Red Hot Chili Peppers, Arctic Monkeys & Florence and the Machine - favourite bands

Most of us have their favourite types of music, songs which can listen to over and over again, bands which love and concerts that is waiting for. I'm one of them. I have three cherished bands : Red Hot Chili Peppers, Arctic Monkeys and Florence and the Machine.

The first rock band that I have completely fallen in love with have been RHCP. They have had quite big influence on music I listen to and I play the guitar. Their songs let me be better guitarits because those I've chosen were so challenging.

This Californian band has played since 80's so it's not the youngest group. RHCP combine funk and alternative rock with funk and rap.  My favourites songs are from the end of 90's and the beginning of 00's. I love By the way, Californication, Dani California, Don't forget me, My friends, Otherside, Scar tissue, Snow, Under the bridge and Around the World.

From the band I specially like Anthony Kiedis who's a lead singer and the founder and John Frusciante who is a guitarist but who was replaced in 2009 by Josh Klinghoffer. I'm so sad about it, I prefered Frusciante's times but there is one more thing I cry about... They are coming in June to Poland and having a concert at Open'er Festival to headline and I can't be there. I count on it's not going to be the last time when they are in Poland and I hope I'll be able to see them in the future.

I also love Arctic Monkeys. Their music style is gorgeous and their latest album (AM) is icredible ! I'm a big fan of Alex Turner's vocal and band's guitar sounds. Actually, Alex Turner also is going to be at Open'er but as a member of The Last Shadow Puppets.

This English group was formed in 2002 and plays indie and psychedelic rock. Arctic Monkeys have many fast and energy songs but also play slower songs and ballads or mix them together.

I could listen to Do I wanna know ?, Snap out of it, Fireside, Fluorescent Adolescent, I wanna be yours and many of AM album all the time when I want to listen to Monkeys. Another songs I like are : Teddy Picker, Murdy Bum, When the sun goes down and Fake tales of San Francisco.  

The last band is Florence Welch's band called Florence and the Machine or Florence + the Machine. Her songs remind me of autumn evenings with hot tea and book, with sunny days and gold leaves outside. When I think 'Florence', I think 'red hair, long dress, ball, quite piano music in the background, jazz and 50's or 60's climate mixed with fun of youth'. Flo & the Machine play indie rock combine with pop and soul.

My two favourite albums are Ceremonials and Lungs. The first one is calm, beautiful and atmospheric and the second one is more rhytmical and energy but also combined with slowly songs.

It's really difficult to chose favourite songs from those albums because all are amazing but I can recommend you : Only if for a night, Shake it out, No light, no light, Never let me go, Dog days are over, Cosmic Love or Heavy in your arms. They are gorgegous !

And you know what ? Florence also will be a headliner at Open'er this year. It's so unfair that there will be my two favourite bands and the member of my third favourite and I won't be there ! I unfortunately missed Florence's last concert in December and I don't think there will be any Flo's concerts in Poland in close future but I'm sure I will have a chance to at the great one sometime.

- Nicola 

F.R.I.E.N.D.S

Many people like spending time in front of TV watching movies and shows. I am keen on TV series as well and one of my favourite is “Friends”.

The first time I’ve seen it was when my sister was watching it. I fell in love at once. “Friends”  is this kind of serials which you can watch over and over again. It is really hilarious. When I have got a bad day or I don’t feel well  I just watch an episode  and my life seems to look much better even though  I have watched it a thousand times and I know most of the lines by heart.

The production is about a typical group of friends : Monica, Ross, Phoebe, Chandler, Rachel and Joey. They live in New York, in the same building in two apartments, which are opposite to themselves  and they spent all the time together.
Let’s introduce them better J

Monica Geller is known as the most pedantic Person ever. She can’t fall asleep if she knows that her shoes don’t stand in line. She loves food and cooking (she used to be very fat when she was at high school) , so she works as a chef. One of her obsessions is that she has to win literally everything. Monica is Ross’ younger sister and the less loved child.

 Ross Geller is a palaeontologist and he loves talking about dinosaurs and other things which are boring for common people. He has got a son with Carol - girl who showed up being a lesbian.

Phoebe Buffay is the craziest person the world could see. She’s really funny and she lives her own special life. She’s a singer,  guitar player and massager. Her mother committed a suicide when she was a teenager. She’s got a twin sister Ursula, but they don’t keep in touch and a younger brother Frank.

Chandler Bing... No one knows what he does for a living. He was Ross' roommate in college. He is funny in his own way and people often don't understand him.

Rachel Green is Monica’s friend from school. She was supposed to marry Barry Farber but she left him the altar. She was a daddy's girl but she managed to became a successful businesswoman. She has got two sisters.

Joey Tribbiani  is a struggling actor and he is constantly looking for a job.  He is very loyal to his friends and cares for them. He loves women and food, therefore he can eat countless quantity of food and he doesn't like sharing it.

