Monday, 27 April 2009
Relaxing
I have spent one week without working (outside my books)
i am quite ready for Jungle Marathon....
whatever i just made up my mind: I AM ON VACATION!!
i am quite ready for Jungle Marathon....
whatever i just made up my mind: I AM ON VACATION!!
Wednesday, 22 April 2009
Tapajos no Guardian
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2004/dec/08/environment.environment1
O planalto e as duas margens do Rio Tapajós…
...foram notícias nos últimos tempos no jornal inglês The Guardian (www.guardian.uk).
Recentemente Alter-do-Chão (www.alterdochao.com.br), do lado direito do rio, como umas das mais belas praias in the World.(http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/2009/apr/15/beach-brazil-top-10)
Dois meses atrás Gil Serique! Eu mesmo! De Surucua (www.surucua.com), da margem esquerda (adoro a esquerda) do mesmo rio: Como o guia de uma das viagens tidas como mais interessantes na America Latina (http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/2008/sep/14/southamerica.adventure)
Os passageiros eram Alex Bellos (www.alexbellos.com), escritor e correspondente do mesmo jornal no Rio de Janeiro, ele tinha uma copia do Futebol, the brazilian way; Robin que ralava pra BBC (www.bbc.uk) e se preparava pra cobrir a invasão do Iraque (www.presidentbush.com) (Ele não parecia muito feliz com isso não.).
Ruth, também da BBC que estava em uma das muitas lua-de-mel-permante com Roman, DJ e arquiteto londrino antes namorado, atualmente esposo e pai de um bebê provavelmente concebido durante a dita viagem. Estes pareciam bem felizes.com
Um brother, policial da Scotland Yard (Paul) que era muito legal e Beto Villares (www.ambulantediscos.com) um dos maiores músicos que tive a sorte de conhecer finalizava a lista de passageiros.
A tripulação era muito legal, mas só consigo também lembrar o nome da cozinheira: Dona Graça.com.br
A música vinha de um aparelho que o Alex levou. Tocava Rita Lee, o cd Let it be dos Beatles, Stevie Wonder no inicio da carreira ; Jorge Ben chegando com os alquimistas logo depois de tocarmos Song One sucedendo Happy Mondays, O debut album do Beto não parava por insistencia dos fans.
A gente jogava fribee nas praias durante a tarde e pela manhã saíamos logo depois de um café-da-manhã farto, para observar a vida selvagem e visitar povoados en route.
Uakari Preto, Guaribas entre outros primatas; Ariranhas, Botos, Preguiças e muitas aves estavam na lista de observados; muitas garrafas vazias; tinha ainda muitas cheias também.
Um dia a ressaca de uma das freqüentes piracaias levou-nos a dormir até á hora da próxima piracaia.
- Tudo bem, desde que não atrapalhe a próxima piracaia!
Alguem falou.
Barcelos parecia um SPA se comparado ao barco.
O Beto tinha finalizado o seu primeiro CD que tocava com freqüência a bordo. O barco tinha a atmosfera de um dos melhores pubs de Londres somado a um delicioso bar de MPB singrando o Rio Negro.
Alguém imaginou que poderia ser Deus brincando com um barquinho numa banheira.
- Passa a bola Romário!
- Putz! Devíamos ter trazido as minas de Manaus. Tudo bem deve rolar no destino e o destino era Barcelos onde a festa era dos nossos peixes.
O Alex termina seu texto assim: - O festival de Barcelos era barulhenta, caótica e eletrizante, ainda assim, de alguma forma ela não foi mais vibrante que a nossa viagem.
Monday, 20 April 2009
Amazon Jolly Trip
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Hope you are well. We are finally back in London after having a wonderful time on the rest of our trip. I have uploaded most of our amazon photos to picasso and hopefully this email comes with a link to the photos. I have sent these to Marco as well. Unfortunetly I am back to work again on Tuesday, time has just flown ... but we have wonderful memories and stories to share!!!!
