Y mirando en  YOUTUBE, encontré otra obra de arte, también protagonizada por Celine Dion. Quizás la letra puede resultar algo pastelosilla (un buen amigo mío diría que "demasiado bonita, demadiado"), pero la música y, sobretodo, la voz de Celine Dion es un portento de la naturaleza. Ahí os la dejo también:

Mpijery mahatratra 24'000, mipetraka avokoa, no hanatrika ny fampisehoan'i Céline Dion izay hotanterahina rahampitso Alarobia 9 Jolay 2009 ao amin'ny kianjan'i Genève ... rehefa avy nandoa 170.- CHF [>100.- euros] hoan’ny tapakila mora indrindra ary mahatratra 1250.- CHF [~800.- euros] kosa ny an’ireo toerana raitra "VIP" |

24'000 spectateurs assisteront assis au spectacle de Céilne Dion, demain mercredi 9 juillet 2008 au stade de Genève ... après avoir déboursé 170.- CHF [>100.- euros] pour les billets les moins chers et jusqu'à 1250.- CHF [~800.- euros] pour les accès "VIP" |

24,000 seated fans will attend the Celine Dion's show, tomorrow Wednesday, July 9, 2008 at the Geneva stadium ... Having spent CHF 170.- [>100 .- euros] for the cheapest tickets and up to 1250.- CHF [~800 .- euros] for "VIP" access |

© tomavana |
[Stade de Genève, Geneva Stadium]

Ireo datin'ny andiam-pampisehoana | Les dates de la tournée mondiale | World tour concert dates | "Taking chances" celinedion.com >>

The Goo Goo Dolls at the House of Blues in Atlantic City on Dec. 31. Pre-sale tickets begins tomorrow at 10:00 a.m. and goes to July 31 at 10:00 p.m. General public on sale is Fri. Aug. 1 at 10:00 a.m. $52 - $67.

Indigo Girls at the House of Blues in Atlantic City on Thurs. Sept. 25. Tickets on sale this Saturday at 10:00 a.m. $32 - $41.50.

Apocalyptica will be at Nokia Theater on Fri. Sept. 26. Tickets on sale now. $20.

Lindsey Buckingham at the Nokia on Sun. Rocktober 19. Tickets on sale next Sat. July 12 at noon.

Dion at the Mohegan Sun Cabaret on Thurs. thru Sun.Aug. 28 – Aug. 31. Tickets on sale this Mon. July 7 at 10:00 a.m. $40.

Wingstock 2008 at the First Energy Park in Lakewood NJ on Sat. Sept. 13, featuring Peter Wolf, Kansas and a “Huge Act” to be named later. Tickets on sale Mon. July 14 at noon. $35. Eight ticket limit.

Other items:

John Mayer has released “Where the Light Is- Live in Los Angeles.” This guy is growing on me. Great guitar player and nice vocals. He does a real cool version of Tom Petty’s “Free Falling.” Check it out. Supposedly Target is the place to buy it. You get both CD and DVD for $17.99.

My new favorite song of the week is from a Country Band called The Lost Trailers and the song is “Holler Back.” These guys have been around for a long time, they sound good- check them out.

My two favorite “old school” songs this week are “Mr. BoJangles” by the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band “On and On” by Stephen Bishop. The Nitty Gritty Band re-recorded this hit with Keith Urban and Dierks Bentley but I like the original better. Jerry Jeff Walker actually wrote the song but I like this version the best- it’s been covered by many artists, including John Denver and Bob Dylan.

LL Cool J has released a new single called “Baby” featuring The Game. Very disappointed in LL, this song is juvenile and a big step backwards at this point in his career. I don’t know if he’s trying to get “street cred” but the cursing and the lyrics are laughable.

Fans of Little Feat, myself included, will be glad to know that 14 of their greatest hits have been re-recorded by various artists which include Dave Matthews, Chris Robinson, Jimmy Buffet, Vince Gil, Brooks & Dunn and Bob Seger.

