Christo's Second Live

Saint Valentine Party at SweetGrass

2012-02-13T17:53:00.000+01:00

"Wehad a busy musical weekend", is what Tim said when we came home yesterday.

Yes, busyit was indeed. We had to leave early the Sweetgrass party because we got an invitationfrom The Crowne Royale. But more about that in the following post.

Sweetgrasshad a Valentines Day Party with DJ Xon.

It would be a special party because it would also be the celebrating of the 3rd anniversarytogether in SL of Gay and Aita.

Here some ofthe pictures I made

Norbie

Gany

Aita and Gay

Fio

Gandalle

Uriel

Ellbee

DJ Xon and Liam

Racker

Rik

Picture of the winners as always by Gany

MUSICALS Party at T.R.A.C.S

2012-02-12T16:51:00.000+01:00

It was yesterdayalmost an invasion of the Phantom of the Opera at the MUSICALS Party atT.R.A.C.S. Again we had a slow start, DJ Racker had made a great set of musicaltunes and we had a musical triva. After the voting for the best in theme, more guestsarrived. DJ Racker started to play old rock and roll songs and he was enjoyinghimself so much that he could not stop. He went on till 4 pm SLT, so 4 hours long. That is a newDJ record at T.R.A.C.S.You did awonderful job Racker, thank you so very much. I had a great time and I think theguests to.

Tim

Me. Yes, I was not Ruth but Liza.

DJ Racker

Ellbee

Guy

Guy and Norbie

Racker, Rod and Tim

Dillon and in the back Rod, Racker and Norbie.

Luca, Pietro and Sven

Aita. It seemspeople mixing names when they see Aita with his partner Gay.

That is why Aitawears that shirt. Sadly Gay was not there.

Whitney Houston has died at age 48

2012-02-12T03:05:00.000+01:00

Whitney Elizabeth Houston (August 9, 1963 –February 11, 2012) was an American singer, actress, producer and a formermodel. Houston is the most awarded female act of all time, according toGuinness World Records, and her list of awards include 2 Emmy Awards, 6 GrammyAwards, 30 Billboard Music Awards, 22 American Music Awards, among a total of415 career awards as of 2010. Houston is also one of the world's best-selling music artists, having soldover 170 million albums and singles worldwide.

Rest In Peace Whitney

Ice skating on the channels in Groningen.

2012-02-11T20:11:00.000+01:00

Yes, the iceis thick enough. Some pictures.
Could be the last day because tomorrow the temperature goes up.

Jar Of Hearts

2012-02-11T11:01:00.000+01:00

Last week I have been to two concerts ofLisa Brune.
Jar of Hearts is one of the songs she sang.

Very often I see Jaguar at Lisa's concerts. Jaguar is one of the hostesses at the Guitar Museum. I did writeabout her when she had her birthday party at the Guitar Museum.
Heresome snapshots of her.

"Jar of Hearts"

Christina Judith Perri (born August 19, 1986) is an American singer-songwriter and musician from Philadelphia. Hersong "Jar of Hearts" charted in the

United States

after it was featured on the Fox television show So You Think YouCan Dance in 2010. Rolling Stone named her the "Band of the Week" on October 26, 2010. On May 10, 2011, Perri's "Jarof Hearts" was featured on Glee (Season 2, Episode 20 "PromQueen"). Also, on June 27, 2011, Perri's "Jarof Hearts" was featured on Switched at Birth (Season 1, Episode 4"Dance Amongst Daggers"). One of her songs, "A ThousandYears", has been in the Twilight saga movie Breaking Dawn.

"Jar ofHearts" is the debut single by American singer-songwriter Christina Perri.The song was released onto iTunes July 27, 2010, a week after its debut on SoYou Think You Can Dance. The song was included on Perri's debut EP The OceanWay Sessions and appeared on Perri's debut album, lovestrong.

"Jar ofHearts" has been described as an autobiographical song for ChristinaPerri, recalling an ex-boyfriend who wanted to reconnect after a tough breakup.Seeing writing duties by the song's performer Christina Perri, additionalwriting is seen by Drew Lawrence and Barrett Yeretsian; production by thesong's writers Barrett Yeretsian and Christina Perri. "Jar of Hearts"is a rock-oriented tune that is about shunning the continued advances of aformer flame who was ungrateful while together, yet now wants to rekindle afailed romance.

Lyrically the balladrevolves around an ex of Perri's, who sings personal lyrics. In a blog by the artist, Perri described that the song came from true experiences, stating"I wrote the song after I went home to Philadelphia for the holiday lastDecember. I sat in my childhood bedroom and hid from the boy (with the jar ofhearts) who wanted to see me. My heart wanted to see him, my head knew better.I couldn't take one more break so I wrote the song instead."

Jar Of Hearts lyrics

No Ican't take one more step towards you

Cause all that's waiting is regret

Anddon't you know I'm not your ghost anymore

Youlost the love I loved the most

I learned to live half alive

Andnow you want me one more time

And who do you think you are

Running around leaving scars

Collecting your jar of hearts

Andtearing love apart

You're gonna catch a cold

Fromthe ice inside your soul

Sodon't come back for me

Whodo you think you are

I hear you're asking all around

If Iam anywhere to be found

ButI have grown too strong

Toever fall back in your arms

I learned to live half alive

Andnow you want me one more time

And who do you think you are

Running around leaving scars

Collecting your jar of hearts

Andtearing love apart

You're gonna catch a cold

Fromthe ice inside your soul

Sodon't come back for me

Whodo you think you are

And it took so long just to feel alright

Remember how to put back the light in my eyes

Iwish I would have missed the first time that we kissed

Cause you broke all your promises

Andnow you're back

Youdon't get to get me back

And who do you think you are

Running around leaving scars

Collecting your jar of hearts

Andtearing love apart

You're gonna catch a cold

Fromthe ice inside your soul

Don't come back for me

Don't come back at all

And who do you think you are

Running around leaving scars

Collecting your jar of hearts

Andtearing love apart

You're gonna catch a cold

Fromthe ice inside your soul

Don't come back for me

Don't come back at all

Who do you think you are

Whodo you think you are

Super Bowl XLVI After Party @ Open Minds!!!

2012-02-11T10:34:00.000+01:00

Yesterday at Open Minds
Hey guys!

Weekendsstart at Open Minds, and this Friday, we're having a big Super Bowl XLVI AfterParty!

The Giantsand the Patriots are expected, so whether you wanna be a football jock, acheerleader... or the Star of the halftime show, just get into your bestoutfits, bring your friends and come party with us at 9 pm cet 12 slt!

We'll havethe trivia and sploder ready for you, and 1000 on the board (for real...) forbest in theme! This is THE After party you don't wanna miss!

Norbie

Dillon

Sabin

Wolf

Ganymede

Pietro

Tim and me

Nelix

TUESDAY! SILKS & THONGS PARTY

2012-02-11T10:27:00.000+01:00

Its mighty cold in Europe, so come and enjoy the heat wave we have at Barefoot Islands!

Let's dance, chat and have some fun. DJ Racker will spin the hits.

Bring along your friends! We'll be happy ifyou can make it.

http://slurl.com/secondlife/AMERICAN%20VENICE/171/37/22

Fiorino & Racker

MUSICALS Party at T.R.A.C.S

2012-02-08T22:35:00.000+01:00

We willhave a MUSICALS Party at T.R.A.C.S

T.R.A.C.S

http://slurl.com/secondlife/River%20Island/221/249/22

Musical theatreis a form of theatre that combines songs, spoken dialogue, acting, and dance.The story and emotional content of the piece – humor, pathos, love, anger – arecommunicated through the words, music, movement and technical aspects of theentertainment as an integrated whole. Although musical theatre overlaps withother theatrical forms like opera and dance, it may be distinguished by theequal importance given to the music as compared with the dialogue, movement andother elements of the works. Since the early 20th century, musical theatrestage works have generally been called, simply, musicals.

Although musichas been a part of dramatic presentations since ancient times, modern Westernmusical theatre emerged during the 19th century, culminating with the works ofGilbert and Sullivan in Britain and those of Harrigan and Hart in America,followed by the numerous Edwardian musical comedies and the works of American creatorslike George M. Cohan. Early in the 20th century, the Princess Theatre musicalsand other smart shows like Of Thee I Sing were artistic steps forward beyondrevues and other frothy entertainments and led to such groundbreaking works asShow Boat and Oklahoma!. Some of the most famous and iconic musicals throughthe decades that followed include West Side Story, The Fantasticks, Hair, AChorus Line, Les Misérables, The Phantom of the Opera, Rent, The Producers andWicked.

Musicals areperformed all around the world. They may be presented in large venues, such asbig budget West End and Broadway theatre productions in London and New YorkCity, or in smaller fringe theatre, Off-Broadway or regional theatreproductions, on tour, or by amateur groups in schools, theatres and otherperformance spaces. In addition to Britain and North America, there are vibrantmusical theatre scenes in many countries in Europe, Latin America, Australasiaand Asia.

source: WikiPedia

GayMusicals, by JD Doyle

What is a"Gay Musical" and why do we care? Well, I produce a radio show andwebsite called Queer Music Heritage, with an aim to preserve gay and lesbianmusic culture. And by using the term "Gay Musical" I immediately haveto define myself. Musicals have always been a big part of our culture, to thepoint of it being stereotypical. But I'm not talking about musicals like"Chorus Line," or "Dreamgirls," "West SideStory," "Follies," "Gypsy," "Cats,""Cabaret," or on and on, even though many may have had a gaysensibility, or gay writers behind them. Being a purist, I'm talking about gaymusicals where the central characters and plots were gay, and I further limitmy focus to those that had soundtracks that made it onto vinyl or CD.Otherwise, only a few get to share the experience. In the early years,recording them didn't happen very often, as the productions were generally lowbudget affairs, far removed from even being off-off-Broadway. http://www.queermusicheritage.us/gaymus.html

It was noteasy to pick one song from my long list of favourite musical songs.

Than Iremember the song "For good" from the musical "Wicked" becauseit have parts of the poem "Reason, Season, or Lifetime". That alreadyis for ages in my profile.

