THE VASELINES CONCERT OCT. 23 2010 , VANCOUVER BC

Many bands are criticized about reunion shows , because in most cases that means a mediocre show with few million dollars income. But when it comes to a indie music legend like The Vaselines , I am all for it.

First off all , they will finally make some money they already deserved in the past.And then , this is the best reason , their fans will see them probably first time live which is a priceless thing.

I was very excited when I heard that The Vaselines put out a new album and they were coming to Vancouver’s new hot spot Biltmore Cabaret to play. After twenty something year they made a new album called “Sex with an X” and I was so ready to see one of the best duo in the rock music history.

Formed in 1986 by Eugene Kelly and Frances McKee in Glasgow , the band released only one album and broke up almost right after their albums release. They became hugely popular with support of Nirvana’s Kurt Cobain. He said that they are his “most favorite songwriters in the whole world”.

It was another rainy night in Vancouver and when I went to see one of my favorite band at Biltmore. Californian  Dum Dum Girls was the opening band and it was a good warm up.

When The Vaselines took the stage , they prove the magic of rock&roll , that’s the magic   Lou Reed wrote years ago “ you know, her life was saved by rock&roll”...

The Vaselines started with Oliver Twist from their first album and seriously it was loud as hell!!! They played songs from new album but they didn’t forget their classics , even after 24 years , they were maybe even louder than when they first started. Loud, powerful and beautiful!!!! It was so nice to see how the duo share singing. They were  in Vancouver first time and it was an excellent show, I think also having a good band helped it(The guitarist and the bass player are from another scottish band Belle and Sebastian). Biltmore was full and very hot even the singer Frances complained about it and I was regret to not wear a kilt that night!

Do yourself a favour , if The Vaselines comes to your town , go get a ticket.

Vaselines playlist , Vancouver,BC Oct. 23 2010

Oliver Twisted

Monster Pussy

I hate the 80’s

The Day I was a Horse

Sex with an X

Jesus...

The Devil Inside Me

Molly’s Lips

Slushy

Poison Pen

Bitch

Such a Fool

No Hope

Rory Rides me Raw

Ruined

Son of a Gun

Let’s Get Ugly

Dying for It

Encore : 

You think you are a man

Sex Sux(Amen)

BEST PLAYERS OF 2010 FIFA WORLD CUP

Spain and Argentina were my favorites until I watched Germany. Joachim Low created a  great young team with super football skills but the lack of experience cost them the World Cup. 

Anyways , I think Spain deserved to be a champion after beating Germany at the semi-finals. 

The Referees at the tournament were generally bad. I also don’t understand why FIFA put those huge screens at the stadium where you can see the difficult positions with slow motion repeats. It sure didn’t help to FIFA’s referees!!!!

  The final game was better than I though. I believe that  Holland was really lucky with the referee because if he was a little more brave , he would give at least one direct red card to De Jong for his karate kick to Alonso and  also Van Bommel could have easily two yellow cards before the first half. 

Anyways , these are my favorite players of the 2010 FIFA World Cup...

1 - Iker  Casillas (Spain)

2- Phillip Lahm (Germany)

3- Maicon Douglas Sisenando (Brazil)

4-  Gerard Pique(Spain)

5- Sergio Ramos (Spain)

6-  Andres Iniesta (Spain)

7- Bastian Schweinsteiger (Germany)

8-Mesut Ozil (Germany)

9-  Diego Forlan (Uruguay)

10- Thomas Muller(Germany)

11- David Villa(Spain)

Substitues

12- Neuer (Germany)

13- Puyol (Spain)

14- Xavi (Spain)

15-Khedira (Germany)

16-Tevez (Argentina)

17-Suarez (Uruguay)

18- Shneijder (Netherland)

19- Podolski(Germany)

20 - Jesus Navas(Spain)

21- Luis Fabiano (Brazil)

BEST TEAM : Spain(because they are the winner) but Germany

WORST TEAM: England,France and Italy (tie)

BEST YOUNG TEAM : Germany

DISAPPOINTMENT : Messi , Torres , Kuyt , Anelka(?)

Best Coach : Low , Del Bosque

Best Moment : Casillas’ tears after Iniesta’s goal at the final game

BEST MOVIES OF THE DECADE (2000-2009)

When I decide to make this list , I though it would be fun but it was  a little difficult. I am pretty sure I forget some movies but what can you do, you know? Number 50 does not mean that it is my least favorite movie and for you smart kids number one is not my favorite movie of the decade. They are just numbers( I don’t mean to underrate numbers though!). The ones i give 10/10 are my favorites...

The movies with an X may be difficult to watch, they are  not everyones cup of tea!!!!

Well , I realized that I forget one of the best movie probabyl of all times(number 51)...

51 - The Counterfeiters (2007)    10/10 

50-Gladiator (2000) 9/10

49-Oldboy (2003) 9/10 X 

48-No Country for Old Men 2007 9/10

47-The Prestige (2006) 9/10

46-Memento (2000) 10/10

45-Das Leben der Anderen(the Lives of Others) 2006 9/10

44-Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) 10/10

43-Inglourious Basterds (2009) 10/10

42-Into the Wild (2007) 9/10

41-Amores perros (2000) 8.5/10

40-Kill Bill: Vol. 1&2 (2003,2004) 9/10

39-THERE WILL BE BLOOD 2007 9/10

38-Persepolis 2007 8.5/10

37-Y Tu Mamá También 2002 8.5/10

36-Traffic 2000 8.5/10

35-O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000) 8.5/10

34-Dogville 2003 9/10 X

33-Elephant (2003) 8.5/10

32-The Royal Tenenbaums (2001) 10/10

31-City of God (2003) 10/10

30- Lars and The Real Girl (2007) 8.5/10

29- Big Fish 9/10

28 - Adaptation (2002) 9/10

27- Pan’s Labyrinth (2006) 8.5/10

26-In The Mood For Love (2000) 8.5/10

25-Last Days 9/10 X

24- Talk To Her (2002) 9/10

23 - The New World (2003) 9/10

22- Uzak -Distant (2002) 10/10

21-The Darjeeling Limited (2007) 10/10

20 - Gegen Die Wand - Head On (2004) 9/10

19- Auf der anderen Seite - Edge of Heaven (2007) 9/10

18-Irréversible (2002) 10/10 X

17 - Science of Sleep 9/10

16 - Hunger (2008) 9/10 X

15-Synecdoche, New York (2008) 10/10

14 - 12 (2007) 10/10

13 - Babel (2006) 8.5/10

12 - Direktøren for det hele/ Boss of it All (2006) 9/10

11 - Dancer in the Dark(2000) 10/10 X

10 - Capote (2005) 8.5/10

9 - Lonesome Jim (2005) 10/10

8- The King (2005) 9/10

7 - American Gangster (2007) 8.5/10

6 - Good Bye Lenin (2006) 8.5/10

5 - Nobody Knows (2004) 9/10

4 - Amelie (2004) 8.5/10

3 - Letters from Iwo Jima (2006) 8.5/10

2 - Doubt (2008)            9/10

1- Lymelife (2008)   8.5/10