Caught some needling on why no review of Motley Crue’s new release “Saints of Los Angeles.” I’m almost there. I don’t want to piece-meal it from I-Tunes and then realize I want the whole CD. The first five songs sound awesome. I’m a huge Crue fan so I most likely will take the plunge. And I totally agree that the video for “Saints of Los Angeles” is real cool, this is the way a rock band is suppose to look and sound like. Excellent song and video.

I have now solidified my favorite track on “Evil Urges” by My Morning Jacket and the honor goes to the “Librarian.” This song is phenomenal. Again, I can’t say enough about this album but if there is one song to get- this is the one. On another note about this album- you had to see the faces of my boys when I played “Highly Suspicious” for them. Talk about priceless. They hated it.

And not for nothing I am real close to getting “Real Animal” by Alejandro Escovedo that was just released this past Tuesday. Last week I mentioned his new single “Always a Friend” and as I listen to the 30-second previews on I-Tunes- it sounds like a smash hit!!

This week’s I-Tunes shuffle landed on “You May Be Right” by Billy Joel, so of course I had to go back and listen to my one and only album by Mr. Joel- “Glass Houses.” This was his seventh studio effort, which was released back in 1980. I know this album alienated fans from his first six albums but you know what? - it dragged me in. Now for myself back in 1980, it was not cool to own a Billy Joel album, so the people who knew me back then- probably never knew that I bought this. (I had a metal image to uphold). Now I recognize Mr. Joel’s space in American music history and he can’t be denied, but I was never a real “big” fan. I like a lot of his stuff but again this is the only album that I have ever purchased from his extensive library. And yes I have seen him live and have to admit I liked the show. He has earned his place in music history.

Now for me, the opening breaking glass sound on “You May Be Right” symbolized that he was shattering his image of just being a piano man and was ready to rock and roll. Say what you will about this song but when it’s cranked up loud (as I have it now) this is a fun rock and roll song. “Sometimes A Fantasy” is a cool song and I love the hook. With a good set of headphones, the background vocals come through great. I love the drum parts to “only you can give me satisfaction.” Again play this loud. “Don’t Ask Me Why”- well don’t ask me why but I love this song- I know its soft but there is a soft side to me. “Don’t wait for answers, just take your chances.” Sort of reminds me of something Paul McCartney would sing. OK now I know you have heard “It’s Still Rock and Roll To Me” over a thousand times, especially in the summer of 1980 but you know what? It’s a great song.

Tell me you don’t like “All for Leyna?” Oh man I wore this album out and this is my second favorite track. I love the piano work and the bridge of the song that takes it into “I’m failing in school, losing my friends…” is something that I can listen to over and over. If you have the album- side 2: track # 1: “I Don’t Want To Be Alone” is not only my favorite song on this album, this could very well rank up there in my top 20 songs of all time. Can you say “desert island” song? I have always wanted to perform this song a la karaoke style. How cool is this song? “She said she meet me in a bar at the Plaza Hotel, wear a jacket and a tie-eee-eye..” It has a funky stop and go beat that flows real well and Billy’s vocals are spot on. Perfect bar song. Then for all sports fans, “Sleeping With the Television On” starts with the National Anthem and then back in the old days the TV would turn off and you’d hear just a steady noise. “Your Eyes are Saying Talk to Me… This isn’t for me to say Dianne… All Night Long..” I believe this is one of his all time classic songs, I know a lot of folks out there probably think I’m sleeping with the television on right now. And how cool and rocking is “Close to the Borderline” – I love it- crank it up. How many songs by Billy Joel can you say “Crank it Up?” I love the guitar throughout. “A buck three eighty won’t buy you much these days… I don’t change channels, so they must change me..” How many Billy Joel songs can you “air guitar” to? Come on, this is probably the only one. The album closes with “Through The Long Night,” a great slow song and Joel’s vocals are top notch. It’s a sing along song for the whole family- take it on your next trip together.