Hope all well
Ant
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| Group pix |
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| Tapajos national Forest |
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| Tapajos National Forest |
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| At Terra Rica (Tapajos National Forest) |
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| Posing at BR163 |
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| On Amazon Floodplain |
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| On the Tapajos River |
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| At Maica Lake |
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| Maica Lake |
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| Swimming after jumping |
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| Jumping before swimming |
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| Contemplating |
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| The world in your arms |
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| Chilling in hammocks |
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| Three-toed Sloth |
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| Nightjar? |
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| Maica lake |
Tuesday, 14 April 2009
Wednesday, 8 April 2009
Música Brasileira by Claus Schreiner
My family is formed by music enthusiasts and the access to all sorts of music is present from my early breaths. It was not different for my father, who played violin and guitar, and was influenced by his Moroccan roots.
As a child, lullabies were behind compositions by musicians like João de Barro, Waldir Azevedo, Ary Barroso sung by my mother at the swinging of my hammock. As we moved into Santarem my older brothers simply filled the house with LP by Chico Buarque to Fink Ployd.
Music is always present as music literature was not quite so.
I recently borrowed from Sebastião Tapajos, Musica Brasileira by Claus Schreiner. Claus has worked as a manager for great Brazilian musicians and shared bottles of wine, beer and caipirinhas with most during the 70’s in Rio.
Musica Brasileira is an outstanding work that whoever loves and want to learn about our music and Brazilian culture should go for.
As a child, lullabies were behind compositions by musicians like João de Barro, Waldir Azevedo, Ary Barroso sung by my mother at the swinging of my hammock. As we moved into Santarem my older brothers simply filled the house with LP by Chico Buarque to Fink Ployd.
Music is always present as music literature was not quite so.
I recently borrowed from Sebastião Tapajos, Musica Brasileira by Claus Schreiner. Claus has worked as a manager for great Brazilian musicians and shared bottles of wine, beer and caipirinhas with most during the 70’s in Rio.
Musica Brasileira is an outstanding work that whoever loves and want to learn about our music and Brazilian culture should go for.
BETO VILLARES
I love giving gifts just maybe because I love getting as well.
Yesterday I got an extra copy of The Thief at the End of the World by Joe Jackson. Joe is 4 times Pulitzer nominated and currently my favorite writer and good friend. Now I can share The Thief with my friends. I got a bunch of tee shirts and Frisbees from some American friends from Hawaii etc…
I also got a small package with a collection of Beto Villares’ recent albums. I think he is my age and has already contributed a lot to Brazilian music and cinema.
I met him some 7 years ago and had the privilege of listening to his debut album before it was released. The pictures below may drive you into good CD shops or to his record company's website: www.ambulantediscos.com.br
What a legacy Piolho! Thanks indeed!
Below the pix some words by Marco Werman from the Wikepedia and the World
In Brazil, when musicians want a producer who is knowledgable, artistic, and can get the job done, they know who to turn to.
When Brazilian television and cinema want a composer to add edge and hipness to their productions, they know who to turn to.
His name is Beto Villares.
He's a music producer who has now stepped out with his own solo CD. Just from this track alone, "Rio da Bossa Nova", you can hear why Beto Villares is in demand.
It's a classic bossa nova. It thrives on lounge music nostalgia. But it speaks in the present tense.
And Beto Villares doesn't just have his finger on the pulse of Brazil today. Nor does he limit himself to the urban sophistication of Rio and Sao Paolo.
In his composition "Meio Dia Em MacapA", or my day in Macapa, Villares travels sonically to northeast Brazil. That's where the city of Macapa is located.
You could call Beto Villares Mr. Brazil. In the 1990s, he set out across his country for many of the same reasons that American Alan Lomax did. To listen to, and record, the full gamut of Brazilian roots music.
The purpose of Villares's travels was to research a documentary called "Musica do Brasil."
It was a user-friendly though scholarly survey of Brazil's music.
It helped Brazilians better understand that their country's sounds are more than Brazilian pop, bossa nova and samba.
It also didn't hurt that Beto Villares could interpret both eclectic and mainstream sounds. And now all those varied styles that Villares discovered on the road ten years ago are part of his production pallette.
