A german catalouge company is currently showing a short Trailer of this cute little Christmas-Video on TV. I really liked it and wanted to share it with you.
Here is the Translation: Little Boy: Dear Grandpa, do you remember? My Wish for Christmas was a bicycle. Just wanted to make you rember. I hope you're fine in Heaven. Love, Tommy Old Man: For Tommy. Please forgive me, that it took that long. Grandpa You can also download the Soundtrack for free here. Just go to the Point that says "Postamt" and klick on the Download-Button. It's a beautiful song.
I love Soundtracks! The classical Soundtracks with Orchestra, but also the modern Soundtracks with Beats and most of all Soundtracks with Vocals. If you feel the same or just want to discover amazing Music from Movies, TV-Series and Games I recommend you Streamingsoundtracks.com (SST) SST is - as far as I know - the online Radio with the biggest Library in the Soundtrack Sector. Of cause they don't have all Soundtracks, I guess that's impossible, but they have really really much from all over the World. Normally the Playlist is created by the Song-Requests of the SST-Community / Listeners, only if the duration of the current Queue is shorter than one Hour a Computer picks random Tracks from the huge Library.
On the left are the standard Functions, I would say. On the right is the SST-Chat, Events & Birthdays and the User Login. In the Middle is the Queue with the current playing Song on top.
As a normal User you can make one Request every 6 hours. If the current Queue is shorter than 1,5 Hours you can request one Song per Hour. VIP-Users (you can get VIP-Status, if you pay for it) can make one Request every 30 Minutes, if the Queue is shorter than 1,5 Hours every 2 Minutes.
After a Song has been played it has a waiting time up to 16 Days, until
it can be requested again. Another thing to know: Every Composer can
only be listed once in the Queue.
For Example: User A requested the Song "First Light" from Crysis, the Composer is Inon Zur. It is listed in the Queue and is currently the third Song in Line to be played. Now you want to make a Request for the Song "Rouge Heart" from Dragon Age Origins, the Composer is also Inon Zur. You will not be able to make the Request, until the first Request from User A has been played. But if you can find a Track which has been composed from Inon Zur and somebody else like "Elinu's Dance" from Tera (the Composers are Inon Zur & Rod Abernethy) you can make the Request although there is already the Request from User A in the Queue. When I listen to SST, I always run my Recording Program (I use Audials 10). If I like a song, I save it. I love the Queue. I can simply check which Songs will be played in the next 1 ~ 2 Hours and if there is something special I want to record. Fantastic! Oh, and by the way, if you request a Song you can leave a Message that will be showen in the Queue under your Username =)
When this Print was released, I could not order it, because I didn't knew about Shopping-Services at that time. Luckily I found it a few months later on yahoo! new without tags. My preferred color was the Green/turquoise Version, but the Red-Version was my second Choice so I asked my Shopping Service (that I found in the meantime) to order it for me. The real color is beautiful! It has a great burgundy-red color. If you take a look at the Stock-Pictures, it seems like the Part of the Print with the Brass-Band is in ivory, but that’s not true. Take a look at my Picture. In real, the print with the Brass-Band is in a pale red that fits the color and look of the whole dress much better.
I wore the dress once. I still like it, but I had to let it go. Itfelt very tight on me and there are other Dresses in my Closet I like more.
Winter is coming and it’s time to light a candle. So why not light a candle that fills your room with delicious scents? Well, I can tell you that I tried a lot of perfumed candles and oil in my life but Yankee candles are the greatest one I know till now. Yankee Candle is a American Company that offers perfumed candles in an incredible number of different fragrance. From “Fresh Cut Roses” over “Serengeti Sunset” to “Fluffy Towels” you can find nearly every flavor you can think of. Yankee Candles are expensive (if you match them with normal perfumed candles that you can buy in any drugstore), but they are made of natural ingredients, what is very important for me. I don’t want a chemical bomb, where I don’t now, what it’s blowing into the air that I’m breathing. Yankee Candles are offered in different sizes and forms:
Wax Tarts (22g): up to 8 Hours Votive (49g): up to 15 Hours Small Jar Candle (104g): 25 to 40 Hours Medium Jar Candle (411g): 65 to 90 Hours Large Jar Candle (623g): 110 to 150 Hours
Of cause you can buy matching glasses and other Stuff for the Candles as well.
