Dorival Caymmi was born in Salvador in 1914, and early on worked as a journalist. It would be amazing to have seen the city then. His “O que é que a baiana tem?”, in the film Banana da Terra (1939), made him and Carmen Miranda famous. Axé.
“Pelo telefone” was the first recorded samba, in 1917. I would like that recording. I love that it is about talking on the phone. And here is Martinho’s version. Axé.
This is arguably my best find ever in the archives of YouTube. Axé.
Le peer review n’est pas du tout “aveugle”, cette fois-ci parque que l’institution de l’auteur était identifiée. Savoir où on est, c’est savoir qui on est, a dit un grand écrivain; dans ce cas savoir où c’est, c’est savoir qui c’est, je vous en assure. J’ai donc signé l’évaluation, pour maintenir la symmétrie de l’univers. Axé.
Another documentary has been made about Mardi Gras Indians, We Love Big Chief! — filmed over Mardi Gras, 2011, by Gilles Riberolles. I missed the screening because I do not live in town. Everything was different before the storm. John Sinclair, who presented the film, was one of the people who still lived in town … More Indians!
There is a problem in my refrigerator that causes condensation and leaking and it was fixed for $81 with a 30 day warranty. After 30 days the problem reappeared; said refrigerator was used when I bought it in 1998. There are three options — (1) continue to catch the water in a bowl, which is … More Refrigerator
“By implementing more intensive screenings before prescribing the medication and requiring outpatient educational services, we can do more to prevent the potential side effects linked to PDE-5 inhibitors,” Senator Turner explained. “We must advocate for the traditional family, protect the sanctity of procreation, and ensure that all men using PDE-5 inhibitors are healthy, stable, and … More Nina Turner
Mysteriously, women nationwide are out spending piles of taxpayers’ money on sex paraphernalia – namely birth control – and men are not getting a single piece of all this fun. The Reclusive Leftist has offered us a refresher course on these matters, which I am adapting here. Taxpayers aren’t paying for Sandra Fluke’s healthcare or … More How insurance, and contraception work
Support for oil and gas exploration is American, period. Opposing it is European. Just like the argument over Obamacare is not really a debate over how to ensure that as many Americans as possible have access to affordable and at least adequate health care. Obamacare is “European socialism”; opposing it is American. Anything less than … More This explains it
I am of course tired of writing about academic advice and about Reeducation. I feel I have said everything I could say, and that anything new I could say would take time to write that I would rather use for almost anything else – academic work, housework, recreation. My perception for the week, though, is … More Sondé miroir
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