album: subtitulo
Summertimealbum: nashville
Winter In The Hamptons (Album Version)
Monday, July 31, 2006
Sunday, July 16, 2006
casablanca...here´´s lookin " you kid
so i will begin my arabian tale!! yes i can say i´ve been to the deserts of africa! ok so here it goes::::
i awaited the departure of royale air maroc, alone amongst families & couples holding each other in excited anticipation. the seats were rather comfortable considering the occasion. awaited the infamous saying ¨now boarding passengers, rows 10-20¨--my turn has arrived! i get up, hand my ticket over the the arabian princess standing in front of me and walk the plank -the line was long & moved slow-- a glimpse of the moroccan world to come-- i entered the plane & found my seat was along the window- i love window seats, esp on planes! i also found the seat next to me empty- for a while at least. a middle aged woman moved in to be my companion. we exchanged a few sentences but i soon became the person strapped into headphones too entranced in her own luis-filled music world to care about anything else. after a while we spoke about our journeys coming up & she was going to morocco with some fellow teachers for a tour. melody decided to go ahead of everyone else to see what else there was to explore. after looking at a magazine of morocco i saw an ad (yes, thank you advertisements!) for 'festival casablanca'--a celebration of arabian music & films. i decided hey, this is a great reason to stay. i glanced at her ´lonely planet´book & wrote down some hotels, restaurants, streets to avoid, exchange rate of dirham (1$ = 8.5 dH) and decided if the cost to change my ticket was not beyond my means i would stay. i arrived early AM in morocco -cleaned up in the bathroom, changed clothes into something cool (my green linen dress that does not expose too much) & made my way to the travel agency inside the airport. spoke w-woman who stated it would be 150$ to change my ticket -my family gave me money to basically cover that so i decided if i can get ahold of sara it would be ago. i called you (your voice was like a part of heaven dropped into the receiver! ), got ahold of sara to whom i confirmed the safety of this experience & was on my way. i awaited a train to take me to ´casa port´- an area in north west morocco where there are hotels & near to festival casablanca. melody was staying at a hotel on the ocean but i decided to save my $ and make it work. i took a taxi (petit taxi --very small & red) to hotel de palais. for about 14$ it was great (not a 5 star but nice enough) - first floor corner room, balcony, queen size bed & a twin bed also, closets w-hangers, private bath, toilet, toilet paper (yes this is not a given here!), and a great feeling to it!! i felt very comfortable w-the staff and all. i went on a journey to get a sandwich & realized the city was a little bigger than i imagined & yes, french is quite a necessity. a young guy (kassem) asked if i needed help & took me to a sandwich shoppe, at first a guide, who later became a friend. i grabbed a sandwich (later realized it was lamb) with olives & salad w-french fries & fresh orange juice --man do these people have great orange juice!! yes i believe it would beat anything from the states. back to hotel to nap & shower. i awoke a few hours later rested & acclimated to jet lag. met later w- kassem & some of his friends for a nite out in morocco -also met his family -very welcoming had some moroccan tea & tried to chat w them but just basically laughed at the fact that i know NO FRENCH!!
people in morocco love their cigarettes! they sell them on the street for a few dirham for a single cigarette --everywhere you turn guys are smoking! :( and yes, the world is kind of split- i rarely saw girls w-guys unless they were young- older men stand in droves chatting, having tea & coffee in cafes, sharing stories over cigarettes! women stay w-the children (god bless them!) -i saw them eating a lot, though rarely saw the men eating -strange..?
