Nunca o Quim Barreiros imaginou que era um pioneiro das novas tendências do perfumismo
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12 February 2020
21 September 2011
ALINHAR OS CHAKRAS
Jonathan Wilson - Gentle Spirit
Vão desculpar-me mas, a sério, “The raven who flies through the desert sky is wiser than you or me... the desert raven, he has poetry” é coisa possível de ser cantada e escutada sem que ninguém se ria? E isso, aninhado num fofinho casulo filosófico que adverte "Natural world she needs our energy" (notar o emprego do género feminino para “natural world” – estamos em plena cena "new age" da “deusa-mãe” primordial e diáfanos panteísmos afins uma vez mais reciclados), sintoniza “vibrations in the air” e remata o assunto com aquele tipo de proclamação – "A hundred blowin' up in the headlines, we've seen it all before, the powers are killing the paupers, for some idea of God, or whatever" – que cai sempre bem à hora do chá, coloca-nos, então, onde?
Exactamente: Laurel Canyon, Los Angeles, final dos anos 60, início dos 70, jardim do paraíso da aristocracia folk-rock bem pensante, cenário transbordante de amor, paz e dólares no qual James Taylor, Joni Mitchell, Jackson Browne, CSN&Y e diversos outros apóstolos da boa nova ensinavam que, se déssemos as mãos, alinhássemos os chakras, consumíssemos as drogas certas, e, ocasionalmente, saíssemos da toca para participar numa ou outra manifestação contra as guerras mazinhas, Marx e Cristo dansariam a valsa, Hitler e Buda trocariam afectuosos ósculos no além e, de um modo geral, tudo correria muito bem. Jonathan Wilson, residente actual do Canyon e criatura de prestígio enquanto músico e produtor junto de gente como Elvis Costello, Robbie Robertson ou Erykah Badu, acredita piamente que o tempo se imobilizou há quarenta anos e, com desmedido "savoir-faire" musical, para quem não teve oportunidade de estar presente na altura certa, recria, ao detalhe, a cena original de Laurel Canyon. Que Shiva e Shakti o façam muito feliz.
(2011)
Exactamente: Laurel Canyon, Los Angeles, final dos anos 60, início dos 70, jardim do paraíso da aristocracia folk-rock bem pensante, cenário transbordante de amor, paz e dólares no qual James Taylor, Joni Mitchell, Jackson Browne, CSN&Y e diversos outros apóstolos da boa nova ensinavam que, se déssemos as mãos, alinhássemos os chakras, consumíssemos as drogas certas, e, ocasionalmente, saíssemos da toca para participar numa ou outra manifestação contra as guerras mazinhas, Marx e Cristo dansariam a valsa, Hitler e Buda trocariam afectuosos ósculos no além e, de um modo geral, tudo correria muito bem. Jonathan Wilson, residente actual do Canyon e criatura de prestígio enquanto músico e produtor junto de gente como Elvis Costello, Robbie Robertson ou Erykah Badu, acredita piamente que o tempo se imobilizou há quarenta anos e, com desmedido "savoir-faire" musical, para quem não teve oportunidade de estar presente na altura certa, recria, ao detalhe, a cena original de Laurel Canyon. Que Shiva e Shakti o façam muito feliz.
(2011)
01 April 2010
MATT & KIM - "LESSONS LEARNED"
("I thought it was the bravest, most liberating
thing I’ve ever seen two people do" - Erykah Badu)
... e, já agora...
(2010)
("I thought it was the bravest, most liberating
thing I’ve ever seen two people do" - Erykah Badu)
... e, já agora...
(2010)
ERYKAH BADU - "WINDOW SEAT"
"EB - It was filmed Saturday (March 13) before St. Patrick’s Day. It was a pretty spontaneous thing. The song 'Window Seat' is about liberating yourself from layers and layers of skin or demons that are a hindrance to your growth or freedom, or evolution. I wanted to do something that said just that, so I started to think about shedding, nudity, taking things off in a very artful way. I am from the theater, and this is just a part of expression to us, a part of art. And I saw a video by a group called Matt and Kim, and it was filmed in Times Square. And I thought it was the bravest, most liberating thing I’ve ever seen two people do. And I wanted to dedicate this contagious act of liberation and freedom to them. I hoped it would become something contagious that people would want to do in some way or another.
Q: And what was the thinking on the location and the Kennedy element to it?
EB: Times Square is the most monumental place in New York, and when I was thinking of monumental places, the grassy knoll was the most monumental place in Dallas I could think of. I tied it in a way that compared that assassination to the character assassination one would go through after showing his or her self completely. That’s exactly the action that I wanted to display.
Q: And I take it you knew that there would be a similar real-life reaction when the video was released?
EB: Yeah. I knew that would happen, so as soon as the thought came to my mind, I decided to assassinate myself as a gesture. Because it was going to happen anyway. The video is a prediction of what is happening now.
Q: Tell me about the logistics of filming. Was it really nudity, or was there trickery involved?
EB: Oh no, it was straight guerilla cam. I got out of the car and I went for it. A day before, I took the same path alone to see where I was going and to see where the “x” spot was. And we only had one shot to get it right, and I decided to go at 3:30 p.m. on Saturday. I told the cameraman that I would meet him there, and when he saw me pull up, he started. We had to speed the music up because we wanted the effect to be slow-motion". (daqui)
edit (03.03.10): Neosoul singer Erykah Badu faces a disorderly conduct charge for her nude music video shoot in downtown Dallas' Dealey Plaza, officials announced Friday.
(2010)
"EB - It was filmed Saturday (March 13) before St. Patrick’s Day. It was a pretty spontaneous thing. The song 'Window Seat' is about liberating yourself from layers and layers of skin or demons that are a hindrance to your growth or freedom, or evolution. I wanted to do something that said just that, so I started to think about shedding, nudity, taking things off in a very artful way. I am from the theater, and this is just a part of expression to us, a part of art. And I saw a video by a group called Matt and Kim, and it was filmed in Times Square. And I thought it was the bravest, most liberating thing I’ve ever seen two people do. And I wanted to dedicate this contagious act of liberation and freedom to them. I hoped it would become something contagious that people would want to do in some way or another.
Q: And what was the thinking on the location and the Kennedy element to it?
EB: Times Square is the most monumental place in New York, and when I was thinking of monumental places, the grassy knoll was the most monumental place in Dallas I could think of. I tied it in a way that compared that assassination to the character assassination one would go through after showing his or her self completely. That’s exactly the action that I wanted to display.
Q: And I take it you knew that there would be a similar real-life reaction when the video was released?
EB: Yeah. I knew that would happen, so as soon as the thought came to my mind, I decided to assassinate myself as a gesture. Because it was going to happen anyway. The video is a prediction of what is happening now.
Q: Tell me about the logistics of filming. Was it really nudity, or was there trickery involved?
EB: Oh no, it was straight guerilla cam. I got out of the car and I went for it. A day before, I took the same path alone to see where I was going and to see where the “x” spot was. And we only had one shot to get it right, and I decided to go at 3:30 p.m. on Saturday. I told the cameraman that I would meet him there, and when he saw me pull up, he started. We had to speed the music up because we wanted the effect to be slow-motion". (daqui)
edit (03.03.10): Neosoul singer Erykah Badu faces a disorderly conduct charge for her nude music video shoot in downtown Dallas' Dealey Plaza, officials announced Friday.
(2010)
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