... my daughter was doing this production with famous bands like Shitty Beatles and Fucked Up Taylor Swift--you know, for retards--so off she goes backstage and she runs into this unknown guy. So they talk about music and he shows her some guitar licks and she is like--dude, you cannot even play guitar, look at this dude who plays guitar for Lizzo... Nah, I am fucking with you)))...
I asked her if she did this:
We laughed... no, they had a good exchange, like professionals do. Speaking about it--who is this guy? I remember him playing some guitar for bands which will never be in the same league as... Nirvana;)))
In a long time. But Christmas is approaching. And while the world gets more complex and violent, we should look at this:
Or get US "legislators" and "think-tankers "to recall this every day and force them to imagine their families and loved ones (I doubt they can love...) on the receiving end. In the end, they can imagine themselves...they really do care about themselves.
But it is Friday and with Christmas approaching we have to start thinking that there is still a lot of good and truly beautiful in this world which allows us to carry one. Here are some hopeful signs that not everything is corrupted. These are my soul sanctuaries....
Absolutely beautiful Sophia Claire:
Or people just enjoying being funny and creative. I love Cardboardia)))
These are all signs of human normality, creativity and being...human. Remember Dostoevsky--the beauty will save the world? Italians opened a monument to Dostoevsky in Florence, where he wrote his Idiot. There is a lot to enjoy this Christmas and there is still a lot of good we can see and take in. Just look at these Iranian women in Astara ( served not far from them) cooking something very special.
Enjoy life: good food, good wine, good moment, love great woman, your home and children. Your friends.
I always wanted to post this. A testimony to human creativity and craft--stunning really. Can you imagine people creating this?
So, because it is Friday... enjoy miracles.
This is the main reason I never watched the movie with Remi Malek.
Update: This is how you do a real music.
This is amazing, not speak of the original being 43 years old. ABBA set the music taste for the next century. I mean the 24th century, of course.
And in conclusion for today a pure musical delight. It is so good, I don't have words to describe it.
Always loved Allison (and her brother, check his album with Bill Frisel), the first time I heard and saw her at CMT in 1990s. And this old guy, from what's the name of this obscure band, kinda escapes me, Zep Leppelin or something like that, what is his name, Robert Root, Bobby Green, or Plant or something like that;))
Marc Is the Queen and we have to admit it to ourselves. Brian May and Roger Taylor decided to play for Adam Lambert, but it is not Queen anymore. But people begin to understand that Queen (as is in Freddy) survives through Marc who is more than just reincarnation of Freddy, he is a top notch singer in his own right.
Waiting to meet music legends. My daughter, who is involved big time in the rock music business (her fiance is a life long tour-manager of one of the four big metal giants, care to guess, who? Wink-wink), including being PR honcho for Shania Twain's last world tour. She got us (well, privileged, let's put it this way) tickets to see Jeff Lynne's ELO next Friday. I cannot wait to get to this magic. Yet, she can get us to Queen's concert but I don't want to--no, make no mistake, I love Brian and Roger, I miss John badly and Adam Lambert, who has an amazing voice, can still do the JOB. But there is no real replacement for Freddy, until, until...and that is what I cannot accept. We had all a chance to take a drug and relieve the pain and experience a reincarnation but....denied, because this guy is not, let's put it this way, flamboyant enough? Why, this didn't happen when it mast have? I know John Deacon wanted him, Roger Taylor plays with him on tours, and yet--he had doors to Queen closed for him?!!! Enter Mark Martel, 8 years ago when he stunned the world:
Did Freddy have a fling in Canada (yes, he was actually Bisexual) and had a son? Celine breaks down when she understands what she witnesses, we all got it. Yes, I also got very emotional.
We were given a truly a second chance--to experience a miracle and we are still denied this:
So, why should we go to see Queen without Marc through who Freddy sings today...........
When Russian official Ria.Ru (in Russian) runs news that the new clip of Freddy Mercury was just posted on YouTube, one has to appreciate what Freddy and Queen meant not just for rock-music, but culture in general. That is how it is important, and deservedly so, because it is a cultural event. It is also a painfully nostalgic trip back in time when the music was damn good, because it was created by people who were damn good at it. Exactly the type of music which formed tastes and preferences of very many in my generation around the globe.
The video has been up for 12 hours and already has 33, 000 likes. I guess it is a good start and it is not even Friday yet, but still--I couldn't miss that.
