Kazhes pierakstu burtnīca

Šī Elisa Kūpera ieraksta nosaukuma precīzākais latviskojums būtu "Penis", varbūt "Loceklis". Man ir zināmi aizspriedumi attiecībā pret peņiem veltītiem ierakstiem, taču ja jau Keta Stīvensa "Mona Bone Jakon", kas arī ir "Penis", ir labs ieraksts, kāpēc lai šis tāds nebūtu? Tiesa, uzraksts uz plates vāciņa, ka šajā vāciņā iekšā atrodas viens (1) Elisa Kūpera "muscle of love", šķiet nedaudz biedējoša. Iedomājies - tu kā normāls cilvēks nopērc veikalā mūzikas ierakstu, ko vēlies uzdāvināt mīļotajai sievietei, iesaiņo to skaistā ietinamajā papīrā, pasniedz ziedus, un tad tava mīļotā sieviete no iepakojuma izņem asiņainu nogrieztu locekli. Diez vai tu šādā situācijā varētu cerēt uz romantisku vakara turpinājumu.

According to DELFI, in July the Latvian drivers will get a pleasant present in the form of photo radars. I can`t say that I`m very thrilled about it but - that`s life. I`m not much of a Speedy Gonzalez anyway, yet I`m sure that from now on I will need to drive slightly more carefully, as I`m not a huge fan of speeding tickets.

Recently a rather strange campaign has gained spread in Latvia - don`t buy Chinese products, in order to support the struggle of Tibet. Although on an emotional level I can understand such an attitude, this whole situation is way too laughable to be taken seriously. Boycott China? How is that possible. Almost everything is made in China and even with wares that have labels "made in Spain" probably are made in China anyhow. Plus if you boycott China, aren`t there tons of other countries that you can boycott just as well? Russia drowned Chechnya in blood (or didn`t it?) - perhaps we should restrain from using Russia`s natural gas and warm ourselves entirely by rubbing one against another? Turkey doesn`t recognize the Armenian genocide plus it oppresses the Kurds - let`s boycott Turkey then? India and Pakistan are two war-crazy states because of the Kashmir region for decades - I don`t want to support either of them. Israel and Arab states around it are constantly on the brink of war and their actions are usually targeted against civilians - let`s boycott them (although I`m not sure that even if I wanted to I could buy any Lebanese products). USA invaded Iraq for no clear reasons and has caused death of thousands of civilians there - let`s boycott the Americans. And all the countries that supported the invasion. Including Latvia.

Yesterday when I decided to listen to a couple of songs from "The Wall" by Pink Floyd I realized that I didn`t like them as much as I should and as much as I did before. Was it just because I was in some strange mood or have I lost affection for one of my favourite records? The answer will be found out as soon as I give it another try but currently I`m in a slight state of shock.

"Paradise Now" manā kinoprojektā pārstāv Palestīnu. Protams, Palestīna reāli nav valsts, bet vienlaikus tā nav arī daļa Izraēlas, un Olimpiskajās spēlēs Palestīna var piedalīties, kāpēc tad lai tā nevarētu piedalīties manā kino projektā? I see no reason.

Deivids Silveins ir no "Japan". Roberts Frips ir no "King Crimson". Viņiem kopā šis ir pirmais ieraksts. Sekoja vēl divi. Tos neesmu dzirdējis. Šis neizklausās pēc King Crimson. Kā izklausās "Japan" - nezinu. Man ir viens viņa solo ieraksts. "Secrets of the Beehive". Nekas īpašs tas gan nav. Šis ieraksts skaitās labāks. Vai ir? Jāpadomā.

Ar šo lenti Pīters Džeksons kļuva populārs, un tāpat populāra kļuva viena no filmas galveno lomu atveidotājām - Keita Vinsleta. Vinsleta vēlāk kļuva par globālu megazvaigzni, bet Džeksons - ekranizēja "Gredzenu pavēlnieku". Pirms tam Keita (kā jau tīne) piedalījās vien TV seriālos, bet Džeksons režisēja komēdijšausmenes. "Debešķīgie radījumi" gan nav nekāda komēdijšausmene, lai gan...

Šīs filmas nosaukums Amerikā ir "Dracula in Pakistan", kas vismaz man pirmajā brīdī radīja domu, ka tā varētu būt viena no neskaitāmajām amerikāņu šausmeņu parodijām no četrdesmitajiem-piecdesmitajiem gadiem, kaut kas līdzīgs kā "Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein". Nedaudz parakājies pa Internetu, secināju, ka tik tālu no patiesības nebiju, lai arī "Zinda Laash" ir autentiska pakistāniešu filma, līdz ar to tā arī kalpo par šīs valsts kino pārstāvi manā lielajā kino projektā.

So far I haven`t got any success in realizing that I`m dreaming and thus there hasn`t been any achievement. Maybe I really should start a dream journal (or even a dream weblog?)? These nights I had lots of dreams which I have already almost completely forgotten. The only memory that remains in (as it`s quite characteristic to dreams) a dream about a dead child in our garden. I woke up from this dream very stressed and it was difficult to fall asleep afterwards. I also had some sports-related dreams, in one of those I talked about my dislike for Russians winning all the important tournaments lately. I was especially angry with the fact that somehow Russians managed to win the football Champions league although it was still before the date of the final and no Russian team should had participated in the final.

Mario Vargasa Ljosas romāns «Kapteinis Pantaleons un Sieviešu Labo Pakalpojumu Rota» sākotnēji šķiet diezgan sviestains un garlaicīgs, bet pamazām ielasoties tajā atklājas acīmredzams skaistums. Vai arī ne gluži skaistums, bet vismaz kaut kas tam līdzīgs.