Timeland

測試

noreply@blogger.com (electro) — Mon, 18 May 2009 05:00:00 +0000

貼個歌

noreply@blogger.com (electro) — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 19:56:00 +0000

你們不覺得台灣文化跟嘻哈文化之間一定有什麼相類似的結構嗎?
其實也沒有什麼證據啦，純粹提出個人無聊的觀察。
不然為什麼龐克啊搖滾啊嬉皮啊其他國家的流行次文化沒有辦法在台灣大規模的流行。
上述這些都會被說成是非主流呀。

跟下面這首歌沒什麼關係。女生對嘴對得很準，整個影片氣氛很對。

舊歌重貼

noreply@blogger.com (electro) — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 12:40:00 +0000

最近在電視上看到了現場演唱的版本，貼上來回味一下。

『そばにいるね』青山テルマ- feat SoulJa

午後雷陣雨

noreply@blogger.com (electro) — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 17:35:00 +0000

今天下午在一陣繁忙當中被淋慘了，晚上睡得糊塗漏接一堆電話，感覺真是糟透了。醒來之後想著該怎麼樣找回良好狀態呢?一邊空轉著腦袋思考著這件事，一邊吃著雙層吉事漢堡跟可樂，電視繼續上演著新的日劇，家裡的小貓們依然一隻胡鬧著一隻打哈欠，事情就在我周圍一幕一幕的迎上前來。然後我注意到時鐘滴答的很緩慢，但是聲音卻很引人注意，單調堅定的穿逤在空蕩蕩的房間。

後來吃完東西隨便收拾點遺留下的殘渣，依然漫無目的的點著螢幕，一首又一首的歌曲演出又結束，沒有什麼能讓我停下來，但有首歌能讓我想起些不甚清晰的過去，都是很久以前的了，旋律與歌詞都非常熟悉，卻根本忘了在什麼情況下聽過。對我來說有些歌曲會讓我想起一切有關老舊的事物，王菲的<浮躁>那張專輯就是這種空洞回憶，缺乏具體的事件，盡是抽象的感受。由於那些東西缺少實在的對象可供參照，因此我想，那應該只是當天被帶起的一些情緒吧。

今晚剛好是這首歌，有種恰如其分的懷舊感，就像突然想起陳年舊事，在還來得及記憶起來的時刻，帶點距離感的確認過去的自己。

1999年我還是高中生，十六歲，我想一定不是那時候聽的吧。2008，二十五歲了還能對這樣的音樂有所感觸，或許也算種幸運吧。

文迪!!

noreply@blogger.com (electro) — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 11:40:00 +0000

果然不是一般路人啊。

我現在已經徹底變成發癡狀態了。已經很久沒有這樣了，上一次發作的對象是GIGI。

他的部落格非常甜美可愛，而且又喜歡攝影，今年下半年還會在台灣學室內設計。整個就非常合拍對盤啊。

對了，她還有養貓喔，整個加分到爆表了!!!(大心 ~.~)

不過知道是藝人偶像之後就必須對部落格內容的真實性打上點問號，在不知道之前我還想要偷偷留言認識她，可惡!!!

(個人小檔案:蔣雅文，Mandy，隸屬英皇娛樂，發過唱片與寫真，拍過千機變跟新警察故事。)

再補一張小貓跟文迪的照片，好希望可以帶大輔跟他們一起玩玩，勇之助也可以一起來。

我還特別新增標籤，從此她在這裡就有了一席之地，哇哈哈。

Go to Tahiti!! .......[Whole wide world]

noreply@blogger.com (electro) — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 19:01:00 +0000

感謝士翔、寶文、智中三位，你們對我真好~~~送給了我這份禮物。

應該就是這首歌吧，我換成了電影裡的段落了，這個版本比較溫柔，是輕輕對某人說話的模樣，非常真心誠意的口氣。

雖然當下我沒想到是要送給我的，只是覺得耳熟、舒服，仍然十分感謝你們的心意。

喋血街頭 [Bullet in the Head]

noreply@blogger.com (electro) — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 07:23:00 +0000

