Paradise (not for me) update!

Winter is upon us, so what’s better than picking up your acoustic and playing some of your fave Madonna songs? That’s what we are thinking here at ASP, so we have updated the chords sheet of one great song – “Paradise (not for me)”, the version from the Confessions Tour!

In this song, Madonna plays the main riff with her (gorgeous) black Gibson Hummingbird while Monte Pittman fills in with some solos that give the song that delicate touch! Give it a try and tell us what you think! Download it from here!

Madonna del Ghisallo - Patron Saint of Cyclists - a story

kellyegan:

Madonna del Ghisallo – Patron Saint of Cyclists.

Medieval legend says that Count Ghisallo was travelling near the village of Magréglio when he was attacked by highway bandits. Spotting a image of the Virgin Mary in a roadside shrine, he broke away from his attackers and ran to it. There he took refuge, pled for Our Lady’s protection – and was miraculously saved from the robbers.

As the story spread, the Madonna del Ghisallo became known as patroness of local travellers. In more recent times, cyclists would often stop to rest and pray at the chapel, which is a local landmark, and is at the top of a steep hill. After World War II, FatherItalian shrine for bicyclists, and she was given as patroness of cyclists on 13 October 1949 by PopePius XII.

The chapel has become equal part religious shrine, part cycling museum, with artifacts and photos from the sport. There is an eternal flame that burns there in memory of the cyclists of are no longer with us, and services each Christmas Eve and the Feast of All Souls commemorate them.

Pendent available here.

Nice story, but just how did the Virgin of Ghisallo “miraculously” save the poor traveler from bandits?

Did she ride up on her fixed-gear bicycle miraculously powered by her straddled legs and come to a stop without brakes, announcing that it was she, Mary, or as her riding club calls her: The Virgin, and that she was there to set right what has gone wrong?

Did she whip out her U-lock, brandishing it menacingly in the air? Did the bandits, unsure of how to react to the miracle they were witnessing, foolishly attempt to knock her off her bike? Did she have to beat them down with the business end of her lock, their bloodied remains scurrying away to tell tales of this “U-lock justice”?

Or maybe the leader bandit, suspiciously at ease on a fixed-gear himself (Satan?), challenged Mary to a duel of wits and bike tricks. Did Mary’s one-legged 50 yard skid so shame the bandit leader that he rode away on a recumbent?

And did the traveler, now saved by this miracle that is Mary the Virgin, bow down to her in eternal gratitude only to be swept up in her strong arms and thrown prostrate to the ground? Was the last thing he heard before he woke up in tattered clothes with a sore pelvis and a dumb smile on his face: “Stay down little man, The Virgin likes to be on top!”

Ricky

Esses dias assisti Ricky, o novo de François Ozon (Swimming Pool / 8 Mulheres). Amo. Cada filme dele é completamente diferente do outro. Acho que a primeira metade deste poderia se chamar Lisa (ou Silvelena), personagem da irmã mais velha que tem grande peso na história, e daí pra frente poderia ser O Bebê de Rosemery. Não to desdenhando não. O filme é bom, mas se eu contar estraga. Entra em circuito em janeiro mas se quiser baixa no megaupload que chega em meia hora, ou torrent.

 

Baixei mas ainda não assisti:

Moon – dirigido por Duncan Jones, filho do David Bowie

Little Ashes – Sobre Salvador Dali com Robert Pattinson

Filth and Wisdom – com Eugene Hütz e direção de Madonna (?)

 

Vi esses dias:

Coco Chanel – legalzinho…

Budapeste – pretensioso.

Madonna and Ethan Hawke support Roma Rights

Back in August, Madonna was booed by fans at her concert in Romania for speaking out against discrimination against Eastern Europe’s Gypsies also known as Roma.

On Saturday, the Associated Press reports that actor Ethan Hawke, while in Romania has come to Madonna’s defense saying, “She transcended being a pop star. She drew international attention and shone the spotlight on a level of racism and the need for greater education.”ethan

Madonna’s publicist said the the star “has been touring with a phenomenal troupe of Roma musicians who made her aware of the discrimination toward them in several countries so she felt compelled to make a brief statement during the concert.”

There were a few cheers from the crowd but her words were generally not met with support. Human rights advocates say the Roma, who live predominately in Southern and Eastern Europe, probably suffer more humiliation and endure more discrimination than any other group on the continent.

via ROMANY NEWS | Amala School.

A Review of the Song, “Ultimate,” by Gogol Bordello: A Musical Multi-Car Pileup with Confetti

Eugene Hütz, founder of the acclaimed gypsy rock group, Gogol Bordello, was a teenager when the Chernobyl meltdown in 1986 displaced his family in Kiev, Ukraine. Since then, Hütz seems to have converted that chaotic, atom-splitting energy into “complete orgasmal hysteria” onstage  - which is how Hütz has described the group’s live performances (NPR Interview, 2007).

