Brazilian musician, Caetano Veloso, tells the story of the late 60s tropicalismo movement in his memoir, Tropical Truth: A Story Of Music And Revolution In Brazil (Brazil, 1997; English version, 2002). This is a near-perfect partner to Ruy Castro's Bossa Nova, picking up more or less (given Veloso's coverage of his youth) where that leaves off, and providing a viewpoint one generation further down the line. The book is somewhat loosely structured, jumping back and forth in time, even as it generally follows linear chronology. One can get a bit lost with many people moving in and out of the narrative, but not too badly, and after all, that's the way it went. Veloso is a fellow who intellectualizes about everything, though I found it to be in a charmingly questing way, rather than didactic. A good, long ramble detailing an interesting artistic journey in a nation much more complicated than we appreciate.
Posted by M.Ace at 02:51 PM, March 20, 2004.I like the new graphic at the top of the page!
Its nifty!
Thanks. It was way overdue for a change, but I really liked that 'moon lady' header. Hard to top. This is a detail scanned from an Al Williamson story in a "Weird Science-Fantasy" comic reprint. A friend says this is rather more "aggressive" than the previous header, but surely they were referring to the Futura Extra Black typeface, right?
That spaceship looks like a giant corndog with fins.
Mmm....corndog....[drool]
Posted by MrBaliHai at 09:24 PM, March 25, 2004.