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March 1, 2010, at 7:45 pm
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And love
is not the easy thing
the only baggage that you can bring
is all that you can’t leave behind
有些话虽然被重复了无数次，但永远也不会过时，特别是当情景都如此切合的时候。J爷每次到公司来都会说一堆话，但这次我只记住了一句：Time is money.
有人跟我说你的博客怎么都是娱乐啊不相干的东西了，怎么不写自己啊？“玩物丧志”的大学里我的生活被电影音乐充斥，把豆瓣和博客当做自己的窝，极度需要Get a life 。现在才发现当真正有生活的时候却已经不想写或者已经无法下笔了。
然而我自以为有显著进展的2009年，在当看到Dada的space时却变得何其的不足挂齿。米大人的文字和照片当即给我一瓢冷水头顶浇下，使我无地自容。我认识的人里，能玩的人似乎随时都在玩，忙碌的人也都是一直都在忙碌。每当我迷失于声色影音时，时间就从我脑后飞快逝去——所以无聊的时候，find a hobby吧。
在奔三的高速列车上，谁的的生活不是充满了杯具和洗具甚至餐具？一直很羡慕心无顾忌的人，什么都能放得下。当年高三每天下晚自习都要和某人绕操场跑道走圈圈。有次我提到几年前的Walk On时，他说：“怎么不知道啊，‘我靠’嘛！”
这首歌听了7年，这段回忆现在也仍然记忆犹新。
All That You Can’t Leave Behind 是我最喜欢的一张U2的专辑。上面这段开唱前的念词点出了贯穿全专辑的中心思想：博爱是我人生这趟旅途中无法抛之脑后的唯一行李。
而真正懂你、爱你的则人会告诉你：
What you got, they can’t steal it
No they can’t even feel it
What you got, they can’t deny it
Can’t sell it or buy it
And I know it aches
How your heart it breaks
You can only take so much
Walk on…
Leave it behind
You’ve got to leave it behind
似乎有点沉重了，都是这鸟天气。此时J爷已经如他所说chase the weather逃离上海了。
抄袭师父的创意搞笑一下：
如果说中国人真的聪明的话，是因为咱最会自嘲。
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February 9, 2010, at 12:21 am
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February 3, 2010, at 1:20 pm
今天收到Josh Rouse官网发来的的email，3月发行新专辑El Turista。我对他上张Country Mouse, City House没什么特别的感觉，但抱着试试看的心情下了El Turista (@douban)来一听，感觉非常惊艳：有点Jazz（爵士）和Bossa Nova（巴萨诺瓦）甚至有点Samba（桑巴）和cha-cha（恰恰）。 Josh Rouse现在基本上在西班牙定居了，远离故乡美国这个伤心地并结婚生子。音乐理念也有了很大的变化，现场风格也是小型演出为主，非常欧化。
这张专辑让人感受到阵阵的拉丁暖风，是严冬初春不可少的一味调剂。好几首歌里都可以听到和She’s Spanish, I’m American里一样熟悉的背景女声——应该正是他的西班牙老婆。
Throughout El Turista, simple, Spanish-influenced street rhythms unfurl into epic versions of Guaraldi-like jazz numbers, resulting in yet another career defining touchstone and a genre-blending album that is as sophisticated as it is infectious. (from email newsletter)
Track list (Download)
- Bienvenido (2:18)
- Duerme, Mobila (4:11)
- Lemon Tree (3:05)
- Sweet Elaine (4:28)
- Mesie Julian (2:37)
- I Will Live On Islands (3:03)
- Valencia (4:37)
- Cotton Eyed Joe (3:58)
- Las Voces (3:53)
- Don’t Act Tough (4:23)
http://www.joshrouse.com/
Q magazine（英国最大音乐杂志）给了★★★★星，乐评如下：
Midwest meets the Med in songwriter’s global journey.
Love Has taken Josh Rouse a long way from his Nebraska roots: as subtly indicated by the title of his 2007 EP She’s Spanish, I’m American, he has now settled in Valencia with his Spanish wife and their child. El Turista is the result of this bilingual existence, a glorious cross-cultural hopscotch game that lands on Spanish lyrics, Brazilian samba and Cuban beats. Covers of “the Louis Armstrong of Cuba” Bola de Nieve shimmy alongside Rouse originals Lemon Tree and the exuberant Valencia, a love song to his adopted town full of the heartfelt joy that leaves this record spinning like a compass needle.
- Victoria Segal (via: joshrouse.com)
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