KiN Mode On

If there could be only one soundtrack in my life, I'd choose Zita to "meaningalize" my dreams. Because there is always someone I can come back to, no matter what. And the right words are sung, along to the music I want to hear. And in the end, if that's all there is, it is already more than enough.*

"Hey You Whatshadoing?

It's really hard to let you go
I feel so bad, I just don't know
What I'm doing
And what you're doing?
I wish I could just write this song
And turn away and carry on what I'm doing
But whatshadoing?
I wish that I could match
These angels in my soul and these devils in my bones
But no no no

It's been so long since I've seen you
I half forgot about the things you do
But half is only half if there's still enough
Enough of you inside of me
Enough of you in lots of dreams
Enough and pretty close to much too much

I wish that I could match
These angels in my bones, these devils in my soul
But no no no no

Truth and lies
I realize
Are just disguises
Of ways to live your life

It's really hard to let you go
I feel so bad, I just don't know
What I'm doing
And what you're doing?
And I wish I could just write this song
And turn away and carry on what I'm doing
But hey whatshadoing?

I wish that I could match
These angels in my soul and these devils in my bones
But no no no"

by Zita [Stef=Josie=Me] Swoon


*"Josie puts her faith into herself and then I wonder if she needs somebody else.."

KiN Mode On

Uma das faixas escondidas, mas não muito, do O de Damien Rice. A voz e as letras são de Lisa Hannigan. A música faz parte da banda-sonora da noite mais solitária do ano, agora com uma letra a condizer..

"Silent Night

Silent night, broken night
All is fallen when you take your flight
I found some hate for you just for show
You found some love for me thinking I'd go
Don't keep me from crying to sleep
Sleep in heavenly peace
Silent night moonlit night
Nothing's changed nothing is right
I should be stronger than weeping alone
You should be weaker than sending me home
I can't stop you fighting to sleep
Sleep in heavenly peace"

by Lisa Hannigan

Destaques no Gay e Lésbico

Entre 15 e 21 deste mês a 9ª edição do Festival de Cinema Gay e Lésbico de Lisboa ocupou o cinema Quarteto e o Instituto Franco-Português. Os vencedores das várias categorias na primeira pessoa:

Menção Especial - Rosario Miranda, de David Baute Gutierrez:
"Rosario Miranda fue una mujer que luchó por los derechos que tiene toda persona a elegir libremente su sexualidad y esto en tiempos muy difíciles y en un entorno muy duro."

Melhor Documentário - Immortal Muse, de Sue Giovanni:
"If you have been inspired by the film please don't tell us, tell Annette. We live hundreds of miles from her and visit as often as we can but her only constant companion is her muse."

Melhor Curta-Metragam - Beginners!, de Nicholas Wackerbarth.
"I want to take the opportunity to express my admiration for the work of Gangway, Wurzel and VIP. These are different groups of social workers in Berlin, which try to get in contact with young people. They offer them a place to hang around and to communicate with each other. Unfortunately their work is not honoured very much in public, although they do such an important, self-scarifying job."

Melhor Longa-Metragem - L'Ennemi Naturel, de Pierre Erwan Guillaume:
"Mon film décrit le combat intérieur d'un jeune homme pour accepter un désir homosexuel qui va bouleverser sa vie. La tentation du refoulement, la tentation de l'autodestruction, et finalement l'acceptation de soi. Ce combat nous l'avons tous vécu, à des degrés divers, et partout dans le monde, il faut encore se barder de courage pour s'accepter tels que nous sommes, c'est pourquoi je suis particulièrement heureux que cette histoire ait touché un jury international."

KIN Mode On

Thanks to some musical exchange between friends I got this one...

"Twenty Something

After years of expensive education,
A car full of books and anticipation,
I’m an expert on Shakespeare and that’s a hell of a lot
But the world don't need scholars as much as I thought.

Maybe I'll go travelling for a year,
Finding myself or start a career.
I could work for the poor though I’m hungry for fame
We all seem so different but we're just the same.

Maybe I'll go to the gym, so I don't get fat,
Aren't things more easy with a tight six pack?
Who knows the answers? Who do you trust?
I can't even separate love from lust.

