Insistence

Yesterday I thought of you.
The sky was white
And the sun shone bright;
A rosebud blushed, pure and true,
Laughing at the oncoming night
While dying in the twilight,
And I thought of you.

Today I will not think of you.
My thoughts cannot stray
To that sad and lonely day,
When no point was found to follow through;
Let the seasons turn as they may,
A harvest wiping summer's fields away--
I will not think of you.

Tomorrow I will think of you;
When my memories pass before me,
Be they even comedy,
It might break my heart in two
That the love that would not take me
Could also surely see:
I always thought of you.

7種不能買的紀念品

1.夏威夷沙石

其中最危險者，莫過於夏威夷的沙石。當遊客到臨，夏威夷的旅游局已有告示板寫上“切勿取走夏威夷境内任何沙石”，許多遊客都只會以為是環保原因，不要破壞大自然而已，但其實是因為夏威夷族人的一個毒咒！

2.蘇格蘭的石頭

除了夏威夷，另一個亦有石頭詛咒的地方是蘇格蘭，但這并非很多人知道。古代的蘇格蘭勇士在死時都落下詛咒，不許外人取走那裡的土地，尤其是昔日蘇格蘭人常常入侵，令怨氣加强，故詛咒一直延續至今天。


3.西藏死人骨產品

到 西藏或尼泊爾旅游的人，總喜歡在街上的小販檔購買小精品，但有些卻不簡單，是昔日西藏巫師或貴族用奴隶人骨所做的東西，可能是人頭骨；小號角可能是人腿 骨；小盒可能是盆骨，買了你也不知道。有人說這些東西若非法擁有，容易招魂，而且可以招来尼泊爾或西藏的魂。萬一紀念品送给朋友，就真的不得了！


4.日本神社傳统娃娃

在日本許多寺廟及神社的殿内殿外，都不時會有善信送來公仔，尤其是日本常規公仔，但千萬不要取，因為這些放了多年公仔，日本人深信已有靈性，要给寺廟火燒掉或供奉在廟内，否則會害了家人。所以日本人都不愛在跳蚤地摊買舊的洋娃娃或公仔，以免惹靈。


5.土耳其邪眼

邪 眼Evil Eye，又稱藍眼Blue Eye，是土耳其最出名的紀念品，亦是最邪的東西。這是源於中東吉卜赛的巫術，掛一個邪眼在家或在身上，便可吸走外來者的邪氣及妒忌心。所以戴者經常要更 换邪眼，因邪氣滿了不但開始有魔力，而且會害人。我有個土耳其朋友就親眼看到邪眼爆開，傷害别人。

6.埃及的黑色猫神像

傳 統古文明埃及，流傳最廣的邪惡詛咒自然是法老王詛咒，只要是破壞了法老沉睡的人都會受詛咒。但原來連從法老王墓中盜取的物品都會帶來不幸，當中以被塗成黑 色的猫神像最為靈驗。在古埃及被奉為神明的貓，特別是受法老寵愛的貓，在法老死後,，會彷照它製成黑色石像放於法老墓中，並受施下詛咒，大家到埃及買手信 時一定要注意！


7.東歐近羅馬尼亞一帶的木頭

一向有吸血鬼和狼人傳說的東歐，木頭很多時會被當作對付這兩種怪物的武器（如製成十字架或木釘或木槌），亦因此特別易受到這兩種怪物的邪氣感染。

"Screaming Masterpiece"

Fans of Bjork, Mum, Sigur Ros, and other Icelandic musicians have a new reason to scream. A new video has already hit shelves on March 6 2007, a documentary about the Icelandic music scene, called “Screaming Masterpiece”.

Pitchfork Headline Bureau still defiantly anti-accent marks Björk, Sigur Rós, the Sugarcubes, Múm, and Amiina are among the high-profile artists showcased in Screaming Masterpiece, a documentary about the Icelandic music scene that will hit DVD shelves at last March 6 via Milan Records.

Writer and director Ari Alexander Ergis Magnússon used the film to explore the scene’s history through tour footage and in-depth interviews. The resulting 87-minute DVD comes with over two hours of extra interviews.

Screaming Masterpiece has appeared at over 20 international film festivals, and was also part of our own pre-Pitchfork Music Festival film screenings last summer.