STICKY POST
Saturday, 4. July 2009, 12:58:34
internet, music
How did the name come to this blog and what is it about? Let's try to answer that.
As many people I had problems coming up with a name to the blog, not wanting something simple as "Quinnuendo's blog" or "Donny's Blog". And then I thought of "A Blog With No Name", which is in part a pun to "
A Horse With No Name", a song by the band America. The subtitle of the blog is from The Simpsons when Ned Flanders sings it as "I've got a date with a girl with no name, It's good to be back in the game".
The blog is not really thematic. There are posts about technical stuff (
Opera and otherwise),
internet (again Opera and otherwise), sometimes
programming and
algorithms, of course about
music and
movies here and there. I try to tag things so that topics are easily found so don't forget about
random stuff.
In the photos of cats I tried to tag them with the names of the felines on them.
Tuesday, 7. July 2009, 13:36:14
music
"Hurt" is a song written by Trent Reznor (of the band Nine Inch Nails), first released in 1994. Later it was covered by a number of bands. The most famous cover, that this entry focuses on, was by Johnny Cash in 2002.
Trent Reznor later said, that at first the idea of Cash covering the song was flattering, but also a bit worrying, being that he is a country artist. But when he heard the version, and saw the video, he said "that song isn't mine anymore", because Johnny has made into something different, "but every bit as pure".
The lyrics are the same, the main music motives are the same, yet Johnny now tells about his life, himself being at the end of his own. The video and the song were the last that were released before Johnny died.
Following is the video that received a "Best video of the year" Grammy, and also a "Best single of the year" title from the Country Music Awards.
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Saturday, 24. January 2009, 23:17:23
music, movies
Ghost in the Shell is originally a cyberpunk manga which was later adapted into both movies and TV series.
The original movie was made in 1995. It has a sequel "Ghost in the Shell:INNOCENCE", made in 2004. Both of these movies have music made by
Kenji Kawai.
The TV series "Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex" are based on the same characters, but happen in a kind of a parallel universe. There is a second season called "2nd gig", and the story is further expanded in the third movie "Solid State Society". This parallel universe has music written by
Yoko Kanno.
Following is a playlist of many of these songs.
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Saturday, 1. November 2008, 18:29:21
music, Queen
Being that I was 7 when Freddie Mercury died, by the time I got hooked on Queen music I was fully aware that there is no chance of getting new albums or seeing a show live. Well, to my extreme happiness, I was wrong.
As I wrote before Brian May and Roger Talyor have formed a new band with Paul Rodgers and decided to call it "Queen + Paul Rodgers", so that people know what it is about, and that they are playing classic Queen songs on their shows.
I already wrote about the new album "The Cosmos Rocks". But that is not all, on their 2008 tour, they came to Belgrade Arena on October 29th! And my brother and me were there.
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Friday, 17. October 2008, 11:44:04
music, Queen
It has been 10 days since I changed my status to "
The Cosmos Rocks", on the day that I finaly got my own copy of the new album by
Queen and Paul Rodgers. It took some time, there were problems with customs and who knows what. But it arrived
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Wednesday, 15. October 2008, 22:40:12
blog action day 08, music
Today is blog action day, where we should all unite and help raise the idea of poverty, how it's something that is very real, that it is something that can and should be avoided by joint efforts.
I will not write much about facts and numbers, but more concentrate on going thru music/emotions.
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Friday, 5. September 2008, 20:09:02
music, Queen
Freddie Mercury, (5.9.1946-24.11.1991)
Nothing else to say
Tuesday, 22. July 2008, 18:32:33
music
At the end of the
"Ghost In The Shell:INNOCENCE" movie, you will hear "Follow Me" during the end credits. The very first time I heard it, right at the first lines, I was cought with the song, and it hasn't really released me since.
This very rarely happens, on first listen I often think a song is good, or could be good, and as I listen more I realize if it is realy great or not, or sometimes after a while it just loses that something. This hasn't yet happened with this song, and I kinda doubt it will.
Maybe it has to do with the movie's greatness and the effect it leaves, but on the other hand the song is a big part of the effect also.
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Monday, 1. May 2006, 21:20:47
music, internet
so now I'm uploading stuff nad have just changed the dns servers...
so there maybe problems for a few days... we'll see. and hopefully fix on the fly
and that last april update to the lyrics databse will look more like a may one;)
speaking of May, just listening to Brian May - Another World. I nice, gentle song.
WIDGETIZE