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Halina

You just hold me down so quietly, You just hold me back

About Me



Mogwai are the greatest band in the world, always daydream your way, Hard Fi are the most horrific 'act' to emmerge from the UK and fit the definition chav shit perfectly, ginger hair excites me, humour lifts my soul like Christmas pudding lifts my heart, Editors are underated, 1995 was the year to be alive, Kurt Cobain was the true prophet, nobody tells it like your family, I am so fat that i have a real horse on my Ralph Lauren clothing, the media will influence 75% of your life without you realising it, boys do cry, music is my maker, my heart is on its last legs

My Interests

WEST HAM UTD. wonka bars, music, tennents, red wine, bombay saphire gin, josh homme - i want a ginger baby like all the other mothers in the west of scotland, walking through puddles, staring out of windows, the sea, clouds, film scores, humour, ice cream, duvet days, hoovers, musicals, fruit salad sweeties, strawberry laces.



I'd like to meet:

Bjork, Sofia Coppolla, PJ Harvey, Karen O, Little Cook, Julian Hamilton of The Presets, John Cusack, Louis Theroux, Bruce Springsteen, Rahzel.

Music:

deep breath ::::: !!!, 8 Ball, ac/dc, .....and you will know us by the trail of dead, aereogramme, aerosmith, afghan whigs, alice in chains, arab strap, aretha franklin, album leaf, alfie, antony and the johnsons, andrew bird, animal collective, architecture in helsinki, ash, band of horses, battles, early basement jaxx, beach boys, beastie boys, beck, beerjacket, bell x1, belle and sebastian, ben harper, beta band, beth orton, biffy clyro, bjork, black grape, blacalicious, bloc party, blondie, blonde redhead, blur, boards of canada, boom bip, bows, brakes, breeders, bright eyes, broken social scene, brian eno, candylion, clap your hands say yeah, charlatans, chemical brothers, cooper temple clause, colour revolt, commodores, the cinematic orchestra, cure, daft punk, dalek, dan deacon, darren hayman, david holmes, david ford, david kitt, david bowie, delgados, de la soul, decemberists, dcfc, dfa 1979, dfa records, death in vegas, delays, desert hearts, devotchka, dj format, does it offend you, yeah?, dj shadow, dj krush, dj dangermouse, diplo, dj yoda, doves, dre, duke spirit, duke special, editors, efterklang, eels, elbow, emma pollock, elastica, erol akkan, errors, etienne de crecy, explosions in the sky, everly brothers, erykah badu, faithless, fields, feist, flaming lips, foo fighters, foxface, four tops, fuck buttons, freelance hellraiser, frightened rabbit, four tops, four tet, freeform five, frou frou, futureheads, future of the left, gladys knight & the pips, grandaddy, great lake swimmers, the go team, goldfrapp, godspeed you black emporer, the ghears, gomez, groove armada, gruff rhys, guillemots, gutter twins, happy mondays, hefner, hood, iain archer, iain macaulay, ian brown, innocence mission, inspiral carpets, interpol, iron & wine, idlewild, jacksons, jay-z, jaga jazzist, jacob golden, jarvis cocker, jeff buckley, james brown, jim noir, joanna newsom, johnny cash, josh homme, josh ritter, joy division, jurassic 5, justice, kanye west, kate bush, kevin drew, kenickie, king biscuit time, kings of leon, k-os, king creosote, ladytron, laeto, lamb, laura veirs, lemonheads, leftfield, little name, lionel richie, longpigs, lou barlow, low, madonna, malcolm middleton, manic street preachers, martha and the vandellas, marvin gaye, massive attack, mark lanegan, mstrkrft, maximo park, micah p. hinson ,metric, mew, mint royale, mogwai, modest mouse, montag, martha wainwright, mos def, my bloody valentine, mylo, my brightest diamond, mull historical society, neil diamond, neil young, neutral milk hotel, new order, nine black alps (let me lick the drummer),nina simone, neil young, neon neon, nirvana, nin, nitin sawhney, oasis, our lunar activities, orbital, otis redding, outputmessage, paul oakenfold, paul van dyke, paul simon, pavement, pastels, pelican, peter gabriel, pharoahe monch, pj harvey, placebo, polyphonic spree, primal scream, public enemy, pulp, queen, queens of the stone age, radiohead, radio dept., rage against the machine, reindeer section, richard hawley, the roots, rogue wave, rogers sisters, roots manuva, rufus wainwright, royksopp, russian furutists, ryan adams, saul williams, scribe, sebadoh, secret machines, shack, sigur ros, simon & garfunkel, silver mount zion, smashing pumpkins, sneaker pimps, sonic youth, snow patrol, shearwater, sons and daughters, soul coughing, soulwax, soundtrack of our lives, south, spiritualized, stars, stevie wonder, stone roses, stone temple pilots, sufjan stevens, submarines, supergrass, super furry animals, supremes, talvin singh, teenage fanclub, therapy?, the twilight sad, temptations, thin lizzy, thom yorke, tom vek , tom waits, tori amos, tokyo police club, tribe called quest, tricky, tv on the radio, unkle, underworld, valley of the giants, verve, vaselines, velvet underground, vitalic, weezer, wrens, we are scientists, woven, who, william shatner, yeah yeah yeahs, yeasayer, yo la tengo, zero 7.

