This is my update on the trip and the first days in U.S. and spesifically Wildwood, NJ where I am supposed to work for the whole summer. Well, for now it is okay, i like it here, however, I feel that when the season (June-July) is up it is becomes so hardcore. All hopes for the best and now more about the trip and so on....
SO, The total distatnce that "Google Maps" says from KLP, LIthuania to here Wildwood NJ is 6865.50 km.
So the total number of hours I've spend on the road or in the air while travelling is approximately 25 hours (not including the inbetween time when I did wait for my bus', or planes.)
Mo full trip direction was like this : Klaipeda- Marijampole- Warsaw- Amsterdam- New York- Atlantic City-Wildwood.Quite a rote ha?:D
Here are some photos with the comments I've made during the trip:
Warsaw Airport- I was trying to fall asleep there but it did not work out anyways, time spent here is 6 hours
This is my plane to Amsterdam
Looking quite excited prior the trip and very very exausted already.
42st/8th Avenue/ NY Times scyscraper on the right
It is almost the Time Square...and you can also see some of the Trump Tower on the top right corner.
My Place of Work :Spirit U.S.A., go and like it on FB!
Boardwalk
I thought the Ocean is closer but here it is...and some fancy rollercoasters.
Most of hotels in here are made in the style of Las Vegas in 50's
This is where I live, My crib is on the second floor
And of fucking course I had to go here! ( Actually I was going to buy groceries but the supermarket was closed already so I went to Wawa (the convenience store/petrol station) to buy some food and found this on the way,
I thought it would be any different :( Did not really feel the difference(It is deadly cheap in here) And ATTENTION! In wildwood rio grande MC's there is something wrong with the Dr. Pepper is tasted like shit yesterday:(
Random houses( like pictures for your Mum that you would comment as this is where i live, lalalala)
Vietnam memorial and a Columbus monument
Yeap this is what it is :)
MORE UPDATES ARE YET TO COME, keep in touch!
Peace!
Thursday 26 April 2012
Where to go out in Klaipeda?
This time I would
introduce you with some interesting venues that I perceive as being definitely
decent to visit, here in Klaipeda/Lithuania.
The place I like
the most is "Svyturio Menu Dokas" which is close to the ferry's place
and seem to be quite an abandoned place at the first time. However, when you
come inside you realize that this thing is huge and pretty outstanding. From
time to time, there are big electronic/dub step/hip-hop as well as more of the
jazzy stuff. It is easy to find something for you and from my perspective the
venue is great for that kind of electronic massive parties or even rock gigs.
The only negative thing is that there is no heating in winter and that
sometimes the events are a little bit overpriced as for Klaipeda.
What else? Well,
there is this place called "Kingstown" which is pretty neat however,
it was rather poorly renovated after they closed the previous club that was at
the same location ( the club was called Lamborghini and pretty much targeted
for R&B and Rap fans). Anyways, the club is quite neat in a sense that they
have this special underground kind of wibe in them and honestly if you are into
dubstep and all this electro/dub stuff you might need to figure that out for
yourself. Great people, great time, been there for a couple of times and didn't
regret any of those. Although, it is often not working on Friday's but
Thursday's and Saturday's.
Roxy. I think
there are hundreds of Roxy club's all over the world( meaning they all share
the same name). This location provides music fans and party monsters with quite
a decent variety of parties each week, including live performances of
Lithuanian and bands from other countries like Poland, Latvia, Finland, and so
on. Roxy is positioned as a rock club, but honestly they lack lots of true
rocking attributes for a club. Although, this venue is decent in prices and has
a smoking place inside, which is quite cool is you are a smoker. http://www.facebook.com/pages/Roxy-Club-LT/114821458556514
There is also
"Balta Varna", which is not really a club place but sometimes they do
host some decent funky/electronic Dj's with their playlists. The place is
rather small but cozy at the same time. They worst thing about that place is
that you need to clear your way in the way to the main room when tons of people
are staying' near the bar. It is very small but it has it's customers and I
haven't met any party poopers there.