Maybe I’ll move back home and pay off my loans,
Working nine to five answering phones.
Don't make me live for my friday nights,
Drinking eight pints and getting in fights.

I don't want to get up, just let me lie in,
Leave me alone, I'm a twenty something.

Maybe I'll just fall in love that could solve it all,
Philosophers say that that’s enough,
There surely must be more. Ooooh

Love ain’t the answer nor is work,
The truth eludes me so much it hurts.
But I’m still having fun and I guess that's the key,
I'm a twenty something and I'll keep being me.

I’m a twenty something.
Let me lie in, Leave me alone.
I’m a twenty something."

by Jammie Cullum

...and now I can't take it off of my mind.

Later is never too late #1 - The Dears

Nova rubrica para as melomanias resgatadas à cronologia, baralhadas e atiradas numa fracção de segundo para os nossos canais auditivos. Porque a anarquia é algo de delicioso na arte.

"Hope in the face of horror"

Expressão utilizada no site oficial para ilustrar o mood de No Cities Left, segundo longa-duração da banda e onde se inclui "22: The Death of All Romance", sério candidato a KiN Mode On (and On, and On...). Os Dears vêm de Montreal, o que logo faz ressoar no nosso jogo associativo os Arcade Fire, mas a ligação fica-se pela geografia. Musicalmente falando, as influências gravitam em torno da banda de Morrissey e o resultado final é até capaz de invocar Divine Comedy. As letras reflectem a maturidade intelectual e emocional - embora as perturbações sempre presentes - de Murray Lightburn. Fica a letra, partilhada a duas vozes apaixonadas (e apaixonantes na sua entrega) de

"22: The Death of All Romance

I have never cried in anybody's arms
The way that I have often cried in yours
Please be the one to take my tears away

I was 22, I've had my share of views
I just can't steal that "happiness" from you
Still I'll be the one to take your tears away

I can't believe the things you say
tell me, tell me
tell me the lies

Fasting love will lead us all to nowhere
When, when will we learn
I shall avenge the death of all the romance
Until, until I'm gone

I can't believe the things you say
tell me, tell me
tell me the lies"

So there's no need for glasses...

"The everyday world is shrouded.
We see it dimly.

Only when we love do we see the true person.
The truth of a person is only visible through love.

Love is not the illusion.
Life is."

