Viva La Vida Loca!

Hey dears,

Sorry.. I didn't upload here anything for a long, long time. The reason is, that I got a job next to my studies and I had wonderful vacations, that I used to visit my family for a longer time. Anyway. I decided to open a new, fresh blog, where I only upload my poems.

In this new blog I won't write about any music topic. So if you are interested in reading my texts (for whatever reason xD), to complain about my badass English or to keep in contact with me, you can go on this page:

http://annjushka.blogspot.de/

And if you're interested in different news from my close friend Jacky, I remind you to visit her lovely blog. There she writes about everything and nothing. At least that's her own description :D

Go here:
http://jacksyndrome.blogspot.de/2013/09/pause.html

Thank you guys, that you read my stuff!

Have a wonderful day! <3

Dear lovebirds,

look at this wonderful facebook page from my lovely friend; filled with great texts and stories.

https://www.facebook.com/Schicksalsspielzeug

It deserves a Like!

Last tuesday something really strange happened to me. I have never thought, that I would ever have the pleasure to meet Mr. Glen Matlock.



For people, who don't know him: He's the original bassist of the legendary band SEX PISTOLS. Maybe you have heard of Sid Vicious. Vicious came to the band, after Matlock left. Why exactly he splitted up with the Sex Pistols is not clear, there are too many legends explaining different reasons.

We talked about an hour. I was pretty pretty excited before that talk ... well...I mean I listened to his latest album of his band "The Philistines", called "Born Running" (and I love it!) and of course I know several Sex Pistols-songs. I should mention, that Matlock wrote all those popular songs like "Pretty Vacant", "Anarchy in the U.K." and so on.

So of course we talked about his past concerning the Sex Pistols, the Rich Kids and The Faces (a kinda supergroup with Ron Wood, Ian McLagan.. and so on, their original singer was Rod Stewart).

I guess, Matlock joined in, when The Faces were thinking about a reunion in 2010. And Matlock told me, that playing with The Faces means so much to him because he was a great fan of them, when he was a teenager. They opened him a door to lots of different kinds of music like The Temptation.

At the moment he's thinking about a new album, that he will call S.O.S what means "Same Old Shit" :D
I tell you: Glen Matlock was very polite and nice and answered all my questions, so that we spent nearly an hour. I absolutely didn't expect that! But yeah he said "good questions!" and finally he played the song "Different World" on his acoustic guitar. He also invited me to come to his concert in the evening.

Of course me and my friend, Jacky, had to go there and I just can advice you to visit a concert of Glen Matlock.

For me this whole day was so not real. And even now I'm smiling :D I'll never forget this day :)

Here some music of Glen Matlock:

Glen Matlock & The Philistines_Born Running


soooo good!

Glen Matlock_Pretty Vacant (acoustic)


Rich Kids_Ghost Of Princes In Towers


The Rich Kids were influenced by punk and pop sounds and to my mind this song shows that pretty good. It's one of my favourites.

...what the fuck is up with FALL OUT BOY??

I'm not really sure what to think about the new album "Save Rock 'n' Roll".

I mean they got great musicians working with them on this album. Courtney Love, Elton John and so on.

Maybe most of the fans think, it is a great album. Sure it is, otherwise it wouldn't be that successful but I have to admit, that I'm a bit disappointed.

Fall Out Boy was a pretty good pop punk band to my mind. Nice melodies that stuck into your ears, charming lyrics that you can sing along and of course good looking guys.

Talking of outward appearances...did you notice, that Patrick Stump lost weight? Before I knew, that Fall Out Boy will release "Save Rock 'n' Roll" I thought about them and wanted to listen again to some stuff. So I searched on youtube and found out, that Patrick Stump looks like some years younger now because he got sooo thin.

Okay back to their new album:
"My Songs know what you did in the dark (light em up)" is the first single release from that album. I play it very often at the radio station. On the one hand I like it very very much. It raises me up with it's drum beats and sing-alongs. Moreover Patrick Stomp has this strong, catching voice. You can't ignore him, when he's singing
http://www.universal-music.de/fall-out-boy/videos/detail/video:290451/my-songs-know-what-you-did-in-the-dark-light-em-up
(listen to this guitar sound in the background!)

