Ondanks alle negative berichtgeving rond Opel, toch nog een klein pluspuntje daar! De Opel Insignia is verkozen tot Auto Van Het Jaar 2009. Ik zelf vond de nieuwe Ford Fiesta kwa nieuwe look en toegankelijkheid misschien iets beter. En uiteraard als Golf Gti rijder my self vind ik de allernieuwste Golf helemaal smullen

Bron: telegraaf  AvH 

AutoHeaven - Opel heeft sinds 1987 weer de Auto van het Jaar-titel in handen. De spiksplinternieuwe Insignia heeft de 2009-editie weten te veroveren. Overigens niet met grote overmacht. Het verschil met de nummer 2, de Ford Fiesta, bedraagt slechts één punt. Een dergelijke close finish kwam slechts één keer eerder voor, in 2001. Ook toen had Ford het nakijken.

De uitslag van de zeven deelnemers is…

Nummer 1: Opel Insignia  321 punten

Nummer 2: Ford Fiesta     320 punten

Nummer 3: Golf 6             223 punten

Nummer 4: Citroën C5      198 punten 

Nummer 5: Alfa Romeo Mito       148

Nummer 6: Skoda Superb            144 

Nummer 7: Renault Mégane        121  

Nummer 2: Ford Fiesta bij deze gewoon de snelste RS uitvoering

Nummer 3: Golf 6 alvast in snoepversies GTI en Cabrio

De Duitse middenklasser kreeg van twee van de 59 juryleden het maximum puntenaantal van 10, maar stond 20 keer bovenaan de lijstjes van de stemmende journalisten. De Fiesta daarentegen behaalde drie maximale scores en 19 eerste plaatsen. De drie Nederlandse juryleden kozen niet unaniem voor de Opel Insignia. Jos Vroomans (Autokampioen) en Jeroen Jongeneel (De Telegraaf) kenden de Opel de meeste punten toe. Ton Roks (Autovisie) zette de Citroën C5 op kop.

Nummer 4: Citroën C5 net zo Soberb als nummer 7..

Nummer 5: Alfa Romeo Mito persoonlijk na paar maanden wennen zeer te waarderen

Nummer 6: Skoda Superb superdik voor een saaie auto..

Voor Opel is de Insignia de derde Auto van het Jaar. De Kadett in 1985 en de Omega in 1987 gingen de Insignia voor. Het merk eindigde in eerdere edities liefst zes keer op de tweede plaats, waaronder in 2006 toen de Ford S-Max met twee punten verschil de titel voor de neus van de Opel Corsa wegkaapte!

Nummer 7: Renault Mégane een snel met knip en plakwerk gemaakte auto net als Opel eerder met de lelijke Astra.. alleen is deze wat lelijker…

Ben zeker geen Opel fan en snap nog steeds niet waarom Opel nu gewonnen heeft. Ik weet wel dat ik het een zeer geslaagde imitatie Mercedes alla Audi vind met verkeerd logo.. maar in in ieder geval van harte gefeliciteerd!

Nu alleen nog hopen dat die Amerikaanse prutsers van GM jullie niet de DAS om doen…

Bron: telegraaf  AvH 

Cei care nu dau prima oara pe santierism stiu ca ma plangeam de ghinion. Daca la examenul de sambata am dat chix din cauza unui ghinion din asta crunt si plin de bulangeala, se pare ca azi e chiar o zi buna. Am reusit in sfarsit sa-mi schimb abonamentul la vodafone (in continuare am boala pe ei, dar mai mica). Si s-ar putea sa-mi gasesc de munca si sa marchez ceva impotriva foamei (la pauza ma conduce acasa cu 3-0 si ma si fura arbitrul).  De bucurie va dau cateva santierisme :

[respect pt femei]

Criss: stiu, si mie mi se pare sweet, dar e putin plostutza :-”
emo_cu_matizu’: she’s a woman, duuuuuh