by Oscar Wilde

MOOVES #12

14 - Jane Eyre, Robert Stevenson @ Cinemateca, 19h30
14 - O Fabuloso Destino de Amélie, Jean-Pierre Jeunet @ Nimas, 3 EUR
14 - Conta-me Histórias, Todd Solondz @ Ávila, 3 EUR
15 - The Invisible Man, James Whale @ Cinemateca, 21h30
15 - Punto y Raya, Elia Schneider @ Fórum Lx, c/ presença da realizadora, 22h
15 - O Fabuloso Destino de Amélie, Jean-Pierre Jeunet @ Nimas, 3 EUR
15 - Conta-me Histórias, Todd Solondz @ Ávila, 3 EUR
16 - Os 39 Degraus, Alfred Hitchcock @ Cinemateca, 19h
16 - Bolívar Soy Yo, Jorge Alí Triana @ Fórum Lx, 19h
16 - Whisky, Juan Pablo Rebella & Pablo Stoll @ Fórum Lx, 22h
16 - Até as Vaqueiras Ficaram Tristes, Gus Van Sant @ Ávila, 3 EUR
16 - Microcosmos, Claude Nuridsany + Marie Pérennou @ Nimas, 3 EUR
17 - Punto y Raya, Elia Schneider @ Fórum Lx, 19h
17 - Machuca, Andrés Wood @ Fórum Lx, 22h
17 - Até as Vaqueiras Ficaram Tristes, Gus Van Sant @ Ávila, 3 EUR
17 - Os Respigadores e a Respigadora, Agnés Varda @ Nimas, 3 EUR
18 - Whisky, Juan Pablo Rebella & Pablo Stoll @ Fórum Lx, 19h
18 - Gerry, Gus Van Sant @ Ávila, 3 EUR
18 - Os Respigadores e a Respigadora, Agnés Varda @ Nimas, 3 EUR
19 - The Lady Vanishes, Alfred Hitchcock @ Cinemateca, 19h
19 - Suite Habana, Fernando Pérez @ Fórum Lx, 22h
19 - Gerry, Gus Van Sant @ Ávila, 3 EUR
19 - Mondovino, Jonathan Nossiter @ Nimas, 3 EUR
20 - The Wizard of Oz, Victor Fleming @ Cinemateca, 19h
20 - Un Oso Rojo, Adrián Caetano @ Fórum Lx, 19h
20 - Crónicas, Sebastián Cordero @ Fórum Lx, 22h
20 - Elephant, Gus Van Sant @ Ávila, 3 EUR
20 - Mondovino, Jonathan Nossiter @ Nimas, 3 EUR
21 - Pickpocket, Robert Bresson @ Cinemateca, 19h30
21 - O Homem Leopardo, Jacques Tourneur @ República & Resistência, 18h30
21 - Suite Habana, Fernando Pérez @ Fórum Lx, 19h
21 - Elephant, Gus Van Sant @ Ávila, 3 EUR
21 - Buena Vista Social Club, Wim Wenders @ Nimas, 3 EUR
22 - Os Pássaros, Alfred Hitchcock @ Cinemateca, 21h30
22 - I'll See You In My Dreams, Miguel Ángel Vivas @ Cinemateca, 22h30
22 - Crónicas, Sebastián Cordero @ Fórum Lx, 19h
22 - Redentor, Cláudio Torres @ Fórum Lx, 22h
22 - Buena Vista Social Club, Wim Wenders @ Nimas, 3 EUR
23 - Alemanha Ano Zero, Roberto Rossellini @ Cinemateca, 19h
23 - Shivers, David Cronenberg @ Cinemateca, 22h30
23 - Un Oso Rojo, Adrián Caetano @ Fórum Lx, 22h
23 - Belarmino, Fernando Lopes @ Nimas, 3 EUR
24 - Braindead, Peter Jackson @ Cinemateca, 22h30
24 - Redentor, Cláudio Torres @ Fórum Lx, 19h
24 - Así es la Vida, Arturo Ripstein @ Fórum Lx, 22h
24 - Belarmino, Fernando Lopes @ Nimas, 3 EUR
25 - Tarnation, Jonathan Caouette @ Nimas, 3 EUR
26 - Tarnation, Jonathan Caouette @ Nimas, 3 EUR
27 - Bowling For Columbine, Michael Moore @ Nimas, 3 EUR
28 - Days of Glory @ República & Resistência, 18h30
28 - Bowling For Columbine, Michael Moore @ Nimas, 3 EUR
29 - Vertigo, Alfred Hitchock @ Nimas, 3 EUR
30 - Vertigo, Alfred Hitchock @ Nimas, 3 EUR
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P.M.(pOST mOOves): Everything 'mooves' around here again. Em especial porque esta é a altura por excelência do regresso aos cinemas - embora os filmes em cartaz não sejam fortemente apelativos, salvo raras excepções que não chegam para aquecer o King Kard :P - e dos festivais da sétima arte.

P.P.M.: O Nimas já não é a casa do cinema francês. No âmbito de uma reestruturação da programação, o cinema da 5 de Outubro vai passar a albergar ciclos temáticos. O primeiro é dedicado ao género documental, ao que se segue uma passagem pelos filmes de culto. Os horários para estas sessões variam entre as 14h30, 17h, 19h30 e 22h.

P.P.P.M.: O Fórum Lx converte-se em embaixada da América Latina para uma mostra de 17 filmes inéditos em Portugal, com inclusão de documentário e curtas-metragens. O preço por sessão é de 3 Euros, sendo possível comprar um passe válido para a totalidade da mostra por 15 Euros.