這是一部較不為人所知的作品，但卻比吳宇森其他經典之作更令人值得回味，內容講述三位從小結識的兄弟一同奮鬥，最後卻死在彼此的懷中。故事發生在六七零年代的香港越南，或許影迷們不甚了解那時的環境，但藉由主角們間性格上激烈的衝突與表演中瘋狂的用力的嘶吼，我們得以認識到當時的混亂與不安。這電影從來就不是講述什麼真實的歷史事件，這些背景設定只是令我們不知不覺地便全心投入到角色當中去了。在此也不得不稱讚這幾個主要演員，梁朝偉、張學友、任達華、李子雄，香港這批男演員很厲害，說真的。

我經常覺得香港的電影十分人性，電影世界裡滿是俗麗的情緒，直接到粗魯的煽情手法，但是仍然足以賺取人們庸俗的同情。香港電影有自己俗世的規矩，依然呈現情義與金權對立衝突的場景，但是卻沒有自以為是的聖人高調，往往結局雖歌頌情義感人之處，卻不拒絕金錢權力的邏輯，也不加以輕蔑鄙視。

要是以那種挑剔與老學究的眼光來觀賞這樣的電影，可能可以找出幾百個不合邏輯的地方，或覺得整部片灑狗血啊，一點都不細膩啊。(題外話:這種人PTT電影版上超多的)但是那就無聊了啊，(但是無聊的人還真多...)總之我是要說這片好看，不是因為這片劇本邏輯合理、符合史實，而是因為夠明白有力。

購物慾又發作

noreply@blogger.com (electro) — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 21:56:00 +0000

這些東西也只能看看，雖然年輕時候就是會有沒錢的悲哀啊，但是仍然要趕緊把握少年時呀。什麼都不能放棄掉！！

這種裝憂鬱裝無辜的特色就在於他們看起來還是有厲害。有帥。

藍綠大戰

noreply@blogger.com (electro) — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 13:55:00 +0000

阿，選舉終於結束了，跟以前那種充滿戲劇張力的結果相比，今晚特別的平靜。選舉期間的爭論或許只是期間限定吧，我想他們在議題上的矛盾本來就不存在。大家都知道要搞經濟，兩岸通商也是勢在必行，要保持政府獨立運作不受中國壓迫。其實兩邊依賴財閥官僚的施政結構不會差太遠，不過我是覺得國民黨老舊保守的部分比民進黨要難處理的多，這是馬英九額外的包袱。現在府院同邊，立法委員又減半，未來立法委員對於法案預算控制有更多的權力，立法委員的素質又沒有明顯上升，單靠執政黨自己的道德操守來減少關說舞弊的齷齪事根本是緣木求魚啊。

我試著猜測那些明知這些狀況還是要把票蓋給馬英九的人的想法，他們大概是想説反正兩邊都會貪，不如換一個看起來比較會賺錢的來試看看，就過去的履歷來看了話(蔣經國VS陳水扁)很像是藍的比較會賺錢。另外我覺得綠營後期猛打民主、自由的口號牌有點弱，說弱就是拉不到什麼票的意思。我的分析是這樣子:在威權時代追求自由的那群人本來就不會投藍了，藍的這邊有可能被這招吸過來的大概就是都會區20~30這一代的人，但是這些人這幾年大概被低工資、高物價這些鳥事搞得很不爽了，這個文宣內容對他們來說獲利率低、風險實現的機率也低，因此被吸過去的真的不多。

民進黨要重新崛起了話必須要趕快尋找其他可用的價值議題，本土、民主這些東西被用爛掉了，最好趕快跟那些三寶之流的劃清界線，不然就是祈禱這波美國金融風暴繼續擴大，搞得藍營焦頭爛額的，他們才有機會重新來過。這次藍營在南台灣都會區都有小勝，兩岸自由市場議題產生了效應，我想產業結構在經濟議題上的態度終於反應到選票上來了。

補進度

noreply@blogger.com (electro) — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 18:18:00 +0000

