December 01, 2008
November 15, 2008
Julia's artists of the week: Wentworth Miller & Zaha Hadid
![]() Two Kinds Of Art Wentworth Miller & Zaha Hadid They have nothing in common. At a first glance. They come from different worlds, have different backgrounds, have different professions but still they meet somewhere. Their impact on people is so impressive that one could say that they have the same kind of driving force behind the apparent surface. One of them was born in UK on June the 2nd , 1972 in a small quiet town near Oxford, Chipping Norton. The other was born in Iraq on October the 31st, 1950 in a big busy city, Baghdad. And it seems that the first images of the world that they perceived have left visible traces in both their personalities. Both start off their careers on paths that turned out to be different from the ones they eventually followed. Zaha first got a degree in mathematics in Beirut; Wentworth studied English literature in Princeton. At a certain point after graduation both realize that they were meant for something else. And that was a fortunate moment because time still proves it that the second choice was the right one in both cases. Having made up their minds about the next step, they decide to leave their home land and move towards their new lives. He's dreaming of being an actor, she's dreaming of being an architect. ![]() 22 years ago, in the midsummer of 1972 (about the time he was preparing to be born) she had also said good bye to her friends and family and moved to London to study architecture, and this is where she still lives to this day. It looks that she was meant to become an architect. She was raised in one of Baghdad's first Bauhaus-inspired houses. In the late 1950's she witnessed and was impressed by the construction of Gio Ponti's planning ministry, a replica of his Pirelli Tower in Milan, a symbol of postwar Italian style. And she was always moved by the shapes and volumes and the way they could interact to give unexpected results. In the beginning of their careers both needed support. That support came in either case only from their strong personalities, as the others around them were still circumspect. ”In my own career as an actor, there were times when I was the only one who believed in myself in the face of the odds. I was the only one who was giving myself any kind of support.”, says Went when talking about this period. Both had to fight for recognition, but the path they had chosen to follow was not a hike in the park on a shiny day for neither of them. It required sacrifices. He had to overpass the opinion that acting is not a real job and reinvent himself in order to have the strength to chase his dream and become an actor; she, on the other side, had an extremely bold and visionary opinion on what a building was supposed to be and how this expressed itself through shape and materials, opinion that was years ahead from that time's mainstream. Her first projects have left all on paper, all unbuilt, but nevertheless they transformed the expectations of what architecture could be.Those projects along with her paintings (Zaha is an artist as well as an architect) make now the object of expositions held all over the world. After three years of working in the unseen field of the movie business , Went had acquired precious experience in the secrets of producing and promoting a film, that will provide him with a “pulse of a bureaucrat” that came to sustain “a soul of an artist”, as he himself describes it. It was then the right time to start his real career, and his first role came in 1998 in “Buffy the vampire slayer”, then another the next year in “Time of your life”, then again in “Popular”in 2000, but he was still back and forth between his “behind the camera” job and the auditions for new roles. A few months later he appears in ER, then in “Romeo and Juliet” and “Room 302”, but his first major role comes in 2002 in the mini series “Dinotopia” where he plays David, one of the brothers in the story. This time the part he played was a complete acting experience that will give him the full taste of an acting job. The next year is the year of his outbreak. He manages to secure two roles, the doctor's character in “Underworld” and the powerful role of Coleman Silk in “Human Stain”. This movie, besides its importance for his career, is a revelation to him as an individual. He realizes now that all that range of intense emotions that he had lived while playing this role, a role that was so near to his own real experience, are now exposed to the outside world and cease to be hidden in his soul and controlled by him. The movie deals a lot with the bidirectional racism and this was something he himself had experienced many times, so many that you can feel the sorrow in his words when he talks about this: ”Someone calls you "nigger" and it's like a knife to the gut. To be in that sort of situation it's just a little nick, but you suffer enough nicks and you bleed to death just the same.” Despite its brilliant plot and the great acting of the cast, the film wasn't the success that everybody expected, but the good thing is that it brings Went into the limelight and shows his talent in a difficult role. There will