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From: mvale…@ruido-visual.pt (Mario Valente)
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Subject: Merry Xmas
Date: Sun, 23 Dec 07 13:25:21 GMT
I’m off to Xmas holidays at my inlaws. Merry Xmas y’all.
De saida para casa dos sogros. Feliz Natal para todos.
— MV
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From: mvale…@ruido-visual.pt (Mario Valente)
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Subject: Tuareg Campfires
Date: Sat, 22 Dec 07 15:45:21 GMT
One of my all time favourite quotes: “Ah the smell
of the tuareg campires…”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5liA2AbfCLU
“…unmistakeable!…”
LOL!! :-)
“Shoo! Piss off!”
— MV
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From: mvale…@ruido-visual.pt (Mario Valente)
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Subject: Ho Hum
Date: Fri, 21 Dec 07 22:56:21 GMT
I could post about games but I’m still playing
(and getting my ass kicked) at Hardcore level in
Open Arena.
I could post about politics/philosophics but the
local leftist mindset is just too dense to understand
individual freedom.
I could post about business but I’m going “under
the radar” on that.
I could post about books but I’m still reading the
last book from the queue and waiting for xmas gifts.
I could post about music but its the old same old.
I could post about technology but I’m just too fed
up with it.
Luckily a two week holiday has started. Posting will
be sporadic. Perhaps next week; perhaps next year…
— MV
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From: mvale…@ruido-visual.pt (Mario Valente)
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Subject: So Long and Thanks for All the Fish (reprise)
Date: Wed, 15 Dec 07 00:15:21 GMT
I cant remember the actual date but it was either last
weekend or this weekend that 10 years ago I left Esoterica
(I remember that it was either during the 1st of December
or the 8th of December holiday long weekend).
http://mv.asterisco.pt/1997/cat.cgi?So%20Long%20And%20Thanks%20for%20All%20the%20Fish
Like I said before, its funny the way your life keeps
cycling through the same “seasons”…
http://mv.asterisco.pt/2007/Jun/cat.cgi?Seasons%20in%20Life
— MV
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From: mvale…@ruido-visual.pt (Mario Valente)
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Subject: Hallo Spaceboy
Date: Mon, 17 Dec 07 22:09:21 GMT
I’ve never been too much of a fan of David Bowie’s. I mean,
I actually admired the guy as an artist but I never was a
fan of his music. At least the usual recordings that I got
to hear…
But lately, after seeing his show in 2000 at the BBC on TV, this
song doesnt get out of my mind:
David Bowie – Hallo Spaceboy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZVGeUBrimA
I mean… goddam powerful!!! I hope I get to be 55 years
old and have his style.
The rest of the show is also available on YouTube. Unfortunately
its not available as a commercial DVD (but I’m sure that if you
search around you’ll be able to find a recording of the broadcast)
Together with “Ashes to Ashes” (also played at the show) and
“Space Oddity”, this sort-of “Major Tom” trilogy appeals to me
in a way I cant really explain. The feeling of alienation perhaps..
David Bowie – Space Oddity
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhSYbRiYwTY
David Bowie – Ashes to Ashes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Q3r6fkZTpk
Great versions of “Hallo Spaceboy” are also available with Bowie
singing with Foo Fighters, NIN or (my favourite) Pet Shop Boys
David Bowie & Pet Shop Boys – Hallo Spaceboy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwdssHTfPJQ
— MV