這半年看了大約二十部電影吧，大多是第一次看的，有院線的有二輪的也有從錄影帶店角落挖出來的老片，因為覺得好像要是不記下來了話，以後一定會忘掉，當然這種記憶可要可不要，並非有什麼絕不能遺忘的道理，但是既然有想要保留下什麼了話，那就還是記著吧。

不能說的秘密，凡爾賽拜金女，電影情人夢，色戒，迷幻公園，伊莉莎白，戀愛夢遊中，馬奎斯的三場葬禮，瑪歌皇后，下妻物語，羊男的迷宮，東邪西毒，烈愛風雲，千鈞一髮，追尋美國夢，K歌情人，塔羅牌情人，傷城，駭人怪物，投名狀，瘋狂理髮師，危險性遊戲，四月三週又兩天。居然忘了還看過最遙遠的距離。按照我健忘的程度來看一定還有什麼是不小心忘掉的.....，最好看了又趕快記下來好了。

希望每隔幾個月都能夠這樣記錄。

順便分享最近大輔近況。喵喵～影片開場由我室友林執中擔綱演出。

同樣期待每個月都能這樣分享大輔的近況。

80's love and pops

noreply@blogger.com (electro) — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 23:27:00 +0000

80s loves and pops

出生在八零前半的人們對於那個十年能有什麼回憶呢？不過是在一片模糊的
汪洋中撿拾到的零碎浮草罷了。影像與聲音的記憶都極端地脆弱，彷彿被這
二十年間的世界所壓迫著，自我的記憶力是這樣的差勁，以致於我竟懷疑起
過去與曾經的真實性了。不僅僅是存於在最遙遠距離的人們，那些去年還曾
經擁抱哭泣的，如今也像是二十年前的一切，隔著一層某個無法跨越的屏障
一般。安靜的，沒有溫度的。

生命之初的經驗在當時其實也是那麼的強烈，整個身體都顫抖著，只覺得好
想要趕快擁抱這個世界，那個時候的世界僅僅是由親人與家鄉簡單的建構而
成，卻充滿著驚喜與不可思議，形式上單純的生活是從哪裡獲得如此巨大的
能量呢？直到現在我還是有著相同的好奇。只不過這次是帶著失物招領的心
情出發，並且已經不能把這趟旅途當作遠足了，一切的一切都改變了。

1987年底王傑唱了<一場遊戲一場夢>，1988年張雨生寫了<我的未來不是夢>，1989年小虎隊出道，知名作品不詳。（唉～唉～其實我只是不想承認曾經喜歡過他們，當時霹靂虎是我最愛的偶像。）當年的他們年紀最小的不到二十歲，最大的也不過二十六歲，都還是未成熟的年輕人吧。現在的他們對於我而言早已無足輕重了，不過我無論怎麼樣也想要想起這些人過去的樣子，那是在我心中他們的聲音、周圍的吶喊、空氣的溫度，我希望能夠盡可能地重現這些記憶底的吉光片羽，說什麼都不希望這些東西消失。之所以這麼做的目的也只是想在僅存的記憶中最純粹的部分尋找些什麼吧。而恰巧八零年代的最後幾年還足以托抱著最直接的生命形式。之後的九零的我大概是已經知道了一些關於傷害或者受傷之類的概念，雖然還是有喜歡的人以及有想要得到的東西，只是我不敢肯定那時候的經驗是不是完全的純粹了。

或許我早已沒那麼鐘意這幾首老歌的旋律了，我也必須承認二十年前的震撼
確實已經消失不見了，但是這些東西對我還是有種意義，並且是相當重要的
，某種從最核心處展開的事物。在聲音內部存在著那些事物並沒有隨著人的
成長而被引進新的世紀，今天的我並不確定該怎麼簡單明瞭的表示它們，用
現在的語言來說了話，好像可以稱做「夢想」、「熱情」同時又有點像「任
性」、「固執」。整體來說是具有力量的存在，彷彿隨時隨地源源不絕地湧
出些什麼，然後不止地向前流動。