I love when he sings "in the dark, dark!"

ON THE OTHER HAND it is a pretty easily written pop song. The song only consists of chorus, singalongs and bridges. Actually I'm not a fan of unsubtantial songs. The whole album to me sounds sooo different than that, what I know from Fall Out Boy. I even couldn't listen to the songs completely because I didn't like, what I heard.

Maybe I should give it one more try.

Look here for their new single "My songs know what you did in the dark (light em up)
http://www.universal-music.de/fall-out-boy/videos/detail/video:290451/my-songs-know-what-you-did-in-the-dark-light-em-up

What a great Easter holiday!

I love it to stay with my family! I met my mum, stepfather, dad, stepmom, siblings and some other members from my family. Apart from that I met my beloved little girl Paula again. Paula is the dog from my grandma and I think I am an attachment figure for Paula at least I feel so. Paula runs into my arms and when she sits on my lap, she embraces me by laying her pad on my shoulder. Paula is so cute and I love her.



Apart from that me and my mum listened together to Rancid while driving to the father of my stepfather. I was kinda suprised. I knew, that she likes the song "Time Bomb". It is a great song! But I didn't expect, that she agrees with me, that Rancid has a great sound! I mean the guitar riffs sound so different from song to song. Moreover the songs sound kinda energetic and positive, although Tim Armstrong has this really striking voice. I advise you to listen to the great album "And Out Come The Wolves". For example the songs "Old Friend" and "Ruby Soho" are really cool.



Talking of music: my parents made me great and unexpected gifts. I got the book "anarchy evolution. faith science and bad religion in a world without god" by Greg Graffin. Even the beginning is very catchy! I will summarize it for you soon. Next to that my parents gave me HiFi headphones with an integrated radio and a chip, so I can listen music everywhere, I want to. Thanks!



Funniest thing this weekend: when I was with my dad and his family we played "Slender" - to my mind a creepy horror game. You should try it but not alone! When you look for "Slender" on google you will find a download link for this freegame. Aim of the game is to find 8 pages without meeting the unfriendly slenderman in the dark forest.

I hope you had a joyful time at home like me. I wish you a nice week!

Hey lovebirds,

You know what? I fuckin' love dramatic music, which is heavy with meaning. I'm talking about songs, that you could nearly compare to hymns or so sometimes.

So today I want to introduce you to my favourite "dramatic sounds"

1. Woodkid_Run Boy Run

http://www.tape.tv/vid/294311

This is a wonderful masterpiece of music written by the French man Joan Lemoine. The percussion section and string players give this song sooo much expression and speed. It fits perfectly to the lyrics and sounds like a warrior theme in a movie. Just great!

2. Serj Tankian_Sky Is Over



Listen to the piano to the beginning of this song. In my opinion it sounds angry and sad. In addition to that Tankian's voice sounds doleful, when he sings nearly gently at the beginning. It doesn't sound like a hymn yet but the song gets louder and heavier due to the guitars. Cool song!

3. Antony And The Johnsons_Hope There's Someone



Antony Heggarty has this incredible voice. He sounds so snivelling and he can write moving lyrics and perform the content in a way, that you have to believe him. Sweet guy with a crazy voice.

4. Jamie Winchester & Hrutka Róbert_One Way To Heaven



There was a time in my school days, when I listened to that song everyday in my car while driving to school. I found it, when I looked for a HIM song and a guy made a HIM video to that song on youtube.

5. Die Toten Hosen_Sehnsucht In Dir

http://vimeo.com/30856747

Hard song. Very hard song. It doesn't sound so heavy at first but when you listen to the lyrics and think about that, what Campino is singing it becomes a very crass song. At least I think so. I love this guitar riff, when he sings "Ich bin die Sehnsucht in dir". It sounds optimistic, although it doesn't fit to what he sings. Dunno, if you can follow me. Just tellin' you, what I think about that song. :)

Hey guys,

I tried so often in the past couple of weeks to write a new blog entry but I totally failed because I was late at home or pretty busy with working or meeting some friends. I just want to share with you some of my secrets.