Movies:

willy wonka and the chocolate factory, edward scissorhands, elf, anchorman, con air, lost in translation, the dark crystal, neverending story, night at the roxbury, eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, star wars :empire strikes back, flight of the navigator, boyz n the hood, old school, empire records, teen wolf, leon, american history x, zoolander, moulin rouge, pleasantville, high fidelity, friday, 13 going on 30, labyrinth, teen witch, dazed and confused, goonies, to live, showgirls, ghost dog.

Television:

extreme makeover home edition, league of gentlemen, nighty night, anything alan partridge, come dine with me, gavin and stacy, americas next top model, sex and the city,

Books:

trouble man (life and death of marvin gaye), is harry on the boat - colin butts, the taking-dean koontz, long walk to freedom - nelson mandela, phillip larkin- everything written, best seat in the house - spike lee, congratulations - cass penant, a mad world my masters - john simpson, my story - dave peltzer, this book will save your life - a. m. homes, the curious incident of the dog in the night time - mark haddon

Heroes:

mum, peel, nirvana, bjork,

My Blog

Live Earth

God I hate being negative but the best blogs come from it sometimes. Live Earth - £55 a ticket, loads of artists. I do not know the complete ins and outs of this however I must say on what i do know...
Posted by Halina on Fri, 20 Apr 2007 08:27:00 PST

I feel What You Mean - The Ghears In My Words

  I Feel What You Mean - The Ghears In My Words   By Halina Rifai     Music as we know is one of many emotions, properties, political aspects. It is and always will be though...
Posted by Halina on Sat, 24 Mar 2007 09:04:00 PST

Make It Stop..........

Why is my heart going so fast that I think I am going to die? Why have I got pins and needles all over? Why is my jaw so tight I think its in a vice? Why do I feel like I am not in my own body? 1999 I...
Posted by Halina on Fri, 12 Jan 2007 03:53:00 PST

Albums of 2006

Beirut - Gulag Orkestar Jarvis Cocker - Jarvis David Kitt - Not Fade Away Mogwai - Zidane: a 21st Century Portrait: Original Soundtrack Mogwai - Mr. Beast Neil Diamond - 12 Songs The Decemberists - Th...
Posted by Halina on Tue, 19 Dec 2006 01:49:00 PST

The eNeMEe

It was 1995, this was the year that echos in my mind as one of the best years of my time in music proceeding my character shaping musical love that was grunge from the early 1990's. 1995, however, was...
Posted by Halina on Mon, 02 Oct 2006 04:23:00 PST

McAlmont & Butler

The most majestic comeback I have encountered, a complete sense of achievement in sound and total euphoria was experienced with this song. No matter what frame of mind put this song on and you shall r...
Posted by Halina on Thu, 10 Aug 2006 05:07:00 PST

Bad Week

Death From Above 1979 split, this in turn has made me actually weep. They were one of the bands of last year especailly to make me listen, absolutely stunning album and the most talented pair since my...
Posted by Halina on Sat, 05 Aug 2006 12:17:00 PST

Up and Coming Music - Fucking Read It.

Yeah Yeah its Friday night I am feeling creative and passionate due to the volume of music around at the moment, I haven't been this happy since 1995 i kid you not. Singing my heart out to Leftfield, ...
Posted by Halina on Sat, 29 Jul 2006 05:23:00 PST

Hard Fi New Album

Says it all really.
Posted by Halina on Sat, 22 Jul 2006 09:30:00 PST

Mercury Nominations

Arctic Monkeys - 'Whatever People Say I Am That's What I'm Not'Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan - 'Ballad Of The Broken Seas' Editors - 'The Back Room'Guillemots - 'Through The Windowpane'Richard Hawl...
Posted by Halina on Tue, 18 Jul 2006 04:41:00 PST