Happy 2nd birthday Sunshine!

Der Untergang

This movie depicts the last ten days in the 'downfall' of Nazi Germany in WWII with the main focus on the events happening in and around Führerbunker with all the people involved. The  film mostly follows Hitler's secretary Traudl Junge with her actual monologues in the opening and closing of the movie.

The main elements that I saw in this movie were:

- Fear

- Fanaticism

- Despair

- Loyalty
- Discipline

- Cruelty of war

- Pride

- Devastation of a city, country, culture and a civilization

It is also nice to see that not all the Deutschland and whatever/whoever related to the war was pure evil rather that there were human beings with feelings and human concerns even among the high ranking officials of Nazi regime in the midst of the most difficult circumstances. The movie despite its tough structure and scenes, is heavily emotional at times with great acting as well as directing which makes it a fine work of cinema.

My tours

In the honor of this year's Tour de France (?) and in order to be worthy of wearing the "Ambit", I got tired of all the rain, my petty sicknesses and the useless waiting and kicked off my bike tours from work to home. The first one went for 1 hour and 15 minutes i.e. 14 Rammstein songs. Hopefully, I will be able to get more data on these tours with the help of Moveslink. Picture above shows my ride on the train on the way TO and not FROM work.

Pearl Jam on July 7, 2012

This concert turned out to be much better than what I expected, all thanks to the energy and glow of Eddie Vedder who smoked and drank to a considerable amount on stage: first frontman that I have ever seen to do so. He was as high or rather as hyper as his early days with the exception of not climbing the stage or anything similar! I thought that the crowd which are more into heavy metal and etc. here in Sweden would be quite dull when it comes to PJ music. On the contrary, I was very surprised to see that alomst everyone  responded very well to the band and Ed. In fact, this was the only concert that we had seats on the side row but we ended up standing for the whole 3 hours! I also noticed that many of the people attending were not Swedes (saw a couple of Italian flags and so on) and that could actually be the reason behind the atmosphere ;-) Anyway, I have to say that, at least for myself, seeing the film Pearl Jam 20 before the concert was a great help in getting to know the band on a more personal level (I didn't even know their names before but now, I really like Stone Gossard!)  and the track list, as seen below, was more than acceptable with a few minor disappointments which include "Release" and "Rearviewmirror". Also, I would have been very happier if he played "Long nights" or "Guaranteed" from Into The Wild. On the bright side, Matt Cameron on the drums, whom was and still is my favorite in Soundgraden after Chris Cornell was really remarkable. The fact that they opened with "Elderly woman..." was also something that can not be ignored as well as "Rockin' in the free world" which I thought to be the last song but they played another one afterward to leave an extra cherry on top.

Playlist XV.

1. "Elderly woman behind the counter in a small town"
2. "Corduroy"
3. "Got some"
4. "Why go"
5. "Amongst the waves"
6. "Wishlist"
7. "Given to fly"
8. "Comatose"
9. "Even Flow"
10. "World wide suicide"
11. "Garden"
12. "Better things" (Kinks cover)
13. "Unthought known"
14. "All those yesterdays"
15. "The fixer"
16. "1/2 full"
17."Jeremy"

18. "Off he goes"
19. "Just breath"

20. "State of love and trust"

21. "Do the evolution"

22. "Love, reign o'er me" (The Who cover)

23. "Porch"

24. "Once"

25. "Better man"

26. "Crazy Mary" (Victoria Williams cover)

27. "Black"

28. "Alive" 

29. "Rockin' in the free world"

30. "Yellow ledbetter/Little wing" (Jimi Hendrix cover)

Re: Tourani letters

Ref to a post on 30 December 2010, my contributions to the letters started today thanks to the owner of that blog.

Uncanny resemblance 8

Adrock of Beastie Boys and A.R. Faravardeh! :-)

Metallica in Big 4 on July 3, 2011

Playlist XIV.

1. "The Ecstasy of Gold" Ennio Morricone

2. "Hit the Lights" 

3. "Master of Puppets"

4. "The Shortest Straw" 

5. "Seek & Destroy"
6. "Welcome Home (Sanitarium)"
7. "Ride the Lightning"  

8. "The Memory Remains"

9. "All Nightmare Long" 

10. "Sad But True"

11. "The Call of Ktulu"

12. "One"

13. "For Whom the Bell Tolls" 

14. "Blackened" 

15. "Fade to Black"
16. "Enter Sandman"

17."Am I Evil?" with Anthrax and Megadeth

18. "Damage Inc." 

19. "Creeping Death"

Release

Pre-post: This post is dedicated to a great man whom we simply called "H.", may his even greater soul rest in peace.

"I see the world
Feel the chill
Which way to go
Windowsill
I see the words
On a rocking horse of time
I see the birds in the rain

Oh dear dad
Can you see me now?
I am myself
Like you somehow
I'll ride the wave
Where it takes me
I'll hold the pain
Release me

Oh dear dad
Can you see me now?
I am myself
Like you somehow
I'll wait up in the dark
For you to speak to me
I'll open up
Release me
Release me
Release me
Release me"

Words by Stone Gossard, Jeff Ament, Eddie Vedder, Mike McCready, Dave Krusen

Uncanny resemblance 7

This has been on my mind for a very long time, thank god that SI stole my idea unknowingly and made my job easier, their list can be seen here. Needless to say, it's just the tip of the iceberg.