Wicked is amusical with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and a book by Winnie Holzman.It is based on the Gregory Maguire novel Wicked: The Life and Times of theWicked Witch of the West (1995), a parallel novel of the 1939 film The Wizardof Oz and L. Frank Baum's classic story The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900). Themusical is told from the perspective of the witches of the Land of Oz: Elphaba,the misunderstood girl with emerald-green skin, and Galinda, later Glinda, thebeautiful, ambitious and popular blonde. Wicked tells the story in which thesetwo unlikely friends grow to become the Wicked Witch of the West and the GoodWitch of the North while struggling through opposing personalities andviewpoints, rivalry over the same love-interest, reactions to the Wizard'scorrupt government, and, ultimately, Elphaba's public fall from grace. The plotbegins before and continues after Dorothy's arrival from Kansas and includes references tolocations, events, characters and situations from both the 1939 film and Baum'snovel.

For Good

ELPHABA

I'm limited:

Just look at me - I'm limited

And just look at you -

You can do all I couldn't do, Glinda

So now it's up to you

(spoken) For both of us

(sung) Now it's up to you:

GLINDA

I've heard it said

That people comeinto our lives for a reason

Bringing something we must learn

And we are led

To those who help us most to grow

If we let them

And we help them in return

Well, I don't know if I believe that's true

But I know I'm who I am today

Because I knew you:

Like a cometpulled from orbit

As it passes a sun

Like a stream that meets a boulder

Halfway through the wood

Who can say if I've been changed for thebetter?

But because I knew you

I have been changed for good

ELPHABA

It well may be

That we will never meet again

In this lifetime

So let me say before we part

So much of me

Is made of what I learned from you

You'll be with me

Like a handprint on my heart

And now whatever way our stories end

I know you have re-written mine

By being my friend:

Like a ship blown from its mooring

By a wind off the sea

Like a seed dropped by a skybird

In a distant wood

Who can say if I've been changed for thebetter?

But because I knew you:

GLINDA

Because I knew you:

BOTH

I have beenchanged for good

ELPHABA

And just to clear the air

I ask forgiveness

For the things I've done you blame me for

GLINDA

But then, I guess we know

There's blame to share

BOTH

And none of it seems to matter anymore

GLINDA ELPHABA

Like a comet pulled Like a ship blown

From orbit as it Off it's mooring

Passes a sun, like By a wind off the

A stream that meets Sea, like a seed

A boulder, half-way Dropped by a

Through the woodBird in the wood

BOTH

Who can say if I've been changed for thebetter?

I do believe I have been changed for thebetter?

GLINDA

And because I knew you:

ELPHABA

Because I knew you:

BOTH

Because I knew you:

I have been changed for good.

AMERICAN DINER PARTY at T.R.A.C.S

2012-02-05T10:04:00.000+01:00

We got thepomade in your hair and DJ Beef had made a great set of music from the 50s.

Sadly theparty started slow and a lot of guests missed the great job Beef did, but hewent on playing tunes till 3 pm SLT. When the club got crowded I forgotto make pictures.
Here some I made.
Tim and I had a wonderful time.
Thank you Beef and thanks guests.

Tim and I took a break, after decoratingthe club.

Lexzia and Dj Beef

Beef and TJ

Jewel

It was great to see Elbee back, after the healthproblems he had.

Norbie with a lot of hair.

Racker

Pietro

Norbie, waiting to been served.

The family Rhiano, Mika, Dillon and Bernard.

Luca

Dancing in front Fattik

The Second Life Blogger group & Social Media

2012-02-04T12:07:00.000+01:00

It seems I can not longer ignore other socialweb pages. I have a Blogger account and I am on Facebook. I joint Facebook becausemy SL sister Jenna wanted to share some of her pictures but that is all I dowith Facebook.

So what is social media?

Social media includes web-based and mobiletechnologies used to turn communication into interactive dialogue. AndreasKaplan and Michael Haenlein define social media as "a group ofInternet-based applications that build on the ideological and technologicalfoundations of Web 2.0, and that allow the creation and exchange ofuser-generated content." Social media is media for social interaction as asuper-set beyond social communication. Enabled by ubiquitously accessible andscalable communication techniques, social media has substantially changed theway organizations, communities, and individuals communicate.

Source wikipedia

Yesterday Joaopedro Oh asked be if I am onFlickr so that I could see his pictures. I told him that I was not and that Ialready have work enough with my Blogger account. But I was curious about hispictures so I joint Flickr. Today I was reading Bock McMillian's and EddiHaskell's post about "SL Bloggers Group Back in Business...". So I sentin my application to join the group and joined Twitter.

Please not hate me when I'm lazy.

Thugs and Bad Boys @ Open Minds

2012-02-04T09:37:00.004+01:00

Yesterday at Open Minds

On the invitation was written:

Weekends start at Open Minds,
and tonight, the club will be full of BADboys...
DJ Rik will rock the place with the coolesttunes ever,
we'll have the trivia and sploder ready foryou,
and 1000 on the board for best lookingthug!
This is a party you don't wanna miss, soget your friends and come party with us at 9 pmcet 12 slt!

Sabin and DJ Rik

Norbie and Dillon

Joaopedro

Reini (thanks Tim, for your memory)

Pietro

Tim

Wolf

Video Games

2012-02-03T20:39:00.000+01:00

Last week I did hear Lisa sing Video Gamesfor the second time. I love the song, the lyrics and how Lisa's sings thesong.

A special Interview with Lisa Brune at:

http://twomoonparadise.wordpress.com/2012/01/14/special-interview-with-lisa-brune

Elizabeth Grant (born June 21, 1986), better known by her stage name Lana Del Rey, is an Americansinger/songwriter. Her stage name is a combination of the late Hollywood actress Lana Turnerand the Ford Del Rey.

The story goes that Lana Del Rey isactually a failed mainstream artist, and she's being "re-branded" bymainstream dollars in the indie world. Indie rock is a genre of alternativerock that originated in the

United Kingdom

and the

United States

in the 1980s.Indie rock is extremely diverse, with sub-genres that include indie pop,grunge, jangle pop, C86, and lo-fi, among others.

Considering all information, many bloggershave taken it upon themselves to call Del Rey a fake, a phony, a no talent lamestreamer that they were praising just two weeks prior. Does talent justdisappear because it turns out that Lizzy Grant has been playing a characterthis entire time? Tell that to Lady Gaga, who constantly reinvents herself onstage. There is no denying her musical talent behind the piano and themicrophone. Much like Gaga, Lana Del Rey still possesses talent. She has agreat voice, and two great singles. They may sound like some songs that you andI have heard before, but she's ignited a spark in an otherwise dull music scenelately.

"Video Games" was written andcomposed by Del Rey and Justin Parker, and produced by latter and RoboPop. Itwas first released to the internet on June 29, 2011 andlater re-released as the first single from the album Born to Die on October 10, 2011, through Interscope Records. It received mostly positive reviewsfrom critics.

Video Games

Swinging in the backyard

Pull up in your fast car

Whistling my name

Open up a beer

And you say get over here

And play a video game

I'm in his favorite sun dress

Watching me get undressed

Take that body downtown

I say you the bestest

Lean in for a big kiss

Put his favorite perfume on

Go play a video game

It's you, it's you, it's all for you

Everything I do

I tell you all the time

Heaven is a place on earth with you

Tell me all the things you want to do

I heard that you like the bad girls

Honey, is that true?

It's better than I ever even knew

They say that the world was built for two

Only worth living if somebody is loving you

Baby now you do

Singing in the old bars

Swinging with the old stars

Living for the fame

Kissing in the blue dark

Playing pool and wild darts

Video games

He holds me in his big arms

Drunk and I am seeing stars

This is all I think of

Watching all our friends fall

In and out of Old Paul's

This is my idea of fun

Playing video games

It's you, it's you, it's all for you

Everything I do

I tell you all the time

Heaven is a place on earth with you

Tell me all the things you want to do

I heard that you like the bad girls

Honey, is that true?

It's better than I ever even knew

They say that the world was built for two

Only worth living if somebody is loving you

Baby now you do

(Now you do)

It's you, it's you, it's all for you

Everything I do

I tell you all the time

Heaven is a place on earth with you

Tell me all the things you want to do

I heard that you like the bad girls

Honey, is that true?

It's better than I ever even knew

They say that the world was built for two

Only worth living if somebody is loving you

Baby now you do

Clothespin

2012-02-03T19:30:00.000+01:00

I really love this photo (made by Mmarsupilami)of this massive clothes-peg pinching the ground as if it were skin. It wascreated by Mehmet Ali Uysal and six metres high.

It was built for the Festival of the FiveSeasons in Chaudfontaine Park, in Liège (Luik in Dutch),

Belgium

Mehmet Ali Uysal was born in Mersin (a large city and a busy port on theMediterranean coast of southern

Turkey

), in 1976. Hegraduated from the Department of City and Regional Planning in the Faculty ofArchitecture at Middle East Technical University in 1998. In the same year, he started giving Elective SculptureCourse as a part-time instructor in the Department of Fine Arts and Music athis alma mater. In 2003, he became a research assistant at the same department.He competed his master’s degree on sculpture at the Faculty of Fine Art ofHacettepe University in 2005, and his doctoral degree with proficiency in artsin 2009. Uysal attended an exchange program and studied at Ecole nationaleSupérieure d′Dart de Bourges,

France

between 2007 and 2008. In 2009, he participated in the VII.International Days of Philosophy, "Rebellion" and presented his paper“Can 9/11 be an Artwork?". Currently, Uysal continues his work in Ankara and teachesat the Department of Fine Arts and Music of Middle East Technical University.