Glass Houses spawned two number 1 hits for Mr. Joel: “It’s Still Rock and Roll to Me” and “Don’t Ask Me Why.” “You May Be Right” peaked at # 7. Now there is not one bad tune on this album and it classifies as a “desert island” disc. It’s short and compact- like many albums were back in the late ‘70’s and early ‘80’s. At the time I bought it, I knew it was a classic but again wasn’t too vocal about it. But now I will tell all of you- run out and get this album now!!! And he also won a Grammy for this album “Best Male Rock Vocal Performance”- would I steer you wrong?

Remember the VH1 Honors show this year is on Thurs. July 17 at 9:00 p.m. and the only band being honored is The Who. Should be a great show.

Back on this day in 1971, Jim Morrison died of a heart attack in France at the young age of 27.

Today would have been Laura Branigan’s 51st birthday, she passed away in Aug. 2004. She was born in Brewster NY.

Back on this day in 1988, Cheap Trick had its only #1 song with “The Flame.”

The French-Canadian chanteuse has never released the song as a single but performed what the magazine called the "offence" against music at a Las Vegas concert six years ago in a duet with Anastacia.

"The number one worst cover song - Celine Dion covering AC/DC - is sacrilege," said the magazine's editor, Stephen Lawson. "The best covers are unlikely choices and they do something radical."

Clips of Dion and Anastacia rocking are available on the Internet video-sharing website YouTube. One of the comments that doesn't use strong language read: "My poor ears." (news)

There have been some supremely awful things committed in the name of tribute. Indie bands doing 'ironic' tributes hav been in vohue recently. It started with Travis and their 'hilarious' cover of 'Hit Me Baby One More Time' by Britney Spears, a song which frankly has more spirit and verve than anything the lettuce-like Glaswegian rockers have ever produced. Now they are all bursting into the Live Lounge on Jo Whiley's show, racing through Girls Aloud covers and issuing knowing winks to the audience. 'Like, hey, we know this isn't cool, but that's what, like, makes it so cool, yeah?' No. Fuck off and die. You are lumpen indie vermin not fit to lace Girls Aloud's g-strings. And I don't particularly like Girls Aloud, but they are still better than the Kooks or the Hoosiers.

If you are going to do a cover, pick an obscure song. Take a classic and fuck it up good and proper. And then get it out there for history to judge. You will never be worse than Nickelback covering the Beatles. You will never be worse than U2 doing Lou Reed. Do it. But avoid AC/DC.You will only fuck it up.

Check these links and allow the time to think about both sides of the issue. Eventually everyone will have to choose what is more important, the planet we live on or cheaper gas and added convenience. This Carbon Tax may not be the ideal solution for Canada, or anywhere for that matter, but attack ad's and bad mouthing isn't a solution for government either. Canadians have always had an incredible ability to keep cool under the harshest of circumstances. Hopefully our elected representatives will eventually represent that.

Canadian Press- "Harper suggest Liberal carbon tax plan would "screw everybody" in Canada"

CBC.ca - "Carbon tax plan 'good for wallet,' Dion pledges"

The Progressive Economics Forum

Conservative party website - "Liberal Caucus on Dion's tax trick"

Liberal party website - March 2007 enviromental paper

CBC.ca - "Carbon taxes: Cash grab or carbon savior"

CBC.ca - "Liberal carbon plan to offer 15.5B in tax cuts"

Sources also said that the plan - phased in over four years - would provide more significant tax relief for lowest-income Canadians, as well as a cut for businesses, both large and small.

The reductions are intended to balance off tax levies that would be imposed on use of carbon-based fuels, such as home-heating oil. The plan will not, however, apply increased federal taxes on the purchase of gasoline.

The Liberal Leader will unveil the plan later today. (news)

She took out a cigarette, tapped it a couple of times, popped it in her mouth and lit up. She swore to herself that the next guy she woke up with was going to get pickaxed in the skull. Was it their fault and was that fair? No, not really, but it would release some of the tension that she was building up. She was kidding of course. This was the most she had ever done to one of them. She had wanted to do more but thankfully she had more self-restraint than that. Thing was it wasn't them that she hated – it was herself. She had no expectations of them at all; but herself? She thought she should be capable of more.

