Friday, March 05, 2010
O Fim
"Ontem julguei ter visto a luz
Nas horas brancas conduzi o despertar
E fui subindo a escada
Que me separa do meu fim.
Abandonei quem já passou
Fechei os olhos e previ o que encontrei
E foi nesta viagem
Que eu percebi que não estou só ...."
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
I Can't Make The Hills
"I can't make the hills
The system is shot
I'm living on pills
For which I thank G-d
I followed the course
From chaos to art
Desire the horse
Depression the cart
I sailed like a swan
I sank like a rock
But time is long gone
Past my laughing stock
My page was too white
My ink was too thin
The day wouldn't write
What the night penciled in
My animal howls
My angel's upset
But I'm not allowed
A trace of regret
For someone will use
What I couldn't be
My heart will be hers
Impersonally
She'll step on the path
She'll see what I mean
My will cut in half
And freedom between
For less than a second
Our lives will collide
The endless suspended
The door open wide
Then she will be born
To someone like you
What no one has done
She'll continue to do
I know she is coming
I know she will look
And that is the longing
And this is the book"
Leonard Cohen & Philip Glass
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Friday, January 15, 2010
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Monday, January 11, 2010
Saturday, January 09, 2010
Thursday, January 07, 2010
Colouring of Pigeons
The Knife with Mt. Sims and Planningtorock
"The Knife, in collaboration with Mt. Sims and Planningtorock, are to release the studio version of the opera 'Tomorrow, In A Year', on the 1st March 2010.
Commissioned by Danish performance group Hotel Pro Forma to write the music for their opera based on Charles Darwin and his book 'On the Origin of the Species', The Knife decided to make this a collaborative process, working with artists Mt. Sims and Planningtorock for the first time, to capture the huge width of the Darwin and evolution theme.
To read more about the project and see the full tracklist see the full introduction here.
And now for something completely different...
Sonic Youth - 100%
Satyricon - "King"
Isis - "Holy Tears"
Director - Dominic Hailstone
...France, Vietnam, Yugoslavia, Gaza, Afghanistan, Iraq...
"When they poured across the border
I was cautioned to surrender,
this I could not do;
I took my gun and vanished.
I have changed my name so often,
I've lost my wife and children
but I have many friends,
and some of them are with me.
An old woman gave us shelter,
kept us hidden in the garret,
then the soldiers came;
she died without a whisper.
There were three of us this morning
I'm the only one this evening
but I must go on;
the frontiers are my prison.
Oh, the wind, the wind is blowing,
through the graves the wind is blowing,
freedom soon will come;
then we'll come from the shadows.
Les Allemands e'taient chez moi,
ils me dirent, "Signe toi,"
mais je n'ai pas peur;
j'ai repris mon arme.
J'ai change' cent fois de nom,
j'ai perdu femme et enfants
mais j'ai tant d'amis;
j'ai la France entie`re.
Un vieil homme dans un grenier
pour la nuit nous a cache',
les Allemands l'ont pris;
il est mort sans surprise.
Oh, the wind, the wind is blowing,
through the graves the wind is blowing,
freedom soon will come;
then we'll come from the shadows."
Leonard Cohen, based on the song "La complainte du partisan" by Anna Marly.
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