Red Bull Air Race Oporto

...porque este fim-de-semana há uma forte razão, para todos os caminhos levarem ao Porto ....
se houver tempo, rumar-se-á ao Meu Mercedes.. para matar saudades da cumpadria do "Até ao Fim" Zé, Guilherme e Miguel.
À minha boleia, Perestrelo, Asmaa e Yasmin, agradeço desde ja, publicamente, a paciência para me aturarem! Até já!!!

Coura07

desde a invasão de aranhas e "faganhotos" dentro da tenda, à chuva, aos faustosos almoços em Cerveira e Pte de Lima, às ultrapassagens na auto-estrada aos Transformers (se tiver vergonha na cara, este assunto fica por aqui... lol), ao fantástico banho quente em .. (é segredo), mta coisa haveria a contar. mas felizmente, o festival Paredes de Coura mantém-se como talvez o único onde vai quem quer ouvir boa música. longe das objectivas dos jet 7s, da malta que usa a pulseira o resto do verao, porque fica bem ter lá estado, temos até uma sensação de tranquilidade. a chuva, já se sabe, cai quase todos os anos. em alternativa, a opção é o frio de rachar à noite.
os melhores concertos: Sonic Youth, Eletrelane, Mão Morta, Cansei de Ser Sexy, Gogol Bordello, Spoon, Sunshine Underground.

Almost alone in the dark

Sonic Youth




Adolfo Luxúria Canibal (Mão Morta)

Mia (Electrelane) ... noise!


Electrelane of stage

CSS

Gogol Bordello

Spoon

Tony Wilson is Dead; Long Live Tony Wilson!!

relembrando o momento do anúncio da morte de Ian Curtis, no filme 24 Hours Party People, fica a saudade que nos vai deixar Tony Wilson, fundador da Factory Records, dono da Hacienda Club, apresentador de TV na Granada Television, crítico de música ou mero cidadão de Madchester. para não elaborar um texto ultra-extenso e lamechas, remeto para a leitura da biografia ou, mais simples ainda, a vizualização do filme.

foto acima: Tony Wilson, com Shaun "Happy Mondays" Ryder em 2004 (uma das pérolas descobertas por T. Wilson).

E como Tony Wilson terminava os programas "and so it goes".

"On this day in 1976, The Buzzcocks made their live debut supporting The Sex Pistols and Slaughter and the Dogs at The Lesser Free Trade Hall, Manchester. In the audience, Morrissey, Bernard Sumner, Peter Hook, Mark E Smith, Mick Hucknall, film student Julien Temple and Granada TV’s Tony Wilson, host of the channel’s new rock show So It Goes. Anarchy In The UK is performed for the first time." (crédito)
faltam os Buzzcocks, que não tiveram lugar no poster. esta cena, é descrita no 24H Party People, numa cena, para mim, hilariante e fantástica.

a caminho de Coura...

Há 10 anos, embarcava de autocarro para Coura. de mão dada com a Xana (namorada na altura), lá fomos, mochila e tenda às costas para o Portugal profundo (para quem nao conhece o país, acreditem que era do mais longínquo que podia imaginar). chegados debaixo de um manto de nevoeiro (quem diria...) e breu total, lá montámos a tenda .. num terreno agrícola, dentro do recinto, sem sombra. também, quem pensaria nesses pormenores às tantas da noite... do re-encontro com o M. João Vieira (sexta-f. passada partilhei uma agradável conversa durante a viagem de metro p/ o bairro alto), ao frio durante o concerto de Mão Morta (10 anos depois.. Goddam!!), a Rollins Band (violência a rodos para o concerto + esperado).
10 anos depois, com outras exigências e meios, cá se repete o movimento migratório.
de novo a tenda, o mano Trinca de companhia. Ahhh e vamos a caminho de eleger o Sto. padroeiro do Festival como "São Gore-Tex".

em jeito de cumprimento de promessa a um dos posts há muito prometidos, aqui ficam umas fotos do Festival Primavera 07. factor comum p/ o Paredes de Coura: SONIC YOUTH!
Sonic Youth que tendo celebrado o eleito "Daydream Nation" de uma ponta à outra (o tema "Don't Look Back" escolhido pela malta do ATP, esticou o concerto com mais 1hora de música, para surpresa e alegria de muita, mas muita gente mesmo, naquela noite. pela forma fantástica em que se exibiram em palco, os "sonic not so youth now" levaram o meu prémio de "melhor concerto".

as fotos são minhas e do Mr. Butters (com as devidas vénias ao respeitável senhor!)

Because it's all about ....


Sonic Youth


Melvins


Battles

as minhas fotos dos Battles não ficaram boas e não podia não postar nada deles, tão bom que foi o concerto ... in Pitchfork

The Black Keys


Beirut


Girls Against Boys


Built to Spill


The Good the Bad and the Queen


Mum


Pelican


Wilco


X-Wife


Patti Smith


finalmente, no bus p/ a o hostal... depois de muito "empurra .. vá... ai os meus vinis...uff..."

DALI !

para ver ou rever, mas a não perder!!
Exposição no Palácio do Freixo, Porto, até 4 de Novembro, "promovida pela Fondazione Metropolitan de Milão, Itália, em cooperação com a PortoLazer".

