girdone.

Ontem eu assisti Clapton ao vivo aqui no Rio e isso merece um post.
mas na verdade eu nao irei me estender em como o show foi sensacional.
como foi emocionante depois de tanto tempo de espera ver de perto
como o devo chamar? sim quase havia me esquecido, Deus da Guitarra!
meu unico ponto foi o som em geral. que tava baixo demais.
mas foi uma critica aleatoria que me chamou a atencao, ao sair do show eu ouvi alguem
dizendo algo tipo: "poxa! ele nem conversou com o publico!"
e' claro que ele nao falou. voce foi ali pra assistir um show de musica
da proxima vez compra ingresso pra ir no Talk Show do Jay Leno.
igual uma vez, outro abestado. desta vez numa sessao de autografo com o Ozzy na Amoeba em LA.
o cara na minha frente disse algo como: "poxa! a gente enfrenta essa fila e o cara assina rapidao, nem olha pra nossa cara."
o seu FDP! ele e' o o principe das trevas! esperava que ele posasse pra uma fotinha sorrindo e te abracando?
sinta-se honrado por ter um album com o autografo dele. o meu ta aqui na parede emoldurado.
e' claro que e' interessante e divertido quando o musico interage com o publico.
quando eu fui no show do BB King ele conversou e contou historias sem parar
acabou falando ate demais. confessou que usa viagra.
Paul McCartney e varios outros esbanjam simpatia.
Mas as vezes nao e' nem propicio dependendo do show ficar de blah-blah-blah com a plateia.
e' o caso do Sonic Youth. o que eu queria era ver o Thurston Moore. e suas 12 guitarras com afinacoes diferentes falar.
Eric Clapton ontem falou. falou e muito comigo. na lingua que so ele sabe se expressar.
e do mais e' como ate' o Bob Dylan falou sobre o Rubin Carter em uma de suas cancoes.
"Rubin could take a man out with just one punch
But he never did like to talk about it all that much
It’s my work, he’d say, and I do it for pay
And when it’s over I’d just as soon go on my way"

RHCP at RIR.

Red Hot Chili Peppers is not only a successful band with excellent musicians, their artistic creativity has no boundaries, they have powerful stage presence, their videos clips are always fun and original, always inventing and surpreending.
Within more than 25 years of career we’ve seen the guys from RHCP hanging out with “Cock Socks”, being kidnapped, dancing with horns in the middle of the desert and even chilling with the Coneheads.



But Red Hot Chili Peppers most memorable intervention happened last Saturday during a festival in Brazil called Rock in Rio.
During the 100 thousand people crowded show, all four members plus guest percussionist Mauro Refosco, showed up rocking a shirt with the face of a young boy, that boy happened to be Rafael Mascarenhas, a beloved friend and son that died in a accident a year ago.

Rafael was an 18 years old student who loved music and skateboarding. In the night of July 20, 2010, “Rafa” and two other friends decided to take the tunnel “Zuzu Angel” in Rio de Janeiro, that had a lane closed for a period of maintenance, and practice some skateboarding, but unfortunately on the same night some kids thought it would be cool to do some car racing at the same place. Two vehicles in high speed one of them driven by Rafael de Souza Bussanra who hit and run Rafael Mascarenhas.
Rafael Bussanra with the front of the car completely destroyed was stopped by some cops minutes after, but was let go after negotiating with the two cops some illegal bribes...
While Rafael Mascarenhas was dying at the Hospital.
Rafael was coursing civil engineering, skateboarding was just a hobby, but what he really wanted to be was a musician, he was a gifted guitar player and had the Red Hot as his biggest inspiration.
Somehow RHCP heard about the whole thing, and in the night of September 24,2011 which coincidentally would happen to be Rafael’s 20th Birthday, Red Hot Chili Peppers was getting ready to get on the stage and close the second day of the festival. Putting together always a vibrant show and firing up the public, when suddenly they come back to stage playing “Around the World” wearing this shirt, maybe unknown for some part of the massive public (at least until next morning when the fact was in every single newspaper) to end the song with a “Happy Birthday Rafa!!” from Anthony Kiedis.
Watch it:



Rafael is often remembered by his friends and family that will love him forever, and Red Hot Chili Peppers that night stepped in to show some love to this case and of course for everybody that knew him. Memorable.