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2009-8-17
星期一(Monday)
晴
I knew all along That I was right at the start About the seeds of the weeds That grew in your heart Self satisfaction for the factions Who formed to tear us apart Well I gave you the Midas touch Oh you turned round and scratched out my heart Oh what did you expect? Oh tell me what did you expect? To lay it on my head So is it all upon my head? Bang bang you're dead Oh Im so easily lead Bang bang you're dead Put all the rumours to bed Bang bang you're dead I knew all along But I was loathe to believe There was nothing but spite Fury and lies Of the words that you weave An illusion to a conclusion And oh its oh so tawdry When you put it to bed Kick it in the head Oh wont they just let it be Bang bang you're dead Always so easily lead Bang bang you're dead Put all the rumours to bed Bang bang you're dead Oh what did you expect? Oh tell me what did you expect? To lay it on my head So is it all upon my head? Bang bang you're dead Always so easily lead Bang bang you're dead Put all the rumours to bed Bang bang you're dead Bang bang bang bang you're dead ——Dirty Pretty Things,Bang Bang You're Dead 那天我一时兴起,决定帮我们班的克里斯介绍对象,于是我们就进行了一些标准的matchmaker的对话。你喜欢什么样的女生啊,年龄要求啊,长相要求啊,诸如此类。然后克里斯忽然问我,你喜欢什么样的呢?我一下子被问愣了,心想我这样的大龄已婚妇女还琢磨这个?但是脱口而出得却是,vulnerable. I love someone vulnerable, whether boys or girls. 克里斯于是点头,不错啊,两个人都vulnerable,还可以互相保护。 原来我也vulnerable?! Carl应该属于我喜欢的类型,a serious vulnerable angry kid. 没有了Pete这个文青的束缚,Carl在音乐里的愤怒控制不住的往外冲。Bang bang you’re dead是《Waterloo to Anywhere》里面比较轻松的一首,其它的如grin & milk, you f*** love it, wondering都有用力过猛的嫌疑。 不过Pretty Dirty Things还是比Babyshambles耐听一些,毕竟Carl是Pete的吉他老师。 附赠照片一张,果然如报道,这两个人唱歌的时候离得简直不能再近了。 可谁在乎他们是不是柏拉图? ![]() 2009-8-16
星期日(Sunday)
晴
You talk, you talk a good game Wish I could talk the same A song is just a game I’m getting good at cheating at You talk, yes you talk a good game Won’t you teach me the same Oh I’d love to explain, like showing your hand and all about Oh well I know, I know, I know, I know and so and so and so .. So what I suppose it’s got to Oh well I never said it was clever I just like getting leathered Looking for the light the light behind your eyes You talk, you talk a good game Wish I could talk the same A song is just a game I’m getting good at cheating at Utah, remember Utah in the rain And those little red shoes and some kid with the blues Who gets right on your tits, you just grin and bear it Oh well I know, I know, I know, I know it’s wrong and so and so and so So what I suppose it’s got to Oh well I never said it was clever I just like getting leathered Looking for the light the light behind your eyes Bevan, he drops stones from heaven Lord forever And the love, the love behind your eyes You talk, you talk a good game You talk, you talk a good game You talk, you talk a good game You talk, you talk a good game Will I never ever said it was clever I just like getting leathered looking for the light the light behind your eyes Bevan, he drops stones from heaven Lord forever And the love behind your eyes ——Babyshambles,You talk 接着上一篇说吧。