In just 20 ys of performances till the 60's, Brom’s band was worldwide one of the top ten big-bands according to American jazz polls. They jumped from bop or cool to jazz west coast and even dixieland and dance.
vineri, 21 decembrie 2012
Jazzz from Brno: Gustav Brom, tell it like it is
Searching on Wikipedia for some beloved artistic figures of Brno I got clubbed by this Gustav Brom, fellow musician, big band leader, arranger, clarinetist and composer what-so-ever jazz man.
In just 20 ys of performances till the 60's, Brom’s band was worldwide one of the top ten big-bands according to American jazz polls. They jumped from bop or cool to jazz west coast and even dixieland and dance.
In just 20 ys of performances till the 60's, Brom’s band was worldwide one of the top ten big-bands according to American jazz polls. They jumped from bop or cool to jazz west coast and even dixieland and dance.
miercuri, 19 decembrie 2012
Fotograful român Kristian Schuller, dincolo de Penelope Cruz
Despre fotograful născut în Romania, germanizat, Paris-izat, presa română nu a înţeles mai nimic atunci când Schuller a realizat pictorialul cu Penelope Cruz pentru calendarul Campari 2013.
Uitându-te prin shooting-urile şi pozele semnate de el fotografia fashion - un sirop pentru tuse - pare mai uşor de înghiţit pentru că imaginile lui sunt atât de eterice şi de bine lucrate. Surprinzător, artistul spune chiar că e un prieten al minimalismului.
Bouton, Campari, Nike, Vogue Hellas, Harper’s Bazaar, Stiefelkonig şi Vogue Gioiello sunt câteva dintre brandurile pe care a lucrat, după ce a studiat atât fotografia, cât şi fashion design-ul (în Paris, sub tutela lui Vivienne Westwood).
Fotografia de modă nu e posibilă fără modă, după cum a spus-o iarăşi Schuller, dar dincolo de asta a făcut poze fotbaliştilor pentru GQ, lui Gisele Buendchen, sau lui Heidi Klum, pentru evenimente ruseşti, săptămâni de modă etc.
Asta, plus o soţie art director pentru proiectele sale. Aşadar nu e nicio surpriză că pe site-ul lui vei găsi portrete de oameni simpli din Transilvania alături de cele ale lui H. Klum sau G. Buendchen, spoturi avantgardiste şi printuri răvăşite de reclame pentru parfumuri şi reviste.
Proiectul interesant pentru un fotograf a fost un road story prin America, prin circuri părăsite, cu buget limitat şi multe improvizaţii:
# About the photo artist Kristian Schuller, trying to make the most out of fashion photo. The romanian born, now moved and working in an artistic arondisement in Paris, swings from fashion shootings to perfume prints and abandoned circuses in the middle of nowhere US, into a deserted field with Cadillacs in L.A - trying to make his image - not at all of a poshy fash' flash guy photographer.
'In the end is not about how you get the story, but just to be able to tell it'. (KS)
miercuri, 7 noiembrie 2012
America, You Only Vote Once: Mad Men Obama-Romney
Status quo. Due to presidential elections all over America voting lines are longer than the gas lines created by Sandy.
So Obama's team is keep posting Facebook updates, Twitter updates, Reuters photos updating crazily on news agencies. Romney visited 2 states in the last hours of the race and he still asks for dollars on FB from his suporters. There's red and blue everywhere, the online is bleeding with hashtags like '#vote', '#2012 elections', '#ivoted', #patchelections ', and so on. We're getting politically mad.
# Emotions: Obama's winning on gender issues, that's clear.
“Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”, the message relates to LGBT communities, and also his support to women (pro-choice option) is a very 'outrageous' position pro- women if we think that one hundred years ago, they were not even allowed to vote. Romney gains voters on the economic issue, but his position on abortion flipped so many times in the last years and since 2002 he was declaring himself pro-life.
“We can't move backwards. We've got to go forward.[...] The women in your life need to see this. We can’t afford a president with Romnesia. Being married to Michelle, and having these tall, beautiful, strong-willed girls in my house, never allows me to underestimate women. [...] Our daughters should have the same opportunities as our sons', some of the declarations of the President.
Other flashbacks are presenting Obama with Jay-Z and Bruce Springsteen just on the finish line, Obama wearing a pink anti-breast cancer bracelet, or the actual president hugging up a victim of Sandy, or just having a speech in the rain. He had all the possible emotional images of this campaign, like in 2008, and in the end he magistrally finished literally in tears, just like another 'Putin'.
