Come and see me and my colleagues from GOR – Grupo Operário do Ruído – a large experimental-exploratory-avant ensemble – on our Open Reharsal, Friday, 13 at Associação de Moradores da Bouça in Porto, 9:30pm. Entry is free (2 tickets per person, at the door, from 8:30pm).
I’ll be on electric guitar, prepared, bass like or otherwise, and, most likely, on a few peculiar instruments too.
Yé Yé Radio: yeyeradio.com (or on the app) the radio where my Amazing Songs & Other Delights airs every other Monday turns 3 years old Monday 27th. We’re celebrating at Praia da Luz, in Porto, 7-11pm with DJ sets by Francisco Coelho, Francisco Esp, João Bruschy, José Amen, Maria Gambina, Pedro Tenreiro, Rui Pimenta and Tugalife.
Yé Yé came to be May 27th to signal one year of the departure of our friend Vicente Pinto de Abreu. Vicente was a music, books, film, tv shows, comics lover. Praia da Luz a place he liked and identified with. A place where he and the djs collective he was part of, 7 Magníficos – of which Pedro Tenreiro and Rui Pimenta were also part of – spinned records many times.
I still remember the day of Vicente’s death. The night before, as we often did, we had been talking about films, tv shows, comics. I both were meant to watch and read something to discuss with each other the following evening. There was no following eve.
We are celebration Vicente, Yé Yé, radio, music, life, the joy of life and living, the seaside. Come celebrate with us.
Some news take us by surprise. Steve Albini unexpected death yesterday was one of them. Maverick studio engineer and recorder, master of poker, inspiration.
I’ve interviewed Steve a couple of times for print Mondo and Público. I still remember the Mondo one. It was done by email and it had a good deal of Steve Albini the cartoon character. Lots of f words and other less than stellar language. The interview in itself was very good.When I was asked if I could arrange an interview for Público my reply was “I’ll ask. But if he (Steve) starts being rude, I’ll say this interview ends here”. There was no rudeness. Steve was drinking tea in his kitchen and was a perfect gentleman.
So far, one of my two of my radio shows fully dedicated to someone also on the other side of things was The Steve Albini edition.
Of late friends and I had been talking about Steve Albini. His recordings, his work, his high standards. But also how he managed to talk in layperson language and didn’t shy from taking another engineer with him of he deemed necessary. I quite like this podcast interview about the Manic Street Preachers’ Journal For Plagued Lovers. In fact, I was listening to it before my first rehearsal with Grupo Operário do Ruído (Workers Noise Group), less than a month ago. It has to be The Universe. https://www.buzzsprout.com/450409/14899
And, of course, there is the (in)famous The Problem With Music Text written in 1993 that remains as relevant as by then https://thebaffler.com/salvos/the-problem-with-musicShellac have a new album To All Trains coming out on the 17t.h. Along with all the other music played, created and recorded by Steve is will be part of his legacy and inspiration to many of us.
Rest in Power, Steve. And in poker.
Happy Winter Solstice, a Merry Christmas and Wonderful 2024!
Podendo, é ir. Não podendo, é partilhar, protestar, fazer ruído! If you can, go. If not, share, protest, make noise!
Cultura não se cala! STOP | Culture does not shut up! STOP
Segunda feira, 24 Julho | Monday, 24th July
Porto: Concentração às 15h em frente a CMP | Gathering 3pm in front of Porto’s City Hall
Marcha até ao STOP 19h20 | Marching until STOP (Rua do Heroísmo, 329) 7:30pm
Lisboa: Concentração às 15h em ao Teatro Dona Maria II | Gathering 3pm in front of Teatro Dona Maria II
Mondo Bizarre’s print issues are part of Materiais Inflamáveis: Culturas de Resistência, Média Alternativos e Fanzines (1982-2021) [Flammable Materials: Resistence Cultures, Alternative Media and Fanzines (1982-2021)] an exhibition curated by Paula Guerra (Maria de Guerra) and Pedro Quintela as part of @K I S M I F International Conference. The exhibition is held at Foyer Auditório Biblioteca Municipal Almeida Garrett- Museu da Cidade, Porto and will run until August 15.