pass two more years of smaller roles till the real outbreak of the actor Went. He plays in “The Confession”, ”Joan of Arcadia”, ”Ghost Whisperer” and does the voice in “Stealth”. More experience for Went, less time left till the overall recognition. And the recognition finally came in 2005. It came as a flood and left no doubt at all about his charismatic acting gifts. After long auditions for the leading role of Michael Scofield, the producers had almost lost hope that they will find the right person for this role. He was the last auditioned. And the decision was taken so fast that he hadn't even the time to realize what was happening to him. He was Michael Scofield, he was voluntarily going to prison to save his brother Loncoln Burrows. And the rest of it is already history. Prison Break is a hit and Went is continuously stopped in the street by people who want to congratulate him for his courage in fighting to save his “brother” and in trying to bring down the Company. What more does an actor need than to be identified with the character he plays? But it seems that Went never took too serious the whole success thing and still, after all these years, he can be so detached and joke about all that ...with a characteristic subtle English humor that was perhaps one of the things that were left in his personality by the short passing he made through the streets of Chipping Norton. London was in the depths of recession when Hadid arrived as a student in the 1970s. Its architects were experiencing both a shortage of work and a loss of confidence. Modernism, as pioneered by Le Corbusier and Mies van der Rohe in the 1930s, looked dead and the utopias of the 1960s worn out. The university where Zaha studied provided a unique centre for debate about new directions in design. Bernard Tschumi, Rem Koolhaas, Leon Krier and Brian Anson were all on the teaching staff at that time, which was an unhoped for opportunity to be in touch with the most brilliant minds of contemporary architecture. The experience clearly had a profound effect on her. The school provided an environment in which she could explore one of the twentieth century’s great art movements, Russian Constructivism (I looooove it!!!!). This revolutionary period was the point of departure for her architectural concept that is a unique expression of the most powerful architectural current of the twilight of the 20Th Century - the Deconstructivism (....looooooove that one too!!!!). She belonged to a generation familiar with the idea of architecture as a theoretical activity in which design drawings were as important as building. The delay between conceiving the designs that made her reputation, and building them for reasons of lack of technological means, made it inevitable that Zaha would be represented as being more concerned with theory than practice. Only now, 25 years after her first visionary projects, the means have evolved enough to make possible that more and more of her flamboyant works become reality. Her radical theory on architecture and her full dedication to it is mirrored in her own words: ”Architecture requires 100% dedication. If it doesn't kill you, then you're no good. I mean, really - you have to go at it full time. You can't afford to dip in and out. I can be my own worst enemy. As a woman, I'm expected to want everything to be nice, and to be nice myself. A very English thing. I don't design nice buildings I like architecture to have some raw, vital, earthy quality.” Besides the wide collection of her paintings, I should mention some of the buildings that have been raised from her projects are: Zaragoza Bridge Pavillion, Nordpak Cable Railway in Innsbruck, Guangzhou Opera House in China, Cagliary Contemporary Arts Centre in Cagliary Italy, Rosenthal Center for Contemporary Art in Cincinnati Ohio, BMW Central Building in Leipzig, Phaeno Science Center in Wolfsburg, Ordrupgaard Museum Extension in Copenhagen, Centre of Contemporary Arts in Rome, Ferry Terminal in Salerno, Terminus Hoenheim in Strasboug, Bergisel Ski Jump in Austria and more others. In both Wentworth's ans Zaha's cases the appropriate thing to say about their careers is that the best is still to come. Both have tremendous hidden qualities and creative resources, and both are now international symbols that make the world have great expectations and hopes as regards to their next steps. These are two of my favorite people. Both impressed me in a great measure, one of them touches my mind, the other touches my soul. I hope i was able to pass a piece of my admiration in my story and I hope you enjoyed reading it as much as i enjoyed writing it. If you want to learn more about Zaha's work, this is a good link: http://www.arcspace.com/architects/hadid/hadid_features.html About Went I assume you know all the links and you may know a great deal more than me. Thanks to wentworth-underground.com for the Went pics, to excomm (http://www.wentinfo.com/forum/) and Ladiu for infos on Went's career, and to London Design Museum and others for infos on Zaha's work. For those who were kind enough to read my story till the end, here's another slideshow dedicated entirely to Wentworth. |
November 10, 2008
Bebo's artist of the week.
