Hugo Salvado

For this 192nd week, another selection of the most relevant world news and articles: Edward Van Halen dies at 65, etc.

I write of ancient traumas.I borrow feelings. Life is good, even today.

I never ever had negative feelings towards you. We were only too young to grasp what others expected us to be. But I was never the same again. “(…)Remember how she said thatWe would meet againSome sunny day?(…)What has become of you?Does anybody else hereFeel the way I do?“ in “Vera“, by Pink Floyd

…and then, “Liar Liar“, the song with the accordion which related to today. Well, I mean, after “Almost Lover” and “Hope For The Hopeless”, I just had to follow her/their path and know them. Alison Sudol fronts the band, A Fine Frenzy. From StarPulse.com:Though she was born in Seattle, songwriter Alison Sudol spent most of […]

Almost by accident (thanks to Last.FM), I bumped into Jemma Griffiths (a.k.a. Jem) and she instantly caught my attention. From her own website: Jem was born in Wales, a misty and oddly shaped UK peninsula also responsible for bringing the world Tom Jones and Shirley Bassey among other things. From the age of thirteen she […]

“If life is a river and your heart is a boatAnd just like a water baby, baby born to floatAnd if life is a wild wind that blows way on highThen your heart is Amelia dying to flyHeaven knows no frontiersAnd I’ve seen heaven in your eyes“ One morning is London, I was visiting an […]

Listen to “Destiny” (by Zero 7) and you’ll know her. Or, at least, you’ll wish you knew her already. Babs Sahretti (from girlieaction.com) writes about her:Sia Furler, a native Australian, was born on December 18th, 1975 and was destined to be an entertainer. At a young age she would perform for her family and friends […]

Listen to “Fast As You Can”, “Never Is A Promise”, “Please Please Please”, “Across The Universe” and you’ll become addicted. Addicted, I said. Her bio (at “Epic Records”) reads:Out of virtually nowhere, 19-year-old Fiona Apple established herself a visionary singer and songwriter with her 1996 debut album Tidal. With gems like “Shadowboxer,” “Criminal,” and “Sleep […]

I was going away for the weekend, camping with friends a few miles north of Lisbon… inside my dear friend’s Fiat, a tape was playing and the sound was definately adventurous and irish. Mike Scott’s voice and witty lyrics became a reference there and then, for I only knew him as the guy who sang […]