On this May 16 (Friday), in the Boomerangue concert hall in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, the band Anacê, from my friend Márcio Fiais, will release “O Mundo” (The World), its first album. Formed by Márcio and four of his cousins, Anacê (that means “relative” in the native brazilian tupi language) exists for already five years and [...]

My friend Pablo published a nice post talking about the reaction of composer Tom Zé to the unfortunate statements made by University of Bahia (UFBA)’s Medicine Course coordinator, Antônio Dantas. Dantas had said that the low performance of his Medicine students in ENADE (a Brazilian national exam for those who finish the university) would be [...]

A curious “coincidence”: the trailers of the first Tim Burton’s Batman (1989) and the new version of the saga, Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight, to be launched this year, would be… the same!
Well, almost the same: simply replace Michael Keaton by Christian Bale (Batman / Bruce Wayne), Michael Gough by the other Michael, Caine (Alfred [...]

The rose I gave to my Dear
April, 23 is the day of St. George, patron saint of Portugal, England and Catalonia, among other countries and regions. He is also the patron of the Boy Scouts and of Brazilian football clube Corinthians. April, 23 is also the International Day of the Book.
Here in [...]

O Saïan Supa Crew, ou SSC (veja o site oficial), é um grupo francês de hip-hop. São muito bons. Fui com Virginie, em maio passado, ao concerto deles na Sala Apolo aqui em BCN. Essa música, “Angela”, é um dos maiores hits do grupo.
No vídeo aqui de baixo, um dos componentes do grupo, Sly, faz [...]