Obama has had also the jokes (the most twitted one during the last debate - 'we also have fewer horses and bayonets' refering to the capacity of the army. Plus, most of the newspapers are crediting the democrat with the most chances of winning, even if the difference is at a high stakes. What keeps him stiil in tension, though?
# Patriotic speaker, more a con-man?
On the other hand Romney is quite criticised by the media for accusing 47 percent of Americans for paying no taxes and seing themselves as victims. Also, he asked some british hosts publicly whether they were prepared for the London Olympics or not. What else?
Romney would get imediately rid of ObamaCare, (the healthcare plan that cover the uninsured) telling by his declaration, but apart of the patriotic platitudes he served since being a senator for Masachussetts and more recently in the primaries, he said nothing more. Maybe just the fact that he quite adopted the ubicous 'change' promise, re-launched even by his conter-candidate in 2008, saying that he is really gonna make a change. Yeah!
'We just can’t afford four more years of President Obama’s, says Romney continually, invoking mostly economical reasons. Also, he constantly ensures the Americans that he knows business.
On the other hand Obama tried to make his opponent unacceptable, a fact that made him lost some procents in the beginning of the race, and of course the first lost debate for the Democrat, when he admitted he had a 'nap'. Still, the democrat awaits the result of the elections playing basketball, while Romney goes even few hours before the election polls are opened to other 2 states (of which Ohio is decisive) and ends his campaign with a party in his adopting state - New Hampshire. Even a few hours before the elections are opened Romney's staff still asks for donations on the candidate FB page.
# $2.6 billion money spent in the campaign from both parties
# 30 million people who voted early this year, since 25 Oct.
Meanwhile, the American electors are disapointed they cannot vote on Iphone, or they're afraid that the touchscreen machines in the elections polls are stealing votes for the counter-candidate. And, just to be clear, Sandy erased the phrase “climate change” from the candidates vocabulaires and 2 days from the campaign, but on the finish Obama and Romney we're running like mad men on the streets for getting ultimate voters.
Red or blue. Experience or change. Obama or Romney. Or none.
UPDATE! Voters who cared about the economy picked Romney by only one point over Obama, 49 percent to 48 percent. Still, 'Obama simply neutralized his opponent; there's nothing in that number that suggests a mandate', as the American press beautifully remarks.
So Obama's team is keep posting Facebook updates, Twitter updates, Reuters photos updating crazily on news agencies. Romney visited 2 states in the last hours of the race and he still asks for dollars on FB from his suporters. There's red and blue everywhere, the online is bleeding with hashtags like '#vote', '#2012 elections', '#ivoted', #patchelections ', and so on. We're getting politically mad.
# Emotions: Obama's winning on gender issues, that's clear.
“Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”, the message relates to LGBT communities, and also his support to women (pro-choice option) is a very 'outrageous' position pro- women if we think that one hundred years ago, they were not even allowed to vote. Romney gains voters on the economic issue, but his position on abortion flipped so many times in the last years and since 2002 he was declaring himself pro-life.
“We can't move backwards. We've got to go forward.[...] The women in your life need to see this. We can’t afford a president with Romnesia. Being married to Michelle, and having these tall, beautiful, strong-willed girls in my house, never allows me to underestimate women. [...] Our daughters should have the same opportunities as our sons', some of the declarations of the President.
Other flashbacks are presenting Obama with Jay-Z and Bruce Springsteen just on the finish line, Obama wearing a pink anti-breast cancer bracelet, or the actual president hugging up a victim of Sandy, or just having a speech in the rain. He had all the possible emotional images of this campaign, like in 2008, and in the end he magistrally finished literally in tears, just like another 'Putin'.
Obama has had also the jokes (the most twitted one during the last debate - 'we also have fewer horses and bayonets' refering to the capacity of the army. Plus, most of the newspapers are crediting the democrat with the most chances of winning, even if the difference is at a high stakes. What keeps him stiil in tension, though?
# Patriotic speaker, more a con-man?
On the other hand Romney is quite criticised by the media for accusing 47 percent of Americans for paying no taxes and seing themselves as victims. Also, he asked some british hosts publicly whether they were prepared for the London Olympics or not. What else?
