No es por justificarme pero he estado entre ocupado y desmotivado para bloggear.

He estado mirando series de TV que consumen mucho tiempo, alguna que otra pelicula, jugando con mi PSP y laburando hasta tarde.

Series de TV

Sopranos Temporada 6

Finoccio in the Family

Lo que me paso con esta temporada es que los primero capitulos donde Tony esta en el hospital y en coma , viviendo esa suerte de doble vida no me llamaron mucho la antencio asi que abandone en el capitulo 4, luego mi amigo AlexR me dijo, man, Sopranos se puso groso asi que vi el resto de los capitulos. La verdad la temporada es realmente buena, la recomiendo altamenta.
Ahora nos queda por espera por los especiales el año proximo , la verdad no se que voy a hacer cuando Sopranos termine difinitivamente.

Web :: http://www.hbo.com/sopranos/

Battlestar Galactica temporada 1 (La nueva)

Commander William Adama: There’s a reason you separate military and the police. One fights the enemies of the state, the other serves and protects the people. When the military becomes both, then the enemies of the state tend to become the people.

Haciendole caso a la recomendacion de pfernan me consegui la temporada 1 de la nueva y reimaginada Battlestar Galactica.
Con esta serie me paso algo parecido que con Sopranos, cuando vi que algunos Cylons parecian humanos, que Starbuck era una mina y que un Baltar hablaba con una mina rubia pero que solo el la podia ver me dije a mi mismo, que mierda es esto!!!
Pero despues de ver los primeros 4 capitulos quede tan enganchado que vi todos los 15 capitulos (2 de la miniserie + 13 de la serie) en 2 dias.
Realmente la nueva Galactica es un drama de aquellos, bien actuada, profunda, etc.
Ahora estoy en el capitulo 5 de la temporada 2 pero an mi humilde opinion decayo un poco…. todo es muy “religiosomisticocrap” , igual quede enganchado….
espero poder terminar la temporada 2 antes de que arranque la temporada 3.

Web :: http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/

Peliculas

An Inconvenient Truth

Al Gore: I’m Al Gore, I used to be the next president of the United States.
[laughter and applause from audience]
Al Gore: I don’t find that particularly funny.

Este documental sobre Global Warming que muestra como Al Gore recorre el mundo tratando de concientizar sobre este gran problema me deprimio… senti que no hay nada que pueda hacer como individuo para tratar de revertir lo que tal vez sera lo que nos lleve a la extincion de la tierra y por ende de la raza humana (a menos que comenzemos a colonizar otros planetas)
Cambiar las lamparitas, tomar transporte publico en vez de manejar, etc. lo hago… pero si la cosa no viene de arriba y en particular en USA que es responzable de mas del 70 % de la contaminacion que produce el global warming no hay nada que se pueda hacer…. VAMOS A MORIR TODOS! VAMOS A MORIR!

Web :: http://www.climatecrisis.net/

Jackass 2

Johnny Knoxville: [while Bam is in car with Cobra] You crying?
Bam Margera: Yeah

Si ya se, despues de un tema tan importante como el Global Warming, como puedo ir a ver Jackass? muy facil, sali de trabajar , fui al cine y compre un ticket.

Mas de los mismo, me cague de la risa mal, y hasta vi un segmento filmado en Argentina en San Antonio de Areco donde masturban a un caballa , y luego Chris Pontius se toma el “fluido resultante” por 200 dolares.

Web :: http://www.jackassmovie.com/

PSP

LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy

Stormtrooper: Let me see your identification.
Obi-Wan: [influencing the stormtrooper's mind] You don’t need to see his identification.
Stormtrooper: We don’t need to see his identification.
Obi-Wan: These aren’t the droids you’re looking for.
Stormtrooper: These aren’t the droids we’re looking for.
Obi-Wan: He can go about his business.
Stormtrooper: You can go about your business.
Obi-Wan: Move along.
Stormtrooper: Move along… move along.

Soy un enfermo, ya llevo no se cuantas horas dandole al PSP y reviviendo con muñequitos de Lego los episodios 4 , 5 y 6 de Star Wars….
Tengo un secreto mas para contar y que me termina de definir como enfermo… despues de terminar cada episodio en PSP me vi de nuevo la pelicula original en DVD….

Web :: http://www.lucasarts.com/games/legostarwarsii/

Web :: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soulwax

It was raining, It was late and I was tired from work, but when the concert started I forgot about everything, even the time. I had a blast yesterday night at the Mod Club… 2 Many Djs was just great!

