24 December 2015
ELVIS Songs still give most Strong Feelings
The higher these tracks come, the longer time in my life I've found them most incredibly intense.
[Composers and year of Presley Recording of course are mentioned]
I'm also imagining which of Disney's Seven Dwarfs may rule the emotional state of each track, or SnowWhite herself for the most loveable beauties.
1
SWEET CAROLINE
[Neil Diamond -70]
SnowWhite
2
I'VE LOST YOU (can't reach you anymore)
[Howard /Blaikley -70]
Sneezy
3
DON'T CRY DADDY!
[Scott Davis -69]
Sleepy
4
(YOU'RE SO SQUARE) BABY, I DON'T CARE
[Leiber & Stoller -57]
Dopey
5
(MARIE'S THE NAME OF) HIS LATEST FLAME
[Shuman /Pomus -61]
Bashful
6
THE NEXT STEP IS LOVE
[Evans /Parnes -70]
Dopey
7
THE WONDER OF YOU
[Baker Knight -70]
Doc
8
WEAR MY RING AROUND YOUR NECK
[Carroll /Moody -58]
Happy
9
SUCH A NIGHT
[Lincoln Chase -60]
Happy
10
KENTUCKY RAIN
[Rabbitt /Heard -70]
Sneezy
11
MY BABY LEFT ME
[Arthur Crudup -56]
Grumpy
12
UNTIL IT'S TIME FOR YOU TO GO
[Buffy Sainte-Marie -71]
Sleepy
13
(YOU'RE THE) DEVIL IN DISGUISE
[Giant /Baum /Kaye -63]
Bashful
14
(NOW AND THEN THERE'S) A FOOL SUCH AS I
[Bill Trader -58]
Bashful
15
SHE'S NOT YOU
[Leiber & Stoller /Pomus -62]
SnowWhite
16
KISSIN' COUSINS
[Wise /Starr -63]
Dopey
17
THE GIRL OF MY BEST FRIEND
[Bobrick /Ross -60]
Bashful
18
ANY WAY YOU WANT ME (THAT'S HOW I WILL BE)
[Aaron Schroeder /Cliff Owens -56]
Doc
19
HARD HEADED WOMAN
[Claude DeMetrius -58]
Sneezy
20
LOVING YOU
[Leiber /Stoller -57]
SnowWhite
21
ONE-SIDED LOVE AFFAIR
[Bill Campbell -56]
Happy
22
RETURN TO SENDER
[Blackwell /Scott -62]
Dopey
23
SOLDIER BOY
[David Jones /Theodore Williams -60]
Sleepy
24
STUCK ON YOU
[McFarland /Schroeder -60]
Doc
25
SOLITAIRE
[Sedaka /Cody -76]
Sleepy
26
GENTLE ON MY MIND
[John Hatford -67]
Bashful
27
(THE ROSES GROW) WILD IN THE COUNTRY
[Weiss /Creatore /Peretti -60]
SnowWhite
28
IN THE GHETTO
[Mac Davis -69]
Grumpy
29
I GOT A WOMAN
[Ray Charles -56]
Happy
30
TUTTI FRUTTI
[La Bostrie /Little Richard -56]
Sneezy
31
LONG LEGGED GIRL (WITH THE SHORT DRESS ON)
[McFarland /Scott -66]
Dopey
32
I GOTTA KNOW (Got my mind on lipstick)
[Evans /Williams -60]
Bashful
33
ANYTHING THAT'S PART OF YOU
[Don Robertson -61]
SnowWhite
34
U.S. MALE
[[which I thought was U.S. MAIL ;-)]]
[Jerry Hubbard -68]
Grumpy
35
MILKCOW BLUES BOOGIE
[Kokomo Arnold -54]
Dopey
36
I GOT STUNG
[Hill /Schroeder -58]
Sneezy
37
IT'S IMPOSSIBLE
[Wayne /Manzanero -73]
SnowWhite
38
LOVE SONG OF THE YEAR
[Chris Christian -75]
SnowWhite
39
I'M LEAVING
[Charles /Jarrett -71]
Sleepy
40
FROM A JACK TO A KING
[Ned Miller -69]
Doc
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21 December 2015
ARTHUR CHRISTMAS
with it's super modern Santa's Factory,
old sleigh awakening, generations of creatures
portraying different kinds of Love Motivation
by Sarah Smith and more
UK /USA 2011
Best Christmas Animated Movie I've ever seen!?!
now second time
a splendid scene:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LutTTa8aKEo
most Peculiar Role : BRYONY a Helping Elf from Giftwrap Battalion
most Adorable Role : GWEN HINES The Missed Present Receiver
most Frustrating Role : GRANDSANTA (still going strong?)
most Elegant Role : STEVEN CLAUS The Elder Brother with sharp mobile Ho-Ho control
I give stars from 1 to 7
6 Characters
7 Scenery
5 Camerawork
6 Thrill
5 Conflict
5 Humour
4 Psychology
5 Philosophy
6 Fantasy
5 Composition
3 Music
7 Concept
7 Total Experience During
6 Expectation Before
6 After Reflection
83 /15
= 5.53
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19 December 2015
The Magic Whip could be Best Album of this year
mighty well, as Amazon list suggests. BLUR is far from my acquaintance, never heard an album until now two decades after their heyday. Anyway this Magic Whip really turns out to be a masterpiece of creative balance :
very varied without being confusing + serious wihout being boring = hard to match?! So far just Wreckless Eric's AmERICa (a more entertaining comeback) meets same amount of interest in me.
Blur here Reminds me most of : Morrissey, Bowie, Elbow, Arcade Fire
most Soulful song: PYONGYANG (Seven Rockets)
most Imaginative song: THOUGHT I WAS A SPACEMAN
most Amusing song: I BROADCAST
most Beautiful song: NEW WORLD TOWERS
most Strong song: LONESOME STREET
most Sexy song: MY TERRACOTTA HEART
most Grounded song: THERE ARE TOO MANY OF US
Whole Album
(5) compositions
(6) instrumentations
(5) singin' /playin' feelin'
(5) lyrics (incl titles)
(7) variation
(5) synchronization
(1) cover /concept
(4) historical importance
= 38
I now give 1-7 for each cathegory
where 3 is good and total possible 8 x 7 = 56 never exist(?)
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30 November 2015
Moody Blue From Elvis Presley Boulevard
presented as Moody Blue + Bonus tracks
Together these last sessions maybe makes an album with enough good material to feel like a more worthy end?!?!
Well, Elvis was a singles artist, som the album question becomes a parenthesis. Anyway I treat the two as one now.
second record review since I turned 40
most Soulful song: (He's playing) SOLITAIRE
[Coody, Sedaka]
most Imaginative song: (ready in the harbour) THE LAST FAREWELL
[Webster, Whittaker]
most Amusing song: MOODY BLUE
[Mark James]
most Beautiful song: IT'S EASY FOR YOU
[Lloyd Webber, Rice]
most Strong song: NEVER AGAIN (ever love anyone as much)
[Chestnut, Neville, Williams, Wheeler]
most Sexy song: WAY DOWN
[Layng Martine]
most Grounded song: (from glen to glen) DANNY BOY
[Frederick Edward Weatherly]
Whole Album
(6) compositions
(5) instrumentations
(6) singin' /playin' feelin'
(5) lyrics (incl titles)
(5) variation
(1) synchronization
(3) cover /concept
(4) historical importance
= 35
I now give 1-7 for each cathegory
where 3 is good and total possible 8 x 7 = 56 never exist(?)