[arts]

emo_cu_matizu’: felt like being in a public toilet
emo_cu_matizu’: all those pieces of CRAP Dany Boy:
Dany Boy: come on….”ce vezi o mana de paie? sau ARTA?” 
emo_cu_matizu’: ma uitam la o chestie cu gauri si cu un fel de placa intre doua site din asteade gauri
emo_cu_matizu’: plm
Dany Boy: :))
emo_cu_matizu’: si il intreb pe profu’ “ce va inspira asta?”
Dany Boy: and?
emo_cu_matizu’: “ceva cu echilibru.. un fel de echilibru al pamantului sau <<cumintenie>> a pamantului, cum o denumea brancusi”
emo_cu_matizu’: “da… mie imi inspira o masina de taiat castraveti la scara industriala”

[poli]

emo_cu_matizu’: vorbeam si ieri cu maria
emo_cu_matizu’: ca pula mea
emo_cu_matizu’: din politehnica
emo_cu_matizu’: iesi bine
emo_cu_matizu’: dar iesi
emo_cu_matizu’: obosit, asa
RB Bogdan: plm
emo_cu_matizu’: adica plm, pt tine apogeul tineretii si vietii a fost undeva in vacanta dinainte de anul I…. si-n rest… pula mea… te duci sa cumperi un film de aparat foto si te intreaba 26×34? si ii raspunzi “884, dar de ce intrebati?”

[animeee]

Criss: acum e yugioh
emo_cu_matizu’: sa mor eu
Criss: si apoi inuyasha
emo_cu_matizu’: daca nu suna a
Criss: si apoi yu yu 
emo_cu_matizu’: “mami, vreau yuyu”
emo_cu_matizu’: “mai tine-te un pic”

[emo cutting style]

emo_cu_matizu’: si eu m-am taiat intr-o ora
emo_cu_matizu’: i n vreo 3 locuri
emo_cu_matizu’: incercam sa fac o sarma
Criss: tare
emo_cu_matizu’: dintr-un arc de pix

[cat mi-e dor de ochii tai]

D: ba dar
D: tu ce ochi ai?
emo_cu_matizu’: maroi
emo_cu_matizu’: *maro
emo_cu_matizu’: sunt ciclop de fel

[filme de Cannes]

1987: se duce de rapa tara
1987: se duce GRAV
emo_cu_matizu’: ce-ai patit si tu?
1987: COAIE
1987: am luat filmul
1987: poveste de cartier
1987: si a inceput
1987: una sa cante
1987: o manea
1987: IN COVRIGARIE
1987: PE SACII
1987: DE FAINA
1987: COAIEEEEEE
1987: CA SUFERA DIN DRAGOSTE

[international gayness]

emo_cu_matizu’: plm
emo_cu_matizu’: ma bate gandu’
1987: ce
emo_cu_matizu’: sa-i iau pe africanii astia de la facultate
emo_cu_matizu’: la glumite
emo_cu_matizu’: “cuae stii ca noi nu suntem asa pudici, plm… arata-mi si mie pula ca sa vad daca intr-adevar e mare cum se zvoneste”
emo_cu_matizu’: si daca scoate bartai salamu’ e myth confirmed
emo_cu_matizu’: un fel de myth buster da’ ceva mai gay

[arenatv @ CERF :X]

emo_cu_matizu’: ce, cu pleto$$$?
D: da
D: cum ai calcat in strachini?
emo_cu_matizu’: pai m-a sunat el cand eram la arenatv acolo
D: si oricum
D: asa
D: si nu stiai cine e?
emo_cu_matizu’: tu te jucai tenis cu sabin ala plm
D: ahahhahaa
D: cu grim cred
emo_cu_matizu’: asa
D: sabin nu cred k era
emo_cu_matizu’: si ma suna pleto$$$ ca ne vede pe arenatv
D: ala cred k dormea
emo_cu_matizu’: si imi zice sa iti dau o palma dupa care tu-i transmiti sa te linga pe crac
D: acolo
D: asa
emo_cu_matizu’: mai radem, mai glumim
emo_cu_matizu’: inchid
emo_cu_matizu’: si plecam de la arenatv
D: hahaha
D: asa
emo_cu_matizu’: si cat plecam
D: asa
emo_cu_matizu’: eu zic “mama, ce accent de moldovean are pleto$$$”
D: H@H@HH@@
emo_cu_matizu’: fara sa stiu ca arenatv transmitea si cu sunet…

Taken from the book “The Vlachs: The History of a Balkan People” by T. J. Winnifrith, 1987.

