Birthday

Hey,
enough of sleeping, time to do something to rise the mood. Today I started a new blog where I will post a music video every day ( I will try to do my best not to skip one). Most of the musicians create a video at the same time as they records are out, so the best ones I will collect there.

http://crgdays.wordpress.com/

Take a look and enjoy!

Cheers,
crg

Sveiciens svētkos, Latvija!

Patrick Wolf @ Botanique, Brussels

saturday night was a perfect end to my one week long visit in bxl. mainly thanks to my friends and mr wolf. i had a feeling as if it was my birthday and even after some days the feeling remains..
the concert at botanique orangerie was opened by a surpisingly great the deer tracks - an amazing trio from sweden, whose debut album aurora will definitely be on top of my music playlist for upcoming weeks. their beautiful voices and charming blends of sounds could as well be the main act of the night and hopefully i will see them live again some day.
then a little too much of waiting and finally patrick and his 4 piece band came on stage. no one was sure about the message of his outfit and looks ( some associations of flora&fauna mix) as well as his poses and not really being himself during the first two songs. but very soon he became patrick as i remember him two years ago in pukkelpop festival as well how he is on interviews. songs followed from his latest album the bachelor with older ones, as highlights i could name tristan, battle and hard times plus the lovely chat about his last visit to bxl, lady gaga and aunt patricia's death.

patrick was great I enjoyed the concert a lot and was happy that my friends did as well. the night didn't end with that ( in fact it did not end at all since i had my flight early in the morning..) but that is another story...

time out

recently some people have pointed out that i haven't been coming up with musical recommendations. i thought at first that was because of there were not so many new albums out to listen and really enjoy. but then hey.. what about these: frYars with his marvelous Dark Young Hearts, Monsters of Folk ( C. Oberst, M.Ward & Co) and YACHT (who will play their tour's last concert in Riga very soon), adding some older but as lovely songs we get a nice compilation. i have long given up making fun, dancable mixtapes, and understood that sad, melancholic, even depressive songs are my hobbyhorses.. :)
make a cup of tea, dive into sofa and enjoy listening autumn moods..
1 Monsters of Folk - Dear God ( Sincerely MOF)
2 Hope Sandoval and The Warm Inventions - Wild Roses
3 Lady of The Sunshine - Silver Revolver
4 Polly Scattergood - Breathe in Breathe out
5 Scott Matthews - Jagged Melody
6 Pete Yorn & Scarlett Johansson - I Am The Cosmos
7 frYars - Benedict Arnold
8 Joker's Daughter - The Running Goblin
9 Nouvelle Vogue - So Lonely (The Police cover)
10 Sweet Billy Pilgrim - Kalypso
11 YACHT - So Post All 'Em

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perfect time, proper voice

about a time to post something and then it has to be something beautiful. this amazing video came just in time to tell how i feel at the moment. and it doesn't even matter or it is even better that the autumn is here. and i just keep on living in my world and making others fall in love with it. take a piece of it, go on, don't be shy, you will feel better.. :)

i am sorry but i have no idea how to post (embedd) a video so all of it can be seen not only two thirds.. enlight me, please.

road trip

italy is a wonderful place. i loved it! colors, people, nature, tasty ice cream (shity beer..), nice wine and plenty of sunshine. two weeks which gave me energy to move on, ideas and even inspiration. the only problem was i had no music with me and the radio stations play extra bad stuff. i will return for sure.

lazy bastard

if by an accident you are reading this post i can assure after reading till the end you will regret it. mainly because i have been very lazy and have set my brain to standby mode. last months i have done nothing but enjoying my summer which includes activities like sunbathing, restaurating some old furniture, swimming, looking after granny's cat, dog and flowers while she is travelling europe. there was one outstanding event - positivus music festival which i enjoyed a lot. i still haven't found an inspiration to write down the review which happens to hide in some corner of my mind. i also feel sad that i did not make a compilation of july songs as promised but i haven't been listening to any new music recently. cat power, the leisure society and regina spektor are the ones spinning my player.

all this have been covered by a cloud of doubts about what to do next, how to find some proper occupation etc. and then because you can not find solutions to above meantioned questions you jump into an adventure and go to italy for two weeks. friday received the offer, departing on monday. life's good.