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...understated simplicity. The title song compares the movement of a beautiful woman to a samba (Jobim and Vinicius de Moraes made a similar comparison on their bossa-nova standard The Girl from Ipanema). Another song, Pra Voce Lembrar, tells the story of a man who breaks up with his lover during Carnaval. As the easygoing lyrics glide by, the focus for listeners is on De Castro's stuttering, intricate rhythms and his rich, involving melodies. "I tried to show that sometimes the melody and the rhythm are more important than just a few words," says De Castro. "That...
...everyone in this world has a lover except me," sings a woman. "Why is it so?" Her lament, in Persian, throbs over the speakers of a cab heading for Kabul, Afghanistan. An hour into the six-hour journey from neighboring Pakistan, the taxi driver abruptly switches cassettes, and chants of Koranic verse replace the pop song. Moments later, the car stops at a checkpoint. The wooden poles of the barrier are entwined with strips of confiscated audiotape and film, the loose ends flapping in the wind. A guard peers into the car and inspects the four passengers and driver before...
...Cocoon,” Björk softly swoons and wonders over beauty of a lover who, “after sharing [her] core would stay, going nowhere,” and, when she awakes, is “still inside her.” This is not the bump ‘n booty of R&B, but the intimacy most songwriters avoid, incapable of such self-revelation. Her music, particularly since her film, is often redolent of musicals. “It’s Not Up To You” sounds like a bit like something Sondheim...
...show; its original title was 30/90 and it told of his anxiety at turning 30 in 1990. This production, directed by Scott Schwartz ’98, expanded the cast to three, adding two additional characters to portray Larson’s best friend and his lover (as well as various other small parts...
...HANG LOOSE: PW is overwhelmed by "Fred & Edie" by Jill Dawson (Welcome Rain; September), giving it a starred review. "Dawson?s third novel strikingly and elegantly blends fact and fiction in a reimagining of the events surrounding the spectacular 1922 London trial of Edith Thompson and her lover, Frederick Bywaters, who were convicted and hanged for murdering Edith?s husband, Percy...Gripping, surprising and beautiful. FORECAST: This title was a finalist for the Whitbread Prize; a film (?Another Life?) based on the same incidents premiered in the U.K. and is scheduled for U.S. release this year. Though set 80 years...