Ulises Butron - Ya Paso

Mi amor, Oh mi amor
Eso ya paso, eso ya paso
Mi amor, Oh mi amor
Ya no llores mas, eso ya paso

Cambiara, todo cambiara
lo que fue una pena ya no lo sera
Pasara, todo pasara
no hay nada que el tiempo no pueda sanar

Si estas gris, vete ya de ahi
nada extraño mas que el oirte reir

Oh mi amor, Oh mi amor
ya no llores mas, eso ya paso

Cambiara, todo cambiara
lo que fue una pena ya no lo sera
Pasara, todo pasara
no hay nada que el tiempo no pueda sanar

Cambiara, todo cambiara
lo que fue una pena ya no lo sera
Pasara, todo pasara
no hay nada que el tiempo no pueda sanar

.:: Bajar Viajero de Ulises Butron ::.aca
(Link funciona de nuevo 6 de diciembre, 2006)

Myspace :: http://www.myspace.com/ulisesbutron

Hace tiempo escribi lo siguinte en mi Blog anterior Un Argentino en Toronto:

Haces unas semanas arme un post sobre Metropoli y como de alguna manera esta banda me convirtio en un melomano.

Ayer recibi un comentario de Raul sobre ese post perdido en el tiempo. donde volvio a aparecer el nombre Ulises Butron… tal vez uno de los mejores musicos, mejores guitarristas, mejores voces del Rock Argentino… pero dicho esto, como es posible que no mucha gente no sepa de su existencia? muy simple, Butron apunto a ser musico en vez de ser estrella de ROCK… (nunca le disparo a un televisor).

La cancion Por Piedad tuvo un gran impacto en mi vida, tal vez haya sido el momento en el que la esuche y lo que estaba viviendo… el hecho de crecer de golpe y tener el corazon destrozado por primera vez.

Haciendo un poco de research para este post, trate de encontrar en que andaba Ulises, y para mi sorpresa descubri que el tambien es victima de este momento de crisis de la Argentina en el cual se hace lo que se puede para sobrevivir.

Me lo imagine grabando discos, siendo productor, pero no, claro que sigue en contacto con la musica, ahora da clases de guitarra y hace publicidad en Mercado Libre ( Ver Anuncio ). Esto me genera emociones encontradas, por un lado me apena que un musico de su talento no este viviendo de sus grabaciones, giras, etc. por otro lado me siento bien por el hecho de que sigue activo y pasando ese arte a nuevas generacion de musicos… Como me gustaria ir a Argentina para tomar unas clases con el y charlar de la vida…

Tengo los 2 cds de la guardia, pero nunca pude conseguir su unico cd solista llamado Viajero (1997) , si alguien lo tiene y quiere venderlo, o si alguien sabe de algun lugar online donde se pueda comprar o si alguien tiene ganas de investigar en Argentina, comprar la copia y decirme cuanto es, prometo enviar el dinero… (Puede ser tambien regalo de cumple, ya que el 29 de noviembre cumplo 31)

Informacion de Ulises Butron
Ulises Butrón lideró la Guardia del Fuego durante 1990 y 1994, grupo con el cual editó dos discos. Antes había integrado Metrópoli, pero sin embargo, consiguió más repercusión al participar de la banda de sonido de la película “Tango Feroz”, la biografía de Tanguito que resultó un boom comercial en 1994.

Butrón integró la banda soporte de Luis Alberto Spinetta y de Fito Páez.

“Viajero” es su debut solista, con temas compuestos y grabados en 1995 y editados recién en 1997, a través de una producción independiente. En la placa participaron Pedro Aznar y María Gabriela Epumer.

Hoy ya tengo 32, el Blog un Argentino en Toronto no es nada mas que un recuerdo, pero unos dias atras mi amigo el Tano, me regalo el Album Viajero que esta fuera de catalogo pero lo compro en la version Argentina de Ebay.

Cuando escuche las canciones por primera vez tuve esa sensacion de haber podido concretar algo que habia añorado por mucho tiempo, ese estado de satisfaccion completa que solo se nos da pocas veces en la vida.

Gracias Ulises, gracias Tano, gracias!

