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Dita von Teese

August 30th, 2008 by Cornflakegirl

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On 23rd September the Limited collection “Wonderbra by Dita” will be launched. They will be glam garments, inspired by 40´s years like vintage Dita´s look. I leave you with a couple of images of her fab collection. As you can see, they are so hot!

Wonderbra by Dita

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Irish Web Awards

August 26th, 2008 by Cornflakegirl

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I´ve nominated my blog, A place to call my own, for Irish Web Awards for foreign languages blogs. I encourage you, who you live in Ireland, to nominate yours. The end date is this coming Friday 29th.

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Tenacious D & Metallica 20th August 08

August 23rd, 2008 by Cornflakegirl

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After two hours by bus, we arrived in Marlay Park but there, due to the organization, we had to wait for another hour until get into the concert and because of that, we almost missed all Tenacious D´s gig. We hardly attended six songs and they were so brilliant. Simply awesome. Jack and Kyle are the perfect tandem but their band were very good as well.

I´ve never attended a Metallica´s gig before and as I was so pissed off, a 45 min delay, I wasn´t in the right mood however when they started playing, they made me change my mind. Their experience and their performance left me without words. I liked them a lot, I enjoyed the songs and the show. Hetfiels knows how to communicate with the audience, he was warm and friendly. The new bass player was very good. Although during the beginning of the show he was part of the band, at the end he was playing more apart. I think he needs more gigs with the rest of the band. Lars and Kirk worked very well with Hetfield. Their setlist were almost from their earlier albums and I got very excited with Master of Puppets and One. I didn´t expect them in that setlist.

Anyway, I don´t think I would go to any gig in Marlay Park and at least, not in a working day.

Setlist

Creeping Death
For Whom The Bell Tolls
Ride The Lightning
The Memory Remains
Welcome Home (Sanitarium)
Cyanide
…And Justice For All
The Four Horsemen
Fade To Black
Master Of Puppets
Whiskey In The Jar
Nothing Else Matters
Sad But True
One
Enter Sandman

Encores
Last Caress
So What
Seek And Destroy

Pictures by Shammael.

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Químicamente Impuro

August 16th, 2008 by Cornflakegirl

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Químicamente impuro is a blog where short stories, short fictions and micro stories are published. Last Sunday my short story, Hope, was published. I hope you like it and I encourage you to visit QI. You can find the English version of Hope in Stiletto.

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Cork

August 9th, 2008 by Cornflakegirl

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Last weekend we´ve been in Cork. On Saturday we saw the city center and on Sunday, we visited Blarney Castle and Cork´s gaol. It was short but good. We spent one bight in a fantastic B&B named Fernroyd House next to the University. If you drop by Cork, you should go there, I recomment it to you all. We really liked Cork, small but with special places. No, we didn´t kiss the stone so we didn´t get the gift of gab but rumours has it that I can keep talking even under water so, do you really think I need it?

Blarney Castle

Cork´s University detail

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Tom Waits

August 4th, 2008 by Cornflakegirl

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Tom Waits was in Dublin on my birthday and I could attend his gig. After some issues with the tickets, we got them and went: I couldn´t believe it! I was about to attend the Tom Waits´gig! My first one! The tour was named Glitter and Doom and for ir, he designed a tent that it made the gig looked like more a 40´s Vodeville than a XXI century concert. However, the sound couldn´t be better, the band, impressive and Waits, friendly and warm.

The songs, unlike I´ve thought, they were from all his albums not only from the last one, Orphans. The gig, almost three hours, was mixing faster rhythms with his more weighty blues always keeping the audience on his hands. When he sat down to the piano, almost like a chitchat, Tom starts telling us stories. I´ve always admired him as a musician and an artist, but now after seeing him live, he is a show man indeed. He does know how to tell and he does it perfectly due to his all experience.

As special moment, I´d like to remark when the audience sang together with Tom Innocent when you dream and the last song, Make it Rain. After this last one, the band left the stage but after several minutes begging for more, they played 3 songs more.

There are some people that complaint about the setlist because it didn´t include the songs that they wanted but, during the three days that he was in Dublin, he changed songs to make all the shows different and he didn´t repeat any of his stories. I do think he worked hard on each show.

The only thing I didn´t like was the audience. Many people was coming and going out during all the concert. It´s a lack of respect to the artist and to the other people attending the gig.

I leave you with the setlist and the song Make it Rain.

Lucinda
Down in the hole
Come on up the house
The bottom of the world
Jockey full of bourbon
Chocolate Jesus
Misery is the river of the world
Picture in a frame
Tango till they’re sore
Invitation to the blues
House where nobody lives
Innocent when you dream
Lie to me
Sixteen shells from a thirty-ought six
9th & Hennepin
Black market baby
Trampled rose
Hoist that rag
All the world is green
Hang down your head
Raindogs/Russian Dance
Make it rain
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Heart attack and vine
November
Hold on



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