收錄於1987《只想留下》專輯

詞：小美
曲：DON WAS/DAVID WAS
編：趙文海

原曲：Was Not Was - Where Did Your Heart Go?

沉默人沒說半句話　只想留下
無力再對罵　夜雨漸下
送妳歸家
妳的臉早已找不到牽掛
也不再跟我多說話
目光裏　目光裏　想他

情未變濃情轉淡
無力去担承情變幻
自信保情從不散
驟眼驟變得冷淡

無緣是否可碰到
若是遇到可走漫長路
愛妳卻捉摸不到
我現在怎算好(Yeah)(Wo)

誰人令我傾慕
卻不可同上路
凌晨至夜暮
痴心無卻步

我此際彷似乞討
即使早已無去路(Cry)
我心裏倒插千巴尖刀
痴想始終可修補

沉默仍沒有對話
靜坐孤僻街角下
無助人像是要塌下
仍不想早歸家

From the album “Hold Me Now” (1987)

Written by Johnny Logan

Cantonese version: 杜德偉 - 抱緊我

Don’t, don’t’ close your heart to how you feel
Dream, and don’t be afraid the dream’s not real
Close your eyes, pretend it’s just the two of us again
Make believe this moment’s here to stay

Touch, touch me the way you used to do
I know, tonight could be all I’ll have with you
From now on you’ll be with someone else instead of me
So tonight let’s build this memory
For the last time

Hold me now, don’t cry
Don’t say a word
Just hold me now and I
Will know though we’re apart
We’ll always be together
For ever in love
What do you say when words are not enough

Time, time will be kind once we’re apart
And your tears, tears will have no place in your heart
I wish I, I could say how much I’ll miss you when you’re gone
How my love for you will go on and on

Hold me now, don’t cry
Don’t say a word
Just hold me now and try to understand that
I hope at last you’ve found what you’ve been searching for
And though I won’t be there anymore
I will always love you

Hold me now, don’t cry
Don’t say a word
Just hold me now and I
Will know though we’re apart
We’ll always be together
For ever in love
What do you say when words are not enough
What can I say now my words are not enough

收錄於1987《Alex To 等待黎明》專輯

詞﹕林夕
曲：Johnny Logan

原曲：Johnny Logan - Hold Me Now

請不要問是誰愛得錯  只想分手的此際更好過
微笑吧  不必刻意的哭訴什麼
沉醉吧  彷彿初次相會

請把笑面給我看清楚  轉瞬只有做夢時再觸摸
離去後  多麼親切的都變陌生
而今天聲音動作姿態
仍是那麼醉倒我
以再像愛侶般抱緊我
不過肌膚中的愛火
這一次只會在心內折磨
令你我更加想再相愛

手一樣安放我雙肩
雙眼一樣穿透我心窩
而今天應該知道都將會陌生
誰不知  卻偏仍是那麼醉倒我
所以再像昨天那般抱緊我
不過再別要講話

你我告別為何
便因你再沒說話
以往要相識既是錯
何懼一再抱緊我
以漸冷指尖抱緊我
不過肌膚中的愛火
這一次只有在心內折磨
令我更加想再相愛
獨個遠去先慢慢難過

WHEN

by Paul Bishop — 1987

When I was happy, you shared it with me

When I was sad, you lifted me up

When I was nervous, you calmed me

When I was depressed, you made me laugh

When I needed help, you were there

When I was alone, you came to be with me

When I was wondering, you gave me advice

When I was shy, you pulled me out of my shell

When I was bothered, you knew and cared

When I was in doubt, you encouraged me

When I was in need, you lent a hand

When you need me, I’ll be there

“For a friend sticketh closer than a brother” (Proverbs 18:24)

“And you are my colleagues, companions, and my very close friends” (Psalm 55:13)

THE MEANING OF LIFE

by Paul Bishop — February 19, 1987

What am I?  What does ‘me’ mean?

