Word: miltonic
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...precisely these trees which delineate our land, space and buildings in an academic way. I mean this, with all due respect, in the least green way possible. The allusion is historical: ever since Plato --for the modern West, ever since Milton immortalized Plato's "groves of academe" in "Paradise Regained"--it has been clear that every self-respecting university needs a small forest...
...talking. "Brazil is an intense place," says Beck. "The music can be gentle but there's a lot of life happening on the street." He goes on to talk about his favorite Brazilian performers. "There are tons of them - everyone from Jobim to Caetano. Gilberto Gil, Milton Nascimento, Gal Costa...
...Space Odessey" for those of you who don't follow classical music. The group was so startlingly loud I didn't really look up to see whether they were actually playing "Also Spach Zarathustra" or whether it was prerecorded. I was doubled up in surprise. When the sound subsided, Milton Nascimento, one of the heroes of Brazilian music, came out and sang a duet of John Lennon's "Imagine" with Gilberto Gil, another hero of Brazilian music. This was a high point - the Beatles have always been big in Brazil, and the Tropicalia movement was in part inspired...
...Milton Nascimento came out for his set next. He cuts a striking figure onstage - dreads down to his shoulders, a dark headband holding them in place, clad in a simple white tunic and flowing white pants. His music is a stew of many ingredients - Brazilian spices, West African meat, European pop broth. Nascimento seems to view the world as his supermarket, throwing in his musical cart Portuguese fado, South African juju music and, of course, bossa nova rhythms from his native country. His first song popped and burbled with township jive, and the emotional high point was reached when...
...Something about Brazil No. 4: Beware of any generalizations about Brazil, especially by foreign journalists like me who A) don't speak Portuguese, B) have only been in the country 48 hours and C) have trouble pronouncing names like "Milton Nascimento...