Jackson Pollock - Number 31

如果有第四次到紐約的機會，說是為了再看Pollock一眼，一點也不為過

Merry Christmas

怎麼也想不到今年的Christmas會再到紐約，但這次可沒那麼歡樂，第一次轉機就被United把行李搞丟，之前看哪個綜藝節目聽某個藝人講，他也是轉機最後轉到行李不見，或許這是見怪不怪，不過也太倒楣了，第一次轉就不見。幸好在剛才十點多行李送到家裡，而且是一個和善的黑人送的，我還怕約的時間太晚，讓他那麼晚送會不爽，但沒想到他人也真好，btw我是想給你小費，不過我忘了拿錢包下樓>_<。雖然最終是送到，但我以後沒必要絕對不轉機&坐United的飛機，最愛delay, cancel 航班 & 掉行理的航空公司。 今年照例到Rockefeller Center看聖誕樹，它還是一樣耀眼，遊客還是一樣多，但不同的是去年的聖誕夜一票人跑到Mia家打牌，看Ihua只有出現10秒鐘的演出(噗)，整個感覺又更加溫馨。Anyway今年依然在這，雖然少了些人，但我正在渡過另一種的Christmas。

再見

Christmas快到了，每年都在Christmas前掙扎，掙扎該不該維持已不存在的關係，已經淡到比水還平淡，或許是一種維持的方法，但我並不喜歡。今年決定不再一廂情願，我們都有不同的生活、朋友，別再勉強。

答應我

等8年A Camp終於有發片消息，而且還要等到明年2月才發，真是皇上不急急死太監! 還好A Camp還算有良心，先放首單曲- Stronger Than Jesus讓大家聞香一下。


好喜歡Nina Persson的聲音，雖然認識她是在the cardigans唱Lovefool甜甜的聲音，好聽歸好聽但卻沒the Cardigans發被大家罵慘的Gran Turismo專輯裡來的吸引人。這專輯把習慣聽Nina甜甜的聲音的人嚇死，但那張可說是我最愛的專輯，也因此注意到Nina的聲音。

2001年Nina和幾個樂手組了"A Camp"，同名專輯讓人一聽再聽，越聽越有味道。Nina的聲音就像Latte的奶泡，讓這杯Latte又純又香。(明天去Blue Bottle一定要一聽這首歌)

除了等待明年專輯發行，最重要的是，希望A Camp到美國巡迴啦!!!
拜託，Nina請答應我，來美國吧!

Brunch @ Blue Bottle Coffee

Blue Bottle的店裡正播著Belle&Sebastian "Fold our hands child,You Walk Like A Peasant"" 專輯，香濃順口的Latte、 爽口的French Toast、 隨意翻上幾頁的小說，還有比這更完美的Brunch嗎?

not anymore

再也興奮不起來，剩下的只是遠離

"2x4 Landscape" by Maya Lin @ de Young Museum

Yale。Vietnam Veterans Memorial。Washington D.C.。
在知道這些之前，Maya Lin的作品已經吸引到我。

其他的作品也非常棒，只可惜不能拍照。

YSL @ de Young museum

聽Madonna的Vogue邊看YSL的展是最美麗的事

Upcoming Events

Oct,07 Rachael Yamagata "Elephants... Teeth Sinking Into Heart"album released. (Rachael 好難過)
Oct,10 珊妮公主新專輯"如果有一件事是重要的"預購開始
Oct,17 台灣電影節 @ USF (沒去)
Oct,20 Bjork feat. Thom Yorke - "Nattura" released. (他們兩個瘋了,但很讚)
Oct,28 Sara Bareilles' DVD - "Between the Lines: Live at the Fillmore" released. ( ur amazing)
Nov,02 Madonna @ORACLE Arena (媽呀!人生一定要看一次娜姐!讚)
Nov,17 Rachael Yamagata @ Great American Music Hall (和Emily Wells相遇,太帥了妳)
Nov,22 珊妮公主 "如果有一件事是重要的" 專輯發行 (我愛吃公主的蘋果花)
Dec 02 Feist The Reminder (Deluxe Package, 2 x CD) released
Dec,04 Lang Lang plays Chopin @Davies Symphony Hall
Dec,05 The Phantom of the Opera @ Orpheum Theatre
Dec,05 Tizzy Bac "如果看見地獄，我就不怕魔鬼"專輯預購
Dec,07 Aimee Mann's 3rd Annual Christmas Show! @ Bimbo's 365 Club
12月初也太忙了,也想看Oasis在Dec,03的演唱會,但有課要上呀! 可惜
今年又能和Aimee渡過Christmas,太棒了! (I LOVE U!!)