Babyshambles是The Libertines解散后Pete Doherty组建的乐队,到现在也出了两张专辑,Down in Albion(2005)和Shotter's Nation (2007) ,非常的车库风(garage),虽然The Libertines也是garage rock revival了。 随便听听Babyshambles和Pretty Dirty Things就好容易判断出Pete和Carl风格的不同。Pete是华丽随意有趣的那个,不过弹琴的技术……我还是不说了罢。Carl就比较严肃,没那么好玩。 干活的时候有歌听就不错了,我还是非常满意的。 2009-8-15
星期六(Saturday)
小雨
![]() 话说八月十三日这天老D同学答应请我去看Tori Amos演唱会,真叫人翘首以盼啊。 到五点半的时候,老D同学到我办公室楼下接我。彼时我还在和天涯奋战,不明白改图片格式的那栏跑到哪里去了:为啥整出来的图片比我写出来的文字方块还大?折腾了将近二十分钟,啥也没搞出来,只能就那样贴出来,慌里慌张的下楼等着接受批评。居然——没有批评~~老D同学说,时间还早,带你去中央公园看动物吧。 中央公园的动物园就像一个谜,虽然在地图上标得很清楚,但我们去了N次也没有找到。这天晚上也不例外,我们进了中央公园先围着湖看鸭子,然后就转向了,走到一个林荫道去。两边都是长椅,有一个小黑哥儿刚摆起摊吹萨克斯。看我们走过,曲调一转,吹得居然是:“你问我爱你有多深,恋你有几分,我的情也真我的爱也深,月亮代表我的心……”本来我都走过去几米了,赶紧巴巴的跑回来递上几块钱,怎么就这么有眼力见儿呢! 在公园里转了一小时,老D提议带我去他刚查到的一个馆子,说是去Radio City Hall的路上,一点工夫都不耽误的。可惜啊,我哪里知道有这么多安排,老胳膊老腿的,偏穿了一双新鞋,走了一脚泡不说,腿肚子都要抽筋了,照的照片呈龇牙咧嘴状。想着前面还有近十个block要走,坐在地上哭的心都有。想着打个车吧,车上都有人。寻个马车吧,马车在公园里转,也不往餐馆那里去。 于是就和老太太似的蹭着走,等到餐馆的时候,还有二十多分钟演唱会就开始了。没法,只能叫汉堡和薯条的外卖。人家还要现做,拿到手的时候就只有十分钟了。我们边走边吃,弄得满手是油,然后又想起来忘了拿盐,老D本来就口重,这样非快餐店的汉堡是要自己加盐的。 到了Radio City Hall,水扔了,汉堡可以带进去。听Tori Amos吃汉堡,也是有趣的组合。演出还算准时。暖场乐队是One eskimO,很cute。老D和我讨论了一下为啥英国乐队唱歌的时候没口音,一说话口音就暴露无遗的问题,没有得到任何实质性结论。然后Tori Amos就上场了。 其实要不是recky小朋友强烈推荐了一下,我也没有想好是不是要来看这场演唱会。我对Solo一向不太感冒,觉得唱得再好,她也是solo啊,想我这么喜欢躁的,solo怎么够劲呢。 老D同学呢,一首Tori的歌都没有听过,就是舍命陪君子来的。 结果Tori一开口,我们就被震倒了,一个人的气场可以这样强。 小recky说的“她演的多好了,多漂亮啊,多值得人回味啊”原来是这么一个意思。 她一首接一首的唱,即使在band休息的时候,她也在唱,只在临结尾的时候跑下台一次,然后没两分钟,又跑回来了。中间讲了一个小段子,声音有点哑,大约还是太累了,唱的时候没有CD里面的声音甜美。 即使如此,还是非常非常好,非常令人满意了。 如果不是我的那双鞋,让我的小腿肚子到今天早上还在抽筋,这个约会根本就是完美无缺了。 2009-8-14
星期五(Friday)
晴
An ending fitting for the start You twist and tore our love apart Your light fingers threw the dart Shattered the lamp into darkness it cast us... No, you've got it the wrong way round Just shut me up and blamed it on the brown Cornered the boy kicked out at the world, The world kicked back a lot fuckin' harder... If you wanna try, If you wanna try There's no worse you could do (oh oh oh) I know you lie, I know you lie I'm still in love with you (oh oh oh) Can't take me anywhere (I'll take you anywhere) You can't take me anywhere (I can't take you anywhere) I'll take you anywhere you wanna go! Oh, you can't stand me now (No, you can't stand me now) You can't stand me now (Oh, you can't stand me now) You can't stand me now (No, you can't stand me now) You can't stand me now, You can't stand me now! Have we enough to keep it together? Or do we just keep on pretending And hope our luck is never ending You tried to pull the wool, I wasn't feeling too clever And you take all that they're