tindersticks - jism

tonight listening to Greek Radio, they played this song...brought so many memories....13 years ago, Thessaloniki, my first concert at Mylos, with the person who introduced me to Tindersticks,years of innocence,law school, friends,nights out,like it was yesterday

I'm sorry

simply I'm sorry.....4 powerful words

move on....

two words I hate for their arrogance and ignorance...

"Gaza Blues"

Gaza, beginning of 2009 and the painting of Picasso is more relevant than ever...The following passage is from wikipedia and proves the symbolism of the painting:

'Guernica at the United Nations
A tapestry copy of Picasso's Guernica is displayed on the wall of the United Nations building in New York City, at the entrance to the Security Council room. It was placed there as a reminder of the horrors of war. Commissioned and donated by Nelson Rockefeller, it is not quite as monochromatic as the original, using several shades of brown. On February 5, 2003 a large blue curtain was placed to cover this work, so that it would not be visible in the background when Colin Powell and John Negroponte gave press conferences at the United Nations. On the following day, it was claimed that the curtain was placed there at the request of television news crews, who had complained that the wild lines and screaming figures made for a bad backdrop, and that a horse's hindquarters appeared just above the faces of any speakers. Some diplomats, however, in talks with journalists claimed that the Bush Administration pressured UN officials to cover the tapestry, rather than have it in the background while Powell or other U.S. diplomats argued for war on Iraq.'

I didn't see the painting on the wall outside the Security Council when the various representatives admitted the failure to issue a resolution condemning the violence in Middle East...and all of us know why....

Human Justice in Middle East

This morning Daniel Barenboim leading the Vienna Philharmonic in its New Year’s Concert 2009, wished peace all over the world and Human Justice in Middle East.....Barenboim is an Israeli and Palestinian citizen, he has co-founded with Edward Said the West Eastern Divan Orchestra and he is the co-author of Parallels and Paradoxes: Explorations in Music and Society, a series of conversations between Daniel Barenboim and Edward Said....He doesn't believe that military force can bring any solution in Middle East...what an irony especially those days that nearly 400 Palestinians lost their lives,among them many many children...
The Israeli foreign minister rejected the EU proposal for truce cause as she claimed there is no humanitarian disaster in Gaza!
Words have lost their meaning, numbers obtain a sneaky significance and 2009 starts with the worst predictions........

http://west-easterndivan.artists.warner.de/