娜姐我愛妳

上禮拜在Oakland Oracle Arena看娜姐Sticky & Sweet。真不敢相信這輩子有機會看娜姐演唱會，雖然很晚才認真的愛娜姐，但我愛的很深呀! 不過現在要去睡了，下次再補上心得吧。
(娜姐我還是想看妳穿和服&戴牛仔帽)

在演唱會上娜姐唱了好多精典的歌，"Vogue"就是其中之一。
不過這個Live太殺了，整個看的目瞪口呆!

Happy Birthday to Me

Pic from :beat 生活圖解

thx 小黃,橘子,惠韻,老媽,春花,Lisa,老姐 & Myself.

春花,小咪,Joe,Ivy & Ken 你們真的太誇張了
thx u guys so much.

I'm a student of the history

we're all going through it.

oil price $150/barrel
the collapse of wall street
the first African-American President of the U.S.A.
No on Prop 8
for those No on 8 volunteers, u guys are working so hard, and AWESOME!
LET’S KEEP FIGHTING

House of Cards by Radiohead

meaning 用紙牌搭成的房子,不可靠的計劃(或制度等)

I love this song so much..

雞皮疙瘩掉滿地系 - Sia Furler

早就想寫Sia Furler，但一直遇到障礙，本來想從紐約為起點，但查了資料才發現原來"Breathe Me"並非我看到在音樂雜誌上的CD封面，那張已經是她第二張專輯。原本計畫整個時間大錯所以擱置下來，之後就只是因為懶又沒什麼動力，所以一直等到今天又再次開啟那股動力。

一月初在紐約看到Sia用彩色筆畫滿自己臉的CD封面很難不留下印象，之後是聽到有人用Breathe Me一曲當Fingersmith的背景音樂(噗!又是FS)才認識Sia。相信聽到這首歌的人很難不被吸引，不管是因為看到那Fingersmith的影片或任何人看了Six Feet Under(六呎風雲)最後一集又或是看到Breathe Me令人傻眼的MV，每個都像吸了毒似的為Sia的聲音著迷。

來自澳洲的Sia全名Sia Kate Isobelle Furler，早在97年就有音樂作品，但讓大家為她著迷的則是04年的"Colour the Small One"專輯，而美國於06年才發行。當時04年在英國發行就因BM一曲讓她登上排行榜，到了美國竟然就直接用在Six Feet Under最後一集的最後Ending曲，當時專輯都還沒發，所以只要看過這集的觀眾必會討論這首歌，再來就是FS痴啦，藉由YouTube上天才選歌的大大用BM當背景音樂 ，看過那video的人必定對這首歌難以忘懷啦!

除了音樂本身，BM的Music Video也讓人驚嘆。 MV使用超過2500張的拍立得製作而成，光看影像也夠讓人傻眼。而說到今天的那股動力，就不能錯過studio版的BM (從36秒開始)

多少次多少個半夜被Sia的Breeeeathe Me搞的雞皮疙瘩掉滿地。
看她穿的好像剛起床到隔壁的便利商買可樂順便來上廣播的樣子，但唱起歌來竟然那麼有張力和厚度。當她唱"I am small"、"And breathe me"那中間的微微的抖音再加上那把大提琴和開場的鋼琴，聽了怎讓人不降伏於Sia的歌聲之下。就此之後，我們都無法控制的不定期必需養賴Sia獨特的魅力渡過無數個夜晚。

Six Feet Under，我沒看SFU，但聽說結局是大家都死光了!

