, as I just realised, the funny one is Hugh Laurie :D (who is my favourite obsession of the moment) He looks like his character of George, prince regent in Blackadder.

Watch: Break the ice (piano version)

This is my favourite song of the album, it's a real dance tune. This piano version has just been posted and is just wonderful, it totally changes the vibe of the song. Beautiful.


The original song: Britney Spears - Break the ice.mp3

Watch: Piece of me (piano version)

On Britney's new album, Piece of me is definitely one of the best songs, I really like it. I found a guy on youtube who plays the song on the piano, he's amazing!


If you wanna hear the original: Britney Spears - Piece of me.mp3

Watch: Linkin Park - Shadow of the day

One of the best songs on their latest album. I like the contrast between the peaceful, sheltered atmosphere in the beginning and of what's going on on the streets later in the video.

Watch: Anouk - Good god

Anouk is one of my favourite singers in the whole wide world. I LOVE HER. So, when I heard a few weeks ago that she will have a new album out in november, I was literally freaking out, screaming and everything:) I mean, her latest studio album came out in 2004... that was a LONG time ago. So now, I'm really excited to hear the new album, and even though I was a bit anxious whether it would be as good as her other albums, her first single gives me reason to believe it will be:) The video is pretty funny, late 80's-early 90's style, and as you can see, she doesn't take herself too seriously:)

Watch: Sugababes - Denial (live)

One of my favourite songs on the new album.

Watch: Apocalyptica - I'm not Jesus (feat. Corey Taylor)

Apocalyptica has a new album out, too, it's called Worlds collide. One of the collaborations on the album happened with Corey Taylor (singer of Stone Sour, Slipknot),k the song happens to be the first single, too. (There's also a cover of David Bowie's Heroes, called Helden, sung by Till Lindemann, singer of Rammstein.)

Watch: Sugababes - About you now

Great. How could I not know that the Sugababes had a new album?! Anyway, it's called Changes and here's the first single, About you know:

Pushing daisies; Field Cate in 'Placebo - A song to say goodbye'

There's a new ABC series this season called Pushing daisies. Its "atmosphere" reminds me a lot of Amelie, it's beyond charming. There were moments when it was hard not to melt away:) So, Ned is the main character and as there are retrospections to his childhood, there's a "little" Ned, played by Field Cate, who is adorable, and has that special something, which makes him ideal for the show.















He seemed kinda familiar, and as it turns out, he's the boy in Placebo's video for Song to say goodbye! And that video is one of my favourite ones, it's SO original and touching. Here it is:

Watch: Sarah Mcleod - He doesn't love you

I've been hearing a dance track a lot in the last 3-4 months at clubs, in shops, etc. and I have been looking desperately for the artist and the song title... till yesterday! As it turned out (for me), it's a Sarah McLeod song remixed by a hungarian DJ (Tommyboy). I really like her kinda raw and edgy vocals. So here is the original song and video:

Watch: North Sea Jazz 2007 - Rehab

Apparently, Amy wasn't there, so the Marcus Miller band and other performers of the festival did an improv based on her song Rehab:) It sure rocks.

Watch: Mark Ronson feat. Amy Winehouse - Valerie

As I didn't know The Zutons' original Valerie (I used to change the channel as soon as I saw "The Zutons":D ) so I listenend to it yesterday... and, well, this cover is MUCH better, more melodic, more upbeat, etc. And you can't beat Amy's voice.

Watch: Peter, Bjorn & John - Young folks

A few days ago, on the bus, I was listening to the radio (yeah, again... I don't have any headphones for my mp3 player, so that leaves me with no choice) and I heard a song, which was pretty catchy, especially a whistling part and as I was humming it all day, I was kinda clueless, how to find it... In the evening, I watched the secong episode of a new series called Journeyman (I recommend it to fans of timetravelling, and even to anyone else) and at the end started a whistle tune... and of course I was like "This is it! This is it!":) So I just had to go to the imdb forum of the series, and hope that somebody would look for the song aswell, and... somebody did:)

Watch: Mixalis Xatzigiannis/Michalis Hatzigiannis - Xoris anapnoi/Xwris anapnoi

When I was in Athens for a "theatre project" in 2003, I heard a song over and over again, as the radios were playing it all the time... and it just stuck in my head. I love this song. Mixalis has such a great voice (well, in other songs you can hear that better). The video is kinda lame though:)

Watch: Kate Nash - Foundations

Such a bittersweet little song! The video fits perfectly with the song aswell!