Wasn't it always that way? That when you got angry with someone else that half of it was something you saw in them that echoed a problem you had with yourself? She had talked to her friends about her problem but he didn't think that any of them truly understood the scope of the problem; either that or thy didn't see it as a problem because they were doing the same thing and they were ok with it. Part of her thought that she should use the whole thing as a way to weed out the bad influences in her life. She needed to change something – how could she change herself if the world that she moved through was always the same?

She wanted to find somewhere that would satisfy her cravings to be social yet not sexual. She wanted to escape.

I stumbled upon watching the ads up on youtube recently about the conservatives attack ads on Stephane Dion's proposed carbon tax. The proposed carbon tax (and it will be pernament) would mean higher prices for you and I in addition of the already high prices of gas that we all have to face.

These ads are played all across the country and played in both English and French. It will be played on TV, on the radio, some commuter trains and most importantly, certain gas stations.

These ads are causing a bit of a controversy. Stephane Dion wants to have an election sooner, rather than later.

Here's the official site if you guys want to see more in depth: http://willyoubetricked.ca/

I wonder if phreak615 has his say about the carbon tax...hmmm.....

Attack ad #1:

Attack ad #2:

References:

"Liberals show divisions on timing of carbon tax plan." CTV.ca. 9 June 2008. 9 June 2008. <http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20080609/carbon_plan_080609/20080609?hub=QPeriod>

"Carbon tax is the way to go." Montreal Gazette. 9 June 2008. 9 June 2008. <http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/letters/story.html?id=718e9e8b-0b3b-4a03-a11b-9874eefc5072>

"Tory 'fuelcast' ads target Liberal carbon tax." 8 June 2008. 9 June 2008. <http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20080608/tory_ads_080608/20080608?hub=CTVNewsAt11>

"Tory Ads Hit Dion's 'Tax Trick'." National Post. 9 June 2008. 9 June 2008. <http://www.nationalpost.com/news/canada/story.html?id=573498>

"The Real Cost of the Dion Carbon Tax." Conservative.ca. 6 June 2008. 9 June 2008. <http://www.conservative.ca/EN/2459/100475>

Dion rejects Liberal pleas to trigger election

Ranking members of the Liberal caucus this week repeatedly pushed Stéphane Dion to trigger a federal election campaign next week, but the Liberal Leader rebuffed their pleas, sources say...

With the scandal over former foreign affairs minister Maxime Bernier setting the Conservatives on the defensive and concerns about an economic downturn, a heavyweight group of the party's most influential MPs argued in internal meetings this week that the Liberals have a window of opportunity for an election.

They included foreign affairs critic Bob Rae, Deputy Leader Michael Ignatieff, House Leader Ralph Goodale, Whip Karen Redman, finance critic John McCallum, and justice critic Dominic LeBlanc, according to multiple Liberal sources. 

Question: Why this sudden enthusiasm for a summer election? (Couillard? Yeah, right.) And why are we hearing about this, with virtually every single major player in caucus mentioned, by name? This has the whiff of mutiny to it...

The Canadian Press:

Stephane Dion vowed Thursday that Liberals will block passage of a Tory bill that some fear might re-open the dormant abortion debate.

"I want to give my word to all the women of Canada that the Liberal Party of Canada is against to reopen woman's right to decide as a debate," the Liberal leader pledged.

[...]

Dion indicated that he shares the view that the bill would reopen the abortion debate and vowed: "We will not allow that to happen."

More from JJ and fern.  H/t Impolitical.

Related: Via fern, Susan Delacourt reports that Rona Ambrose is apparently trying to atone for past sins against the party by using her uterine authority to sanctify unholy pro-C-484 talking points.