I am a physical existence
Interacting with others, animate and inanimate
On an oblate spheroid
That whirls as a wheel in a wheel
Time progresses and I am aging

I have circled my world searching

For a reason, a cause, an explanation of Existence
I have found faults in logical (?) theory
So I cannot believe
There has to be more to life than an explosion
A complex chain reaction

I laugh, I cry, I do everything my species does

Although I do not know why
There is a purpose for everything
I know what my conscience says is true…
There is a Being behind this life

The Spirit tells me
“You have found God”

WAVES

by Paul Bishop — October 5, 1987

The waves crashed against the barren rocks
The howling wind whipped the froth into stinging spray
White-cresters and galloping sea horses vent their fury on the weak wooden docks
Ho!  A signal from a small ship out on the sea
Its sails lashed by the northeast wind
A waterlogged ship whose crew anticipates death
The boat rose on the high crest and plummeted into the trough

The ship didn’t rise again
I searched the wild see for something, anything
Then I saw them
People floating in the tempest, holding onto parts of the broken ship
People floating in the tempest of sin, holding onto parts of their lives that they hoped would help
We were afraid that they would be washed away
With the wrecks of their lives almost their only hope

“Save them!  Save them!”  I heard from a meek man behind me
I wondered what he was going to do
Then suddenly with a triumphant cry, he spread his arms and died

Suddenly, a violent earthquake, and the cold wind stopped
The waves decreased in fury until they flowed on the shores as ripples
The dark clouds parted and the sun shone brilliantly
Sending what seemed to be rays from Heaven
A gentle breeze began to blow
The people bobbing in the now quiet sea began to drift toward the shore
They reached the safety of the harbor, casting aside their worthless boards

From the boards was built an altar
To the Man who died unselfishly
And calmed sin’s wicked storm
And the people came and worshipped, together on the moor
Ready to reach out to the tempest-tossed
Who are drifting too far from the shore

THOSE PEOPLE AND YOU

by Paul Bishop — November 9, 1987

There are people in this world who are destitute
There are people in this world who are poor
There are people in this world
With many thoughts toward them hurled
But they don’t know what they are suffering for

Some people in this world are rich beyond their means
Some people in this world have wealth in store
Some people on this earth
Cannot value what they’re worth
Why do they feel that they need something more?

There are people in this world who had a happy life
And now they run, but know not where
They stumble and they fall
And keep running into walls
Will they turn around and see Him standing there?

He stands there, waiting with open arms
He waits there, for those suffering from life’s harms
He stands there patiently, Waits for you as He did for me
He died to set us free, impaled upon a cruel tree
Jesus is waiting…
Quietly waiting…
Patiently waiting…
For you

MY PRAYER

by Paul Bishop — January 1987

Lord, I need you in my heart
I guess I’ve known it from the start
I need a guide who will never leave
Will You, Lord, my life receive?

Lord, take my life, it’s full of sin
I’m opening my heart, Lord, please come in
Cleanse me, Lord, from every stain
Please, my Lord, fill me again

Lord, fill me with Your power
It brings strength in every hour
Fill my body, soul, and mind
So that sin Thou shall not find

Lord, fill me with Your glorious light
Make it shine, Lord, clear and bright
Let it shine, Lord, through and through
To let all know that I love You

Lord, You have me in Your hands
Make me, mold me in Your hands
Make me, Lord, what Thou will
I will live and love Thee still

HEALING

by Paul Bishop — March 5, 1987

If our hearts are open and tender
If our heart are open and are true
Could we heal the tears
The pain and the fears?
I don’t have that power
Nor you…

But there is a Man
Who came to earth as a Babe
And He bore everybody’s sin
He is patient and kind
Looking to find
Everyone who wants to be healed

His name is Jesus, the Saviour
Jesus, the Healing One
He takes all the hurts and heals them
And He will turn away none…

Come to Him

We cannot do everything by ourselves
We have to lean on someone
We can’t do it all
We stumble, we fall
I falter and so do you
I can’t heal my hurts, nor you…

But there is a Man…
His name is Jesus…
Come to Him

Como a música dos anos 80 não para, hoje temos mais uma.

Não tenho grande informação para partilhar sobre este grupo excepto que lançaram dois albuns… ao longo de uma carreira de três anos. Isso é que é aproveitar o tempo

Love Changes (Everything) - Climie Fisher
Everything [1987/1988]

Ferma lui Michael Jackson a fost vanduta.Neverland a fost vandut companiei Sycamore Valley Ranch.

Chiar daca la inceputul lui 2008,Neverland avea datorii de peste 240 de milioane de euro.

