Little Yellow Spider...

If the word Carmensita you don't associate you with a very unique song, that means you have never heard of Devendra Banhart. He was born Texas, USA, but he has a mother which is a venezuelan, that explains his not american name =) At 17 years old he began to busk instead of attending classes and played his first show in a church at a gay wedding, performing Elvis Presley's "Love Me Tender" and the classic hymn "How Great Thou Art. Banhart dropped out of art school in 2000 and left San Francisco after the dot-com bust worsened the city's economy. He moved to Paris over the summer and opened shows for indie rock bands such as Sonic Youth. Banhart returned to the United States in the fall of 2000 and played music in San Francisco and Los Angeles, until he was discovered by Michael Gira, owner of Young God Records.

It's not his biography that subdued me and not even his voice, which is unusual and special, but the music and the words. When I am listening to him I have an impression that he sings using my thoughts. It's always pleasantly when all qualities that are appreciated in a singer, you are able to find in one person. What is unusual, is that his songs haven't bored me, considering the fact, that I have discovered him more than a year ago. It is a rarity... 

Wish you to find your own "musical soul" for a long period. 

Recto Verso

Some days ago I have read the information, that ZAZ - french singer, one of my favorite, created a new album, called Paris. At first, I was surprised and glad. Unfortunately,  this album differs from the previous very much. And it's not only the music that have changed. Zaz as a person looks different too.

A few years ago, when I just met with her work, I was so excited, that I was planning to go to Paris as soon as possible just to listen how she is singing in the streets. That was a very good dream. But, when I came to Paris, she was already giving the concerts around the world. It was the end of the free concerts at the parisian corners.

Zaz and the musicians they are an extraordinary team. They are very talented and cheerful. But this concerts and popular lifestyle have changed them excessively. Their talent and humor have stayed, but originality and uniqueness have evaporated.

But you know what..? I'm glad that I always can enjoy "Recto Verso" and "ZAZ" =)

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I would like to be this guy

Answering to the question of the month, i would like to lean on my own experience. I moved to Poland three years ago without knowing the language. The immigration was so spontaneous, that I didn't even think how i'm going to study here. When you're 17 years old you didn't think about that kind of things, you have a head full of the dreams and plans with having no idea how to make it real. I am persuaded that if you want to achieve a success in the country with no support and family, you are obliged to learn the language as well as you can. That will help you to feel more self-assured, that will bring you a power when you're upset and lonely. That will help for sure, because thanks to that foreign language you could give yourself a break and find new friends in the bar for example. However, I would like to underline that not everyone has a gift, not everyone can learn a new language really well and fast and to speak it fluently with no accent. For those people the joy of making new friends or of reading a book in this language can postpone. 

To sum up, if you are planning to go somewhere, where you would like to spend your long and happy life, it'll necessary to learn the basics, and then to go to this place and develop your language skills in the country of you dream.



P.S. If you're reach, you don't have to worry about anything, you can do whatever you want, just like this guy.. ;)

Book >< Film

Most of the time the books are better than a film based on the book. But sometimes, you can be really surprised how this stereotype is wrong. A long time ago i have watched the movie based on the french novel 99 Francs by Frederic Beigbeder. I can assure you (who didn't watched it yet) that it really doesn't matter whethere you read or watch it first. In both cases you will have an awesome time because the movie is realistic and strong (thanks to Jan Kounen), but there miss a great deal of quite important dialogues and scenes. And the book creates your own imagination and that impression stays in your memory clearly and longer. I think I forgot to tell you about this story...Well, it's about a commercial advertisement designer Octave Parango, who has an easy-doing, highly paid job and an active free life mainly consisting of drugs and random parties.After having his frst ever long-time relationship with Sophie fail miserable. He organises a revolt against the advertisement business and his own life. Sounds interesting, doesn't it?

If you would like to read the book first, no problem, I can borrow you ;)