 (L to R: Gogol Bordello’s Yuri Lemeshev, Sergey Ryabstev and Eugene Hütz)

Here’s what a couple of my Facebook friends told me this week about seeing Gogol Bordello live:

• Dana – I just saw them at Voodoo Fest in New Orleans and at Austin City Limits (ACL) Music Festival last year. I wanted to run away with them. Totally contagious.
• Brian – I “lurves” me some gypsy rock. I saw them at ACL a couple years ago. Very high-energy – the crowd couldn’t help but dance.

Until recently, I had never heard of the band. I’m probably the last person who can claim that in indie listening circles, because Hütz, the group’s leader, knows how to draw attention to himself, thanks to his charisma, philosophical bent and sweaty decadence.

To date, the band has its own documentary, “Gogol Bordello Non-Stop” (Hoptza Films, 2008), has performed with pop powerhouse Madonna and has appeared at countless marquee music festivals across the globe. Hütz also played leading roles in the movies “Everything is Illuminated” (Warner Independent Pictures, 2005) and Madonna’s directorial debut, “Filth and Wisdom” (IFC Films, 2008).

New Album
On Oct. 6, 2009, Gogol Bordello released a CD/DVD set called “Live from Axis Mundi” (SideOneDummy) that includes footage from a concert in New York City as well as a BBC radio session.

The music attacks the senses. Every time I tried to settle into any particular beat or sound, Gogol Bordello pulled me by the ear to witness another jarring style or musical idea. The group smashes dub, gypsy music, punk, caberet and more into loud anthems that make me want to sing and cast my vote for something – with Gogol Bordello, that’s probably something extreme.

My favorite track is “Ultimate,” which was from a 2008 live performance on BBC- Radio 1’s “In The Company Of (with Colin Murray).” Here’s a taste of the lyrics (word order is faithful to the recording):

“An evolution is eternal
An evolution isn’t over
Everybody shows
And everybody knows
That if we are here, not to do
What you and I wanna’ do
And go forever crazy with it
Why the hell we are even here?
Daaaahhhh!!!!”

When Hütz yells at the end of each verse, it’s time to party like a car crash.

Since words really can’t describe Gogol Bordello, here are a couple videos:

• The song, “Ultimate” from the 2008 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGuOypqaYzU
• The song “La Isla Bonita” with Madonna at Live Earth 2007, www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0C9DDle2Cw

Gogol Bordello’s Web sites include www.gogolbordello.com and www.myspace.com/gogolbordello. The group has a fan page on Facebook.

Sources: www.punknews.org (Gogol Bordello Announces “Live from Axis Mundi”), www.npr.org (Gypsy Punk Group Gogol Bordello in Concert, July 18, 2007), www.imdb.com (Eugene Hütz page), www.hoptzafilms.com/gogol.html,

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The Crisis in British Masculinity

There’s more evidence in last week’s Daily Mail of discontent amongst British women due to a crisis of masculinity in British men. Liz Jones writes “Who created this generation of feeble ‘Hotel Mum’ men? Er, I did”

Jones is scathing in her criticism of the British male:

men under 40 today are, without doubt, feeble, infantile and feckless.

They don’t have the self-confidence to ask women out except when paralytic on cheap blue vodka…

They never attempt to get out their very low-limit Electron debit cards when the bill turns up…

And they have all been raised on a diet of internet porn and ridiculous men’s magazines (in the male glossy world you are either a ponce or a pervert – there is no middle ground) so that all of them, to a wimp, are useless in bed.

No wonder all these big babies have scurried back home to their football-appliqued duvets – their girlfriends have long since chucked them out.

I’m glad I turned 41 last week!

The blame, says Liz Jones, lies at the feet of British women:

The real culprits are women just like me. Bossy, over-achieving, high-maintenance madams who mistook the notion of being equal to men for a scenario in which we completely took over, infantilised them, cosseted them and ultimately castrated them.

The shift in the power-dynamic between men and women has resulted in men giving up:

I’m afraid the result is that we’ve turned our husbands and boyfriends (and now, I’m perfectly sure, our sons) into perpetual Little Lord Fauntleroys – spoilt, spurious sperm donors still wet behind the ears.

But, is this really the fault of our women? The suffragettes clearly set a precedent which was taken from the workplace into the home by the eighties material girls and nineties girl power brigade. But women should not be too quick to blame themselves. Men have a responsibility to live as men in God’s world. If anyone is to blame for the spinelessness and ineptitude of modern men it is not their mothers, wives and girlfriends but their fathers, and so today most sons, who have long stopped fearing God and paying attention to God’s wisdom.

Romans 1:21-23 although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened. Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images made to look like mortal man (pornography)

According to the wisdom of God, this is what men should do:

Listen, my son, and be wise, and keep your heart on the right path.

Do not join those who drink too much wine or gorge themselves on meat, for drunkards and gluttons become poor, and drowsiness clothes them in rags.

Listen to your father, who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old.

Buy the truth and do not sell it; get wisdom, discipline and understanding.

The father of a righteous man has great joy; he who has a wise son delights in him.

Proverbs 23:19-24

If men were wise, they (we) wouldn’t get “castrated” by bossy women.

For other posts on this subject see:
Generation X men
Madonna and Generation X women
Jordan and Peter, Gen X again
From the vicarage July 2009
For men only: overcoming porn use