#giannopoulos

[eurovision-revisited]

Eurovision 2007 - Number 4 - Evridiki - "Comme Ci, Comme ça"

Evridiki may be at the end of her Eurovision career in 2007, but what a career. She's appeared six times; three times as Cyprus's representative and three times as a backing vocalist. Her first time was in 1983 and here she is twenty-four years later singing a song that's what you might associate with her from her previous appearances.

This all happened in 2002 after a break with her ex-husband Giorgos Theofanous who had also been the main producer and composer of her first nine albums, including her Eurovision songs. He even conducted the Eurovision orchestra for her 1992 and 1994. After a break of three years from the studio, she found another collaborator in Dimitris Korgialas.

Together they wrote and recorded an album in 2003, Oso Fevgo Gyrizo. Evridiki had gone rock. Another album followed in 2005 and when the CyBC came calling asking for her to represent the nation again thirteen years after her previous attempt, it was in the knowledge that she would be coming with something rockier - and more in keeping with the post-Lordi Eurovision environment.

What they weren't expecting was that the song would be entirely in French. That was down to the lyricist of the song, Belgium-born Poseidon Giannopoulos. He said that as soon as he heard the song, he thought of the French language. Comme ci, comme ça was born. It's a pop-rock number that feels a touch New Wave and early 1980s in its mood and energy. Angry art-punks who'd discovered how to play their instruments and bought a synth, but still have their style, their swagger and their forthrightness.

It's a song about a relationship breaking up because Evridiki still wants to go out on a Saturday night, while her partner likes to stay at home for an early night. I wonder if this is in any way autobiographical. Dimitris is right there beside on the stage, so maybe Giorgos should have stayed up a bit later? There's a distinct possibility that this is the ultimate angry diss of a former partner right there live at Eurovision. There is no doubting Evridiki's commitment to this song and performance.

I love the pure energy, as well as the bounce from the synths and the phrasing of the chorus. Although it's mostly short phrases and staccato stabs at the object of Evridiki's ire, in the chorus there are two lines where a word is split over two bars, extending the phrase and launching it with added venom and vigour.

It went into the semi-final as one of the ten favourites to win the entire contest. It was pop-rock, it was stylish, it was Evridiki. Everything pointed to a good outcome. However both Cyprus and Evridiki were victims of the mega semi-final (she was third in the running-order out of the twenty-eight songs) as well as the perceived eastern European bias and purported block voting. They only finished fifth despite the UK giving her ten points as well as the usual twelve from Greece.

There were more albums and appearances. Evridiki is still one of the best-selling Greek language singers there has been. She began to work with the band Lopodites and singer Georgia Kerala.

She still has the fire. This is a potpourri of songs by Evrdiki performed live in 2018 and a concert given to honour her former husband Giorgos Theofanous - who is playing the piano. The first song is one from her later career and that she had recorded with Giorgia Kerala, Πόσο Λίγο Με Ξέρεις (How Little Do You Know Me?).

You tell 'em.

[blackcatfilmprod]

Hi Guys, Tonight check out WOG LIFE at BRISBANE POWERHOUSE here. I'm so looking forward to this performance.

[nofatclips]

Father Sun by Villagers of Ioannina City from the live concert Through Space and Time (Alive in Athens 2020)

[vintagewarhol]

[rainingmusic]

VILLAGERS OF IOANNINA CITY - Father Sun

[heartbreakfeelsgoodinablog]

Never trust reality.

[searchingsmilesphotography]

In order:

Shot on iPhone- Alex Gaskarth of Simple Creatures/All Time Low

Shot on DSLR- Dimitri Giannopoulos and Jamie Vadala-Doran of Horse Jumper of Love

[mozart2006]

Stuttgarter Philharmoniker - Maria Ioudenitch

Da diverso tempo io tengo d’ occhio Maria Ioudenitch, ventottenne violinista nata in Russia ma cresciuta a Kansas City, Continue reading Stuttgarter Philharmoniker – Maria Ioudenitch

[suchananewsblog]

Stream It Or Skip It: ‘Alone at Night’ on Hulu, A COVID Horror Film That Packs More Stars Than Scares

Where else can Paris Hilton and Pamela Anderson meet that isn’t just the punchline of a Jay Leno joke? That’d be in Alone at Night, the new quarantine-themed horror film now streaming on Hulu. It’s part COVID chiller, part reality TV parody, and wholly unlike anything else available to stream. The Gist: After a bad breakup where her ex-boyfriend kicks her out of their place, Vicky (Ashley Benson)…

[totallylost4you]

The LOLAWOLF (Zoë Kravitz & Jimmy Giannopoulos) Twitter account retweeted two Swiftgron tweets. They tell Zoë's song "Not Diana" is interesting from a Swiftgron's perspective. On the same night Taylor played "Wonderland" as a surprise song!