At the end of the last season, fans cried so much, just like they would be saying goodbye to their own friends. I can’t say anything bad about this serial. I love it.

- Weronika 

Maybe you'll be a star one day - our English lesson

Two weeks ago we were talking a bit about fame, drama and celebrity on our lesson and our teacher asked certain of us if we'd like to be a star and what kind of start it might be.

I think fame is tiring more often than not but probably most of us sometimes dream about being the centre of attention. When I was a little girl I sang and danced in front of TV and often talked to my family that l want to be a singer, dancer and Got knows who else. I played in the kindergarten, go for little performances with another children to theaters and one day I got a chance to take a part in a real 'serial'.

The biggest dream from my childhood was a dream about being a fashion designer. I drew, designed clothes on the paper, set prices of crooked (but then beautiful) drawings. I've been interested in fashion, collections and history of designers. I've really liked Coco Chanel, known something about Karl Lagerfeld, Vivienne Westwood, styles, catwalk shows and I have had favourite models like Cara Delevingne and although this dream has become not that matter for me over time, I'm still a bit keen on it anyway.

So the question is, what kind of star I might dream about today ? Well, being a famous English-speaking youtuber, blogger, instagramer, famed journalist or musician, even a coach/ personal trainer like Chodakowska or Kyle Itsines might be cool - just being known for something which is important and wise like being a positive person who ( travels the world, plays the guitar, is active) makes her dreams come true and inspiring this another people to live their life it's great kind of star.

At the end I can show you few of my favourite :
-vloggers :

     MYLIFEASEVA

     BETHANY MOTA
 


-Polish bloggers :

Agata Wojtkowiak


    Weronika Załazińska


(all pictures are from thier blogs or vlogs)

                   -Nika

Chloe Lukasiak

My second favourite dancer is Chloe Elisabeth Lukasiak. She is fourteen years old dancer, model, actress and fashion designer. Chloe is mainly known from reality show “Dance Moms”.

She was born on May 25, 2001 in Churchill, Pennsylvania. When she was two, she started her adventure with dance and joined Abby Lee Dance Company.  From the ages of four to thirteen, Lukasiak competed with “Dance Moms Junior Elite Competition Team”. She trained there in  lyrical, contemporary, musical theatre, ballet, jazz, hip hop, acro, and Bollywood.

Abby was treated Chloe very bad and unfair. Because of her mother’s arguments with Abby and because of Abby’s behaviour Lukasiak quit the ALDC and moved to Studio 19. Chloe said many times that she was happier when she quit Abby Lee Dance Company because she didn’t feel so much pressure.

You could see Chloe in some music videos like:

• "It's Like Summer" – Lux – she was leading (2011)
• "Summer Love Song" – Brooke Hyland – she was a supporter (2012)
• "Fool Me Once" – Jess Godwin – she was leading (2015)
• "Turn It Up" - Solveig Romero – she was supporting (2015)
• "Alice" – Bianca Ryan – she was leading (2015)
• "Wrapped Up For Christmas" – she was supporting (2015)
• ”Love is blindness” – Jack White – she made this video with Studio 19 (2015)

She appeared in:

• Today (The Today Show) (2011)
• The View (2012)
• Anderson Live (2012)
• Katie (2012)
• The View (2013)
• Good Morning America (2013)
• The Doctors  (2015)
• Center Stage: Dance Camp (2016)

Chloe won a National Small Fry Miss Dance Educators of America 2010 and Junior Miss Dance Educators of America 2011 2015 Teen Choice Awards and Industry Dance Awards.

TIBITS:

• She’s got a younger sister Clara.
• Chloe’s got a boyfriend – Ricky Garcia.

            

• Her parents are Christi and Marc Lukasiak.
• She’s got a dog called Maggie.
• Lukasiak became a spokesmodel for Just For Kix, an American dancewear company.
• She created an anti-bullying campaign called #NobodyisYOU.
• Lukasiak has modeled for Glitzy Girl and Sally Miller.
• Chloe hates Pizza.
• She did the commercial for Candy Apples just for the show.
• Her best turns are Fouettes or a La Secondes.
• Chloe dances 4-5 times a week.
• Chloe has asthma.
• She has been to Disney wolrd 9 times.
• Her first best friend was Maddie Ziegler but now it’s Paige Hyland.

                                         

• Chloe and Paige are called Twinnies because they look very similar.
• Her nickname is Chloebird.
• Chloe was diagnosed with Silent sinus syndrome. She had eye surgery to correct her condition in September 2015.
• Lukasiak is scared being home alone because she is afraid that when she sneeze she might hear the response: bless you. 

•  You can follow Chloe on instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/chloelukasiak/ , on twitter:  https://twitter.com/chloelukasiak?lang=pl , on vine:  https://vine.co/u/933544636918673408 , on her official  website: http://chloe-lukasiak.com/ , on facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/OfficialChloeLukasiak , on  YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0D4TPONTJ6cppMxQ9SD97g and on snapchat as: OfficialChloe .