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Elizabeth Dion, both a talented painter and architect has recently joined the Blue Door Artists.  She moved her Architecture office out of her home and into our creative environment.  You may visit her website for more images and information: http://www.lizdion.com/ or email her: lizdion@bellsouth.net

"We can talk about what the best model for putting a price on carbon across Canada might be - but the fact is we need to just do it." Stéphane Dion

Looking for a solution to environmental impact starting at myself and expanding in concentric circles, I realize I can do something at home, and I have already begun reducing my impact. Problem being doing this is not cheap. If the plan was to reduce our carbon tax at home there are few steps I can take. First I heat my home with natural gas. Should I replace the furnace, insulate, and replace the windows? Sure, but they all have costs associated with them. Even before the idea of carbon taxes, homeowners knew that sealing up their homes would save them money. Government programs have existed for years to encourage this but the costs of the renovations take a long time to pay back with monthly energy savings, money that lower income households are unable to put up front. The same situation holds true for cars, lower income families often drive older, less efficient cars even if they cost more in the long run. The outlay of a down payment and monthly car payments can be prohibitive from taking advantage of reducing their costs as well as carbon footprint by buying newer fuel-efficient models.

Not even examining the proposed neutrality of this tax I can see another problem. With rising oil costs, every bump in crude converts to an unrealistic mountain at the pumps. Many believe this to be price gouging. Would this not give them the ultimate scapegoat for an increase in profit?

I do believe our country needs a strong environmental policy, but we need to first look at where those emissions are coming from and where we can expect the greatest returns.

Bien évidemment, un peu partout, on s'étonne, on s'agace, voire, on s'indigne de cette énième mascarade, considérée comme un témoin de plus de la perte des valeurs.

Personnellement, j'y vois plutôt un basculement ironique des valeurs et même une opportunité. Oui, une opportunité pour tous ceux qui n'ont pas reçu cette prestigieuse médaille, qui seront bientôt minoritaires dans ce pays, et donc, constitueront une élite !

Moi, par exemple, je suis non médaillé de la légion d'honneur, non titulaire d'un Prix Nobel ainsi que non finaliste de l'Eurovision. Pas mal, hein ? Et vous ?

Et oui, mardi prochain, le 27 mai, je file voir la plus canadienne des chanteuses franco-américaines (euh...): Miss Celine Dion!

Gros craquage, puisque quand même prix de la place à 3 chiffres (et pas les petits chiffres), mais c'est une amie (Gawo pour la citer) qui allait la voir et qui m'a furieusement donné envie de voir une des dernières "Grandes Chanteuses à Voix" (parce que Madonna et la voix...ben...;)).

Et puis dans ma liste de choses à faire avant de mourir (si, si j'ai une liste), il y avait "Entendre une fois All By Myself en live chanté par Celine Dion" lol.

Je serai équipé de mon Nokia 8GB 5 Megapixels, donc je vous ferai une bonne review du show.

Et pour ceux qui veulent que je leur filme une chanson en particulier, laisser vos comms'!

Voici la Setlist:

1. Video introduction: "I Drove All Night" (remix)
2. "I Drove All Night"
3. "J'irai où tu iras" (with Marc Langis)
4. "The Power of Love"
5. "Destin"
6. "Taking Chances"
7. "Et s'il n'en restait qu'une (je serais celle-là)"
8. Instrumental: "New Mego's Flamenco"
9. "Eyes on Me"
10. "Ziggy"
11. "Dans un autre monde"
12. "All by Myself"
13. Interval video: "My Heart Will Go On" (remix)
14. "I'm Alive" (remix)
15. "Je Sais Pas"
16. "My Love"
17. "S'il suffisait d'aimer"
18. "Alone"
19. "Tout l'or des hommes"¹
20. "On ne change pas"¹
21. "We Will Rock You"
22. "The Show Must Go On"
23. Medley: "Sex Machine" / "Soul Man" / "Lady Marmalade" / "Respect" / "I Got the Feelin'" (by band and background vocalists)
24. "It's a Man's Man's Man's World"
25. "Love Can Move Mountains"
26. "River Deep, Mountain High" (encore)
27. "My Heart Will Go On" (encore)
28. "Pour que tu m'aimes encore" (encore)

Un bon programme d'un peu plus de 2 heures, et en plus c'est sa dernière date parisienne, ça va être quelque chose!

