No, it is not about the MacBook Air, and not about G string of course … I stare at the TV and just cannot stand anymore the noise and the scenes of the big event today. I mute the TV volume and this music come to mind - believe it or not, it matches the [...]
Filed under: Ashes of Time, Music Video, Search-a-holic on May 2nd, 2008 | No Comments »
“Always on my mind” is one of my favorite songs, no matter it’s the original version by Brenda Lee or the cover versions by Elvis Presley, Willie Nelson, Pet Shop Boys and the latest by Michael Buble. But yesterday I found another cover version in a Hong Kong movie shot 15 years ago, and I [...]
Filed under: Music Video, Search-a-holic on April 22nd, 2008 | No Comments »
Good guitar music is a luxurious thing, it prompted me to search around Youtube to find two of my favorite ones … and I found those - Wicked Game and Maria Elena. Enjoy …
Wicked Game by guitarist Greg Reiter
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dy7RSIW6U4k
Maria Elean by, of course, Los Indios Tabajaras
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJWMkiEN8JA
And … the original Wicked Game by Chris Issac after [...]
Filed under: Music Video, Search-a-holic on April 5th, 2008 | No Comments »
It’s hard to resist another run of the Notting Hill in cable TV. I have watched it countless time because of two things - the travel book store (you know, it’s my dream) and the wicked soundtrack. There are two songs in the movie I like very much - Ain’t no sunshine and She … [...]
Filed under: Entertainment, Music Video, Search-a-holic on March 10th, 2008 | 1 Comment »
It’s on cable TV again and I simply couldn’t help but watched it, one more time. I am not sure why it’s rated 5-stars, but no doubt it is a very good movie and every time I watch it, I find / learn new things. For example, there is a very moving scene in the [...]
Filed under: Entertainment, Search-a-holic on December 1st, 2007 | No Comments »
Pretty much like Samba of Brazil, Flamingo of Spain, Tango of Argentina … Fado is a national treasure of Portugal. Fado (translated as destiny or fate) is a music genre which can be traced from the 1820s in Portugal, but probably with much earlier origins. It is characterized by mournful tunes and lyrics, often about [...]
Filed under: Entertainment, Music Video, Search-a-holic on November 15th, 2007 | No Comments »
I still cannot finish the book “The World is Flat” even though I have read a couple of dozens pages more, however there is one point in the book is right - Internet Search Engine is one of the “world flatteners”. Essentially, the search engines like Google, Yahoo empower every Internet user in the world [...]
Filed under: Entertainment, Music Video, Search-a-holic on October 27th, 2007 | No Comments »
Somehow, I think a person’s “character” can be reflected in what he or she is “collecting”. Some collect games, comic figures; some collect paintings, sculptures; some collect DVDs and VCDs … of course, most of us collect money or dust. In other words, some are young at heart, some live in the past, some feel [...]
Filed under: Search-a-holic, Services & Products on October 12th, 2007 | No Comments »
I am helping one organization in town to organize an event to celebrate their 25th Anniversary. In other words, back in 1982 a group of bright minds founded the organization. So I asked myself … what other big events happened in 1982? A couple of searches from Google and Wikipedia … and I found [...]
Filed under: Ashes of Time, Search-a-holic on August 21st, 2007 | No Comments »
I am a fan of Mr. Bean, no doubt, but I think all Mr. Bean’s fans are kinda tired of Mr. Bean’s performance in his latest movie “Mr. Bean’s Holiday”. But then, how the Internet link Mr. Bean to “Finding Nemo” ?
Even though the movie is so so, but the soundtrack is not too bad. [...]
Filed under: Entertainment, Music Video, Search-a-holic on August 15th, 2007 | No Comments »