(A)LIVE #16

2005

SETEMBRO

2 - Television @ Aula Magna, Lx, 21h30, 28 a 30 EUR
3 - Dead Combo @ Fnac Colombo, Lx, 17h, Entrada Livre
6 - Andrew Bird @ Lux, Lx
14 - Boitezuleika @ Fnac Chiado, Lx, 18h, Entrada Livre
14 - Boitezuleika @ Santiago Alquimista, Lx, 23h
15 - Maria João e Mário Laginha @ Du Art Garden, Casino do Estoril Estoril, 23h30, Entrada Livre
15 - Mathew Jonson @ Lux, Lx, 24h
22 - The Legendary Tiger Man @ Blá Blá, Matosinhos, 22h30, 5 EUR
23 - Belle Chase Hotel @ Auditório S. Bento Menni, Barcelos, 22h, 5 EUR
23 - Linda Martini @ Maus Hábitos, Porto, 23h
23 - M.I.A. + David Rodrigues @ Via Latina, Coimbra, 24h
24 - Nitin Sawhney @ Club Lua, Lx, 23h30, 10 EUR
26 - (Smog) @ Club Lua, Lx, 22h, 18 EUR
30 - Festival para Gente Sentada: Damien Jurado + Woven Hand + Old Jerusalem @ Teatro António Lamoso, Sta Maria Feira, 21h30, 15 a 20 EUR
30 - The Vicious 5 @ ZdB, Lx, 23h, 7,5 EUR

OUTUBRO

1 - Festival para Gente Sentada: Sondre Lerche + Patrick Wolf + Sweet Josephine @ Teatro António Lamoso, Sta Maria Feira, 21h30, 15 a 20 EUR
1 - IMAGO: Erlend Oye + Old Jerusalem + Kubik @ Fundão, 23h
1 - Loto @ Cine-Teatro Alcobaça, 22h, 8 EUR
4 - Cosmopolis: Rafael Toral + Keith Fullerton Whitman + My Cat Is An Alien @ ZdB, Lx
4 - IMAGO: Norton + Dezperados + Kubik @ Fundão, 23h
5 - John Cale @ CCB, Lx, 21h
5 - Cosmopolis: Icarus + Oval @ ZdB, Lx
6 - Cosmopolis: Jane @ ZdB, Lx
6 - IMAGO: Namosh + AnA + Alex (from Chicks on Speed) @ Fundão, 23h
7 - IMAGO: Twisted Nerve showcase + Toolshed & Malcom Mooney (from Can) + Sirconical + Andy Votel + Cherrystones@ Fundão, 23h
8 - IMAGO: Kid Koala @ Fundão, 23h
8 - Cosmopolis: The Gift + Telepopmusik + Plaza + Ohm Square @ Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Lx, 22h, 15 EUR
18 - Mark Eitzel @ Santiago Alquimista, Lx, 21h30, 12,5 EUR
19 - The Clientele @ O Meu Mercedes.., Porto
21 - Kimmo Pohjonen @ Casa Música, Porto, 23h30
22 - Kimmo Pohjonen @ Centro Cultural Vila Flor, Guimarães, 22h
25 - Kimmo Pohjonen @ Teatro Aveirense, 21h30
27 - Kimmo Pohjonen @ TAGV, Coimbra, 21h30
28 - Ölga @ O Meu Mercedes.., Porto, 23h30
29 - Kimmo Pohjonen @ Teatro Municipal da Guarda, 21h30
31 - Antony & The Johnsons @ Coliseu de Lx, 21 EUR
31 - Moonspell + Daemonia @ Teatro Sá da Bandeira, Porto

NOVEMBRO

2 - Belle Chase Hotel + Boitezuleika @ Casa da Música, Porto 22h00
4 - Cristina Branco @ Teatro Municipal, Guarda, 21h30
12 - Devendra Banhart + Hairy Fairy @ Aula Magna, Lx, 21h, 20 a 30 EUR
12 - Lou Barlow @ O Meu Mercedes é Maior que o Teu, Porto, 23h30
19 - Xiu Xiu @ Orfeão Velho, Leiria, 22h
20 - Sigur Rós + Amina @ Coliseu Lx, 21h, 25 EUR
22 - Mercury Rev @ CCB, 21h, 20 a 25 EUR
23 - Coldplay + Goldfrapp @ Pavilhão Atlântico, Lx, 21h, 24 a 33 EUR
26 - Cristina Branco + Camané @ Aula Magna, Lx, 21h30, 22 a 30 EUR

