2. Google Apps for Your Domain
Google昨日发布他们的新服务Google Apps for Your Domain。
看了一下,基本是对原有Google Hosted的强化,除了整合原有的Gtalk,Calendar,Mail服务,新增加了Page Creator服务。这样用户就可以建立基于Google Page Creator的页面了,例如http://abcd.yourgooglehosteddomain.com/。同时变化的还有原先Google Hosted的邮局地址,变成了 https://mail.google.com/a/yourdomain.com(原有https://mail.google.com/hosted/yourdomain.com依然有效)。
The Animals,60年代英伦一支杰出的迷幻/R&B乐团,虽然并不为常人所知,然而多年后的今天,我们依稀尚可听闻些许他们当年的杰出。The Animals成立于1960年,解散于1966年;其后1962年加入该乐团的重要成员Eric Burdon成立了新的乐团New Animals。2000年左右曾发行过一张精选集《Eric Burdon & The Animals》,足见Eric Burdon对乐队举足轻重的作用。The Animals的重要作品有:Mickie Most, these being I’m crying, Don’t let me be misunderstood,Bring it on home to me,We gotta get out of this place和It’s my life. 当然也有这首最最最负盛名的改编自Josh White版民谣曲风的《House Of The Rising Sun》。
There is a house in New Orleans
They call the Rising Sun
And it’s been the ruin of many a poor boy
And God I know I’m one
My mother was a tailor
She sewed my new bluejeans
My father was a gamblin’ man
Down in New Orleans
Now the only thing a gambler needs
Is a suitcase and trunk
And the only time he’s satisfied
Is when he’s on a drunk
[Organ Solo]
Oh mother tell your children
Not to do what I have done
Spend your lives in sin and misery
In the House of the Rising Sun
Well, I got one foot on the platform
The other foot on the train
I’m goin’ back to New Orleans
To wear that ball and chain
Well, there is a house in New Orleans
They call the Rising Sun
And it’s been the ruin of many a poor boy
And God I know I’m one
当然,从某种意义上而言,把Donovan比作英伦的Bob Dylan的并不太妥当,除了他们的姓名里都以“D”开头:Donovan是一个 天生的乐天派,而Dylan只会在偶尔的某天晴朗的用现实主义取代他惯有的悲观主义;Dylan更多的时候是用硬梆梆的吉他附以60年代惯有的口琴配乐来表达他的歌词,Donovan显然更愿意把他的音乐表现得更加迷幻。1965年的Donovan还只是一个规规矩矩的主持着电视音乐秀节目“Ready, Steady, Go!”的主持人,但随着他发表的一部作品“Catch the Wind”的成功,他的人生开始转折,紧接着发表了“Colours”,“Sunshine Superman”和“Mellow Yellow”等。1967年,他和The Beatles一起旅行去印度学习Maharishi Mahesh Yogi。旅途结束后,他戒了毒并把主要精力用来思考。因此,这个时候他的音乐风格有了很大的变化,并一举发行了两张专辑《A Gift from a Flower to a Garden》与《The Hurdy Gurdy Man》(1968)。涵盖了两种形式的专辑使得他的歌曲走向两个不同的表现极端:融合了印度音乐元素的硬摇滚风格的主打歌当年排行第5;而另一首写给Jenny Boyd(George Harrison妻子的妹妹)的柔美音乐“Jennifer Juniper”则攀升至第26位。
Jennifer Juniper lives upon the hill,
Jennifer Juniper, sitting very still.
Is she sleeping ? I don’t think so.
Is she breathing ? Yes, very low.
Whatcha doing, Jennifer, my love ?
Jennifer Juniper, rides a dappled mare,
Jennifer Juniper, lilacs in her hair.
Is she dreaming ? Yes, I think so.
Is she pretty ? Yes, ever so.
Whatcha doing, Jennifer, my love ?
I’m thinking of what it would be like if she loved me.
You know just lately this happy song it came along
And I like to somehow try and tell you.
Jennifer Juniper, hair of golden flax.
Jennifer Juniper longs for what she lacks.
Do you like her ? Yes, I do, Sir.
Would you love her ? Yes, I would, Sir.
Whatcha doing Jennifer, my love ?
Jennifer Juniper, Jennifer Juniper, Jennifer Juniper.
Jennifer Juniper vit sur la colline,
Jennifer Juniper assise trs tranquille.
Dort-elle ? Je ne crois pas.
Respire-t-elle ? Oui, mais tout bas.
Qu’est-ce que tu fais, Jenny mon amour ?
Jennifer Juniper, Jennifer Juniper, Jennifer Juniper.