之所以說想要這些東西，可能是因為感到害怕吧，對於冰冷的自己感到不安
，對於排斥過去的自己感到厭惡，由於感覺到了內心中黑暗令人厭惡的部分
逐漸佔領了大部分的自我，由於十分地害怕某個部分就此消逝，害怕一切都
成為了不真實。有關於過去的並不是有什麼崇高的抱負或者懷古的情調，而
只是害怕死亡害怕冰冷。

我擷取了某部漫畫名稱中的一部分當作這次的標題，故事裡主角們正是完全
的平凡與世俗，跟我們一樣的大學生與上班族，他們抱著那些存在走過那段
歲月，或許是我正在經歷差不多的階段，因此產生了這樣的感想。

他們最常做的活動是在DISCO裡跳舞喝酒，每次都習慣放這首Boys Town
Gang的＜can't take my eyes off you＞作為結尾曲，熟悉的旋律輕輕地在身上跳動起來，不知從何而來的沈重與疲倦同時抑制著，最終我只是靜靜地坐著聽完了這整首歌。

OPEN小將耍色

noreply@blogger.com (electro) — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 14:50:00 +0000

我喜歡這種白爛帶點低級的笑話^/^

慎獨

noreply@blogger.com (electro) — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 18:14:00 +0000

1.子之燕居，申申如也，夭夭如也。......述而第七
2.心裡很亂，說不了什麼，雖然一時無法見面與說話，這不會是最後的關係，最終會被超越的，無論以什麼辦法。

無題

noreply@blogger.com (electro) — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 17:40:00 +0000

泛泛的講一點最近的生活吧。

1.趁週年慶時買了一件comme ca的西裝外套，但是好像沒什麼穿的場合。是件有點過於
假掰跟高調的外衣。

2.大陸冷氣團來襲，冬雨降臨時心情很差，沒有工作意願。面對巨大的邪惡
缺少抵抗能力與堅持的毅力。

3.越來越愛惜身邊的東西了，好像是領會到人生可以珍惜的東西已經不多了的道理。

4.稍微發福了一公斤，希望是代表身體健康的徵兆。

Los Alamos

noreply@blogger.com (electro) — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 16:57:00 +0000

上次去誠品看攝影展時順道去逛一下書店，看到了這本攝影集，越看越喜歡啊，跟在電腦上看到的都不太一樣，除了媒材上的差異之外，作品內容上感受也不同，這本的意義比較隱晦另外帶有點神秘感，每幅照片都缺少特定的性質，無法辨識照片與現實的對應。顏色經過特殊的轉染（dye-transform）因此濃豔到炸開來。我只找得到這張封面照片，看完整本會有震撼的感覺。

值得一提的是在AMAZON上查到這本要$200usd，但是我買到的卻連這的半價都不到。

寰哥飛往紐約的那天

noreply@blogger.com (electro) — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 20:05:00 +0000

vs Fulham

noreply@blogger.com (electro) — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 14:22:00 +0000

新球季旗開得勝趕快記錄一下，內容是逆轉勝與二比一，相當地激勵人心，所以做人的態度就是千萬不要放棄啊！！

ばらの花 -- くるり

noreply@blogger.com (electro) — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 15:26:00 +0000

這次野台的好歌，完全被電到了。

這是今年為止最令人難忘的聲音，滿載著低寥與困惑，在寬闊的球場上飄盪著，永遠不會消逝的少年的背影，無論我們的臉被時間抓痕的多麼憂愁，無論我們的身被錯誤覆蓋的多麼卑微，還依然相信著某種古老的救贖。那是最接近自由的一刻。

還有能拯救世界的搖滾樂嗎？或許都變成了獨裁者奧運會上的祈願曲與和平鴿了。如果已經不在乎這個世界變成了什麼樣子，又何必吹毛求疵這個音樂祭那個叛徒的所作所為。

Entourage!!!

noreply@blogger.com (electro) — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 14:59:00 +0000

