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A Terceira pelo segundo II

A Terceira pelo segundo

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TOP 2014

01. THRESHOLD - "For The Journey" 

02. ACCEPT - "Blind Rage" 

03. KNIGHT AREA - "Hyperdrive" 

04. THE SCINTILLA PROJECT - "The Hybrid" 

05. VANDEN PLAS - "Chronicles of the Immortals" 

06. CLOVEN HOOF - "Resist or Serve" 

07. MIKE LEPOND'S SILENT ASSASSINS - s/t 

08. TEN - "Albion" 

09. UNISONIC - "Light of Dawn" 

10. RIVAL SONS - "Great Western Valkyrie"

Merchandising

Brilhante e caricata foto encontrada no site da PSP. Nem sei que diga, mas acredito que os próprios se tenham rido a bom rir a tirar a foto, especialmente o James Bond ali bem no meio da foto, ladeado por polícias aparentemente hi-tech, quase sacados dos Stormtroopers do Star Wars. A pose imperial do homem, quase gangsta style, o fatinho, o belo do óculo escuro gigantesco e, claro, a metralhadora, todo um ensemble que ilustraria perfeitamente qualquer coisa do género "C'mon punk, make my day!".

Por outro lado, e após uma análise mais aturada e detalhada da dita foto, quer-me antes parecer que a PSP encontrou um nicho de mercado onde se lançar em busca de receita: as action figures e o merchandising! Um nicho já francamente explorado noutros países:

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Querido 2014: BURN IN HELL!!!!

Caríssimo 2015: sobrevivemos a 2014, daremos conta de ti também, meu cabrão.

Monte

Jup III - The Revenge of The Gnome

Jup was a gnome.

And twas that fuckin’ time of the year all over again…

Jup was slightly annoyed.

this is 2014

Breaking Ties

Into my mind

It all came closer again

Things that we say

Sometimes throw the reason away

And I know I've been less than a man

There's a burning inside me since then

I have cried for you

Lost my pride for you

Now that you are gone

I can see the sun

I have lied to you

I have tried to do

What you want me to

What a perfect day to throw it all away

Feelings disguised

Are now coming to new life

So many tears

That have fallen down through your eyes

I am only the shell of a man

There's a burning inside me since then

I have cried for you

Lost my pride for you

Now that you are gone

I can see the sun

I have lied to you

I have tried to do

What you want me to

It's a perfect day to throw it all

A perfect day to throw it all away

Wasted time, nowhere left to go

Peace of mind is what I find today

Breaking ties from this lies you know

Life has no meaning

When you're out with me

So don't let it go, you'll never know

How many days and nights

I have cried for you

Lost my pride for you

Now that you are gone

I can see the sun

I have lied to you

I have tried to do

What you want me to

It's a perfect day to throw it all away

Newborn Me

My hope will save me from despair...

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Lost for words

1. When words won't come when you want them to
2. You talk nonstop, but fail to convey your thoughts/emotions effectively
3. Being so shocked that you cannot think of an adequate word to respond to/with

I was spending my time in the doldrums

I was caught in the cauldron of hate

I felt persecuted and paralyzed

I thought that everything else would just wait

While you are wasting your time on your enemies

Engulfed in a fever of spite

Beyond your tunnel vision reality fades

Like shadows into the night

To martyr yourself to caution

Is not going to help at all

Because there'll be no safety in numbers

When the Right One walks out of the door

Can you see your days blighted by darkness?

Is it true you beat your fists on the floor?

Stuck in a world of isolation

While the ivy grows over the door

So I open my door to my enemies

And I ask could we wipe the slate clean

But they tell me to please go fuck myself

You know you just can't win

Gilmour

Happiness

Through thick and thin, through storm and hail, we'll gather the wind as it blows on the sails of our future. Onwards, forevermore, onwards in the everlasting and elusive path to happiness! The  gale may strike us from above or below, but we shall not flag or fail, we shall defend our "island", whatever the cost may be. Sticks and stones will only serve to strengthen our foundations.

Gunther Dünn (ft. Winston C.)

What we've got, they can't steal it, walk on

And love is not the easy thing

The only baggage

That you can bring

And love is not the easy thing

The only baggage you can bring

Is all that you can't leave behind

And if the darkness is to keep us apart

And if the daylight feels like it's a long way off

And if your glass heart should crack

And for a second you turn back

Oh no, be strong

Walk on

Walk on

What you got, they can't steal it

No they can't even feel it

Walk on

Walk on

Stay safe tonight

You're packing a suitcase for a place

None of us has been

A place that has to be believed

To be seen

You could have flown away

A singing bird

In an open cage

Who will only fly

Only fly for freedom

Walk on

Walk on

What you got

They can't deny it

Can't sell it or buy it

Walk on

Walk on

Stay safe tonight

And I know it aches

How your heart it breaks

And you can only take so much

Walk on

Walk on

Home

Hard to know what it is

If you never had one

Home

I can't say where it is

But I know I'm going

Home

That's where the hurt is

And I know it aches

And your heart it breaks

And you can only take so much

Walk on

Leave it behind

You've got to leave it behind

All that you fashion

All that you make

All that you build

All that you break

All that you measure

All that you steal

All this you can leave behind

All that you reason

All that you care

It's only time

And I'll never fill up all my mind (??)

All that you sense

All that you speak

All you dress up

And all that you scheme

All you create

All that you wreck

All that you hate

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E de repente...

...estou de volta aos anos 80, início dos 90...quando batia a Feira da Ladra, vários vendedores de rua de BD (especialmente aos Domingos de manhã no Terreiro do Paço), e ainda papelarias antigas, em busca dos "livrinhos" da Editora Abril da Marvel. Uma obssessão que, depois, se converteu em vício musical, e passei a bater todas as grandes superfícies comerciais em busca "daquele cd" nos "bargain bins". Os "livrinhos" acabei por os revender aos vendedores no Terreiro do Paço, algures em 1991. Ainda me renderam uns 8 contos acho eu. Uma pequena fortuna. Porém, guardei alguns, só pela curiosidade e memória. 

Fast forward para o século XXI, e para a série de filmes da Marvel que tiveram merecido sucesso. Ainda assim, olhar para isto hoje transportou-me realmente de volta no tempo. Back in time in a geeky nerdy way. :)

castle

Yes. Yes. And fuck yes!

2 de outubro

Data em que esta foto foi tirada. 2 de outubro e já há uma porra de um exército de Pais Natal alinhados quais verdadeiros guerreiros de terracota do séc XXI, prontos para a guerra natalícia que se avizinha! Tenham santa paciência! 2 de outubro? DOIS DE OUTUBRO!!!? 

Pois é...

...com tanta coisa boa que há para ouvir, de vez em quando lá temos de vergar, ceder, conceder... :-)

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