Por muito Muse que sejam, o Conor Mason está para o Jeff Buckley como o Kevin Parker está para o John Lennon.
Brain on Cocaine
If you go through my music collection today, you'll find heaps of alternative everything, Canadian indie, progressive metal and jazz oldies. But, as a teen, I was all about pop and radio-friendly songs, and no one struck a chord with 14-year-old me like Take That. I fiercely began writing my own songs (spoiler alert: they … Continue reading Brain on Cocaine
Horror stories
Started reading The Plot Against America because of the current political scenario all over the Western world. Had to put it down after the result of the Brazilian elections, because of the current political scenario all over the Western world. Picked up David Mitchell's Slade House instead. Because reality is scarier than horror fiction and, … Continue reading Horror stories
Feminism: you’re doing it wrong
It's chicks like you that give women a bad name.
Playing: The Beatles 2.0
What's it for? Back and forth
das revelações
"O teu avô era dos lobisomens. Desde pequena que me contava histórias sobre eles nas encruzilhadas." Prémio História de Família do Ano
on signs
A childhood friend made me a business proposal that involves a fair amount of writing, on the same week I decided to resume the countless unfinished stories I've left abandoned inside a gazillion unfinished notebooks. We meet up at a nice café by a park lake for the briefing and brainstorming and I tell him … Continue reading on signs
family is…
...texting your proxy-mom asking if you can have dinner at her place because you had a shitty day and don't feel like going back to an empty house to wallow in self-pity - and seeing this when you finally get there:
02-06-2015
Manics fan girl gets tickets to watch The Holy Bible being played in full next year. This is how I feel:
nolite te bastardes carborundorum
Only just noticed that Hey Rosetta! quote The Handmaid's Tale on a song from their debut album.
bibles
Twitted about The Holy Bible from the Manic Street Preachers - one of the best, most brutally raw & cathartic albums I have ever heard. Immediately gained new follower from account with Bible quotes. Should I tell them?
my rock ‘n’ roll life
Stayed up late last night watching interviews with the stunning Margaret Atwood and a Pullman lecture on the importance of book illustrations. Because I'm hardcore that way.
idade: 32…
...ainda põe a língua de fora quando desenha e pinta.
revamp galore
I think this blog must be feeling like Sleeping Beauty's dress.
advanced search
Querido Google:A tua busca de imagens devia ter um filtro que ocultasse imagens pirosas.Your truly, etc.M.
pesquisas
Google search: Free ebooks Resultados: Sites que têm ebooks gratuitos.Google search: ebooks gratuitos português Resultados: Sites com links para sites que só têm links para mais sites onde eventualmente haverá ebooks gratuitos de publicações de 1700.
frase do dia
"O Thom Yorke está cada vez mais parecido com o Gollum."
distopias escritas por mulheres
Muito mais elegantes. Muito mais cruéis. ilustração: Anna + Elena Balbusso
alucinações
A ler o que o Oliver Sacks me explica sobre a síndrome de Charles Bonnet e a lembrar-me inevitalmente do Borges e da sua enorme visão.
monday at the office
"O Kim Jong-un fez Erasmus no Cacém." - o colega de carteira
facturas
Ilustração: Hélder Oliveira A autora deste blog tem para si que a ideia do governo sortear carros e afins a quem pedir mais facturas é uma contra-medida dissimulada ao boicote que o povo fez de as pedir todas em nome dos ministros e presidente. Kirikiri.
Depois de quedas matutinas com a tigela de cereais, eis que a doce e revolucionária Sofia me traz dois pedacinhos de rio:
einstein explica
Pedem-me para registar quanto tempo demoro em cada uma das minhas tarefas ao longo do dia. Demora tudo muito menos tempo do que parece.
Isidora Works 