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Together these last sessions maybe makes an album with enough good material to feel like a more worthy end?!?!
Well, Elvis was a singles artist, som the album question becomes a parenthesis. Anyway I treat the two as one now.
second record review since I turned 40
most Soulful song: (He's playing) SOLITAIRE
[Coody, Sedaka]
most Imaginative song: (ready in the harbour) THE LAST FAREWELL
[Webster, Whittaker]
most Amusing song: MOODY BLUE
[Mark James]
most Beautiful song: IT'S EASY FOR YOU
[Lloyd Webber, Rice]
most Strong song: NEVER AGAIN (ever love anyone as much)
[Chestnut, Neville, Williams, Wheeler]
most Sexy song: WAY DOWN
[Layng Martine]
most Grounded song: (from glen to glen) DANNY BOY
[Frederick Edward Weatherly]
Whole Album
(6) compositions
(5) instrumentations
(6) singin' /playin' feelin'
(5) lyrics (incl titles)
(5) variation
(1) synchronization
(3) cover /concept
(4) historical importance
= 35
I now give 1-7 for each cathegory
where 3 is good and total possible 8 x 7 = 56 never exist(?)
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27 November 2015
Alone in an ELO
first record review since I turned 40
ALONE IN THE UNIVERSE
latest album from Lynne
calling his ship Jeff Lynne's ELO here
without Roy Wood or others who could've brought more life
to these good old vibrations....
Already listened seven rounds
and each piece grows a bit
but some boredom remains;
Jeff seems unable or unwilling to get really creative anymore
so I still find classic Electric Light Orchestra things
or his solo Armchair Theatre to be far more interesting
most Soulful song: THE SUN WILL SHINE ON YOU
most Imaginative song: WHEN I WAS A BOY (I Had a Dream)
most Amusing song: AIN'T IT A DRAG
most Beautiful song: ALL MY LIFE
most Strong song: I'M LEAVING YOU
most Sexy song: DIRTY TO THE BONE
most Grounded song: BLUE [Bonus]
....if I'd been the producer, I would've excluded :
Love And Rain and When The Night Comes
to include the both bonus numbers instead,
then ask for a long instrumental outro to the title track
Except for Beatles of course, this sounds in my ears most similar to : 10 cc, Roy Orbison, David Bowie, Dave Stewart, Sam Cooke, Alan Parsons' Project
Whole Album
(5) compositions
(6) instrumentations
(3) playin' feelin'
(2) lyrics (incl titles)
(5) variation
(3) synchronization
(6) cover /concept
(4) historical importance
= 34
I now give 1-7 for each cathegory
where 3 is good and total possible 8 x 7 = 56 never exist(?)
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ALONE IN THE UNIVERSE
latest album from Lynne
calling his ship Jeff Lynne's ELO here
without Roy Wood or others who could've brought more life
to these good old vibrations....
Already listened seven rounds
and each piece grows a bit
but some boredom remains;
Jeff seems unable or unwilling to get really creative anymore
so I still find classic Electric Light Orchestra things
or his solo Armchair Theatre to be far more interesting
most Soulful song: THE SUN WILL SHINE ON YOU
most Imaginative song: WHEN I WAS A BOY (I Had a Dream)
most Amusing song: AIN'T IT A DRAG
most Beautiful song: ALL MY LIFE
most Strong song: I'M LEAVING YOU
most Sexy song: DIRTY TO THE BONE
most Grounded song: BLUE [Bonus]
....if I'd been the producer, I would've excluded :
Love And Rain and When The Night Comes
to include the both bonus numbers instead,
then ask for a long instrumental outro to the title track
Except for Beatles of course, this sounds in my ears most similar to : 10 cc, Roy Orbison, David Bowie, Dave Stewart, Sam Cooke, Alan Parsons' Project
Whole Album
(5) compositions
(6) instrumentations
(3) playin' feelin'
(2) lyrics (incl titles)
(5) variation
(3) synchronization
(6) cover /concept
(4) historical importance
= 34
I now give 1-7 for each cathegory
where 3 is good and total possible 8 x 7 = 56 never exist(?)
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24 November 2015
Recently Listening to : from a King to a Box
my Eighth Music Chakra Tower of 2015
15 Pieces Climbing Longer and Closer to my Heart
while turning 40 years old
Crown chakra
1
A WHITER SHADE OF PALE
["I was feeling kinda seasick
....as the ceiling flew away"]
with The Gary Brooker Ensemble + Church Choir
written by Gary Brooker
from Within Our House 1996
2
EVERYTHING YOU KNOW MELTS AWAY LIKE SNOW
with Daniel Norgren
written by Daniel Norgren
from Alabursy 2015
Brow /third EYE chakra
3
WOT GORILLA?
+ ALL IN A MOUSE'S NIGHT
with Genesis
written by Phil Collins and Tony Banks
from Wind and Wuthering 1976
4
A SOAPBOX OPERA
with Supertramp
written by Roger Hodgson & Rick Davis
from Crisis? What Crisis? 1975
Throat chakra
5
PROKOFIEV'S VIOLIN CONCERTO no 2
with Kyung Wha Chung 1977
written by Sergei Prokofiev 1935
6
[...hands on the clock keep ticking...] THE SONG
with Trey Anastasio
written by Trey Anastasio
from Paper Wheels 2015
Heart chakra
7
THE WONDER OF YOU
with Elvis Presley
written by Baker Knight
from On Stage 1970
8
THE DANGLING CONVERSATION
["...and you read your Emily Dickinson..."]
with Simon & Garfunkel
written by Paul Simon
from Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme 1966
Solar Plexus chakra
9
BACK IN THE U.S.S.R.
