Where the streets have no name - cont

 By: AndyFerrari    22:10  concert, sao paulo, U2   No comments

About the concert

As usual, I cannot sleep after the concert. And since I don't have my computer, I just had to grab pen and paper and write some thoughts that came to me ( I actually do that a lot, having to get up to write/draw stuff).

I guess I have much to thank that my musical cultura basicaly began with U2. Such an amazing group in so many aspects, they were so right for me. All the message they are able to pass if you're willing to listen.

It's a band I don't "fan" about (in the sense of knowing every detail about everything they ever did since they were born), but it's always there, and I never forget about. 

Never the songs won't take me to a contemplation moment, so I usually keep them for special times.

And on sunday....What a stage presence. What an absolutely gorgeous presentation. The opening by Muse was exquisite, but it is just how it is....When U2 enters the stage, you pretty much forget anything that came before them.

When they arrived on stage every single person in that crowded stadium started jumping (which was quite scary, 'cause we could feel the terrace trembling under our feet. That actually made people stop jumping after a while, although I think it's no big deal for a stadium like that. But it was scary even so).

The entire thing was great. One, Pride, Where the Streets Have no Name, I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For, City of Blinding Lights, just to name my favorites...And the Singing in the Rain, Amazing Grace and Black Bird pieces between songs.

Had to start leaving in the middle of Moment of Surrender...always gives me a sad feeling, leaving without the band having finished and said goodbye, but it was way too crowded to risk being caught by the big mass. On the brightside, I found the tour portfolios still avaiable in one of the stands on our way out. Now I'll start a little U2 box, with the one I got in 2006, the magazines and newspapers ♥

Opening by Muse

Bono talking between songs

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Where the streets have no name

 By: AndyFerrari    20:27  concert, hostel, São Paulo, U2, vila madalena   No comments

Today we are back from São Paulo. We went there for the Arte na Vila at Vila Madalena on saturday and sunday, and the U2 concert on sunday (wich was so great, but I'll talk about it later).

So much to teeeeeell! I didn't even know what to start with...So let's go with some of the places :]

This is at the Ô de Casa Hostel, where we stayed from friday to sunday. It was like staying at a little country house right in the middle of São Paulo.

 And right around the corner, saturday morning there was a street market. So beautiful with all the colors and weird fruits ♥ The ones in the bowls are different types of pepper :)

This was the wall of one of the houses along the way of Vila Madalena.

 This is the patio in the house where Etno Botânica,  a natural dyeing workshop, is placed. There was a indigo dyeing demonstration, pretty cool.

 I have no idea what this pub/bar/restaurant/something is about, but it looked so preety along with the tree

Inside the city market

And last but not least...The beautiful, amazing, gigantic stage for U2 360º concert on sunday. I'll write more about that in another post (just so it won't mix everything) Oh, and that's me by the grass thing, pointing at the stage.... XD

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Pour your heart out

 By: AndyFerrari    23:40  concert, life in a cartoon motion, mika, paintin, t-shirt, the boy who knew too much   No comments

Ok! After 45 min of internet problems I finally managed to post! (I hope)

I started these converses 2 years ago, after I came back from Italy(first time). Yes. And no, I haven't been working on it for 2 years, I just forgot about it ('cause it was hard to paint at home) and I started it back now, since I decided to wear it to the Planeta Terra Festival next weekend.

Almost done :) I just have to make colorful laces for it now ^ ^

And. I decided to change some things on the back of the t-shirt I'm painting. Here's a piece of it :

The front is all good :} So there. That's what I'll be wearing to the concert, if I finally get the courage to use it. It might've taken me about 50 to 60 hours to make, considering finding all the art, making the drawings, passing into transparent paper, figure out a place for each one, passing them to the t-shirt and than painting(trying to get the colors as close as possible to the originals).

Although the worst images I had were from the rug from WAG, it was Dr. John who gave me the hardest time o.õ Dunno why. He's in the back btw.

I must say all his work's being a huge influence <.3

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I will always be me

 By: AndyFerrari    13:28  Brazil, concert, handpainted, mika   No comments

Hooray!

So here it is, a preview of my something to wear to Mika's first appearance here in Brazil.

It's taking sooo long to paint, I had no idea I'd need so many hours! But it's getting quite fancy <.3 It's front and back, I'll post the whole thing once I finish it (hopefully by this weekend).

And I'm still hunting for the black 'n white oxfords that refuse to exist in my size....

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