November 01, 2008
October 29, 2008
WMradio The IV
Dear comrades.. 
There are few things I want you to know, so here we go..
1) WMradio Top 5 is over
2) now the old wmradio3(in the air) you can find HERE
3) keep on posting great music and enjoy WMradio The IV
Smile,
aama
and bebo!
There are few things I want you to know, so here we go..
1) WMradio Top 5 is over
2) now the old wmradio3(in the air) you can find HERE
3) keep on posting great music and enjoy WMradio The IV
Smile,
aama
October 28, 2008
October 18, 2008
October 01, 2008
Last news
We want to announce that finally Julia's Playlist is done!!! Sorry for the time it has taken to have it in the right order and Big Thanks to our DJ Detected - who upload some of the missing songs, Also, we have a new slide show made by DJ Bebo, with the recent photos of City campaign! You can find it on the footer of the blog. Dont' forget we have a new type of votation for TOP5. You can start by posting your choices randomly, with no limit number for songs, on DJ Yvonne's post. |
September 25, 2008
WMradio's "Winning DJ October 2008"
As of now we are changing the weekly WMradio TOP5 to a monthly WMradio TOP5 Please don't forget to vote!!!. Your votes must be in by October 31st. We look forward to having a new winning song and having the very first and only - Votes begin and end from song "326 - Dirty by Christina Aguillera" to song "365 - Kissing the Rain by Tori Amos " Big congratulations to last weeks winning DJ My_playground who celebrates her first win!!!. |
September 23, 2008
WMradio TOP5
Results of the week's WM top5:
nº 314 - "The Mystic's Dream" - Loreena McKennitt (3 votes)
nº 324 - "8th world wonder" - Kimberly Locke (3 votes)
nº 296 - "I Wish I had AN Angel" - NightWish (2 votes)
nº 301 - "Easy" - Faith No More (2 votes)
nº 307 - "Absent Minded Friends" - Moloko (2 votes)
also songs number 311, 305, 232, 325, 318 got two votes.
The winning DJ is My_Playground...Congratulations on your first win!!!. May there be many more...
congratulations all the winners.
September 15, 2008
WMradio TOP5
Results of the week's WM top5:
nº 290 - "Closer" - Nine Inch Nails (6 votes)
nº 288- "The Reason" - Hoobastank (3 votes)
nº 271 - "Black Coffee" - All Saints (3 votes)
nº 275 - "Run" - Snow Patrol (3 votes)
nº 284 - "London In The Rain" - Variety Lab (3 votes)
nº 290 - "Closer" - Nine Inch Nails (6 votes)
nº 288- "The Reason" - Hoobastank (3 votes)
nº 271 - "Black Coffee" - All Saints (3 votes)
nº 275 - "Run" - Snow Patrol (3 votes)
nº 284 - "London In The Rain" - Variety Lab (3 votes)
nº 292 - Nothing Compares To YoU - Jimmy Scott
The winner is DJ Peccary
congratulations all the winners.
This week, you can choose five songs and another two additional songs from nº 296 to 325 ("I Wish I Had An Angel", Nightwish to "Maneater", Nelly Futado). Deadline day and time: Sunday 21 September, at midnight! |
September 08, 2008
WMradio TOP5
Results of the week's WM top5:
nº 255 - "In Repeat" - The Gift (4 votes)
nº 246- "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes B" - Crystal Gayle (3 votes)
nº 249 - "Sleeping Sun" - Nightwish (3 votes)
nº 250 - "Braveheart" - Piano (3 votes)
nº 252 - "Rock Your Body" - Justin Timberlake (3 votes)
nº 255 - "In Repeat" - The Gift (4 votes)
nº 246- "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes B" - Crystal Gayle (3 votes)
nº 249 - "Sleeping Sun" - Nightwish (3 votes)
nº 250 - "Braveheart" - Piano (3 votes)
nº 252 - "Rock Your Body" - Justin Timberlake (3 votes)
The winner is DJ Aama
congratulations all the winners.
This week, you can choose five songs and another two additional songs from nº 266 to 295 ("Peer Gynt", Edvard Grieg to "Perfect", Mason VS princess superstar). Deadline day and time: Sunday 14 September, at midnight! |
September 05, 2008
Julia's CD for Wentworth
Read her thread on Went's IMDB board. While we are all waiting for glorious happy news, :-)), let's ENJOY the listening of the CD!