One of the most seductive tracks on the album is "Lume." The vocalists have a whispery Swingle Singers sound. The music has both low-fi grit and hi-fi coolness.
It's Brazil today.
At least when the country's music is moulded by the hands of Beto Villares.
Yesterday I got an extra copy of The Thief at the End of the World by Joe Jackson. Joe is 4 times Pulitzer nominated and currently my favorite writer and good friend. Now I can share The Thief with my friends. I got a bunch of tee shirts and Frisbees from some American friends from Hawaii etc…
I also got a small package with a collection of Beto Villares’ recent albums. I think he is my age and has already contributed a lot to Brazilian music and cinema.
I met him some 7 years ago and had the privilege of listening to his debut album before it was released. The pictures below may drive you into good CD shops or to his record company's website: www.ambulantediscos.com.br
What a legacy Piolho! Thanks indeed!
Below the pix some words by Marco Werman from the Wikepedia and the World
In Brazil, when musicians want a producer who is knowledgable, artistic, and can get the job done, they know who to turn to.
When Brazilian television and cinema want a composer to add edge and hipness to their productions, they know who to turn to.
His name is Beto Villares.
He's a music producer who has now stepped out with his own solo CD. Just from this track alone, "Rio da Bossa Nova", you can hear why Beto Villares is in demand.
It's a classic bossa nova. It thrives on lounge music nostalgia. But it speaks in the present tense.
And Beto Villares doesn't just have his finger on the pulse of Brazil today. Nor does he limit himself to the urban sophistication of Rio and Sao Paolo.
In his composition "Meio Dia Em MacapA", or my day in Macapa, Villares travels sonically to northeast Brazil. That's where the city of Macapa is located.
You could call Beto Villares Mr. Brazil. In the 1990s, he set out across his country for many of the same reasons that American Alan Lomax did. To listen to, and record, the full gamut of Brazilian roots music.
The purpose of Villares's travels was to research a documentary called "Musica do Brasil."
It was a user-friendly though scholarly survey of Brazil's music.
It helped Brazilians better understand that their country's sounds are more than Brazilian pop, bossa nova and samba.
It also didn't hurt that Beto Villares could interpret both eclectic and mainstream sounds. And now all those varied styles that Villares discovered on the road ten years ago are part of his production pallette.
One of the most seductive tracks on the album is "Lume." The vocalists have a whispery Swingle Singers sound. The music has both low-fi grit and hi-fi coolness.
It's Brazil today.
At least when the country's music is moulded by the hands of Beto Villares.
Tuesday, 7 April 2009
Monday, 6 April 2009
MARATONA DA SELVA 2009
A expectativa de todos envolvidos na Maratona da Selva é grande para a edição de 2009. Este ano teremos a participação de competidores dos mais variados países e será a mais internacional das cinco edições.
Cerca de 100 atletas vindos da Austrália, Nova Zelândia, Estados Unidos, Canadá, México, China, Guiana Francesa, África do Sul, Egito, Estônia, Inglaterra, Escócia, Pais de Gales, Irlanda do Norte, Irlanda, Itália, Portugal, França, Dinamarca, Noruega, Suécia, Alemanha, e claro do Brasil estarão na linha de largada e sonham cruzar a linha de chegada desta vez em Santarém.
A competição poderá ser acompanhada como de costume pelos mais variados meios de comunicação. Blogs, web sites, revistas, jornais e estações de rádio e televisão no Brasil e no exterior.
Um dos últimos a se inscrever foi Robert Bennett dos Estados Unidos que participou no ano passado, mas terminou sendo evacuado no final da terceira etapa para a UTI em Santarém onde passou a maior parte da corrida acompanhando pela televisão. Robert está determinado a chegar a Santarém correndo ao invés de ambulancha!
A Maratona da Selva 2009 acontecerá de 8 a 17 de Outubro.
Para informações contactar Gil Serique Gil@junglemarathon.com visite o site oficial da corrida e o blog www.junglemarathon.blogspot.com
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