Fingersmith Video

self / sad songs

iPod裡有個叫"self"的playlist，而在iTunes裡有個叫"sad songs"的playlist。

它們共同的歌曲是KT Tunstall - Universe & U、Sia - Breathe Me、Sara Bareilles - Gravity、Rachael Yamagata - Be Be Your Love 和 I'll Find A Way。

"self"應該是在暑假到海邊閒晃時編集出來的，當時常到處一個人亂晃，這playlist和我欣賞好幾個海灘，坐了無數次的公車、走了無止盡的路。只要找不到想聽的歌就會選self，它始終是最適和我的。

一邊是self一邊是sad songs，這不就行成等號，也幫我下了注解。

short conversation

to do list

house of cards
Cause = Time
Secret Heart

當我遇見 Female Singer-Songwriter系列
Sara Bareilles
Sia
Rachael Yamagata

2007-11-13

C 要結婚了
從朋友的MSN狀態一眼就看出是 C

C 是朋友的朋友
在認識的僅僅2、3天說了些話
大約6年前的事C應該不記得了
但對我來說是窩心的

again, best wishes to you.

Rachael妳怎麼了

如同音樂是這世界最美好的事所說的"Rachael Yamagata是遭遇了什麼樣的破碎感情，才寫出了如此寂寞的詩啊"。每次聽這首歌，眼淚都在打轉。雖然無從得知Rachael是在什麼情況下寫出"Elephants"，但我已經接收到我要的Elephants，這也足夠了。

btw真不知道演唱會當天，該怎麼承受這首歌。

ELEPHANTS

If the elephants have past lives
yet all destined to always remember
It's no wonder how they scream
Like you and I they must have some temper

And I am dreaming of them on the planes
Dirtying up their beds
Watching for some sign of rain to cool their hot heads

And how dare that you send me that card
when I am doing all that I can do
You are forcing me to remember
when all I want is to just forget you

If the tiger shall protect her young then tell me how did you slip by
All my instincts have failed me for once
I must have somehow slept the whole night

And I am dreaming of them with their kill
Tearing it all apart
Blood dripping from their lips and teeth sinking into heart

And how dare that you say you'll call
When you know I need some peace of mind
If you have to take sides with the animals
Won't you do it with one who is kind

And if the hawks in the trees need the dead
If you're living you don't stand a chance
For a time though you share the same bed
There are only two ends to this dance

You can flee with your wounds just in time or lie there as he feeds
Watching yourself ripped to shreds and laughing as you bleed

So for those of you falling in love keep it kind
Keep it good
Keep it right
Throw yourself in the midst of danger but keep one eye open at night

next week ...

下禮拜開始每星期都有1-2個exams 或 paper要due...
整個就hiiiiiiiiiigh到不行啦!! ((一定要撐住))

最近聽到She & Him的歌，還真不錯聽，而且不小心被我發現他們也要到SF唱，但2天的表演有一天竟然是和娜姐同天，而另一天的票也已經賣光了! 哈，我想11月2日還沒賣光應該是太多人也要看娜姐了，所以大家都買3號的票。唉呀~ 要錯過She & Him啦!

Fingersmith reading notes Part 2 (11- )

by Sarah Waters

" ... London! I thinks, with a lurch of my heart. But Richard studies me as I gaze, and smiles unpleasantly. 'Your natural home,' he says. ..." (P.325)
真的被Richard說中了，Maud本來就屬於London，而且是之後她看到的Lant Street.

"... The gardens are giving way to patches of weed; soon the weed gives way to ditches, the ditches to dark canals, to dreary wastes of road, to mounds of stones or soil or ashes. Still, Even ashes, I think, are a part of your freedom - and I feel, despite myself, the kindling in me of a sort of excitement... " (P326)
Ashes應該是London重要元素之一。因工業革命英國大量使用媒炭，所以London的濃霧裡總參雜ashes。所以一吸到參雜ashes的空氣 = 恭喜!你到London啦! 而對Maud來說象徵London的ashes當然也等於FREEDOM!

A Dialogue Between Me & My Ghost

"All my life, I’ve been drowned by all these wines and all the crowd
In my dreams, you made me proud but still we’re haunted, so haunted
Right now…"

A Dialogue Between Me & My Ghost
words & music by ciacia (12.2007)

If you would sing me a song, a simple one could cheer me up
Then I would take this walk let you decide which way to go
In my life, there were doubts, different kinds made me frown
In my dreams, you were found, I must be haunted…

If you would write me a poem, just simple lines could make things work
Then I would find you a home where mountains high and water flows
All my life, I’ve fooled around, though I’ve tried to settle down
In my dreams, you pronounced that I’ve been haunted
By now….