1. At the moment I try to establish the "theory of the strange feeling". Pretty weird, akward and freaky ... so yeah, it's pretty me! ;D

2. At the moment I am leading an editorial department at a radio station.. at first it was a pretty hard thing to me but my self-confidence grew, so that I can handle it.

3. One of my beloved and totally honored musicians is Bela B from the German punkband "Die Ärzte". He is pretty into goth asthetics , comics and movies. Maybe I have already mentioned, that Bela and Farin gave me a first self-confidence push by teaching me humor, sarcasm and irony with their lyrics. Die Ärzte are the main reason, why I decided to become a journalist.

4. When I went to school I had the elective subject "culture and arts". Our biggest thing was singing "memories" from the musical "Cats" in front of the school and the cultural club. Our teacher wanted us to wear chic clothes. I came in black pants with veils and a noble top. This clothes were unique and pretty expensive (yeah, my mum and me were desperated). Before our little performance started my teacher said: "Wow. You look like the angel of death!". Actually it was sooo embarrassing for me because some guys appeared in jeans and pretty casual. I felt so overdressed.

5. When I was a pretty young kid I broke out my anterior teeth by crashing with my head to a rocky bottom. I remember that blood came out my mouth and that I ran to my aunt. Together we went to a basin. That's all I can remember.

6. As young kid I played in a soccer team with my friend and another girl. We played in a boys team. The coaches of our opponent teams didn't allow me to play because I was a bit taller than their guys. For that reason I left my soccer team.

7. The figure Rory Gilmore of "Gilmore Girls" was one of my heroes years ago. I wanted to be like her, so I started to read books like "The Art of War".

8. I would really like to speak different languages. At school I started learning English and Russian. When I came to university I continued my Russian class and next to that I started with Finnish. But I just wasted time and money because my teacher was not motivated enough. Apart from that I tried to learn Spanish as an autodidact. Of course I failed! But what would a Spanish man say: No acepto presiones.



The All-American Rejects -- Dirty Little Secret - MyVideo

Okay there is one freakin' fuckin' astonishing band, which impressed me once again!

BAD RELIGION!


I really really really really hate Greg Graffin and Brett Gurewitz for being so gifted! They write interesting lyrics consisting of allusions, metaphories and critical messages. and it's not only their texts, what is makin me so crazy about this band. Greg Graffin has this really interesting voice. It is between two poles: screaming and singing. On the one hand Graffin's voice sounds so hoarse and on the other hand it is so harmonic and even kinda touching. Really hard to describe but I'm sure, that you will know what I mean, if you listen to any Bad Religion song.

Bad Religion is one of the oldest punkbands. In 1979/80 the band was founded in California by Greg Graffin, Brett Gurewitz, Jay Bentley and Jay Ziskrout. In an interview in 2001 Graffin said, that the band had four rebirthes. There were some struggles and apart from that Gurewitz suffered a drug addiction. So they went through hard times but they found together – repeatedly.

What I didn't know is, that Mr. Gurewitz is the founder of „Epitaph Records“. It is my favourite punk/ skate punk/ hardcore label being responsible for bands like Social Distortion, The Offspring, The Distillers, Falling In Reverse, Pennywise, Rancid and and and. I love those bands so much and for me Epitaph made it to a really important record label. When I found out, that it was founded in 1981 by Gurewitz, I was like – what the fuck? He isn't only songwriter and guitarist of Bad Religion, he's also founder and owner of this label.

And now we come to Greg Graffin. What an outstanding person! When he's not singing on stages or in studio or wherever he sings, he is professor at university.
Okay, now just imagine please, that there stands the singer of one of the most important punkbands in front of you teaching you all about evolution. ....

- What the fuck? -

I'm not sure, if I could concentrate on his studies (well, they're interesting, no question!) knowing that my professor is one of my favourite musicians playing on huge festivals. You got the point?
Maybe I'm just a bit the groupie in this play. Whatever.
He even got the Rushdie Award from Harvard University. Like Mike Ness of Social Distortion Greg Graffin and his band really got me and still inspire me.