AMERICAN DINER PARTY at T.R.A.C.S

2012-02-01T20:43:00.000+01:00

If you have appetite for burgers like Tim

or wanna party like Chris

the AMERICAN DINER PARTY at T.R.A.C.S

is THE PLACE TO BE on

Saturday February 4th Noon SLT (9pm CET)

DJ Beef
will play the best tunes from the 50s

so get the pomade in your hair and join thecontest to win L$1500.

http://slurl.com/secondlife/River%20Island/221/249/22

A diner is a prefabricated restaurantbuilding characteristic of North America, especially in the Midwest, in New York City, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and in other areas of the Northeastern United States, although examples can befound throughout the

United States

Canada

and parts of Western Europe. Some people apply the term not only to the prefabricatedstructures, but also to restaurants that serve cuisine similar to traditionaldiner cuisine even if they are located in more traditional types of buildings. Diners are characterized by offering a wide range of foods, mostly American, acasual atmosphere, a counter, and late operating hours. "Classic AmericanDiners" are often characterized by an exterior layer of stainless steel—afeature unique to diner architecture.

The 1950s or TheFifties was the decade that began on January 1, 1950 and ended on December 31,1959. The decade was the sixth decade of the 20th century. By its end, theworld had largely recovered from World War II and the Cold War developed fromits modest beginning in the late 1940s to a hot competition between the UnitedStates and the Soviet Union by the beginning of the 1960s.

Rock-n-Rollemerged in the mid-50s as the teen music of choice with Sam Cooke, JackieWilson, Gene Vincent, Chuck Berry, Fats Domino, Little Richard, James Brown, BoDiddley, Buddy Holly, Bobby Darin, Ritchie Valens, Duane Eddy, Eddie Cochran,Brenda Lee, Bobby Vee, Connie Frances, Johnny Mathis, Neil Sedaka, Pat Booneand Ricky Nelson being notable exponents. In the mid-1950s, Elvis Presleybecame the leading figure of the newly popular sound of rock and roll with aseries of network television appearances and chart-topping records. ChuckBerry, with "Maybellene" (1955), "Roll over Beethoven"(1956), "Rock and Roll Music" (1957) and "Johnny B. Goode"(1958), refined and developed the major elements that made rock and rolldistinctive, focusing on teen life and introducing guitar solos and showmanshipthat would be a major influence on subsequent rock music. Bill Haley, JerryLee Lewis, the Everly Brothers, Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash, Conway Twitty,Johnny Horton, and Marty Robbins were Rockabilly musicians. Doo Wop was anotherpopular genre at the time. Popular Doo Wop and Rock-n-Roll bands of the mid tolate 1950s include The Platters, The Flamingos, The Dells, The Silhouettes, FrankieLymon and The Teenagers, Little Anthony & The Imperials, Danny and theJuniors, The Coasters, The Drifters, The Del-Vikings and Dion and the Belmonts.

Fail compilation January 2012 || TNL

2012-01-31T18:49:00.000+01:00

Fail compilation by the one and only TwisterNederland
More uploads on http://dumpert.nl/search/ALL/twisternederland/
or visit www.twisternederland.com

Magic Party in Sweetgrass

2012-01-30T21:57:00.000+01:00

Yesterday in Sweetgrass
Do youbelieve in magic? We do! With a few tricks the Sweetgrass Pool & Disco ischanged in a mysterious sorcerers lab and library! Feel free to use your wandsand magic flutes to put love spells on other visitors next Sunday, January 29thfrom 21:00-23:00 CET / 12 Noon-2 PM SLT! DJ Bernard will cast spells on all of us toprevent us to stop dancing on his enchanting tunes! There will be a L$ 1.000contest for the cutest magic outfit!
Ganymede and the team

"ProfessorNorbie of the Sweetgrass School of Witchcraft and Wizardry did welcome all theguests and wizards."

"Thewizards Aita and Gay greeted him and magician Richard looked up when a nextload of guests arrived with the dragon bus."

"SirRik and Master Cedric arrived."

"My cloak of invisibility just worked for ashort time. But I noticed some things"

"MasterBernard, the DJ spinner, put a spell on subboy."

"SirAita tried to make a nine of six"

"Krishna was in some kind of trance ......

... whenthere was a big green explosion."

"Suddenlysubbboy's but was red and Dillon small penis became even smaller."

"butwhen the green smoke was gone, every body went on dancing. Sir Cedric did some magicand also.....

...sir Gaywaved with his wand. I am not sure what he tried to achieve."

"SirGandalle just stayed cool."

"oops...Almost forgot. Picture of the winners is made by Ganymede"

Pink Wedding

2012-01-30T20:09:00.000+01:00

Yesterday Angel, co-owner of the Guitar Museum, askedbe if I could join her to a, what she called, a fun wedding. Dooow and Wolf wasthe couple that would get married.

Do I know them? No! But I did it for Angel.

Here some snapshots of the wedding and
parts of the invitation.

♥♥♥ YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!! We are finally getting married!!
After teasing each other for so long wehave decided to take the big step...
We will be honored if you come join us onour special day

@*~WEDDING PROGRAM~*@
*11:00 AM SLT* ~ Arrival and greeting ofguests into the celebration area

11:30 AM SLT* ~ Guests to settle for theceremony and wedding celebration

The officiant was Theresa Nayar, who would sing later.

The wedding ceremony will include a poemand music specially selected for the occasion. We hope the guests participate during the celebration.

And the guests sure participate duringthe ceremony. I never saw so much chatting, joking and teasing during a weddingceremony. There were a lot of Dutch people and I did not know one of them,except of course Angel.

*12PM SLT*~ Pronouncement of marriage and first danceof the married couple

as the lovely SL singer Thera sings live for all.

The first dance of the married couple was astrip act on Tom Jones "You Can Leave Your Hat On" (a song written byRandy Newman. Tom Jones covered the song for the soundtrack of the 1997 Britishfilm The Full Monty.)

Angel and I danced when Thera did herperformance and left after her last song.

ZOO PARTY at T.R.A.C.S

2012-01-29T13:01:00.000+01:00

Yesterday at T.R.A.C.S

At the ZOOthe animals escaped from there cages and came toparty at T.R.A.C.S !!

To fit tothe herd you better disguise as monkey, zebra, alligator, elephant, or anyother animal you always wanted to be....

but becautious not to get eaten.......

DJ Lion Timwill rock the cage on

Tim

Bernard, as we never seen him before.

Rod, acamel and me.

Racker

Fattik

Fattik or his friend Chad

Wolf

Rik

Cello

Rik, Tim and Bernard

Chad (or Fattik) Apuh and me

Dawnna and Wolf

Mother and grandmother Racker with baby Rik

I had a great time. Thanks to all the guests.

To Rez or not to rez: that is the question 8

2012-01-29T11:44:00.000+01:00

What happento Tim at Open Minds, when he changed back to his normal shape, happened to Rodyesterday. But it was only seen by me so it must be the Phoenix viewer and after a de-ruth he was rezzedfine.

But it lookedfunny.

Pajama Party @ Open Minds

2012-01-28T10:27:00.000+01:00

Yesterday at Open Minds

The weekendis coming, and this Friday @ Open Minds, we're having the coolest Pajamas Party ever! Dj Bernardwill rock the place with the coolest tunes ever, and we'll have the sploder andtrivia ready for you! So get intoyour best pajamas...

if you wear any, and join us.

Somepictures I made at the party

Bernard

Dillon

Cort and James

Me and Tim

Racker

Dillon and Ganymede. In the back Tim and Zahara

Lisa Brune is so fuckin' special

2012-01-27T18:04:00.001+01:00

This week Lisasung at Oceanus. I love it her performance of the song “Creep”!
The picture is not made at Oceanus, because I had some connection problems.

"Creep"is a song by the English alternative rock band Radiohead. Radiohead released"Creep" as their debut single in 1992, and it later appeared on theirfirst album, Pablo Honey (1993). During its initial release, "Creep"was not a chart success. However, upon re-release in 1993, it became aworldwide hit. Attendees of Radiohead's early gigs often exhibited littleinterest in the band's other songs, causing the band to react against"Creep" and play it less often during the mid-to-late 1990s.
In 1998,halfway through their OK Computer tour, the band dropped the song from setlists altogether. "Creep" was not played live again until 2001, butit has since reappeared several times on the band's live sets.
Radioheadis an English rock band from Abingdon, Oxfordshire, formed in 1985. The bandconsists of Thom Yorke (vocals, guitars, keyboards), Jonny Greenwood (guitars,keyboards, other instruments), Ed O'Brien (guitars, backing vocals), ColinGreenwood (bass) and Phil Selway (drums, percussion).

Creep

When youwere here before

Couldn'tlook you in the eye

You're justlike an angel

Your skinmakes me cry

You floatlike a feather

In abeautiful world

I wish Iwas special

You're sofuckin' special

But I'm acreep

I'm aweirdo

What thehell am I doing here?

I don'tbelong here

I don'tcare if it hurts

I want tohave control

I want aperfect body

I want aperfect soul

I want youto notice when I'm not around

You're sofuckin' special

I wish Iwas special

But I'm acreep

I'm aweirdo

What thehell I'm doing here?

I don'tbelong here

She'srunning out the door

She'srunning out

She runsruns runs

Whatevermakes you happy

Whateveryou want

You're sofuckin special

I wish Iwas special

But I'm acreep

I'm aweirdo

What thehell am I doing here?

I don'tbelong here

Titos loves Angie

2012-01-26T20:26:00.000+01:00

Last week my Greek sl friend Titos Xue sendme this picture and told me that he loves Angela Merkel.

Angela Dorothea Merkel, is the Chancellorof

Germany

and Chairwoman of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).

Merkel was bornAngela Dorothea Kasner on 17 July 1954 in Hamburg, West Germany.

In 1977, Angela Kasner married physicsstudent Ulrich Merkel. The marriage ended in divorce in 1982. Her second andcurrent husband is quantum chemist and Professor Joachim Sauer, who has largelyremained out of the media spotlight. They first met in 1981, became partnerslater and married privately on 30 December 1998. She has nochildren, but Sauer has two adult sons from a previous marriage.

Chancellor ofGermany

On 22 November2005, Merkel assumed the office of Chancellor of Germany following a stalemateelection that resulted in a grand coalition with the SPD. She was re-elected in2009 with a larger majority and was able to form a governing coalition with theFDP.

Why does Titosloves Angie?

