ARTIST DATE: THE EMPEROR & THE ASSASSIN

-The stories of HERO, and CURSE OF THE GOLDEN FLOWER combined:

In the 3rd Century BC, Ying Zheng, heir to the Kingdom of Qin, seeks to dominate the remaining six Chinese kingdoms. Ying sends his concubine Zhao (Gong Li) to the Kingdom of Yan as a spy, to enlist a Yan assassin to attempt to kill Ying. The assassination attempt is to be used as a basis to start war with the Yan. Zhao persuades Yan assassin Jing Ke, to perform the assassination. However, Zhao falls in love with Jing Ke, and after witnessing the aftermath of Ying's bloody massacre of the children in her home state, the Kingdom of Zhao, takes allegiance with the Yan and helps them try to kill Ying. The assassination attempt fails, but Ying is disgraced as none of his associates attempt to stop the assassin and he is forced to kill Jing himself. Ying's disgrace is completed when Zhao, Ying's former love, comes back to Qin only to take the dead body of Jing Ke back with her to Yan so as to give him a proper burial.

The Emperor and the Assassin won the Technical Grand Prize at the 1999 Cannes Film Festival and was in competition for the Palme d'Or. Zhao Fei was awarded the 1999 Golden Rooster Award for Best Cinematography.

Release date(s):
October 8, 1998
December 17, 1999
July 21, 2000

MY IPOD / MIXPOD PLAYLIST 12/09 (FOR RADIO.1)

Create a MySpace Music Playlist at MixPod.com

I. HARD (instrumental)  4:13  - Rihanna

II. DO YOU THINK ABOUT ME (instrumental)  3:26  - 50 Cent

III. SAY SOMETHING (instrumental)  4:03  - Timbaland feat. Drake

IV. ITS FOR YOU (album version)  4:08 - Shanice Wilson

*V. Tiger Voice mail (explicit)  0:53

VI. EYE FOR AN EYE (explicit)  4:28  - RBL Posse

VII. I GOT SWAG (explicit)  3:35  - 50 Cent

VIII. CLASSIC INTRODUCTION (mixtape) 3:09  - Diggy Simmons

IX. POINT TO PROVE (mixtape)  2:57  - Diggy Simmons +

X. FIRST FLIGHT (mixtape) 1:38  - Diggy Simmons

XI. FLY AWAY (mixtape) 3:41  - Diggy Simmons

XII. LA GUERRE (french vocals)  7:35 - Les Nubians

XIII. TWIZZALA (album version)  3:42  - Houston

COMPILED AND SEQUENCED BY HERO MECHALITH 
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Point to Prove by Diggy Simmons was

Re-Recorded & Remastered by H. Mechalith using the M-Audio

Digital Dj Mixer Controller

I. HARD (instrumental)  4:13  - Rihanna

Robyn Rihanna Fenty (born February 20, 1988),

known as Rihanna, is a Barbadian recording artist and model.

II. DO YOU THINK ABOUT ME (instrumental)  3:26  - 50 Cent
VII. I GOT SWAG (explicit)  3:35  - 50 Cent

Curtis James Jackson III (born July 6, 1976) better known by his stage name 50 Cent, is an American rapper. He rose to fame with the release of his albums Get Rich or Die Tryin' (2003) and The Massacre (2005). Both albums achieved multi-platinum success, selling more than twenty-one million copies combined.

III. SAY SOMETHING (instrumental)  4:03 - Timbaland feat. Drake

Timothy Zachery Mosley (March 10, 1971), better known by his stage name Timbaland, is an American Grammy Award-winning record producer, singer and rapper.

IV. ITS FOR YOU (album version)  4:08 - Shanice Wilson

Shanice Lorraine Wilson (born May 14, 1973), better known as Shanice, is an American singer-songwriter. At the age of eight, she starred in a KFC commercial with jazz vocalist Ella Fitzgerald. In 1984, she appeared as a regular on Kids Incorporated, and performed on Star Search. Shortly after her appearance on Star Search, she was signed to A&M Records..

VI. EYE FOR AN EYE (explicit)  4:28  - RBL Posse

RBL Posse (short for Ruthless by Law) Bay Area rap group from Hunters Point in San Francisco, California. Comprised of Black C, Mr. Cee, and Hittman. Their impressive sales for regional indie releases attracted interest from Atlantic Records subsidiary Big Beat, who signed the group. Before they could deliver an album, Mr. Cee was shot nine times and killed near his home on New Year's Day in 1996, on Harbor Road. This murder would set off a wave of retaliation killings in this section of the city.

2001's Hostile Takeover would prove to be the group's last album when, on February 3, 2003, Hitman was shot and killed while driving in the Hunters Point section of San Francisco. 

