1234 - Feist

1234 - Feist

Hello my dear readers, I am finally ready to announce to you all my next step in life! After almost 10 months of enjoying life and what I called my own "early-retirement", I am back on track (kinda). I came to Hong Kong today and this fall semester I will begin my PhD studies in a University here in the city! I am quite excited about the whole thing and very happy that I have the chance to follow this path, which I hope will open up new, interesting opportunities for my future! I am of course a little sad to realise that many people I care about will be farther away from me and I have compiled a playlist for them to remember me and, most of all, for me to feel a little bit nostalgic! This song is one of the few (or maybe the only one) on it that hasn't seen the light on this blog yet, so here it is for you all! To new beginnings!!

Still true - Feist

Still true - Feist

Me and wifey are very sad as in a few hours we'll have to wake up (if we are going to get any sleep at all) and get out taxi to the airport in order to get back to Italy, where it's cold and ugly... why can't we stay here?! It's gonna be a shock and I think that instead of looking for a job I'll be planning the next trip (to somewhere hot)!! This week has been very very nice, somehow I wished we would've had more time... anyway we enjoyed it to the fullest, we transformed to "poor people" who were walking all over the place to "rich people" who took taxis even for short distances (but not all the time)! Yet the only thing that I can think about now is a quote of this beautiful song by Feist: "Take me anywhere with you"...

Flight #303 - Feist

Flight #303 - Feist

My dears, sorry for not posting yesterday but my day has been quite hectic and tough... I woke up at 7.15 to meet a friend for breakfast, talked with her a while before she went off to work, then went back to my aunt's house, rested a little and I was on my way to my (ex) University as I had a few things to deliver to some of my Profs. After a lunch with another friend I went back home, waiting for aunt and we came back together to my grandparents, where mom picked me up and took me home. I've been feeling unwell for the whole day: I cannot process coffee anymore methinks, for after breakfast I've been feeling sick in my stomach for the whole day, plus a sore throat started coming to me and got stronger and stronger, to the point that this morning it's very annoying. For this reason I went to bed at 22.30 yesterday and after waking up at 5-something I stayed in bed until a short time ago, more than 12 hours! Nonetheless my throat is still sore and, given that I have to take a flight tomorrow (yay!) I'm not really happy about that... at all!! My flight number is not the same as Feist's so I guess we won't see each other on the plane... maybe next time!!

One year A.D. - Feist

One year A.D. - Feist

Together with two of my recent posts (Neil Young's 'Helpless' and Junip's 'Without you') this has been the last addition to my '2015 Best of playlists' playlist (sorry for the word-play)! It's currently my favourite song off Feist's debut album, which I'm in the process of listening to. This time of year feels weird, as I haven't started listening to "2016 music" yet, but it's not 2015 anymore and organizing my playlists based on years, it feels like I just have to get rid of the old stuff so that I can start with the new! It's also one of these moments when, even if I have a lot of new music to approach, I have a bit of a hard time listening to it and I'd rather browse old acquaintances of mine. Anyway, I'm enjoying this song and that's what matters! In a few days/weeks the transition period will be over and everything will be ok! We indeed got through 2015 years since 1 A.D., didn't we?

It's cool to love your family - Feist

It's cool to love your family - Feist

I think you guys can get a rough idea of what point of my life I am at by the timing of my posts... since I stopped working about 2 weeks ago, I feel like I immediately starting crossing the midnight barrier incredibly often!! Well, that's it and I can't deny I've been feeling very, very well in this past two weeks, I really needed this break to preserve my well-being and I'm happy I went and got it. So, here I am, back in Milan, had dinner with a couple of dear friends and then took a gelato in my favourite gelateria (notwithstanding the cold outside) and got back home, hung my freshly-washed clothes and watched the last episode of The Leftovers season 2. I meant to post this song and, well... given how it ended, I think it really does make perfect sense.

I feel it all - Feist

I feel it all - Feist

I've been listening to quite a little bit of Feist in the last couple of days and it seems right to show it on the blog! Taking advantage of the perks of using Spotify in Thailand (i.e. there is no Spotify in Thailand, but it's working anyway for me and it's working with no ads, as there's no Spotify in Thailand!!) I didn't miss my personal computer (I'm writing from the business one) so badly! Sadly it's my last night in Bangkok for this month, the trip has been nice but very short and tiring... I was just starting to get into the groove and it's time to get back... anyway, let's hope for a bright future while feeling all the present at our best!