Because AngelaMerkel will save Europe. Do not worry, Angela Merkel is still doing difficult about the 'bigbazooka' , but she does just want to keep the pressure on the Greeks andItalians. When it comes down to it, she really pulls her wallet. Because asdecent German, she finds that her country can not make it to the rest of Europe- including bargaining countries like Greece - in let them stew in there ownjuice.

Okay, maybenot totally the words Titos used in his rhetoric speech, but it comes near.

So that iswhy he loves Angela. But I think that he also loves to see her eat.

So heresome pictures especially for Titos.

AngelaMerkel eats a traditional Thuringia sausage.
First she sucks on it and than she bites. OUCH.

Angela on chocolate

On thislast one president Obama had to play diplomat at a dinner at the NuclearSecurity Summit in Washington (2010), when Angela Merkel got really upset whenshe saw other world leaders eating ice cream and demanded that she wanted herown ice cream, and that it had to be chocolate, with sprinkles too, and in herown bowl and with her SpongeBob SquarePants spoon. http://www.latenightwithjimmyfallon.com/blogs/2010/04/its-okay-chancellor-merkel-germany-gets-to-have-ice-cream-too/

When you want to see Titos other obsessions,than visit his shop.

https://marketplace.secondlife.com/stores/66475

ZOO PARTY at T.R.A.C.S

2012-01-25T21:37:00.000+01:00

DJ Lion Timwill rock the cage on Saturday 28th

Noon SLT (9PM CET).

L$1500Bananas on board for Best Animal.
http://slurl.com/secondlife/River%20Island/221/249/22

Hallelujah

2012-01-25T21:30:00.001+01:00

That song is often Gins Allen last song at his concerts.

"Hallelujah" is a song written byCanadian singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen, originally released on his studioalbum Various Positions (1984). Achieving little initial success, the songfound greater popular acclaim through a cover by John Cale, which later formedthe basis for a cover by Jeff Buckley. In recent years several cover versionshave been performed by a large number and broad range of artists, both inrecordings and in concert. The song has also seen significant use in film andtelevision soundtracks, as well as televised talent contests such as The XFactor.

Cohen's original version contains severalbiblical references, most notably evoking the stories of Samson and traitorousDelilah from the Book of Judges as well as the adulterous King David andBathsheba: "she cut your hair" and "you saw her bathing on theroof, her beauty in the moonlight overthrew you".

Leonard Norman Cohen,
(born 21 September 1934) is a Canadian singer-songwriter, musician, poet and novelist. Hiswork often explores religion, isolation, sexuality and interpersonalrelationships.

"Hallelujah"

I've heard there was a secret chord

That David played, and it pleased the Lord

But you don't really care for music, doyou?

It goes like this

The fourth, the fifth

The minor fall, the major lift

The baffled king composing Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah

Your faith was strong but you needed proof

You saw her bathing on the roof

Her beauty in the moonlight overthrew you

She tied you to a kitchen chair

She broke your throne, and she cut yourhair

And from your lips she drew the Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah

Baby I have been here before

I know this room, I've walked this floor

I used to live alone before I knew you.

I've seen your flag on the marble arch

Love is not a victory march

It's a cold and it's a broken Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah

There was a time when you let me know

What's really going on below

But now you never show it to me, do you?

And remember when I moved in you

The holy dove was moving too

And every breath we drew was Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah

Maybe there’s a God above

But all I’ve ever learned from love

Was how to shoot at someone who outdrew you

It’s not a cry you can hear at night

It’s not somebody who has seen the light

It’s a cold and it’s a broken Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah

You say I took the name in vain

I don't even know the name

But if I did, well really, what's it toyou?

There's a blaze of light in every word

It doesn't matter which you heard

The holy or the broken Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah

I did my best, it wasn't much

I couldn't feel, so I tried to touch

I've told the truth, I didn't come to foolyou

And even though it all went wrong

I'll stand before the Lord of Song

With nothing on my tongue but Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah

Hallelujah

Coat of arms

2012-01-23T21:15:00.000+01:00

Some weeksago my dad (Echo Douglas) told me that he would make us a new coat of arms because hisskills became so improved after making more than 175 Gorean Seals.

http://echodouglas.webs.com/apps/photos/album?albumid=9779056&pagesize=60&page=1

A coat ofarms is a unique heraldic design on a shield or escutcheon or on a surcoat ortabard used to cover and protect armour and to identify the wearer. Thus theterm is often stated as "coat-armour", because it was ancientlydisplayed on the front of a coat of cloth. The coat of arms on an escutcheonforms the central element of the full heraldic achievement which consists ofshield, supporters, crest and motto. The design is a symbol unique to anindividual person, and to his family, corporation, or state. Such displays arecommonly called armorial bearings, armorial devices, heraldic devices, orsimply armorials or arms.

The wordcrest is often mistakenly applied to a coat of arms. A crest isa component of a heraldic display, so called because it stands on top of ahelmet, as the crest of a jay stands on the bird's head.

Not long afterthat, he sends me this new T.R.A.C.S logo.

It'swonderful made and I very happy with it, but I also thought that I had misunderstoodwhat he said and that he meant a logo and not a coat of arms. So some time wenton and than he send me this master piece. It is high-quality artwork and it tookhim hours and hours of sleep. And the new logo is part of it.

THANK YOU SOVERY MUCH, DAD.

SPORT PARTY in SWEETGRASS

2012-01-23T20:02:00.000+01:00

Sunday

Time to getout those baseballs, basket balls,

and allyour sports things for

theSweetgrass Sports Party with DJ Rik.

I made alot of pictures.

Norbie, Lubos and Ganymede

Aitalas

Fiorino

Cedric

Pietro

Ganymede and me at the back

Lubos

some guys I not know

Sabin and DJ Rik

Fio and Racker

Nelix

Wolf

Richard

DL and Seo

Norbie

Christo

Fio chasesGany

Picture of the winners made by Gany

A builder exploring Second Life

2012-01-22T21:05:00.000+01:00

Today Tim took me to the Zoo at
Le Dome.Benoit Lednev, owner, created a park for lovers. Where you will discoverseveral famous monuments of the

United States

: Mount Rushmore and the Statue of Liberty, a place full mystery Salem Village and azoo with all the animals from 5 continents. The zoo is a nice design with a lotof animals made by Jon Haskell. The person that is, in my view, the mostrealistic sculpty animal creator in Second Life.

I not made pictures at the zoo.

You have toexplore that yourself.
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Le%20Dome/93/176/21

I love this statue.

With the cableway it is a short trip to Mount Rushmore.

There is an abandoned cemetery at the edgeof Le Dome shrouded in ground mists, shadows, monuments and crypts.

Yes, it is a place for lovers.

When Rod came home, he had to try the freeshirt we got.

The Promise

2012-01-22T13:18:00.000+01:00

Lastnight at the Guitar Museum I heard the sad news that the Guitar Museum will be closed end of February.There will be a hangout and also concerts but the way it looks now, that willbe over. Bono had his stream on and played some music from artists thatpreformed at The Guitar Museum. On was The Promise. A slow love ballad that hopes for the mending of a relationship. Hopefully,in the case of the Guitar Museum, there will be a restoration to.

Tracy Chapman(born March 30, 1964) is an American singer-songwriter, best known for hersingles "Fast Car", "Talkin' 'bout a Revolution","Baby Can I Hold You", "Give Me One Reason" and"Telling Stories". She is a multi-platinum and four-time GrammyAward-winning artist.

Tracy Chapman wasborn in Cleveland, Ohio, where she was raised by her mother. Despite not havingmuch money, her mother recognized Tracy's love of music and bought her a ukulelewhen Tracy was just three. Tracy Chapman began playing guitar and writing songsat the age of eight. She says that she may have been first inspired to play theguitar by the television show Hee Haw.

Chapman wasraised Baptist and went to an Episcopal high school. she was accepted into theprogram "A Better Chance", which helps minority students attendprivate schools. She graduated from Wooster School in Connecticut andsubsequently attended Tufts University. She graduated with a B.A. degree inanthropology and African studies.

In the mid-1990sChapman dated author Alice Walker (the author of The Color Purple). Chapmanmaintains a strong separation between her personal and professional lives. “Ihave a public life that’s my work life and I have my personal life,” she said.“In some ways, the decision to keep the two things separate relates to the workI do."

Chapman oftenperforms at and attends charity events such as Make Poverty History, amfAR andAIDS/LifeCycle, to support social causes. She currently lives in San Francisco.

"NewBeginnings," released in 1995, is my favorite of Chapman's albums. Itcombines her excellent songwriting skills with a little more complexity and thematurity of seven years in the record business. The album was hugely popularand went five times platinum.

Songs on thealbum include "Give Me One Reason," "New Beginning,""Smoke and Ashes," and "The Promise."

The Promise

If you wait forme

then I'll comefor you

Although I'vetraveled far

I always hold aplace for you in my heart

If you think ofme

If you miss meonce in awhile

Then I'll returnto you

I'll return andfill that space in your heart

Remembering

Your touch

Your kiss

Your warm embrace

I'll find my wayback to you

If you'll bewaiting

If you dream ofme

Like I dream ofyou

In a place that'swarm and dark

In a place whereI can feel the beating of your heart

Remembering

Your touch

Your kiss

Your warm embrace

I'll find my way back to you

If you'll be waiting

I've longed foryou

A and I havedesired
To see your faceyour smile

To be with youwherever you are

Remembering

Your touch

Your kiss

Your warm embrace

I'll find my wayback to you

Please say you'llbe waiting

Together again

It would feel sogood to be

In your arms

Where all myjourneys end

If you can make apromise

If it's one thatyou can keep

I vow to come foryou

If you wait for me

And say you'llhold

A place for me

I in your heart.

"that means you love each other!"

2012-01-22T13:08:00.001+01:00

Lately Rodis collecting pictures of fail church signs.

They arefunny and it seems they are a responds on all the hate about gays and gaymarriage that can be found on the internet. I was first thinking to write anarticle about what the bible says about hate, that god hates sin and thatpeople, that call them self real Christens, can walk around with boards withwritten on that "God hates Fags".