alas after the bar i went back to the hotel to wake up for the beach the following morning. changed rooms for something a little less expensive -you may ask isn´t 14$ a great deal but for 8$ you can get another room & i was low on dH. i tell you the difference b-t 6$ is great! the new room had a small twin bed, on the 4th floor walk up, a small window & shower you needed to walk downstairs to get the key for...there also was no shower stall just a hand held device to wash with & yes, no toilet paper. well it did the trick anyway (oh, i was told later that i had to pay for use of the shower but i stated that no one told me that & so they didn´t make me pay the extra 10dH). took a bus to the ocean -swam in the most beautiful ocean i´ve seen yet! warm turquoise blue water that you can walk out maybe 200 feet w-out being too deep, rolling waves, millions of bubbles, soft fine HOT sand!! there were only a few girls there -young ones wearing bikinis but the older ones wore their long dresses & there were only a few. i tried to ride the waves w- the male youths but did not catch any good ones. just enjoyed the feel of water against my body. afterwards grabbed a shower at the hotel & walked to a cafe to enjoy some of that wonderful wonderful moroccan tea (mint & sugar)!! was the only woman outside sitting but wrote of my travels. the time stops in morocco- so laid back & hot & humid! no air conditioners here but there was a young man selling portable fans throughout the street to cars that were passing. here the cars do not like to stop for pedestrians & w-the lack of traffic lights it makes walking difficult sometimes, but you walk & hope for the best!! :) people sell everything here -sara´s father said they sell old teeth!! i did not see any of that. i got some really great bread for 1.5 dH from a really friendly older man who was quite excited that i came from nyc. people hear that you´re from nyc & grow so happy -they are so welcoming and genuinely happy to meet someone from so far away!
so 15th marks the day of festival casablanca!! i met up w-kassem & his friend arabi (very nice guy) & we went to the parade --wow! so amazing!! thousands of people filled the street - 3 huge marionettes walked (one was parisian, one a bruja, and one an older guy); filed behind them were people dressed like giraffes & of course the musicians!! so full of energy!! from the sky came 2 guys w-fireworks on their feet!! wow!! then began the rock music - a man on top of a pegasus shot out more fireworks into the air. a friend of arabi´s has a car & we drove to ain duab (the beach) to see an arabian woman singer - we stopped to see the biggest mosque in the world -it is fantastically huge! the doors were closing so i could not go inside but i looked to the outside in amazement! such beautiful architecture -clean lines, tiled floors, arches that would drive most crazy w-excitement.
made way to the concert & man the young girls were going crazy dancing!! as were the young guys! they give 4 kisses to each other if they are very close friends -it was so nice to see everyone so friendly w-each other. i really like their culture from what small snidbit of what i could see. the lady sang for about an hour -most songs sounded similar but w-a lil different beat. she´s a pretty good performer though! afterwards walked along the sidewalks to see the goings-on of this part of town but nothing of interest & all were sleepy from the hot day so back to hotel & said bye to the new friends i met. we spoke of culture, language, family, friends, loved-ones, animals & travel. i learned a few french & arabic words (salam = hi, mal salama = bye, cheukran = thanks, & hi & bye & whatever else you can say! :) ) a few numbers in french & wei (yes!), chi= hot. i kept saying wei today w-sara! i´m losing a little of my english too -words do not come as easily! :)
up early about 7am to get taxi to casa vouyage to airport- our plane se roto (not sure why but that is what i learned from the guy there) -met a wonderful couple w- a small daughter (zizi about 3 yrs old) - the wife & daughter are going to nyc to visit her sister & invited me for couscous & moroccan tea! the little one is so cute but a small horror!! decided that everything everyone had is super & she has to give it a whirl herself (my water & camera, a guys´ ipod, a lady´s lap, a kid´s candy & she even attempted a PS2!! wow she was a kick!! :) and to boot--also a delay of some guys trying to smuggle hashish in their shoes --about 2 hrs delay!! wow! so new plane (sara´s mother told me the company iberia -who finally took us- was on strike until i guess just today or yesterday -what luck!! so my arrival in madrid had come & i was on my way! :)
leaving casablanca.. walked up onto plane steps from the streetway & i just had to do it...looked at zizi & said ´here´s lookin at you kid´ no, she had no idea what i said but amidst the million kisses to my hand she just looked up & smiled.
alas, madrid decided to change the whole airport & everything i once knew did not exist! apparently the same for sara!! so there is a new train that takes you to your luggage, where the old subway once stood so i was at a loss for where i was. my cellular had no minutes so i borrowed someone´s phone to ring sara & ask her where she was...a few mins later we confirmed the new train system!! so sara & jorge were there to pick me up -so nice to see her-a great friend! :) picked up something from jorge´s house & the spanish started rolling...we were on the way to orusco (her parent´s house in the mountains) -much cooler than the 130 degrees in madrid!! i am not joking!! and here now i am-getting ready for bed after a nice swim in the pool & dinner w-her family.
