LOL!
Thursday, October 28, 2010
Monday, October 25, 2010
funk and jazz..
i've been watching "everybody hates chris" a lot. it's a 4-season series inspired by the life of comedian chris rock, and since it covers his childhood up until he ditched school to become a comedian, it was a bit short lived. i'm so crazy about it that i time my 25 minutes of cardio watching an episode every morning. :)
there is a lot of music in this series (and not only black music, one episode starts with peter gabriel's sledgehammer and other starts with yes' owner of a lonely heart) and that led me to a very informal and lite investigation about funk (cause there is a lot of funk music too) and inevitably, i landed on miles davis.
i've had his landmark jazz record from 1958 "kind of blue" which is, unquestionably, a trully masterpiece (right up there with dave brubeck's "time out"): a very spaced out, laid-back album that send the word "cool" into a worldwide tour that has never stopped. this album and this trumpet player are synonyms to what cool is and we're talking about a record that is 50 years old. yes, FIFTY. this was BEFORE the beatles.
i found a very nice anecdote and review mixed into one here, where the author was lucky enough to be invited by sony (owner of columbia) to listen to the master tapes of the album in their purest form. as he said, even if you own the latest remaster, you are still 2 generations away from the original masters and you are listening to a reprocessed digital transfer. i can only begin to imagine what true, pure, honest direct tapes sound like.
anyways, my search also took me to james brown and betty davis (miles davis' wife for a year and the woman responsible for introducing him to psychedelia, hendrix and sly and the family stone). i have yet to hear davis' late 60s output, but i really like "kind of blue". it's a record trully ahead of its time, from it's wide stereo image, it's very unusual (for the 1950s at least) pure-sounding recording and most specially, because even after all the praise it's got in these 50 years, davis' was quoted saying that is was a failure, considering how high he wanted it to be.
so, as you can see the way we learn, we educate ourselves in this 2010 is amazing. i went thru a journey in time from 2009 (everybody hates chris), to 1958 (kind of blue), to 1973 (betty davis' breakthrough self-titled album) and back to 2008 (kind of blue's 50th anniversary remaster).
hope this power is never put to evil.
:)
there is a lot of music in this series (and not only black music, one episode starts with peter gabriel's sledgehammer and other starts with yes' owner of a lonely heart) and that led me to a very informal and lite investigation about funk (cause there is a lot of funk music too) and inevitably, i landed on miles davis.
i've had his landmark jazz record from 1958 "kind of blue" which is, unquestionably, a trully masterpiece (right up there with dave brubeck's "time out"): a very spaced out, laid-back album that send the word "cool" into a worldwide tour that has never stopped. this album and this trumpet player are synonyms to what cool is and we're talking about a record that is 50 years old. yes, FIFTY. this was BEFORE the beatles.
i found a very nice anecdote and review mixed into one here, where the author was lucky enough to be invited by sony (owner of columbia) to listen to the master tapes of the album in their purest form. as he said, even if you own the latest remaster, you are still 2 generations away from the original masters and you are listening to a reprocessed digital transfer. i can only begin to imagine what true, pure, honest direct tapes sound like.
anyways, my search also took me to james brown and betty davis (miles davis' wife for a year and the woman responsible for introducing him to psychedelia, hendrix and sly and the family stone). i have yet to hear davis' late 60s output, but i really like "kind of blue". it's a record trully ahead of its time, from it's wide stereo image, it's very unusual (for the 1950s at least) pure-sounding recording and most specially, because even after all the praise it's got in these 50 years, davis' was quoted saying that is was a failure, considering how high he wanted it to be.
so, as you can see the way we learn, we educate ourselves in this 2010 is amazing. i went thru a journey in time from 2009 (everybody hates chris), to 1958 (kind of blue), to 1973 (betty davis' breakthrough self-titled album) and back to 2008 (kind of blue's 50th anniversary remaster).
hope this power is never put to evil.
:)
Thursday, October 21, 2010
i've seen it all...
in order to reinstall windows xp in my sister's laptop, I HAD to COOL it down with ice, directly over the CPU. i know it's wrong and just asking for trouble, but right now, it's the shortest path.
Chris Rock opening the 1999 MTV Awards
This guy makes you laugh... hard. And when you stop laughing, you got a lot to think about.
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
not the best year of my life...
well, two months to go till 2011 and i REALLY want it to be a bleedin' better year that this one. this just froze about 4 months ago in many respects. it's BRUTALLY frustrating, but i guess the only good thing i wil take from this is that once again i will make it thru.
i have been thinking about some many things: past decisions, the way my brothers and i were raised (and the reason why right now it's next to impossible to live by schedules, to be organized, etc) and there's very little i can do about that.
i have tried in many ways to inject some organization to my lifestyle, but the other big hole here is the lack of constancy (i had to double check if this word actually existed, but it does).
i have been honest with myself and learned to accept that it's very hard for me to be constant in anything. it's not that i lose interest, rather than i find something more intresting that the previous thing i was doing, learning, fixing, analizing, studying, washing, organizing, cleaning, you name it. the curse of my life is leaving things unfinished, and boy, do i hate that.
i have been thinking about some many things: past decisions, the way my brothers and i were raised (and the reason why right now it's next to impossible to live by schedules, to be organized, etc) and there's very little i can do about that.
i have tried in many ways to inject some organization to my lifestyle, but the other big hole here is the lack of constancy (i had to double check if this word actually existed, but it does).
i have been honest with myself and learned to accept that it's very hard for me to be constant in anything. it's not that i lose interest, rather than i find something more intresting that the previous thing i was doing, learning, fixing, analizing, studying, washing, organizing, cleaning, you name it. the curse of my life is leaving things unfinished, and boy, do i hate that.