苦等一年我們的大明星Vince終於又回來了，七月三十號晚上十一點第三季首播。

暑假就是要這種充滿著派對氣氛的生活啊，如果正常的生活中都沒有認識這種明星，那就自己來吧~~(十足的幻想語氣)
我發現我真得很喜歡這類活動啊。

東京 -- くるり ( album:もしもし )

noreply@blogger.com (electro) — Sun, 24 Jun 2007 12:10:00 +0000

新找到的plug-in播放器，簡單清楚。暫時就先用這個吧。這個播放器連名字都很直接，就叫audio-player，本來是world-press專用，現在已經可以移植在其他的空間。設計相當美觀，檔案很小，讀取速度十分迅速，很適合放在文章之中。唯一缺點是不能夠放在部落格的頁面中，只能放在發佈的文章裡。

官方網站也是簡單有力型http://www.1pixelout.net/code/audio-player-wordpress-plugin
中文介紹可參考http://chenkaie.blogspot.com/2007/05/flash-mp3-audio-player.html

呼，待會去寫報告了。

Henry - It was the most difficult decision of my life

noreply@blogger.com (electro) — Sun, 24 Jun 2007 08:35:00 +0000

Arsenal Football Club today gave Thierry Henry the opportunity to speak to Arsenal supporters about his departure from the Club. What follows is the unedited transcript of the interview. The views expressed by Thierry Henry are not necessarily representative of Arsenal Football Club or its employees.

Thierry you have left Arsenal, can you tell the supporters your reasons for going?

“I have said it so many times. Before Mr Dein left, for whatever reason, I went to the boss and said I don’t want to leave. There had been a lot of speculation about me and I assured him that I did not want to leave. But after Mr Dein left that unsettled the team and the boss. Especially as at the moment he has not committed himself to the club. He said he will see out his contract but you cannot be sure if he is going to go or stay [at the end of next season]. Hopefully he is going to stay but I need to be certain and reassured of that. Everybody knows I am 30. The boss being unsettled, Mr Dein going, it did unsettle me a bit. After that I had thoughts of leaving the club.

“It is a difficult day for me to come here at Emirates Stadium and talk about this. But I want to come here explain why to the fans. I want to be certain of where the club was going and reassured in a way. I wasn’t and I have chosen to go."

How long did the decision take and how agonising was it?

“It was a long one but nobody knew what was happening to be honest. We were hearing some stuff in the press about what happened and what did not happen so you have to make your own mind up. It was the most difficult decision of my life.

“Beating the record of Wrighty, putting it at 226, playing for Arsenal, loving the club. It was and will remain the most difficult decision of my life. I will always love the club.”

Arsène Wenger has always said ‘Arsenal will be club of my life’ because he has spent the prime of his career here. Is that true for you too?

"I don’t know if I will play eight years more or where the future is so yes. I had a special relationship with the fans with the boss, Mr Dein and everybody who was attached to Arsenal. Arsenal will always be in my heart, my blood, my head. Everybody will. The press office, the chef, the girls at the training ground, the guys who made the pitch perfect at the training ground and at Emirates, the guys at stadium who help us perform at our best. I will miss everybody. The Arsenal fans who told me to step up my game or to carry on. It will be huge miss for me. I will take everybody in my head and my heart. Everybody who I trained with a worked with. Especially the boss and Mr Dein and the Arsenal fans who have been more than tremendous to me. It was unreal at times.

“I looked the schedule and already know when we, I mean you, are playing against Tottenham. I did it as a reflex. When fixtures came out I looked for Tottenham and I know it is pretty early on. When they play I will be watching and trying to be the first to know the result even though I know the fans will beat me. It is really special coming here [to Emirates Stadium] to talk about it. I will always have Arsenal in my blood I know some people will never accept the decision I just want to say to the fans that I always gave 100 per cent. Even the last year when I was injured I tried to perform. It was not the 30 goals you were used to but it was 17 games in the League and scored 10 so that was not a bad ratio. It was all about the heart and the commitment to win for Arsenal. I always, always, always, always gave 100 per cent.”

Let’s look back, what was your best goal?

