Today is World Book Day 2004. Here is a list of a few of my favourite books:
Eça de QueirÃŗs – A Cidade e as Serras F. Scott Fitzgerald – The Great Gatsby Herodotus – Histories James Gavin – Deep In A Dream – The Long Night Of Chet Baker Jean Cocteau – Les enfants terrible Sam Shepard – CrÃŗnicas Americanas (Motel Chronicles) Simon Garfield – Mauve T.E. Lawrence – Seven Pillars of Wisdom T.S. Elliot – Complete Poems Oscar Wilde – Dorian Gray
recent favourites: Charles Spencer – A Very Private School Mat Osman – The Ghost Theatre
My Amazing Songs & Other Delights #61 – The It Is All New edition a programme filled with novelties can now be listened to on mixcloud.
Monday, March 11th, 2024, 3-4pm (gmt) Running time: 60:01:12
Tracklist: 01 – The Black Keys – I Forgot To Be Your Lover 02 – Been Stellar – Passing Judgment 03 – Bodega – Tarkovski 04 – Crumbs – DIY SOS 05 – Blind Zero – Running Back To You 06 – P. S. Lucas – Black Sand 07 – James – Our World 08 – Pete Astor – Chinese Cadillac 09 – The Sex Organs – Sex Shop 10 – La Luz – Strange World 11 – Wolf Manhattan – You Can’t Always Win 12 – Nourished By Time – Hand On Me 13 – Girl and Girl – Hello 14 – Six Organs of Admittance – The Mission 15 – Liam Gallagher & John Squire – Make It Up As You Go Along 16 – JP SimÃĩes – Mariazinha 17 – The Libertines – Night Of The Hunter 18 – Corridor – Mon Angent
My Amazing Songs & Other Delights #61 – The It Is All New edition airs Monday, 11h, 3-4pm (gmt) on YÊ YÊ Radio: yeyeradio.com
This edition is a programme filled with 18 new, newish songs like You Can’t Always Win Wolf Manhattan single from the second upcoming album, and a cover of a decades long Portuguese song, Mariazinha by JosÊ MÃĄrio Branco here interpreted by JP SimÃĩes.
As is often the case with my radio shows, the selection is eclectic, from established to new names, from Portuguese to American songs.
Tracklist: 01 – The Black Keys – I Forgot To Be Your Lover 02 – Been Stellar – Passing Judgment 03 – Bodega – Tarkovski 04 – Crumbs – DIY SOS 05 – Blind Zero – Running Back To You 06 – P. S. Lucas – Black Sand 07 – James – Our World 08 – Pete Astor – Chinese Cadillac 09 – The Sex Organs – Sex Shop 10 – La Luz – Strange World 11 – Wolf Manhattan – You Can’t Always Win 12 – Nourished By Time – Hand On Me 13 – Girl and Girl – Hello 14 – Six Organs of Admittance – The Mission 15 – Liam Gallagher & John Squire – Make It Up As You Go Along 16 – JP SimÃĩes – Mariazinha 17 – The Libertines – Night Of The Hunter 18 – Corridor – Mon Argent
Amazing Songs & Other Delights #59 The Through Mountains & Valleys aka The Epilepsy edition airs Monday, 12th , 3-4pm (gmt) on YÊ YÊ Radio: yeyeradio.com (or on the app).Monday February 12th is International Epilepsy Day. I have two types of epilepsy, photosensitive – in my case affected both by light, and certain types of sounds – and atonic (my muscles suddenly lose contraction and I fall or things slip from my hands). For many people with epilepsy the condition is like traversing mountains and Valleys. In my case that happens mostly with photosensitive epilepsy. Through mountains and valleys is also, literally, what me and my friend Matt do. Me when walking up and down the more, or less, urbanized areas of Porto – Porto is at the end of a mountain range. Matt in Los Angeles and its sorrpunding areas. Like Laurel Canyon where many musicians lived in the 60s and 70s. Among them, Neil Young who has epilepsy. The songs selected for the programme comprise those from musicians with epilepsy as well as those from bands and artists that lived at Laurel Canyon. To me, Nirvana’s Heart Shaped Box gives the idea of the sudden, stop, motion, electrical discharges of photosensitive epilepsy which is why it is on the tracklist. The colour of epilepsy is purple-lavender, hence Prince’s Purple Rain. Prince had epilepsy until he was seven years old, a fwct he mentions in The Sacrifice of Victor.