Asadar Michael Jackson a vandut Neverlandul,ferma pe care a detinut-o timp de 21 de ani.

Macedonian speaking areas include Bulgaria and Greece.

Taken from the book “The Indo-European Languages” edited by Anna Giacalone Ramat and Paul Ramat, 1998, page 416.

Un memento.

Armelvis “Artie” Booker, beloved Brandywine High School Class of 1987 classmate, passed away on May 3, 2008.  Artie is survived by her son, Jakevis Booker, who now is attending graduate school. We would like your help to support the costs of Jakevis’ tuition and books.  Please contact us to contribute to a fund for Jakevis. Any amount you can add will be appreciated.

Share your memories of Artie and contact us to contribute to a fund for her son.

From Delaware Online:
Armelvis “Artie” Booker, age 38, went home to be with the Lord May 3, 2008, in Baltimore, MD. She is the beloved mother of Jakevis Booker; loving daughter of Regina D. Booker and Melvin Briscoe; sister of Sophonia (Sophie) Booker and Malkia Booker. Also survived by 2 nieces, Janai Jason and Nyla Jason; 1 nephew, Jabree Miles; a special friend Trevor Britt; 6 god-children, a host of aunts, uncles and cousins; her Delta Sorors, and many friends. Homegoing Service 10 am Sat., May 10, at Shiloh Baptist Church, 215 W. 23rd St., Wilm., DE 19802, with viewing from 8-9:30 am only. Delta Sigma Theta Services began at 9:30 am. Interment in Gracelawn Memorial Park. Arr by CONGO FUNERAL HOME. Condolences to www.congofuneralhome.com.

Born in Wilmington, DE on Jun. 24, 1969.
Resided in New Castle, DE.
Departed on May 3, 2008.

Please feel free to leave your condolences in a “comment” on this page below.

Generatiile buletin de Bucuresti + chifteaua anonima se contopesc in orasul lui Oprescu undeva in spate la Romana. Sub pseudonimul sau adevarat de scena, domnul 1987 ne povesteste la o cafea cateva din dedesubturile scolii nationale de stiinte politice si administrative (SNSPA):

1987: o sa le zic buna ziua
1987: te pot ajuta
1987: cu manualele astea
1987: o sa-mi zambeasca
1987: asa din fundul curtii
1987: un zambet de cultivatoare
1987: de capsuni
1987: daca ma duc la SNSPA si ma pun in fata acolo
1987: cand sunt aia in fata
1987: si zic
1987: VA FAC BULETIN DE BUCURESTI
1987: o sa am coada
1987: mai mare decat la concertul lui britney spears
1987: alea nu-s femei de la SNSPA
1987: sunt curve emancipate
1987: de la tara
1987: la intrare in bucuresti
1987: INCALTAREA !!
1987: in cipici NAIK
1987: umbla fara sutien fetele
1987: apar la tv
1987: plangand
1987: ce ti-au facut ?
1987: m-au violat
1987: cati ?
1987: 5
1987: de unde ca erau 10
1987: dar sa n-o faca astia de la tara curva
1987: si te-au supus la perversiuni sexuale ?
1987: nu prea , multe lucruri le stiam si mi-a fost usor
1987: dar mi-au bagat 2 baieti pe necuratu-n in brown hole
1987: si mi s-a facut rau
1987: si era inchis la KFC la Romana si am lesinat
1987: s-o duci pe una d-asta la KFC-UL de la romana
1987: ca se descalta la intrare
1987: o sa zica ca intra
1987: in primarie
1987: ca doar acolo mirosea frumos
1987: aveau termopan la primaria satului
1987: nu mirosea a kkt
1987: si aveau braduleti de la masini
1987: in primarie
1987: ca in rest
1987: in sat
1987: mirosea a hazna
D: aia e la snspa
D: si gizas
D: si hayek a fost
D: toti bajetzii
D: :X