i awaited the departure of royale air maroc, alone amongst families & couples holding each other in excited anticipation. the seats were rather comfortable considering the occasion. awaited the infamous saying ¨now boarding passengers, rows 10-20¨--my turn has arrived! i get up, hand my ticket over the the arabian princess standing in front of me and walk the plank -the line was long & moved slow-- a glimpse of the moroccan world to come-- i entered the plane & found my seat was along the window- i love window seats, esp on planes! i also found the seat next to me empty- for a while at least. a middle aged woman moved in to be my companion. we exchanged a few sentences but i soon became the person strapped into headphones too entranced in her own luis-filled music world to care about anything else. after a while we spoke about our journeys coming up & she was going to morocco with some fellow teachers for a tour. melody decided to go ahead of everyone else to see what else there was to explore. after looking at a magazine of morocco i saw an ad (yes, thank you advertisements!) for 'festival casablanca'--a celebration of arabian music & films. i decided hey, this is a great reason to stay. i glanced at her ´lonely planet´book & wrote down some hotels, restaurants, streets to avoid, exchange rate of dirham (1$ = 8.5 dH) and decided if the cost to change my ticket was not beyond my means i would stay. i arrived early AM in morocco -cleaned up in the bathroom, changed clothes into something cool (my green linen dress that does not expose too much) & made my way to the travel agency inside the airport. spoke w-woman who stated it would be 150$ to change my ticket -my family gave me money to basically cover that so i decided if i can get ahold of sara it would be ago. i called you (your voice was like a part of heaven dropped into the receiver! ), got ahold of sara to whom i confirmed the safety of this experience & was on my way. i awaited a train to take me to ´casa port´- an area in north west morocco where there are hotels & near to festival casablanca. melody was staying at a hotel on the ocean but i decided to save my $ and make it work. i took a taxi (petit taxi --very small & red) to hotel de palais. for about 14$ it was great (not a 5 star but nice enough) - first floor corner room, balcony, queen size bed & a twin bed also, closets w-hangers, private bath, toilet, toilet paper (yes this is not a given here!), and a great feeling to it!! i felt very comfortable w-the staff and all. i went on a journey to get a sandwich & realized the city was a little bigger than i imagined & yes, french is quite a necessity. a young guy (kassem) asked if i needed help & took me to a sandwich shoppe, at first a guide, who later became a friend. i grabbed a sandwich (later realized it was lamb) with olives & salad w-french fries & fresh orange juice --man do these people have great orange juice!! yes i believe it would beat anything from the states. back to hotel to nap & shower. i awoke a few hours later rested & acclimated to jet lag. met later w- kassem & some of his friends for a nite out in morocco -also met his family -very welcoming had some moroccan tea & tried to chat w them but just basically laughed at the fact that i know NO FRENCH!!
people in morocco love their cigarettes! they sell them on the street for a few dirham for a single cigarette --everywhere you turn guys are smoking! :( and yes, the world is kind of split- i rarely saw girls w-guys unless they were young- older men stand in droves chatting, having tea & coffee in cafes, sharing stories over cigarettes! women stay w-the children (god bless them!) -i saw them eating a lot, though rarely saw the men eating -strange..?
alas after the bar i went back to the hotel to wake up for the beach the following morning. changed rooms for something a little less expensive -you may ask isn´t 14$ a great deal but for 8$ you can get another room & i was low on dH. i tell you the difference b-t 6$ is great! the new room had a small twin bed, on the 4th floor walk up, a small window & shower you needed to walk downstairs to get the key for...there also was no shower stall just a hand held device to wash with & yes, no toilet paper. well it did the trick anyway (oh, i was told later that i had to pay for use of the shower but i stated that no one told me that & so they didn´t make me pay the extra 10dH). took a bus to the ocean -swam in the most beautiful ocean i´ve seen yet! warm turquoise blue water that you can walk out maybe 200 feet w-out being too deep, rolling waves, millions of bubbles, soft fine HOT sand!! there were only a few girls there -young ones wearing bikinis but the older ones wore their long dresses & there were only a few. i tried to ride the waves w- the male youths but did not catch any good ones. just enjoyed the feel of water against my body. afterwards grabbed a shower at the hotel & walked to a cafe to enjoy some of that wonderful wonderful moroccan tea (mint & sugar)!! was the only woman outside sitting but wrote of my travels. the time stops in morocco- so laid back & hot & humid! no air conditioners here but there was a young man selling portable fans throughout the street to cars that were passing. here the cars do not like to stop for pedestrians & w-the lack of traffic lights it makes walking difficult sometimes, but you walk & hope for the best!! :) people sell everything here -sara´s father said they sell old teeth!! i did not see any of that. i got some really great bread for 1.5 dH from a really friendly older man who was quite excited that i came from nyc. people hear that you´re from nyc & grow so happy -they are so welcoming and genuinely happy to meet someone from so far away!
