I'm back!

Hello everyone ( echo)

AH! I have abandoned this blog for a while... so what happened... hm... i was unemployed... been on the dole and going to the job centre and going for stupid job interviews... and applying for jobs that i clearly couldn't do but I kept waisting my time applying anyway...

But now, I am back! I have a job at Molinare Post and I am enjoying working there.
The team I work with is amazing and I think I might even made some good friends! Everyone is creative and hard workers. It just feels really nice... I hope it doesn't change. I will do all I can so that we can keep it this way.

I have also finished my 2d animation course (you might have seen some of my animations that I posted earlier...echo again...)

I am at the moment working on my own website where I will have all my animations in good quality and I am also developing a new project... it might take me about...er... 2 years?

I will keep y'all updated.

So for today's post I will leave you with a song I have been listening almost everyday for the past 3 months.

Her name is SIA and she used to be in ZERO7. Never ever in my life I thought she would be such a great influence in me. She is gorgeous and has the most interesting artwork/outfits. Also she is super mega nice.

Enjoy

PS. you must be standing up doing silly dance and in chorus "CLAP YOUR HANDS"

Well I've been
Neglecting the good things (Oh oh woah)
Well I've been disiring
The good things (Oh oh oh)
I'm biting the lighting
The good things (Oh oh woah)
I've been minding what to see
The good things (oh oh oh)

Just let me out of my misery (Oh oh oh)

(Oh oh) Let me
Get out of misery (Oh oh oh)

Clap your hands
Clap your hands
Turn the lights on my nights
This is life
And we only get one chance

Oh

Clap your hands
Clap your hands
Come on dance
Take a chance on romance me
We only get one shot at this

Oh

Clap your hands
Clap your hands
Turn the lights on my nights
This is life
And we only get one chance

Oh

Clap your hands
Clap your hands
Come on dance
Take a chance on romance me
We only get one shot at this

Oh clap your hands

I'm trying to find in the good things (Oh oh woah)
I'm finding this might be a good thing (Oh oh oh)

Just let me out of my misery (Oh oh oh)

(Oh oh) On a night like this
Get out of misery

(Oh oh oh)

Clap your hands
Clap your hands
Turn the lights on my nights
This is life
And we only get one chance

Oh

Clap your hands
Clap your hands
Come on dance
Take a chance on romance me
We only get one shot at this

Oh

Clap your hands
Clap your hands
Turn the lights on my nights
This is life
And we only get one chance

Oh

Clap your hands
Clap your hands
Come on dance
Take a chance on romance me
We only get one shot at this

Oh Clap your hands
Clap your hands (x3)

Clap your hands
Clap your hands
Turn the lights on my nights
This is life
And we only get one chance

Oh

Clap your hands
Clap your hands
Come on dance
Take a chance on romance me
We only get one shot at this

Oh

Clap your hands
Clap your hands
Turn the lights on my nights
This is life
And we only get one chance

Oh

Clap your hands
Clap your hands
Come on dance
Take a chance on romance me
We only get one shot at this

NEW NEW NEW

new version of brain

Brain

Hello Peeps!!

Here's the latest animation "BRAIN"

I need feedback about the sound... di you like it? what feeling did it bring? does it make any sense?

xxx
Raquel

Ghost post 3

ghost post 2

Ghost post - what do you think?

You Tube Page

Hello all!

Enjoying the sunny weather? Let's hope it keeps this way for longer...

Anyway, enough about weather talk...

I have put up my Youtube page for you all to enjoy.

There you can watch some of my work as a director and be in touch leaving your comments and rates!

SPREAD THE WORD!

http://www.youtube.com/TheInAnimated

Creating the business

Yo peepos!!!

Wassup?

Well, There ain't many things cheering me up at the mo, but just being here posting is a good sign things will change.

It's beutiful outside and i'm inside creating the infrastructure of my new business.

It is called In-Animated-Productions and the website and youtube page will be coming soon!
Plus there will be a twitter page to promote myself!

HURRAY FOR WEBSITES SUCH AS MYSPACE, TWITTER AND FACEBOOK! Yes!

Let me know your thoughts and ideas.

More news will be published soon

Bye now and enjoy summer time while it lasts!!!!

Little video it was sent to me this morning by my good friend Keith Turner.
Here it goes

Sunshine

Hello peeps!

I'm feeling on holiday mood today... I'm imagining myself on a beach, surrounded by the sea, amazing food, sand between my feet... *sigh* what a lovely feeling!

I just wished it was sunny everyday ... and warm... Let's say 25º would be enough... We didn't need to wear boots anymore... we could be almost naked...

Anyone sharing the same feeling? I think we should do a petition with the gods of weather Pro sunny days!

No video yet. Need to think of a good summer song. Any suggestions?

Lots of love

Grizzly Bear

EXCITEMENT!