A commotion - Feist

A commotion - Feist

I am already stopping my posting out of my current playlists after just one day, but I really need to! I've been listening to quite a lot off "old music" lately, and Feist is a part of it still, as she's what's currently playing in my car. This morning while I was driving to work I got this song and I had to replay it twice, as screaming "A COMMOTION" in my car felt too good, with the roof open, driving through the vineyard-filled hills around here (the land of Prosecco!), surrounded by a beautiful landscape and with a hot late-summer sun shining on me... perfect moment that I wanted to share with you. Follow by a pretty quiet (but eventful) day at the office, with the uncertainty raging stronger and stronger in my life! Who knows what's gonna happen...!

One evening - Feist

One evening - Feist

Saturday night is the anthem of people who love parties, having fun, spending time with their friends and dears, who want a break from the routine of work and life, who want to do something special, who want to live life at the fullest and create memories that will be there to stay. Saturday night is also a time like any other for many many people: people who work shifts, people who are raising kids, people who have a different cultural background, or who just don't care. Saturday night can also be a bad time for some people: people who have no one to hang out and spend time with, people who love to be by themselves but sometimes feel the urge to be with someone else, people who would like to be with others but didn't manage to organize anything, people who get stressed out by the need to plan something, or people who just hate noise and want to be quiet and relax. One way or the other, it is a special time of the week for many many ones around, and we have all fallen into more than one of the preceding categories at a point in our lives (or at least, I did). Anyway it's undeniable that it's a time of week that exerts some kind of fascination on the most of us, especially those of us who work regular shifts. Let's be honest, it usually is not just one evening.

Mushaboom - Feist

Mushaboom - Feist

Here we are again, the week has almost come to an end and it's been very weird, it felt so long and so short at the same time! Never ending, but it also feels like yesterday that I went out with my friends last week and so. Probably it's because something finally happened this week, things started moving, I started being properly trained and we have confirmed our transfer and are about to book the flights! My future besides that transfer is still kind of unknown, but at least it's a first step, getting things started can only be a good thing for a quick development of the project! Tomorrow I'm gonna have to face the long and wearing trip home, but it'll be good to be back after 3 weeks. Have a good night and a mushaboomy weekend!

Inside and out - Feist

Inside and out - Feist

Hey ya!! I've just come back from a very nice night out with a couple of colleagues at one of their places, where we had a barbecue! I mean, I think it's the earliest barbecue I've ever had, it's still April! After coupling with a few hindering issues (read frozen meat, frozen tiramisù, everything frozen!) we managed to spend a pretty nice evening, which came after an(other) lousy day at work, with not much to do... well, we'll need to wait for next week for tables to (hopefully) turn around (at last). Will they? I strongly hope so! In the meantime I wish you a good night sleep with Feist!

When I was a young girl - Feist

When I was a young girl - Feist

I have been very much in love with Feist's 2004 album that I have recently started listening to, it's so amazing how quickly her songs pass from being indifferent to me to me completely falling for them, so if you don't know her I strongly suggest you give her a try!! Both her later albums, 'Metals' and 'The reminder' are amazing and the 2004 'Let it die', featuring this nice little creature, is no less!!

This song, besides being one of the first on the album to catch my attention, makes good sense today: I have been walking through Milan for a few hours in the afternoon waiting for my ride to Treviso and well... it's been only a few months since I lived there, but it seemed like forever and being back felt really really good, reminding me of uni days, when I was a young lad...!

Secret heart - Feist

Secret heart - Feist

It's always hard when I approach new Feist music, at first it really says nothing to me, than after 2-3 listens it starts getting into me and after the 5th I'm already in love! It happened with her 2004 album 'Let it die', which I started listening to recently. A few songs have already found their way to my heart, so I guess that it is not as secret as the one of the person the song is about! Here I'm sharing with you a live version that has been the veichle for my first bonding with the song! Happy weekend!

Comfort me - Feist

Comfort me - Feist

Weird winter days are these...! Yesterday I took a very pleasant walk through Milan, around the Castello, the park and the beautiful neighbourhood of Brera. I wanted to try out my new camera I got as a graduation gift in the beautiful winter pinky-blue sky that was out there yesterday, and it was worth it. Living these last "university" days in Milan I had to take a walk there, and meeting with my friend M. for it made perfect sense, as we already had a greatly pleasant and even longer walk more than one year ago in the same area of the city. It's kind of saying goodbye to my favourite spots of the city, at least the ones that are still there! And then today, except for a short trip to the supermarket I haven't been out of home (yet), anyway I'm super cold and lazy, with the city immersed in a cloud. Listening to Feist songs is a perfect fit for this moment!

