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28/01/2008
Mapuche community
soutenez le peuple Mapuche:
information: http://www.mapuches.org/
petition: http://www.franceameriquelatine.org/index.php?m=4&com...
help the Mapuche community
information: http://www.mapuche-nation.org/english/frontpage.htm
petition: http://www.firmasonline.com/1firmas/prefirm.asp?C=913
to defend mapuches in indefinite hunger strike
(firmar sin certificado/ name/email/country / continuar / conforme con los datos)
" I stayed in the little southern island of Chiloe, sleeping in what must be one of the most isolated camp sites in the world. There, I was separated from the little town of Cucao by a gigantic lake and the only way to go to Cucao was to embark on a old small craft to cross that lake. I took long walks in the national park of Chiloe, ate seafood and observed the life of the Mapuche community."
http://noisforwimps.blogspot.com/2008/01/true-story-of-ho...
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27/01/2008
quick! go to work!
6.45pm: one of my bosses calls me and asks me if i can be in a venue before 7.30pm to do lights for 4 bands.
7.15pm: i am there, checking the desk, i will be there until 10.30, until the in-house (my former teacher!) comes back
10.30pm: he comes back and asks me if i can go to a bar/nightclub now and switch on some lights
11pm: i'm there, i have to make a phone call to know how those lights work
11.15pm: lights are working, i'm going to see the promoter/organiser to ask him if he's happy, but the bass bins (low frequency speakers) downstairs are not working, i call my boss to know who is the sound guy on this gig, he tells me just to check a few things but still not working...
-i love my job and the fact that you can be calmly watching dvds on your couch and 30mn later at a gig listening to loud rock music and making the lights go crazy
-i am really crap at sound, don't give me any sound gigs, i don't have a clue on how to fix something if there's a problem!
-the quiet times are over, happy days!
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25/01/2008
busy times again
all right folks, it looks like the season is starting again!
after three quiet weeks, when i mean quiet i mean that i only worked 2 days (20 hours) and had a training for a day, people are starting calling again: the helix, the gate, the axis, a festival, a theatre company, a big lighting company told me they are gonna have gigs for me... and a band i am working with are releasing their first album and going on tour in a few months.
now please don't call me for 4 different gigs on the same day... i can't be at several places at the same time, i'd love to though. imagine how cool it would be to be designing for a band, operating a theatre play, helping with the production for a festival and rigging moving lights at the same time!
anyway my next gigs are:
-gig in a theatre (don't know what it is yet!)
-tv show
-working with the best theatre lighting designer in the world! Mr Mick Hughes, a British gentleman, an excellent teacher
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another view
just watching a dvd of Noir Desir (french rock band... if you don't know them just have a listen, they're my heroes, my influence, my love for music comes from them, i just have no proper words to describe what they gave me)
and i am watching it with my techie's eyes...
how weird it is to re-discover a band you love with a different point of view... observing lights, visuals, the band playing, gestures, style, set up.... it's just a pleasure to re-discover them live.
they are the reason why i love music, why i love literature and words, why i learnt spanish and english, and languages to be able to express my feelings whoever I can meet, why I learned how to play the piano, why I tried to learn how to play guitar, harmonica, why i'd love to learn how to play drums.
thanks to them I am what I am now.
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24/01/2008
mourning an actor
Heath Ledger
i am still a bit shocked...
a really good article here
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5h_k1n_zmAFHkxYYOBmztTg...
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23/01/2008
movies
i've seen recently
Ratatouille; not so funny
Fred Claus: ...
The Devil Wears Prada: i know it's not recent but didn't get a chance to see it yet, it's good
August Rush: i LOVE Jonathan Rhys-Myers... and music, so if there are both at the same time in a movie, well the movie has to be great!
PS I Love You: nice romantic comedy (and some scenes were shot in Ireland... and one in the Whelans, best pub in Dublin!)
ah the joy of internet...
next ones: Sweeney Todd, and I Am Legend (even if this film is a total remake of 28 days later with Cillian Murphy http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0289043/plotsummary ... and i prefer Cillian Murphy alone in London than Will Smith alone in New York)
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technical difficulties?
so i'll be flying to london on the 3rd of march to attend a one day advanced training on the Avolites Pearl.
today i attended a training on the Road Hog Full Boar and i was trained on the Hog IPC as well.
i am also gonna trained myself a little more on the Strand 520 and new versions, and on the ETC Express.
oh and also on different kinds of DMX controllers (the Martin Freekie for example).
so ok now can i go on tour with someone? please please please
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R.I.P. Heath Ledger
http://fr.news.yahoo.com/actudestars/20080123/ten-heath-l...
http://www.theage.com.au/news/people/police-confirm-sleep...
even if i didn't know your name before your death, i know your face too well for having watched almost all your movies:
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005132
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22/01/2008
in case there's fans reading this
Paolo Nutini is currently recording his new album in Grouse Lodge, Co Meath, ireland.
check Grouse Lodge website here:
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18/01/2008
i need to
-fly to bristol, visit Cardiff and go to Newport to see a friend for 2 or 3 days, preferably next week as i am free and the flight ticket is maximum 70euros.
-go to London for a day to do an advanced training on a lighting desk in April i think (with 20 euros the return -same day- and free training and free lunch provided...)
-go away somewhere for 2 days and one night because i'm going to be free for sure from the 8th to the 12th of february and a flight will only cost me 2 cents... yes in total (no taxes or charges etc...) so i definitely need to enjoy this offer, i don't care if I go to Hull... I just have to fly. and pay one night in a hostel.
so as you can see january and february are really quiet in the cultural world in general... so i am constantly thinking to go abroad. i was even considering to go to new york (yes jen) and work there for a week or two... but then with the passport, and the fact i can't really work there officially etc, i've abandoned the idea for now.
by the way as i'm bored/broke/staying at home, i've applied for different jobs: researcher for IMRO (Irish Music Right Organisation), door to door fundraiser, project assistant dealing with pre production and production for a festival in March.
ok next year, i am definitely going on holidays in january...
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