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Brick on brick in a magic design, His eyes filled with cement and tears

Potomac Avenue — Fri, 17 May 2013 09:22:17 -0800

Released in 1971 at the height of the Brazilian dictatorship, dedicated to the bittersweet struggle of those exiled to freedom, Construção was Chico Buarque's most stylistically adventurous studio record, and by many accounts, his masterpiece. Tracklisting: Deus Lhe Pague Cotidiano [Live] Desalento [Live] Construção [Live] -------- Cordão Olha Maria Samba de Orly [Live] Valsinha [Live] Minha História [Live] Acalanto

You made the fish disappear, you rob the bones of our ancestors

infini — Sat, 11 May 2013 05:26:55 -0800

About 200 indigenous people on the Xingu, Tapajós and Teles Pires rivers began an occupation of the largest construction site of the Belo Monte Dam, demanding the withdrawal of troops from their land and the suspension of dam construction. Powerful and searing, this statement from a people pushed to the brink by their own state, Brazil, and who have begun an indefinite protest at the main construction site of the Belo Monte Dam, which is in the Xingu and Tapajós river basins

The insect you need is on your shoulder...

flapjax at midnite — Thu, 09 May 2013 16:22:23 -0800

Paul McCartney's show invaded by vast swarm of GRASSHOPPERS! Video HERE!

And there will be light.

adamvasco — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 18:02:51 -0800

Recovered Documents Show Murder and Torture of Indigenous Groups during Dictatorship.
First hinted at in 1968 by the Milwaukee Journal.
Al Jazeera: All the President's Torturers.
The Minister of Justice will coordinate an effort to centralize the millions of documents produced during the military regime that, as of now, are held in the archives of various ministries in Brazil and is slowly coming to light under the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.

Ronaldinho Flip Book

Rumple — Sun, 21 Apr 2013 17:58:01 -0800

The Best Skills of Ronaldinho: a flip book. Previously.

A Scientist at War With His Tribe

homunculus — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 15:57:45 -0800

How Napoleon Chagnon Became Our Most Controversial Anthropologist. "Jaguars and anacondas are impressive adversaries — 'Indiana Jones had nothing on me,' Napoleon Chagnon says — but his staunchest foes are other anthropologists."

More soundtracks for 2013!

Tom-B — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 13:43:09 -0800

DJ Nirso explores the connection between Africa, North and South America with tasteful remixes and mixtapes.

Nothing happens if you respect the snake

rewil — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 12:06:39 -0800

A ten-day trip to the Mato Grosso do Sul to take pictures of anacondas worked out quite well for nature photographer Franco Banfi. (Videos from a similar expedition in 2010.)

Sounds like Brazil

stonepharisee — Sun, 20 Jan 2013 05:07:42 -0800

Mundo Melhor contains a wealth of video, photos etc related to the contemporary practice of Brazilian music. Site is in Portuguese. Annoying auto-play widget needs to be turned off manually on every page

The Existential Adventures of Tim Maia

Tom-B — Sun, 06 Jan 2013 10:09:41 -0800

The Existential Adventures of Tim Maia

"It's a damn Ferrari, brother. Son of a bitch."

Smedleyman — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 20:58:18 -0800

Since about 2006 "Mike Terrorista" has been posting videos on YouTube from his Honda motorcycle as MIKE9MMM, keeping up a running commentary and ogling girls while racing though Sao Paulo traffic at high speed. (Note: some swearing in Portuguese) (at 2:01 in the video in the first link he spots the Ferrari - Aja!)

O modernista

stannate — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 18:48:50 -0800

Word from Rio de Janeiro is that Oscar Niemeyer, celebrated Brazilian Modernist architect, co-architect of the UN headquarters in New York, and designer of its capital city, Brasília, has passed on at the age of 104. The NYTimes obituary has links to his famous buildings in Brazil, but a more comprehensive link of Brasília can be seen at a 50th anniversary retrospective at Wallpaper.

Central Services New Ducts

mannequito — Sat, 01 Dec 2012 13:33:53 -0800

When the lights go out in the elevators of Brazil, the children come out to play (slyt)

Brasil profundo

adamvasco — Sat, 10 Nov 2012 10:37:33 -0800

A treasure trove of Brazil from the conflict between Natives and farmers to Music inspired by the bandit Lampião.
Discover writers (with a metafilter hat tip); Scary Lullabies e muito mais.

Bloco do Sargento Pimenta

Tom-B — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 05:23:48 -0800

Bloco do Sargento Pimenta: mashing up Beatles with carnaval street party rythyms

O Universo Musical de Baden Powell

sp160n — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 14:07:25 -0800

O Universo Musical de Baden Powell. A documentary about one of Brazil's most loved musicians.

Machado de Assis

Iridic — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 12:25:33 -0800

Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis (1839-1908) is the greatest of Brazilian writers, an ironist, realist, and fabulist in the leauge of Chekhov, Flaubert, and Borges. Here are Machado de Assis' complete works in Portuguese. And here a few pieces in English translation: -The first ten chapters from his novel Dom Casmurro, translated by Antonios Sarhanis. -The opening of his Tristram Shandy-esque The Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas: Epitaph of a Small Winner, translated by Gregory Rabassa. -Two chapters from his novella The Alienist, translated by Matt Rowe (with commentary). -"Dona Paula", translated by John Gledson. -"The Attendant's Confession," "The Fortune-Teller," and "Life;" all translated by Isaac Goldberg and collected with stories by José de Medeiros e Albuquerque, Coelho Netto, and Emília Bandeira de Melo as Brazilian Tales.