lending Until you needed mending... If you wanna try, If you wanna try there's no worse you could do (oh oh oh) I know you lie, all you do is make me cry And all these words they aint true (oh oh) I can't take me anywhere (I can't take you anywhere) You can't take me anywhere (I'll take you anywhere) I'll take you anywhere you wanna go! Oh, you can't stand me now (No, you can't stand me now) You can't stand me now (Oh, you can't stand me now) You can't stand me now (No, you can't stand me now) You can't stand me now (No, you can't stand me now) You can't stand me now! You can't stand me now! You can't stand me now! No, you can't stand me now! You can't stand me now! You can't stand me now! No, you can't stand me now! ——The Libertines, Can't Stand Me Now 首先要问的一个问题,在我疯狂看电视的这个星期,到底发生了什么?是谁出了一个馊主意,给天涯出了这么恶心的标题——有见识的人都在此?我都已经吐了一整天了!要是它再不改这个狗名字,是不是应该考虑搬家? 然后正文。 ![]() 知道The Libertines是从豆瓣上,豆瓣猜这栏反复告诉我,you might be interested in The Libertines. 但是看到这个album的封面,你的第一反应是什么?sick, right?于是我就一直没有点开过,但是豆瓣这个系统做的非常……持之以恒,终于在被推荐了N次以后,我被说服了,决定试一试。然后,发现——有的时候还是要相信推荐。 怎么形容呢?华丽,年轻,梦幻以及不计后果的赤裸裸的high。 正是我小时候非常喜欢的款,很长时间没有听到了,可能也是美国这个地方吧,比较农村,这个调调也就比较少。 奇怪啊,像我这样躁的人,居然是个英摇控。 然后,我就不可避免的google了一下,发现乐队早在2004年就解散了。解散的原因是乐队主要成员之一Pete Doherty实在是吸毒成瘾(其实听歌也能听得出来,这个调调大概不在high的状态也做不出来),在录制或者演出的时候频繁缺席,以至于另一成员Carl Barât不得不用tough-love approach(这个词怎么翻译?),让Pete在戒毒之前不能参加巡演——结果呢,Pete当然没有戒成毒,两个人的关系也越来越坏,乐队解散了事。Carl又组建了新的乐队Dirty Pretty Things,而Pete组建了Babyshambles。 Can't Stand Me Now写于2004年乐队解散前,基本上就是描述彼时Pete和Carl的关系。 “Have we enough to keep it together? Or do we just keep on pretending. And hope our luck is never ending.” 再返回来看The Libertines的封皮,非常非常的make sense。抬着头的是Carl,旁边那个看似昏迷不醒的是Pete。They were good together, though their relationship was really a mess. 后来Dirty Pretty Things和Babyshambles都出了专辑,我也翻来听,全不及The Libertines时期华丽有趣。 They deserve better, so do we. 2009-8-13
星期四(Thursday)
晴
![]() 最近几天看电视看疯了。 星期五一篇paper的deadline,紧赶慢赶半夜十二点交出去。然后觉得应该好好犒劳自己一下,翻出想看很久的Brothers and Sisters开始看。星期六老D请我去看哈利波特,然后买东西,吃饭,洗衣服,连地上的废纸都没有捡干净就又接着开始看,简直是愈罢不能。星期天某人说要给我打电话约着见面吃饭,结果没打,于是我就接着看,一直看到星期一早七点我的电脑不抗重负罢工了才爬到床上睡觉。起来又打开电脑看。 整整三季啊,一共23+16+23集,连饭都没怎么吃,终于在星期二看完了。 再不看完就要被dump了,老D同学已经出现崩溃的症状。 从小到大也没有为哪本书哪个电视走火入魔到这个地步的。虽然去年也看得不少,但也不至于熬夜看。 我怀疑我的脑子已经被永久损伤了,只要让我不写paper随便给个东西都当作宝。 不过还是推荐一下吧,大家庭的故事,兄弟姐妹五个人,全都住在洛杉矶,有一个family business,再加上每个人自己的一摊琐事:大姐作为成功的事业女面临婚姻危机;二姐电视节目主持人趁着采访的机会嫁给了参议员;老三管理家里的business有一个漂亮的老婆可惜他自己不育;老四是个律师还是个open gay;小儿子先去了阿富汗打仗又去了伊拉克负伤回来找不到生活的重心,就这样热热闹闹的演了三季。还别说,到了第三季,质量也没有像绝望主妇,迷失或者越狱那样严重滑坡。虽然有的剧情也编的太生硬了一点,但原谅我又困又饿,觉得都还可以忍受。 最重要的是剧情很sweet。虽然故事编的繁复,基本上就这么一个中心思想:不管家里谁出了一点事,所有的成员都会赶来,并不见得能帮忙,但总是一起陪着渡过难关——这个意思就够sweet了吧。 当然也是不现实的sweet。譬如说这么频繁的家庭聚会,居然都保持着近乎百分之百的出席率……连在竞选总统的二女儿老公都能坐直升飞机赶回家吃饭,amazing啊! 还是很爱。我实在是个big family fan。可能也和家庭环境有关。奶奶家六个孩子,姥姥家四个,而且基本上都在北京。从小到大,我所有的周末几乎都在串亲戚中度过了——也难怪功课不好,没有时间读书么,打牌还行,陪老太太聊天也还行。 到美国这么多年,虽然也惯了两个人的生活,但看到这样的大家庭的生活,还是觉得不可抗拒。 片子里面还有很多讨论很有意思,一家的liberal or democrat居然培养出像二女儿这样的忠实的共和党,最后还拉着弟弟Kevin,a democrat gay,去给自己共和党老公做communication director。从小儿子的经历讨论美国面对的两场战争。还有gay marriage。据wikipedia,这是第八个展现了同性恋婚礼的美国电视剧,但是另外七个都是小配角结婚,只有这个是主要角色结婚。而且Kevin这个同性恋比家里其他的人戏份一点也不少,也是非常罕见的。Kevin & Scotty make a really cute couple,他们两个的爱情比其他人加起来都要sweet几百倍,写剧本的人真下功夫啊。我必须去看Brüno降降温,否则就要变成同人女了…… 2009-8-2