September 01, 2008
WMradio TOP5
Results of the week's WM top5:
nº 222 - "You Don't Have To Say You Love Me" - Dusty Springfield (4 votes)
nº 211- "Here Comes The Rain Again" - Eurythmics (3 votes)
nº 224 - "Smells Like Teen Spirit" - Nirvana (3 votes)
nº 233 - "Scattero Una Foto" - Tiziano Ferro (3 votes)
nº 213 - "Chances Are" - Vand Shepard & Robert Downey JR. (2 votes)
nº 222 - "You Don't Have To Say You Love Me" - Dusty Springfield (4 votes)
nº 211- "Here Comes The Rain Again" - Eurythmics (3 votes)
nº 224 - "Smells Like Teen Spirit" - Nirvana (3 votes)
nº 233 - "Scattero Una Foto" - Tiziano Ferro (3 votes)
nº 213 - "Chances Are" - Vand Shepard & Robert Downey JR. (2 votes)
The winner is DJ Bebo
congratulations all the winners.
This week, you can choose five songs and another two additional songs from nº 236 to 265 ("Driving You Slow", The Gift to "Morning", Edvard Grieg). Deadline day and time: Sunday 7 September, at midnight! |
WELCOME OUR NEW ADMINISTRATOR!!!
It's a pleasure to announce that a new member has joined our Radio's administration team,
welcome to our team DJ Detected
enjoy your time everybody.
welcome to our team DJ Detected
enjoy your time everybody.
August 25, 2008
Results of the week's WM top5:
nº 199 - "Oh" - Mickey Green (5 votes)
nº 189- "Waters Of March" - Akiko (4 votes)
nº 203 - "Jeux D'Amour" - Rodrigo Leo (4 votes)
nº 208 - "Burguesinha" - Seu Jorge (2 votes)
nº 187 - "Sneaker fiend" (2 votes)
nº 199 - "Oh" - Mickey Green (5 votes)
nº 189- "Waters Of March" - Akiko (4 votes)
nº 203 - "Jeux D'Amour" - Rodrigo Leo (4 votes)
nº 208 - "Burguesinha" - Seu Jorge (2 votes)
nº 187 - "Sneaker fiend" (2 votes)
The winner is DJ Aama
congratulations all the winners.
This week, you can choose five songs and another two additional songs from nº 211 to 235 ("Here Comes The Rain Again", Eurythmics to "Blind", Hercules & Love Affair). Deadline day and time: Sunday 31 August, at midnight! |
August 19, 2008
WMradio TOP 5
Results of the week's WM top5:
nº 161 - "Creep" - Radiohead (3 votes)
nº 164 - "Gravity" - Embrace (2 votes)
nº 168 - "Hypnotic" - Craig David (2 votes)
nº 174 - "Open Your Eyes" - Snow Patrol (2 votes)
nº 183 - "These Words" - Natasha Bedingfield (2 votes)
nº 161 - "Creep" - Radiohead (3 votes)
nº 164 - "Gravity" - Embrace (2 votes)
nº 168 - "Hypnotic" - Craig David (2 votes)
nº 174 - "Open Your Eyes" - Snow Patrol (2 votes)
nº 183 - "These Words" - Natasha Bedingfield (2 votes)
also song number 184 got 2 votes.
the winner is DJ Likewhat
congratulations all the winners.
This week, you can choose five songs and another two additional songs from nº 186 to 210 ("Amore Disperato", Nada Trio to "Maria Magdalena", Sandrah). Deadline day and time: Sunday 24 August, at midnight! |
August 12, 2008
WMradio TOP 5
Results of the week's WM top5:
nº 144- "You" - Ten Sharp (4 votes)
nº 158 - "Holding On" - Ferry Corsten (3 votes)
nº 131 - "Magnificat" - Arvo part (2 votes)
nº 136 - "Put Your Records On" - Corinne Bailey Rae(2 votes)
nº 138 - "Kiss From A Rose" - Seal (2 votes)
nº 144- "You" - Ten Sharp (4 votes)
nº 158 - "Holding On" - Ferry Corsten (3 votes)
nº 131 - "Magnificat" - Arvo part (2 votes)
nº 136 - "Put Your Records On" - Corinne Bailey Rae(2 votes)
nº 138 - "Kiss From A Rose" - Seal (2 votes)
also the following songs got 2 votes, songs number ( 149-151)
the winner is DJ Bebo
congratulations all the winners.
