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...RIO DE JANEIRO, January 11 - A few things to know about Brazil...
...first things I always do when I visit a country is head to a couple of record stores. Since I'm here in Rio de Janeiro to attend Rock in Rio, a big two-weekend music extravaganza, I wanted to check out what was cool, what was selling at some of the local record shops. I usually go to some of the big chains whenever I make such visits, but I also stop in at some of the rootsier, more underground places. You have to listen to a lot to find out what's really going on. After...
...look at Cristo Redentor I think of Catedral de Sao Sebastiao and then all those Afro-Brazilian worshipers thinking about their own gods during Christian ceremonies. I wonder if it's possible, just possible, to come to Rock in Rio, to worship at the temple of the Gods of Pop, and really be praying to wilder, more radical spirits. Or if this whole Rock in Rio thing is just another big piece of unredeemable commercial crapola and we are all going to hell anyway...
...like a warm river. "This is where I want to be/here with you so close to me/until the final flicker of life's ember..." It's a song, I think, that will stand as long as the mountain stands - it's that good. Are there acts at Rock in Rio that are producing musical art that's as worthwhile? I mean, besides Papa Roach...
...NEXT: One day before Rock in Rio. Plus, a little less stream of consciousness and useless annoying jokiness and a little more about the bands that will be performing...