For metal and hard
rock lovers there is a place called "Metaline Sirdis" which is a
club/bar venue normally full of people of different subcultures. I've been
there once and the place is rather too small for a rock concerts venue but neat
as a bar. They have cheap beer and it is pretty much the only place in Klaipeda
where you can enjoy the alternative rock/metal spirit around. It is generally
on the level of not too bad, however, the location is rather interesting- it is
in the basement of the railway station. If you like metal and would like to do
some head banging over the weekend check their schedules maybe you can find
something that will catch your attention. http://www.facebook.com/pages/Klubas-baras-Metalin%C4%97-%C5%A1irdis/209105922471154
That's pretty much
it for today, I might cover some other clubs next time, but mostly what's left
are clubs with R&B and dance music, so if you are into that..keep tunes and
thanks for your attention.
Thursday 12 April 2012
Today I would like to introduce you to something I
can relate a lot, my band in which I used to play for more than 2 years. Ladies
and Gentlemen please welcome 1LEFTSATIFIED.
1LEFTSATISFIED (1LS) is an experimental hardcore
band from Klaipeda, Lithuania. It was formed in February, 2010. The band’s
line-up consists of vocalist Ilja Savitskij, drummer Vitalij Titov, guitarist
Roman Vovk, and bassist Anton Belousov. All four band members were bound
together by the passion in music. Despite everyone’s personal musical tastes,
guys from 1LS created a unique and interesting sound which seemed appropriate
in terms of every band member’s musical preferences. In two and a half months after
band was formed first “Eternal Void
Filled with the Freedom” was recorded. It was a DIY record and it was
posted online as an Internet release. The title of the came up after the same
title of one of the band’s songs.
[The quality is not the best but come on, this is our first in life DIY record :D]
After this record band took a long break, because
vocalist and bass player were outside the country. During the period of 4 month
starting from January until May of 2011, 1LS worked to create new pieces of
music and get ready for the first tour that was planned to start in early June.
There was also a promo video posted on the official YouTube channel prior the
tour was started. The album recording lasted a couple of days and finally “As these struggles are aimless”
was recorded and ready to be mastered. At the same time the band was getting
ready for their first and unfortunately last tour.
We visited 4 countries and played 5 gigs:
Fri, June 3, Lithuania, Vilnius @ POGOBARAS
Sat, June 3, Lithuania, Kaunas @ ANTIPOPs
Wed, June 8, Poland, Wroclaw @ STREFA ZERO
Tu, June 9, Czech Republic, Praha @ NA PUL CESTY
Sun, June 12, Ukraine, Lviv @ ROCK GARAGE
Right after the end of the tour an official tour
video was released capturing all the best and funniest moment that happened
with us during our fascinating journey. The gained an outstanding experience,
had fun and did what we generally love- play our music.
The Album was released in September 2011; however,
we had to officially state that we had to go on unknown period hiatus because
our beloved vocalist and bassist had to leave the band due to their graduation
from the university.
There is a possibility of a free download if you are interested:
I don’t think we made any kind of change on the
Lithuanian or European hardcore scene; although, our contribution was still
appreciated by the fans who listened to us and came to our gigs. I cherish those
happy memories and I am happy that I had a chance to play along with these awesome lads.
P.S. And one more thing, for more info and tracks access these pages:
Well, a lot of pretty decent stuff
had already come out as for example as the third studio album for Enter
Shikari that is called " A Flash
Flood of Colour"reached the top number 1 in the UK chart after the couple
of the first weeks after release as well as 5th ranking in US Rock
Billboard Chart. It was released on 16th January and you might want
to check this out if you are at least interest in some of the derivatives of modern
hardcore/ electronic music
Another decent releases that we have already
experienced include :Ringo Star’s- “Ringo
2012”, Paul McCartney’s -“Kisses on the Bottom” [former Beatles got quite
busy during this year,ha?] as well as experience edition of Pink Floyd’s famous
“The Wall” [released on 24th of February].