Pet Shop Boys - Casanova in Hell

The girl’s perfection
Inspires affection
It’s queer
That here
He can’t cast his spell
In her direction
Somewhere near
One senses fear
Casanova in Hell

The girl is naked
The boy is naked
He hides
Inside
A secret chamber
There to gape
Through a velvet drape
And dream of rape
Casanova in Hell

Her sharp suggestion
He couldn’t get an erection
Came as a shock
He finds himself
A laughing-stock
His ageing fate
To contemplate
Casanova in Hell

Back in the library
His revenge is his story
What he will write
Will recall the bite
Of his wit
And legendary appetite
The sybarite
Casanova is well

For Casanova has the last laugh
Creates the myth and vindication
Of his sexual vocation
Makes the definitive collection
His lives and lovers and above all
His erection
Will live in history

Web :: http://www.petshopboys.co.uk
Related Posts :: http://www.gastonl.com/index.php?s=pet+shop+boys

With a new album, most of the time comes a new tour, Pet Shop Boys will play live this 10/11/2006 at the Hummingbird Centre for the Performing Arts and as you can imagine I already have my tickets.
The Hummingbird Centre is a great place for concerts so I am very excited about this one.
If you want to check this out, you can buy your ticket online here

Taken with Olympus C-5060 WZ

Last weekend I went with CH to a festival near my house called Taste of the Kingsway and I tasted for first time Beer Ice Cream, to be honest with you is not bad, actually is pretty good.
The Ice Cream I tried was made with with blonde beer and I found a recipe only to make Beer Ice Cream with Guinness , my favorite beer in the whole world.

Guinness Ice Cream

Servings: 1 quart
Prep. Time: :10
Total Time: :25
Ingredients:

1 can Guinness stout
2 cups heavy cream
2 cups milk
3/4 cup sugar
1 vanilla bean, halved
6 egg yolks

Directions:
Heat and reduce the Guinness in a saucepan to about 3/4 the original amount.

In a separate saucepan add cream, milk, and sugar. Scrape the seeds from the vanilla bean into the pan and add the vanilla bean halves. Bring to a boil over medium heat. Remove from the heat.

Beat the egg yolks in a medium bowl. Whisk half of the hot cream mixture into the egg yolks, and then gradually and slowly add the egg mixture to the remaining hot cream. Cook over medium-low heat, stirring occasionally, until the mixture thickens and reaches 170°F. on an instant-read thermometer. Remove from the heat and strain through a fine mesh strainer into a clean container. Cover with plastic wrap, pressing down against the surface to keep a skin from forming. Chill in the refrigerator for 2 hours.

Remove from refrigerator and add the Guinness reduction, whisking until well blended. Pour in an ice cream machine and freeze according to the manufacturer’s instructions. Transfer to an airtight container and freeze until ready to serve.

Taken with Nokia N80

“I’m Afraid of Americans” is song and single by David Bowie from the 1997 album Earthling. The song, co-written by Bowie and Brian Eno, originally appeared as a rough mix on the soundtrack to the film Showgirls and was subsequently remade for Earthling.

Bowie describes the feelings behind the song:

It’s not as truly hostile about Americans as say “Born in the U.S.A.”: it’s merely sardonic. I was traveling in Java when the first McDonald’s went up: it was like, “for fuck’s sake.” The invasion by any homogenized culture is so depressing, the erection of another Disney World in, say, Umbria, Italy, more so. It strangles the indigenous culture and narrows expression of life. (Earthling press release)

The working title for this song was “Dummy”.

A CD single for “I’m Afraid of Americans” was released in the United States. The single did not include the album version of the song; instead, it featured remixes of the track performed by Bowie’s former tourmates, Nine Inch Nails, and drum and bass artist Photek. The (V1) mix became more popular than the original version, largely in part of the accompanying video, leading to its appearance on the retrospective Best of Bowie.

A Taxi Driver-influenced video was produced for the “I’m Afraid of Americans (V1)” remix, starring David Bowie and Nine Inch Nails frontman Trent Reznor. The video, directed by Dom & Nic (working name of Dominic Hawley and Nick Goffey), features Bowie being stalked through New York City by a hostile American, played by Reznor. As Bowie continues to be harassed and becomes more and more paranoid, he witnesses (or imagines he witnesses) random acts of violence perpetrated by Americans on one another. The video ends with Bowie ducking behind a taxi while Reznor fires an imaginary assault rifle that incurs severe damage to the vehicle; Bowie seems to awaken some time later, only to witness Reznor carrying a cross in a parade reminiscent of Day of the Dead celebrations as well as the Ray Bradbury penned movie Something Wicked This Way Comes.

Wikipedia :: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numa_Numa
Gary Brolsma (Numa Numa Dude) :: http://www.newnuma.com/

Do you remember the dude doing playback of the Moldovan or Romanian (I don’t want to create a war here) song Dragostea din Tei, well he is back with another east european hit, but this time you can see that he worked hard in doing this crap….

Yo, Numa Numa guy, get over it and find a real job!

