Word: brazilians
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...more fierce and primitive? These aboriginals of the Venezuelan and Brazilian Amazon, stars of Anthropology 101 and beneficiaries of rock-music fund raisers? Or the scholars, filmmakers, journalists and do-gooders who have studied them, publicized them and labored to "save" them for four decades? Last week the question ricocheted through academia as scientists responded to charges of fraudulent research, intellectual vendettas, sexual misbehavior and unethical experimentation that has spread disease and death through the Yanomami. "This nightmarish story [is] a real anthropological heart of darkness beyond the imagining of even a Joseph Conrad (though not, perhaps, a Josef Mengele...
WHAT COLLAPSE? The Russian economy might not seem the safest bet--and it isn't. But for those with strong stomachs and extra cash, emerging-market debt funds brought a return on their rubles. Despite the '94 Mexican crisis, '97 Asian collapse, '98 Russian default and '99 Brazilian crash, these funds have returned more than 9.5% annually since 1994. Not great, but as emerging economies stabilize, their prospects for better-than-average returns improve...
...repertoire. Since being signed by Sony Classical at age 18, Grigoryan has segued from flamenco and Argentine tango to Brazilian bossa nova and jazz fusion, to a new transcription of Tchaikovsky's The Seasons, which he's now recording. He's played the hallowed halls of Carnegie and Wigmore, but he's also at home in Sydney's smoky Basement or a womad festival in Reading, England. "Whether he's got his guitar plugged through a sound system or he's sitting down in a string quartet, Slava has a fantastic ability to absorb the spirit of a work...
Written and directed by James L. Toback '66 and loosely based upon his own experiences at Harvard College, the film involves the undoing of a star Harvard basketball player, played by the luscious Brazilian Adrian Grenier. According to Toback, Grenier will be the "the new pin-up man for both the gay and straight population. He's incredibly talented and just stunning...
...title (Joao, Voice and Guitar) says it all--in Brazilian. For his first solo album in nearly a decade, the master of bossa nova opts for stripped-down simplicity. In these 10 songs (which include such Antonio Carlos Jobim-penned standards as Chega de Saudade and Desafinado), the only sounds you hear are the whispery purring of Gilberto's voice and the surefooted, gracefully swaying beat of his acoustic guitar. Who could ask for anything more? This is music to dream by, if your dreams are sensual and melancholy and hopelessly romantic...