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news from london

hello, hello. things going very fast at London. big load of reading & coursework at my master, even days seem to be the same (sunday=monday=tuesday=...). these days are really freezing, and it's also snowing. the good thing is that i have gone or planning to go to some concerts, like flying lotus, caribou, four tet, nathan fake, darkstar, the national and arcade fire. i'll try to update the blog with some kind of news or reviews of these concerts, and also with some portfolio and videos. from today, the Blogovision of 2010 has started (greek blogers voting for top 20 albums of 2010), so until the 20th of december, u will see a daily post.

back.back..&back...

back after a long time. at least, i come with good news. army time comes to the end, the big end. only 8 days, and 34 days off. and the big news, i am accepted to the msc in UCL, the one i wanted, so from september, London for me. this period of inactivity, i have seen many things and i will try to remember them in the next posts.
to start, these three last weeks i have seen the 5 seasons of 'The Wire', the best one that i have seen so far. great script, photography, music, performance. and the way that the series come to the end, a 'not ending end', a vicious circle.. a must for sure. don't even think not to watching it.
Holy Fuck are going to release their new album later this year. for a first taste, check Holy Fuck performing Latin America live on KEXP from the Bumbershoot Music Lounge.

at last, go behind the scenes at the world famous Maida Vale studios as Mary Anne is joined by Philadelphia dubstep producer Starkey, percussionist and producer Reso, and vocalist Anneka who try to build an entire track live over the course of the two hour show. and they doing it well..

raindrops

winter is coming here in kos.
weather is changing. the first raindrops, the first really dark grey clouds are real. that's why i am feeling better. i am more of a winter guy, i think. watching clouds leaving, raindrops falling. spending more time alone. listening to more and more music. stuff like Hood-Cold House, Notwist-Neon Golden, The Middle East-The Recordings Of Middle East seem to fit my mood more now. too romantic eeh?
i was never good at writing. cause i didn't have the guts? too shy maybe? but these days, i have the 'want'. i want to write, to scream all my thoughts. and i think all the time, all the fucking time.

Hood-You Show No Emotion At All

Can we walk in hope
Into another new year
Just to cast away the ghosts
Or to have the time to again
You said hold on to dreams
But I know you don't try
Cos you're innocent I know that you won't survive
I heard the phone ring
So late at night that I
I thought someone had died
Someone had died
But your voice was full of hope
Like it was on better days
On clear mornings when the rain had left the sky
I can't stand the thought of you alone
Don't try to get close to
Us because there's nothing
But our souls laid bare
Will we survive
I know we will

winter is coming, weather is chaning, and i hope that i won't change in here. i don't want to change.

i.am.talking.about.you.you.you

it's been time since the last time i wrote something here. thinking it's the period that we call between-seasons. in july i finished the exams of my school and for one week of sleepiness i was working for my main project. two weekly trips with friends, some good shots with my lc-a, and then comes the 17th of august. army time, obligatory in greece. and here is where shit comes. taking orders, no time out, and 'all the strange people of the world'. like not fitting with anyone. hopefully i have music, books, and series. and much time to think and speak with myself.

when i have created the blog, i was thinking to use for the header, one phrase from a song that has stuck in my mind for days. now, i 'have' the meaning and is on repeat for hours, days..
i am talkin about you, you, you. i am talkin about you, you, you. some people always gonna break my heart.

from now, i'' try to be more updated. here are some albums that i am listening now:

-the xx-xx
-the raveonettes-in & out of control
-flaming lips-embryonic

-motorama-bear ep, motorama-horse ep & manicure-s.t. (reviving joy division's sound)

fuckin exams

the last days, i had no time at all. all day reading and writing for exams. but, tomorrow is the last fucking day. yeahyyyyyyy.
so, for now, only some photo's features (don't forget to press on each foto & name for more fotos):
~ Guillaume Lechat, 26 years old, parisian photographer. projects at los angeles and australie. nice color and and black & white fotos.

~ Scarlett Hooft Graaftland from Netherlands splitting her time in between amsterdam and nyc. surealistic and contemporar fotos of her interventions in desert-like locations.

~ series of Khristian Mendoza called transparency.

~ a very nice collection of black & white fotos, most of the times kind of oldy, and with a retro touch.

~and here, some nice colors from the beloved Lc-A.

clock is ticking, time to go back to my books.