The Triffids

Spending the Christmas weekend in my parents home, i found 'lost' and forgotten vinyl LP's of the Triffids. A great Australian band, with epic sprawling songs and poetic lyrics. I think, the Triffids disbanded in the late 80's due to lack of commercial success.
I brought the vinyls at home and i'll try to transfer them to CDR, not an easy procedure though. My turntable and cartridge are quite old and crappy but i'll give a try. Lots of info about transferring LPs to CDR can be found here: LP to CDR tips

Here's Alexandra, my friend's L. cat. The photo is dedicated to Chloe , who is very sad, her cat passed away yesterday. I've never had pets at home, however, i really enjoyed playing all night with Alexandra in 2004 New Year's Eve at L.'s house.





So, my playlist for today was:

The Triffids - Bury me deep in Love (LP - Calenture)

The Triffids - Kathy Knows (LP - In the Pines)

The Triffids - Born sandy devotional (LP- In the Pines)

Chet Baker - You don't know what love is

Chet Baker - Grey December

The Cure - Love Cats (for obvious reasons!)

Christmas Tree or...

...or Christmas Ship?
Every December, Greece’s second city, Thessaloniki, erects a huge, illuminated metal structure in the shape of a ship next to the Christmas tree in its main Aristotelous Square.
The ship is viewed as a quintessential Greek symbol. Greeks have been seafarers for thousands of years and the country is today one of the world’s mightiest shipping nations. On the islands, children sang Christmas carols holding illuminated model boats in their laps.
I like it so much!






Most of the time, during Christmas, i was listening to some Chet Baker's recordings, a 3CD box-set, the Pacific Jazz years.


But the song that i'm whistling all the time is :

"Gee, if i could only have my two front teeth,
then i could wish you Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! "

All i want for Christmas is my two front teeth

Been Tagged...!

I've been tagged by Chloe . I've never done this before, mainly because i don't like to talk about myself. Anyway, as it's requested, here goes...

10 years ago...
Making my first steps to Telecommunications area, couldn't believe that i"ll become a GSM mobile expert in Greece someday :)

5 years ago...
- Broke up with my girlfriend-fiancee after 6 years of living together
- My father passed away
- Bought a small apartment close to my job to live on my own
- Had my first nervous breakdown

Last year...
Started with a bad car accident on February.
Had a great time on summer vacations in Peloponnisos (South Greece). I had a chance to visit Ancient Olympia, for the first time in my life Epidaurus (shame on me!), Mystras, Diros Cave and so on.

Yesterday...
I was working till very late in the evening, 22:00
Had a very bad pain in my waist, time left the marks on me, i'm already 38y/o, damnit :)

5 yummy things...
chocolate(addict), i need it everyday :)
espresso
potatoes
yoghurt
Jameson and red wine

5 things i know by heart...
internet and e-banking ID's ... err, to be true my memory doesn't serve me so well :)

5 things i'd do if i had lots of money...
Utopia

5 places i escape to...
My apartment
My PC (need to buy a UPS asap)
A faraway beach (in Chalkidiki, Glarokavos )
Cinema
Anywhere, so long as to escape the human myth :)

5 things i'd never wear...
leather clothes and underwears
fur
ties
suits
expensive clothes

5 fav TV shows...
dont watch tv, only the news
may i tell you some of my fav movies instead? :)
- Lost in translation
- The Double life of Veronica
- Wings of Desire
- Pulp Fiction
- Paris, Texas

5 things i enjoy doing...
listening to music (all day long)
web surfing
Reading
Playing Chess, i used to play a lot, taking part in tournaments, nowdays i play only in the weekends for my chess-club, teaching ,also, to junior classes when i have free time :)
Walking in the streets and shivering with cold (0 to 3 Celsious degrees in Thessaloniki these days)
Hearing the Englishmen speaking, i adore the English accent, guess that's why i love more the English performers than the American ones, like Morrissey and Dan Treacy (TV Personalities)
:)

Wish you all the best for the 2oo6!
Love and Peace...

Oh, Mama!

"Oh,mama, i'll never let you down..."

On Sunday morning i visited my mother-since my father passed away 5 years ago, she lives on her own.

"...i'll always be there for you,

i promised you, it's true...'

We were drinking cafe and tea-staring at her figure, i realized how weak-feeble-fragile she'd become.

"...Oh, mama,
i love you more than words can say,
there is no one in this world,
who can feel my heart like you do,
Ohhh mama, mama,
i'll never let you down..."

The Times - 5:30am (Oh, mama)

Froth on the Daydream Soundtrack!

Oh, Chloe, thank you for the nice tunes, sounds and words!

Well forked, but not dead...

09:00 - stepping in at the office;Good moooorning, wearing my shinest smile ever-response: morning,orning/

'...I've got shears pointed straight at my chest
And time moves slow when you count it
I'm better than them, and I think I'm the best...'

11:00 - hearing them chatting-buy,buy,buy-if you couldn't find peace in mind, perhaps a BMW would do-caricatures-scarecrows/

'...I feel trapped by mutual affection
And I don't know how to use freedom
I spend hours looking sideways
to the time when I was sixteen...'

17:00 - didn't quit-once again; coward; instead, took 5 days off/

'...Cause I'm in a trance.
I'm frightened.

The Fall - Frightened

(intro) Dreaming...

-a splash of ideas-a paintbox-a rush of clatter and colour flashing-its always this way-its always a shout; pure rush-yelling,falling up and down-clasp and capture that idea going haywire; the pencil sketch of your moment, your little breathing steps-you run in the rain, you back from the rains, you're a veil like calm sighing sweet shouts of words; to try it, to be into your eyes-when sad is so easy you just do not call it to question; its not what we're saying, its only wanting to clear the air-snapshots; stored to some sideways angle; fisrt impressions, subtle distortions that blink again again again-rerun them; go rerun your Kodak ghost songs and cracked dances... run them amok someday, someday when I'm haunted, when i dream you, when i dream you here-and then blink again; there are always so damn many new things, so many new risen and haunted...singing haunted, just as ever, far into your eyes, your running amok eyes; all the more wider now, all the more sad-happy to be running oh so very amok-but dreaming-sure---
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So, here i'm, following Chloe's advise to blog, post, write-
more to come...