skip Heller <velaires@earthlink.net> wrote:
I just got done reading this, Caetano Veloso's autobio/history of troplicalia/overview of Brazillian culture and politics, and was wondering if anyone else has read it.
Personally, I love his records dearly, but the book doesn't make me much like him personally. He comes off as something of a coffeehouse intellectual chowderhead in spots, a dilletante in others, and -- at his best -- somebody who really loves the music of his country.
Hey Skip, I haven't gotten round to reading the book yet, & probably won't for at least another week or two, but from what I've seen in interviews, etc, it's hard for me not to expect that Veloso isn't coming from a fairly "intellectual" position. But that may be less of a negative option for me than for you. &, since you & Jon Mooneyham, seem to be familiar with the live DVDs, do you all (or any one else) know what the source for the footage they used a couple of weeks ago for a story on the JimLehrer News Hour on PBS? Bests, Herb -- Herb Levy P O Box 9369 Fort Worth, TX 76147 herb@eskimo.com