Sunday, June 10, 2007
gay and lesbian music
I've been blog lazy - due to work and the great weather in Berlin - so much has been going on in our city and Ill be sure to write again in the next weeks: gay/lez street fetival is coming up as well as gay pride.
but today just a link for you: as a musician I really appreciate the Queer Music Heritage website. This guy has put a lot of work and probably years of research into this site! Preserving gay and lesbian history just becoz it has to be done and out of passion and personal beliefs has become rare in these fast paced times..so kudos to JD Doyle, and to say it in slightly modified ABBA words: thank you for the queer music JD!!
Be sure to check out this mp3: Here come the leaping Lesbians! Today it might seem hilarious, but back then in 77 any lez song was a revolution. I heard the Lesbian Concentrate LP for the first time in the early 80s - and although I was ecstatic about an all lesbian record, I was a bit confused about the song title Leaping Lesbians... frogs leap, bunnies leap. and as a young dyke I did a lot of unusual things...but leap? So, funny then and funnier now - and at least another L-word alliteration for the record.
but today just a link for you: as a musician I really appreciate the Queer Music Heritage website. This guy has put a lot of work and probably years of research into this site! Preserving gay and lesbian history just becoz it has to be done and out of passion and personal beliefs has become rare in these fast paced times..so kudos to JD Doyle, and to say it in slightly modified ABBA words: thank you for the queer music JD!!
Be sure to check out this mp3: Here come the leaping Lesbians! Today it might seem hilarious, but back then in 77 any lez song was a revolution. I heard the Lesbian Concentrate LP for the first time in the early 80s - and although I was ecstatic about an all lesbian record, I was a bit confused about the song title Leaping Lesbians... frogs leap, bunnies leap. and as a young dyke I did a lot of unusual things...but leap? So, funny then and funnier now - and at least another L-word alliteration for the record.
Labels: gay, lesbian, music, web stuff
Thursday, April 12, 2007
Personal Ads - The Truth
I found a site that finally explains what all the terms used in personal ads really mean - watch out girls, meeting someone after a few drinks in a bar might be the better alternative after all!
Some examples:
§ Adventurer.....Has had more partners than you ever will
§ Athletic.......................Flat-chested
§ Emotionally secure....... Medicated
§ Fun........................... Annoying & Talks A Lot
§ Gentle ..................... Comatose
§ Good listener ........... Borderline autistic
§ Open-minded ............. Desperate
§ Outgoing.................... Loud
§ Romantic.................. Looks better by candlelight
§ Wants soulmate..........One step away from stalking
Some examples:
§ Adventurer.....Has had more partners than you ever will
§ Athletic.......................Flat-chested
§ Emotionally secure....... Medicated
§ Fun........................... Annoying & Talks A Lot
§ Gentle ..................... Comatose
§ Good listener ........... Borderline autistic
§ Open-minded ............. Desperate
§ Outgoing.................... Loud
§ Romantic.................. Looks better by candlelight
§ Wants soulmate..........One step away from stalking
Tuesday, December 19, 2006
Scared of Santa
One of my favourite sites at this time of the year is the Scared of Santa Photo Gallery
It proves that from a kid's point of view that fat old man, the total stranger who apparantly knows if you've been good or bad is a frightening figure! I remember sitting on his lap for the first (and last) time in some department store... he smelt really bad (deoderants failed in those days when you were wearing a thick padded red suit) and had a terrifying deep voice, I was scared to death! My mother then decided to destroy the myth and told me the whole truth about who really brought my presents. I was so happy that it was Mummy and that the horrid fat man wouldn't be invading our house. I still wondered for many years though how my mother managed to get down our chimney....
Sunday, August 06, 2006
Cool tool: your blog in color and shape
Just found an interesting site that creates a graphic image of your Website called Websites as Graphs
Try it out and if you put the image online please send me the link - I'm curious to see what other blogs look like. Here is my blog image - looks like the molecular structure of proteins with a touch of 70s art:
The meaning of the colors: blue:links-red:tables-green:DIV tag-purple:images-yellow: forms-orange: linebreaks and blockquotes-black:HTML tag,root node-gray: all other tags
Try it out and if you put the image online please send me the link - I'm curious to see what other blogs look like. Here is my blog image - looks like the molecular structure of proteins with a touch of 70s art:
The meaning of the colors: blue:links-red:tables-green:DIV tag-purple:images-yellow: forms-orange: linebreaks and blockquotes-black:HTML tag,root node-gray: all other tags
Labels: web stuff
Friday, June 16, 2006
My iTunes Signature
The Dykes in the City blog had a great idea today: "Hey, let’s all post the songs the iTunes Signature Maker selected from our iTunes collection!"