This week, you can choose five songs and another two additional songs from nº 161 to 185 ("Creep", Radiohead to "I Will Always Love You", Whitney Housten). Deadline day and time: Sunday 17 August, at midnight! |
August 04, 2008
WMradio TOP 5
Results of the week's WM top5:
nº 123- "No Sacrifice, No Victory" - Steve Jablonsky (5 votes)
nº 108 - "Blowin' In The Wind" - Bob Dylan (4 votes)
nº 115 - "Relaxin' At Club F****n" - Koop (4 votes)
nº 125 - "Requiem For A Dream" (4 votes)
nº 126 - "Stop" - Sam Brown(4 votes)
nº 108 - "Blowin' In The Wind" - Bob Dylan (4 votes)
nº 115 - "Relaxin' At Club F****n" - Koop (4 votes)
nº 125 - "Requiem For A Dream" (4 votes)
nº 126 - "Stop" - Sam Brown(4 votes)
also the following songs got 3 votes, songs number ( 111- 122- 129)
congratulations DJ Yvonne.
and congratulations all the winners.
This week, you can choose five songs and another two additional songs from nº 131 to 160("Magnificat", Arvo Part to "Here With Me", Dido). Deadline day and time: Sunday 10 August, at midnight! |
July 27, 2008
WMradio TOP 5
Results of the week's WM top5:
Great gob everybody and thank you for contributing to the radio, now, the results:
Great gob everybody and thank you for contributing to the radio, now, the results:
nº 100- "A Song For The Lovers" - Richard Ashcroft (7 votes)
nº 81 - "Fast Car" - Tracy Chapman (4 votes)
nº 65 - "Dies Irae" - Rodrigo Leao (4 votes)
nº 78 - "Come Undone" - Duran Duran (3 votes)
nº 79 - "Some Kind Of Wonderful" - Joss Stone(3 votes)
nº 81 - "Fast Car" - Tracy Chapman (4 votes)
nº 65 - "Dies Irae" - Rodrigo Leao (4 votes)
nº 78 - "Come Undone" - Duran Duran (3 votes)
nº 79 - "Some Kind Of Wonderful" - Joss Stone(3 votes)
also the following songs got 3 votes, songs number ( 84- 90- 95- 99 )
the winner song was posted by DJ Likewhat , congratulations all the winners.
This week, you can choose five songs and another two additional songs from nº 101 to 130("Mandy", Jonas Brothers to "Tomorrow Never Dies", Swan Lee). Deadline day and time: Sunday 3 August, at midnight! |
July 23, 2008
Reward for the winning DJ
What our listeners decide is an order!!! 54,5% thought we should reward the winner DJ by owning the "A Secret Box", during a week (see results).
As we had a tie between DJ Dds and me, and as Dds is M.I.A., I advanced a new surprise in the box, until she's back.
As we had a tie between DJ Dds and me, and as Dds is M.I.A., I advanced a new surprise in the box, until she's back.
July 21, 2008
SURPRISE!
And results of the week's top5:
It's an honour to me to introduce DJ YVONNE and myself DJ BEBO as new administrators of this sweet place beside our brilliant DJ and administrator Aama, I hope you all enjoy the radio and have a great time.
It's also a pleasure to announce to you the WM RADIO TOP5 for this week :
The top songs were posted by DJ aama and DJ Dds, congratulations aama and Dds, and congratulations to all the winners.
It's an honour to me to introduce DJ YVONNE and myself DJ BEBO as new administrators of this sweet place beside our brilliant DJ and administrator Aama, I hope you all enjoy the radio and have a great time.