1987: hayek e cam gay
1987: chiar seamana asa
1987: are gesturi
1987: de gay
1987: dupa cum se poarta
1987: si tine mana
1987: il vazusem
1987: la arenatv
1987: si parea cam homosexual
D: eu il stiu pe ala
D: de 15 ani cred
D: statea in bloc cu mine
D: dar s-a mutat
D: nu prea aveam eu treaba cu astia din bloc de la mine
D: bine, nici acum nu prea am
1987: si se juca cu manetele altora de PS2 ?
D: cred
D: nush
D: eu nu ma jucam cu astia
1987: dar diskete baga in el ?
D: cred
D: :X

1987: gizas
1987: plm
1987: are pantaloni de anticrist
1987: negri
1987: mulati
1987: si ailalta
1987: aia e deja  pe sistem
1987: s-a ars cu toti de pe forum
1987: se fute cu aia care au peste 1000 de posturi
D: pai eu am peste 1000 de posturi
D: :|:|:|
1987: te ardeai cu ea daca nu te certai
D: =)))))))

Voi povesti mai tarziu cine sunt Hayek si Gyzasz.

Toate bune si frumoase, dar noi ne tot punem o intrebare (si o sa ne-o tot punem intre noi): de la ce vine oare P-ul din SNSPA? De la politica/politice sigur nu.

P.S: Bolduirea cuvintelor este intamplatoare si pur aleatorie, am jucat putin poker cu bara de scule.

Robocop is a classic beyond measure which contained so many great moments I would need an entire site to pay tribute. One of my favorite scenes is when they bring in Ed-209 and the dude holds the gun at Dick Jones in a threatening manner. This is all supposed to be a training of sorts showing the Ed-209’s capabilities but shit goes all wrong!

Peep the classic scene

In 1986 Stu Kawowski succumbed to the magnetic attraction of “The North.” At first he thought it was the Wellington effect, so he ventured up there for a few months, and moved in with The Skeptics for a while, first at Nick’s pad in Brooklyn, and later crashed at Writhe Recording, their studio cnr Walter & Vivian Sts. About a block away was an upstairs flat at the end of (and simply known as) “Kensington Street.” Here could be found the talented Walker sisters, Jane & Jessica, Tracey Walsh, and some other guys, all of whom had been in bands, were in bands or hung out with bands. Jane had been in Toy Love, Tracey had a band called The Yellimin, and Jessica had been in a band called Shoes This High.

Shoes This High (Dec 1980) Back L to R: Brent Hayward, Chris Plummer. Front L to R: Kevin Hawkins, Jessica Walker (pic Peter Avery)

Flashback #1 to sometime around 1980/1981:

Kawowski was still a “band virgin” (unless you count his several years snare drumming for the Marlborough Boys’ College and Blenheim Municipal Brass Bands… hmmm I thought not) but he was into some cool music at that time: Can, The Fall, Pere Ubu, Joy Division, Swell Maps, Capt. Beefheart… So not long after, when he found himself wandering around Wellington in the Willis St area, he somehow recognised a beautiful distorted, energetic sound bouncing off the walls of the empty twilight city. After walking around a few corners he finally discovered its origin: There, in a dimly lit, near empty hall, were four skinny musicians frantically rehearsing some amazing music on stage. None of them objected to his presence, so he was able to stay and enjoy a private audience with one of New Zealand’s best bands of that era, Shoes This High.

Shoes This High - STH (1981) 7" 4-track EP (STH 001-A, STH 001-B)

1. the nose one

2. Foot’s Dream

3. a mess

4. Not Weighting

Five years later, Kawowski was visiting Kensington St, he entered the house, was walking down the hall when suddenly a knife came whistling out of a side door a few metres ahead “THUNK!” and stuck into a life-size silhouette of a person painted on the wooden wall. “DONK!”, “WHAM!”, “THUNK!” as three more throwing knives landed in the figure’s heart, followed by “DING” as a Kung-Fu star split its forehead between the eyes. Satisfied that the barrage of sharpened circus cutlery was depleted, Kawowski bravely entered that door and came face-to-face with the martial arts expert: Jessica Walker, Shoes This High bass player.

In 1987, the Axemen convinced Flying Nun Records to do a second album. They cut a deal with The Skeptics, that allowed them to take advantage of their newly built 16-track studio Writhe Recording, the outcome being ”Derry Legend”, the follow-up to their debut double vinyl “Three Virgins” (1985). The Axemen had already released several cassette albums on their own Sleek Bott label,  but those vinyl releases effectively enjoyed the Flying Nun ’stamp of approval’ in addition to their international marketing and distribution network. 