with The Overtures
written by Paul McCartney
from Beatle Day (filled with covers) in Gothenburg 2015
10
JAG ÄR EN IDIOT
[en kugghjulspojke]
with Imperiet
written by Joakim Thåström
from Tiggarens Tal 1988
Sex chakra /Sacred chakra
11
FROM A JACK TO A KING
[I played an Ace and I won a Queen]
with Elvis Presley
written by Ned Miller
from Back in Memphis 1970
12
DIRTY TO THE BONE
with Jeff Lynne's ELO
written by Jeff Lynne
from Alone in The Universe 2015
Root chakra
13
JUPITER
[femhundra mil från allting]
with Staffan Hellstrand
written by Staffan Hellstrand
from Motljus 2006
14
SKATING ON THIN ICE
[SHAKING THE WRONG DICE]
with Procol Harum
written by Gary Brooker
from Something Magic 1977
Above And Below Everyone
15
LUX AETERNA
for 16-voice a cappella mixed chorus
with Chor des Norddeutschen Rundfunks Hamburg
written by György Ligeti 1966
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18 November 2015
PROCOL HARUM Pieces I Hold Most Precious
from the splendid band's early period 1967-77
1. Pilgrims Progress
2. Toujours l'Amour
3. She Wandered Through The Garden Fence
4. Quite Rightly So
5. Fires (which Burnt Brightly)
6. As Strong as Samson
7. Wreck of The Hesperus
8. Dead Man's Dream
9. A Whiter Shade of Pale
10. New Lamps for Old
11. All This And More (bright light of your star confronts me)
12. Strangers in Space
13. Luskus Delph
14. Pandora's Box
15. T.V. Ceasar (in every house)
16. Good Captain Clack
17. A Salty Dog
18. Piggy Pig Pig
19. Beyond The Pale
20. Magdalene (My Regal Zonophone)
21. Something Magic
22. Salad Days (Are Here Again)
23. Fresh Fruit
24. Still There'll Be More
25. Mabel (kitchen table)
26. Shine On Brightly
27. The Thin End of The Wedge
28. Eight Days a Week
[Beatles cover]
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14 November 2015
11 November 2015
Russian snow in Japanese version
movie seen now
THE IDIOT
[HAKUCHI]
directed by Akira Kurosawa
made in Japan 1951
written by Fjodor Dostojevskij, who today would've turn 194 years old if he'd been alive
most Peculiar Role : TAEKO NASU (Setsuko Hara)
most Adorable Role : KAMEDA "THE IDIOT" (Masayuki Mori)
most Frustrating Role : AYAKO'S MOTHER (Chieko Higashiyama)
I give stars from 1 to 7
6 Characters
6 Scenery
4 Camerawork
4 Thrill
5 Conflict
1 Humour
5 Psychology
5 Philosophy
3 Fantasy
4 Composition
7 Music
6 Concept
6 Total Experience During
3 Expectation Before
5 After Reflection
70 /15
= 4.67
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04 November 2015
The Road Warrior : Mad Max 2
movie seen now (on bluray)
strangely enough my first time
made in Australia 1981
directed by George Miller
Since this second part seems more focused on action, less on emotions, actually I liked the first Mad Max better, in contrast to most people's preference. Both though build extremely elegant visions of a grotesquely dirty world.
most Peculiar Role : THE FERAL KID (Emil Minty)
most Adorable Role : THE GYRO CAPTAIN (Bruce Spence)
most Frustrating Role : THE HUMUNGUS (Kjell Nilsson)
I give stars from 1 to 7
6 Characters
7 Scenery
6 Camerawork
5 Thrill
4 Conflict
3 Humour
2 Psychology
1 Philosophy
4 Fantasy
3 Composition
2 Music
5 Concept
4 Total Experience During
6 Expectation Before
4 After Reflection
62 /15
= 4.13
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01 November 2015
Carrie carries somebody's guilt
movie seen now (on bluray)
strangely enough my first time
directed by Brian De Palma
made in USA 1976
written by Stephen King 1974
most Peculiar Role : CARRIE (Sissy Spacek)
most Adorable Role : TOMMY ROSS (William Katt)
most Frustrating Role : MARGARET WHITE (Piper Laurie)
I give stars from 1 to 7
4 Characters
5 Scenery
7 Camerawork
6 Thrill
5 Conflict
2 Humour
4 Psychology
2 Philosophy
6 Fantasy
5 Composition
6 Music
3 Concept
6 Total Experience During
5 Expectation Before
5 After Reflection
71 /15
= 4.73
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26 October 2015
99 Composers : from Antonio via Tony to Antonín
personal top list of those composers who'd filled my heart and brain with most fantastic music
1
ANTONIO VIVALDI
born 1678 in Venice
died 1741 in Vienna
2
PAUL McCARTNEY
born 1942 in Liverpool
3
TONY BANKS
[of Genesis]
born 1950 in East Sussex
4
GORDON LIGHTFOOT
born 1938 in Orilla, Ontario (Canada)
5
SERGEI PROKOFIEV
born 1891 in Sontsovka (eastern Ukraine)
(lived a while in USA)
died 1953 in Moscow
6
BURT BACHARACH
born 1928 in Kansas City
7
JON ANDERSON
[of Yes]
born 1944 in Accrington (Lancashire)
8
BENNY ANDERSSON
[inclusive Björn Ulvaeus]
born 1946 in Stockholm
[born 1945 in Gothenburg]
9
CAT STEVENS
born 1948 in London
[by swedish + greek parent]
"died" 1978
10
JEAN SIBELIUS
born 1865 in Tavastehus (Finland)
died 1957 in Träskända
11
ALICE TEGNÉR
born 1864 in Karlshamn (Sweden)
died 1943 in Djursholm
12
MIKE OLDFIELD
born 1953 in Berkshire
13
PETER HAMMILL
[of Van Der Graaf Generator]
born 1948 in Ealing
14
ROGER HODGSON
[inclusive Rick Davies = Supertramp]
born 1950 in Portsmouth (Hampshire)
15
MAURICE RAVEL
born 1875 in Pyrénées-Atlantiques
died 1937 in Paris
16
EVERT TAUBE
born 1890 on Styrsö
died 1976 in Stockholm
17
ELTON JOHN
[REGINALD KENNETH DWIGHT]
born 1947 in Pinner, Middlesex
18
TONY MACAULAY
born 1944 in Fulham (London)
19
NICK LOWE
born 1949 in Surrey
20
NEIL DIAMOND
born 1941 in Brooklyn
21
PETER LeMARC
born 1958 in Trollhättan
22
ANTON BRUCKNER
born 1824 in Ansfelden (Linz)
died 1896 in Vienna
23
DAVID BOWIE
born 1947 in Brixton
24
KATE BUSH
born 1958 in Kent
25
JEAN-MICHEL JARRE
born 1948 in Lyon
26
OLIVIER MESSIAEN
born 1908 in Avignon (France)
died 1992 in Clichy
27
ROBERT SCHUMANN
born 1810 in Zwickau (Germany)
died 1856 in Endenich
28
SCOTT JOPLIN
born 1867 in Texas
died 1917 in New York
29
BILLY JOEL
born 1949 in Bronx
30
BRIAN HOLLAND
[with his brother Eddie and Dozier]
born 1941 in Detroit
31
LINDSEY BUCKINGHAM
[of Fleetwood Mac]
born 1949 in California
32
EDVARD GRIEG
born 1843 in Bergen (Norway)
died 1907 in Bergen
33
DARIO BALDAN BEMBO
born 1948 in Milano
34
ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER
born 1948 in South Kensington
35
BUFFY SAINTE-MARIE
born 1941 in Saskatchewan
[i indian tribe Cree,
adopted to Massachusetts]
36
MICHEL LEGRAND
born 1932 in Paris
37
GUSTAV MAHLER
born 1860 in Böhmen
died 1911 in Vienna
38
JEFF LYNNE
born 1947 in Birmingham
39
JOHN LENNON
born 1940 in Liverpool
died 1980 in New York
40
DONOVAN
born 1946 in Glasgow
41
TED GÄRDESTAD
born 1956 in Sollentuna (near Stockholm)
died 1997 in Sollentuna
42
PAUL ANKA
born 1941 in Ottawa
43
ENNIO MORRICONE
born 1928 in Rome
44
LEONARD COHEN
born 1934 in Montréal
45
FRANCOISE HARDY
born 1944 in Paris
46
CORNELIS VREESWIJK
born 1937 in IJmuiden (Netherlands)
died 1987 in Stockholm
47
ELVIS COSTELLO
[DECLAN PATRICK MacMANUS]
born 1954 in Paddington
48
HENRY MANCINI
born 1924 in Ohio
died 1994 in Beverly Hills
49
FATS WALLER
born 1904 in New York
died 1943 in Kansas City
50
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
born 1685 in Eisenach
died 1750 in Leipzig
51
KEN HENSLEY
[of Uriah Heep]
born 1945 in Hertfordshire
52
ERIC WOOLFSON
[of Alan Parsons' Project]
born 1945 in Glasgow
died 2009 in London
53
PAUL SIMON
[with Art Garfunkel]
born 1941 in New Jersey
54
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
born 1840 in Votkinsk
died 1893 in S:t Petersburg
55
CAROL KING
born 1942 in Brooklyn
56
NEIL SEDAKA
born 1939 in Brooklyn
57
CHALES AZNAVOUR
born 1924 in Paris
58
ROY ORBISON
born 1936 in Texas
died 1988 in Tennessee
59
ANTONIO CARLOS JOBIM
born 1927 in Rio de Janeiro
died 1994 in New York
60
NEIL TENNANT
[half of Pet Shop Boys]
born 1954 in Tyne and Wear
61
HENRY PURCELL
born 1659 in Westminister
died 1695 in Westminister
62
SONNY BONO
born 1935 in Detroit
died 1998 in California
63
RANDY NEWMAN
born 1943 in Los Angeles (soon New Orleans)
64
ROB HUBBARD
[to Computer Games]
born 1955 in Kingston upon Hull
65
RON MAEL
[half of Sparks]
born 1945 in California
66
PETE TOWNSHEND
born 1945 in Chiswick
67
STEVE WINWOOD
[with JIM CAPALDI]
born 1948 in Birmingham
[born 1944 in Evesham]
68
THOMAS Di LEVA
born 1963 in Gävle
69
STINA NORDENSTAM
born 1969 in Stockholm
70
CLAUDE DEBUSSY
born 1862 in Saint-Germain-en-Laye
died 1918 in Paris
71
GARY BROOKER
[of Procol Harum]
born 1945 in London
72
GREG LAKE
born 1947 in Dorset
73
IGOR STRAVINSKIJ
born 1882 near S:t Petersburg
died 1971 in New York
74
FREDRIK HAGSTEDT
born 1975 in Gothenburg
75
LOUIS PRIMA
[of sicilian heritage]
born 1911 in New Orleans
died 1978 (coma 1975) in New Orleans
76
BJÖRN ISFÄLT
[swedish film scores]
born 1942 in Linköping
died 1997 in Old Enskede
77
GERT LENGSTRAND
born 1942 in Kungälv(?)
78
MIKE STOLLER
[with Jerry Leiber]
born 1933 on Long Island
79
MICK RONSON
born 1946 in Yorkshire
died 1993 in London
80
BRIAN ENO
born 1948 in Suffolk
81
BJÖRK (GUDMUNDSDOTTIR)
born 1965 in Reykjavik (Iceland)
82
REGINA SPEKTOR
born 1980 in Moscow
83
SERGEI RACHMANINOV
born 1873 in Semjonovo
died 1943 in Los Angeles
84
MARIAN GOLD
[of Alphaville]
born 1954 in Herford (Germany)
85
OLA HÅKANSSON
born 1945 in Stockholm
86
GÖRAN LAGERBERG
[of Tages]
born 1947 in Gothenburg
87
JERRY GOLDSMITH
born 1929 in Los Angeles
died 2004 in Beverly Hills
88
MICHAEL NESMITH
[of Monkees]
born 1942 in Texas
89
JONI MITCHELL
born 1943 in Fort Macleod (Canada)
90
DAN HYLANDER
born 1954 in Malmö
91
NIKLAS STRÖMSTEDT
born 1958 in Lund
92
JAMES MacMILLAN
born 1959 in North Ayrshire
93
GEORGES DELERUE
[french film scores]
born 1925 in Roubaix
died 1992 in Los Angeles
94
EDGAR FROESE
[of Tangerine Dream]
born 1944 in Ostpreussen
died 2015 in Vienna
95
GYÖRGY LIGETI
born 1923 in Transylvania
died 2006 in Vienna
96
RICHARD STRAUSS
born 1864 in München
died 1949 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen
97
CHARLIE RICH
born 1932 in Arkansas
died 1995 in Louisiana
98
GEORGE HARRISON
born 1943 in Liverpool
died 2001 in Beverly Hills
99
ANTONÍN DVORÁK
born 1841 in Mühlhausen
died 1904 in Praha
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25 October 2015
Lucy in The Sky with "You've Got to Hide" inside
played by Trellebelle Ukulele Orchestra on Beatle Day in Gothenburg
24 October 2015
15 October 2015
Recently Still Listening to : Fools Rolling Square
my Seventh Music Chakra Tower of 2015
15 Pieces Climbing Longer and Closer to my Heart
This time everyone is heard before
(jumped and skipped the sixth tower)
Crown chakra
1
FOOL'S OVERTURE
with Supertramp
written by Roger Hodgson and Rick Davies
from Even in The Quitest Moments 1977
2
VIVALDI : CONCERTO FOR TWO FLUTES (Strings & Basso Continuo)
with Jirí Novotny and Jirí Válek + Capella Istropolitana 1990
written by Antonio Vivaldi 17??
Brow /third EYE chakra
3
BLACK EYES
with Tommy Dorsey (trombone) and more musicians
written by ???
from Music Maestro Please (Tommy Dorsey collection 1935-1939)
4
I'VE SEEN ALL GOOD PEOPLE
a) YOUR MOVE
"Don't surround yourself with yourself - move on back to squares!"
with Yes
written by Chris Squire and Jon Anderson
from The Yes Album 1971
Throat chakra
5
YOU WON'T SEE ME (when I call you up...)
with The Beatles
written by Paul McCartney
[said to be inspired by a motown song with Four Tops]
from Rubber Soul 1965
6
HYPERBALLAD
with Björk featuring Brodsky Quartet
written by Björk
from Telegram (versions of Post) 1996
Heart chakra
7
PILGRIMS PROGRESS
with Procol Harum
written by Matthew Fisher and Keith Reid
from A Salty Dog 1969
8
SOMETHING HERE IN MY HEART
with The Paper Dolls
written by Macaulay & Macleod 1967
from Buttercups & Rainbows, The Songs of Macaulay & Macleod
Solar Plexus chakra
9
BRUCKNER's SYMPHONY no 8
with Hans Knappertsbusch and Vienna Philharmonic 1961
written by Anton Bruckner 1890
10
THE SLEEPWALKERS
with Van Der Graaf Generator
written by Peter Hammill
from Godbluff 1975
Sex chakra /Sacred chakra
11
THAT SAME OLD FEELING
with Pickettywitch (including Polly Browne)
written by Macaulay & Macleod 1969
from Buttercups & Rainbows, The Songs of Macaulay & Macleod
12
HOUSES OF THE HOLY
with Led Zeppelin
written by Jimmy Page and Robert Plant
from Physical Graffiti 1975
Root chakra
13
(WHY DO) ONLY FOOLS AND HORSES (WORK?)