But I willnot do that and neither will I start about the Mote and the Beam (also calleddiscourse on judgmentalism) a New Testament saying in Matthew 7:1-5 as part ofthe Sermon on the Mount.

No I justpublish the pictures.

Seems that we will go to hell is not sure either.

Okay, onecomment. I love this last one and I love the video that is on DJ Rik's profile.

you can switch off the background music byclicking the II button on the flashplayer at the the bottom of this page

I includeone of the comments that in my opinion says it al:

If everyonereacted to gay marriage the way this kid did... what a beautiful world!

It's assimple as "that means you love each other!"

National Hugging Day at T.R.A.C.S

2012-01-22T11:34:00.001+01:00

Saturday atT.R.A.C.S.

It started slowbut the second hour more people dropped in we had a fantastic time with the greattunes of DJ "Master hugger" Rik.

Sabin and DJ Rik

To Rez or not to rez: that is the question 7

2012-01-22T10:06:00.000+01:00

Yesterday,at our party, Gany asked me what I had in my hands on there party last Sunday. I had nothingmy hands but on the picture Gany there are two big balls. Than he told me thathe not updated his Phoenix viewer to Phoenix Viewer ReleaseMesh. That made it all clear. What I wear at my hands are my Mesh feet. Thebrown are the feet and the white the nails.

Yesterdayat the Hug Day Party at T.R.A.C.S. Rod send me his view of himself with non rezzed clothes. He lovesthe gesture : "Get naked".

The lastone is Tim as Ruth at Open Minds. He did logout a few times because he wasworking on a DJ device. Every time he returned I saw that for some seconds hewas Ruth. So when he logged off again, I stood ready with my camera for his return.
Yes, I am bad.

Beach Party @ Open Minds!!!

2012-01-21T20:57:00.000+01:00

Yesterday at Open Minds
The weekend has just started, and tonight, we're gonna forget about Winter for awhile, and have the best Beach Party on the grid! Get into your best summer clothes, bringyour friends and come party with us at 9 pmcet 12 slt!

DJ Rik will rock the place with the hottesttunes ever, and we'll have the sploder and trivia readyfor you! This is THE party you don't wanna miss!

I Can See Clearly Now

2012-01-19T22:34:00.000+01:00

"I Can See Clearly Now" is aBillboard Hot 100 Chart #1 hit song, written and recorded by Johnny Nash. Itwas a single from the album of the same name and achieved success in the

United States

and the

United Kingdom

when it wasreleased in 1972. It was covered by many artists throughout the years,including a 1993 hit version by Jimmy Cliff, who re-recorded it for the motionpicture soundtrack of Cool Runnings, where it reached the top 20 at #18 on theBillboard Hot 100.

It is a common misconception that the songwas written and/or previously performed by Bob Marley, possibly based on thefact that The Wailers were the backing band on Nash's original recording.Marley wrote Nash's next single, "Stir It Up". Nash wrote this songhimself and recorded it in London with members of The Average White Band.

I Can See Clearly Now lyrics

I can see clearly now, the rain is gone,

Ican see all obstacles in my way

Goneare the dark clouds that had me blind

It’sgonna be a bright (bright), bright (bright)

Sun-Shiny day.

It’sgonna be a bright (bright), bright (bright)

Sun-Shiny day.

I think I can make it now, the pain is gone

Allof the bad feelings have disappeared

Hereis the rainbow I’ve been prayin for

It’sgonna be a bright (bright), bright (bright)

Sun-Shiny day.

Look all around, there’s nothin' but blueskies

Lookstraight ahead, nothin' but blue skies

I can see clearly now, the rain is gone,

Ican see all obstacles in my way

Goneare the dark clouds that had me blind

It’sgonna be a bright (bright), bright (bright)

Sun-Shiny day.

Rudi van Dantzig dies at 78

2012-01-19T20:43:00.000+01:00

There arearticles that I never published because I could not find a good reason topost.

One is about"For a lost soldier" (Dutch title: Vooreen Verloren Soldaat) a 1992 Dutch film based upon the autobiographical novelof the same title by ballet dancer and choreographer Rudi van Dantzig. It dealswith the romantic / sexual relationship between a 12-year-old boy (Dantzig) anda Canadian soldier during the final months leading up to the liberation of theNetherlands from Nazi occupation during World War II.

Rudi vanDantzig (August 4, 1933 – January 19, 2012), was a Dutch choreographer, balletdancer and writer. From 1965 until his death he was co-artistic leader of theDutch National Ballet (Amsterdam, The Netherlands).

Van Dantzig was born inAmsterdam. He studiedwith Gaskell and made his debut with her Ballet Recital in 1952, dancing fulltime with it (1954-9) after it became Netherlands Ballet. In 1959 he became afounder member of Netherlands Dance Theatre but in 1960 returned to Gaskell'scompany (which became Dutch National Ballet in 1961) becoming co-director in1969 and sole director in 1971. He retired in 1991 but continued as residentchoreographer until 1994 when he left to pursue a career as a writer. He hascreated many works for Dutch National Ballet but has also worked as guestchoreographer for many companies including Ballet Rambert, Royal Ballet, RoyalDanish Ballet, American Ballet Theatre, and the Bat-Dor Company.

In 1986 hewrote an autobiographical novel,

Voor een verloren soldaat, about his loveaffair while a young boy with a Canadian soldier, which became a great success,receiving several awards; a film was made of it. An English translation, For aLost Soldier, was published in 1996. Van Dantzig published a biography of theDutch artist and resistance fighter Willem Arondeus in 2003.

Choreographerand dancer Rudi van Dantzig died at his home in Amsterdam on Thursday at the age of 78. Hehad been suffering from cancer for some time.

Van Dantzigis regarded as one of modern ballet’s most innovative chorographers. Withfellow choreographer Hans van Manen and set designer Toer van Schayk, vanDantzig revolutionised Dutch ballet and made it an international byword forcreativity.

National Hug Day Party at T.R.A.C.S

2012-01-18T21:03:00.000+01:00

http://slurl.com/secondlife/River%20Island/221/249/22
NationalHugging Day

On January 21st 1986National Hugging Day was founded in the

U.S.A.

It has spread all over the worldand is called by many names - Hug Day, World Hug Day, Send a Hug Day,International Hug Day, and even Hug a Bear Day!

Health

Studieshave shown that human contact is essential for healthy social, psychologicaland physical development. Babies who receive regular physical contact gainweight and grow faster than those who are neglected. Researchers trying todiscern what promotes happiness have found that physical contact is an integralpart of being cheered up, validated, lowering stress levels and just plain oldreminding ourselves that we’re human and get a lot from interacting withothers.

History

KevinZaborney is credited for creating the unique holiday in 1986. The date ofJanuary 21 was chosen because it marks a midpoint between Christmas andValentines day, where people are figured to be at their emotional low. Theholiday was created because Zaborney felt like Americans are embarrassed toshow their feelings in public and hoped that a National Hug Day would changethat. The Touch Research Institute at the University of Miami Medical Schoolhas found that French couples spend 3 times as much time touching when comparedto Americans. Because of this apprehension to show feeling, Zaborney assumedhis idea wouldn't go anywhere and that he would be mocked. National Hug Day isnot a public holiday recognized by the United States Federal government, andsince Zaborney holds the patent for the day, he is able to collect commercialroyalties associated with National Hug Day.

Hugging isone of the best, most natural remedies known to man. If you are blue, feelingdown, or just plain out-of-sorts, a great hug can lift your spirits and get youback on track and loving life. They're easy to give (no instructionsnecessary), free to everyone, and gosh darn it they just feel really GOOD.Celebrate National Hug Day on January 21st by hugging everyone you know (withtheir permission of course).

Arabian Nights in Sweetgrass

2012-01-16T18:43:00.000+01:00

Last Sunday

"Joinus in the land of Aladdin, Sinbad the Sailor,

Ali Babaand the Forty Thieves, magical genies,

enchantedhorses, exotic palaces, mysterious sultans, viziers andkings, and harems in Persian palaces. DJ LukeSoundwalker will be spinning the tunes. Join us inthe Sultan's Ballroom at Sweetgrass for a great party!"

Ellbee,Aita and Norbie did a great job with the decorations.
Here somepictures of the party

Norbie

Racker

Christo

Tim

Curtis

Basti and Sasa

Fio and Norbie having a rest

Ellbee and Ganymede

Picture of the winners made by Ganymede

Heroes

2012-01-15T16:08:00.000+01:00

"I, I can remember standing by thewall

And the guns shot above our heads

And we kissed as though nothing could fall."

Shot at the Wall

The first person to be shot and killedwhile trying to cross to West Berlin was Günter Litfin, a twenty-four year old tailor. He attempted toswim across the Spree Canal to freedom in

West Germany

on 24 August 1961, the same daythat East German police had received shoot-to-kill orders to prevent anyonefrom escaping.

If an escapee was wounded in a crossingattempt and lay on the death strip, no matter how close they were to theWestern wall, Westerners could not intervene for fear of triggering engagingfire from the ' Grenzpolizei', the East Berlin border guards. The guards oftenlet fugitives bleed to death in the middle of this ground, as in the mostnotorious failed attempt, that of Peter Fechter (aged 18).

He was shot and bledto death, in full view of the Western media, on 17 August 1962. Fechter's death created negative publicity worldwide that led theleaders of East Berlin to place more restrictions on shooting in public places, andprovide medical care for possible “would-be escapers”.
The last person to beshot and killed while trying to cross the border was Chris Gueffroy (aged 20)on 6 February 1989.
Nine months before the fall of theBerlin Wall.

About the Song

"Heroes" is a song written byDavid Bowie and Brian Eno in 1977. Produced by Bowie and Tony Visconti, it wasreleased both as a single and as the title track of the album"Heroes". A product of Bowie's fertile 'Berlin' period, life in the city was crystallized into a tale of twolovers who come together in the shadow of the 'Wall of Shame' (though here"the shame was on the other side"). While not a huge hit at the time,the song has gone on to become one of Bowie's signaturetunes and is well known today for its appearance in numerous advertisements. Ithas been cited as Bowie's second most covered song after "Rebel Rebel".