 ”Mourning of Youth” (1987) - AXEMEN

For McCabe’s “Mourning of Youth” composition, he’d mentioned that a viola would sound good in there, so before you know it, the master knife-throwing, catgut stroking Jessica Walker was enlisted to lay down some wailing and plucking that, says Stu, “had all of the hairs sticking out on the back of my neck!” (This harrowing, haunting track was also selected by the late Kurt Cobain for one of his personal mix-cassettes track-listed in his posthumously published diaries.)

p236 Kurt's diary "Mourning of Youth" on a mixtape playlist

Flashback #2

By the time the Axemen and Kevin Hawkins crossed swords paths in Auckland, while day-tripping there during their sojourn at the Whangarei Buskers Festival in December 1985, Shoes This High had disbanded, Fishschool was no more and Kev had metamorphosed into the proudly homosexual Screamin’ K. Hawkins, collaborating with various musicians credited as “& His Walk-In Lovers.” While “love at first sight” doesn’t exactly describe the relationship that existed between Kev and Bob Brannigan (though given Bob’s growing interest in psychic phenomena at the time, “love at second sight” is peculiarly apt), the older rocker charmed the pants off the repressed rebel and touched him in ways few men hitherto had, and none since.

Soon the gay guerrilla planted his seed in the young punk’s garden of earthly delights and romance blossomed. The pair pashed in public and back in Christchurch camped inside Kawowski’s Rolleston Ave foyer, staging a mini bed-in a la John & Yoko, only way gayer and with no international media attention. “We even had sex in the backseat of the Starliner,” boasts Bob, “en-route between Christchurch & South Dunedin. Thanks to Kevvy’s gift of love, at last I was able to laugh at the atmosphere of stultifying despondency that permeated NZ intercity bus-services in the mid-80s.”

Despite growing health problems, Hawkins continued to use drugs on top of his prescribed withdrawal medication, frequently blacking-out and injuring himself; this behaviour frightened Bob and the couple parted acrimoniously. “I used to joke with him, saying If you die, I’ll fucking kill you! We had a falling-out and he went back up north, no contact for about a year, then he died. It was like a beautiful fairy story gone terribly wrong. But what a guy! A total magician.”

Flashback #3

“Around the end of 1986,” Stu recalls, “I remember running into Croatian Axeman extraordinaire Dragan Stojanovic busking in Manners Mall just near McDonalds (one of his regular Wellington busking haunts). He told me that Kevin Hawkins had just died but that he’d seen him the previous week, and that Kev was over the moon ‘cos he’d fulfilled one of his lifetime dreams: Fucking someone in a cemetery. En route downhill from Victoria University after some event up there, he and his companion wandered through the remains of the desecrated old cemetery, and did the deed against a gravestone.”

(BTW if anybody knows where Dragan is can they please ask him to get in touch with AXEMEN - email or comment on the blog…)

-Saki Tuskwow & Ann Gribabbon

Hoje é o Dia da Memória!

Por isso os lances de Galo X Flamengo, na semifinal do Brasileirão de 87.

Foi minha estréia no Mineirão.

É impressionante como somos traídos por nossa memória afetiva.

Sempre jurei que os 3 gols do Flamengo neste jogo haviam sido feitos por Renato Gaúcho.

Que nada, Zico e Bebeto também marcaram. Renato só fez o último.

Mas acho que o trauma da estréia com derrota exigia um algoz, um vilão épico.

E minhas lembranças infantis concentraram as dores deste jogo em um único carrasco, Renato.

Kobe & Artest were really going at it. Too bad Artest "couldn't throw a pea into the ocean" (Chick-ism). Copyright 2008 NBAE (Photo by Noah Graham/NBAE via Getty Images)

Earlier tonight, I witnessed the Lakers turn it up in the 2nd half once again, recovering form an 8-turnover, 14pt deficit debacle of a 1st quarter, to turn it around and win it by 29(!) points. These guys are freaking amazing. As bad as Yao, McGrady, and Artest shot,  the 39pts in the 4th quarter by the Lakers was something to see.