We have releases worth
for considering from such monsters of metal core as Every time I die, Attack
Attack!, MyChildren MyBride.
Anti- Flag had indeed cheered up its fans with their new release called “The
General Strike”.Just a couple of days before Lady Madonna released its new
album titled “MDNA” [the Rolling Stone magazine did already ranked it with
3.5 stars out of 5.
Nevertheless, what is there ahead of us that is worth of expecting and
worth of spending some cash on [my personal biased opinion should be considered]?
1)26th
March,Iron Maiden is releasing its
video album “En Vivo” from the live gig in Chile that was held there last year
in April. The daddies of heavy metal reached the rating of 8/10 from the Metal
Hammer magazine and 4/5 from a similar and well-known magazine Kerrang!
2)The Used have scheduled their new release called “Vulnerable” for tomorrow 27th
of March. The fifth album produced by Mr John Feldmann a guy who is known for
producing such acts as Attack Attack! D.R.U.G.S., Panic! At the Dicso, Escape
the Fate ( as 3 previous albums) shouldn’t be a regret for the fans and we will
probably be satisfied.
3)“Blunderbuss”Jack’s White first solo album after the
breakup of The White Stripes is scheduled to be released at 23 of April and I feel
that it is going to be legendary, because honestly Jack never disappoints. His
unique style and sound is something that brings joy and pure arousal to your
ears. 2 singles already released give us a hope of a great work that is ahead
of us and I am very excited for this once very much.
4)30th
April we would be honored with the 8th studio album of famous freak
and an honored musician Marilyn Manson
who is releasing his new “product” called “Born Villain”. The material was
recorded during the period of 2009-2011. Band states that “it is the best work
they had ever did”, that is pretty much that every band is saying prior the release
of their new album. Although, it is Marilyn and he might get us well surprised,
so let’s wait just a little bit to hear some of his new industrial metal.
5)Another treat for
the brit-pop/alternative rock lovers, “Strangeland” the fourth studio album by all
known Keane is going to be selling
out on May 7th. This was quite a while that we did not hear anything
from Keane, their last full-length work was released back in 2008. As the band
members mentioned: “Compared to Keane's previous full-length studio album
Perfect Symmetry (2008), the album focuses more on songwriting: "We wanted
it be less production led and focus on making sure that the songs were great.
You write a lot of shit songs to get to the good ones."
That’s
pretty much it for the interesting releases for the spring 2012 period that I personally
think are worth of waiting for and buying.
Keep
yourself together and stand your ground, be cool.
Wednesday 7 March 2012
TOP 5 MUSIC MOVIES
Good time of
the day, my dear Ladies and & Gentlemen. Sorry for not posting anything for
so long but there have been some procrastination and studying issues that
should have been resolved. Now I’m fine, chilling out on the Spring break and
deciding what to post on today.
As I recently
realized my blog is mostly on music and gigs so I won’t be messing around to
much and continue to talk about some other music derivatives like movies
about/on/with awesome music. I created my top 5, and maybe you might want to
check them out.
5th
place : “This is Spinal Tap”(1984)
This is awesome, I mean truly awesome. This is movie is quoted by musicians
itself, although the idea was to film the ultimate parody on the day-to-day
band life of true rockers. It is funny and totally worth every minute of your
time watching it.
Ranking #4:” Sid
and Nancy” (1986)
Not only the
story of one of the daddies of punk, the famous “Sex Pistols” who literally
released only 1 studio album but at the same time their music influenced the
generations of people and musicians who later would take punk and metal and
transform it into alternative rock and hardcore.
But the plot is
not really about the influence of punk on the globe but a love story. However,
this is the least cheesy love story I have ever watched. This is biography of
“downhill” relationships. And the Point is that Love is never fully pure and
beautiful but here you see all of the “dark sides of it”. In any case, this is a
good watch and ranking #4 is fully appropriate.
#3 “Metal.A
Headbanger’s Journey. “(2005)
This is a famous
and very informative type of documentary on the history and development of this
all known as evil and for some reason demonic type of music aka Heavy Metal.
