11

Feb

#52: Pianos velhos

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Compro um chá novo, demoradamente escolhido no escaparate vasto.
Solto a água sobre as folhas e logo se revela a infusão de cobre pálido. Como se libertasse um génio à espera de escapar numa taça.

O chá de gengibre e ginseng sabe a pianos velhos.

Ocorre-me
música para beber, talvez um arpejo longo para aquecer os músculos, mais tarde uma sonata ou uma gymnopédie.
Como se reencontrasse as teclas todas, tão imensas. Como voltar à casa de infância.

Surpreendo-me com o lugar que encontro. Não esperava a sala cheia de pianos, os bordões a saber a moedas, as páginas de partituras anotadas a grafite sobre o papel grosso, a madeira evaporando-se para todo o lado.

Satie em estado líquido, numa chávena, basta juntar água.

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Go figure...

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13

Jan

#42: Old school spaceships on Strauss

Efficiency is a good thing and I want to start 2013 on par. New year concerts are a tradition and I find that a couple of hours of Strauss are a very refreshing kick start.

Which reminds me of one of my favorite movie scenes: the starship docking at Stanley Kubrick’s 2001 space station. The sequence reads like a dance, an open evocation of the elegance of a waltz when portraying outer space flight. The Blue Danube matches perfectly the script and helps filling in the gaps of the action, adding substance and depth.

I am always taken aback by the powerful simplicity of this combination. It speaks of people working in utopias that eventually become true regardless of the existing obstacles and, thus, reminds me not to forget to dream and hope for a better tomorrow.

So, allow me to share a superb scene AND start the new year with a good mojo. Now that’s efficiency…

Enjoy spaceships on Strauss and have a great 2013!

(Thanks danielclee1 @ Youtube for cutting the entire sequence.)

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'Cause i like it

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13

Jan

Stanley Kubrick – 2001: A Space Odyssey & Johann Strauss – The Blue Danube

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09

Oct

#39: Back Down South

Os Kings of Leon regressam à sua comunidade natal, vindos do mundo lá de fora e confrontados com as desventuras das suas origens.

A canção e, sobretudo, o clip transmitem uma sensação de quase felicidade por regressar aquilo a que chamam casa (embora as tournés, a fuga ao puritanismo da sua educação e os excessos subsequentes os tenham apartado durante anos). É impossível dissociar Back Down South de Tahilina Skies, o documentário biográfico da banda e seus protagonistas. Talvez façam as pazes com preconceitos e ditâmes locais e familiares, talvez neles reconheçam a inevitabilidade das suas raízes.

Fica a mestria na definição de música cheia de vontade de viver, por vezes flâneuse, mas sempre directa ao cérebro. E uma música cheia de calor e uma alegoria das coisas simples, como uma voz sobre uma guitarra ou um bando de amigos a tocar.

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09

Oct

Kings of Leon – Back Down South

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03

Aug

#31: My day has officially been pumped up

It’s been a while since a band has been able to combine pop with clubby beats in such a clean and original production.

Foster the People are better at creating atmospheres deriving from patterns, rhythms and riffs than writing ballads. And that’s why we like them. You don’t listen to FTP to relax, you do it to feel alive (or if you don’t feel like an espresso, but need the kick). Despite all this, all their tracks are superbly produced and thoroughly populated with simple albeit classy details. The result is thrilling high quality pop at high speed. You know, the kind that makes your blood tingle with little sparks of energy…

One can’t help but wonder how their tunes would sound on stage, which is precisely where I suggest you meet them. Pumped Up Kicks is highly contagious – 89 million infected and counting.

One track and my day seems easier.

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'Cause i like it

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03

Aug

Foster the People – Pumped Up Kicks

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'Cause i like it

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