The title trackremains one of Bowie's best known, a classic story of two lovers who meet atthe Berlin Wall. The album is considered one of his best by critics, notablyfor the contributions of guitarist Robert Fripp who flew in from the U.S. torecord his parts in one day. John Lennonwas quoted as saying that when making his album Double Fantasy in 1980, hisambition was to "do something as good as 'Heroes'

Heroes

I wish you could swim

Like the dolphins

Like dolphins can swim

Though nothing

Will keep us together

We can beat them

For ever and ever

Oh we can be Heroes

Just for one day

I will be king

And you

You will be queen

Though nothing

Will drive them away

We can be Heroes

Just for one day

We can be us

Just for one day

I can remember

Standing

By the wall

And the guns

Shot above our heads

And we kissed

As though nothing could fall

And the shame

Was on the other side

Oh we can beat them

For ever and ever

Then we can be Heroes

Just for one day

We can be Heroes

Just for one day

We can be Heroes

Live Concert at T.R.A.C.S

2012-01-15T12:15:00.000+01:00

Yesterday we had the concert of

Eddie Santillo aka EddieGuitar DaggerSheryffe

Eddie picked the Event Hall to do his show

and he also build some parts of the stage.

After aslow start, we had a big crowd

There were 49people on the sim, gladly not at the same time, during thetwo hours Eddie played.

I loved hisperformance of David Bowies Heroes

To Rez or not to rez: that is the question 6

2012-01-15T10:50:00.000+01:00

Okay, itnot totally fit in the serial, but it shows how Second Life can play trickswith us.

So here Timat the Concert and eaten by a theatre chair.

80's Party @ Open Minds!

2012-01-14T15:12:00.000+01:00

Yesterday at Open Minds

The weekendis about to start, and tomorrow @ Open Minds,

we will celebrate the 80's!

DJ Bernardwill rock the place with the coolest tunes from the decade,

and we'll have thesploder and trivia ready for you!

So bring your friends and join us tomorrow at9 pmcet 12 slt!

Impersonators are welcome!!!

Some of the guests

DJ Bernard

Dillon

Ellbee

James and Cort

Zahara

Fio

Sabin

Tim and Christo

Sadly wecould not move to Dillon's Cupcake's dream, Woodland Winds............

.........and I wasjust dressed up for that.

To Rez or not to rez: that is the question 5

2012-01-14T15:00:00.000+01:00

Tim, afterhe changed his shape.

Nothing Else Matters

2012-01-13T11:05:00.000+01:00

"Nothing Else Matters" is a songby the American heavy metal band Metallica. It was released as the third singlefrom its self-titled fifth studio album, Metallica. The song peaked at number11 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart as well as top-ten positions onmany European charts. "Nothing Else Matters" was featured as aplayable track in the music video game Guitar Hero: Metallica. The song hasbeen covered over forty times.

Metallica is an American heavy metal bandfrom Los Angeles, California whose early releases included fast tempos, instrumentals, and aggressivemusicianship that placed them as one of the founding "big four" ofthrash metal alongside Slayer, Megadeth, and Anthrax. They formed in 1981 whenJames Hetfield responded to an advertisement that drummer Lars Ulrich hadposted in a local newspaper. The current line-up features long-time leadguitarist Kirk Hammett (who joined the band in 1983) and bassist RobertTrujillo (a member since 2003) alongside Hetfield and Ulrich. Previous membersof the band are lead guitarist Dave Mustaine (who went on to found the bandMegadeth), and bassists Ron McGovney, Cliff Burton and Jason Newsted. The bandalso had a long collaboration with producer Bob Rock, who produced all of itsalbums from 1990 to 2003 and served as a temporary bassist between the departureof Newsted and the hiring of Trujillo.

History about thesong

Singer and rhythmguitarist James Hetfield wrote the song (credited to Hetfield/Ulrich) while hewas on the phone with his then girlfriend. Since he held the phone with onehand, he plucked the four open strings of a standard E-minor chord with theother, which eventually made up the first two bars of the song. The lyrics,which talk about being "so close, no matter how far", were alsodedicated to his girlfriend, indicating the bond they shared even when Hetfieldwas on tour. Initially, the song was not meant to be released, as Hetfield hadwritten it for himself, but only after drummer Lars Ulrich heard it, it wasconsidered for the album.

Producer Bob Rock about the song:

“I can’t speakfor what James wrote, but to me, the song was all about him trying to write alove song without saying the word ‘love’.”

“It’sinteresting: The man that I knew back then… he could certainly feel love, buthe could never say the word, especially in a Metallica song. This is hisgenius, to be able to say it in his own way and really mean it, despiteeverything he was going through, all the demons, all the anger he had in him. Ithink it’s one of Metallica’s best songs ever.”

“Musically, wewanted it big but not bombastic. We wanted size and weight, but we didn’t wantto do what all the ‘80s metal bands were doing in those kind of cheesy powerballads. We really worked out the arrangement to make it huge and dramatic… butreal.”

Nothing Else Matters

So close, no matter how far

Couldn't be much more from the heart

Forever trusting who we are

and nothing else matters

Never opened myself this way

Life is ours, we live it our way

All these words I don't just say

and nothing else matters

Trust I seek and I find in you

Every day for us something new

Open mind for a different view

and nothing else matters

never cared for what they do

never cared for what they know

but I know

So close, no matter how far

Couldn't be much more from the heart

Forever trusting who we are

and nothing else matters

never cared for what they do

never cared for what they know

but I know

Never opened myself this way

Life is ours, we live it our way

All these words I don't just say

Trust I seek and I find in you

Every day for us, something new

Open mind for a different view

and nothing else matters

never cared for what they say

never cared for games they play

never cared for what they do

never cared for what they know

and I know

So close, no matter how far

Couldn't be much more from the heart

Forever trusting who we are

No, nothing else matters

--------------------------------

Source and credits to Steven Walker for theart work, WikiPedia for the information and Lisa Brune who was singing thissong yesterday at "The Forge" in SL and inspirited me to make this article.

Live Concert at T.R.A.C.S

2012-01-10T18:37:00.002+01:00

T.R.A.C.S

proudly presents

Eddie Santillo aka EddieGuitar DaggerSheryffe

Eddie plays and sings, live, manyinternational songs from

The Eagles, Pink Floyd, Bon Jovi, Kiss andmany others. Also he will play songs of his album:

I RACCONTI DEL MARINAIOAPPLEFORD.

Saturday, January 14th, 2012.

Noon SLT (21:00 CET)

For thisevent we changed the landing point.

So you willland near the entry of the Event Hall.

http://slurl.com/secondlife/River%20Island/202/200/28

For thosethat land on an other spot; the stairsin the back of the club leads to the Event Hall.

More info about Eddie: http://eddiesantillo.blogspot.com

Lisa Brune

2012-01-10T04:51:00.000+01:00

YesterdayRod was online for several hours. He promised that he would be more often withTim and me and not just for the parties. And what did I do? I took them to aparty. Okay it was to let them listen to a new DJ that I found for a futureparty at T.R.A.C.S. But still not the best thing one could do when your lover isnot that often on Second Life.
I'm sorry Rod.

When he hadto go, Tim and I stayed a little longer. Than Bono, one of the owners of theThe Guitar Museum, send me an IM and ask me if I would like to come forJaguar's (she is host at The Guitar Museum) birthday party. After the cake anda performance of Spike Luckstone another artist was announced. We never didhear this singer sing and we decided to stay. Good wedid.

Lisa Brune.What a sweet woman, what a great talent and what a great voice.

On herprofile picks you find where she sings.

Also at:

https://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=lisa.brune%40hotmail.com&ctz=America/Los_Angeles

And about the Music Venues she writes:

Here areplaces that affect you by the kindness of those who welcome you. Special thanksto Bono & Angel from The Guitar Museum, Tia & Remy from Oceanus, Kiran& Andi from The Boom Pony Music Club, Freddy from Pleasure of Heaven, Lizfrom Key West, Shiran and her team from Two Moon.

I could notfind a good video on YouTube where you can hear how great her voice and definitelynot how charming she is.

So here isone from Concert Slive Radio at March 13, 2011 with another of my favourite

France

artists, Gins Allen. But youalready know that.
you can switch off the background music byclicking the II button on the flashplayer at the the bottom of this page

New Age

2012-01-09T21:28:00.000+01:00

Marlon Roudette (born 5, January 1983 in London) is aBritish/Vincentian musician. He was a former member of the band Mattafix. He isfamous for his song "New Age", which was number one in

Austria

Switzerland

and

Germany

Marlon Roudette was born in London and is theson of Cameron McVey, a British music producer, and Vonnie Roudette, a designerand artist from

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

. As a young child he moved with his mother and sister to St. Vincent, where he began hismusic career, and returned to London when he was 17. He lived in St. Vincent, but now he lives and worksin London. Marlon is the stepson of Neneh Cherry.

Roudette´s music is inspired by musicianssuch as Gregory Isaacs and Massive Attack. He is inspired by Sam Cooke, ArethaFranklin and Sade too. He describes his music as a mix of Pop and Reggae.

"NewAge" is a song written by British song writer Producer Guy Chambers andMarlon Roudette for the latter's debut solo album Matter Fixed. The song wasreleased as a single, initially in Germany, on July 20. After high airplay onVIVA Germany, the single charted at number one on its first week of release inGerman singles chart and remained at No.1 for 8 consecutive weeks.

New Age lyrics

If love was a word, I don't understand.

The simplest sound, With four letters.

Whatever it was, I'm over it now.

With every day, It gets better.

Are you loving pain, loving the pain?

And with everyday, everyday

I try to move on.

Whatever it was,

There's nothing now.

You changed.

New Age.

I'm walking away, From everything I had.

I need a room with new colours.

There was a time,

When I didn't mind living the life ofothers.

Are you loving pain, loving the pain?

And with everyday, everyday

I try to move on.

Whatever it was,

There's nothing now.

You changed.

New Age.

So much fire that it burned my wings.