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
chocolate abuelita conmemorativo...
Todo iba perfecto: el diseño gráfico muy coqueto y adecuado, la cajita muy bien decorada, el precio.... bueno, se supone que son ediciones limtadas, así que diré ok y el sabor y el olor (especialmente de la cajita negra, chocolate semiamargo con sabor a almendra)! YUM!
Pero todo tuvo un final desagradable cuando leí debajo de la caja un enorme "Hecho en China".
Eso resume nuestro pais para mí: algo tan conmemorativo como el chocolate Abuelita, que ahora es de Nestlé llega a tus manos en una caja hecha en China. ¿En verdad el ahorro fue tan importante como para enviar el trabajo a China y no hacerlo en México?
Somos un pais de hipócritas, me cae.
Pero todo tuvo un final desagradable cuando leí debajo de la caja un enorme "Hecho en China".
Eso resume nuestro pais para mí: algo tan conmemorativo como el chocolate Abuelita, que ahora es de Nestlé llega a tus manos en una caja hecha en China. ¿En verdad el ahorro fue tan importante como para enviar el trabajo a China y no hacerlo en México?
Somos un pais de hipócritas, me cae.
the facebook "phenomenon"...
after several months (or maybe more than a year) of being an active facebook account holder, i have come and gone from my initial... hmmmm... emotion from opening said account.
first, the ENDLESS farmville, mafia and all those crappy game invitations. this is something that facebook does with all its intent: it tries to hook you to be online ALL the time. ALL the fucking time. time and time again I have read about cold numerical statistics that let the cat out of the bag: facebook addiction costs, at least in Mexico, 8 weekly (i don't remember exactly) hours of lost time.
i've made the same mistake several times: i THINK i will be more connected, more networked, more in touch. yeah right. you just WASTE time. every fucking time I log on, I just waste time. there is no benefit for me. honest. yeah, I do log off and feel much more informed and connected, but at what cost?
i have done it too: post the most irrelevant status updates... and what for? who is out there reading? who CARES? facebook is just a show-off game. a game where you strive to win the last word. the one who has the last comment wins... if the comment was witty. or loses, if he or she kills the momentum or the joke or the thread.
i was under the impression that facebook would allow me to network, find clients, to distribute the notion that i am offering my services... but so far, nothing.
i have added and friended several other businesses like mine and i have tried to be polite and share them too, but i don't feel i am treated with the same level of politeness, so shove it.
i even cancelled my account for a few weeks and i am itching to do it once again. i have a lot to do with my real life (and ironically, the things i want to do will also ocurr on a digital level), but i honestly should lay off facebook for a while... and make that a long while.
i'm seriously thinking about it... which brings me to another subject: if i'm so annoyed with facebook, why the fuck do i have to THINK about it? why don't i just log off and that's that?
fucking social networks....
first, the ENDLESS farmville, mafia and all those crappy game invitations. this is something that facebook does with all its intent: it tries to hook you to be online ALL the time. ALL the fucking time. time and time again I have read about cold numerical statistics that let the cat out of the bag: facebook addiction costs, at least in Mexico, 8 weekly (i don't remember exactly) hours of lost time.
i've made the same mistake several times: i THINK i will be more connected, more networked, more in touch. yeah right. you just WASTE time. every fucking time I log on, I just waste time. there is no benefit for me. honest. yeah, I do log off and feel much more informed and connected, but at what cost?
i have done it too: post the most irrelevant status updates... and what for? who is out there reading? who CARES? facebook is just a show-off game. a game where you strive to win the last word. the one who has the last comment wins... if the comment was witty. or loses, if he or she kills the momentum or the joke or the thread.
i was under the impression that facebook would allow me to network, find clients, to distribute the notion that i am offering my services... but so far, nothing.
i have added and friended several other businesses like mine and i have tried to be polite and share them too, but i don't feel i am treated with the same level of politeness, so shove it.
i even cancelled my account for a few weeks and i am itching to do it once again. i have a lot to do with my real life (and ironically, the things i want to do will also ocurr on a digital level), but i honestly should lay off facebook for a while... and make that a long while.
i'm seriously thinking about it... which brings me to another subject: if i'm so annoyed with facebook, why the fuck do i have to THINK about it? why don't i just log off and that's that?
fucking social networks....
Sunday, January 10, 2010
Isn't it a pity...