 

VIII. CLASSIC INTRODUCTION (mixtape) 3:09  - Diggy Simmons

IX. POINT TO PROVE (mixtape)  2:57  - Diggy Simmons +

X. FIRST FLIGHT (mixtape) 1:38  - Diggy Simmons

XI. FLY AWAY (mixtape) 3:41  - Diggy Simmons

Daniel "Diggy" Simmons, III born March 21, 1995 is the second son of Joseph "RUN" Simmons from Run-DMC and the nephew of Russell Simmons. He is currently working on his fashion line, along with his mentor Pharrel Williams, which was oringally titled "Space Age", then changed to "Space Cadet", but Diggy has stated (via his blog) that the line is going to be called "something that means so much more". On December 2, exactly at midnight, he released his highly anticipated and first mixtape "The First Flight". You can download it from his blog, www.digslifeofthejetsetter.blogspot.com

XII. LA GUERRE (french vocals)  7:35 - Les Nubians

Les Nubians is an Afro-pean R&B Grammy-nominated duo composed of sisters Hélène and Célia Faussart from Paris, France. Their mother is from Africa and their father is French. They have become one of the most successful French-language musical groups in the U.S.

 
XIII. TWIZZALA (album version)  3:42  - Houston

Houston (born Houston Edward Summers IV, October 26, 1983, Los Angeles, California) is an American R&B singer, best known for the hit single, "I Like That". Houston grew up in Los Angeles and performed on the streets with his friends, who were fellow rappers; his niche was rapping freestyle, for which he had a talent. He's best known for gouging his left eyeball out and it ended his career.

HERO MECHALITH: Multi-Media Publisher and Producer,
Events Coordinator, and Independent Wardrobe Consultant

[+Writer, Actor, Music Producer, Recording Artist, and Krumper]

BOOK / ITEM ARRIVALS FOR THE WEEK

THIS BUSINESS OF ARTIST MANAGEMENT

The streamlined, reorganized, and updated Second Edition of This Business of Music Marketing and Promotion is informed by the transformation of the music industry in recent years. Online music has provided much of the fuel, with down-loadable songs and file-sharing programs opening up new avenues of distribution and promotion to some 60 million consumers.

The new edition of this book accounts for this transformation. Its focus is the full integration of online sales and promotion into the standard marketing mix. To emphasize the Internet's integration into the marketing process, Internet chapters are now spread out to relevant locations throughout the narrative. In addition, the first edition's chapter on promotion, "Promoting the Product," has been broken into several chapters to differentiate activities that come under this heading, including publicity; radio, video, and television promotion; sales promotion and miscellaneous activities; and online promotion.

In addition, a new chapter entitled "Twenty Profile-Building Ideas to Use Right Now" has been added to the new edition, as have new interviews representing the spectrum of music marketing activity: a successful self-marketing musician, a record label marketer, and an Internet specialist. Also included is expanded coverage of new marketing tactics, from innovative uses of e-mail to more intelligent approaches to generating sales on a Web site.

MEN'S WEARHOUSE / K&G COMPANY CHRISTMAS PARTY '09

I took Becca to the Men's Wearhouse / K&G Company Christmas Party 

this past Sunday held at the Fairmont Hotel in Downtown Dallas. 

I used to go to the Fairmont all the time during high school; since 

I was attending the Arts Magnet in downtown Dallas, 

and because our church's Youth Pastor was working there at the time.

The Fairmont Dallas takes its place as a monument of elegance and grand style. Conveniently located in the upscale Dallas Arts District, The Fairmont Dallas is close to the Financial District, cultural activities and the West End Historic District known for its shopping, lively restaurants and nightlife.


The Fairmont Dallas Luxury Hotel
 - www.fairmont.com
1717 North Akard Street, Dallas -

(214) 720-2020

MY FAVORITE THINGS (or MY EVERYDAY STYLE)

MUSIC



BOOKS


NOTEBOOKS & JOURNALS


PENS


HERBAL TEA


COFFEE


INCENSE


CANDLES


GEMSTONES


HANDMADE BAR SOAP


*MEN'S FRAGRANCE

ARTIST DATE MOVIE: TO LIVE

I first saw this film in 1995 or '96.

I watched it again this past Friday night at home.

The movie is based on Yu Hua's novel "To Live".

The story begins some time in the 1940s. Xu Fugui (Ge You) is a local rich man's son and compulsive gambler, who loses his family property to a man named Long'er. His behaviour also causes his long-suffering wife Jiazhen (Gong Li) to leave him, along with their daughter, Fengxia and their unborn son, Youqing.

After he loses his entire family fortune, Fugui eventually reunites with his wife and children, but is forced to start a shadow puppet troupe with a partner named Chunsheng to support his family. The Chinese Civil War is occurring at the time, and both Fugui and Chunsheng are forcibly enlisted into the Kuomintang during a performance. After a heavy battle, Fugui and Chunsheng are captured by the forces of the Communist Party of China, where they quickly become entertainers for the troops. Eventually Fugui is able to return home and explain his absence, only to find out that Fengxia has become mute and lost most of her hearing due to a fever...