Trackist: 01 – Antony & The Johnsons – Epilepsy is Dancing 02 – Joni Mitchell – Michael From Mountains 03 – Chris Knox – Grand Mal 04 – The Byrds – Turn, Turn, Turn (To Everything There Is A Season) 05 – Spandau Ballet – Gold (HD remastered) 06 – The Mothers of Invention – Anywhere The Wind Blows 07 – The Streets – Dry Your Eyes 08 – Nirvana – Heart Shaped Box 09 – Neil Young – Cinnamon Girl 10 – Joy Division – Transmission 11 – Prince – Purple Rain 12 – Elton John – Bennie And The Jets 13 – The Olympic Symphonium – Thanks a Lot 14 – Jimmy Reed – Too Much 15 – Black Light White Light – Epilepsy
My next Amazing Songs & Other Delights is #58 – Your Surprise, is My Surprise and airs Monday, 29th, 3-4pm (gmt) on YÊ YÊ Radio: yeyeradio.com (or on the app).
This edition is wide choices range from a a excerpt of Waᚯu, a song that is, at least, 60 thousand years old voiced by brothers David and Daniel Wilfred, singing in Wagiläk language (an Australian Indigenous language. David and Daniel are keepers from Arnhem Land) to just released songs thorough some that would horrify my teenage and younger self.
The programme title comes from four things. My surrprise finding a fabulous Joan Baez song – just marvel at the lyrics, the voice, the, guitar -, dad rock aka The Dire Straights mega hit Sultans of Swing being able to pass for a groovy indie song (it all depends, of context),Mantra, the gentle instrumental by Dave Ghrol Josh Homme and Trent Reznor, and the absolute beauty of a song that is Blunt Knives, by Basalto.
Elaborating a little. I’ve could never could stand Joan Baez. She was always a pet peeve for me. When, by chance, I recently happened upon Diamonds and Rust I was, amazed. The song may ecen gain a place among my all time favourite songs.
The Dire Straits’ Sultans of Swing? It played all the time, everywhere. Dad and his, friends, loved the Dire Straits. Indie kids would get anywhere, near Mark Knopfler’s band. Yet, the song, and probably always was, upbeat and danceable. Besides, Mark Knopfler plays mostly with his fingers rather than with a plectrum and for many years his guitar of choice was a, Strat the guitar he plays on Sultans of Swing. Since I start replaying guitar I have a Strat model and I have always mostly play guitar plectrum less.
Dave Grohl, Josh Homme, Trent Reznor’s Mantra came from my brother Renato. I wasn’t convinced it would be that interesting, he insisted it was, but I didn’t listen to it for a, while. Turned out to be a great instrumental.
Basalto was a fabulous surprise too. I don’t know how I hadn’t noticed Basalto before, but I’m very happy to have it sent to me. Portuguese singer-songwriter Guilherme de Sousa newest single is a delicate, intense, marvelous song.
Trackist: 01 – Basalto – Blunt Knives; 02 – Dire Straits – Sultans of Swing; 03 – Corridor – Mourir Demain; 04 – Aziza Brahim – Bubisher; 05 – Dave Grohl, Josh Homme, Trent Reznor – Mantra; 06 – Dragged Up – Missing Person; 07 – Hand to Earth – Waᚯu (excerpt); 08 – Joan Baez – Diamonds & Rust; 09 – Michael Platter – The Alchemist; 10 – Mitski – I’m Your Man (live @ blogotheque); 11 – Paul Weller – You Do Something To Me; 12 – Pete Astor – Model Village; 13 – VitÃŗria & The Kalashnicoles – New World; 14 – Zenxith – She is Lying
Amazing Songs & Other Delights #55 -The Such Lovely Songs edition airs tomorrow, Monday 4th, 3-4pm (gmt) on YÊ YÊ Radio: https://yeyeradio.com/ (or on the app).