If you would help me grow, some pretty flowers and St. John’s wort
Then I would take it slow to stay alive a few years more
All my life, I’ve been drowned by all these wines and all the crowd
In my dreams, you made me proud but still we’re haunted, so haunted
Right now…

lyrics from : 倔強女聲

想想而以

"如果你吃了　就會愛上我 不會辣　不會苦"
"好想喜歡你　好想吃了你"
"好想只是我想的"　
"我想的　我想的"
擷取於花吃了那女孩OST中"想想"歌詞by魏如萱 (完整歌詞)

"我帶你去廣袤的田野走走去"
"我不和你談論人生不和你談論那些深奧玄妙的思潮"
"我帶你去廣袤的田野走走"
"我不和你談論社會不和你談論那些痛徹心肺的爭奪"
"我帶你去廣袤的田野走走去"
"領略領略春風如何溫柔地吹拂著大地"
擷取於 甜蜜的負荷—吳晟 詩．歌專輯"我不和你談論"歌詞by吳晟 (完整歌詞)

Fingersmith reading notes Part 2 (7-10)

by Sarah Waters

"The start, I think I know too well, It is the first of my mistakes." (P.187) (0816)
進入Part 2，和影集一樣是最不想看到的部份，因為Maud再也不是Sue想像的純真、無知。

"...'Girls' tears,' says Mr Huss. 'Quite colourless.' ' I think not. Truly, sir, I think not. I fancy them delicately tinged - perhaps pink, perhaps violet.' ' Perhaps,' says Mr Hawtrey, ' as depending on the emotion that has provoked them?' ' Exactly. You have hit it, Hawtrey, there. Violet tears, for a melancholy book; pink, for a gay. ...."
"... Unexpectedly, I think of Agnes. I think of Agens's mouth teasing a bead of blood from her pricked palm. ... " (P.219) (0820)

"... Then she blinks - remembers her training, I suppose - makes a hasty curtsey. .... She thinks me a fool. the idea upsets me, more than it should. I think, You have come to Briar to ruin me. I step to take her hand. Won't you colour, or tremble, or hide your eyes? ..." (P255)
可憐的Sue完全被看在眼裡呀!

"... She eats three eggs, spooning hem quickly, neatly into her mouth - not shuddering at the yieldin of the yolk, not thinking, as she swallows, of the closing of her own throat about the meat. She wipes her lips with her fingers, touches her tongue to some spot upon her knuckle; then swallows again.
You have come to Briar, I think, to swallow up me." (P259)
好強烈的字眼。蛋象徵Maud"純真、無知"，而Sue就是來Briar把看似單純的Maud一口一口吃掉、吞嚥。這段寫的太好了!!

" ... Once we talk of dancing. She rises and lifts her skirt, to show me a step. Then she pulls me to my feet, and turns and turns me; and i Feel, where she presses against me. the quickening beat of her heart - I feel it pass from her to me and become mine. " (P268)

" May a lady taste the fingers of her maid? she may, in my uncle's books. - The thought makes me colour. " (P270) (0821)

"... She has let one fall, and has not seen it; the two of hearts. I place my heel upon it, imagining one of the painted red hearts my own; and I grind it into the carpet." (P272)

"... You have been too long among your uncle's books. Girls love easily, there. That is the point of them. If they loved so in life, the books would not have to be written." (P291)
"Even my uncle's books are changed to me; and this is worse, this is worst of all. I have supposed them dead. Now the words - like the figures in the walls - start up, are filled with meaning...."(P295) (0822)
畢竟書是人寫出來的。Gentleman小看Maud & Sue了。

Fingersmith Reading notes (Part 1)

by Sarah Waters 

"...Her crinoline was made of watchspring. Her hair, inside its net, was fixed with half a pound of pins, and a comb of silver. Her petticoats and shimmy were calico. Underneath it all, however, she was soft and smooth as butter. Too soft, I thought her, I imagined her bruising. She was like a lobster without its shell...."(P.88) (0806)
Sarah老大，妳把Maud形容的太可口了!好想把Maud咬下去呀 (羞)

"Her breath was sweet. Her hands and arms were warm. Her face was smooth as ivory or alabaster, In a few weeks' time, I thought - if our plot worked - she would be lying in the bed of madhouse. Who would there be to be kind to her, then?" (P.93)