so 15th marks the day of festival casablanca!! i met up w-kassem & his friend arabi (very nice guy) & we went to the parade --wow! so amazing!! thousands of people filled the street - 3 huge marionettes walked (one was parisian, one a bruja, and one an older guy); filed behind them were people dressed like giraffes & of course the musicians!! so full of energy!! from the sky came 2 guys w-fireworks on their feet!! wow!! then began the rock music - a man on top of a pegasus shot out more fireworks into the air. a friend of arabi´s has a car & we drove to ain duab (the beach) to see an arabian woman singer - we stopped to see the biggest mosque in the world -it is fantastically huge! the doors were closing so i could not go inside but i looked to the outside in amazement! such beautiful architecture -clean lines, tiled floors, arches that would drive most crazy w-excitement.
made way to the concert & man the young girls were going crazy dancing!! as were the young guys! they give 4 kisses to each other if they are very close friends -it was so nice to see everyone so friendly w-each other. i really like their culture from what small snidbit of what i could see. the lady sang for about an hour -most songs sounded similar but w-a lil different beat. she´s a pretty good performer though! afterwards walked along the sidewalks to see the goings-on of this part of town but nothing of interest & all were sleepy from the hot day so back to hotel & said bye to the new friends i met. we spoke of culture, language, family, friends, loved-ones, animals & travel. i learned a few french & arabic words (salam = hi, mal salama = bye, cheukran = thanks, & hi & bye & whatever else you can say! :) ) a few numbers in french & wei (yes!), chi= hot. i kept saying wei today w-sara! i´m losing a little of my english too -words do not come as easily! :)
up early about 7am to get taxi to casa vouyage to airport- our plane se roto (not sure why but that is what i learned from the guy there) -met a wonderful couple w- a small daughter (zizi about 3 yrs old) - the wife & daughter are going to nyc to visit her sister & invited me for couscous & moroccan tea! the little one is so cute but a small horror!! decided that everything everyone had is super & she has to give it a whirl herself (my water & camera, a guys´ ipod, a lady´s lap, a kid´s candy & she even attempted a PS2!! wow she was a kick!! :) and to boot--also a delay of some guys trying to smuggle hashish in their shoes --about 2 hrs delay!! wow! so new plane (sara´s mother told me the company iberia -who finally took us- was on strike until i guess just today or yesterday -what luck!! so my arrival in madrid had come & i was on my way! :)
leaving casablanca.. walked up onto plane steps from the streetway & i just had to do it...looked at zizi & said ´here´s lookin at you kid´ no, she had no idea what i said but amidst the million kisses to my hand she just looked up & smiled.
alas, madrid decided to change the whole airport & everything i once knew did not exist! apparently the same for sara!! so there is a new train that takes you to your luggage, where the old subway once stood so i was at a loss for where i was. my cellular had no minutes so i borrowed someone´s phone to ring sara & ask her where she was...a few mins later we confirmed the new train system!! so sara & jorge were there to pick me up -so nice to see her-a great friend! :) picked up something from jorge´s house & the spanish started rolling...we were on the way to orusco (her parent´s house in the mountains) -much cooler than the 130 degrees in madrid!! i am not joking!! and here now i am-getting ready for bed after a nice swim in the pool & dinner w-her family.