EXCITEMENT!


YES!


YESSSSSSSS!

THIS IS THE SONG OF THE SUMMER!

AAAAAAH!

DOWNLOAD IT!

BUY THE ALBUM

PUT ON REPEAT ON YOUTUBE!!

ME, I CAN'T STOP LISTENING TO IT!



" AH HA HAAAAAAA HAAAAAAA!

MAKE IT EAAAAASY!

Friends

Hello there peeps!

Things are getting better over this end! I am going by the philosophy of living the moment - Have you tried this one? It's very good I must tell y'all!

Basically, you ignore the voice in your head that criticizes you all the time. Ignore. Also stop being nostalgic about the past... maybe just remember every now and then - but not so often - good stuff just to refresh you... only the good thoughts...but don't make it the rule, or what the future must be like... then another one is don't think about the future. Just think, NOW.

I'm not telling you to be irresponsible and act by impulse ... instead I'm saying, enjoy the moment while it lasts.

This weekend was amazing. I spent it with great friends. I had so much fun! Lobsters and scallops at the local pub, then an unexpected all nighter at a friend's pub where i laughed for about 8 hours! Very very enjoyable. And the subjects we debated were also very funny... did you know women go to the point not only to wax their parts where the sun doesn't often shine, to actually bleach it to make it look "better". GOODNESS ME! We also learnt about how some milionaires made their fortune and I learn the lyrics of all Led Zeplin songs! THEY MADE ME! BABY BABY BABY! LONELY LONELY LONELY!

So as you can see, not only I had fun, I also learnt new things! woo hoo!


So because I'm very ahppy with the friends I've got here's a clip by the amazing flight of the concords!

Enjoy

Mr. Knot


WWW.MYSPACE.COM/INANIMATEDPRODUCTIONS

Some people have real problems

Hello peeps.

I would like to start this post by telling everyone who thinks I talk too much, to fuck off, get out of my life, leave me alone, die far away from me, i shall ignore your presence for the rest of my life and I will be very very happy.

Thank you.

Now, for those who appreciate life without having to gossip or tell bad things about and to others, here's my videos of the day.

May I just make my little manifesto of life shortly before I proceed (don't want to burn my precious ones left):

I live for art, for imagination and happiness. I believe in love and harmony. I believe if we hold hands we will generate enough energy for a meal. i am there if anyone needs and I give my skin (cos i have loads of it) just to see someone smile

OK, wash those tears away.

Compose.

Focus.

We're back.

As I have mentioned in previous posts, I am having a life crisis... So often I come to Youtube to look for new ideas.

Last week was amazed by documentaries about Brian Eno (must show the one about the 70 milion paintings), have spent many insomnia nights listening to Beck, and recently have been checking SIA out.

When her solo album " colour the small" came out i couldn't get it out of my discman... but kinda faded away...

Anyway, yesterday checked SIA out, see what she was doing.


OH MY GOD! THAT'S IT! THAT'S JUST WHAT I NEEDED.

Check this out! I was going to write lots of things, but I talk too much...

Let the images speak cos they have 1000 words in each...now make the maths and carry on living!

:)

Buttons ( dedicated to Do-not-push-my-buttons). live at Jools Holland



(ah! lyrics express my day, it's part of the manifesto)You got me pushing imaginary buttons
Step away from me lover, away from me lover
You got me counting imaginary school children
Get away from me lover, away from me lover
Yes I can see that my carpet is animated
Walk away from me lover, away from me lover
Yes I see you open wounds in everyone I’ve dated
Away from me lover, get away from me lover

I am no good for you
I’m seeing ghosts in everything I do
I am no good for you
I’m seeing ghosts in everything I do
I am no good for you
I’m seeing ghosts in everything I do
Oh oh oh oh
I am no good for you
I’m seeing ghosts in everything I do
Oh oh oh oh

You got me turning all the lights on and off
Walk away from me lover, away from me lover
When will you see that I am carrying this stuff
Walk away from me lover, away from me lover
Can’t you see that I am losing my marbles
It’s marvellous losing another, losing another

I am no good for you
I’m seeing ghosts in everything I do
I am no good for you
I’m seeing ghosts in everything I do
I am no good for you
I’m seeing ghosts in everything I do
Oh oh oh oh
I am no good for you
I’m seeing ghosts in everything I do
Oh oh oh oh

Oh oh oh walk away from me lover, away from me lover
Oh oh oh get away from me lover, away from me lover
Oh oh oh step away from me lover, away from me lover
Oh oh oh walk away from me lover, away from me lover

"The girl you lost to cocaine"




ENJOY!!!!!!!! AND TALK TALK TALK! TELL EVERYONE WHAT'S INSIDE! GET IT OUT OF YOUR SYSTEMS!

Human Beat Box

Yo all!