Her heat was amazing.

Now I'm dreaming of the simple things.

Old ways, erased.

If love was a word,

I don't understand.

The simplest sound,

With four letters.

Are you loving pain, loving the pain?

And with everyday, everyday

I try to move on.

Whatever it was,

There's nothing now.

You changed.

New Age

Ice skating party in Sweetgrass

2012-01-09T08:59:00.000+01:00

On theinvitation was written:

Let's grabthose Skates and Skies and go Slow Dancing in the Snow.

Its timefor the Yearly Sweetgrass Skating party.

Don't worryif you fall there is plenty of Ice around : )

(I hopethey meant snow)

The SweetgrassSkating party with DJ Tim

LM to discoattached: we skate at the frozen pool!

Ellbee

Gany and Christo

Norbie and Lubos

Aita and Gay

Fio

Gandalle

at the front Aita, Racker and Fio

Frankie

Christ and Blu and at the back Tim as DJ

Picture of the winners as always made by Gany

Almost forgot to mention the big firework

High water in Groningen

2012-01-08T20:46:00.001+01:00

First of all, there was no real danger topeople. The main problem is excess rainwater, which cannot drain away becausewe're below sea level. We've had a wet December, and last week we've had strongwinds and lots of rain on top of it. It's been wind force 8-9 for 3 days in arow now. Nothing really out of the ordinary and something that will occuralmost once every year, in some form or another.

The staff at the Groninger Museum movedtwo exhibitions late Thursday from ground floor halls because of the rising levelof a moat that surrounds the building.

The water level in the province of Groningen hasdropped significantly Friday. There was much water discharged to sea, makingthe water level in some places to eighty inches fell.

According to the Water Board is thecritical phase with regard to the water beyond.

The water level should not be a problem anymore."

LADY GAGA EXPERIENCE PARTY

2012-01-08T17:45:00.000+01:00

Exuberantwardrobe and crazy fashion

at T.R.A.C.Son January 7th

DJ NRG wasgreat and

went on for more than 3 hours.

We had muchguests and they had fun, so
for us it was a great start of 2012

To Rez or not to rez: that is the question 4

2012-01-08T17:26:00.000+01:00

Yesterday at Open Minds

After Itook off the pacman outfit Rod send me this picture.

Yes me,without pants, underwear and no under legs.

Video Games Party @ Open Minds!!!

2012-01-08T17:08:00.000+01:00

DJ Rik didrock the house with the coolest tunes ever,

Mario,Luigi, Princess Zelda, Link and Lara Croft where all expected,

So we hadto dress up as your favourite video game character.

LADY GAGA EXPERIENCE PARTY

2012-01-05T19:01:00.000+01:00

We are backin the club,

with a newtheme and a new DJ.

Get in yourcraziest outfit!

Not missthis event and the chance to

Win L$1500.

http://slurl.com/secondlife/River%20Island/221/249/22

NEW YEAR PARTY at SWEETGRASS

2012-01-03T21:06:00.000+01:00

Sunday, January 1, we did celebrate the NewYear.

It was the first party of 2012 with DJ Bernard.

THE PLACE TO BE IS SWEETGRASS!!!!

Ellbee

DavidMike and Bernard

Overview

Luca & Pietro

Joeh

Overview

Gandalle with his new sexy look

Son

Picture of the winners made by Ganymede

Wintertime / Calas Galadhon 2

2012-01-03T20:01:00.000+01:00

Saturday we went a second time to CalasGaladhon to see the rest of four winter sims of the total of 11 sims. We hadour New Eve Years party that night and already slipped in our tux.

We started where we left the last time,South Farthing. The herd of Highlanders, which in summer grassing on the greengrass, where now is standing in the snow. The Highland cattle have lived forcenturies in the rugged remote Scottish Highlands. The extremely harshconditions created a process of natural selection, where only the fittest andmost adaptable animals survived to carry on the breed.

We walked on and through the great winterlandscape and arrived at the small farm.

There we had a short rest. Tim found someChristmas cookies in kitchen and
played with the cat.

We walked on and had some fun riding on a sledge.

We went back to the little Victorianvillage and on a hill we waited till it became dark and strolled through thestreets.

500th post

2012-01-02T22:26:00.000+01:00

This postnumber 500. I didn’t expect to make it this far when I wrote the first blogpost more than 3 years ago on Saturday, 4 October 2008.

A blog (a blendof the term web log) is a type of website or part of a website supposed to beupdated with new content from time to time. Blogs are usually maintained by anindividual with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or othermaterial such as graphics or video. Entries are commonly displayed inreverse-chronological order. Blog can also be used as a verb, meaning tomaintain or add content to a blog.

Althoughnot a must, most good quality blogs are interactive, allowing visitors to leavecomments and even message each other via GUI widgets on the blogs and it isthis interactivity that distinguishes them from other static websites. In thatsense, blogging can be seen as a form of social networking. Indeed, bloggers donot only produce content to post on their blogs but also build social relationswith their readers and other bloggers.

source:wikipedia

Lookingback on what I post in three years than I am more a producer of posts than ablogger who expresshis opinions to the world. My articles never started discussion with people.

The 67comments are most compliments. I am not a good writer and my English is notgood enough to express my self very well. With jealousy I read blogs wherepeople, that also not have English as there first language, give expression to there feelings.

So I am more a reader than a writer andI am not even sure I have time enough to be in Second Life if I also have tofollow and comment a discussion on my Blog.

Blogging makes me smart. Through all the research I do and the things I write about Igather a lot of knowledge and I like to share it with my readers.

I not have manyfollowers although the last few weeks it increased.

When youlook what posts that had the most views that it was for sure not the good writingof that post.

Here somemore stats about the blog.

So I willgo on with publishing posts with music and lyrics. Articles about people in second lifeand in the real world. Post with fun and post that are more serious. Andpictures, much pictures.

In secondlife Rod, Tim and I are still together. First as master and his boys and now aslovers.

Here the changes that we had in the last 3 years.

This picture is from September 2009

This I made January 2011

Thank you all forreading

New Years Eve Party at T.R.A.C.S

2012-01-01T12:54:00.000+01:00

First toall the readers:

HAPPYNEW YEAR.

GelukkigNieuwjaar

feliz añonuevo

с Новымгодом

gott nyttår

heureusenouvelle année

Rutsch insneue Jahr

ευτυχισμένοτο νέο έτος

onnellistauutta vuotta

سنة جديدةسعيدة

Godt Nytår

新年快乐

नया साल मुबारक

Честитанова година

sretna novagodina

ŠťastnýNový Rok

שנה טובהומבורכת

Buon anno

明けましておめでとうございます

새해 복 많이 받으세요

feliz anonovo

SzczęśliwegoNowego Roku

An NouFericit

Godt Nyttår

May allyour wishes come true.

It was thelast party on the Ice Rink for this year. Next week we are back in the club

It took mea long time to get online because my internet connection got slow.

As wealready forecast that there would not much guests.

But we had a great time.

With thetunes of DJ Tim and.....FIREWORKS !

Tim

Bernard and Mika

Sulie

Myles

Sulie and Christo

Tim and Levi

Fred with Tires

2011-12-31T17:18:00.001+01:00

Carl placed a comment at a older post aboutHerb Ritts

Especially for Carl I made this updateabout that picture.

Herb Ritts delighted in the portrayal of anidealized--even exaggerated--human form. One of his best-known works,"Fred with Tires" (1984) became possibly the archetypal photograph ofthe male body in the 1980s and made the world-wide reputation of its commercialphotographer, Herb Ritts. Gay men flocked to buy it. Drawn by the powerful,perfectly sculpted body, the butchness of his job, the dirty trousers, theboots and the body placed within the social context. The image of this guy wasa constructed fantasy, not the 'real' thing. His hair is teased up andbeautifully styled, the grease is applied to his body just so, his body twistedto just the right degree to accentuate the muscles of the stomach and around thepelvis.

Ritts eschewed realism in making Fredappealing in the midst of all the sludge and grunge — makeup turned into greaseand tires into something intrinsically mysterious. There were manydetails/entendres: converging lines of the torso, diverging lines of arms andtires, the oversized zipper, but the photo was not really posed.

Ritts remembers:

“Each time I did assignments or editorials,I realized that I wanted to do something more. I saw that it wasn’t just aboutthe clothes. Starting in 1984, I had an assignment for Franca [Sozzani],for a magazine called Per Lui, which was the counterpart of Lei. Lei was themost forward magazine in the early eighties, and it was because Franca was so greatin encouraging everyone. I did a story called “The Body Shop”, which is whereFred with Tires emerged from. Franca had sent these really hideous raincoats, and I just hated them. Ihad hired an editor, a freelance named Michael Roberts, who now works at theNew Yorker. We ended up going to Western Costumes and getting vintage jeans andoveralls. We decided to do the body shop story at a greasy gas station. It wasgreat fun. We turned in the pictures, and Franca almost had aheart attack. But she ran it, and it was a huge success. I still don’t know whyit happened. It was just one of those honest pictures. I remember when we wereshooting it. Poor Fred, who was a student, had to swing these heavy tiresaround, and at one point he was so tired he just turned around and stood there.It was the last frame of the shoot."

Another important, and unnamed, reason forthe success of this image is that the model happens to be one of the mostfamous and successful gay porn actors of the 1980s. Going by the stage name of“Jeff Quinn,” he worked for most of the high quality gay male studios,including Falcon Studios, Catalina Video, Huge Video, and Laguna Pacific Video.

He appeared under the name “Rhett Routley”in the December, 1985 issue of Playgirl magazine as Man of theMonth/centerfold, and by 1987, in another nearly dozen magazines aimed at a gaymale audience.

Ritts became well known for dramaticblack-and-white photographs that focused on a single part of the subject'sbody. His portrait of Olympic heptathlon champion Jackie Joyner-Kersee capturesher lower torso and powerful thighs in mid-leap; her head appears only inshadow on the ground. Many of Ritts's photographs celebrate the well-developedbody. Some of his images have been compared to classical statuary because ofthe exquisiteness of the subjects' form. Other photos, however, show humanvulnerability: Christopher Reeve posing in his wheelchair, Elizabeth Taylorrevealing her scar after brain surgery, the brilliant physicist Stephen Hawkingstruggling against his frailty.