"Stick a pony in me pocket..."
with someone [signature piano song]
written by Ronnie Hazlehurst
from series Only Fools And Horses first season 1981
14
RUDY('s on a train to nowhere)
with Supertramp
written by Roger Hodgson and Rick Davies
from Crime of The Century 1974
Above And Below Everyone
15
CLOSE TO THE EDGE [.......I GET UP, I GET DOWN.......]
with Yes
written by Jon Anderson and Steve Howe
from Close To The Edge 1972
These numbers don't compare value, just gives spiritual structure
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10 October 2015
Cosmic Tramp Orbits Closer
inspired by Supertramp's music
Trombone number 7
Took the long way home
tonight with my crazy circus train in super-space
travelled from Titan
- breakfast on Oberon -
passed around Triton
some years before returning in agony (s)exhausted
now to our
earthly moon
drawn by an armstrong but really illusive
limb out again
that string of golden brass
has paved some magic track
straight back
to my earliest future
where we sat in same sofa and
saxophoned so many strange talking people
hidden inside septangular furnitures
like a mess of perfect motives
before this lonely black
computer spread your silence
allover every galaxy
could I've been a musician or moviemaker
rather than working as madman
- world's most nice demon -
for women wondering
about some well-dressed elephant
among these desolated corridors
suspiciously circular
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Trombone number 7
Took the long way home
tonight with my crazy circus train in super-space
travelled from Titan
- breakfast on Oberon -
passed around Triton
some years before returning in agony (s)exhausted
now to our
earthly moon
drawn by an armstrong but really illusive
limb out again
that string of golden brass
has paved some magic track
straight back
to my earliest future
where we sat in same sofa and
saxophoned so many strange talking people
hidden inside septangular furnitures
like a mess of perfect motives
before this lonely black
computer spread your silence
allover every galaxy
could I've been a musician or moviemaker
rather than working as madman
- world's most nice demon -
for women wondering
about some well-dressed elephant
among these desolated corridors
suspiciously circular
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08 October 2015
seVen seen : Mad Humans & Sane Ghosts Foolishly Riding
mostly into the 80's
some from WW II
others just everyday life
my Recent Movie and Series (Re)Discoveries
Seventh Tower of 2015
through chakras
Crown chakra
LILI MARLEEN
by Rainer Werner Fassbinder
West Germany 1981
about nazi culture icon maybe not
4 Expectation Before
2 Halfway
3 Whole just seen
3 After further Reflection
4 Repeating or Reading about
Total Process 16 /5
= 3.2
most memorable role : WILLIE performing L.M. (Hanna Schygulla)
third EYE chakra
POLTERGEIST part II
: THE OTHER SIDE
by Brian Gibson
USA 1986
2 Expectation Before
4 Halfway
4 Whole just seen
4 After further Reflection
3 Repeating or Reading about
Total Process 17 /5
= 3.4
most memorable role : KANE "THE OLD DEVIL" (Julian Beck)
Throat chakra
ONLY FOOLS AND HORSES (First Season)
by John Sullivan
UK 1981
5 Expectation Before
4 Halfway (= almost four episodes)
3 Whole just seen (= seven episodes)
2 After further Reflection
4 Repeating or Reading about
Total Process 18 /5
= 3.6
most memorable role : DEL TROTTER (David Jason)
Heart chakra
BARBARA
by Christian Petzold
Germany 2012
about the 1980's in DDR
3 Expectation Before
5 Halfway
4 Whole just seen
4 After further Reflection
5 Repeating or Reading about
Total Process 21 /5
= 4.2
most memorable role : ANDRÉ (Ronald Zehrfeld)
Solar Plexus chakra
MAD MAX
first part
(never seen before)
by George Miller
Australia 1979
4 Expectation Before
5 Halfway
4 Whole just seen
2 After further Reflection
4 Repeating or Reading about
Total Process 19 /5
= 3.8
most memorable role : MAY SWAISEY (Sheila Florance)
Sex chakra /Sacred chakra
GILIAP
by Roy Andersson
Sweden 1975
(also seen fifteen years ago)
3 Expectation Before
5 Halfway
4 Whole just seen
4 After further Reflection
4 Repeating or Reading about
Total Process 20 /5
= 4.0
most memorable role : "GREVEN" GUSTAV (Willie Andréason)
Root chakra
THE MISFIT BRIGADE aka WHEELS OF TERROR
["DÖDEN PÅ LARVFÖTTER"]
directed by Gordon Hessler
written by Sven Hassel
Denmark /UK /Yugoslavia 1987
3 Expectation Before
2 Halfway
3 Whole just seen
2 After further Reflection
4 Repeating or Reading about
Total Process 14 /5
= 2.8
most memorable Role : VON WEISSHAGEN (David Carradine)
this points' process system is
inspired by swedish Sigge's 12/12/12/12 idea
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27 September 2015
Most Peculiar and Tasteful ALBUM TITLES
Some could almost have worked as titles for sci-fi-novels.
Funny thing was, to remind me of these fantastic titles, I found more internet inspiration from "worst titles" lists than from "best titles" lists.
Surprises me further that some of the most lyrically ambitious artists came up with quite ordinary names for all their albums.
1
THE MAN WHO SOLD THE WORLD
David Bowie
2
LABOUR OF LUST
Nick Lowe
3
YOUNGER THAN YESTERDAY
The Byrds
4
MORE SONGS ABOUT BUILDINGS AND FOOD
Talking Heads
5
THE ROARING SILENCE
Manfred Mann's Earth Band
6
THE HISSING OF SUMMER LAWNS
Joni Mitchell
7
RUBBER SOUL
The Beatles
8
RETURN TO FOREVER
Chick Corea
9
EVEN IN THE QUITEST MOMENTS
Supertramp
10
VERY
Pet Shop Boys
11
A WOOFER IN TWEETER'S CLOTHING
Sparks
12
EASTER EVERYWHERE
13:th Floor Elevators
13
THE BIRDS, THE BEES & THE MONKEES
The Monkees
14
A GIFT FROM A FLOWER TO A GARDEN
Donovan
15
IF MUSIC BE THE FOOD OF LOVE...
(THEN PREPARE FOR INDIGESTION)
Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich
16
ANOTHER MUSIC IN A DIFFERENT KITCHEN
Buzzcocks
17
SELLING ENGLAND BY THE POUND
Genesis
18
BUDDHA AND THE CHOCOLATE BOX
Cat Stevens
19
BEFORE AND AFTER SCIENCE
Brian Eno
20
2
[= overcrossing the self-titled name of their first album]
NEU!
