My semester is finally starting in full force and I already hate it. Or so they say. I love sushi. But how is that related? People keep messing with my private thoughts, but I can't say I complain. I feel (more) bipolar (than usual), but this time it's justified methinks, as the second person is outside of my head and, well... contributed in making my life so full that I started this post on Saturday night and I am ending it one day after, following a tiring but satisfying hiking day! Cheers to a full life!
Your Hong Kong reporter doesn't have any big news for you, so today I will just be sharing a song that has been among my top favourites of what I've been listening to in this beginning of 2017! I hope you have a good and productive day!
It took me a while to like the first Santigold album I listened to, that was 'Master of my make-believe', which I approached last year. But after giving it time, it really stuck with me and has been one of the nicest discoveries of a dry 2016. I then moved on to her most recent work '99รง' lately and it's been even slightly tougher to approach, up to the point that I almost got disappointed. Almost. Because I did start falling for it, and I have a very positive feeling about our future relationship! It didn't start with this song, but it's the one that has been sticking with me the most in the past few days, so here it is! COME ON!
Here for you is another super song that has been featured in one of my most recent playlists, probably the best one off Santigold's 2012 album among those that I didn't get to like immediately, let's call it the "best grower"! This album has been a real surprise and I can't wait to listen to her new work, that has come out a few days ago. I will not get to do that soon, I fear, as I already have tons of new music piled up in my discovery playlist, but I am really eager to get more of hers! In the meanwhile, let's enjoy this one, whose message is to not be afraid of appearance and of the judging of people who don't know us (in this case related to a "classic", "normal" American family), something I've talked about with a new friend just last night.
My life is getting a little bit out of control, especially as far as the wake and sleep cycle is concerned, but I'll work it out and find a good balance again (hopefully)! Older people often complain about our generation, saying that we think everything is due to us, that we don't invest time and energies into life issues as they did, that we are lazy and disrespectful, that we just complain and live in the social media realm rather than real life. All of these things are partly true, but also partly false. I believe that young people today are as disparate as they've ever been, because of the increased opportunities and information available, the range of choices available in any meaningful life decision has dramatically increased in the last few decades. That made us more picky, more choosy, more uncertain about what we want to do because there are so many possibilities... but this is our time and I think we are all doing our best. In the end, we are just the product of older generations and of all the past history of the world. We are the disparate youth generation and in the name of the moon, we will punish you!
"We know that we want more, a life worth fighting for"
Today I came to Milan, it's been a short while since last time, not that long anyway. For the first time in ages my life didn't go instantly crazy when Milan came into it, maybe just because this time I didn't text all of my friends who live in town, asking if they wanted to meet!! I hope I'll be able to take it easier, do the few things I have to do and enjoy my time here. Not that I usually don't when I'm running, rather...! Anyway I'm sharing with you another super awesome song by Santigold, one I really, really got to like!! I hope you guys are gonna enjoy it too!! Cheers for this new week!
I've already told you Santigold's 'Master of my make-believe' is one of my favourites among the albums I've been listening to recently, so you won't be surprised to find one more song out of it (and you will get more in the next few weeks, be sure of that too)! 'GO!' is the disc opener and works quite well in that role, even if I must say that most of the songs have a similar rhythm, so they mix up well even in different positions. All in all this one does its job pretty well. Not like me, I'd dare say: I'm keeping it up with my daily life tasks (housework, exercise, music, blog ...) but I'm feeling pretty lonely and a bit bored. I guess I'll just take a lesson from this time of my life, i.e. I'm not really fit for the house-husband life, whatever my life will turn out to be! Now I only want to GO! and travel around so as to keep the boredom in check!
Among the best new music I'm listening to in these days, I can't mention Santigold, whose album is maybe on of my recent favourites! I got to know her with the beautiful 'Shooting arrows in the sky' featured in the Hunger Games: Catching Fire soundtrack and I decided after a while to also approach her music more consistently with her 2012 album. I really did not repent about that one bit! There are already many songs I have fallen in love with, this one is maybe the most particular and the one that struck me in a different way, not just with the melody, but also with its peculiar title and lyrics. I think it can be a good post for a gloomy day like today, with a few bad things that have happened, but a bright end, as I had dinner with homemade sushi with a couple of friends, having a real good time! Hope you can appreciate the song too! To new beginnings!
Hey guys! Hope your week started well, mine is ok but I'd rather be home wasting my time or, better, doing some trip. It's hard to say goodbye to weekends, as they are soo far away from one another! Anyway, back on track. Lately I've been listening to the new Hunger games film (Catching Fire methinks) soundtrack: lots of big names on it and a really nice one I must say. The best thing about it is that I discovered other songs I would've never got close to otherwise. And I'm actually liking some of them better than the ones by my favourite artists (for now). One of them is this one, and I really suggest you shouldn't miss it out, 'cos it just sticks in your head and doesn't go away!