Taken with Nokia N80

Taken with Nokia N80

Taken with Nokia N80

Wikipedia :: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toronto_Argonauts

Last week I got an email saying that Saturday 9th was the last day to return the V Fest tickets for Sunday’s concert, since Massive Attack was out of the concert I thought that I was the right thing to do.
As usual I bought my tickets online, so I had only 1 single place to retun the tickets, Rogers Center, gate 7, so yesterday I woke up at 11 and I went straight to the Rogers Center in order to get the refund, for my surprise I saw hundreds of fans of the Toronto Argonauts football team, when I was doing the line in the ticket master booth, I started to get the Argonauts goodies, helmet, baloons, etc.
I don’t know why but that day I was kinda shy (or maybe the fact that I was with my wife, helped a bit ), so I did not went for the calendar, otherwise I will have pictures of the HOT PORRISTS signing the copies

Visa problems have forced Massive Attack, the U.K. band billed as the pioneering force behind the rise of trip-hop music, to pull out of this weekend’s first-ever Virgin Music Festival at the Toronto Islands.
The band couldn’t get visa documents for North America in time for Sunday’s show.

“In spite of timely and coordinated efforts, the essential U.S. immigration visas were not issued in time for the beginning of the Massive Attack North American Tour,” the band’s management said Thursday.

The snag has forced the band to cancel the first four dates on the North American tour, including Toronto, Montreal, Detroit and Chicago. The cancelled stops will be rescheduled at a later date.

People who purchased tickets to the weekend event with the expectation of seeing Massive Attack can get a full refund at the point of purchase until noon on Sunday, organizers said.

Broken Social Scene will fill the Sunday time slot of 9:45 p.m., said Rebecca Teal, a spokeswoman for V Fest promoters Emerge Entertainment.

“This was out of our control,” she said. “Obviously, it was a blow, but replacing Massive Attack with Broken Social Scene is pretty huge,” Teal said. “They’re a fantastic band.”

The addition of Broken Social Scene is coup for the local outfit, which will probably play in front of the biggest crowd of its career.

The Virgin Music Festival, Richard Branson’s U.K. festival franchise, is on Saturday and Sunday and features more than 35 bands, including Muse, the Raconteurs, Sam Roberts Band, the Flaming Lips, Wolfmother, the Dears and more, on two main stages. Toronto is the first city outside the U.K. to host V Fest.

Although Massive Attack had the headlining slot by going on last on Sunday, they weren’t billed as the headlining act and there are plenty of performers on the bill to satiate all musical tastes, she said.

“The Strokes are arguably equally if not larger than Massive Attack, as are the Raconteurs,” Teal said. “I mean Sunday is a huge day in itself. I think the Broken Social Scene crowd is pretty close to the Massive Attack crowd. That kind of helps.”

Broken Social Scene headlined a two-day festival on Olympic Island this past June, which drew 10,000 in advance ticket sales.

For V Fest, capacity on the Toronto islands will be limited to about 25,000 people a day. Ticket sales are “going about as predicted,” Teal said, and they are expecting 20,000 people a day.

The Toronto International Film Festival is kicking off at the same time as the concert and should help draw more people and star power to the event, she said.

“I think it only helps us,” Teal said. “A lot of the celebrities are coming to Virgin Festival,” she added.

The weather should smile favourably on the V Fest this weekend, as sunny skies and temperatures expected to hit a high of 25C on Saturday and 17C on Sunday.

Tickets, available at Ticketmaster and are $57.50 for a one-day pass and $104.50 for a weekend pass. Included in the price is the $7 ferry trip.

Concertgoers can visit the Star’s special V Fest section for set times and the full lineup.

Via Toronto Star

Web :: http://www.talkmanpsp.com/

Los idiomas ya no tienen secretos para mi, acaba de llegar mi Talkman edicion Europa y Asia para mi PSP … Proximamente videos demostrando como me puedo comunicar en diferentes idiomas con mi Talkman

Languages beyond Spanish and English are not a mystery for me anymore; I just got my Talkman for PSP Europe and Asia edition… Soon I will publish some videos of how Talkman allows me to communicate with Koreans, Japanese, Chinese, Italians, French and Germans

Easy Star All-Stars - No Surprises (feat. The Meditations)

Track List
1. Airbag featuring Horace Andy
2. Paranoid Android featuring Kirsty Rock
3. Subterranean Homesick Alien featuring Junior Jazz
4. Exit Music (For A Film) featuring Sugar Minnot
5. Let Down featuring Toots & The Maytals
6. Karma Police featuring Citizen Cope
7. Fitter Happier featuring Menny More
8. Electioneering featuring Morgan Heritage
9. Climbing Up The Walls featuring Tamar-kali
10. No Surprises featuring The Meditations
11. Lucky featuring Frankie Paul
12. The Tourist featuring Israel Vibration - Skelly Vibe
13. Exit Music (For A Dub)
14. An Airbag Saved My Dub

::. Download Album from Rapidshare .::

Web :: http://www.easystar.com/index.html

Do you like Radiohead Mon? Do you like Reggae Music Mon! then this is for you my mon! ragamuffin’ stylah!