星期日(Sunday)
晴
www.themoth.org The Moth是作家George Dawes Green 1997年创立的一个非营利协会,主要宗旨么,就是找人来讲故事——要求是真实故事,或者至少是亲自听过别人讲过的故事。故事都不长,十到十五分钟吧,来讲故事的人形形色色——有演员,有科学家,有作家,有一般老百姓——不管是谁,故事都特逗,和咱们中国的单口相声似的。 去他们家的网站可以subscribe podcast,可以用itune 或者一般的RSS reader。每个星期网站就会给寄一个故事来——当练英语听力也好,当听相声也好,都非常棒。强烈推荐一下。 2009-7-29
星期三(Wednesday)
晴
我的寶貝寶貝 給你一點甜甜 讓你今夜都好眠 我的小鬼小鬼 逗逗你的眉眼 讓你喜歡這世界 嘩啦啦啦啦啦 我的寶貝 整個時候有個人陪 哎呀呀呀呀呀 我的寶貝 讓你知道你最美 我的寶貝寶貝 給你一點甜甜 讓你今夜很好眠 我的小鬼小鬼 逗逗你的笑臉 讓你喜歡整個明天 嘩啦啦啦啦啦 我的寶貝 整個時候有個人陪 哎呀呀呀呀呀 我的寶貝 讓你知道你最美 嘩啦啦啦啦啦 我的寶貝 孤單時有人把你想念 哎呀呀呀呀呀 我的寶貝 讓你知道你最美 嘩啦啦啦啦啦 我的寶貝 整個時候有個人陪 哎呀呀呀呀呀 我的寶貝 讓你知道你最美 讓你知道你最美 ——张悬,宝贝 去别人blog乱逛的时候听到的,很惊啊,虽然没什么调,但是歌词甜美啊。 送给小姑娘们。 最近作文课上讨论gender role——嗯,和小孩上的社会学课似的——列举了好多女性的品质,那么多天花乱坠的,可我还是觉得甜美最重要,虽然甜美不当饭吃吧。 2009-7-27
星期一(Monday)
台风
I called you from the hotel phone I haven't dialled this code before I'm sleeping later, waking later I'm eating less and thinking more But how am I without you Am I more myself or less myself I feel younger, louder And like I don't always connect Like I don't ever connect Like I don't ever connect Do you like being single Do you want me back Do you want me back Do I like being single Am I coming back Am I coming back I'll put my suitcase here for now I'll turn the TV to the bed But if no one calls and I don't speak all day Do I disappear Look at me without you I'm quite proud of myself I feel reckless, clumsy And like I'm making a mistake A really big mistake And do you like being single Do you want me back Do you want me back Do I like being single Am I coming back Am I coming back Do you want me back (x6) And now I know Each time I go I don't really know What I'm thinking of And now I know Each time I go I don't really know What I'm thinking of Do you want me back (x5) ——Everything But the Girl, Single 不知道为什么,EBTG的歌还真不好找,Youtube上只有一首Single的Mix版本,我还不喜欢。 没有什么可写的,每天不过是打开电脑,看新闻,看reader里面的blog,算题,m同学说的家居旅行必备,mathematica和matlab,每天都在用,再加一个Scientific Word和Latex,来回倒着用。Coauther让我跟他一起用R,好像是很好用。我用Matlab写老半天,他用R短短几行。不过一直懒,不愿学。 为啥我就算不出来呢,气的只跳脚! 听Single的时候,我就想,像我这样Girly的人,每天竟捉摸Do you want me back这样无聊的问题,还是不如在家呆着好。所谓的作研究,不过是kill trees。看着打印的那堆paper,真是浪费纸。 六个星期的作文课快上完了,还有点小失落。虽然写作业真的很花时间,但是写得好开心,好像初中时候的周记作业,吭哧吭哧涂半天,就等着老师用红笔批两句,还多是表扬的话——怕打击同学幼小的心灵阿。 你说这blog每天一百多的访问量,连吱吱叫两声的都没有俩。 补一笔:晚上和老D同学去海边散步,还没有走到,就下起了暴雨。这大啊,连冰雹都下来了,我们俩儿披着衣服哈哈的往回跑。今儿我还难得的涂了个睫毛膏,一下子就成了熊猫,和小时候似的。 2009-7-24
星期五(Friday)
晴