After watching this movie at the age of 15 I literally became a metal fan, I
had a couple of black t-shirts with the logos and photos of the famous bands
like Black Sabbath, Dio and Metallica. My music taste preferences went to
extremes of death and speed metal. Mr. Sam Dunn, a Canadian anthropologist who
was a metal fan since the age of 12 tells a story by interviewing people and
famous musicians on the its origins, culture, controversy, and the reasons it
is loved by so many people.
P.S. I
guess you might find this one in parts on youtube if you want :D
And, if you really got interested there is a second movie that is a sequel
called “Global Metal” by the same author.
#2 “Seven Ages
of Rock” (2007)
A BBC2
documentary picturing and telling the history of rock music since the early
60’s and until our times. Each hour episode features 1-2 major bands
respresenting the particular genre whether it is punk with Ramones or classic
rock with Led Zeppelin or The Rolling Stones. This is an outstanding watch for
various music fans because it tries to capture the best and most influential
bands and events that took place sometime/somewhere. 7 Ages of Rock-7 parts-7
major waves and genres. I frankly watched it like 3 times the whole documentary
and I guess it is still not enough. Take a look yourself and I am pretty sure
you will be totally amused.
#1 “Across
the Universe” (2007)
A musical
romantic drama based on 34 compositions of the best band in the whole universe-
The Beatles. I mean seriously, no matter what you say and think I honestly
think it is the best, no other band had that amount of influence or popularity
ever and probably will never have. The movie is full with references about the
Beatles or their music. All of the songs sang in the movies are sanf by the
actors and they are another way to cherish the remix culture and an addition to
the praise of Beatles awesomeness. Starring Jim Sturgess and Evan Rachel Wood
this movie is most likely the best way to lead an evening with your gf/bf who
likes music and especially The Beatles.
Saturday 18 February 2012
"The little Red Riders Book"
Today, I want to
share an interesting and funny collection of famous bands riders (a rider is a
list of backstage requests from bands that is sent to every venue they perform
at). This list was collected in a book
called ‘The little Red Riders Book’ edited by Mr. Steve Lamacq who is a BBC DJ
and the author of” Going Deaf for a Living”. My friend gave me this book to
take a look for a couple of days and I had lots of fun reading about probably
the most strange and fascinating artists’ demands. Lots of outrageous and ridiculous
stuff is included in this tiny but truly awesome book.
So here are
the best of the best:
·Rolling Stones
HP sauce. Shepherd’s pie.
Paintbrushes. Snooker table. TV (capable of showing cricket matches). Toilet
(on wheels). Scroll down for more…
Specific tastes: Rocker
Marilyn Manson requests a bald, toothless hooker while Beyonce insists all
products are Pepsi
·Nirvana
Macaroni cheese.
·Marilyn Manson
Air-conditioning always on
full. Haribo gummi bears. Doritos. Microwave popcorn. Bottle of Absinthe. A
bald hooker with no teeth.
·Frank Sinatra
An ear, nose and throat
specialist with the anti-inflammatory drug Decadron.
·Artic Monkeys
Special K. Crunchy Nut
Cornflakes. Two cooked chickens. A novel of the venue’s choice. Two cases of
cider. Wrigley’s Extra chewing gum. A novelty Yo-Yo.
·Britney Spears
Two boxes of Pop Tarts.
Fruit Loops. Cable television. Two 6ft sofas. Odour-free carpet. A phone line.
Pepsi products only. Honey
Nut Cheerios. Ginger root. A two-man love seat. 78F in dressing room. Toilet
scrubbed with disinfectant. No sweets, chocolate or crisps in dressing room.
·Oasis
“Lots of” Guinness. “Lots
of” beer. “Lots of” red wine. “Lots of” vodka. A bottle of whisky. Monster
Munch. Wotsits. Doritos and dip.
·Elton John
74 towels. Flowers (NO
chrysanthemums, lilies, carnations or daisies).