I usually buy a votive or a wax tart if I find a scent, I want to have. There is only one scent that I bought as large Jar Candle, because it was reduced after last Christmas. And that’s what I can recommend you. Yankee Candle offers special scents for every season and after a season is over a lot of this scents get reduced ;) This is my current collection (most of them are from the last Christmas-Collection) :
By the way, Yankee Candles are a great gift, especially in the dark and cold time of the Year.
I like Pirate- and Steampunk-Lolita AND I love Bustle Butts, so this Dress seemed to be perfect for me. The only critical Point was the Waist-Measurement. My Waist isn’t very small and I knew that it would get tight, but I had to try it. Unfortunately I was wrong. The Dress is too small for me...too bad. But let's talk about the Dress itself. This Dress has wonderful Details in its Print that are not really visible on the Stockpicktures from Alice and the Pirates. There are Parts of Maps, Roses ....and of course Cogwheels. The Fabric is very soft and thin. The Fabric of the Underskirt / Ruffle Botty is a little more solid.
I really like the Buttons and the Chains on the Bust. The Buttons have a emblem on it. The Lace on the Top is not too cute/romantic in it's style which fits the Steampunk-Style very good.
Chocolate with the Walt Disney Princess on it. I had to try it!
But I should not buy it again. It was so good, that I could not stop eating and so the whole bar disappeared within a few Minutes...strange...I wonder where it went ;-)
Yes yes, I know...it's a little bit late for my travel report, but unfortunately I was very busy the last few weeks. I did not have much time, that's why I posted the Nightwish-Review previously (it was already finished and in line since June). But let's start with the Report:
After the Event I had a few days left in Hamburg for Sightseeing, Shopping and a little geocaching. I started my Sightseeing-Tour like most Tourist do with a Sightseeing-Bus. I really like this "Hop-On Hop-Off"-Sightseeing Buses. They are a great way to get a overview about the most important points of a city and by the way you also get interesting facts about the city. Here are a few pictures of the City:
St. Michaelis Church
Window inside St. Michaelis Church - Amazing!
Harbor / Landungsbrücken
Harbor / Landungsbrücken
Alsterfleet
Speicherstadt
Little Police Station near Speicherstadt
But Hamburg is not famous for it's asphalt-streets. It's famous for it's water-streets. Because of this I also made a Alster-Boat-Tour and a Habor-Tour. But not on the same day ;) Here are a few pictures as well.
Harbor
Harbor / Landungsbrücken
MINIOOOOOONS! Bananaaaaa!
View on Jungfernstieg from the Boat
That's were the reaaally rich one life
I really liked both Boat Trips. They are completly different like Day and Night and I recommend you both Trips, if you visit Hamburg ;)
Of cause I had to do a little bit Shopping. If you have a big wallet, I recommend you the "Alsterhaus".
Alsterhaus
You will find a lot of luxery Brands. One I've never heard of befor was "Ted Baker", they have romantic, beautiful clothing and bags.
Ted Baker inside Alsterhaus
Hamburg has a lot of passage with Stores. By hazard I decided to take a look at the "Gänsemarkt Passage" and look, what I found there!
Sanrio Store at Gänsemarkt
Shopping Time! I can't decide!
Oooohh...It took me one hour to check all Items in the Shop and decide, which one I would like to buy. This is what I bought:
I instanly told a Lolita Friend via WhatsApp of the store and she said "Oh yes, I know this store. It's great, isn't it? Maybe you can make a good deal. I heared that the store is closing" And I thought "You damn****, why did'nt you tell me about this shop earlier, if you know it??" >.<
A Tip if your going on a little Shopping Trip. Don't focus to much on the stores, take a look at the architecture. Hamburg has amazing buldings!