Isn't it a pity
Now, isn't it a shame
How we break each other's hearts
And cause each other pain
How we take each other's love
Without thinking anymore
Forgetting to give back
Isn't it a pity
Some things take so long
But how do I explain
When not too many people
Can see we're all the same
And because of all their tears
Their eyes can't hope to see
The beauty that surrounds them
Isn't it a pity
Isn't it a pity
Isn't is a shame
How we break each other's hearts
And cause each other pain
How we take each other's love
Without thinking anymore
Forgetting to give back
Isn't it a pity
Forgetting to give back
Isn't it a pity
Forgetting to give back
Now, isn't it a pity
(6 times, fade the 6th:)
What a pity
What a pity, pity, pity
What a pity
What a pity, pity, pity
Now, isn't it a shame
How we break each other's hearts
And cause each other pain
How we take each other's love
Without thinking anymore
Forgetting to give back
Isn't it a pity
Some things take so long
But how do I explain
When not too many people
Can see we're all the same
And because of all their tears
Their eyes can't hope to see
The beauty that surrounds them
Isn't it a pity
Isn't it a pity
Isn't is a shame
How we break each other's hearts
And cause each other pain
How we take each other's love
Without thinking anymore
Forgetting to give back
Isn't it a pity
Forgetting to give back
Isn't it a pity
Forgetting to give back
Now, isn't it a pity
(6 times, fade the 6th:)
What a pity
What a pity, pity, pity
What a pity
What a pity, pity, pity
Wednesday, September 09, 2009
Thursday, July 30, 2009
Thursday, July 02, 2009
Wednesday, July 01, 2009
YUM!
acabo de hacer caldo de pollo y francamente quedó MUY BUENO!!!
ahorita que llegue nilla le caerá muy bien ya que está mocosilla.
YUM!
ahorita que llegue nilla le caerá muy bien ya que está mocosilla.
YUM!
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Wooooooooooow...
jazzecito funky and nasty.
MUUUUUUUUUUUUY recomendable.
que bueno fue haber descubierto el dvd-audio tantos años atrás.
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Friday, June 19, 2009
otro hijo!
hace unos días entregué este website:
www.nevadoelectric.com.mx
y hoy acabo de entregar este:
www.lado-b.com.mx
la similitud de la palea de colores es mera coincidencia.
:)
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Mauricio Ferrusca, Industrial Designer.
Human Factors Specialist
Consumer Products Designer
3D Modelling/Rendering Specialist
Tel: +52 (5) 4167 7454
http://www.maucreative.com
http://www.lado-b.com.mx
http://www.coroflot.com/mferrusca
www.nevadoelectric.com.mx
y hoy acabo de entregar este:
www.lado-b.com.mx
la similitud de la palea de colores es mera coincidencia.
:)
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--------------------------
Mauricio Ferrusca, Industrial Designer.
Human Factors Specialist
Consumer Products Designer
3D Modelling/Rendering Specialist
Tel: +52 (5) 4167 7454
http://www.maucreative.com
http://www.lado-b.com.mx
http://www.coroflot.com/mferrusca
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
DOS!
Dos felices, excelentes y glorosos años completamente nillosos.
YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!!
Gracias Manecha, por seguir aquí.
Te amuuu tantuuu.
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Mauricio Ferrusca, Industrial Designer.
Human Factors Specialist
Consumer Products Designer
3D Modelling/Rendering Specialist
Tel: +52 (5) 4167 7454
http://www.maucreative.com
http://www.lado-b.com.mx
http://www.coroflot.com/mferrusca
YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!!
Gracias Manecha, por seguir aquí.
Te amuuu tantuuu.
--
--------------------------
Mauricio Ferrusca, Industrial Designer.
Human Factors Specialist
Consumer Products Designer
3D Modelling/Rendering Specialist
Tel: +52 (5) 4167 7454
http://www.maucreative.com
http://www.lado-b.com.mx
http://www.coroflot.com/mferrusca
Wednesday, June 03, 2009
oh my god...
parece que lo hicieron como debe de ser!!!
http://www.thebeatlesrockband.com/inc/img/large/instruments.jpg
puedes tocar en la caverna, en el budokkan, en abbey road, en shea stadium, en el techo de apple!
WOW!
http://www.thebeatlesrockband.com/cinematic.php
este video está geniaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaal!
:)
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Mauricio Ferrusca, Industrial Designer.
Human Factors Specialist
Consumer Products Designer
3D Modelling/Rendering Specialist
Tel: +52 (5) 4167 7454
http://www.maucreative.com
http://www.lado-b.com.mx
http://www.coroflot.com/mferrusca
http://www.thebeatlesrockband.com/inc/img/large/instruments.jpg
puedes tocar en la caverna, en el budokkan, en abbey road, en shea stadium, en el techo de apple!
WOW!
http://www.thebeatlesrockband.com/cinematic.php
este video está geniaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaal!
:)
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--------------------------------------------------------
Mauricio Ferrusca, Industrial Designer.
Human Factors Specialist
Consumer Products Designer
3D Modelling/Rendering Specialist
Tel: +52 (5) 4167 7454
http://www.maucreative.com
http://www.lado-b.com.mx
http://www.coroflot.com/mferrusca
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