"... the more I said to myself, 'She's nothing to you', the harder I tried to pluck the idea of her out of my heart, the more she stayed there. All day I sat or walked with her, so full of the fate I was bringing her to I could hardly touch her or meet her gaze; and all night I lay with my back turned to her, the blanket over my ears to keep out her sighs. But in the hours in between, when she went to her uncle, I felt her - I felt her, through the walls of the house, like some blind crooks are said to be able to feel gold. It was as if there had come between us, a kind of thread. It pulled me to her, wherever she was. It was like -

It's like you love her, I thought." (P.144)

"....' what it is a wife must do, on her wedding - night!' " (P.146)

該死，晚上睡不著翻書來看，竟然看到這段，這下子整夜睡不著了。

"... I shivered. Still she held my gaze with hers. Then she spoke again. 'Come here,' she said." (P.169) (0816)
竟然在我等Mama's的Brunch最久的一次看到這段，一邊流口水一邊肚子餓，真為難我 (腦子裡都是畫面)

200 times / Universe & U

剛過了iTunes裡第200次的Universe & U，iPod裡也到了201次。

有次和朋友到日本城吃涮涮鍋，廣播持續播放好聽的音樂，其中一首"國歌"的歌詞是"Suddenly I see ,this is what I wanna be"。其實一聽前奏就知道是一首曾經很紅的歌但想不起是在哪裡聽到的(這就是國歌的必備條件，第一個音一出現就有"喔!是這首歌呀"的OS)。問朋友知不知道誰唱的，也沒人能解答，而我自己也答不出來，我想這首歌應該是出現在"買CD疲態"的年份，所以歌都聽聽就過，沒認真的follow。過一陣子在You Tube上看到用Universe & U這首歌當Fingersmith背景樂的影片而搜尋演唱人的專輯才發現，原來那首國歌就是她唱的呀!

KT Tunstal，來自蘇格蘭的Singer & Songwriter，嗓音偏低和有點沙啞，是很有力量的聲音。第一張專輯『Eye To The Telescope』(2004)就讓她的力量傳片世界，專輯裡就有國歌級"Suddenly I See"、"Black Horse & The Cherry Tree"、"Other Side Of The World"。

雖然有那麼多國歌，但我的最愛還是用在Fingersmith的"Universe & U"。雖然不是主打歌、沒有MV，但曲、歌詞和沙啞加上一點嘶吼的聲音都是這首歌的動人之處。當然因為看了Fingersmith和這首歌詞的搭配，也讓Universe & U更是大大加分，每會聽歌就會想到Sue和Maud，想著想著都會眼眶泛紅呀。

Video : Fingersmith
Song : Universe & U by KT Tunstall

A fire burns

Water comes

You cool me down

When I'm cold inside

You are warm and bright

You know you are so good for me

With your child's eyes

You are more than you seem

You see into space

I see in your face

The places you've been

The things you have learned

They sit with you so beautifully
當Sue幫Maud磨鈍尖牙時，當Maud問Sue新婚之夜該做什麼時，她們看到的景像應該就是這樣吧

You know there's no need to hide away

You know I tell the truth

We are just the same

I can feel everything you do

Hear everything you say

Even when you're miles away

Cause I am me, the universe and you
這就像Sue發現自己被出賣，但在此之前她也在出賣Maud時的感覺吧

Just like stars burning bright

Making holes in the night

We are building bridges

You know

When you're on your own

I'll send you a sign

Just so you know

I am me, the universe and you

雖然Sue逃離瘋人院後非常氣自己被出賣，但那夜逃離Mr Lily家時偷拿了一隻Maud的手套、雖然Sue氣瘋的趕回Lant Street要和所以人算帳包括Maud，但當看到Maud站在自家窗前時她卻激動流淚，這都證明了她是愛Maud的。

正妹夜

今天又拿Fingersmith DVD來看，Maud的那句 "look at me, Sue. "聽了真是害羞死啦!把這句放在msn當狀態，果不其然內行人金姐在我告知她Lena有新影集後首先發難："靠你幹嘛寫這句台詞(大羞)"哈!我們都在肖想Maud呀!哪天Maud真的對我們說這句，整個人就直接飛過去啦!哪需要Maud再講"come here"，我們是很自動的!



