More Fun From Pink Martini (Tuca, Tuca)

From Pink Martini (With Love) To Japan (Japan Benefit, Ltd. Edition Single)

Single:

Yuusuki, featuring Saori Yuki

(Available exclusively on iTumes)

Lyrics: Here

Greetings From Earth - Pink Martini to ATV Docking Crew

Two of my favorite interests ..... all things to do with space travel  ..... and Pink Martini ..http://vimeo.com/20326709.....

A Pink Martini New Year's Eve

The drive to Portland proved to be uneventful despite very cold temperatures. The lack of precipitation kept ice from forming on the roadways.

Picked up our Will Call tickets  at about 9 pm and crossed the street to the ArtBar & Bistro, a marvelous establishment open two hours before each performance at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall .We enjoyed the atmosphere in beautiful surroundings while consuming macaroni and cheese, a delightful vegetarian quiche, and then a scrumptious chocolate cinnamon ice cream with a snicker doodle cookie.

From our table, we could see the "backside" of a very unusual chair

 Okay, here is the front of this highly unusual chair -

 And a view of the room from the chair

And we begin -

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To be continued ..........

Joy To The World (Pink Martini) on Vinyl

See - Pink Martini - Joy to the World

This vinyl record is part one of three - "Collectors edition high quality 10" clear vinyl with embossed snowflake packaging. This five song EP, the first in a series of three to be released annually for the next three years, is limited to 2000 copies. 100% of the profits of this record go directly to charity."

See - EP

Joy To The World (Pink Martini)

Holiday music for everyone. Pink Martini has scored again (pun intended).
Listen to a sampling here - Listen 
See the really cool packaging - See This
Available nearly everywhere! Music stores, iTunes, and Amazon,
 See - The New York Times' recommendations for holiday music 
See (and/or Listen) - NPR Interview (November 27, 2010) 
See also - pinkmartini.com 


 Pink Martini --------- to keep up on the latest in their whirlwind of activities --- Pink Martini on Facebook

Treats from Pink Martini

First some fun -

Check out this on the Pink Martini website. Run your cursor over the bookcase to chase the birds from the tree, animate the beaver, play the drums, ring the classic phone, and then pick up the latest album lying on the floor.

And now on to the sublime -

On You Tube - Kikuchiyo To Mohshimasu

On You Tube - La Soledad

On Pink Martini website - Audio 

On Pink Martini website - Shows and Tickets 
(A Wonderful Made-In-America Gift for Someone Special)

Learn Spanish, Me?!?

Like many others, I sat through three years of Spanish language classes in junior high school. What did I learn?

I can say hello, how are you, and my name is .....

Then it didn't matter as I had no use for Spanish. I lived in an all white, English-speaking, small town in America. Times have changed. Now many places of employment require their employees, especially those in customer service, to be bi-lingual.

So back to school, at night, with other like-minded adults. My instructor, a native speaker, would like us to learn to speak correctly. So with that in mind, she sent us to YouTube. Our homework, to sing along with very specific videos.

Check back here. I will post links to some of those videos, along with the words so you can sing along, too.

Pink Martini - Donde Estas, Yolanda

Donde estas, donde estas, Yolanda

Where are you, where are you, Yolanda

Que paso, que paso, Yolanda

What happened, what happened, Yolanda

Te busque, te busque, Yolanda

I looked for you, I looked for you, Yolanda

Y no estas, y no estas, Yolanda

And you are not there, you are not there, Yolanda

Donde estas, donde estas, Yolanda

Que paso, que paso, Yolanda

Te busque, te busque, Yolanda

Y no estas, y no estas Yolanda.

Tus ojos me miraron

Your eyes looked at me
Tus labios me besaron

Your lips kissed me

Con ese fuego ardiente

With that flaming fire

Ardiente de mujer

Flame of a woman

La luz de tu mirada

The light of your eyes

El fuego de tus labios

The flame of your eyes

Flecharon a mi pecho y de ti me enamore

Targeted my chest and I fell in love with you

Donde estas, donde estas, Yolanda

Que paso, que paso, Yolanda

Te busque, te busque, Yolanda

Y no estas, y no estas Yolanda.

Donde estas, donde estas, Yolanda

Que paso, que paso, Yolanda

Te busque, te busque, Yolanda

Y no estas, y no estas Yolanda.

Dikedikeda!!

Donde estas, donde estas, Yolanda

Que paso, que paso, Yolanda

Te busque, te busque, Yolanda

Y no estas, y no estas Yolanda.

Donde estas, donde estas, Yolanda

Que paso, que paso, Yolanda

Te busque, te busque, Yolanda

Y no estas, y no estas Yolanda.

Me dicen que paseabas

They tell me you were taking a ride

En un carro Yolanda

In a car Yolanda

Muy guapo Y arrogante

Very good looking and arrogant

Y todos te silbaban

And everyone whistled at you.

Si un dia te encontrara

If someday I find you

No se que puedo hacer

I don't know what I can do

No se me vuelvo loco

I don't know, I get crazy

Si ya no te vuelvo a ver

If I don't see you any more

Donde estas, donde estas, Yolanda

Que paso, que paso, Yolanda

Te busque, te busque, Yolanda

Y no estas, y no estas Yolanda.

Donde estas, donde estas, Yolanda

Que paso, que paso, Yolanda

Te busque, te busque, Yolanda

Y no estas, y no estas Yolanda.

Roberto Carlos - Un Millon de Amigos 

Andrea Bocelli - Jurame

Mocedades - Eres tu


Mercedes Sosa - Gracias a la vida

Rafael - Yo Soy Aquel

Juanes - Sueno

Celia Cruz - La Vida Es Un Carnaval

While you're waiting for me to post the lyrics above check out the following:

Learning Spanish Love Songs .... Level Three ... with English Translation

Learning Spanish Love Songs - Level Two

Learning Spanish Mother Songs - Level One

"Undefined"

While experimenting with various "gadgets" easily available for addition to this blog, I made what I consider to be an interesting discovery.

I added two video bars along the side. I wanted the first to play only whatever has been posted on YouTube for the world renowned musical group, Pink Martini. So, during set up, I did not mark options that I did not want. However, it soon became very clear that YouTube read what I did (or didn't do) as "undefined". And so what showed up in the video bar was a sound described on YouTube by the person posting it as "undefined", a cacophonous, raucous sound that may be music to someone's ears but certainly not to mine.The album, "As I Lay Dying."

However, the lyrics are interesting:

what is this world, what is this we've created
in the burdens of this life I cannot rest
this world means nothing
everything we hold will pass away
with a void of completion comfort will ever fade
I long for this wind to cease
we once held undying devotion
now dead to our thoughts, undefined, like our love

Interesting aside, the ads that were here disappeared shortly thereafter.