I know you like French girls. But I swept you off your feet. 'Cause you grabbed me by my wrists. And you kissed me on my tits.

I know I'm not Diana. But just come with me. Come away with me.

Goodbye Kaylor, hello Toë!? 🥹

(It's okay, as long as Taylor is happy, but... Karlie!? 🥹)

👇 This is where all the rumors about Taylor's relationship with Zoë Kravitz started. 👇

A Toë masterpost 👇

December 9, 2020:

Fits to Taylor's "Paris"-lyrics: Like we were in Paris Like we were somewhere else

New Year's Eve 2020: Look at the Captions and the Sofa

"Willow" and the Witches:

March 27, 2023: "You are family" (Lenny about Taylor)

“Oh you went in MY closet” (Lenny Kravits about Taylor's outfit)

Most parts of the Masterpost by iloveanimalssavetheworld

Lolawolf tweets found by Gaylor Updates

[blackcatfilmprod]

This week we're attending Nick Giannopoulos' WOG LIFE at the BRISBANE POWERHOUSE. I hope I will see you all then!

[dustedmagazine]

Horse Jumper of Love — Disaster Trick (Run for Cover)

Photo by Pond Creative

Horse Jumper of Love’s second album blows out introspective songs into wailing crescendos. Guitars bristle, flare and dissolve into fuzz, while quiet, contemplative lyrics unfold in the hurricane’s unblinking eye. “Wink,” the first single, spools out in chilled post-rocking chords, drums kicking up dust in the long sustained intervals. The singer, Dmitri Giannopoulos, sings in a shrugging, self-effacing tenor, navigating twisty melodies with an unhurried, unbothered nonchalance. The song is a battering ram and a weighted blanket, equal parts brute force and solace.

The music has undergone a shift since Heartbreak Rules, from 2023, an album I liked a lot. That record was a mostly solo endeavor, just Giannopoulos singing songs he’d knocked out during COVID quarantine and John Margaris coming in late to play a few piano parts. This one is much more of a band effort. Margaris plays bass throughout, and James Doran drums. There are guest appearances from of-the-moment indie rockers including Wednesday’s Karly Hartzman, MJ Lenderman and Ella Williams of Squirrel Flower. Though still morose and inward-looking, the songs bloom into sprawling, distorted, nocturnal flower. They are larger but very personal.

“Snow Angel,” for instance, establishes a slow acoustic strum, then blows it to bits with fuzz. The sound coils and uncoils, storming ahead with inexorable anthemic vigor, then turning inward on itself in wounded dissonance. “Curtain” strips back the Horse Jumper experience to flared electric chords and vocals. The song digs into the bleakest existential questions—the self, its relation with others, mortality — in clean, echoing isolation. Giannopoulos croons, “Do you think yours is the only point of view? Do you that think others haven’t done it, too? Did you follow that nasty rule? You wave that goodbye and they close the black curtain on you.”

The sound is mesmerizing, pitched somewhere between Polvo’s guitar-wrenching abstractions and David Grubbs’ surreal sung poetry and Bedhead but with more explosions. Ovlov comes to mind, too, in the tactile onslaught of distorted guitar sound. Yet the words are good, too, if hard to catch, as they bob up to the surface of guitar skree, then sink under again. “Lip Reader” has one of the disc’s most arresting images, in a verse that goes, “You were singing your song in the doorway/I could see you in the other room/like a lip reader from the other side/you’re from another side.”  The line between the living and the dead, the real and the imagined, is wavery and blurred.

At times, Giannopoulos recalls other, far more acoustically centered artists. The spare, stark “Word,” for instance, sounds a good bit like whispery, gothic Boduf songs. The trick he’s mastered, however, is hitching vulnerability to blaring, swelling, overwhelming guitar sounds. It’s not often that music this loud and distorted can break your heart.