剛才轉到FOX頻道，竟然看到Lena主演的影集Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles，以後Sun - Wed都有正妹可以看啦! (開心)
pic from : Terminator Official Website


預購了AffinityDVD，又有Sarah老大的作品可以看啦!妳真的是位很棒的小說家，看來 Affinity 和 The Night Watch 勢必要啃完它們!

FEIST FEIST FEIST FEIST FEIST

讓我們祈禱Feist會和Broken Social Scene一起來8月24日的San Francisco's Outside Lands Music & Arts Festival，就讓我看妳一眼、聽一次妳的聲音吧! 當然也非常期待BSS的演出!

Broken Social Scene - 7/4 (Shoreline)

內傷系 - Sara Bareilles

Song : Gravity
Artist : Sara Bareilles
Album : Little Voice (2007)

Something always brings me back to you.
It never takes too long.
No matter what I say or do I’ll still feel you here ’til the moment I’m gone.

You hold me without touch.
You keep me without chains.
I never wanted anything so much than to drown in your love and not feel your rain.

Set me free, leave me be.
I don’t want to fall another moment into your gravity.
Here I am and I stand so tall, just the way I’m supposed to be.
But you’re on to me and all over me.

You loved me ’cause I’m fragile.
When I thought that I was strong.
But you touch me for a little while and all my fragile strength is gone.

Set me free, leave me be.
I don’t want to fall another moment into your gravity.
Here I am and I stand so tall, just the way I’m supposed to be.
But you’re on to me and all over me.

I live here on my knees as I try to make you see that you’re everything I think I need here on The ground.
But you’re neither friend nor foe though I can’t seem to let you go.
The one thing that I still know is that you’re keeping me down

Your keeping me down,
Your on to me, your on to me and all over
Something always brings me back to you
It never takes to long…
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誰先認識誰，還記得嗎?
離開終點後，起點顯的沒意義。
說好不提任何往事，但在Gravity之後誰也做不到。

所以還能怎麼做呢?
只能喝相同的無糖紅茶和開起相同的網頁一邊哼唱
"Something always brings me back to you It never takes to long… "

大家心中的女神 - Feist

有多後悔現在才認識Feist，第一次聽到她的聲音是在You Tube，有人用Feist唱的"Lover's spit"當短片的背景音樂，那是在broken Social Scene的Bee Hives專輯由Feist獨唱&鋼琴版。當時只知道是Feist唱的，所以怎麼找Feist專輯就是沒這首歌，用iTunes store找"Lover's spit"，怎麼找Artist那欄都是BSS。花一翻功夫找資料才發現，原來BSS是個爆多人的大樂隊而Feist是其中一員，所以"Lover's spit"的Artist當然是寫BSS。
找到Feist版"Lover's spit"讓我聽好一陣子，但卻沒follow她的專輯。關於這點，到是被iTunes害了一下，當時用iTunes store 30 秒試聽，怎麼聽就覺得她的專輯不太吸引我，也或許是當時太沉溺於"Lover's spit"的mood。總而言之，錯過了這位早在很多人心中視為女神的Feist。
上禮拜看到一個音樂blog的一則日誌標題寫"我們都要1234"後，就整個陷入Feist女神的光芒裡。

"1234"是首爆紅的歌，也當了iPod Nano廣告歌，整首MV一鏡到底，辛苦了Feist和舞群，他們不知道練了多久呀!

Nano 廣告

btw連續找了幾首"The Reminder"專輯裡的MV發現，Feist MV還真愛一鏡到底&跳舞，而且都蠻有趣的，例如：

" I feel it all"

"My Moon My Man "

在The Reminder專輯裡還有一首非常喜歡的歌。"Sea Lion Woman"，聽著聽著就整個High起來了!

The Reminder在2007年就發了，所以Feist早就到舊金山開過演唱會了 (cia cia有去聽咧 )，之後在Berkeley也唱過，唉!沒那個命看現場的Feist，只怪太慢認識這位女神了!

彌補沒看到Live，再追加個video!"1234"+"Mushaboom"。Mushaboom收錄在Feist第一張專輯"Let it die"也是我很喜歡的一首歌!