Watch: Regina Spektor - Better

Silly but pretty video, really nice song from Regina Spektor's album Begin to hope:

Watch: Manu Chao - Rainin in paradize

From his latest album, this is a pretty colourful video of a song about all the conflicts in the world.

Watch: Stereo Mc's - Connected

This is such a classic. I heard it the other day and I realised you just can't help swinging to it:) And it reminded me of the party scene in Hackers (where it was being played) and what a funny/silly/likeable movie that is:)

Watch: Emmy Rossum - Slow me down

You might know Emmy Rossum as an actress from movies like Mystic River, The day after tomorrow, The phantom of the opera or Poseidon (which is AWFUL by the way). Well, she has an album coming out, her first single is Slow me down. She's got such a beautiful voice, the voice of an angel really, the song reminds me of Imogen Heap though. Sit back, enjoy:

Watch: Moby - In this world

Today, I was sitting in a 2h15 long french didactics class, when I could hear Moby's In this world playing on the street. Like that song pretty much. The little aliens in the video are adorable.

Download: Tegan & Sara - Floorplan

Ok, this is the last one! If you wanna hear the rest, get the album:)

Floorplan.mp3

Download: Tegan & Sara - Like O, like H

Slower song, I would say "haunting" again.

Like O, like H.mp3

Download: Tegan & Sara - Dark come soon

Beautiful.

Dark come soon.mp3

Download: Tegan & Sara - Knife going in

Really catchy melody and lyrics.

Knife going in.mp3

Download: Tegan & Sara - The con

One of the best songs aswell, title track of the album.

The con.mp3

Download: Tegan & Sara - Nineteen

Definitely more of a typical Tegan & Sara song, melodical, heartfelt lyrics.

Nineteen.mp3

Download: Tegan & Sara - Are you ten years ago

This is the most untypical song on the album (or any of their albums) but one of the best, too. Haunting.

Are you then years ago.mp3

Watch: Tegan & Sara - Back in your head

This is the first single of Tegan & Sara's latest album The Con. I think they've really grown musically, I'll probably post some of those brilliant songs later. This one sounds "kinda happy" although I don't think it really is.

Watch: Robyn - Be mine

Really catchy song with heartbreaking lyrics :)

Watch: Robyn - Konichiwa Bitches

This song has such funny ang original lyrics.

Watch: Robyn - Handle me

A really cool and catchy song from Robyn's self-titled album.

Watch: Robyn (feat. Kleerup) - With every heartbeat

What an amazingly beautiful song! You may know Robyn from the 90's when she was quite successful with singles like Show me love and Do you know (what it takes). Well, now she's back to the international music scene with a UK re-realease of her success-album Robyn. With every heartbeat is the first single.

Watch: Prabhu Deva - Kalluri Vaanil

Another favourite of the moment. The video is just awesome. :D

Watch: 50 Cent feat. Justin Timberlake & Timbaland - Ayo Technology

This song is so catchy. Humming it all day long. But I bet Timbaland stole the 8bit melody for this one, too (like for Nelly Furtado's Do it). I feel bad for the poor guy who made it and will never get to see a penny for it.

Watch: Krezip - I would stay (live at Pinkpop 2007)

I just bumped into this performance... god, it brings back memories from 2001, when I was still living in Belgium... Funny how the audience sings the whole song, but, in fact, is was a HUGE hit back then.

