NaNoWriMo

Loyalty

To put things simply, for the last months I have been feeling like everything I ever believed in turns out to be questionable or a plain fake. Or maybe the things I used to believe in are the opposite of what I wanted to believe years ago and actually, nothing is based upon anything anymore. [...]

Friendliness, wow!

I was browsing through the special offers in music at the fnac store today when I saw Sigur Ros’s last album for 9 euros or so. As I have lost my CD somewhere and only have an empty case now, I considered buying it again. I was staring at it for a while, then decided [...]

Ladysmith Black Mambazo

If you read my post on South African Zulu music, you might remember that Isicathamiya is a musical style, originally from the mines, that consists of a cappella male voices singing smoothly and accompanied by tip-toe dancing.
This style was in fact introduced by Ladysmith Black Mambazo themselves, as they softened down the loud voices of [...]

Time

It’s a generally accepted fact that time goes by slowly when you’re bored or suffering, but it flies by when you’re enjoying yourself.
But this is only true in the present. In the future (that’s to say, when you look back at this time) if you sit down and remember that moment, what was boring will [...]