21
DOUBLE FANTASY
John Lennon & Yoko Ono
22
BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER
Simon & Garfunkel
23
BACK HERE ON EARTH
Gordon Lightfoot
24
NEW SKIN FOR THE OLD CEREMONY
Leonard Cohen
25
HOUSES OF THE HOLY
Led Zeppelin
26
IN THE COURT OF THE CRIMSON KING
King Crimson
27
H TO HE WHO AM THE ONLY ONE
Van Der Graaf Generator
28
WELCOME TO MY NIGHTMARE
Alice Cooper
29
HELP!
The Beatles
30
BITCHES BREW
Miles Davis and more
31
BRAIN SALAD SURGERY
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
32
BETWEEN THE BUTTONS
Rolling Stones
33
THIRTY THREE & 1/3
George Harrison
34
QUADROPHENIA
The Who
35
DEAR CATASTROPHE WAITRESS
Belle and Sebastian
36
SECRET, PROFANE & SUGARCANE
Elvis Costello
37
RELAYER
Yes
38
OK COMPUTER
Radiohead
39
MEMORY ALMOST FULL
Paul McCartney
40
TOO LOW FOR ZERO
Elton John
41
TIME TAKES TIME
Ringo Starr
42
ACTUALLY
Pet Shop Boys
43
& YET & YET
Do Make Say Think
44
THE IDLER WHEEL IS WISER THAN THE DRIVER OF THE SCREW AND WHIPPING CORDS WILL SERVE YOU MORE THAN ROPES WILL EVER DO
Fiona Apple
45
APOSTROPHE (')
Frank Zappa
46
SWORDFISH TROMBONES
Tom Waits
47
(COME ON FEEL THE) ILLINOISE
Sufjan Stevens
48
WHAT WE SAW FROM THE CHEAP SEATS
Regina Spektor
49
THIS IS
Stina Nordenstam
50
FOREVER CHANGES
Love
51
VERSION 2.0
Garbage
52
IT'S NOT ME, IT'S YOU
Lily Allen
53
BEAUTY AND THE BEAT
Go-Go's
54
BACK TO BLACK
Amy Winehouse
55
THE AGE OF PLASTIC
The Buggles
56
POCKET SYMPHONY
Air
57
STRATOSFEAR
Tangerine Dream
58
AFTERNOONS IN UTOPIA
Alphaville
59
LIFTED or THE STORY IS IN THE SOIL, KEEP YOUR EAR TO THE GROUND
Bright Eyes
60
MOONMADNESS
Camel
61
ANOTHER DAY ON EARTH
Brian Eno
62
NAKED NUMBER ONE
Tomas Di Leva
63
ALADDIN SANE
David Bowie
64
THE MILK-EYED MENDER
Joanna Newsom
65
SON OF A PLUMBER
Per Gessle
66
DIARY OF A MADMAN
Ozzy Osbourne
67
LOVE AT FIRST STING
Scorpions
68
ZOOLOOK
Jean Michel Jarre
69
DECEPTIVE BENDS
10cc
70
UMMAGUMMA
Pink Floyd
71
TURNSTILES
Billy Joel
72
THE TURN OF A FRIENDLY CARD
Alan Parsons' Project
73
IF I COULD DO IT ALL OVER AGAIN, I'D DO IT ALL OVER YOU
Caravan
74
THE TAKE OFF AND LANDING OF EVERYTHING
Elbow
75
VESPERTINE
Björk
76
THE RAVEN THAT REFUSED TO SING
Steven Wilson
77
SONG OF SEVEN
Jon Anderson
To be on this list I should have heard each album (at least once). Otherwise it would be too many titles to choose among. For same easy reason I concentrate on titles in english (or gibberish) language.
A plus but not a demand is that the contempt of actual music reflects the title well.
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11 September 2015
seVen seen : Sides of Big WAR, among Real Soldiers (or Fictional Fighters)
crazy, comic and serious
before, during or after
my Recent Movie (Re)Discoveries
Fifth Tower of 2015
through chakras
this points process system is
inspired by Sigge Eklund's 12/12/12/12 idea
Crown chakra
WHERE EAGLES DARE
[ÖRNNÄSTET]
directed by Brian G. Hutton
UK /Austria /USA 1968
written by Alistair MacLean
5 Expectation Before
5 Halfway
5 Whole just seen
3 After further Reflection
4 Repeating or Reading about
Total Process 22 /5
= 4.4
most memorable Role : VON HAPEN (Derren Nesbitt)
third EYE chakra
TRON
by Steven Lisberger
USA, Taiwan 1982
[seen for second time now,
soon two years ago first time]
4 Expectation Before
3 Halfway
5 Whole just seen
4 After further Reflection
5 Repeating or Reading about
Total Process 21 /5
= 4.2
most memorable role : DUMONT "The Pyramidical Tower Guardian" (Barnard Hughes)
Throat chakra
THE IMITATION GAME
by Morten Tyldum
UK /USA 2014
4 Expectation Before
3 Halfway
4 Whole just seen
3 After further Reflection
4 Repeating or Reading about
Total Process 18 /5
= 3.6
most memorable role : JOAN CLARKE (Keira Knightley)
Heart chakra
BAND OF BROTHERS, episode 1 + 2
different directors
USA 2001
written by Stephen Ambrose
4 Expectation Before
4 Halfway (one episode of ten)
3 Whole just seen (two episodes of ten)
3 After further Reflection
4 Repeating or Reading about
Total Process 18 /5
= 3.6
most memorable role : LT. RICHARD WINTERS (Damian Lewis)
Solar Plexus chakra
WHIPLASH
by Damien Chazelle
USA 2014
5 Expectation Before
4 Halfway
4 Whole just seen
3 After further Reflection
3 Repeating or Reading about
Total Process 19 /5
= 3.8
most memorable role : TEACHER FLETCHER (J.K. Simmons)
Sex chakra /Sacred chakra
PATTON
directed by Franklin J. Schaffner
USA 1970
written by Francis Ford Coppola
4 Expectation Before
5 Halfway
4 Whole just seen
3 After further Reflection
3 Repeating or Reading about
Total Process 19 /5
= 3.8
most memorable role : GENERAL PATTON (George C. Scott)
Root chakra
ROME, OPEN CITY
[ROMA, CITTÀ APERTA]
by Roberto Rossellini
Italy 1945
5 Expectation Before
1 Halfway
3 Whole just seen
3 After further Reflection
4 Repeating or Reading about
Total Process 16 /5
= 3.2
most memorable role : DON PIETRO PELLEGRINI (Aldo Fabrizi)
Realise that none (of these) seems to get higher value after further Reflection
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08 September 2015
04 September 2015
my 40 Favourite Elton John Songs
among them made 1969-78
as I experience this masterpieces nowadays
including Taupin's lyrics
ordered by Phases of my life
Retroactive from 2015 back to 1975
through each year they most feels or seems to Represent
39 year old
COUNTRY COMFORT
"I saw grandma yesterday down at the store
Was she really going five or eighty-four?"
