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Blog do escritor Luís Soares

Emily Skillings - When I Was a Glacier

That Bruegel painting
of hunters returning
in winter, the filmmakers
go nuts for it. A sad rabbit
on a stick & more. It’s like
really in there, tonally—
a male, disappointed
group trudge towards
a more lighthearted
communal flurry, women
and children full of fire
upholding weird roofs
doing the real work.

 

A moment ago I moved
something (not particularly
large) to the other side
of the table and felt
so old and immense
and in control. Like a truck
crunching on its path.
I project white onto the
floorboards. And isn’t
this music from that ballet
that always makes us?
Indistinguishable
from a folktale-pink shock

 

of pure quartz through the wall.
Give me one irregular mark
for my thigh to pit the year
against. 16th century sound
gets all over the daybed
and you relocate your teeth
to the opposite nipple.
My thought in that moment
it’s a brutal cave.
Brightest bird, tailfeather,
increasing gray line, fail me
my distant mountain.

History of Rock

History of Rock from Ithaca Audio on Vimeo.

A History of Rock in 15 minutes.
348 rockstars, 84 guitarists, 64 songs, 44 drummers, 1 mashup.
Download audio version: http://bit.ly/1W5YMyO

Thanks for the amazing response to the video in the last couple of days, it’s really blown us away.
Some people have also made some really good points about the diversity of the acts involved and raised questions about what’s been included vs what hasn’t etc. There are tons of hugely influential artists and sub-genres that we haven’t included in this and our main aim was to create a mashup that was foremost entertaining to watch, contain it to around 15mins, for it to primarily work well musically (and in the form of a Facebook feed) and have examples of the evolution of mainstream rock over the decades rather than create a kind of definitive documentary of rock. We really hope that comes across and you guys enjoy the video for what it is. It would have been great for us to start earlier on and explore more of the influence of the early pioneers before Elvis, which we picked mainly because musically it makes a great sounding intro with The Yardbirds. As you guys can probably tell, more hours than we’d like to think about now went into working out this giant musical jigsaw and getting it to work harmonically at the same time, but in hindsight we’d have loved to have tried to get some of the incredible women in rock to sit within the mix and feature a few videos rather than just noting their influence. Thanks for all the love so far and the interesting points that people are making too - it’s all great to hear.

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Tracklist
Elvis Presley - Jailhouse Rock
The Yardbirds - For your Love
The Rolling Stones - Honky Tonk Women
The Rolling Stones - (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
Cream - Sunshine of your Love
Led Zeppelin - Whole Lotta Love
Led Zeppelin - Good Times, Bad Times
Led Zeppelin - Immigrant Song
Jimi Hendrix - Hey Joe
Jimi Hendrix - Purple Haze
Fleetwood Mac - Oh Well (Part 1)
The Kinks - You Really Got Me
The Doors - Riders on the Storm
Queen - Don't Stop Me
Queen - Radio Ga Ga
Queen - Another One Bites the Dust
Queen - A Kind of Magic
The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
The Who - Baba O'Riley
The Who - Eminence Front
Black Sabbath - Iron Man
Black Sabbath - War Pigs
Deep Purple - Woman From Tokyo
Deep Purple - Smoke on the Water
Deep Purple - Living Wreck
The Eagles - Life in the Fast Lane
Aerosmith - Walk this Way
Aerosmith - Dude Looks Like a Lady
Alice Cooper - I'm Eighteen
The Clash - Train in Vain (Stand by Me)
The Police - Roxanne
Journey - Don't Stop Believin'
Dire Straits - Sultans of Swing
Duran Duran - Girls on Film
Duran Duran - Wild Boys
Pink Floyd - Another Brick in the Wall
David Bowie - Let's Dance
David Bowie & Queen - Under Pressure
Iron Maiden - Run to the Hills
Def Leppard - Pour Some Sugar on Me
Guns N' Roses - Mr Brownstone
Guns N' Roses - Sweet Child O' Mine
AC/DC - Back in Black
Rage Against the Machine - Bombtrack
Rage Against the Machine - Guerrilla Radio
Rage Against the Machine - Killing in the Name
Metallica - Enter Sandman
Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit
Nirvana - Heart Shaped Box
Oasis - Supersonic
Oasis - Live Forever
Blur - Song 2
The Verve - Bittersweet Symphony
Radiohead - High and Dry
Radiohead - Idioteque
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Can't Stop
The Killers - All These Things That I've Done
Foo Fighters - All My Life
U2 - Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me
Linkin Park - One Step Closer
The White Stripes - Seven Nation Army
The Strokes - 12 51
Gorillaz - Clint Eastwood
Kings of Leon - Sex on Fire

Dreams of the Future

Há fotografias extraordinárias e depois há aquelas que nos tocam a sonhos daqueles que começam na infância e nos acompanham a vida toda. As fotografias de Benedict Grove para a NASA são desse género. Vale a pena ver a galeria da Wired e a do site do autor. E vale a pena também ler as palavras dele depois das imagens abaixo.

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To me, there is no other organisation in the world that is more progressive, more exciting or stands more for the betterment of mankind and peace than NASA. In my opinion its the greatest organisation in the world, it involves, science, arts, design, engineering, manufacturing, passion, belief, education, information, creation, technology, always moving forward, always seeking answers and finding them then asking more questions. They educate us, inform us not only about the universe but about our planet too, and pass down technologies into our everyday lives.

I have spent the past seven years on this project with two more before it finishes in the a timely way with the launch of SLS and Orion in 2018. As that launches into a new era, so the full collection will launch as an exhibition and book.

Here is a very small selection of what has been produced so far, in no particular order other than working to NASA's schedule.