“They were all amazing for me. I think I scored some good goals at Highbury and away but the one that stands out was my second against Liverpool when we went unbeaten in the League. I never heard Highbury going crazy like that. I thought the place was going to collapse and you could tell by my celebration that it was the right time and place to score that goal. I went a bit mental. The place was just too loud. Scoring goals for Arsenal gave me goosebumps but that was a stand-out goal and kept us in the title race. We stayed there until the end.”

Your best moment?

“I would say winning the League unbeaten but one that would top that is my last goal at Highbury when I kissed the ground. It was a special moment for me. But as well this particular day is one of the saddest of my career, leaving Highbury. I can’t say it was the best moment but it was a particular moment. I am still shaking talking about it now.”

The best Arsenal side you have played in?

“Difficult to say, some people came here and did not win anything but that does not mean they were not great players. If I go with the team that stayed unbeaten then that means I have to leave out David Seaman and a load of other players. But in terms of the results then staying unbeaten is something rather amazing. But then with the guys before, we had won the Double. Every time I wore an Arsenal shirt it was just amazing. When I stepped on that pitch even where I was not performing well whoever was playing with me at the time was the right guy for me."

As for the fans was there any moment that sums them up?

“I would say when we lost the Champions League Final against Barcelona in Paris. They all stayed afterwards and clapped us. That was a very special moment for the team. It is easy to stay there and cheer when you win but it is hard to clap your guys when you have just lost one of the titles you were waiting for.

“But as well I would say the first time I arrived here and people were giving me stick. The fans were always behind me and cool with me. I could go through whole eight years, it was crazy. I have had a really special relationship with them.”

How has Thierry Henry and Arsenal changed in the last eight years?

“I would like to think that when people talk about Arsenal they see the Boss has brought the ‘Arsenal touch’ and the ‘Arsenal way’, and I’m truly proud of being one of those guys to have helped play the way we have been. And I am sure it will carry on, because Arsenal was playing like that before me and they will be playing like that after me.

“Arsenal is a club that is now well known throughout Europe and that’s all down to the Boss. Also, the fans, they are never in trouble with fighting or disrespectful to other fans. The Arsenal fans have always made us proud.

“From a personal point of view, at Arsenal I have really become a man. This is thanks to the Boss, thanks to all the players, thanks to all the facilities at the Club and as I said before, thanks to all the people who made my life easier here, they have made me a man.”

Turning to the future of the Club, if you read the media at the moment it’s 'crisis at Arsenal' and 'the walls of Emirates Stadium are coming down'. Surely that’s not true, the players and the set-up are far too good?

“The set-up and the facilities are far too good and we still have a lot of the main people who are staying. As I have said so many times, the team here is growing and there is some amazing talent here and I do think this is the right time for Robin van Persie, Emmanuel Adebayor and Nicklas Bendtner who is coming back from Birmingham, to shine. Hopefully they will do it. As soon as you know they can do it, they will forget about me, that’s the way it is.

“When Patrick left everyone was devastated, including me and then after that a little guy came around called Cesc Fabregas and, although I didn’t agree with it, everyone started saying ‘who needs Patrick Vieira?’ For me the guys we have here are amazing, but you always need Patrick Vieira.

“I don’t believe what everybody is saying about the Club collapsing, having a lack of players and everyone leaving. I think it is untrue. Cesc Fabregas is a world class player, Robin van Persie is a world class player, hopefully Adebayor will become a world class player, Tomas Rosicky is a world class player, Jens Lehmann is a world class player, Toure and Gallas are world class players. You can go through the whole squad like that.

“As I said to you, I will now become now an Arsenal fan and will be looking at every result and I’m sure the team will be successful.”

How did you tell the Boss you wanted to go?

“To be honest, I have a great relationship with the Boss. I’ve told you the reasons why I wanted to go and I told him exactly the same reasons. That’s how it is, I talked to the Boss about private stuff and non-private stuff. A bit of everything.

“But as I said to you, today is a very sad day for me. Whatever people are going to talk or read or see into it, it is a very sad for me.