The Such Lovely Songs edition os a collection of bestiful songs I’ve happen upon in different ways, or have been listening to more attentively. In a way, it goes back to the joy of listening to songs on the radio. Be it on John Peel’s show (o de here listened to is am) or AntÃŗnio SÊrgio’s shows.
Some songs,Iike the Stone Roses one I had totally forgot about. Although the spirit of this edition arrises from those radio shows of the past, and the songs cross several decades, the feel is very now. A if all songs as just been released.
Tracklist: 01 De Jolie Laide (Nina Nastasia & Jeff MacLeod) – Blue as Blue; 02 – Teenage Waitress – Grey Sky; 03 – Sam Lee – Bushes and Briars; 04 – Jackson Harden – Doris Day; 05 – Genghis Cohn – She Who Calls; 06 – Wurld Series – Illustrious Plates; 07 – Jonathan Richman – I Was Dancing In The Lesbian Bar; 08 – Velvet Underground – Pale Blue Eyes; 09 – PJ Harvey – Seem An I; 10 Television – Venus; 11 Lloyd Cole And The Commotion – Rattlesnakes; 12 – The Stone Roses – Love Spreads;13 – Hot Apple Band – The Hill; 14 – Laura Veirs – July Flame; 15 – Frost Children – Bernardette;16 – MGMT- Bubblegum Dog
My radio show Amazing Songs & Other Delights #54 â The Ascend-Descend edition is now on mixcloud. You can read about the show here.
Tracklist: 01: Rafael Toral – Intro + Changes (except) 02: Cabrita – Todo Torto 03: Helado Negro – I Just Want To Wake Up With You 04: J. Masis – Canât Believe Weâre Here 05: King John – The Water 06: Mary Timony – Dominoes 07: MOORIS -04 08: O Gajo – CorrosÃŖo 09 – Swansea Sound – Paradise 10: The Lemonheads – Fear of Living 11: The Smile – Wall Of Eyes 12: Ty Segall -My Room 13: Vince Clarke – The Lamentations of Jeremiah 14: youbet – Carsick 15: Francisco Sassetti – Sara Is Happy
Amazing Songs & Other Delights #54 – The Ascend-Descend edition is tomorrow, Monday 20th, 3-4pm (gmt) on YÊ YÊ Radio:https://yeyeradio.com/ (or on the app).
The title refers to the flow of the very eclectic musical selection, comprasse of recent or just out instrumentals and songs, of this edition of the programme.
Tracklist: 01: Rafael Toral – Intro + Changes (except) 02: Cabrita – Todo Torto 03: Helado Negro – I Just Want To Wake Up With You 04: J. Masis – Canât Believe Weâre Here 05: King John – The Water 06: Mary Timony – Dominoes 07: MOORIS – 04 08: O Gajo – CorrosÃŖo 09 – Swansea Sound – Paradise 10: The Lemonheads – Fear of Living 11: The Smile – Wall Of Eyes 12: Ty Segall -My Room 13: Vince Clarke – The Lamentations of Jeremiah 14: youbet – Carsick 15: Francisco Sassetti – Sara Is Happy
Amazing Songs & Other Delights #53 The FÃŗrum Sons edition airs tomorrow, Monday 6th, 314pm (London time) on YÊ YÊ Radio:https://yeyeradio.com/ (or on the app)
The FÃŗrum Sons edition is mine and Pedro Rios’ (one of print Mondo’s writers and current Ipsilon, PÃēblico’s culture suplement,editor) homage to the thrilling, crazy days of FÃŗrum Sons music and much else online forum that saw Portuguese music writes, musicians and music lovers endlessly debate the virtues, or flaws, of a given artist or band. And boy, could we debate. And argument.
