Friday 15 June 2007

Countdown has started!!!


Pain...That's the translation for the Finnish word "Tuska" in English...and its also the name for one of the best metal festivals in the Nordic countries.
The Tuska Open Air Metal Festival in of Helsinki, Finland, has been celebrated since 1998 and it has grown larger and better organized every year. In 2006, the festival was almost sold out.....For this year, the amount of artist and the level are also interesting, his year's edition will be extremely interesting, featuring bands like Blind Guardian, Children of Bodom, D'espairsRay, DragonForce, Emperor, Finntroll, Katatonia, Mercenary, Moonsorrow, or W.A.S.P.
The concerts schedule has already been announced and it promises us 3 days of great music and non stopping concerts....Keep tuned!

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Friday 8 June 2007

Suiciding Bunnies

A friend of mine just sent me an email with drawings of bunnies trying to commit suicide.
Personally, I thought it was hilarious, even if some workmates called me crazy :P Each cartoon shows one or more white rabbits in their creative attempts to end their lives using a variety of items. Revolving doors, a toaster, a cricket ball, a boomerang, a hand-grenade, the shining sun, a magnifying glass, lots of smoking cigarettes and bowling balls are all featured as suicidal tools. Those cartoons are taken from a book, The Book of Bunny Suicides: Little Fluffy Rabbits Who Just Don't Want To Live Any More (2003) is a collection of mostly one-image black comedy cartoons drawn by author Andy Riley.

There are many cultural references, like for example a drawing in which some bunnies commit suicide using Darth Vader's sword. Here you can see some of them, but there are more waiting for you!Keep tuned!^^

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Wednesday 6 June 2007

Opening!!

The spanish translation of this blog has just been born...I'm proud to announce that from now on I'll try to keep both of you (english and spanish readers) happy and interested in the stuff I have to tell you. So keep tuned and remember to leave your mark (as a comment) in the Virtual Valley.

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Monday 4 June 2007

Meet the cute little dead girl

Who said comics are only for children? A couple years ago, looking at ebay for some new Tshirts I found a really cool one based on the drawings made by Roman Dirge. It made me curious and I started looking for information about that guy (R. Dirge) and his work. That's the way I met Lenore. The comic tells of the adventures of this girl, Lenore, and her variety of friends. As Roman tells us in the first issues, Lenore died from pneumonia the first time, and was embalmed and buried, but she came back for some reason...

The primary focus of the comic is dark humor, with many of the stories having amusing twist endings. Dirge reinvents children's songs, games, and nursery rhymes to something more macabre. While Lenore's actions often result in the death or injury to those around her, and in various forms of chaos, she is not a malicious character, and often thinks she is doing good.
It's surprising how such a talented comic maker hasn't been translated to other languages yet (at least, I don't think it's possible to find the Lenore Comics in Spanish), but anyway his work is well known in many countries.

So far there are 3 compilations from Dirge's Work: Noogies, Wedgies and Cooties. So if you're looking for a new friend, Lenore is your girl!Keep tuned ;)

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Saturday 2 June 2007

Can't get you out of my head...

Grrrrr....I know, its not a good way of starting a post, but I started being pissed off at the idea of being singing the same sonn for the last 24 hours. It usually doen's stay that long, but this time it really seems sticked to my brains. The song is Mika's "Grace Kelly".
Pretty popular isn't it?Well, I first heard it on radio last thursday, while waiting for the dentist to let me in the room and finish my agony the soonest possible....it kinda got sticked in my head but I forgot it when I entered the "torture chamber" (apologies for you dentists, but I'm scared of you!)...afterwards, when I arrived home, I listened to it online and decided to get the song. Thet's it, now I'm doomed to sing it from now to eternity!!

the song is actually really nice, I like it, but I don't like the fact that, being totally addicted as I am, i don't listen to anything else!! Please recommend me some other song to sing!!All suggestions are welcome! And keep tuned ;)

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