I could tell you so much more stories about Bad Religion and the six band members but instead to do that, I rather show you my favourite Bad Religion songs both of the latest and older records.

Classic is the following song called "American Jesus". For me it is THE punkrock hymn!


The music video of "Sorrow" gave me the perfect imagination of Bad Religion as band, who is telling with it's lyrics to all people on earth. It is a great and moving song to me.


"Infected" is another great song by Bad Religion


I listened to this song more than hundred times. It is perfect! Bad Religion together with Die Toten Hosen.


Last but not least from their new album the great song "popular consensus". The message is so good and true. I really enjoy the singalongs on this album. Great record! By the way it is their 16th studio album.


I'm so sad, that I won't see them live this year. But at least I got their new album. ;)

Have a good weekend, my lovebirds!

That's what I learned the past 90 minutes by watching one of my favourite movies: Party Monster. This movie is based on a true story about New York's club kids. Michael Alig (Macauly Culkin) and James St. James (Seth Green) are the main characters in this movie. Even Marylin Manson is a part of this film as „Christina“. The club kids have fun, make party, take drugs and of course some of them pay with their lives. All in all it is a really weird, crank, sad and disturbing movie. Some scenes are really crazy. The music isn't bad as well. For example Nina Hagen with „New York, New York“ is a really great song in that movie or „Money, Success, Fame, Glamour“, which has an interesting message to my mind.



If you like disturbing movies, you should watch it. I think I watched it about ten times now.

Michael and James meet at the Donut Shop


What else did I do? I had the chance to listen into the new Bad Religion album called „True North“. It contains 16 awesome but fucking short songs! Even the opener and title track „True North“ is a wonderful song and sooo melodic like „American Jesus“, next to „Sorrow“ one of my old favourites of this band from Greg Graffin. It's a great album and I enjoy to listen! "Fuck You" is a quite good song of this album, too!



Besides I look forward to some other album releases in this year: HIM, Black Sabbath, Itchy Poopzkid, Bullet For My Valentine, Bring Me The Horizon and ehehehhh.. I forgot some other!

Bullet For My Valentine_Temper Temper


You should listen to Almost Charlie's latest album „Tomorrow's Yesterday“. It is more folk and sounds like The Beatles.



Talking of the Beatles. Actually I didn't like The Beatles but I love this song:



Aaaaannnnnd I also enjoy to listen to the version of Glee



That's all my dears!


Have a nice weekend <3

P.S.: Please forgive my fucked up English :D

Heeey again lovebirds!

Maybe you think "gosh, why she's writing again?"... I just summarized the last 12 months and recognized, that I could make some dreams become real.

In this very last minutes of 2012 I want to share with you some impressions of this year! It was sooo awful sometimes but crazy fucking awesome good as well. Sometimes I can't imagine, what happened to me in this year. As some of you know I'm working at a radio station. This year I had the honor to meet both popular and new music acts. That's exactly that, what I want to do in my future. That's exactly the life, that I dreamed of in my very childhood. That's exactly my dream. At first I wanted to seperate this stuff from my blog here. But a friend said to me: why? It's you!

Here my summary:
In this year I ran into a music video by coincidence haha (Montreal - "Das Falsche Pferd")! Well.. only a few seconds but hey!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mzVGQmuvag


Moreover I was filmed while I had an interview and so my face and that of my friend appeared in a tour diary of another band (Benzin).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6i-PYxohE_Q&list=PLA09053A52907CB03

Apart from that I had the chance to meet one of my favourite bands for an interview (Itchy Poopzkid).


I met some other interesting bands for an interview and I've seen some backstage at a cute festival.

Another highlight was the interview with Die Toten Hosen. Crazy shit. It was also interesting and exciting to welcome some bands in our radio station. I hope, that my future will be filled with music like this year. I love this job.

I have some aims for 2013 and hopefully I'll reach them. I will see.

<3

Have an awesome start!