• Farmar was a real difference maker today. He changes the tempo of the game when he’s in. Really impressed at how much he’s improved in the past few years, especially this past summer. He seemed much slower and less accurate with his shot while at UCLA, but now speed & accuracy are two of his strongest attributes.
• Kobe vs Artest. Man, they were getting physical in the post. Love seeing that kind of competitiveness out of all-star players.
• Yao missed 3 freethrows. That’s as surprising as Steve Nash or Ray Allen missing 1.
• Sasha’s Classic Machine Moment Of The Day (SCMMOTD): Seconds after entering the game, he receives a not-so-good bounce pass from the post, a little towards his knees, which would usually deter taking a quick shot, because it’s hard to set up from such a low position. But this is Sasha. He quickly gathers himself, and with Luis Scola Luther Head running straight at him with outstretched arms, Sasha launches, just barely getting the ball over Head’s fingertips–nothing but net. Classic Machine Moment achieved.
• Pau has been a beast on the boards this season. Good to see from a guy who sometimes gets the label of being ‘too soft’.
• McGrady is really struggling. I wonder if his shoulder is bothering him a lot, or if the protector is just there for caution. (UPDATE: Apparently, he had the flu on Friday. Lingering effects, maybe?)
• Aaron Brooks! This guy was ridiculous at Oregon, always scaring the crap out of me when UCLA played OU because of what he might do offensively. Today? 20 pts off the bench. He’s like, 5′10″. Ridiculous.
• Trevor Ariza is quickly becoming my favorite Laker, and it’s not just because he’s a UCLA product and wears my favorite #3. “For all the stat geeks, Ariza had a plus/minus of +34 Sunday night.”

Highlights

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Right now, on FSN West, they’re re-playing the 1987 finals, Game 4–Lakers vs Celtics, at the Boston Garden. Lakers were down by 14 points, (like today) and right now it’s in the 4th quarter, 12 seconds left, and the Lakers are down 2 (they actually went up by 1, but Larry Bird just hit a corner-three. damn).

Watching these teams battle it out is such a treat. The Lakers fast break is so electrifying. and James Worthy from the wing, driving and spinning into the post!! What a gifted athlete he was. And the brutal toughness of the Celts, and the Garden! MAN, was this place Rockin’! I wish fans at Staples Center today were just as enthused… so many seats at Staples are bought by sponsors or rich douches that don’t give a damn about hoops and ruin the atmosphere for everyone, because they’re too busy checking their e-mails on their blackberries, or they’re too ‘reserved’ to get up and cheer, and stretch out their $50,000 suit shipped direct from Italy. Ugh.

With the Lakers down 1, Kareem just missed the second of 2 free throws and the ball went out of bounds, back to the Lakers. Magic just hit that legendary running baby-sky-hook (6:00min) in the lane –Lakers up by 1! 2 seconds left, Bird from the corner–no good. Lakers win!

Blast from the past - Bird missed that final shot. LA WINS.

It’s such a thrill to watch these games from the Showtime era, even though the result is already known… In fact, it’s always a fun time re-living the great Lakers moments in history, like the 1999-2003 3-peat Lakers. I still get goosebumps watching the 2000 WCF Game 7 comeback vs the Blazers, and the Horry three over the Kings in Game 4 of the 2002 WCF… Classic.

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Tough road trip coming up for the 08-09 Lakers this week. Mavs and Hornets on the road! Would love to see how the Lakers react when they are finally tested. I’m afraid of the 3point shooters of New Orleans making it rain on the Lakers… they really will need to focus on making their rotations and covering each other’s back when someone goes to trap Cris Paul (or try to trap him, since he’s almost impossible to stop).

While sorting through some 1987 Topps duplicates, I came across this:

I’d forgotten Seaver played with the Red Sox, but there he is, photographically captured in one of the 16 games he started for them in 1986. He went 5-7 with a 3.80 ERA for the Red Sox that year, which isn’t too bad for a 41 year old pitcher.

For those curious, the White Sox gave up Seaver for Steve Lyons, whose Baseball Encyclopedia page is sponsored by a Lily Allen website. And from Lyons Wikipedia page:

Steve is considered by many to be one of the absolute best athletes to ever emerge from the state of Oregon.

I’m guessing that means Steve is not only computer savvy, but he also frequents Wikipedia.