I am paid, so my strike is resolved! All my links are now legitimate! Although I may not post daily the rest of this summer, and although I am working and behind and not feeling entirely jubilant, it is the weekend, so we will sing! On YouTube, this song links to many other fascinating, historic … More Work Song
Now, despite my strike, we will sing. Martinho da Vila has one of the very best voices in the history of all Brazil, insofar as I know it, and this is the first samba video I ever found that incorporated real scenes from home. Axé.
QUE SAUDADE! Axé.
A friend not yet born in 1969 just sent this and I had to laugh. He does not realize why it is so pertinent. “I got got got no time — no time left for you!” I’ve got got got no time for blog drama. Seasons change and so have I, no need to wonder … More The Guess Who
I am still on strike, but I guess we can sing anyway. I have ladders and scraps of old drywall all over one room, and blotches of primer all over the outside of the house. I cannot get the primer off of my hands. Expensive primer washes off better than this primer does. I will … More Today
This is dubstep, y’all, and it is good. Axé.
This post contains the famous song Queixa in the earliest recording I know of, on Veloso’s album Cores, Nomes. Now I have all the lyrics, and the song’s story is simpler than I had thought. I have of course bolded the lines we liked the very best, back when we owned the record, the lines … More Vinyl I Used to Own
We rivaled and perhaps even improved upon this performance right here in South Louisiana, thanks to the band itself but also to a stellar stage hand and stage manager. Axé.
The festival has not yet expunged, but has rather confirmed the song I had in my head, a son oriental which says: Anda y ven preciosa y linda cubana Tráeme la sonrisa de los palmares Bring me that palm grove smile. This song is in 4/4 time and it is in my head every night, … More Eliades Ochoa
Now located deep in Lafayette, Louisiana, I may not post for several days. I always have to come to this festival on the first day, Wednesday, to get my backstage passes and my badge saying JE PARLE. I have backstage passes because I work this festival. That is one of the reasons why it is … More Au Bal de Lafayette
coldhearted scientist وداد 