Feeling in a funky mood, so let's go back...wayyy back...
First: "Groovin' You" by Harvey Mason:
Followed by "Galaxy Of Love" by The Crown Heights Affair:
Finally "I Specialize In Love" by Sharon Brown:
Saturday, June 28, 2008
Adebye-bye..?
If Emmanuel Adebayor wants to leave Arsenal - let him! After the recent antics with the winker (aka Ronaldo) and Man. United, I'm past caring about "unsettled footballers" and if Ade does go, I hope Arsenal pockets £25-35 million for him.
Now that would be a nice piece of business for a striker who only had one good season at the club.
Adebayor future remains undecided
Euro 2008: what if...?
I'm enjoying Euro 2008, which I think has been a great tournament.
I'm not going to bemoan the absence of the England football team - to be frank, we had our chance under poor Steve McClaren (aka the "Wally with the Brolly") and blew it.
Besides just imagine if England was in Euro 2008:
- We'd be bombarded with useless tabloid tittle-tattle about the WAGs, not to mention the obligatory pouting "Posh" pics.
- We'd also be assailed with the equally useless tabloid hype depicting our average English national team as masters of the known universe.
- McClaren or a senior England player (or both) would be spouting meaningless "ENGLAND EXPECTS" rhetoric.
- The metatarsal or cruciate ligament would be under scrutiny, as a key England player succumbs to injury.
- We'd fret endlessly about the hooligans.
- And there would be the usual lamentation that accompanies the inevitable England exit, followed by the usual post-mortem asking why Lampard and Gerrard really, really can't play together in the same team.
Anyway, I'm looking forward to tomorrow's final between Germany & Spain - and we'll find out if Gary Lineker's remark still holds true:
"Football is a simple game: 22 men chase a ball for 90 minutes and at the end, the Germans win."
Monday, June 23, 2008
Zimbabwe
Just when you think things couldn't get any worse in that poor country...
The Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai has taken refuge in the Dutch embassy in the capital Harare, hours after he pulled out of the presidential run-off against incumbent Robert Mugabe.
In broadcasts monitored in South Africa, Tsvangirai had described the election campaign as a "violent, illegitimate sham of an election process." He appealed for the African Union and the United Nations to act to prevent "genocide" in the country.
Tsvangirai won the first round of the presidential election on March, but the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission said he did not draw the majority to avoid a run-off. According to the opposition, supporters of Tsvangirai have subsequently been targeted, assaulted and killed to ensure Mugabe remains in power.
Day of drama in Harare
Q&A: Zimbabwe elections
In an earlier post I commented:
"Robert Gabriel Mugabe will be remembered as a freedom fighter who defeated the racist rule of Ian Smith, only to become a despot himself."
Sadly this despot will intimidate, harass and slaughter his own people to retain power.
Mugabe recently said "only God" can remove him - oh, for a well placed bolt of lightning!!
Friday, June 13, 2008
And the next Chelski manager is (cont.)...
Current Portugal boss Luiz Felipe Scolari will take over at Stamford Bridge on 1 July 2008, becoming the fourth Chelski manager under owner Roman Abramovich following the departures of Claudio Ranieri, Jose Mourinho and Avram Grant.
59-year-old Brazilian Scolari won the 2002 World Cup with Brazil and led Portugal to the final of Euro 2004, and has also won nine domestic trophies in Brazil.
Scolari named as Chelsea manager
A bold move by Abramovich. But a risky one, too.
I recall in 2006 "Big Phil" Scolari rejected an approach from the English FA to succeed Sven-Goran Eriksson because he was unhappy with the media attention. How will he cope with a club as much in the news as Chelski? Also, there's no way this man will be told by Abramovich how to run the team.
It won't be dull at the Bridge, that much is certain....
Sunday, June 1, 2008
Movie monsters: Vampires
Recently watched The Lost Boys (still love the ending of that movie - always cracks me up), which led to recall my younger days visiting the Psychotronic shop which was in a basement in Camden Town, when I was seriously into a horror movies. That shop was small and grotty, but back then, it was horror movie manna!
I wonder if it's still around? Anyway I digress...throughout this blog, I'll be looking at my fave movie monsters, so without further ado, I'll start the proceedings with my fave screen vampires (in reverse order):
Number 5: Wesley Snipes as Blade. Previously the only black screen vampire I was aware of was Blacula (catchy name, eh), but Snipes did a good job as a vampire killer who is a half vampire / half human hybrid. I haven't seen the TV series yet, but I'll make a note to catch it eventually (ps: didn't think much of "Blade: Trinity" though).
Number 4: David Boreanaz as Angel, star of the sadly missed spin-off from the TV Buffy the Vampire Slayer series. Angel is a heroic vampire cursed with a soul by gypsies, which fills him with remorse for his bloody crimes throughout the centuries, which were committed by his previously evil persona Angelus.
Number 3: Bela Lugosi as Dracula. Lugosi (born Béla Ferenc Dezső Blaskó) found fame as Count Dracula in the 1927 Broadway stage production (which ran for three years), and the subsequent movie adaptation of Bram Stoker's novel in 1931. Sadly his most famous role also led to his career's decline due to typecasting, and he died in poverty. He was buried in his full Dracula costume, including cape.
Runner-up: Max Schrek as Count Orlok in Nosferatu (1922) - despite the age of this movie, I still feel without doubt, that Orlok is one of the most eerie and creepiest vampires around.
