Luis Soares's Blog, page 111
May 27, 2019
Jonathan Edwards - Bridge
Me? I get up early, see. I like
the hour or so before the cars arrive,
the city sleeping there over my shoulder,
the early morning sky that is all mine,
a few gulls spelling Mmmm out with their bodies.
I make the most of that because, by nine,
I bear the city’s weight here on my back,
all these commuting cars and belching vans.
I hold my nose and try to keep control
with traffic lights: they lean out of their windows
to swear, to drop their rubbish, spit on me,
to smoke a cigarette and flick a burnin...
May 26, 2019
Pace, pace mio Dio
Anna Netrebko as Leonora sings 'Pace, pace mio Dio' aria in Christof Loy's production of Verdi's sweepingly ambitious opera on war, religion, love and fate.
La forza del destino is one of Verdi's most ambitious scores. Its overture - which introduces us to the sinister motif signifying Fate - is one of his most memorable. The opera also contains some of Verdi’s most brilliant choral writing, including Act III’s stirring ‘Rataplan’ chorus, and several beautiful and intimate arias such as Leon...
May 24, 2019
Liz Berry - Highbury Park
In the woods at night men are fucking
amongst the gorgeous piñatas of the rhododendrons,
the avenue of cool limes.
By day I walk my son down the secret pathways,
smell the salt rime of sex on the wind,
a condom glowing with blossomy cum,
knotted and flung; I bury it gently
under the moss with my boots.
I envy them, these lovers, dark pines
beneath their knees, the tarry earth
opaline with the desire paths of snails,
fallen feathers in the dirt like warnings.
I know those days of aching to be touched
by no...
I'll Come Too
In the four decades of Morning Becomes Eclectic, you’ve heard countless sessions broadcast live from our humble basement studios. On Tuesday, May 21, we begin a new chapter with our first live MBE broadcast from our new home with a live performance by James Blake.
Louise Glück - Anniversary
I said you could snuggle. That doesn’t mean
your cold feet all over my dick.
Someone should teach you how to act in bed.
What I think is you should
keep your extremities to yourself.
Look what you did—
you made the cat move.
But I didn’t want your hand there.
I wanted your hand here.
You should pay attention to my feet.
You should picture them
the next time you see a hot fifteen year old.
Because there’s a lot mor...
May 23, 2019
Cellophane at the Wallace Collection
Cellophane, Live at The Wallace Collection
Director - FKA twigs
Cellist - Lucinda Chua
Performer - Sakeema Crook
Production Company - Object & Animal
Producer - Morgan Clement
Director of Photography - Rina Yang
Creative Director/Styling - Matthew Josephs
Performance Director - Theo Adams
Make-up - Thom Walker
Hair Stylist - Rio Sreedharan
Steadicam - Josh Brooks
Live Audio Recording - Joe Brown, assisted by Josette Joseph
Edit - Charlie Von Rotberg @ Stitch
Grade - Joseph Bicknell @ CO3...
Masse
Brandt Brauer Frick – Masse
Full Interactive Version: https://masse.video/
Directed by Daniel Brandt & Max Parovsky
Concept: Daniel Brandt
Produced by ANORAK Film
Editor: Marcelino Simon
Producer: Felix Knabel
DOP: Max Parovsky
Aimee Nezhukumatathil - Baked Goods
Flour on the floor makes my sandals
slip and I tumble into your arms.
Too hot to bake this morning but
blueberries begged me to fold them
into moist muffins. Sticks of rhubarb
plotted a whole pie. The windows
are blown open and a thickfruit tang
sneaks through the wire screen
and into the home of the scowly lady
who lives next door. Yesterday, a man
in the city was rescued from his apartment
which was filled with a thousand rats.
Something about being angry because
his pet python...
Green Leaves
"Green Leaves" was the first song written for "Above the Trees", Nadia Schilling's debut album.
http://nadiaschilling.bandcamp.com
Nádia Schilling: Vocals and Guitar
Ana Pereira: Violin
Ana Filipa Serrão: Violin
Joana Cipriano: Viola
Ana Cláudia Serrão: Cello
Sónia Matos: French Horn
Music and Lyrics by Nádia Schilling
String arrangements by João Hasselberg & Nádia Schilling
Recorded by Nuno Monteiro
Mixed by Nelson Carvalho at Valentim de Carvalho Studios, Lisbon.
Mastered by Andy...
May 22, 2019
Manuel Cosentino - Behind a Little House
Manuel Cosentino (b. 1980) studied at the Istituto Europeo de Design in Rome. Cosentino's work has been exhibited in numerous venues, including at Galerie Huit alongside Les Rencontres d'Arles, the Museo Diocesano Francesco Gonzaga and the Museo Civico G. Fattori among others.
Awards and accolades include being a Finalist for the Premio Combat Prize and a Top 10 for a Houston Center for Photography Fellowship. His work can be found in the permanent collection of the Bibliothèque Nati...