Listen: Mandy Moore - Umbrella (Rihanna cover)

Mmmmh.

d!rt

The series Dirt is being advertised all over Budapest, as if it was a magazine... very clever. :)

Nerd stuff: The Möbius strip

Definition:
"The Möbius strip or Möbius band is a surface with only one side and only one boundary component. It has the mathematical property of being non-orientable. It is also a ruled surface. It was discovered independently by the German mathematicians August Ferdinand Möbius and Johann Benedict Listing in 1858."














Maybe you already knew this, maybe you haven't, and although I find this pretty interesting already, you may wonder why I post a thing like this. When I first read about the Möbius strip, it was because of the movie Lost Highway directed by David Lynch. The movie's structure is pretty hard to explain. If you haven't heard about the Möbius strip that is! In fact, the movie's dramaturgical structure is absolutely like one of these strips, it kind of bends itself to where it "begins". I find this fantastic as you can imagine :D So a few months ago, I found this picture, in which you can see a Möbius strip, made of a filmstrip! How cool is that.























I have one more pop culture fun fact for you: Nelly Furtado sings in her song Hey, man! from her first album Whoa, Nelly!:
We are a part of a circle
It's like a Mobius strip
And it goes 'round and 'round
Until it loses a link

I think it's one of her best songs, you can download it here: Hey, man!.mp3

Nature

Pics from yesterday.

Watch: Sigur Rós - Glósóli

Beautiful video with beautiful (icelandic, I presume) landscapes and beautiful children. Love it.

Watch and download: Simian Mobile disco - I believe

This song rocks! Reminds me a lot of The Knife. The video's "interesting".



I believe.mp3

Stockholm

Familiar logo

The logo of Telenor in Sweden and Sonofon in Danmark is probably familiar to people living in Hungary...:)

The little mermaid in Copenhagen

Cityhall of Stockholm

Most boring post ever: My plants

We have a LOT of plants at home, but there are a few which I consider being MINE.

1. My avocado plant is the one I started growing from a seed when I started this blog. It's a bigger now, although I'm not quite satisfied with its leaves.
2. I've grown my mango plant from a seed, too and it's still little and cute, the leaves are growing beautifully.
3. My pineapple plant was originally the top of a pineapple. I'm happy about how the new leaves are growing out of the center.
4. I got my windowleaf at IKEA last spring, it had about 4-5 leaves, so obviously it has grown a lot, I'm really proud of it.
5. The arum lily is a plant that somehow ended up in my room. Then it still had pink flowers which are pretty green now.

And no, I don't talk to them.

Walk of Freedom

I don't usually write anything personal on this blog for some reason. And I realized I don't post pics of myself too often either. Yesterday I felt like I should write this, although it's nothing spectacular:
Whenever I come home alone at night (which almost never happens these days), I have to go down a street along a ditch (on the left). I am all alone and a certain sense of freedom overcomes me usually. A feeling that one day I will be able to do all the things I would like to after all. That there are no limits. All my problems and the things holding me back are then gone. Most of the time I listen to some song I love, which makes this feeling only stronger. Yesterday was a night like that after a long time. Too bad the feeling falls into pieces the moment I step into my broken home. Yesterday I was listening to Rihanna's Rehab and Questions Existing. (you can download them with right click, save target as...) In the last one, the chorus goes:
Who am I living for?

I guessed I should be living for myself before I can live for somebody else. (That's me walking home yesterday night)

Waiting for The Simpsons Movie...

A week ago, at the MOM Park cinema in Budapest, I found this where you can sit with the Simpsons on their famous couch:


So cool:)

Watch: Amerie - Gotta work

Another cool song.

Watch and download: Rihanna - Don't stop the music

This should be the hit of the rest of the summer.



Don't stop the music.mp3

Lyrics: Kosheen - Hide u

I heard this yesterday while partying, when it came to my mind how beautiful the lyrics really are:

If you were in my heart I'd surely not break you
If you were beside me and my love would take you
I'd keep you in safety
Forever protect you
I'll hide you away from the world you rejected

I'll hide you
I'll hide you

Watch: Nine inch nails - Only

Love this song.

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