skip Heller <velaires(a)earthlink.net> wrote:
>I just got done reading this, Caetano Veloso's autobio/history of
>troplicalia/overview of Brazillian culture and politics, and was wondering
>if anyone else has read it.
>
>Personally, I love his records dearly, but the book doesn't make me much
>like him personally. He comes off as something of a coffeehouse
>intellectual chowderhead in spots, a dilletante in others, and -- at his
>best -- somebody who really loves the music of his country.
Hey Skip,
I haven't gotten round to reading the book yet, & probably won't for
at least another week or two, but from what I've seen in interviews,
etc, it's hard for me not to expect that Veloso isn't coming from a
fairly "intellectual" position.
But that may be less of a negative option for me than for you.
&, since you & Jon Mooneyham, seem to be familiar with the live DVDs,
do you all (or any one else) know what the source for the footage
they used a couple of weeks ago for a story on the JimLehrer News
Hour on PBS?
Bests,
Herb
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