“One thing that I forgot to say earlier was about the pride to play for the shirt and the team. In France we don’t have that. When I was young I used to support Bordeaux, but when they lost I went to support Marseille. But here you really learn the importance and the value of the shirt and the club. Arsenal is like that, an English family.

“Although I have had disagreements with the press over here, they have been tremendous to me, keeping me on my toes. But everyone has been great, the fans, playing away, getting booed, getting cheered, getting standing ovations. I will always, always remember that. And Arsenal gave me that, the way we were playing, getting standing ovations from away fans was just out of this world. It’s hard to understand because in France they are just not like that. If you play well at home [in France] you get a standing ovation, if you play well away from home, well, you play well away from home, that’s it.

“Getting a standing ovation away from home with Arsenal is something I will never forget, because you know a lot of people are really appreciating what you are doing as a team and it’s outstanding.

“As I have said before, I just want to thank everyone at the Club, the girls who work at the training ground, the girls who wash the kits, the masseurs, the staff at the Club, the staff at the stadium, the staff who work on the pitch at the stadium, the staff who work on the pitches at the training ground, the press office, the coach driver, everybody. Everybody here, I would just like to thank everybody here.

“Also to all the teams I have played against here, all the battles I have had against the players here, some of the fans away, the press and the refs, it’s been a great time. Everyone has just made it special and I would just like to thank everybody, but especially to all the people involved at Arsenal.

“It’s important to me to come to the Club today and say something properly because the fans have given me so much and I hope I gave a lot back to them. I want to keep my box here and I want to come back and watch some games, if they let me in! But it’s been a very weird day.”

Arsène Wenger has said he will stay on at least until his contract finishes next summer. We hope he stays on. If he does would you regret your decision?

“I don’t regret what I do. Playing for Arsenal was an honour for me. And I will say that until the day I die. When Patrick Vieira left the team had to move on and we came close to winning the Champions League. But this type of guy we were already missing.

“Not having Arsène around anymore — and everybody at the Club — will be ‘missing’ for me. It is a fact but it won’t be a regret. When Patrick left, I was devastated I missed the guy and I still miss the guy even though I see him with the national team. But I was devastated because he was a good guy to be around on the pitch or off the pitch. It goes beyond sport. That is why I won’t go with the regret word but more ‘missing’.

If you left Arsenal was it always going to be Barcelona. Is there some thing special about them?

“There is something special here at Arsenal too. I left Arsenal to go to Barcelona because, no disrespect to any other team, but there are only two teams in the world who play football the way I like it. That is the way the people here like it — the Arsenal way. That is how we play football here and ‘we’ play football there. If I can say that is one of the is the main reasons for Barcelona. The football they play is attractive to watch.”

Finally, your last Arsenal.com question as a Arsenal player, do you have a message for the fans?

“Well, I would to say you have been tremendous for me I really do appreciate it. I am shaking as I say this. I will always remember you. I will have you in my head and my heart. I wanted to reassure you that I always gave 100 per cent here. I know some people said some other stuff but I always gave 100 per cent. I hope you appreciate what I did here because I appreciate what you did for me. I grew as a man and became a better football player. I will always take that with me no matter what happens.

“Arsenal will be in my blood aswell as my heart. I will always, always, always remember you guys. I said I was going to be a Gunner for life and I did not lie because when you are a Gunner you will always be a Gunner. The Club is in my heart and will remain in my heart forever.”
[ Saturday, June 23, 2007]

Nick Hornby's interview

noreply@blogger.com (electro) — Sun, 24 Jun 2007 08:25:00 +0000

Q: WILL THERE EVER BE A SEQUEL TO FEVER PITCH, A BOOK WHICH COVERS ARSENAL’S SUCCESS IN THE LAST FEW YEARS?

A: I wouldn’t want to write one. Sequels are very rarely a good idea, and in any case, the success of the book changed my relationship with the club in some ways. When I wrote Fever Pitch, I felt that I could represent the typical fan, but the success of the book changed my relationship with the club. I’ve met a number of the players, and got to know many of the staff at Arsenal…I don’t think I could write with the same perspective, and the perspective was very important to the original.