38 year old
WESTERN FORD GATEWAY
37 year old
MONA LISAS AND MAD HATTERS
36 year old
THE KING MUST DIE
35 year old
WRITING
34 year old
ROCKET MAN (it's lonely here in space)
33 year old
(City living woman) YOU'RE SO STATIC
32 year old
BIG DIPPER
31 year old
TOWER OF BABEL
30 year old
SOMEONE'S FINAL SONG
29 year old
INTO THE OLD MAN'S SHOES
28 year old
SOLAR PRESTIGE A GAMMON
27 year old
AMOREENA
26 year old
TEXAN LOVE SONG
25 year old
I'VE SEEN THE SAUCERS
24 year old
HYMN 2000
23 year old
ISLAND GIRL
22 year old
PINKY
"candlelight fell like a crescent
upon your feather pillow"
21 year old
TINY DANCER
20 year old
THE BALLAD OF DANNY BAILEY
19 year old
FUNERAL FOR A FRIEND (LOVE LIES BLEEDING)
18 year old
DIRTY LITTLE GIRL
17 year old
WE ALL FALL IN LOVE SOMETIMES
(including CURTAINS)
16 year old
IT'S ME THAT YOU NEED (Look in the Mirror)
15 year old
GOODBYE YELLOW BRICK ROAD
14 year old
THIS SONG HAS NO TITLE
"in a vast high powered rocket to the core of the sun
want to read books in the studies of men"
13 year old
PINBALL WIZARD
[penned by Townshend for Tommy]
12 year old
DAN DARE (PILOT OF THE FUTURE)
[my first computer game]
11 year old
TEACHER I NEED YOU
10 year old
(It's hard to write a song with) BITTER FINGERS
9 year old
SONG FOR GUY
8 year old
YOUR SONG
[especially a cover with Mia Martini]
7 year old
LUCY IN THE SKY WITH DIAMONDS
[penned by Beatle Lennon]
6 year old
CROCODILE ROCK
5 year old
SKYLINE PIGEON (over...
flowers and forest fountains)
4 year old
GREY SEAL (How does it feel to be so wise?)
3 years old
HARMONY (and me...
Baby Hello!)
2 years old
(Everybody needs a) PART-TIME LOVE
1 year old
FEED ME
0 year old
COME DOWN IN TIME
part of Country Comfort
Elton also made numbers with fitting titles asSixty Years On
or Between Seventeen And Twenty
but they just almost
feels good enough to join the fourty
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15 August 2015
my Fifth Music Chakra Tower of 2015
15 Pieces Climbing Longer and Closer to my Heart
some once again, some never before
(these numbers don't compare value, just gives spiritual structure)
Crown chakra
1
I'VE SEEN THE SAUCERS
with Elton John
written by Bernie Taupin & Elton John
from Caribou 1974
2
SALISBURY
with Uriah Heep
written by David Byron, Mick Box, Ken Hensley
from Salisbury 1971
Brow /third EYE chakra
3
THE ANCIENT : GIANTS UNDER THE SUN
with Yes
written by Steve Howe and Jon Anderson
from Tales From Topographic Oceans 1974
4
1983... (A MERMAN I SHOULD TURN TO BE)
with The Jimi Hendrix Experience
written by Jimi Hendrix
from Electric Ladyland 1968
Throat chakra
5
IMPRESSIONE DI SETTEMBRE
with Premiata Forneria Marconi
written by Francone Mussida, Mauro Pagani
from Storia di un Minuto 1972
6
YOU CAN MAKE IT IF YOU TRY
with Sly & The Family Stone
written by Sylvester Stewart = Sly Stone
from Stand! 1969
Heart chakra
7
FOREIGNER SUITE
with Cat Stevens
written by Cat Stevens
from Foreigner Suite 1973
8
PICNIC
[cover of YOUR SONG]
with Mia Martini
written by Elton John
italian version by Maurizio Piccoli
from Il Giorno Dopo 1973
Solar Plexus chakra
9
UP AROUND THE BEND
with Creedence Clearwater Revival
written by John Fogerty
from Cosmo's Factory 1970
10
BORN TO RUN
with Frankie Goes To Hollywood
written by Bruce Springsteen
from Welcome To The Pleasuredome 1984
Sex chakra /Sacred chakra
11
RABALDERSTRAEDE (er en gade... Kom og ta' mig!)
with Gasolin'
written by Kim Larsen
from Gas 5 1975
12
HOUSEQUAKE
with Prince
written by Prince
from Sign O' The Times 1987
Root chakra
13
MONDAY MORNING
with Fleetwood Mac
written by Buckingham
from Fleetwood Mac 1975
14
COUNTRY COMFORT
with Elton John
written by Bernie Taupin & Elton John
from Tumbleweed Connection 1970
Above And Below Everyone
15
THICK AS A BRICK
with Jethro Tull
written by Ian Anderson and Gerald Bostock
from Thick as a Brick 1972
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13 August 2015
08 August 2015
Fifteen Fabulous sorts of Beer
mostly stout or porter
my best discoveries of this summer
(some already during spring and winter)
1
DUGGES IDJIT!