Jennifer Kelly

[reachartwork]

Chum 112: Homecoming

"Is it done?" I ask, my voice low as we make our way through the throng of bodies towards the punch bowl. "Did the post go up?"

Jordan's grin sharpens, their eyes glinting in the strobing lights. "Oh yeah. It's up. The server logged thirty comments in the first seventeen minutes. By the time anyone thinks to look our way, we'll be old news."

I let out a breath I didn't realize I was holding, some of the tension easing from my shoulders. We did it. The truth is out there, and there's no taking it back now.

Of course, that's when Mike fucking Giannopoulos comes bounding up to us, his tux straining around his football player bulk. "Yo, Westwood!" he crows, slapping Jordan on the back hard enough to make them stumble. "Looking sharp, dude! Didn't think you had it in you!" Then he turns to me, smiling. "What's up, Sam!"

I smile back thinly, trying not to grimace as the scent of his body spray clogs my nostrils. "Hey Mike," I say with about as much enthusiasm as if I was saying, "Hey, root canal".

He doesn't seem to notice, already turning back to Jordan to yammer on about some boring football bullshit - football bullshit that I'm sure Jordan couldn't care less about. I tune him out, my eyes scanning the room. The chaperones are all clustered by the doors, their heads bent together as they mutter into their walkie-talkies. Every entrance and exit is manned by at least two security guards, big beefy dudes who look like they bench press Chevy Tahoes in their spare time.

[pontiandiaspora]

(Image description: Drawing of Pontian man in zipka holding gun, staring into the distance.) Depiction of a Pontian guerrilla by Christos Giannopoulos.

Today, May 19th, we remember the Greek genocide.

We remember those who were forced from their homes, those who fled, and those who were killed in the same cities and towns where their families had lived for thousands of years.

We remember Pontian women who were abducted, raped, or forced into marriage.

We remember Pontian children who were orphaned.

We remember men who were sent to labor camps.

We remember families broken apart.

We remember those who resisted genocide and tried to defend their homes.

I remember my ancestors, those members of my family, who were killed. I hope the Turkish government will eventually acknowledge its wrongdoings and make recompense to the victims’ descendants. I hope to preserve Romeika and all Pontian cultural traditions for future generations. I hope we can all find peace.

[mrsbsmooth]

Could you please revise Raphael… FB did him dirty. I wouldn’t mind if he was a little on the chunky side with a dad bod. His proportions are so off!

Side note. I’m now interested in this Cassius guy. Greek god… yum. Giving me Davide vibes lol

@libelle949 beat me to it !

And hell yessssssss gimme a look at Cassius- GREEK? Fucking yes please.

Make me Mrs Giannopoulos (which I’ve decided is his surname) mmmmmmmm

(Please be hairy please be hairy please be hairy)

[goalhofer]

Famous July 13, 2023 birthdays.

Sir Patrick Stewart (British actor)(pictured), 83

Harrison Ford (American actor & pilot), 81

Roger McGuinn (American singer & guitarist), 81

Prof. Rubik Ernő (Hungarian architect & inventor), 79

Richard "Cheech" Marin (American comedian & actor), 77

Tony Kornheiser (American talk show host), 75

Didi Conn Shire (American actress), 72

Gil Birmingham (American actor), 70

David Thompson (American basketball player), 69

Mark Mendoza (American guitarist), 67

Michael Spinks (American boxer), 67

Cameron Crowe (American director), 66

Robert Abraham (American football player), 63

Tom Kenny (American voice actor), 61

Rhonda Vincent Sandker (American singer & mandolin player), 61

Dr. Ken Jeong (American comedian & actor)(pictured), 54

Sheldon Souray (Canadian hockey player), 47

Chris Horn (American football player), 46

Ryan Ludwick (American baseball player), 45

Prodromos Nikolaidis (Greek-Cypriot basketball player), 45

Shin-Soo Choo (South Korean baseball player), 41

Yadi Molina (Puerto Rican baseball player & manager), 41

Charlotte Dujardin (British equestrian & writer), 38

D.J. LeMahieu (American baseball player), 35

Tulisa (British singer & songwriter), 35

Charis Giannopoulos (Greek basketball player), 34

Cody Bellinger (American baseball player), 28

Dante Exum (Australian basketball player), 28