Sunday, June 29, 2008

The blue yonder

Every Tuesday evening a wonderful thing happens.
The latest edition of Vidro Azul - or blue glass - is delicately squeezed into a 100 mega-byte morsel-shaped podcast and delivered to the world with such sleek yet unceremonious ado that seemingly no one notices.
But we all do, and very loud is the acclaim.
The two-hour show has been firmly wedged into the twilight zone of the Coimbra radio scene for several years but more recently gained deserved recognition when alternative music moguls Radar snapped it up for a broader late-night audience.
Pictured left with Miguel after Novembro’s performance in Coimbra last April, Vidro Azul presenter Ricardo Mariano’s soothing soliloquys have led me to a succession of FNAC stores up and down the country to snap up the latest releases by Founts, Helios, Gnac and the like on a musical merry-go-round that keeps spinning me right round baby right round.
For the sake of this post I’ve just tiptoed down into the vaults of my hard disc to unearth my VA collection, which currently extends to 5 giga-bytes, 49 shows and 98 hours, including umpteen Novembro songs along the way.
Muito bom trabalho Ricardo and thanks a million for your unwavering support.

MW

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Friday, June 6, 2008

Taking some stick

Best drummers’ joke so far comes from Daniela;

Tired of hearing jokes about his kind, a drummer decides to change his instrument.
The accordian seems an easy option and there are certainly less accordian players around than drummers.
He then goes to a shop to buy one and the assistant tells him that they’re all at the back of the shop.
As he doesn’t know how to play the instrument, he concentrates on choosing one that he likes the look of.
After a while he goes looking for the shop assistant and tells him;
“Right, I’ve made my choice, I’d like the white one up there on the wall.”
The assistant says: “You’re a drummer aren’t you?”
“Yes, how did you know?”
“Because you’re pointing at the air-conditioning.”

Um baterista, farto de ouvir anedotas de bateristas, resolve mudar de instrumento.

Por lhe parecer mais fácil e de menor concorrência opta pelo acordeão.
Vai a uma loja comprar um e o empregado diz-lhe: - escolha o que quiser; estão todos ali ao fundo da loja.
Ele vai até lá e, como não sabe tocar, escolhe à vista.
Após uns minutos volta a procurar o empregado e diz-lhe: - Pronto, já escolhi, quero aquele branco ali de cima.
- O senhor… é baterista - diz o empregado.
-Como é que descobriu - responde o cliente. - É que aquilo é o aparelho de ar condicionado.

Thanks Daniela.

Anyone know how many drummers it takes to change a light-bulb?

MW

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Thursday, June 5, 2008

Gil’s the man!

Meet Gil, Novembro’s new lead guitarist.

Admittedly it’s the not best photo in the world, but Gil doesn’t care, and nor do we.

It’s his playing that counts, and that’s cool enough.

Welcome aboard Gil!

How much did that guitar cost, by the way? Looks like an orginal Fender Strat to me. But then what do I know, I’m only the drummer (all drummers’ jokes to be sent to novembro1@gmail.com and the best ones will be published, I promise, that’s if they’re not too insulting to our supreme race).

MW

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