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Written by Amy on Saturday, February 13th, 2010 ( Start discussion ) | 
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Did you watch the Vancouver Olympics Opening? Sadly, Peru… especifically America Television, even though they’ve got the rights, they’ve only done a 1hr cap of the whole opening. So I ended up watching on ESPN, which wasn’t much better. One, it’s fullscreen instead of wide. Plus, the guys couldn’t shut up on the first part of the show.
I will post cool photos if I find them.
The show was nice. Living in Vancouver, I did get a bit emotional, but not as emotional as I got on Beijing 2008. However, Vancouver did a pretty great show, even though there were some things people point out.
One thing I hated was Nelly Furtado, Bryan Adams and the song. It was cheese, I can take cheese but not at the almost beginning of the show. They should have closed the show instead.
Sarah McLachlan was pretty great vocally, as was KD Lang… but does KD Lang need to sing that song again? She does it perfect, but isn’t there another song? Oh yeah, what’s up with the pop-version of the Canada anthem? It just felt not very patriotic, in my opinion.
What I loved the most? The digital displays, beginning with the ice cracking, the killer whales swimming — skipping the yellow fields and the flying dude — and continuing with the punk rock celtic tappers. Because they were punk rock, right? They had tattoos, mohawks, dark eyeliner, leather, jeans and Converse Chuck Taylor Low-Top… and they had plaid fabrics, and they were playing celtic music. I’m pretty sure they did a bit of Riverdance too… plus the tap dancing. With the red maple leaves digital display. It was my favorite.
Check back later in the day. In the meantime, check out the Vancouver2010 website.
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Tags: canada, ceremony, nelly furtado, olympics, vancouver
Written by Amy on Tuesday, February 9th, 2010 ( 2 responses ) | (1) | Share This!
I’m still trying to watch The Last Station, Crazy Heart and A Single Man just so I can get done with voting for the Indie Spirit Awards, so crossing fingers that I get to watch those before the deadline…
It feels like I saw a lot of stuff these days, but the quantity might not be as much because I also saw a lot of TV shows, which would explain why I feel like I’ve seen a lot…
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Written by Amy on Friday, January 8th, 2010 ( Start discussion ) | (2) | Share This!
Here we go~~
These aren’t necessarily 2009 albums, but were listened in the last days of 2009. xD
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Written by Amy on Tuesday, December 29th, 2009 ( Start discussion ) | (8) | Share This!
We are still going backwards with this listing of songs…
I think 2006 and 2007 marked my shift of Asian focus in music. It’s weird, I don’t think it’s about lyrics as I most often than not don’t search for lyric translations. I have just found Asian music to be more “musically” interesting than their Western counterparts.
I once had a throughout conversation with a friend online who lives in Morocco, and is a huge fan of Asian entertainment, and has lost all notion of Western entertainment. I asked him why his interests shifted, and he told me it was because there was a point in his life where everything looked and sounded the same to him.
Others have commented on the topic with regards of idols’ image and the degradation of the business.
With the turn of the new decade, we will see how big the Asian entertainment industry gets. Many will be watching… I will keep an eye on this.
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Written by Amy on Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009 ( 7 responses ) | (10) | Share This!
Well, I’ve found it easier to narrow down the number of albums for this Top100 Albums of the Decade, than to narrow my list of songs to 100. LOL I have around 350 songs at the moment. This is gonna be difficult… and also in every possible language xD
Anyway, I’m sure that I had to take out some albums to include other albums. It was all a very difficult process to figure out what to include… going from “do I really have to take this song out?” to “OMG, I really love all these songs from this artist!!! Which one should I choose!- So please, bear with me, and comment what to add.
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Tags: alicia keys, andrea echeverri, arctic monkeys, babel, best of, bibi chow, bjork, brad paisley, brokeback mountain, cheer chen, christophe maé, coldplay, crowd lu, darren hayes, dixie chicks, east village opera company, eminem, fatboy slim, faye wong, feist, franz ferdinand, glen hansard, gwen stefani, hanson, issues, jay chou, john mayer, juanes, justin timberlake, keith urban, kent, kt tunstall, landmark, lee hom wang, les chansons d'amour, lily chou chou no subete, marit larsen, marketa irglova, maroon 5, mayday, medula, miyavi, miyavita doukuso, mon paradis, nelly furtado, norah jones, olafur arnalds, once, pink, red hot chili peppers, regina spektor, salyu, seo taiji, shiina ringo, sigur ros, sodagreen, tegan and sara, the sounds, the ting tings, under the surface, vapen & ammunition, white stripes, wow, yeah yeah yeahs, yuguo, zhou bichang