Thursday, July 13, 2006
Wednesday, July 12, 2006
Tuesday, July 11, 2006
the brazilian remixes: lo mejor para dancar
Frevo Mulher [Cabeleira Mix]
artist: MAW Featuring Liliana Chachian
album: brazilian beats remix
Romatts Drum Dub
Frevo Mulher [Cabeleira Mix]artist: MAW Featuring Liliana Chachian
album: brazilian beats remix
Romatts Drum Dub
Monday, July 10, 2006
Friday, July 7, 2006
self titled: sebadoh 1999
Tree
So Long
Love Is Stronger
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
artist: death cab for cutie
album: plans 2005
Marching Bands of Manhattan (Album Version)
Soul Meets Body (Album Version)
Your Heart Is an Empty Room (Album Version)
I Will Follow You into the Dark (Album Version)
Someday You Will Be Loved (Album Version)
TreeSo LongLove Is Stronger~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
artist: death cab for cutie
album: plans 2005
Marching Bands of Manhattan (Album Version)Soul Meets Body (Album Version)Your Heart Is an Empty Room (Album Version)I Will Follow You into the Dark (Album Version)Someday You Will Be Loved (Album Version)
~ bleu ~
hip hop tribute to led zeppelin
al hombre que ahorró mi vida sin saberlo
What Is And What Should Never Be
artist: SCOTT WEILAND
album: 12 BAR BLUES
un canto por los hombres que me hace feliz, triste y loca...
Barbarella ( LP Version )
Where's The Man
Where's The Man
Divider ( LP Version )
artist: folk implosion
album: one part lullaby 1999
My Ritual
Free To Go
Mechanical Man
Gravity Decides
E.Z. L.A.
Kingdom Of Lies !!
artist: sneaker pimps
album: becoming x
6 Underground (Nellee Hooper Edit)
al hombre que ahorró mi vida sin saberlo
What Is And What Should Never Beartist: SCOTT WEILAND
album: 12 BAR BLUES
un canto por los hombres que me hace feliz, triste y loca...
Barbarella ( LP Version )Where's The ManWhere's The ManDivider ( LP Version )artist: folk implosion
album: one part lullaby 1999
My RitualFree To GoMechanical ManGravity DecidesE.Z. L.A.Kingdom Of Lies !!artist: sneaker pimps
album: becoming x
6 Underground (Nellee Hooper Edit)
Thursday, July 6, 2006
artist: bob dylan & the band
album: before the flood
The Weight [Live]
All Along The Watchtower [Live]
Blowin' In The Wind [Live]
album: before the flood
The Weight [Live]All Along The Watchtower [Live]Blowin' In The Wind [Live]
Monday, July 3, 2006
artist: White People
album: Handsome Boy Modeling School
Released: 2004
Are You Down With It featuring Mike Patton (Explicit Version)
The World's Gone Mad featuring Del The Funky Homosapien, Barrington Levy & Alex Kapranos (Album Version)
Breakdown featuring Jack Johnson (Album Version)
I've Been Thinking featuring Cat Power (Album Version)
Rock And Roll (Could Never Hip Hop Like This) Part 2 featuring Lord Finesse, Mike Shonoda, Chester Bennington, Rahzel, Qbert, Grand Wizard Theodore & Jazzy Jay + Knockers featuring Tim Meadows (Explicit CD Version)
A Day In The Life featuring RZA, The Mars Volta & AG + Good Hygiene featuring Tim Meadows (Explicit CD Version)
album: Handsome Boy Modeling School
Released: 2004
Are You Down With It featuring Mike Patton (Explicit Version)The World's Gone Mad featuring Del The Funky Homosapien, Barrington Levy & Alex Kapranos (Album Version)Breakdown featuring Jack Johnson (Album Version)I've Been Thinking featuring Cat Power (Album Version)Rock And Roll (Could Never Hip Hop Like This) Part 2 featuring Lord Finesse, Mike Shonoda, Chester Bennington, Rahzel, Qbert, Grand Wizard Theodore & Jazzy Jay + Knockers featuring Tim Meadows (Explicit CD Version)A Day In The Life featuring RZA, The Mars Volta & AG + Good Hygiene featuring Tim Meadows (Explicit CD Version)
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