Jodha and the victory of imagination

By Ricardo, on May 27th, 2009%

I was saying the other day how I miss writing my own words… The problem is not that I don’t have free time at the moment, it’s that I can’t seem to disconnect from work long enough to do something productive, or actually… creative, in my case. So here’s an excerpt from Salman Rushdie’s The . . . → Read More: Jodha and the victory of imagination

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UNKLE – Rabbit in your headlights

By Ricardo, on May 25th, 2009%

Part of the soundtrack of my life. So much time wasted and so much more to waste… Haven’t listened to this in a while, but I still remembered the video as being powerful.

Depressing? Maybe… Watch the video until the end, sometimes the rabbit in our headlights is more than he seems. Wikipedia has . . . → Read More: UNKLE – Rabbit in your headlights

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The Postal Service – Clark Gable

By Ricardo, on May 18th, 2009%

Pretty short entry… Love these guys ever since an american friend of mine introduced me to them saying, “they’re a band from my town, used to play a lot at our high school”.

Fast forward 7 years and Death Cab For Cutie‘s latest album, “Narrow Stairs”, reached #1 on the Billboard 200 chart and lead . . . → Read More: The Postal Service – Clark Gable

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Walkabout

By Ricardo, on May 13th, 2009%

Lisbon, Berlin, London, Hanover, Amsterdam, Prague, Porto, Hereford, Lille, Nice, Antibes, Juan-les-Pins, Cannes, King’s Lynn, Newcastle upon Tyne, Copenhagen, Recife.

I could riddle you what all these cities have in common, but then I’d have to wait for the answer to write the rest of this entry… These are all cities where I walked. I . . . → Read More: Walkabout

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Hamilton de Holanda – Passarim

By Ricardo, on May 11th, 2009%

I’m in Love.

Well, you say, we all knew that. To which I answer, gosh… (insert embarrassed smiley here), I’m not talking about that… not today, at least. I’m in love with a musical instrument, the mandolin, or bandolim, in Portuguese.

The first instrument I ever learned to play was a violin, which caught my . . . → Read More: Hamilton de Holanda – Passarim

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Nitin Sawhney – Daybreak

By Ricardo, on May 4th, 2009%

When I’m feeling uninspired I usually listen to music.

This is what inspired me today.

As I wrote this entry I found out that this type of music is called Teental. From Nitin Sawhney‘s “London Undersound”. In spite of a few icy reviews, I don’t have any complaints. It’s inspiring…

Nitin Sawhney – Daybreak feat. . . . → Read More: Nitin Sawhney – Daybreak

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