"When I was a Young Girl"

彈電吉他的Feist還真性感呀(羞)

隨記(July 21 - July 26)

MoMa - Firda Kahlo。
Caltrain、Sunnyvale、VTA - 55、Cupertino、VTA - 51、Mountain View - Tea Era - Park - Reading - Bookstore。
Lunch Box、MUNI 28 - 5 、de Young - Chihuly、MUNI - 21、Tu Lan - Fried rice。
Sundance Theater - the Dark Knight、MUNI - 22、Peet's Cafe、Marina Small Craft Harbor、Crissy Field Marsh Restoration - Beach 、Place of Fine Arts、MUNI - 43 、Forest Hill Station - L。

ciacia - 諷刺(2008練團版)、黃建為 - over the way、自然捲 - 風和日麗 天氣晴。

少一個人

btw 該買 Feist 的 the Reminder (整個tempo好慢)

7/26
01. Haight St. 買CD Feist - Let it die & The Reminder 、Cat Power - The Covers Record
02. Legion of Honor (竟然偷藏Chihuly的作品，賺到)
03. 到safeway買三明治吃
04. Geary的Ocean Beach出發，走到Golden Gate Bridge 共6 mi (9.6km) 的路程

謝謝電力爆強的iPod，讓我整個旅程都有音樂!!!
ciacia - 諷刺(2008練團版)、自然捲 - 風和日麗 天氣晴、Feist - Mushaboom, 1 2 3 4 & I Feel It All。

btw 依個人推測，應該不止6 mi，因為有些我走的路google map無法顯示，反正就無止境的走呀!!

((((明天休兵))))


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nothing

目前Broken Social Scene只能吞下"Lover's Spit" & "ibi Dreams of Pavement (A Better Day) "的確這兩首是非常精彩。ibi Dreams of Pavement (A Better Day)樂器的堆疊，很大氣。Lover's Spit根本是曠世鉅作。

後續：聽了一陣子BSS之後，他們真的是組強到爆的superband!! BSS同名專輯很讚。
當然有一小部分原因是Feist啦

7/4 (Shoreline) by BSS


至於 Blonde Redhead 的"23"，誰能告訴我任何嚥下它的理由 ???

MoMA in NY (Jan 02, 2008)

One of my favorite museum - MoMA

第二次的MoMA，還是那麼吸引人.
可以瘋狂拍照的MoMA，再多來幾次也不膩!!

Martin Puryear


Georges-Pierre Seurat 。藝術家總是要瘋狂，點畫派的狂人。

Vincent van Gogh "The Starry Night"


Claude Monet "Reflections of Clouds on the Water"

Jackson Pollock "Shimmering Substance. (Sounds in the Grass Series)"

Jackson Pollock

Jackson Pollock "One: Number 31, 1950"

你是枚憂鬱的狂人

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W Central Park (Dec 28, 2007)

熟悉NY地鐵之後，第一個目的地.

紀念John Lennon的Strawberry Fields

"Imagine there's no Heaven"


Lennon 被射殺的The Dakota門口


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Seattle Art Museum

Seattle Art Museum (SAM) @ 1300 First AvenueSeattle, WA 98101-2003



蔡國強 Cai Guo-Qiang : I want to believe

在Olympic Sculpture Park看到SAM的Guide Map封面，一眼就認出蔡國強的作品。沒想到西雅圖竟能看到他的作品，一直以為只能望紐約古根漢興嘆。上次春花來時就已經展他的作品了，但好像沒人發現(笑)，放在Lobby的作品讓我盡情的拍，在大廳看了又看，這次沒白來。

買了入場卷，看到了Jackson Pollock 的 "Sea Change"，雖然很難和紐約MoMA的"One: Number 31"相比，但能再次看到他的作品，還是令人開心的事。Kara Walker 雖然只是在African Americans展裡的其中一幅作品，但一眼就看出來是她的。想到去年在紐約 Whitney Museum 看她的作品，現在還是會起雞皮疙瘩!

You are the ONE - Jimi Hendrix

Jimi Hendrix (November 27,1942 – September 18,1970): An Evolution of Sound @ Experience Music Project

Lobby

Woodstock Ticket

Hendrix's manuscript

The smashed and burned guitar at the Monterey International Pop Festival, 1967

"Like a Rolling Stone"

"Purple Haze"

Hendrix's Statue @ Capital Hill btw Broadway & Pine (Seattle)