Today is a very happy day! It loooks like Tom Waits’ seminal albums, including Small Change, my favorite of this batch, have been remastered for Bandcamp!
Sherlock Holmes visto por Jorge Luis Borges
The master speaks!
De surpresa, encontro no poema de Jorge Luis Borges (1899-1986) que hoje transcrevo as razões porque pouco me entusiasmam as aventuras de Sherlock Holmes. Simultaneamente, e pelas razões opostas, percebo como me colo às aventuras deslindadas por Maigret. Trata-se, afinal, e tão só, de casos de humanidade neste último personagem e ausência dela no primeiro.
Humanidade reconhecível, desde logo, nos gestos mínimos de comer e amar, e que em Maigret são omnipresentes tanto no carinho sóbrio com que o personagem Maigret trata Madame Maigret como na presença constante do acto de comer enquanto gesto essencial de convívio e partilha com os restantes personagens que povoam os enredos das histórias.
Nada disto existe no personagem Holmes, como bem argumenta Jorge Luis Borges, pleno de razão, no poema Sherlock Holmes, referindo a sua ausência no personagem:
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É casto. Nada sabe do amor. Não quis.
Esse homem tão viril renunciou à arte
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[Music] 20 Years of Southern Lord’s Dark and Heavy Art
The label’s roster has always featured a wide breadth of sonic explorers, from ambient artists through very heavy metal and post-metal acts to jazz fusion.
via 20 Years of Southern Lord’s Dark and Heavy Art — Bandcamp Daily
It’s amazing to think that this label has been around for 20 years, and I missed a good fifteen of those due to ignorance. May they have another happy 20.
[Music] Various Artists – Nostress Netlabel Anniversary Compilation Number 7: The Quantum Differences of Universal Sounds
This is one of the few times you won’t see me share a Bandcamp link for a release like this. My colleague Andrey Kireyev let me know about this release, and I’m very much thankful he did!
Nostress Netlabel isn’t a one-trick-pony label. The genres covered include Psychedelic, Post Rock, Avant-garde, Electronic and Electroacoustic music. The breadth of what they are covering is incredible, and the label is offering this compilation as a FLAC file release for free.
This is a great way to acquaint yourself with one of the best netlabels operating today.
[Technical] Topics Section Added
Today, I decided to add a Topics section to the website. We have listed Film, Literature, Music and Typography sections, mainly blogs, so far.
Expect this to grow and grow as time passes.
[Photography] Inspired by Peshmerga, Kurdish woman picks up camera
Photographer Khozga Hasan has been documenting Kurdish Peshmerga fighters who have been battling the Islamic State in Iraq. Erbil, Iraq-based Rudaw News’ website has the article here for your perusal.
[Music] Various Artists: The Blog That Celebrates Itself: Girl Groups – The Underground Versions
The Blog That Celebrates Itself (TBTCI) has become one of my go-to labels for great covers of indie and post-punk music done in a style not unlike shoegaze music. This one is a gem because the theme is girl groups, and each of these Brazilian unknowns does a stand-up job reworking the originals into something quite modern-sounding,
[Music] How Salah Ragab Became an Undisputed Icon in Egyptian Jazz
There was no more important person in the realm of Egyptian jazz than drummer, bandleader and one-time collaborator with the legendary Sun Ra, Salah Ragab. Bandcamp Daily features the artist here.
[Music] Rasa Serra & Saulius Petreikis – Dzūkija
Multi-instrumentalist Saulius Petreikis pairs with fellow Lithuanian musician, the vocalist Rasa Serra. It’s ethereal music that would, in some way, appeal to fans of Dead Can Dance as well as those who enjoy Baltic music in general.
[Music] The Myrrors – Arena Negra
I’m not sure about the other bands in Tuscon, Arizona, but local lads The Myrrors are swimming in a sea of sludge and LSD. This is slow, plodding, and very, very effecting stoner rock.
A Miscellany Of Tasteful Music 