A história do encontro, afastamento e reencontro de China Forbes e Thomas Lauderdale deu-nos os Pink Martini.
Aqui, ao vivo, percebe-se a razão da perfeição.
domingo, 31 de janeiro de 2010
quinta-feira, 28 de janeiro de 2010
terça-feira, 26 de janeiro de 2010
domingo, 24 de janeiro de 2010
Hiromi, solo
Mais um álbum que importa muito ouvir. Também este será editado no dia 26 de Janeiro de 2010 (para além de 'Orchestrion', o novo de Pat Metheny de que aqui já se tratou).
Também da Hiromi já por aqui se falou, bem, e este novo CD é prova de que devemos estar sempre particularmente atentos às novidades de Hiromi Uehara.
Neste disco, uma particularidade mais: um tema chamado "Islands Azores", um dos tais "places to be" de que Hiromi trata neste CD.
Claramente disco a não perder.
Também da Hiromi já por aqui se falou, bem, e este novo CD é prova de que devemos estar sempre particularmente atentos às novidades de Hiromi Uehara.
Neste disco, uma particularidade mais: um tema chamado "Islands Azores", um dos tais "places to be" de que Hiromi trata neste CD.
Claramente disco a não perder.
sábado, 23 de janeiro de 2010
Ordinary Angel (Flying as high as I can...)
Pat e Greg Kane, foram estes os dois irmãos escoceses que deram origem a um dos melhores grupos pop de sempre.
"The fame and the fortune wasn't the driving force for us. We intellectualized and worried about music a bit more than most of the bands did" - Greg Kane
Aquilo de que aqui se fala é um pouco de todos nós, "(...) ordinary angels, Winning tiny victories, And though the ordinary angels fly, Their wings weigh heavily".
Também isso me faz , passados todos estes anos, continuar a gostar deles.
Hue and Cry - Ordinary Angel
I got the card, delivers the goods
Fills me with happiness
It's joy for a while 'till the first of the month
Then I'm chasing my tail again
I want a life that's bigger than me
'Cause I'm crushing myself to death
Tell you what I don't need
No heaven sent deity
'Cause I'm an ordinary angel
Winning tiny victories
And though the ordinary angels fly
Their wings weigh heavily
I try to be a daily genius
There's no idea beyond my reach
With all the angels and the geniuses
My company I'm gonna keep
I'm watching the news and I feel my face
Hanging like plasticene
Now I see the plot, I've got the plan
Every move is transparent to me
Profit and power's turning the world
And I'm leaning against the spin
Give me a vision please
And I don't mean heavenly
I'm an ordinary angel
Winning tiny victories
And though the ordinary angels fly
Their wings weigh heavily
I try to be a daily genius
There's no idea beyond my reach
With all the angels and the geniuses
My company I'm gonna keep
I want a life that's bigger than me
'Cause I'm crushing myself to death
Give me a vision please
And I don't mean heavenly
I am an ordinary angel
I am an ordinary angel child
Walking with the daily geniuses
I am an ordinary angel
Flying as high as I can...
"The fame and the fortune wasn't the driving force for us. We intellectualized and worried about music a bit more than most of the bands did" - Greg Kane
Aquilo de que aqui se fala é um pouco de todos nós, "(...) ordinary angels, Winning tiny victories, And though the ordinary angels fly, Their wings weigh heavily".
Também isso me faz , passados todos estes anos, continuar a gostar deles.
Hue and Cry - Ordinary Angel
I got the card, delivers the goods
Fills me with happiness
It's joy for a while 'till the first of the month
Then I'm chasing my tail again
I want a life that's bigger than me
'Cause I'm crushing myself to death
Tell you what I don't need
No heaven sent deity
'Cause I'm an ordinary angel
Winning tiny victories
And though the ordinary angels fly
Their wings weigh heavily
I try to be a daily genius
There's no idea beyond my reach
With all the angels and the geniuses
My company I'm gonna keep
I'm watching the news and I feel my face
Hanging like plasticene
Now I see the plot, I've got the plan
Every move is transparent to me
Profit and power's turning the world
And I'm leaning against the spin
Give me a vision please
And I don't mean heavenly
I'm an ordinary angel
Winning tiny victories
And though the ordinary angels fly
Their wings weigh heavily
I try to be a daily genius
There's no idea beyond my reach
With all the angels and the geniuses
My company I'm gonna keep
I want a life that's bigger than me
'Cause I'm crushing myself to death
Give me a vision please
And I don't mean heavenly
I am an ordinary angel
I am an ordinary angel child
Walking with the daily geniuses
I am an ordinary angel
Flying as high as I can...
quarta-feira, 20 de janeiro de 2010
Para conhecer e ouvir com atenção porque há aqui muita música e coisas bonitas para ver
Yellowcake (wikipedia)
(Kaki King) (myspace)
it appears (it appears)
unavoidable
glittering stars
star shines
they'll come to you (they'll come to you)
they'll come to you
diamonds deep
in the earth
sparkle though they can't be seen
it can hardly be conceived
open yourself
you will become the light you see
then yourself
you will become the light you see
domingo, 17 de janeiro de 2010
sexta-feira, 15 de janeiro de 2010
segunda-feira, 11 de janeiro de 2010
FAQs
O tempo não está bom por essa Europa e aquilo que sei acerca da relação entre o frio extremo e os aviões não me deixa descansado sobre o facto de voar amanhã para Paris (e sobretudo sobre o querer voltar no dia seguinte).