Romney would get imediately rid of ObamaCare, (the healthcare plan that cover the uninsured) telling by his declaration, but apart of the patriotic platitudes he served since being a senator for Masachussetts and more recently in the primaries, he said nothing more. Maybe just the fact that he quite adopted the ubicous 'change' promise, re-launched even by his conter-candidate in 2008, saying that he is really gonna make a change. Yeah!
'We just can’t afford four more years of President Obama’s, says Romney continually, invoking mostly economical reasons. Also, he constantly ensures the Americans that he knows business.
On the other hand Obama tried to make his opponent unacceptable, a fact that made him lost some procents in the beginning of the race, and of course the first lost debate for the Democrat, when he admitted he had a 'nap'. Still, the democrat awaits the result of the elections playing basketball, while Romney goes even few hours before the election polls are opened to other 2 states (of which Ohio is decisive) and ends his campaign with a party in his adopting state - New Hampshire. Even a few hours before the elections are opened Romney's staff still asks for donations on the candidate FB page.
# $2.6 billion money spent in the campaign from both parties
# 30 million people who voted early this year, since 25 Oct.
Meanwhile, the American electors are disapointed they cannot vote on Iphone, or they're afraid that the touchscreen machines in the elections polls are stealing votes for the counter-candidate. And, just to be clear, Sandy erased the phrase “climate change” from the candidates vocabulaires and 2 days from the campaign, but on the finish Obama and Romney we're running like mad men on the streets for getting ultimate voters.
Red or blue. Experience or change. Obama or Romney. Or none.
UPDATE! Voters who cared about the economy picked Romney by only one point over Obama, 49 percent to 48 percent. Still, 'Obama simply neutralized his opponent; there's nothing in that number that suggests a mandate', as the American press beautifully remarks.
marți, 23 octombrie 2012
Romney vs Obama (III): Last call on national security
Through lots of grand statements and big words the candidates sounds like math teachers, as BBC remarks.
Romney offers simple solutions with a well dosed smile always on his face. Still, not trying to atack Obama, but 'sounding' more presidential. Active, he gives a tons of declarations/positions from other leaders (like he works in the media!), all numbers and images, in just one minute.
Syria: Very clear about that: 'We have to be the leader not the military force. [...] I would give arms to Syrian rebels.'
Role of US in the world: How often Romney's shifting from foreign policy to the economy?
Terror: 'Can’t kill our way out.'
Egypt: Romney says he supported President Obama's decision to call for the former Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak to step aside.
So for MR is that simple: images + enumerations. "I love teachers," he says. The moderator adds: "We all love teachers".
For Obama isn't that simple. He looks quite stressed & serious, staring intently at Romney as the former governor answers. Generally O. enlarges the discussion and adds more factors to every single problem questioned.
Syria: O. finally points out that both their Syria plans are identical.
Role of US in the world: 'Let me remind you... We did things.' [...] 'He (reffering to the republican) talks about little business, but in Massachusetts things are getting worst.'
Foreign policy: 'This foreign policy has been "all over the map".
Israel – Iran: Obama tells Romney that while it's true the US military has less heavy equipment today, it also has fewer horses and bayonets.
Obama to Romney: There were times when it sounded like you would do the same things as us, but you would say it louder.
There's just 15 days to go until the election and Florida is considered a very important state, with 29 electoral college votes. Till there, I'm already obsessed with cliques like 'balanced budget', 'commander-in-chief', and so on.
vineri, 28 septembrie 2012
SAN FRAN / It’s all about the layers
‘Frisco, San Fran sau SF. Recunoscut după celebrul Golden Gate Bridge, celebra închisoare Alcatraz și cea mai curbată stradă din lume, Lombard Street. Ar mai fi Twin Peaks, Napa Valley, cable car-urile, dacă ar fi să ne luăm doar după suvernirurile oribile care sunt prin magazine.
Și mai curios, septembrie și octombrie sunt cele mai ‘toride’ luni din an, adică dacă ai noroc ai puțin soare ziua, 13 grade noaptea, foggy, cloudy, windy. 'It’s like having AC all the time', după cum spune o altă localnică. Localnicii ăștia sunt niște adevărați meteorologi, urmăresc live cam-uri cu vremea din tot orașul, își fac programul în funcție de cât de înnorat este pe GG Bridge, and so on, deși aici niciodată nu plouă.
