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Lost Samba – Chapter 13 – A short history of Brazilian modern music
Gilberto Gil and Os Mutantes in the 1967 music festival. Célia was the pretty and skinny girl from the eleventh floor when we lived in Copacabana. She was friends with Sarah and one day she rushed in...
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Lost Samba – Chapter 15/02 – The Crazy Carnival of Recife
The Galo da Madrugada “bloco” in Recife. Our hopes were only half-fulfilled: the only girls who gave us any attention were the good ones from good families who were committed to post-marital sex. They...
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Lost Samba – Chapter 16/01- Jamming and Favelas in Rio de Janeiro
Leme beach Back at school, my guitar-playing reputation had spread and because of this I made new friends. They were part of the group of wannabe musicians who met regularly to play together and I was...
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Lost Samba – Chapter 18/01 – Bliss in the South of Bahia
As the year ended, my situation had improved as compared to just a year earlier. I was a full member of the doidão gang, completely integrated in the Carioca lifestyle and I had acquired some respect...
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Cool observations about Brazil
Cool observations about Brazil Read more about Brazil in Lost SambaFiled under: articles, reblogged Tagged: Brazil, information on Brazil
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How to behave in Brazil with Brazilians
How to behave in Brazil with Brazilians Filed under: reblogged Tagged: Brazil, Brazilians, information on Brazil, visiting Brazil, world cup 2014, World Cup in Brazil
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Lost Samba – Chapter 21/02 – An introduction to Brazilian Psychedelia.
Psychedelic Sunset in Ipanema Beach On the day of the exam, I woke up at dawn. Unable to return to sleep, I went for a walk by the beach to calm down. The sunrise was spectacular and the temperature of...
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Lost Samba – Chapter 22/01 – Getting a drivers license in Rio de Janeiro
Copacabana Beach in the 1970’s After I passed the vestibular, at home, my status leapfrogged overnight from negative to absolutely positive. My parents celebrated my success as if I had done my...
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Lost Samba – Chapter 23 – The Brazilian Hyperinflation begins
The Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Photo, Zica da Zuca A bus to school, to my Dad’s office or to anywhere boring in the “real world”, would go from Ipanema towards Copacabana. After crossing my...
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Lost Samba – Chapter 26/01 – Easy riding in Bahia
Farol da Barra. Salvador The next stop was Salvador, where I thought we could stay with a former girlfriend who I’d met in Mauá. Michele came from Bangu, a lower-middle class neighbourhood of Rio, very...
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