Ora, falando-se como se tem falado nos últimos dias sobre aeroportos encerrados, cancelamentos e atrasos nos voos, achei que seria avisado saber como está a situação e consultar o site da companhia em que irei voar.
Assim fiz. Para além de ter confirmado não ser possível confirmar mais do que a possibilidade de continuarem a ocorrer cancelamentos e atrasos nos voos, as FAQs permitiram-me também ficar a par de algo que me fazia muita falta saber, sobretudo agora.
Isto:
Assim sim, fiquei muito mais descansado.
Ora, falando-se como se tem falado nos últimos dias sobre aeroportos encerrados, cancelamentos e atrasos nos voos, achei que seria avisado saber como está a situação e consultar o site da companhia em que irei voar.
Assim fiz. Para além de ter confirmado não ser possível confirmar mais do que a possibilidade de continuarem a ocorrer cancelamentos e atrasos nos voos, as FAQs permitiram-me também ficar a par de algo que me fazia muita falta saber, sobretudo agora.
Isto:
Assim sim, fiquei muito mais descansado.
sábado, 9 de janeiro de 2010
“One-Man Band” ?!? (2ª parte)
sexta-feira, 8 de janeiro de 2010
“One-Man Band” ?!?
“In the late 1800's and early 1900's, as player pianos emerged (pianos played mechanically by moving rolls of paper through a mechanism that physically moved the keys), the next logical step was to apply that same principle to a range of orchestral instruments, often including percussion and mallet instruments. These large instrument arrays were called Orchestrions.”
“‘Orchestrionics’ is the term that I am using to describe a new performance method to present music alone onstage using acoustic and acoustoelectric musical instruments that are mechanically controlled using the power of modern technology”.
“I have found myself again craving for a context that is somehow intrinsically connected to this moment in time - to find something that could only be happening now, in 2010.”
“This experience so far has provided me with a self-imposed challenge that has proven to be enormously difficult and time-consuming, but the early results have been absolutely exhilarating.”
“I am excited to share this project with all of you. I am hopeful and confident that if nothing else, this will be something truly unique. It feels like progress to me and has gotten some notes out of me that I didn't know were there. That is always a good thing.”
Pat Metheny - July 2009
“Postscript –
I have realized by now that as much as I can describe this project, even the people closest to me have had no idea what I was talking about until they have actually heard the music and had an encounter with it all in action. So, even having written all of the above, I know for sure that you still have to experience it yourself to really know what it is.”
Por aquilo que daqui se pode adivinhar, “Orchestrion”, o novo álbum de Pat Metheny, que estará à venda no dia 26 de Janeiro de 2010, deve reunir as condições para vir a ser uma, ou mais do que uma, das seguintes coisas:
a) mais um álbum imprescindível da discografia de PM;
b) uma “musical oddity” sem interesse;
c) uma brutal fonte de polémica;
d) um marco na história da música;
e) várias combinações das alíneas anteriores.
Uma coisa será certamente – de audição obrigatória.
“‘Orchestrionics’ is the term that I am using to describe a new performance method to present music alone onstage using acoustic and acoustoelectric musical instruments that are mechanically controlled using the power of modern technology”.
“I have found myself again craving for a context that is somehow intrinsically connected to this moment in time - to find something that could only be happening now, in 2010.”
“This experience so far has provided me with a self-imposed challenge that has proven to be enormously difficult and time-consuming, but the early results have been absolutely exhilarating.”
“I am excited to share this project with all of you. I am hopeful and confident that if nothing else, this will be something truly unique. It feels like progress to me and has gotten some notes out of me that I didn't know were there. That is always a good thing.”
Pat Metheny - July 2009
“Postscript –
I have realized by now that as much as I can describe this project, even the people closest to me have had no idea what I was talking about until they have actually heard the music and had an encounter with it all in action. So, even having written all of the above, I know for sure that you still have to experience it yourself to really know what it is.”
(texto completo aqui)
Por aquilo que daqui se pode adivinhar, “Orchestrion”, o novo álbum de Pat Metheny, que estará à venda no dia 26 de Janeiro de 2010, deve reunir as condições para vir a ser uma, ou mais do que uma, das seguintes coisas:
a) mais um álbum imprescindível da discografia de PM;
b) uma “musical oddity” sem interesse;
c) uma brutal fonte de polémica;
d) um marco na história da música;
e) várias combinações das alíneas anteriores.
Uma coisa será certamente – de audição obrigatória.
quinta-feira, 7 de janeiro de 2010
Como derrotar Roger Federer
Aqui está. O segredo para derrotar Roger Federer, descoberto por um português!
terça-feira, 5 de janeiro de 2010
sexta-feira, 1 de janeiro de 2010
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