It's also a pleasure to announce to you the WM RADIO TOP5 for this week :
nº 56- "Hurt" - Johnny Cash (4 votes)
nº 74 - "Anyway" - Martina McBride (4 votes)
nº 54 - "First Time" - Lifehouse (3 votes)
nº 60 - "Bad Day" - Daniel Powter (3 votes)
nº 67 - "Un Ano De Amor" - Luz Casal (3 votes)
nº68 - "Hollywood" - Madonna (3 votes)
nº 74 - "Anyway" - Martina McBride (4 votes)
nº 54 - "First Time" - Lifehouse (3 votes)
nº 60 - "Bad Day" - Daniel Powter (3 votes)
nº 67 - "Un Ano De Amor" - Luz Casal (3 votes)
nº68 - "Hollywood" - Madonna (3 votes)
also the following songs got 3 votes, songs number ( 71- 73)
The top songs were posted by DJ aama and DJ Dds, congratulations aama and Dds, and congratulations to all the winners.
This week, you can choose five songs and another two additional songs from nº 76 to 100("Touch My Body", Mariah Carey to "A song for the lovers", Richard Ashcroft). Deadline day and time: Sunday 27, at midnight! |
July 18, 2008
Breaking news!!!
WMradio1 and 2-Something to remember has temporary a new address due to improvements in work on the blog design, :-))!
July 17, 2008
Poll
In harmony with the vote expressed on the issue "Should we reward the DJ of the winning song?", we open a new poll, with multiple choice, on the sort of the reward being allocated.
For my part, I already addressed personally, by email, my prize to the winner of the past week. Her confirmation remains pending, :-))!
Comments and/or other suggestions are open here!!!
For my part, I already addressed personally, by email, my prize to the winner of the past week. Her confirmation remains pending, :-))!
Comments and/or other suggestions are open here!!!
July 14, 2008
WMradio TOP 5
It is with deep emotion that I announce the results of the first votation for our new programming on WMradio blog. This way, the winner songs are:
nº 15 - "To Built a Home" - The Cinematic Orchestra(5 votes)
nº 46 - "Warmick Avenue" - Duffy (4 votes)
nº 14 - "I'm Free" - Soup Dragon (3 votes)
nº 20 - "Chopin Nocturne 20 in C" - "The Pianist"(3 votes)
nº 48 - "Sex Bomb" - Tom Jones (3 votes)
nº 46 - "Warmick Avenue" - Duffy (4 votes)
nº 14 - "I'm Free" - Soup Dragon (3 votes)
nº 20 - "Chopin Nocturne 20 in C" - "The Pianist"(3 votes)
nº 48 - "Sex Bomb" - Tom Jones (3 votes)
I have to inform the existence of eleven songs with two votes each (songs nº 1-3-10-13-19-21-30-32-37-42-45). To this end, I think it's fair to refer them back to vote, in order to determine the other, exceptionnally, five winners. To such, I would call back the people who voted, if they dont mind, :-)). Unless, you prefer to keep the result of five songs. Decide how well you fit, :-)!.
This week, you can choose five songs from nº 51 to 75 ("Dont Be Cruel", Bobby Brown to "I Feel You", Schiller). Deadline day and time: Sunday 20, at midnight! |
July 08, 2008
WMradio TOP 5
Due to the large spread of the success of our radio, we have decided to create a new programming: WMradio Top5. To do so, each person may vote in its five favourite songs of the previous week.
As we start this project, to begin people can select ten issues of WMradio3 (songs nº 1 to 50 - "Village People" to "Right Said Fred"). Of course the chart is to be open to everyone, :-))! (that will be nice if you respect one vote per poster...)
As we start this project, to begin people can select ten issues of WMradio3 (songs nº 1 to 50 - "Village People" to "Right Said Fred"). Of course the chart is to be open to everyone, :-))! (that will be nice if you respect one vote per poster...)
EDIT: Due to forces outside our will, we decided to shorten the deadline for the choice of the first, exceptionally, "ten most" songs of the week. Thus, the vote ends tomorrow SUNDAY the 13th, at midnight. Sorry for the inconvenience and thank you for your participation, :-))! |
July 07, 2008
The Speaker's Corner of WMradio
Exceptionally, I've decided to "open" comments in a post. There's no restrictions for users (anonymous posters are allowed)!
Feel free to say what you want about... the blog, *biggrin*!!!
April 13, 2008
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