The water + The park - Feist

The water + The park - Feist

Good [fill in with the part of day it is when you're reading this] folks! It's time for a combined post again! Yuppie! I wasn't sure I would post any of these two songs but, given that they have been going hand in hand since I started listening to them up to the point when I put them in a playlist close to one another, I am sure it really does make sense to have them together in a post! They are two very quiet and relaxing songs almost at the beginning of The Reminder, two songs of the kind that you usually don't pay much attention to, but that work perfectly as the soundtrack of so many moments. So, guess what? I am sure you'll enjoy them both, even better if played one after the other!

Past in present - Feist

Past in present - Feist

This night has been a very intense one: I am a bit sad as I finished the second season of Arrow and it's gonna be another year before I can watch the next one (I like to watch episodes all together so as I don't forget what happened previously...!), it's been a very nice one and I can't wait so long for more!!! I have also being going out with friends, but this Saturday night in Milan was quite dead, not many things open, no events, no night transportation, few people... kind of a weird atmosphere in a night that ended up with me walking about 4 km to get home. A nice walk I must say, especially the last part when I was about to reach home and, in such a period of feeling drifted and rootless, I got a strong rush of familiarity through my body that made me realise once again how important is this place for me, how many memories are linked to it and how meaningful the last 5 years of my life (that I mostly spent here) have been... I'll never ever forget it, and I'm a bit sad (again) as university has practically come to an end and I still have no idea of what's gonna come next... but I have fate in my fate! And it seems like I have the perfect song for this post!

My moon my man - Feist

My moon my man - Feist

Ok, I just decided to call it a... what? Day? Night? Anyway, to call it what I want and stop working on my thesis for today (today as the day finishing when I go to sleep). This decision has been quite abrupt, taken in the middle of reading an chapter of a very interesting new article I just found (together with another couple of promising readings I will approach, hopefully, tomorrow!) because something funny happened on Google Translate: I was trying to find an expression for an Italian idiomatic form and, well, because of a typo the translation I got was "geese in words" instead of "in a nutshell". I think I deserve to get my eyes off my beloved thesis after that!! But it's not bed-time yet, I have to blog-post (and also choose a new book to start, as I just realised I finished the one I was reading last night!). The song of today is yet again out of Feist's 2007 The Reminder, another one of the loves at first (or second) listen of the album. Probably my current fav on my latest playlist, so you must enjoy that! Hoping to be my own good man for tonight's moon, I'll talk to you soon! Have a nice day/night/whatyouwant!

PS: Great video btw, think I'm gonna try and do the same next time I'm at the airport!!

Sea lion woman - Feist

Sea lion woman - Feist

A song or two per day is back! The holidays are getting close to the end for most of the workers and students (not for me luckily enough, if they ever started at all though...), so it's time to get fired back up to full power! For the post of today (yesterday... well, whatever) I chose a song form Feist's 2007 album 'The reminder'. As you might recall (or not) I am deeply in love with Feist latest album, Metals, which used to be the first and only one of hers I've listened to and one of the first posts of this blog was about a song on that one. The last day of my English time this year I was in Bristol doing shopping and, while at a records shop, I walked on an offer and among the CDs I bought was indeed The reminder, which I bought without ever listening to it before. Well, after a while I did (actually I am doing it) and one of the favourites is this Sea lion woman I am posting now. Besides the charm of the song in itself, the title of it me me smile as it reminds me of the Pokemon Dewgong and the first Pokemon's Elite Four Lorelei!

The circle married the line - Feist

The circle married the line - Feist

I'm sorry but these last few days have been a bit hectic, with my friend coming to Milan and us "milanese" carrying her around, it's been super fun and super exhausting, like being a tourist in your own city (that is a thing I love to do)! No time for me to post today, I just got back home with a bit time (I should be sleeping actually) right now, so I'm gonna share with you this pearl real quick, as it's on the only album I have (partly) listened to on my computer today, and say good night to all of you, after an amazingly sunny day (finally) in Milan!! Nighty nite!
PS: I know this post counts for the last day of June, but well... happy July to all of you!

The bad in each other - Feist

There are some names that didn't get any space on here (yet!) and I am very sorry about that but I'll get back to them in proper time. Now I must focus again a little bit of Feist, as I have been really kind of obsessed with a few songs lately and some days have already gone through since the moment I decided this one would be on the blog... now is the time! Have a good weekend y'all!

Graveyard - Feist

Graveyard - Feist

Soo, time to introduce you to my great friend B! She's a classmate of mine in university, we have moments of very good chemistry and also we have pretty similar musical tastes! Feist is one of the things she's suggested I should listen to, I did lately and I am liking her (a lot).
This is Graveyard, out of her last album Metals (2011). Enjoy!