Sur ceux, my heart will go on, and good night!

P.S: entre Beyoncé, Chicago, Gwen Stefani, les Filles Épicées, Celine Dion et Madonna, j'en aurai vu du beau monde en 2007-2008!

Michael, QUE FAIS-TU???

En scrutant scrupuleusement le dos du CD, je commence à comprendre le choix de la désignation  ‘underground’ : beaucoup de nouvelles têtes, des chanteurs soul/r&b, des valeurs sûres et quelques vétérans. J’avais précédemment entendu parler de Snoop Dogg et Sean Kingston aussi mais ils ne figurent pas dessus. Par préférence, j’entame l’écoute par « My Piano » avec la doublette Shaolin Ghostface/Raekwon et Dion, tous les trois très bons, et « God’s Plan » qui officialise la signature des Outlawz (l’ancien groupe de 2Pac) sur Cashville Records, le label de Young Buck. Ça fait toujours plaisir d’entendre Kurupt sur des projets ‘hors-Westcoast’ comme sur « Back on the Grind » feat Dion à nouveau et Riz. Artiste récurrent de ces deux derniers volets de Hi-Teknology, on le retrouve une troisième fois sur le remix de « Step Ya Game Up » des Little Brother. L’instru est identique à celle présente sur Getback des LB, sauf que Dion pose un couplet supplémentaire afin qu’on puisse en déguster auditivement sa voix suave. Il serait quand même grand temps que ce chanteur soul signé chez Aftermath sorte un disque prochainement. 

Ensuite, je me suis dit que ça serait intéressant de voir ce que valent les petits nouveaux, non sans appréhension. Dans les arguments justifiant la faiblesse de cet album, j’ai cru lire que ces rookies en question n’étaient pas si doués que ça. Effectivement, je le confirme, ça ne vole pas bien haut. Rien qu’avec Cross qui passe le test en premier sur « Ohio All Stars » (avec aussi en featuring Chip The Ripper, Showtime & Mann), et à en juger ses lyrics, faut croire que The Game lui sert d’exemple : « I’ve got the flow like ‘Pac/ I’ve got the weight like Biggie/ I’ve got the muscles like I fuck with 50/ I’ve got the rock, just like I was with Hov’/ I’ve got the quarter, but I’m not Weezy/ I’ve got the snow, but I’m not Jeezy/ I’ve got the birds flying but I’m not in the Byrdgang. » Amusant comme egotrip. Rem Dog lâche « I’m Back » alors qu’il arrive de nulle part, Push Montana se prend pour un psychopathe et mis à part M-1 des dead prez sur « Handling My Bizness », le reste m’a laissé indifférent. Où Hi-Tek a-t-il déniché ces gars ? Et je ne parle même pas des beats qu’il leur a refourgué, ils dépassent tout juste la barre du niveau correct. Maintenant je sais pourquoi Hi-Teknology 3 n’a pas marché, là au moins je suis fixé. 

Ce que je retiens de positif sur ce disque, c’est qu’Hi-Tek se débrouille fort bien avec les artistes soul/r&b, surtout qu’il a le flair pour recruter des talents, comme l’anglaise Estelle sur « Life to Me », sa protégée Jonell s’essayant à la nusoul avec « Know Me » et bien sûr Dion, se retrouvant la reformation des Reflection Eternal avec Talib Kweli sur « Time », très satisfaisant. Son passage chez Rawkus semble devenu de l’histoire ancienne pour lui, n’en déplaise aux nostalgiques de la belle époque du label, mais dix ans après Train of Thoughts, ça ne serait pas du luxe d’accueillir une suite digne de ce nom. Un dernier commentaire sur son fabuleux instrumental « Come Get It », quelque part entre hip-hop lounge technologique et musique de pub pour des produits electro-ménagers (sorry pour la comparaison). Ma note pour Hi-Teknology 3 : 3@, logique.