Numero Uno has to be Christopher Lee's Count Dracula (of ye olde Hammer Horror flicks). Before his roles in the Lord Of The Ring and Star Wars trilogies, Christopher Lee was the main man for his portrayal of the ultra-seductive and sinister count.
As for my favourite screen vampiress...
Number 5: Barbara Shelley as Helen Kent in Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966). Always felt sorry for Barbara Shelley in this movie. She's among a group of naive travellers who decides to accept an invitation to stay at Dracula's castle, despite being warned by the locals. Bad mistake. The prim and proper Helen becomes a victim of the recently resurrected Dracula, and is transformed into a beautiful, sexy vampiress - who is promptly staked in the heart.
Number 4: Kim Cattrall as Ulrike - Modern Vampires (1998) aka Revenant. This oddball movie is definitely tongue-in-cheek...check out the vampire killers in the hood for example (although Robert Pastorelli makes a poor Count Dracula), but Kim Cattrall as a vampiress encouraging undead sex in the city was a hoot.
At Number 3: Salma Hayek as Santanico Pandemonium - From Dusk Till Dawn (1996). Her role as the main attraction (and vampire queen) at the seedy Mexican striptease joint Titty Twister was brief...but unforgettable.
Runner-up: Fenella Fielding as Valeria Watt - Carry on Screaming! (1966). I'll concede that it is debatable whether the character Valeria Watt was an actual vampire, but Fenella is great as the evil seductress on one of the best "Carry On" movies ever made.
Top vamp: Ingrid Pitt as Marcilla / Carmilla / Mircalla Karnstein - The Vampire Lovers (1970). OK - this Hammer Horror film is better known for the brief scenes of nudity and the plot has some loose ends: who was the shadowy man-in-black who appears on horseback? And who was the noblewoman responsible for introducing Marcilla/Carmilla/Mircalla to the unsuspecting families under a false pretext? But in spite of that, Ingrid Pitt (born as Ingoushka Petrov in Poland on 21 November, 1937) is great as the deadly, yet tragic vampiress.
I wonder if it's still around? Anyway I digress...throughout this blog, I'll be looking at my fave movie monsters, so without further ado, I'll start the proceedings with my fave screen vampires (in reverse order):
Number 5: Wesley Snipes as Blade. Previously the only black screen vampire I was aware of was Blacula (catchy name, eh), but Snipes did a good job as a vampire killer who is a half vampire / half human hybrid. I haven't seen the TV series yet, but I'll make a note to catch it eventually (ps: didn't think much of "Blade: Trinity" though).
Number 4: David Boreanaz as Angel, star of the sadly missed spin-off from the TV Buffy the Vampire Slayer series. Angel is a heroic vampire cursed with a soul by gypsies, which fills him with remorse for his bloody crimes throughout the centuries, which were committed by his previously evil persona Angelus.
Number 3: Bela Lugosi as Dracula. Lugosi (born Béla Ferenc Dezső Blaskó) found fame as Count Dracula in the 1927 Broadway stage production (which ran for three years), and the subsequent movie adaptation of Bram Stoker's novel in 1931. Sadly his most famous role also led to his career's decline due to typecasting, and he died in poverty. He was buried in his full Dracula costume, including cape.
Runner-up: Max Schrek as Count Orlok in Nosferatu (1922) - despite the age of this movie, I still feel without doubt, that Orlok is one of the most eerie and creepiest vampires around.
Numero Uno has to be Christopher Lee's Count Dracula (of ye olde Hammer Horror flicks). Before his roles in the Lord Of The Ring and Star Wars trilogies, Christopher Lee was the main man for his portrayal of the ultra-seductive and sinister count.
As for my favourite screen vampiress...
Number 5: Barbara Shelley as Helen Kent in Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966). Always felt sorry for Barbara Shelley in this movie. She's among a group of naive travellers who decides to accept an invitation to stay at Dracula's castle, despite being warned by the locals. Bad mistake. The prim and proper Helen becomes a victim of the recently resurrected Dracula, and is transformed into a beautiful, sexy vampiress - who is promptly staked in the heart.
Number 4: Kim Cattrall as Ulrike - Modern Vampires (1998) aka Revenant. This oddball movie is definitely tongue-in-cheek...check out the vampire killers in the hood for example (although Robert Pastorelli makes a poor Count Dracula), but Kim Cattrall as a vampiress encouraging undead sex in the city was a hoot.
At Number 3: Salma Hayek as Santanico Pandemonium - From Dusk Till Dawn (1996). Her role as the main attraction (and vampire queen) at the seedy Mexican striptease joint Titty Twister was brief...but unforgettable.
Runner-up: Fenella Fielding as Valeria Watt - Carry on Screaming! (1966). I'll concede that it is debatable whether the character Valeria Watt was an actual vampire, but Fenella is great as the evil seductress on one of the best "Carry On" movies ever made.
Top vamp: Ingrid Pitt as Marcilla / Carmilla / Mircalla Karnstein - The Vampire Lovers (1970). OK - this Hammer Horror film is better known for the brief scenes of nudity and the plot has some loose ends: who was the shadowy man-in-black who appears on horseback? And who was the noblewoman responsible for introducing Marcilla/Carmilla/Mircalla to the unsuspecting families under a false pretext? But in spite of that, Ingrid Pitt (born as Ingoushka Petrov in Poland on 21 November, 1937) is great as the deadly, yet tragic vampiress.
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