imperial stout
swedish
2
OMNIPOLLO : NOA PECAN MUD CAKE
imperial stout
swedish
like a dessert
3
TERRAPIN MOO-HOO
chocolate milk stout
american
4
POPPELS RUSSIAN IMPERIAL STOUT
swedish
5
MONTEITH'S SUMMER ALE
with ginger
from New Zeeland
6
FLYING DOG, GONZO
imperial porter
american
7
OPPIGÅRDS INDIAN TRIBUTE
swedish
8
WEIRD BEARD's DOUBLE PERLE
a Coffee Milk Stout
british
9
KRUSOVICE CERNE
czech
10
NÓMADA BREWING : ROYAL PORTER
spanish
11
GREAT DIVIDE : YETI
imperial stout
american
12
WISBY OAKED PORTER
swedish
13
LA TRAPPE TRIPEL
dutch ale
14
STIGBERGETS RUSSIAN IMPERIAL STOUT
swedish
15
SAMBA KING
By The Horns
british
tasted here in swedish Gothenburg
among not so very unusual sorts easy to get
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26 July 2015
seVen seen : Detecting Many Sides of Death
my Recent Movie (Re)Discoveries
Fourth Tower of 2015
through chakra system
Crown chakra
FORREST GUMP
by Robert Zemeckis
USA 1994
most memorable role : JENNY CURRAN (Hanna Hall /Robin Wright)
4 Characters
6 Scenery
7 Camerawork
2 Thrill
4 Conflict
5 Humour
3 Psychology
5 Philosophy
6 Fantasy
3 Composition
7 Music
5 Concept
= 57
third EYE chakra
FOUR SHADES OF BROWN
[FYRA NYANSER AV BRUNT]
by Tomas Alfredson
Sweden 2004
may be fourth time I've seen this quadruple movie
most memorable roles :
1. ERNST (Johan Rheborg)
2. CHRISTER LANDIN (Robert Gustafsson)
3. SMULAN (Karin Ekström)
4. HADAR CARS (wooden figurine made by Sven Gunnarsson)
7 Characters
3 Scenery
2 Camerawork
5 Thrill
6 Conflict
7 Humour
7 Psychology
3 Philosophy
7 Fantasy
4 Composition
6 Music
7 Concept
= 64
Throat chakra
SPIES
[SPIONE]
by Fritz Lang
Germany 1928
most memorable role : SONYA BARANILKOWA (Gerda Maurus)
7 Characters
6 Scenery
6 Camerawork
3 Thrill
3 Conflict
7 Humour
3 Psychology
3 Philosophy
5 Fantasy
4 Composition
3 Music
4 Concept
= 54
Heart chakra
STILL LIFE
by Uberto Pasolini
Italy /UK 2013
most memorable role : JOHN MAY (Eddie Marsan)
6 Characters
4 Scenery
5 Camerawork
3 Thrill
5 Conflict
5 Humour
7 Psychology
5 Philosophy
6 Fantasy
4 Composition
4 Music
7 Concept
= 61
Solar Plexus chakra
FULL METAL JACKET
by Stanley Kubrick
USA /UK 1987
most memorable role : PVT. 'GOMER PYLE' (Vincent D'Onofrio)
6 Characters
5 Scenery
6 Camerawork
7 Thrill
6 Conflict
4 Humour
5 Psychology
4 Philosophy
2 Fantasy
4 Composition
3 Music
2 Concept
= 55
Sex chakra /Sacred chakra
TRUE DETECTIVE
first two episodes of season 2
written by Nic Pizzolatto
directed by Justin Lin
USA 2015
Probably I would've get the story better if 2:nd episode had been shown before 1:st episode, but the meaning may not be to understand immediately
most memorable role : ELIOT BEZZERIDES (David Morse)
4 Characters
6 Scenery
4 Camerawork
5 Thrill
6 Conflict
1 Humour
5 Psychology
3 Philosophy
4 Fantasy
3 Composition
3 Music
2 Concept
= 46
Root chakra
FORCE MAJEURE
[TOURIST /TURIST]
also called "SNOW THERAPY"
by Ruben Östlund
Sweden 2014
most memorable role : MATS (Kristofer Hivju)
6 Characters
5 Scenery
4 Camerawork
5 Thrill
6 Conflict
4 Humour
7 Psychology
5 Philosophy
3 Fantasy
5 Composition
3 Music
4 Concept
= 57
Above everyone And Below everyone
PATTON
directed by Franklin J. Schaffner
written by Francis Ford Coppola
USA 1970
most memorable role : GENERAL PATTON (George C. Scott)
5 Characters
6 Scenery
6 Camerawork
6 Thrill
4 Conflict
4 Humour
3 Psychology
5 Philosophy
2 Fantasy
4 Composition
2 Music
6 Concept
= 53
I now again give stars from 1 to 7
where 3 is good and total possible 7 x 12 = 84 never exist(?)
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22 July 2015
by Myslikova street in Prague
...long since I last got a feeling of déjà vu, like from an earlier life
but two months ago it happened, like an imagination I hade really lived there
on a Prague street I didn't expected, since this Myslikova is located on "the new" city side (closer to the Jiraskuv bridge than the most famous bridges), in a relatively anonymous area where I never experienced something memorable during my three visits before...
Maybe it was just some symbol I saw or smell I got reminded by, right there or delayed from while I was walking again through many corners of this cozy city.
but two months ago it happened, like an imagination I hade really lived there
on a Prague street I didn't expected, since this Myslikova is located on "the new" city side (closer to the Jiraskuv bridge than the most famous bridges), in a relatively anonymous area where I never experienced something memorable during my three visits before...
Maybe it was just some symbol I saw or smell I got reminded by, right there or delayed from while I was walking again through many corners of this cozy city.
15 July 2015
Brain Games now : my Experience including Results
played through lumosity site forum
games I'm specially good at
and also find joyously exciting
1. Star Search
2. Color Match
3. Train of Thought
4. Face Memory Workout
5. Monster Garden
games I'm quite bad at
but still find joyously exciting
6. Top Chimp
7. Pet Detective
8. Eagle Eye
9. Space Junk
10. Speed Pack
games for which both my results and feelings changes
dramatically up 'n' down 'n' up again
11. Pinball Recall
12. Word Bubbles Rising
13. Trouble Brewing
14. Penguin Pursuit
15. Memory Lane
games for which my feelings as well as results keep
a moderate pace
16. Disillusion (new version)
17. Playing Koi
18. Brain Shift Overdrive
19. Speed Match Overdrive
20. Word Sort
games I'm specially good at
but anyway find very boring
21. Follow That Frog
22. Rhyme Workout
23. Tidal Treasures
24. River Ranger
25. Ebb & Flow
games I'm quite bad at
and also find very boring
26. Rotation Matrix
(prefer the non-moving Memory Matrix)
27. Disconnection
28. Splitting Seeds
39. Chalkboard Challenge
(or even worse Raindrops)
30. Observation Tower
Lumosity Performance Index [max 2000]
1442 my Best LPI
1442 my Current LPI
1428 in Speed games
1509 in Memory games
1344 in Attention games
1613 in Flexibility games
1308 in Problem Solving games
compared with my age group 35-39 year olds
LPI = 81.9 percentile
in Speed games 74.7 percentile
in Memory games 89.0 percentile
in Attention games 75.2 percentile
in Flexibility games 88.1 percentile
in Problem Solving games 63.9 perc
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games I'm specially good at
and also find joyously exciting
1. Star Search
2. Color Match
3. Train of Thought
4. Face Memory Workout
5. Monster Garden
games I'm quite bad at
but still find joyously exciting
6. Top Chimp
7. Pet Detective
8. Eagle Eye
9. Space Junk
10. Speed Pack
games for which both my results and feelings changes
dramatically up 'n' down 'n' up again
11. Pinball Recall
12. Word Bubbles Rising
13. Trouble Brewing
14. Penguin Pursuit
15. Memory Lane
games for which my feelings as well as results keep
a moderate pace
16. Disillusion (new version)
17. Playing Koi
18. Brain Shift Overdrive
19. Speed Match Overdrive
20. Word Sort
games I'm specially good at
but anyway find very boring
21. Follow That Frog
22. Rhyme Workout
23. Tidal Treasures
24. River Ranger
25. Ebb & Flow
games I'm quite bad at
and also find very boring
26. Rotation Matrix
(prefer the non-moving Memory Matrix)
27. Disconnection
28. Splitting Seeds
39. Chalkboard Challenge
(or even worse Raindrops)
30. Observation Tower
Lumosity Performance Index [max 2000]
1442 my Best LPI
1442 my Current LPI
1428 in Speed games
1509 in Memory games
1344 in Attention games
1613 in Flexibility games
1308 in Problem Solving games
compared with my age group 35-39 year olds
LPI = 81.9 percentile
in Speed games 74.7 percentile
in Memory games 89.0 percentile
in Attention games 75.2 percentile
in Flexibility games 88.1 percentile
in Problem Solving games 63.9 perc
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