Ritts died in Los Angeles on December 26, 2002, of complications of pneumonia. He had been diagnosed asHIV-positive years before, and although his death was not specificallyHIV-related, the virus had compromised his immune system.

He is survived by his partner, Erik Hyman,an entertainment attorney.

Herb Ritts and Michael Jackson

White Party @ Open Minds

2011-12-31T09:56:00.000+01:00

Yesterday at Open Minds

Hey guys!!!

Weekendsstart at Open Minds, and this Friday, we are celebrating New Year's Eve withthe coolest White Party ever!

Get intoyour best white clothes, bring your friends and join us at 9 pm cet 12 slt for the last party ofthe year! DJ Bernard will rock the place with the coolest tunes ever, and we'llhave the sploder and trivia ready for you! This is THE party you don't wannamiss!!!

Best fails of 2011

2011-12-29T21:45:00.000+01:00

TNL TwisterNederland
Making compilations since 2009.

Already millions of people watched thechannel
and enjoyed the compilations.

Website: http://www.twitter.com/twisterned

this time it is even more funnier to leave on the background music on

New Years Eve Party at T.R.A.C.S

2011-12-29T07:52:00.000+01:00

Saturday December31st at 1 pm SLT (yes, not at noon this time)

It will bethe last party on the Ice Rink. Next week we are back in the club

The party's NOT over.

2011-12-28T22:19:00.000+01:00

Saturday, September 24 was our last partyand on Saturday, December 10, we had a party again. There bin many people whohave asked me why we stopped. With this cycle of posts, I tried to explain thereason why, now turns out temporarily, we stopped with the parties. That westarted again, seem to give fewer questions, but I think is good with this lastpost about "The Party's Over" to finish and close this article.

When I speak about the parties I always usethe pronoun we but most people know that I am the one that is in charge at T.R.A.C.S.I took that role, as head manager, on me and that also made that I feel veryresponsible for the parties and for T.R.A.C.S. Do Rod and Tim not feel responsiblefor T.R.A.C.S? Sure they do! Rod and Tim are the two sweetest people in SecondLife, who support me and also let me go to do it my way. "If you wantChristo, go ahead."

That is not always helpful to slow me down.;-)

In the past year Rod had many setbackscaused by the economic crisis. I will not be revealed here his private life butthat made he was less in Second Life. It seems that things are improving andhope that he will be more online next year. Tim always helps wherever he can.He helps me with the lyrics for the flyers, comes with ideas and is my counselorwhen I am annoyed about people or things.
Tim is modest and has a more diplomaticview than I and he holds the ice bucket, in where I can stick my hothead in,when needed.

So a few months ago the fun to organize theparties was total over. So I told Rod and Tim that I needed a sabbatical (fromLatin sabbaticus, from Greek sabbatikos, from Arabic Sobat, from Hebrew shabbati.e., Sabbath, literally a "ceasing": Rest from work, or a hiatus,often lasting from two months to a year.) And they said: "Sure, if youwant Christo, go ahead." :-)

At first I not went to parties anymore. ButI was not very busy building and
decorating on the sim either.
I renewed oldcontacts, made new friends and thought about how I would like to go on with mySecond Life. Than I went to new places other parties and made even more newfriends. I did not get an answer on all my questions but now I know, better thanever, that I love music, lyrics, chatting and joking with people.

T.R.A.C.S is back and there will beparties. There will be occasionally other DJs, other kind of music and lifeconcerts. But it will be just for fun. My fun! But everybody is welcome.

Will T.R.A.C.S. be open for ever? I thinkthe board I found on internet could give an answer to that.

Auld Lang Syne

2011-12-26T23:25:00.000+01:00

"AuldLang Syne" is a Scots poem written by Robert Burns in 1788 and set to thetune of a traditional folk song. Robert Burns sent a copy of the original songto the British Museum with this comment: "Thefollowing song, an old song, of the olden times, and which has never been inprint, nor even in manuscript until I took it down from an old man's singing,is enough to recommend any air." It is well known in many countries,especially (but far from exclusively) in the English-speaking world; it'straditional use being to celebrate the start of the New Year at the stroke of midnight. By extension, it is also sung atfunerals, graduations, and as a farewell or ending to other occasions. Theinternational Boy Scout youth movement, in many countries, uses it as a closeto jamborees and other functions.

The song'sScots title may be translated into English literally as "old longsince", or more idiomatically, "long long ago", "days goneby" or "old times". Consequently "For auld lang syne",as it appears in the first line of the chorus, is loosely translated as"for (the sake of) old times".

The phrase"Auld Lang Syne" is also used in similar poems by Robert Ayton(1570–1638), Allan Ramsay (1686–1757), and James Watson (1711) as well as olderfolk songs predating Burns. Matthew Fitt uses the phrase "In the days ofauld lang syne" as the equivalent of "Once upon a time..." inhis retelling of fairy tales in the Scots language.

About the singer

Dougie MacLeanOBE (born 27 September 1954 in Dunblane) is a Scottish singer-songwriter,composer and multi-instrumentalist. His career started with a traditional band,The Tannahill Weavers, in 1976. His solo career started in 1981 and since thenhe has recorded numerous albums. He plays multiple instruments, includingguitar, violin, mandola, viola, bouzouki, banjo and bass as well as being asinger and composer.

MacLean's mostfamous pieces include "The Gael", from his 1990 album The Search,which was adapted by Trevor Jones as the main theme to the 1992 film Last ofthe Mohicans; and Caledonia, from his first album, which has been covered bynumerous singers and groups.

In 2011, MacLeanwas invested as an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE).

http://www.dougiemaclean.com/

Auld LangSyne - A Caricature !

This songis perhaps the most famous song, anywhere in the world (excluding perhaps"My Way", "Blue Suede Shoes", and "Hey Jude") andyet still only a handful know the words. We gather together at various socialoccasions, from New Year, to annual "conferences", and at the end ofthe night..we form a circle..the music starts..we sing the first line.."Should Auld Acquaintance Be Forgot and...rum tee tum dah dee..lah .lah..lah.lahlah..lah..lah lah."for the sake of Auld Lang Syne"

" Thenext verse then often proceeds " And here's a hmmm. hmmm. mmmm. mmmm etc..etc". until the entire company sing out loud and proud that famousline..ALL TOGETHER NOW..(Holding Hands of course) ....

"For Auld Lang Syyyyyyyyyne" !!!!!

http://www.worldburnsclub.com/newsletter/auld_lang_syne_what_about.htm

Auld LangSyne

As sung byDougie MacLean on the album Tribute.

Should auldaquaintance be forgot,

and never broughtto mind.

Should auldaquaintance be forgot,

for auld langsyne.

Chorus.

For auld langsyne my dear,

for auld langsyne,

We'll tak a cupo' kindness yet,

for auld langsyne.

We twa hae runaboot the braes,

And pu'd thegowans fine,

We've wanderedmony's a weary step,

since auld langsyne.

We twa haepaidled i' the burn,

Frae morning suntil dine,

But seas betweenus braid hae roared,

Since auld langsyne.

Chorus.

And surely you'llbe your pint stowp,

And surely I'llbe mine,

We'll tak' a cupo' kindness yet,

For auld langsyne.

So here's a hand,my trusty fier,

And gie's a hando' thine,

We'll drink aright guid williewaught,

For the sake ofauld lang syne.

Chorus.

scoures:

Wikipedia

World BurnsClub

and specialthanks to Jeffels Worth's blog where this song plays,
that gave me the idea to make this post.

http://jeffellsworth.blogspot.com/

Christmas Eve at T.R.A.C.S.

2011-12-26T09:49:00.000+01:00

The idea tohave a Christmas Carol Party came from me. I thoughtthat it would fit on the ice rink. I was worried that we would have fewerguests because of Christmas Eve. We had a nice bunch of guest and even dad hadtime to come to spend a long time with us. But nobody joined the contestbecause they thought them where not in theme. DJ Beef had made a nice mix ofChristmas, Rock and even some Dutch songs.

Almost forgotto take snapshots. That happened already Friday at Open Minds but gladly thistime it crossed my mind.

Esme

Mika and Bernard

Norbie

Lexzia

Joeh

Levi and dad

Wolf and Levi

DJ Beef

Ganymede

Oh therewas one in theme. Me: as Ebenezer Scrooge.

"Bah!Humbug!" ;-)

Oíche Chiún [Silent Night]

2011-12-23T20:25:00.000+01:00

Enya singing the famous European Christmascarol in native Irish,
which is a Gaelic branch of the Celtic languages.

Oíche Chiún [Silent Night]

Oíche chiúin, oíche Mhic Dé, [Silent night,night of God's son.]

Cách 'na suan dís araon, [Soundly inslumber, the pair together]

Dís is dílse 'faire le spéis [The pair andlove, watching with affection]

Naoín beag gnaoigheal [The small brightbeautiful child,]

ceananntais caomh [darling little one.]

Críost, 'na chodhladh go séimh. [Christ,calmly asleep.]

Oíche chiúin, oíche Mhic Dé, [Silent night,night of God's son.]

Aoirí ar dtús chuala 'n scéal; [Shepherdsfirst heard the tale]

Allelúia aingeal ag glaoch. [The angelscrying out Alleluia.]

Cantain suairc i ngar is i gcéin [Lovelychanting near and far.]

Críost an Slánaitheoir Féin [Christ, the saviourhimself.]

Críost an Slánaitheoir Féin [Christ, thesaviour himself.]

Oíche chiúin, oíche Mhic Dé, [Silent night,night of God's son.]

Cách 'na suan dís araon, [Soundly inslumber, the pair together]

Dís is dílse 'faire le spéis [The pair andlove, watching with affection]

Naoín beag gnaoigheal [The small brightbeautiful child,]

ceananntais caomh [darling little one.]

Críost, 'na chodhladh go séimh. [Christ,calmly asleep.]