Every time it rains I think of you standing on the corner painted absolutely blue aquamarine shoulder bag dripping absolutely wet and your deep green sunken eyes and a soggy cigarette thought bubbles made of tears floating into the air above your beautiful head I wish I knew what went on up there standing on the corner singing "Lover Man Where Can You Be" waiting for someone sure hope it's still me Standing on the corner singing "Am I Blue" waiting for someone sure wish wasn't always you and every time it rains I think it's you and the picture's upside down right now and the grass is painted blue and your bucket's in your hand dripping absolutely wet standing there soaking up someone you wish you'd never met Pure nothing is pure We are not pure and all our umbrellas will not save us ——Vic Varney,Every time it rains ![]() 六月底的时候选了一门作文课,也算是给自己的生日礼物。 惦记着上写作课很久了。好像从开始学英语起,我的作文就写的和巴巴似的,这么多年来一直没有进步。到美国以后,语法又有了长足的退步,写的东西就更不能看了。再不补课,简直连thesis都凑不出来。 就是那种给外国人上的写作阅读课,稍微高级点,不仅仅讲怎么写topic sentences,怎么用transition words和标点符号的用法。倒是有点像小时候的语文课,读个课文,总结一下中心思想,看看人家开头怎么 grab the reader’s attention,结尾是总结,还是升华,诸如此类。 也可能是老师的缘故,课上得还蛮有趣。Vic是我见过为数不多的很knowledgeable的美国人,什么都知道一些,讲起故事来一套一套。当然也可能是我少见多怪。我的圈子本来就小,身边的美国人根本就是minority, 能吹牛的文科生更是屈指可数。 然后有一天下课,Vic给我们发handout,说自己在一个酒吧有一个小演出,欢迎大家去捧场。他早说自己年轻的时候有个band,我也并不稀奇——在美国有band的人很多啊。可是真跑到他网站上去看,还是吃了一惊,做的真是相当专业。可惜他现在已经改solo了,我还是觉得band更有趣。 2009-7-8
星期三(Wednesday)
晴
Smile, though your heart is aching Smile, even though it's breaking When there are clouds in the sky You'll get by... If you smile With your fear and sorrow Smile and maybe tomorrow You'll find that life is still worthwhile If you just... Light up your face with gladness Hide every trace of sadness Although a tear may be ever so near That's the time you must keep on trying Smile, what's the use of crying You'll find that life is still worthwhile If you just... Smile, though your heart is aching Smile, even though it's breaking When there are clouds in the sky You'll get by... If you smile Through your fear and sorrow Smile and maybe tomorrow You'll find that life is still worthwhile If you just smile... That's the time you must keep on trying Smile, what's the use of crying You'll find that life is still worthwhile If you just smile ——Jermaine Jackson,Smile 想了很久今天写哪首歌,最后还是挑了这首Smile,既然Brooke Shields说是M.J.的最爱。 关于M.J.,其实还有很多想说的,却说不出来了。再说就成了祥林嫂,就算家里的娃被狼叼走了也断不敢这么唠叨。不过真是奇怪,这几天除了老D对我略有赞同,我(physically)身边的人就居然没有一个对这件事情表示关心的。难道地球上MJ所有的扇子都已经跑到了洛杉矶,只有我这个伪扇子还留在纽约城? 说起来也是傻气。一个从来不认识的人,他的去世居然让我难过了一个星期,连活也不干了,每天都是在youtube搜来搜去,昨天的时候,在办公室看MJ的节目,忽然觉得异常委屈,竟然流下眼泪来——歹亏身边没有人。 可是,还能有人能这样么? 还能人能这样盛大,这样挥霍,这样彼得潘似的生活么? 还能有人像他一样支撑一个fantasy么?就像梦一样啊! No more. MJ is the last celebrity. Everyone says. 这样辉煌的一个舞台,都以为不会落幕的,居然就这么突然的曲终人散了。 不过也好。篡改狄更斯的话:This has been the best of places, the worst of places. At least all pains leave him alone. BTW: Jackson family真是牛啊。这么短的时间把Memorial筹备得这么好。Just beautiful! |
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