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Străzi dureros de nemaipomenite. Nu numai din cable car-ul lor (un fel de tramvaie decupate/decuplate și mici), dar și când e vorba de mers pe jos străzile sunt foarte înclinate, alambicate, întortocheate, ceea ce în final îți oferă o panoramă superbă. Și nu e vorba numai despre Lombard st., celebra crooked st., ci de cele mai multe dintre străduțe, astfel incat șoferii de autobuz au pene de lemn cu ei, iar între stații se aude clasicul ‘Please HOLD ON!’. De aceea șoferii din San Fran sunt niște șoferi grozavi.
Case curcubeu, albastre, mov, roz. Mici, dar înalte, prețurile crescând foarte mult în ultima vreme - spațiul fiind tot mai prost gestionat, ne explică un alt localnic. 2500$ e o chirie într-o zonă bună, around Hayes, să zicem. Oricum, nu găsești chirii sub 300 de dolari pe săptămână, după cum salariul minim e cel puțin 10 dolari pe oră.
Dincolo de detalii, SF are un bart (cum își numesc ei metroul) foarte bine pus la punct, pe care îl promovează peste tot, un aeroport foarte aerisit, alb și cochet, cu meduze uriașe de pânză ieșind din tavan și oameni neat, foarte bine îmbrăcați. Nu la fel de obsedați de body-building ca pe Venice Beach, în LA, dar pe care îi vezi alergând, mergând foarte mult pe jos și fiind foarte-foarte amabili. Turiștii merg pe esplanadă, la Pier-uri, acolo unde sunt nenumărate meniuri de seafood și un loc foarte plăcut cu pâine și alte produse de patiserie - Boudin Bakery.
duminică, 16 septembrie 2012
LA: God, give us waves and the chance to see R. Gosling in Downtown!
Los Angeles arată precum poza proastă pe care am făcut-o din avion cu câteva minute înainte de aterizare: centrul - Downtown-ul - învăluit în aburi, cartierele renumite - vizibile și bine împachetate, cartierele mărginaşe – cu grafitti-uri, murdare şi destul de întinse.
Trasport praf. O să-mi fac un tricou cu 'I hate public transportation in LA', după ce pierzi ore bune să ajungi undeva dacă nu ai mașină sau taxi. Am citit niște statistici interesante pe Wikipedia, în acest sens - cică Sepulveuda ar fi cel mai lung bulevard din State, cu vreo 30 de mile. E adevărat că e și cel mai aglomerat al doilea oraș american. Că LA e plin de mașini la 5 AM e un mit prost, dar oricum e destul de aglomerat tot timpul pe străzi.
Hoollywood party. Din Beverly Hills în LA pe Cahuenga cluburile sunt o avere, băutura se vinde pâna la 2 dimineața, iar puține cluburi sunt deschise până în zori. 35 de dolari intrarea, iar la 2 dimineața body-guarzii vin cu lanternele să-ți ia berea din mână.
Oameni true. You have to be who you are. Și sunt de toate felurile: albi, afros și mai ales spanioli și mexicani. Vezi și soferița de autobuz care mi-a fost și ghid 20 de minute către Santa Monica - povestea de filmul cu Julia Roberts de pe Rodeo Drive. Sau tipa care a sunat la informații și a așteptat 10 minute să afle ce autobuz luăm către Central Station.
D-aia toate anunțurile publice sunt traduse și în spaniolă, iar magazinele mexicane sunt la fiecare colț. Și mai true sunt oamenii care ajung în Downtown, acolo după 8 seara e cam panică.
Cerșetori copywriteri. Oricât de inuman sună sunt foarte buni. ‘Need money for safe sex’, pe pancarta unei lesbiene, ‘One dollar per every advice. ‘Fishing for nugs’, ‘I was a ... now I’m a veteran. Do you have a quarter for the bus‘.
Sau o fetiță de 13 ani care e tips-uită cu sute de dolari după o demonstrație incredibilă în beach skate-park-ul din Venice Beach.
Whites are not welcomed in East LA, deși dacă te duci și prin Hoolywood lumea începe să fie cam dramatică pe străzi. Chiar și în Downtown sau pe marile bulevarde e dubios în autobuze sau după ce apune soarele.
Valuri și Gosling. Deci dă-ne doamne valuri pe Venice Beach și ocazia să-l vedem pe Gosling aproape de Skid Row, în Downtown!
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