Music is one of the biggest Parts in my Life. Without Music I would turn completly mad. My taste of music is characterised by it's versatility. I like a lot of the current Radio-Charts and -Artist, but I also love Classic, Musical, Soundtracks, J-Pop, 80's AND Symphomic Metal. That's the point, which leads me to one of my absolut favorite Bands:
I'm listening to the Music of Nightwish since 2003. In 12 Years their Music was never boring to me. I got the new Album in the limited "Super" Delux Edition on my Birthday. It's a big Book with 3 CDs and a LP. The Book shows the Song-Lyrichs, a lot of beautiful Pictures and of course Photographs of the Band.
Front
When
I opend the Book and saw the three CDs I was a little bit confused. I
know that the normal Delux-Edition contains the Album- +
Instrumental-Version, so I was hoping for a DVD that would show two or
three Songs live on Stage, but it turned out as a Orchestral-Version.
I'm not disappointed about it! I like the Orchestral-Version more than
the Instrumental-Version.
When I listened to the Album the first time it was like "Well it's okay, but nothing special". If you haven't heared of this Band until now you have to know, that they have a new Front-Singer...again. Originally Tarja Turunen was the Leadsinger of Nightwish. She has a classical vocal-education and sang the songs with her classical voice, what made the special and unique Sound of Nightwish. Unfortunately Tarja left Nightwish in 2005 to start a solo career. Nightwish found Anette Olzon as new Frontsinger and produced the Album "Imagenerium".
Nightwish with Anette Olzon as Frontsinger
Anette is a great singer and she has a great voice, but it's a "normal" Pop-Voice and Nightwish lost a bit of it's uniqueness. Anyway "Imagenerium" is a amazing Album, with great Songs! It only took a few years and Nightwish had to search for a new Frontsinger again. Floor Jansen was and still is the new choice.
Nightwish with Floor Jansen as Frontsinger
Floor has a Rock-Voice, that sounds strong and aduld. Luckily Floor is also able to sing in a soft and calm way, like she does in "Our Decades in the Sun" which is one of my Favorit Songs of the Album. I don't like the Look of Floor, but that is just my opinion and much more important is her voice that suits the Music of Nightwish much better than Anette. Unfortunately Floor will never never NEVER reach Tarja, but the more I listen to the new Album, the more I like it. Sometimes it takes a little time ;-)
You may be surprised about the number of Titels. There are only 11 Tracks on the Album BUT the last Song "The Greatest Show on Earth" has a incredible duration of over 23 Minutes! You can count this Titel as 4 Songs xD
Track-List:
Back
CD 1 is the normal Album 1: Schudder Before the Beautiful 2: Weak Fantasy 3: Élan 4: Yours Is an Empty Hope 5: Our Decades in the Sun 6: My Walden 7: Endless Forms Most Beautiful 8: Edema Ruh 9: Alpenglow 10: The Eyes of Sharbat Gula 11: The Greatest Show on Earth
3 CDs (Album/Instrumental/Orchestral)
CD 2 is Instrumental 1: Schudder Before the Beautiful 2: Weak Fantasy 3: Élan 4: Yours Is an Empty Hope 5: Our Decades in the Sun 6: My Walden 7: Endless Forms Most Beautiful 8: Edema Ruh 9: Alpenglow 10: The Eyes of Sharbat Gula 11: The Greatest Show on Earth CD 3 is Orchestral
LP
1: Schudder Before the Beautiful 2: Weak Fantasy 3: Élan 4: Yours Is an Empty Hope 5: Our Decades in the Sun 6: Endless Forms Most Beautiful 7: Alpenglow 8: The Eyes of Sharbat Gula 9: The Greatest Show on Earth LP Side A: Endless Forms Most Beautiful (Alternativ Version) Side B: Élan (Alternativ Version) My Favorit Songs are "Our Decades in the Sun", "Edema Ruh", Élan" and "Alpenglow" (eventhough the Word "Alpenglow" sounds very strange to me).
Nightwish - Èlan (Official Video)
Nightwish Homepage If you want a Reviews of a previous Nightwish-Album or maybe a Nightwish DVD, just let me know ;-)
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