Non-orthogonal soccer fields

Tom-B — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 09:23:46 -0800

Non-orthogonal soccer fields, a slideshow

Perry Anderson's essays about modern states in The London Review of Books

Kattullus — Sat, 25 Aug 2012 16:15:39 -0800

Perry Anderson's book length three part series on the history of India from the beginnings of its independence movement, through independence and partition into its recent history as a nation-state is the latest in a series of erudite, opinionated and wordy articles in The London Review of Books by the UCLA professor of history and sociology on the modern history of various countries, so far taking in Brazil, Italy, Turkey, Cyprus, the EU, Russia, Taiwan and France. Lula's Brazil (previously). Land without Prejudice: Berlusconi’s Italy, An Entire Order Converted into What It Was Intended to End: Italy’s Decline, An Invertebrate Left: Italy’s Squandered Heritage. Kemalism: After the Ottomans, After Kemal. The Divisions of Cyprus (previously). Depicting Europe (previously). Russia's Managed Democracy: Why Putin? (plus Anderson's contemporary reflection on being in Moscow when the Soviet Union collapsed). Stand-Off in Taiwan. Dégringolade: The Fall of France, Union Sucrée: The Normalising of France. The letters in response appended to the bottom of the articles are often quite interesting and generally worth reading. Perry Anderson has also written articles on other subjects for the LRB.

But if the same tendency is maintained ...

the man of twists and turns — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 22:21:45 -0800

With Rio hosting the 2016 Olympics, a series of ads for a little-known sport have appeared: Rugby: It Will Be Big In Brazil (Youtube) Another Brazilian Rugby ad

Using Broad Strokes to Draw Attention to the Fine Details.

quin — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 05:39:11 -0800

The World in 2 Minutes is a series of videos showing the eccentricities, both good and bad, of different countries as told by their youtube videos. United States • Brazil • Chile • India • Russia [via]

An introduction to cult movies

Artw — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 23:40:56 -0800

"What is a cult film? A cult film is one that has a passionate following, but does not appeal to everyone. James Bond movies are not cult films, but chainsaw movies are. Just because a film has become a cult movie does not automatically guarantee quality. Some are very bad; others are very, very good. Some make an awful lot of money at the box office; others make no money at all. Some are considered quality films; others are exploitation movies. One thing cult movies do have in common is that they are all genre films - for example gangster films or westerns. They also have a tendency to slosh over from one genre into another, so that a science fiction film might also be a detective movie, or vice versa. They share common themes as well, themes that are found in all drama: love, murder and greed." - of the British TV film slots accompanied by an introduction perhaps the most celebrated is Moviedrome, running between 1988 and 2000 and presented first by Repo Man director Alex Cox and then film critic Mark Cousins. Alex Cox introduces... The Wicker Man The Parallax View Jabberwocky Stardust Memories Brazil An American Werewolf in London Knightriders What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? Rabid Cry Baby Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) Django Face to Face Requiescant The Andromeda Strain Coogan's Bluff The People Under The Stairs Halloween Psychomania Race the Devil Excalibur Nothing Lasts Forever Mark Cousins introduces... The Fly Society The Warriors The Fog Carlitos Way Don't Look Now ALSO ON BBC 2: The Forbidden Season... Alex Cox presents Django Kill Empire of the Censors Doing Rude Things 1, 2 ON BBC 4: Alex Cox presents... Five Westerns Part 1 Five Westerns Part 2 Moviedrome Guides part 1 & 2 in the free stuff section Alex Cox's website. Moviedrome archive. Previous Alex Cox. Previous Repo Man. Bonus insanity: Alex Cox interviews Sam Cohen, inventor of the neuron bomb

Caipirinha Appreciation Society

Tom-B — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 15:53:47 -0800

The Caipirinha Appreciation Society podcast features underexposed Brazilian music of all styles, regions and time periods — from vintage sambas to modern blends. Produced by two Brazilian expats for the University of London’s SOAS Radio, available in English and Portuguese.

What are the Chinese characters for "Didier Drogba"?

bardic — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 22:13:44 -0800

"The last European monopoly, in any area, is crumbling. This recently-opened transfer window has underscored, more than anything else, that it is no longer the European football clubs’ birthright to sign the greatest players in the world." -- Leander Schaerlaeckens on the growing clout of Chinese, Brazilian, and (WTF?) Indian soccer leagues in grabbing the top talent

Les Mains Noires: Tempero Brasileiro

Tom-B — Sat, 26 May 2012 13:07:13 -0800

Tempero Brasileiro (mp3) is a collection of rare Brazilian tracks originally issued on 7″ vinyl. Compiled by Edson Carvalho, one of the top São Paulo crate diggers. Les Mains Noires is a blog by an expat French DJ/crate digger currently living in São Paulo. Check out his DJ mixes page. Some favorites: Postcard for Sofrito Salsita con Swing African Hip Hop Dirty Caribbean Jazz Vol.1 Dirty Caribbean Jazz Vol.2 Dirty Caribbean Jazz Vol.3 Angola Dancefloor Shakers