·Elvis Presley
Pot roast with gravy. Mashed
potatoes with gravy. Corn bread with gravy. 36 chocolate donuts
·Black Eyed Peace
Just a sober monitor engineer.
·P Diddy
204 towels. 20 bars of soap.
Two bottles of Hennessy cognac. Two bottles of Santa Margherita Pinot Grigio.
Two bottles of Veuve Clicquot. A bottle of Dom Perignon. Grey Goose vodka. Boom
box. Bouquet of white flowers. Cheddar cheese and sour-cream chips. Sweet
Tarts. A $300,000 bullet-proof Maybach.
‘The Little Red
Rider Book’ is a cool replenishment for a music literature collection and a
nice little present for a person who is keen of music. So if you have spare 10
$ go and buy this one, I would personally love to have a copy.
The “Oskar” of the different musical acts is taking
place tonight 12th February in L.A. and the venue for the ceremony is the
famous and invariable for a couple of years already L.A. Staples Centre. Today’s
ceremony is starting at 5p.m. PT(so it is around 3 a.m. for the citizens of
Lithuania and other countries who happen to exist in +2 GMT time zone).
I expect this ceremony to be under cover of grief for
famous pop and r&b singer Ms Whitney Houston who passed away yesterday. She
was just 48 years old. The multimillion selling artist was acknowledged as the
queen of pop in 80’s and 90’s due to her magnificent voice abilities and
millions of the record’s sold.
As for me it would be much more interesting to comment
or discuss the actual winners of the particular awards but as for now as L.A.
is still sleeping and the red carpet is probably not yet there I would like to acknowledge
sections of the awards that I perceive as most interesting and worth of looking
at.
So, our 5 nominees for the “Record of the Year” are:
1)Rolling in the Deep-Adele
2)Holocene- Bon Iver
3)Grenade- Bruno Mars
4)The Cave-Mumford & Sons
5)Firework- Katty Perry
If I would be betting on who will be the winner I would
mostly likely bet on Adele because her song and the album as well are already
given the title the best for some other musical awards and I don’t think we
should expect something extremely different here at Grammy’s. She earned it
completely, and if not this year she will probably earn some more in the
upcoming years because she is definitely a singer that is worth of hundreds of
awards.
The Album of the Year:
1 )21-Adele
2)Wasting Light- Foo Fighters
3)Born This Way- Lady Gaga
4)Doo-Wops & Hooligans
5)Loud-Rihanna
Foo Fighters with 6 nominations including best
Rock/Hard Rock performance for the “Walk” and the Best Rock Album would most
likely earn a couple of trophies this year. I honestly don’t know what to
expect for this category but I think that Adele would be the total leader in
the number of won nominations so yeah “21-Adele” for the album of the year?
Sounds legit to me guys.
Best 5 new artists include :
1)The Band Perry
2)Bon Iver
3)J.Cole
4)Nicki Minaj
5)and of course “SKRILLEX”
I am cheering for Skrillex and I think that he is the
one who should get this particular trophies. However, this is not the only
category Mr. Sonny Moore (aka Skrillex) is nominated (5 nominations in total). If
he is not going to win this one, then there is no doubt he is up for the “Best Dance/Electronica album”
for the “Crazy Monsters & Nice Sprites”.
The Last Category I want to highlight on is “The Best
Rock Performance” which in this year includes artists like:
1)Every Teardrop is the Waterfall- The Coldplay
2)Down By The Water- The Decemberists
3)Walk- Foo Fighters
4)The Cave- Mumford & Sons
5)Lotus Flower- Radiohead
In terms of awesomeness I would pick the Lotus Flower
by the Radiohead, however the “Walk” seems worth of a Grammy as well. It is
always up to the fans who to greet and bet on but sometimes miracles happen and
some no-name first year artists are able to win the trophies that some bands
work for a decade to be simply nominated for.
Good Luck for everyone, and let the best wins :D(Sound
more like a sport event)
Anyways you can check out the CBS online broadcast if
you click below. Although, keep in mind that you would need to be up all night
to watch it exactly live due to PT time zone.
