Friday, January 8, 2016

TOLEDO, MUNIZ & Friends Surf In Hawaii (2011) Music by: Ithaka



Ithaka track featured
in segment from the Brazilian surfing video
Nobody Is A Kid Anymore
Directed by: Pablo Aguiar
Released in association with Hardcore Magazine

This part of the video features the talents of :
Alejo Muniz, Marco Giorgi, Felipe Toledo, Sidney Guimaraes.

Filmed on location in Hawaii - winter 2010/2011.

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THE LIFE YOU WANNA LIVE ?
Lyrics: Íthaka



I only ask of y'all
what I ask of myself.............

ARE YOU DOIN' IN LIFE -- WHAT YOU WAS MEANT TO ?
ARE YOU DOIN' IN LIFE -- WHAT YOU WAS SENT TO ?
ARE YOU LEADIN' THE LIFE THAT YOU WANNA LIVE ?
ARE YOU LIVIN' YOUR LIFE IN A WAY TO WIN ?

ARE YOU DOIN' IN LIFE -- WHAT YOU WAS MEANT TO ?
ARE YOU DOIN' IN LIFE -- WHAT YOU WAS SENT TO ?
ARE YOU LEADIN' THE LIFE THAT YOU WANNA LIVE ?
ARE YOU LIVIN' YOUR LIFE IN A WAY TO WIN ?

Here and now -- limited hours on earth
Make the most of yours -- recognize time's worth
Formulate somethin' solid just for you...
BEFORE this crazy ball splits in two

ARE YOU DOIN' IN LIFE -- WHAT YOU WAS MEANT TO ?
ARE YOU DOIN' IN LIFE -- WHAT YOU WAS SENT TO ?
ARE YOU LEADIN' THE LIFE THAT YOU WANNA YOU LIVE ?
ARE YOU LIVIN' YOUR LIFE IN A WAY TO WIN ?

Do you accomplish the things you set out to do ?
Did you realize the dreams you had when you were twenty-two ?

Do you keep responsibility -- MINORITY ?
Do you keep freedom n liberty - PRIORITY ?

Do you get back on your feet when you take a fall ?
Do you stand up proud ? Do you stand up tall ?
Did ya end up with the girl you lost sleep over ?
Or did ya get out of bed with a deadly hangover ?

Searchin' affection in all the wrong places
Blowin' all your dough on store-bought embraces

Making the same mistake a million times forever
Loose ground daily - forgettin' your endeavors

Always tripping over yourself when you need to glide
Never seeming to find your stride in this lifetime

Never in the right place at the right time
Never finding yourself the slightest peace of mind

Falling into depths with no hope of recovery
Searching desperately for some kind of discovery

But gotta drag yourself up -- up out of bed
N gotta scrape out your skull -- clear out your head

And Gotta turn shit around - like you know you can
Only YOU got the power and the right to demand

A life of pride -- one to call your own
Where you're YOUR own ruler -- the Man on the throne

ARE YOU DOIN' IN LIFE -- WHAT YOU WAS MEANT TO ?
ARE YOU DOIN' IN LIFE -- WHAT YOU WAS SENT TO ?
ARE YOU LEADIN' THE LIFE THAT YOU WANNA LIVE ?
ARE YOU LIVIN' YOUR LIFE IN A WAY TO WIN ?

ARE YOU DOIN' IN LIFE -- WHAT YOU WAS MEANT TO ?
ARE YOU DOIN' IN LIFE -- WHAT YOU WAS SENT TO ?
ARE YOU LEADIN' THE LIFE THAT YOU WANNA LIVE ?
ARE YOU LIVIN' YOUR LIFE IN A WAY TO WIN ?

Here and now -- limited hours on earth
Make the most of yours -- recognize time's worth
Formulate somethin' solid just for you...
BEFORE this crazy ball splits in two

ARE YOU DOIN' IN LIFE -- WHAT YOU WAS MEANT TO ?
ARE YOU DOIN' IN LIFE -- WHAT YOU WAS SENT TO ?
ARE YOU LEADIN' THE LIFE THAT YOU WANNA LIVE ?
ARE YOU LIVIN' YOUR LIFE IN A WAY TO WIN ?

ARE YOU DOIN' IN LIFE -- WHAT YOU WAS MEANT TO ?
ARE YOU DOIN' IN LIFE -- WHAT YOU WAS SENT TO ?
ARE YOU LEADIN' THE LIFE THAT YOU WANNA LIVE ?
ARE YOU LIVIN' YOUR LIFE IN A WAY TO WIN ?

ARE YOU DOIN' IN LIFE -- WHAT YOU WAS MEANT TO ?
ARE YOU DOIN' IN LIFE -- WHAT YOU WAS SENT TO ?
ARE YOU LEADIN' THE LIFE THAT YOU WANNA LIVE ?
ARE YOU LIVIN' YOUR LIFE IN A WAY TO WIN ?

Tuesday, January 5, 2016

ithaka "THE PLOT" from the Second Thoughts surf film sound track.





Scene from Timmy Turner's award winning surfing film called SECOND THOUGHTS which features "THE PLOT", a song by Ithaka (Ithaka Darin Pappas) recorded in Portugal in 1997.

SECOND THOUGHTS, which was filmed entirely in Indonesia, won Surfer Magazine's "Surfer Poll" award for Best Video of 2004. It stars surf adventurers Timmy Turner, Travis Potter & Brett Schwartz (also featuring Bill Lloyd in this sequence).

"THE PLOT" originally appeared on Ithaka's second album called STELLAFLY recorded in Lisbon, Portugal.

"THE PLOT"
Written by Ithaka (lyrics)-
and Joe Fossard & Ewan Butler (music).
Produced by Joe Fossard.
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Ithaka (Vocals)
Mimi (background vocals)
Ewan Butler: Clavichord
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The album STELLAFLY received the "ALBUM OF THE YEAR" award (1997) by Jornal Publico and was also nominated for four BLITZ PREMIOS (Portuguese Grammy) for BEST ALBUM, BEST MALE VOCALIST, BEST SINGLE (for "Seabra Is Mad") and BEST VIDEO ("Seabra is Mad").


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ithaka - "Twenty Years Ago Today" (video)





"Twenty Years Ago Today" (unreleased)

An early poem I wrote on my twentieth birthday,
                                                           
later recorded in Manchester in late 1996 (I think).


The video was shot and directed by Yadira Pascault Orozco at 

at Parque Nacional Desierto de los Leones 

near Mexico Cityin January 2016.

Edit and shadowman: Ithaka

Ithaka songs are published exclusively by Scion Four Music - NY.

INSTAGRAM: @_ithaka_