It has been a great week for me, I watched 4 movies and all were good.

Here is the list of the movies that made me believe that it is worthy to go to the movies instead of downloading them

The War Tapes (Documentary - Usa - 2006)

Web :: http://thewartapes.com

Called up for service in Iraq, several members of the National Guard were given digital video cameras. This film, edited from their footage, provides a perspective on a complex and troubled conflict

Score = 8

Little Miss Sunshine (Dramatic Comedy - Usa - 2006)

Web :: http://www2.foxsearchlight.com/littlemisssunshine/

Olive: Grandpa, do you think I’m pretty?

Grandpa: Olive, you are the most beautiful girl in the whole world!

Olive: Nah you’re just saying that…

Grandpa: No I’m not kidding I’m madly in love with you, and it’s not because of your brains or your personality.

Olive is a little girl with a dream: winning the Little Miss Sunshine contest. Her family wants her dream to come true, but they are so burdened with their own quirks, neuroses, and problems that they can barely make it through a day without some disaster befalling them. Olive’s father Richard is a flop as a motivational speaker, and is barely on speaking terms with her mother. Her uncle Frank, a renowned Proust scholar, has attempted suicide following an unsuccessful romance with a male graduate student. Her brother Dwayne, a fanatical follower of Nietzsche, has taken a vow of silence, which allows him to escape somewhat from the family whose very presence torments him. And Olive’s grandfather is a ne’er-do-well with a drug habit, but at least he enthusiastically coaches Olive in her contest talent routine. Circumstances conspire to put the entire family on the road together with the goal of getting Olive to the Little Miss Sunshine contest in far off California

Score 8

Crank (Action, Comedy - Usa - 2006)

Web :: http://www.crankfilm.com/

Chev Chelios: Hey doll, looks like I let you down again. It’s like all my life I’ve just been going, going, going. Wish I’d taken more time to stop and smell the roses so to speak. Guess it’s too late for that now. You’re the greatest, baby.

A hit man (Statham) learns that a poison injected into his body will kill him if his heart rate drops slows a certain point. Now he must exact his revenge on the people who injected him before he takes his last breath

Score = 7.5

Azumi (Action - Japan - 2003, Usa and Canada Release Oct 2006)

Web :: http://www.apple.com/trailers/independent/azumi/trailer/

Swords, Blood, Legs, Rose, Swords, Blood!

In war-torn Japan, the Tokugawa Shogun, desperate to restore peace to his people, orders the assassination of the hostile warlords. A beautiful young woman is raised from birth with nine other orphans, to become an assassin. Her name is AZUMI, the ultimate assassin

Score = 7

Taken with Nokia N80

Taken with Nokia N80

Taken with Nokia N80

Billion dollar budget, extremely expensive fare, very small subway system for this kind of city, old machines, why we accept this crap?

Related Post :: http://www.gastonl.com/?p=561

Web :: http://www.mstrkrft.com/

MSTRKRFT (read as “Masterkraft”) is an electronic music group from East York, Ontario, Canada who are signed to Last Gang Records. The group was started in 2005 by Jesse F. Keeler formerly of Death from Above 1979 and Al-P (Al Puodziukas) formerly of the Mississauga electropop group Girlsareshort. Al-P was also the producer for Death from Above 1979’s debut album You’re a Woman, I’m a Machine as well as several of (Jesse’s former band) Black Cat #13’s records.
Their first single was “Easy Love”, released in 2006. The music video featured four women in business suits drinking strawberry milkshakes. In the second half of the video, the women got onto dentist’s chairs and were covered with strawberry milkshake that came from the ceiling. They released their second single, “Work On You”, on July 6th. In contrast to the “Easy Love” music video, “Work On You” featured animated robots similar to those found in classic cartoons (see: Voltron, Transformers ). Although The Looks is MSTRKRFT’s first album featuring original content, the band has created remixes from a variety of other artists ranging from Buck 65 to The Kills to Jesse F. Keeler’s own band, Death from Above 1979.

Their first LP, The Looks, was released on July 18th, 2006. It only contains original material, including “Easy Love”, “Work On You” and “Paris”. Keeler and Al-P told Eye Weekly weeks before the release of The Looks that as it was being finished the planning stages for a follow-up record had already begun. Al said that this album would be “darker, underground disco and house with elements of American rock music.” On the band’s forum, Keeler also mentioned they were working on a compilation album with all their remixes