Which sounded like fun and it is! The list that was created for me was quite a surprise, as I really didn't know that I listen to so much old stuff or sad slow songs... It's a weird mix, but still: good songs. The tool comprised my list from the tunes I've played the most in the last 3 years so it must be true. Try it out and if you do, tell me about it, so I can check out your weird or superb music taste!
My list:
Free Your Mind, En Vogue
A Sorta Fairytale, Tori Amos
Pearl's a Singer, Elkie Brooks
I'm so Excited, The Pointer Sisters,
Sing It Back, Molokko
Symphonie, Silbermond
The Time is Now, Molokko,
This is your Life, Banderas
Leaving on a Jet Plane, Chantal Kreviazuk
Hanging by a Thread, Jann Arden
Maybe, Emma Bunton,
Love will Keep us Together, Captain and Tenille
Emotion, Destiny's Child
Look of Love, Sergio Mendez and Brazil 66
This is the Life, Wendy and Lisa
Fly me to the Moon, Julie London
You and Me, Rosie Thomas
You don't know me, Jann Arden
Paroles, Paroles, Dalida
Willst Du mit mir gehen, Nena
Which sounded like fun and it is! The list that was created for me was quite a surprise, as I really didn't know that I listen to so much old stuff or sad slow songs... It's a weird mix, but still: good songs. The tool comprised my list from the tunes I've played the most in the last 3 years so it must be true. Try it out and if you do, tell me about it, so I can check out your weird or superb music taste!
My list:
Free Your Mind, En Vogue
A Sorta Fairytale, Tori Amos
Pearl's a Singer, Elkie Brooks
I'm so Excited, The Pointer Sisters,
Sing It Back, Molokko
Symphonie, Silbermond
The Time is Now, Molokko,
This is your Life, Banderas
Leaving on a Jet Plane, Chantal Kreviazuk
Hanging by a Thread, Jann Arden
Maybe, Emma Bunton,
Love will Keep us Together, Captain and Tenille
Emotion, Destiny's Child
Look of Love, Sergio Mendez and Brazil 66
This is the Life, Wendy and Lisa
Fly me to the Moon, Julie London
You and Me, Rosie Thomas
You don't know me, Jann Arden
Paroles, Paroles, Dalida
Willst Du mit mir gehen, Nena
Thursday, June 15, 2006
Sleepless and Bored
What to do when you can't sleep or are just simply bored? Well I was just both and way too grumpy to read so I went to blogthing.com
I'm still not tired but I found out that according to blogthing.com my inner European is Irish (which half of me is, so that's fine), I belong in Paris (which can't be true, I love Berlin), my elf name is supposed to be Ditzy Eggnog Breath (which is a bit insulting but it gets worse coz:), my porn star name is Nasty Thong, and in a past life I was a jester in Ireland who died of a natural cause.
Now I'll go and visit some sites that are bound to get me to sleep:
here at talkingonline you can talk to yourself online - just make sure you only chat about boring things! (a pathetic but effective solution)
At snapbubbles.com you can pop virtual wrap bubbles until you fall asleep.
And finally you can dig holes through the earth all night long: "If you were to dig a hole from where you are standing all the way through the center of the Earth, where would you end up?"
I'm still not tired but I found out that according to blogthing.com my inner European is Irish (which half of me is, so that's fine), I belong in Paris (which can't be true, I love Berlin), my elf name is supposed to be Ditzy Eggnog Breath (which is a bit insulting but it gets worse coz:), my porn star name is Nasty Thong, and in a past life I was a jester in Ireland who died of a natural cause.
Now I'll go and visit some sites that are bound to get me to sleep:
here at talkingonline you can talk to yourself online - just make sure you only chat about boring things! (a pathetic but effective solution)
At snapbubbles.com you can pop virtual wrap bubbles until you fall asleep.
And finally you can dig holes through the earth all night long: "If you were to dig a hole from where you are standing all the way through the center of the Earth, where would you end up?"