Q: HAS FOOTBALL CHANGED SINCE YOU WROTE FEVER PITCH? AND CAN YOU REALLY IDENTIFY WITH A TEAM FULL OF FRENCH AND BRAZILIAN PLAYERS IN THE SAME WAY THAT YOU COULD WHEN IT WAS AN ALL- BRITISH SIDE?

A: I think more has changed in the thirteen years since the book came out than in the previous hundred. Even at the beginning of the 90s people in England stood on the terraces to watch British players who would almost certainly need a job of some kind when they retired. Now we sit down to watch mostly foreign players who couldn’t possibly get through the money they earn. And we hardly need ever go to the stadium to watch every game live, because they’re all on TV. Many of these changes haven’t been for the better. But Arsenal fans are probably in two minds about it all, because the last decade has been the best of our lifetimes. We’ve seen fantastic football, and we’ve seen our team win a lot of trophies.

I’ve never really understood the argument about foreign players. Of course a player like Tony Adams, who was relatively local, came through the youth team and stayed with the club throughout his career, is always going to be special to the fans. But Charlie Nicholas wasn’t local, and neither were Lee Dixon or Nigel Winterburn, who’d played for loads of different clubs. Lee Dixon was a Manchester City supporter who became a key Arsenal player simply because of his commitment to the club. And if he can find it, then why not Henry or Vieira? Dennis Bergkamp has already played a lot more games than Charlie George ever managed - Charlie George was a local boy who only stayed for a couple of years. It’s the transfer system that’s the problem, not the influx of foreign players, and the transfer system has always been with us, and will always be with us.

Q: ARE THERE ANY GOOD BOOKS ABOUT FOOTBALL THAT YOU CAN RECOMMEND?

A: Pete Davies' All Played Out, which is about the 1990 World Cup and certainly helped me get Fever Pitch published; Eamon Dunphy's Only A Game?, which is the diary of a so-so professional footballer, and gave insights that most of those player books don't; Hunter Davies' The Glory Game - a year spent on the inside of a club, and I'd love a club to be brave enough to give someone similar access now; and Simon Kuper's Football Against the Enemy.

I've never particularly wanted to read a football novel. Like most football fans, I suspect, I wouldn't believe in a Melchester Rovers, nor in a player I'd never heard of. And I'm not sure what the POINT of such a book would be. Real-life sport already contains all the themes and narratives you could want. 07

It's now or never for me

noreply@blogger.com (electro) — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 16:20:00 +0000

既使在告別的時候他還是給了我們一個最好的禮物，讓人無法恨他。
正如同在兩家俱樂部之間的選擇，在球員與俱樂部之間，我還是留
在了Arsenal這邊。然後我們會穿著14號球衣繼續看著每一場球賽。

偶而切換頻道看到熟悉的背影穿著藍紅色的球衣，電視畫面上應該有
個更豪華的球場，更多的球迷，更偉大的隊友，對我來說影像卻是
遙遠無聲的，因為同一雙眼已經無法接受另一種顏色了。在平淡漠然
的眼光之中參雜尷尬與遺憾的情緒，這氣氛讓人沈默以對。

不再能真心的為他加油吶喊令人難過得想要哭泣，當他說著「兵工廠的
球迷使比賽不同了，他們會一直在我的心中。我與兵工廠之間存在著特
殊的關係。」不曉得有沒有因為不能再為我們而出賽感到一絲難過？

再看一眼他帶來的最美好的時刻吧。

這個compilation算是把我最喜愛的幾個進球都收錄進去了，2001對熱
刺的60碼長途奔襲，2004對曼聯的長射，2005對雀爾西轉身抽射。真的
很棒。剩下一個我認為是去年的最佳進球沒有收進去，所以我另外找出
來放在下面。

[ Friday, June 22, 2007]

The spot

noreply@blogger.com (electro) — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 16:35:00 +0000