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More about dance

nobody@vox.com(Noelle) — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 15:17:05 -0700

Sabra and Neil dancing to Annie Lennox

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Modern Take on the Zombie

nobody@vox.com(Noelle) — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 05:08:32 -0700

Rama Lama Bang Bang (Roisin Murphy)

Roisin Murphy (formerly of Moloko) made a huge break into the US music market with this song. It has a great beat. This group dance performance was choreographed by the great Wade Robson. This is a modern spin on the "Zombie" dance, made famous by Micheal Jackson 25 years ago. This dance has a very heavy pop influence but has to be classified as hip - hop. There are notes of Michael Jacksonesque dances movies (like the Zombie) and head ticks. I haven't seen a better group dance since this one.

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Introducing Erik Mongrain

nobody@vox.com(Noelle) — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 04:51:06 -0700

AirTap!

Erik Mongrain's Air Tap. This solo guitarist is one of the best of modern times. He is very different than greats like Eric Clapton, Carlos Santana, and even Jimi Hendrix. He mixes multiple fingering techniques with percussive hits, straing strikes and dampening. I absolutely love this and I'm sure this man is uber famous in Europe. Americans tend to have no real sense of good music.

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Dominic Frasca's Impossible Guitar

nobody@vox.com(Noelle) — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 04:47:02 -0700

Impossible guitar

Dominic Frasca and the impossible guitar. This is very reminisce of the sitar. I love it.

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QotD: Holiday Shopping

nobody@vox.com(Noelle) — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 13:30:17 -0800

Did you shop for great deals on Black Friday or Cyber Monday? Or did you observe Buy Nothing Day?

Okay, so maybe I'm not much of a participator, but I LOATHE the Holidays and the shopping.
In fact, I am skipping the holidays this year. I am not buying anything for anyone, I am asking people not to buy anything for me. I would love to see family I haven't seen in ages, and spend time eating large meals with friends (this will remind me of Italia) but I hate the cut throat consumer culture I am living in.

and in the spirit of the duality of nature....

I would love to have any one of the things listed above :)

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QotD: Thanksgiving Treat

nobody@vox.com(Noelle) — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 05:34:51 -0800

What is your favorite dish on the Thanksgiving table?
Submitted by Kadeeae.
Mashed Potatoes (whipped, not lumpy) or Green Beans with onion.

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My Love Affair with SHOES

nobody@vox.com(Noelle) — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 12:35:22 -0800

鞋子
schoenen My Blue, Yellow and White Suede Pumas!
chaussures
단화
Schuhe

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παπούτσια
scarpe
靴
sapatas
ботинки
zapatos

SHOES

I love them.

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Italia, a Retrospective.

nobody@vox.com(Noelle) — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 12:14:53 -0800

Cleamtns

sognando l'Italia

I am dreaming of Italy. I spent many days in Italia in October and I keep telling myself I need to write something about it. I have so much to say and most of it is recalled in my mind as private, privileged information so here goes "something"

The photo to the left displays the mountain view from the Kitchen terrace in L'Aquila (The Eagle), capital of Abruzzo (the region). Fucking beautiful stuff here.

Triobari

This photo (right) was taken in Bari (in Puglia) - Southern Italia. Pictured from left to right are Giovanna, Noelle and Salvatore. The people of Italy are so beautiful. Their hair is dark, like coal. Their eyes are big and shining and always looking. These two are siblings. Amazing, to me, how these two people can be so much like me, yet raised SO differently. Their lives are nothing like my life, their childhoods, nothing like mine. They don't know the pressures of American culture. I hate the pressures of American culture.

The Italians have it figured out. Their roots live in the family and spread forward like great wings to embrace social interaction and love of life. The proverbial "MANGIA".

We walked in Bari for many hours. I saw many beautiful things. I sit and think about those things which I should be writing about, but I find those things to be too private and inflective to share with others.

The truth is, I'm still living in the whirlwind of Italia. My thoughts are often there and I often find myself standing still, smiling dumbly at a memory of something that only I (and my Italian friends) would laugh at.

Triod

So let's talk traditions...

"The corna (Italian for horns, also mano cornuta, horned hand and fare le corna, to make the horns) is a gesture with a vulgar meaning in Mediterranean countries and a variety of meanings and uses in other cultures...In contemporary Italy, the "horns" are surreptitiously placed behind someone's head, or explicitly pointed at a person (in Italian, fare le corna, to make the horns). The conveyed meaning is that this person is being cheated on by his wife or (more rarely) her husband. Hence the Italian cornuto, that translates literally to having horns, but figuratively means cuckold." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corna

Cuckold is like "chulo" in Spanish slang. It means you are so stupid that you don't realize it when your significant other is cheating on you, yet the whole of your neighborhood knows it. Not to be confused with culo, which means ass, nor papi chulo, which means... NEVERMIND.

Duecorna

This is my ultimo revenge on my friends since in most photos they are doing the corna behind MY head. Note: The man behind us was smoking a hash joint and laughing at me. He knew I was an American (sono Americana). He was laughing because I had been there 3 days and I was using the corna liberally.

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Iliketosinga

Here I am both the victim and the giver of the corna.

and here, I like to sing-ah :)

Wtfwglass

Ahhhh and here is my favorite hand signal "ma che caz" aka "WTF!?" This is rude, don't do it. The fact that it's rude makes me do it all the time, of course. This, coupled with "mi tocco le palle" - said by men only, are my favorite hand signals.

GioNoe2

All in all, Italia changed my life and the lives of those who endured the journey with me. For better or worse, I cannot bring myself back here to Ohio. I am living and working here, but I am missing Italy like it's my home.

sono qui però il mio cuore è in italia

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QotD: My First Single

nobody@vox.com(Noelle) — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 07:23:09 -0800

Music-wise, what was the first 45, single or download you bought?
Submitted by Paddy Melt Wagon.

The first 45 I ever bought was Toni Basil's "Hey Mickey" and it was played an a record player that hasn't' been manufactured since the 1970's.

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QotD: Hey, I Was Just A Kid

nobody@vox.com(Noelle) — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 08:42:42 -0800

What did you do as a child that you feel guilty about even to this day?

(question of the day today)

When I was a child I once peed the bed and blamed it on my friend's sister. I had never peed the bed before that day so I didn't actually believe it was me, but I still feel bad about it. I stuck a big wad of BubbleYum Grape gum in her shag carpet also.... man, I was an asshole kid.

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