Those were the times of no one, but us, have heard of Antony and The Johnsons The White Stripes and Queens of the Stone Age. Of Wolf Eyes, Xiu Xiu, Deerhoof, Lightning Bolt. As well as of loving Low, Daniel Johnston or Mark Eitzel.
On FÃŗrum Sons life long friendships were forged, marriages came to be a and ended there, writers were enlisted – I lost count of how many people ended up on print Mondo through FÃŗrum Sons. We lost people too, namely Fernando MagalhÃŖes, a beloved veteran Portuguese music critics. Even a five aside FÃŗrum Sons team was born.
My first FÃŗrum Sons display name, Monsters in the Parasol, for years shared with my by then husband, is from Rated R, the second album of The song is part of my choices. My second FÃŗrum Sons name Miss Library became the dj name I used when I lived in Lisboa and my dj sets were called Amazing Songs & Other Delights. Pedro Rios display name on FÃŗrum Sons was AKA Idiot. For real! No one ever said FÃŗrum Sons was the most sane,logical, serious place on earth, but it was an extraordinary place. We miss FÃŗrum Sons dearly. Fasten your seat belts, you’re in for quite the sonic ride.
Tracklist:01 – Antony & The Johnsons – Be My Husband (Raquel); 02 – Aphex Twin – Xtal (Rios); 03 – Boxhead Ensemble – Still Burning (Rios); 04 – Daniel Johnson – Mountain Top (Raquel); 05 – Deerhoof – This Magnificent Bird Will Rise (Rios); 06 – Giant Sand – 1972 (Raquel); 07 – Mark Eitzel – Move Myself Ahead (Raquel); 08 – Lightning Bolt – Ride the Sky (Rios); 09 – Low – (That’s How You Sing) Amazing Grace) Rios) ;10 – Mogwai – Punk Rock (Rios); 11 – Mr. David Viner – This Boy Don’t Care (Rios); 12 – Queens Of The Stone Age – Monster In The Parasol (Raquel); 13 – The White Stripes –Â Hotel Yorba (Raquel); 14 – Sonic Youth – Mote (Rios); 15 – Turbonegro – Prince of the Rodeo (Raquel); 16 – Wolf Eyes – Stabbed in the Face (Rios); 17- Xiu Xiu – I Luv the Valley OH (Rios)
The 26 issues of print Mondo Bizarre Magazine that run November 1999 to June 2006 are now part of the collection of Fanzineteca de Aveiro and are available for public consultation.
Fanzineteca de Aveiro https://fanzinetecadeaveiro.fanzine.pt/is a physical space dedicate to alternative magazines, newspapers and “fanzines” within the library of JosÊ EstÃĒvÃŖo Secundary School in Aveiro.
Mondo Bizarre Magazine #09 – November 2001 – first colour issue
The alternative magazines, newspapers and “fanzines” collection of Fanzineteca de Aveiro is the personal collection ofMiguel Alexandre SimÃĩes Correia.
Mondo Bizarre Magazine #10 – February 2002
The purpose of Fanzineteca de Aveiro is to preserve important documents of alternative, independent and underground documents and to make them available to the general public.
Mondo Bizarre Magazine #13 – 3rd Anniversary – John Parish cover
Print Mo do started as a black and white magazine. By issue 09 the front page and some inner pages were in colour. By issue 11Mondo had so many pages I couldn’t carry the packages. We had to back track. For issue 13 three different covers were printed, corresponding to three major intervirws. One cover featuringJohn Parish, one with The Hellocpters, that had fronted our first cover, and one dedicated to Dischord Records to go along Ian Mackaye’s interview.
Mondo Bizarre Magazine #17 – 4th anniversary – Art Chantry coverMondo Bizarre Magazine #23 – July 2005
My deepest thank you to Miguel Correia for putting making available the 26 issues of print Mondo available to everyone a D for his extraordinary work with Fanzineteca de Aveiro.
Mondo Bizarre Magazine 