  
Awards and nominations

• 1994 Cannes Film Festival^[5]
  
  
  • Grand Jury Prize — Tied with Burnt by the Sun
  • Prize of the Ecumenical Jury — Tied with Burnt by the Sun
  • Best Actor — Ge You
  • Palme d'Or (nominated)
  
  
  
• BAFTA Awards, 1995
  
  
  • Best Film Not in the English Language
  
  
  
• Golden Globe Awards, 1995
  
  
  • Best Foreign Language Film (nominated)
  
  
  
• Chlotrudis Awards, 1995
  
  
  • Best Actress — Gong Li (nominated)
    
  
  
  

 

Gong first came into international prominence through close collaboration with Chinese director Zhang Yimou and is credited with helping bring Chinese cinema to Europe and the United States.

Gong Li was voted the most beautiful woman in China in 2006.

Other credtis:
Memoirs of a Geisha
Miami Vice
Curse of the Golden Flower
Hannibal Rising

BOOK / ITEM ARRIVALS FOR THE WEEK

The Tao Te Ching is fundamental to the Philosophical Taoism (Dàojiā 道家) and strongly influenced other schools, such as Legalism and Neo-Confucianism. This ancient book is also central in Chinese religion, not only for Religious Taoism (Dàojiào 道教) but Chinese Buddhism, which when first introduced into China was largely interpreted through the use of Taoist words and concepts. Many Chinese artists, including poets, painters, calligraphers, and even gardeners have used the Tao Te Ching as a source of inspiration. Its influence has also spread widely outside East Asia, aided by hundreds of translations into Western languages.


Karen's visuals depict appealing and wondrous folk, strong men and women that reflect in physiognomy and ornament the indigenous peoples of the Americas, Asia and Africa, all accompanied by felines of a variety of species. They are rendered in the artist's unmistakable style rich in exotic detail, gorgeous colors and dazzling lighting effects set off by beautifully stylized, complementary backgrounds. The tarot pack contains full-length portraits of fascinating people in elaborate costumes with intricate jewelry and headdresses. The Major Arcana cards are represented by the Diamond Kingdom. The suit of Swords, Wands, Cups and Pentacles are embodied by the Ruby, Emerald, Topaz and Sapphire kingdoms, respectively.

 

Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly is a New York Times bestselling non-fiction book written by American chef Anthony Bourdain.
The book, released in 2000, is both Bourdain's professional memoir and a behind-the-scenes look at restaurant kitchens. He describes in graphic detail the ins and outs of the restaurant trade. The book is remarkable for its insistence in deglamorizing the professional culinary industry. The commercial kitchen is described as an intense, unpleasant and sometimes hazardous place of work staffed by what he describes as "misfits." Bourdain is absolutely insistent that this is no place for hobbyists. Anyone entering this industry will run away screaming, he insists, if they lack almost masochistic, perhaps irrational dedication to cooking.






The book The 50th Law grew out of the friendship and mutual admiration between 50 Cent and Robert Greene. Greene's book The 48 Laws of Power, which has long been a staple in the hip hop world, came to the attention of Fifty, who asked his manager to set up a meeting. Greene has said he was surprised by Fifty's persona and was impressed by his "zen-like calmness" and eye for strategy. The two began to work on a book project that would combine their two worlds.

According to Greene, Fifty is an example of what Machiavelli called a New Prince, a leader who emerges in a time of chaos or turmoil and rewrites the rules.

 
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The DAILY NIETZSCHE: WHERE I ADMIRE WAGNER

THE SUFFERING SON

I believe that artist often do not know what they can do best:

they are too vain. They are intent on something prouder than

these small plants seem to be which grow on their soil, new,

strange and beautiful, in real perfection.

What is ultimately good in their garden and

vineyard they esteem lightly, and their love and

insight are not equal. There is a musician who,

more than any other musician, is a master at finding

the tones in the realm of suffering,

depressed, and tortured soul,

at giving language even to mute misery.

None can equal him in the colors or late fall,

in the indescribably moving happiness of the last,

truly last, truly shortest joy; he knows a sound for those quiet,

disquieting midnights of the soul,

where cause and effect seem to be out of joint and where at

any moment something might originate "out of nothing."

He draws most happily of all out of the profoundest depth of

human happiness, and, as it were, out of its drained goblet,

where the bitterest and most repulsive drops have finally and

evilly run together with the sweetest,

He knows that weariness of the soul which drags itself,

unable to leap or fly and more, even to walk;

he masters the shy glance of concealed pain,

of understand without comfort, of the farewell without confession--

indeed, as the Orpheus of all secret misery he is greater than any;

and some things have been added to the realm of art by him alone,

things that has hitherto seemed inexpressible and even

unworthy of art --

the cynical rebellion, for example, of which only

those are capable who

suffer most bitterly; also some very minute and microscopic

aspects of the soul, as it were the scales of its amphibian nature:

indeed, he is the master of the very minute.

But he does not want to be that!

His character prefers large walls and audacious frescoes.

It escapes him that his spirit has a different taste and inclination --

the opposite perspective--and prefers to sit quietly in the nooks

of collapsed houses: there, hidden, hidden from himself,

he paints his real masterpieces, all of which are very short,

often only one beat long--only then does he become wholly good,

great, and perfect, perhaps there alone.

Wagner is one who has suffered deeply--

that is his distinction above other musicians.

I admire Wagner where he puts himself into music.

NIETZSCHE CONTRA WAGNER