                                                                                                      Weronika

What is a winter break for you ?

I think everyone gets fun out of  a fortnightly winter break but I'm sure all of us spend this free time in a different way.

For someone winter break is a chance to do nothing, just take a rest and finally get enough sleep but for someone else it's an opportuinity to do as much things as they can and be active. For example go skiing, walking on the mountains and having fun with snow or maybe going away, traveling, sunbathing and swimming in the ocean. Somebody else probably stays at home and enjoys reading books, watching serials or spending time with friends.

So what is the winter break for me this year ? Maybe a little paradox ? It's getting enough sleep but waking up quite early (Sleeping all day ? No way !). It's taking a rest but doing so many things every day. It's reading a book, meeting up with friends, working out a bit and practising playing the guitar a lot.

For me (that's what I'm telling you only in a secret) it's also a way to traveling which I love so much, meeting new people, so improving my English as well, even riding a camel, watching 'red elephants' and another animals in their natural habitat for one day, diving and feeding giraffes :) Just having a best adventure in my life before all of us will have to back to school.

And what is this year's winter break for you ?

- Nika 

Who is my favourite celebrity?

I really like following dancers life, especially Maddie Ziegler's.

Maddie Nicole Ziegler is a thirteen years old dancer, actress and model, known from Sia’s music videos, for example : Chandelier, Elastic Heart and Bad Girls Cry and also from  Lifetime’s reality show Dance Moms. 

She was born September 30, 2002 in Pittsburgh. She started dancing when she was only 2 in the Abby Lee Dance Company ( ALDC ). She trains there with her younger sister Mackenzie Ziegler in tap, ballet, lyrical, contemporary, acro, jazz, and aerial dance. They joined the Dance Moms in 2011 and they dance in every single season of it. 

Before Maddie became a ‘little creepy girl dancing in Chandelier’ she appeared in:

• Live to Dance – a reality program and dance competition (2010)

• “It’s like Summer” –supporting in LUX’s music video (2011)

• “Cry” –leading in Alexx Calise’s music video (2012)

• "Summer love song” -  supporting in Brooke Hyland’s ( her friend from Dance Moms) music video (2012)

• “The view” – performing with dance "A Child Is Born" ( 2012 )

• “Drop Dead Diva” – playing Young Deb as a guest (2012)

• „Abby's Ultimate Dance Competition” – performing in 2 episodes (2013)

As a famous dancer she appeared in:

• „The Ellen DeGeneres Show” – performing Sia: Chandelier (2014)

• „Jimmy Kimmel Live!” - performing Sia: Chandelier and teaching how to dance “Chandelier” (2014)

• „Dancing with the Stars” -  performing Sia: Chandelier, with Allison Holker (2014)

• „Good Morning America” – giving the interview (2014)

• "Freaks like Me"- supporting and singing in Todrick Hall’s music video (2014)

• "It's a Girl Party" – supporting in her sister video (2014)

• “Shine” - supporting in her sister video (2014)

• "Elastic Heart” – leading in Sia’s video (2015)

• "Big Girls Cry” - leading in Sia’s video (2015)

• „Saturday Night Live” – performing Sia: Elastic Heart (2015)

• „The Ellen DeGeneres Show” – performing Sia: Elastic Heart (2015)

• „57th Annual Grammy Awards” - performing Sia: Elastic Heart (2015)

• „Austin & Ally” – playing Shelby Hayden as a guest (2015)

• “Lucky Thirteen” – 2015

• "Nicky, Ricky, Dicky and Dawn” – guest-starring Eiffel (2015)
• Ralph Lauren's Fashion Show - 2015   

And now she’s acting Christina in Collin Trevorrow’s film “The book of Henry” and Sia’s movie “Sister”.

TITBITS

• Maddie and Mackenzie have also three brothers and sister : Ryan Ziegler, Matthew, Tyler and Michele Gisoni.

• Maddie’s best friend is Kendall Vertes but her first bf was Chloe Lukasiak.

• You can follow Maddie on Instagram: instagram.com/maddieziegler, on twitter: https://twitter.com/maddieziegler?lang=pl, on vine https://vine.co/u/1055927473205919744, on musical.ly as maddieziegler J

• She’s got a lot of funny nicknames : Bubby ( by the Ziegler family), Muddog ( by the Ziegler family and friends) and Missie ( by her schoolmates ).

• She’s homeschooling to have more time for dance.

• Maddie's lucky number is 13. "M" is the 13th letter in the alphabet, with Mackenzie and Melissa's names also starting with the letter.

• Her favourite styles of dance are contemporary and tap, but she likes all types of dance.

• Maddie’s favourite colour is purple.

• Her favourite animal is dolphin.

• Maddie's celebrity crush is Zac Efron.

• Maddie says that when she's not dancing, she's at home - dancing.

 

Weronika 

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