Em 1990, em Montréal, Canada, tive a sorte de visitar uma exposição, na altura a maior alguma vez conseguida, pela variedade e número de obras de Dali e que apenas visitava as maiores cidades da América do Norte. a entrada do Musée des Beaux-Arts, estava decorada com uma lagosta gigante. foi algo simplesmente fantástico!!

Indy .. Maio08

além do Harrison Ford, estão já anunciados no elenco, Cate Blanchett, John Hurt e Karen Allen (a heroína Marion Ravenwood, no 1º episódio).

Mestre de Cerimónias Wayne Coyne opina sobre .. Como Sobreviver aos Festivais!

em plena época festivaleira, encontrei aqui, há algum tempo, uma entrevista ao vocalista dos Flaming Lips, Wayne Coyne, intitulada "Wayne Coyne's Guide to Festival Survival".
Longe do surrealismo que lhe esperava, aqui fica. afinal ele sabe do que fala!
Aviso: Nao levar à letra!

"If anyone knows the ins and outs of summer music festivals, it's Flaming Lips frontman Wayne Coyne. His band is one of festival season's usual suspects, and considering the Lips' whimsical performances, often a highlight. As a member of a popular band, Coyne has it easy these days: air-conditioned backstage areas, plenty of food and water, and comely virgins feeding him peeled grapes. (That last part is speculation.) But, as a man of the people, Coyne knows what concertgoers face at big music festivals, events that are both the best and worst things for music fans. In an effort to make everyone's experiences more pleasurable, Coyne offered this advice to The A.V. Club.

The A.V. Club: What's the key to getting through a long summer festival relatively unscathed?
Wayne Coyne: It depends on which type it is. We do the type a lot where people are going to camp in a field for sometimes up to four days, and then other times it's like the Lollapalooza, Coachella sort of vibe where you're staying in a hotel… Camping out sounds great, but if you don't do it a lot, it's a beat-down. The sun comes up early, it gets hot, you're up by like 7 o'clock. If you've been up taking acid all night, you're just getting to sleep at 6. It can be a struggle. Then there's always the going to the bathroom at the Porta-John. My main suggestion would be, if it's Porta-John stuff, just don't eat very much. If you're a woman, do some practicing where you hold your piss a little bit longer. 'Cause it's either try to avoid it, or just truly embrace it, which is what we do.

AVC: Embrace it how?
WC: I think it's true of all people's lives: Once you embrace the idea that shit isn't the worst thing in the world, life gets better for you. I have three dogs, and every week I have to go out in the yard and scoop up poop. When I started doing that like 12 years ago, I was like, "My God, this is horrible." But now I think it's beautiful. That's how damaged I've become.

AVC: It's a tall order to find the inside of a Porta-John beautiful.
WC: Well, no. You just have to say the moment is what it is and just get in there and do your business. Ultimately, you feel a lot better because you did, and the whole thing is richer. Let's just say that: The experience will be richer because of that. I do think, in a sense, the hardship, the struggles add to the whole color of the experience, and you want that. That's why I think summer festivals are so great.

AVC: Those trials make for better stories.
WC: The idea that you go to a festival and you feel like you have to see everything, all your favorite bands, I think sometimes that can kind of wear you down. It has to be like eating at the Golden Corral, where it's all you can eat, until you try to eat the barbecue chicken and the calamari. By the time you get to the fourth thing, you're burned out. My suggestion to people is just enjoy your day. Your band is playing, you get to see a little bit of them. Go see them for 10 or 15 minutes, and enjoy your friends and enjoy your day. As the sun goes down, it's a lot easier to endure.

AVC: What do you suggest when it's miserably hot?
WC: They should drink a lot more water than they think they should drink, but unfortunately a lot of people are just going to drink beer—and it's just going to beat you up. But you really should just be drinking water, constantly, all day. You don't pee as much as you would think… What happens to a lot of people is, they don't go outside all year, and then they go to one of these festivals, and they're sunburned, they're dehydrated, and they're just beat down. You have to know what you're doing, but that takes a little bit of the fun away from it.

AVC: It's amazing that people don't bring sun block.
WC: Yeah, and as anyone should know by now, take that damn sunscreen with you. But it's a hassle, and you look all greasy—people want to go to festivals and they want to look cool and all that. It's a struggle. They should do like they do in Europe: People just get naked, and they don't care. Maybe that's not a good idea.

AVC: What do you think is the biggest festival don't?
WC: I think the worst thing is don't get drunk and pass out by 1 o'clock in the afternoon and be the guy who's laying out in the open field throwing up at 2 in the afternoon. We see that all the time, like my God, how big of a miscalculation was that? The guy's laying there, and he's going to get sunburned, and it's just miserable. Not only that, he's going to feel worse after this, and he's missing the show at the same time. So if you've never drunk that much beer before, don't try it at a festival in the middle of the summer. I think it's better if you're younger, too. The older you get, the more you're like, "Why would I want to stand in the heat all day with a bunch of drunk morons?" When you're young, and the possibility of having sex is in the air, and you're seeing new things, that's a beautiful thing.

AVC: Any other advice?
WC: I guess my advice to everybody is just embrace the calamities that happen. Instead of thinking, "Oh I didn't get to see my favorite band," enjoy it with your friends. Enjoy the hassles with the parking lot, enjoy trying to find each other with your cell phones—all those things can really be enjoyable. They don't have to ruin any of it. It's your time, it's your day, make the most of it. Like you said, it makes for better stories."