DEZEMBRO

4 - dEUS @ Aula Magna, Lx, 21h, 23 a 30 EUR
5 - dEUS @ Aula Magna, Lx, 21h, 23 a 30 EUR
6 - dEUS @ Casa da Música, Porto, 21h, 25 EUR
20 - Yann Tiersen @ CCB, Lx, 21h, 27,5 a 35 EUR
21 - Yann Tiersen @ Casa das Artes, Famalicão, 21h, 15 a 18 EUR

2006

(...)

FEVEREIRO

8 - Depeche Mode @ Pav. Atlântico, Lx, 21h30, 27 a 39 EUR


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P.A. (pOST aDJENDA): A agenda ganha novo fôlego, agora com a despedida dos festivais de Verão - só quando as aulas começam é que se torna impossível continuar a usar os tampões nos ouvidos.. bem, e daí.. - e a chegada dos.. Festivais de Inverno :D

P.P.A.: Ainda não se sabem os nomes de todos os que vão alinhar no jogo das cadeiras, mas o Sondre Lerche é bem capaz de incentivar o público a adoptar novas posições nos dispositivos com assento.

P.P.P.A.: Os Belle Chase Hotel vão continuando a fazer umas aparições espaçadas aí pelo país, mas há quem gostasse de ver o reverso dos Tati em Lx.

It's pouring outside...

But the sun is shining in my mind.

KiN Mode On

"TV Song

Don't lay it on me, on me
Don't you leave me here

I like to sit and cry in front of my TV
I like to think of words to scream
About all it is I am and all it is I wanna be
Over and over
I laugh and cry
But the movie it ain't as real as I want it to be
I like to sit and cry over and over again
And the tears they please me
They are all I need to know
As I zap from show to show
And a man on a bike comes on
He says:
"Hey, my wheels don't turn if the road don't feel right"
I say: "I'll stand still
And wait for the skies to burn tonight"
So I can bury you, it's all I can do
So you won't come through
At least for a little while
My life will be alright

I like to sit and watch it all I can
Crying like a man
And leave it for another day
I'll stay here in my precious cage
And lose it while I can
Cut it off by minute roots
And stick it in the ground
And bury you, it's-a all I can do
So you won't come through
At least for a little while
My life will be alright
You see
I been waiting
Here in doubt
But I don't fear your lightshow
And I don't fear your eyes
Not anymore
Everytime we score

I like to sit and cry
And on that score
I think I'll cry a little more
I think I'll keep the TV on
I think I'll cry for all night long
I'm sure that it won't do me no good
No, but it will
Shake you off of me momma
And cut you loose from me girl
It means the world to
Bury you, it's-a all I can do
So you won't come through
At least for a little while
My life will be alright"

by Moondog Jr

KiN Mode On

So he sang this song and he knew exactly how I felt.

"Thinking About You All The Time

I'm thinking about you all the time
Is it the howl of the devil or a sound divine?
I know it's wrong but I know it's right
I got to get a grip on you somehow

I spend my days and spend my nights
Going over every second of the time we had
Going over the scenes and going over the dreams
But tripping over all the edges of reality

I'm thinking about you all the time
But it don't do me no good it puts my love on the line
It's something in the air; it feels cold as ice
I guess that every time you play you got to pay the price

I'm thinking about you all the time
But who are you anyway? You precious ghost of mine
I hope that when you leave I will survive
But today I feel like drowning in a sea of wine

It sounds bizarre but that's the way it is
I dread the moment I will call you for another kiss
I never ever had a doubt about the life I lead
But since we met I can't help wondering if that's all I need

The apples and pears they taste so good
The summer's coming up and it will do me good
The birds are singing in the trees
All that's lacking is a little bit of inner peace

I'm thinking about you all the time
I don't really know why, it's an emotional crime
I got to get back to where I was before
But when I get there all I do is think some more"

byZita Swoon

Velvet Banana S(KIN) Mode On

"I'll be your mirror"... and if you brake me you'll get seven years of bad luck.