Las composiciones de Ben Vaughn son un auténtico testimonio de genio creativo.
Sus piezas tienen su origen en una mezcla ecléctica de distintas influencias: los shows de la TV americana de los años '60's, spaghetti westerns, guitarristas como Hank Marvin y Duane Eddy, y compositores como Martin Denny y Ennio Morricone.
"Designs in Music" es percusión en vivo, una especie de jazz noir que levanta el espíritu y que, a pesar de sus diversas influencias, se presenta compacto en su sonido sin resultar derivativo.
Este inusual long-play que Aldemaro Romero grabase a mediados de los años cincuenta sólo es posible encontrarlo en listas de subastas o en las manos de uno que otro coleccionista. Confieso que mas intrigado por el sonido que se pueda esconder tras sus surcos lo estoy por la elegante dama de la carátula. Cómo no admirar su gracia y su figura, enmarcada dentro de la escenografía más perfecta, esa que sólo es posible alcanzar cuando la música y el vino se seleccionan con acierto.
east of the sun west of the moon by Oscar Peterson on Grooveshark
"Esto es el otoño. Sobre la fruta de tus ojos hay pájaros de llanto y abre tu voz desfallecidas rosas porque te vas, porque me voy, porque nos vamos..."
—Rubenángel Hurtado, Los musgos del silencio
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Dos del repertorio:
Lado A, la voz estelar de Estela Raval de Los Cinco Latinos, o simplemente Los Cinco Latinos.
Y como complemento en lado B, Los Xochimilcas, o lo que es lo mismo, una partida de cuatro impresentables que conformaron uno de los cuartetos mas versátiles y talentosos de la música contemporánea; interpretaciones melodiosas que los amantes del buen jazz siempre vieron como una llamada de atención al más oportuno recordatorio según el cual nunca se debe juzgar a un récord basado en su apariencia.
"Elm Street" de Lanterna es un CD que conjura sonidos espectrales. Sus suaves melodías, combinadas con las tonalidades acústicas de la guitarra, le confieren una atmósfera de "ambient" que complementa los espacios de soledad y melancolía que se abren en lo mas profundo de la noche.
"It's usually quite refreshing to see a foreign film. Foreign actors and filmmakers don't pander to Hollywood like most Americans do. Some of our most well-known (yet horrible) actors just play to Hollywood, and can't do anything else. Most of the actors in this film aren't professional actors. Most were taken from the favelas themselves and told to portray...their own realities. At times raw, this makes for natural, gritty, realistic, human interactions.
The story of gang wars in one of the favelas of Rio is based on a true story, and can be quite dim. However, the possibility of redemption, the possiblity of leaving the favela is always pulsing through the movie, which excites the characters. There were some really great shots in this film, especially the opening sequence and the strobe light sequence in the middle of the movie. I got engrossed in the cinematography and the stories of the characters, which all get weaved together. Everyone in the City of God is connected, and they all get sucked into the world of crime, even little kids. Despite their character and strength, they are unable to fight the need for food and revenge."
You've got to have an ace in the hole. A little secret that nobody knows. Life is a gamble, a game we all play, But you need to save something for a rainy day. You've got to learn to play your cards right if you expect to win in life. Don't put it all on the line for just one roll. You've got to have an ace in the hole.
If you're headed down a one way street. And you're not sure it's the way you wanna go. In money or love, or all the above, Have a little more than what you show. When life deals out a surprise Have a few surprises of your own. No matter what you do, no matter where you go You've got to have an ace in the hole.
You've got to have an ace in the hole. A little secret that nobody knows. Life is a gamble, a game we all play, But you need to save something for a rainy day. You've got to learn to play your cards right if you expect to win in life. Don't put it all on the line for just one roll. You've got to have an ace in the hole.
Don’t put it all on the line for just one roll You've got to have an ace in the hole. No matter what you do, no matter where you go You've got to have an ace in the hole.
Nunca se supo si aquella vaina era un hombre, una mujer o las dos cosas.
Lo que sí se supo en cambio, y con mucha certeza, fué que su rendering de "La vie en rose" es lo mejor que se haya escuchado en las emisoras de radio en los '70 y '80's —con el perdón de Edith Piaf.