Hope you're all well and jolly!

As I've been slowing down a bit, I've also been discovering new artists and new ways of "making music" - one needs to get some inspiration somewhere...

So I found Jamie Lidell. Not only he is a hottie, but also he knows what he's doing and he does it like no one else!

This is the most recent footage of his tour... He is just playing with his favorite instrument.

Enjoy!

Come Back

Hello all!

After my long absence I'm back... Guess I've been busy and now life is making me slow down a bit so I can restart communicating with you all again...

In these last few months I've been busy living... I've been to Iceland and back where I had a life changing experience... have been thinking a lot about life and what we are doing here - should we go back to being more savage and we could live better lives? Friendships and the reasons why some individuals come our ways - good and bad ways... why some of them leave us for another 20 years, and others why they happen to visit in the first place...

I have started doing my own videos now so hopefully i'll be able to show you some of them soon (ish)... I've been making stop frame animations with only one tool... which I cannot reveal otherwise my plan will go down the drains of creativity.

I've also plugged the keyboards and have been exploring music. It's still a very early approach and haven't improved much... but it's a long process...

And what a mind fuck this is... you look at the keyboard and you think " all music is here, all of it, there, waiting to be played..." yet i press a key and some horrible sound comes... I need to find my rhythm and my melody... but it's kinda of a philosophical one let me tell you. the way i've been trying to approach music is more in a sound technician way... so back to the books as-well...

I don't think I'll be able to relax in the next 80 years... I have realized how much I need to learn and what I need to learn, but where to start is the most difficult part... it's like playing solitaire... but one of those really really difficult games...

Anyway, good to see you all. Hope you like to see me back!

I have recently been amazed downloading applications for my iphone. If you have the chance check my latest addiction "Bloom" from Brian Eno.

Also have been back to my Matthew Herbert records.

Check this documentary on Youtube

PART I


PART II




PART III



PART IV



PART V



PART VI



Enjoy peeps!

Completing A jigsaw puzzle

If you do jigsaw puzzles you certainly experienced the fear of being almost finished and realise you actualy don't have all the pieces, some went missing while you had to transfer the puzzle 100 times around the house because it was getting bigger and bigger... or maybe it's just me, I should have counted the pieces before I ever started to do the puzzle... but puzzles are like that, it's a progression... it's like building a house or a town... it takes time and it can be very difficult do do skies... or forests...

But other puzzles are that aren't the traditional ones, they are episodes of life. Some may call them circles but for me it's more like making a jigsaw puzzle. Once it's finished and you can see the image clear... AAAAAH! *SIGH* WHAT A FEELING!



If 12 years ago I would have dreamt that one day someone was going to create a thing called DVD with all the videos from a band, live shows, interviews, my teenage years would have been problably much more relaxed, not as exciting though and i would probably be a dentist now!

When OK COMPUTER came out I couldn't afford it. I still haven't got an original of ok computer because i think it was yet not meant to be... so, i couldn't afford to buy the album therefore i was collecting all the footage i could get from all the channels on my satelite. I have on tape the premiere of paranoid android's video on MTV (it was in a program called MTV HOT), paranoid android performed on jools holland (this one above!), all the first footage from the Barcelona gigs

PAUSE: OK COMPUTER WAS FIRST PLAYED FOR 4 NIGHT IN A ROW IN LISBON AND OPORTO. thank you very much!

PLAY:

Then one night, me and my sister were home alone and we had the chance to check all the channels we couldnt when mum was home at night... we caught radiohead on jay leno but i only got it half way!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I knew it was going to repet the next day so i wasnt so woried... but it didnt! mum didn't pay the satelite bill and the next day there was no tv. NOTHING! NO TV!my only source of new music was dead.finito!

but like i said in the beggining of my testimonial, if I knew that almost 12 years later you tube would exist with EVERYTHING I WOULDNT HAVE CRIED AS MANY TEARS... but i guess that's how life goes

I WONDER in 12 years what will be so easy that i find now so difficult to find... Love?

Birthday bunch

Seems like it´s everyone´s birthday this week! Well that, or i only like people who were born from the 8th to the 11th of september...

So HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO

TÓ - 8th September

XANA - 10th September

TONY+ EMMA TORRINGTON - 11TH SEPTEMBER

xxxxxx

Um post para as minhas amigas!

Ola To, Ola Xana, Ola Celia.

Este e o primeiro post em portugues.

Alguns amigos meus ingleses leem o blog mas como nunca poe comentarios eu resolvi fazer um post dedicado a voces, as minhas "clientes" aqui do tasco!

Aqui vai uma musiquita pra voz meceses...

(This post is dedicated to my friends To, Xana and Celia. For translation go to google translation... i'm very exclusive today. this is my code, my language, learn it and you will be closer to me)

Ora tomem!