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Mónica Boixeda
June is definitely one of the best months in Vienna. During the early summer, when the entire city is naturally adorned with its best outfit, when theaters, auditoriums, squares and concert halls are packed with festivals (the Festwochen and the Vienna Jazz Festival, of which we have been talking in this blog are undeniable references), when this capital has left behind the rigors of winter … that´s when the concert season starts too. Music of all kinds, from Indie Pop to Blues, from rock to heavy metal, from folk to classical performers … coming from all corners of the globe spreading their sound around the corners of Vienna. The offer becomes so saturated that is even hard to keep track of the music news, but that´s why we´re here. The veteran and changing group of heavy metal, Black Sabbath will perform a concert on the 26th of June at 8 pm at the Stadthalle in Vienna. This concert is part of their International tour (coming from Prague and heading to Milan). Ticket’s price is only 130 Euros and can be purchased, like everything else in the world, through the Internet. Here is the URL http://www.vienna-concert.com/Vienna-Concerts-Events_268_en.html The concert tour is titled “Ozzi & Friends”, probably not to confuse their fans about the members of the new band, which since it was founded, more than forty years ago in the legendary 1968, has had so many changes regarding its members. Although Ozzi Osborne (vocal) was one of the founders, he was separated for some years. During these successive gaps, came and went a few others and it seemed that the group...
Mónica Boixeda
On the 9th of July, at the Maçka Küçükçiftlik Park in Istanbul, you can watch the British rock band Duran Duran live on tour to promote their new album, ´All You Need is Now´. Duran Duran is the British band that best represents the 80s New Wave, and it´s made up today by John and Roger Taylor (vocals and bass), Simon Le Bon (vocals), Dominic Brown (guitar) and Nick Rhodes (keyboard and drums). Their trademark badge was their glamorous performances on stage that were reproduced in the videos. This differentiated them from various bands that brought punk aesthetics. This attracted many young girls, becoming a commercial phenomenon of the time. However, it´s not all been marketing and glamour for Duran Duran, since they´re an excellent music band that was formed with the intention of being a band with the energy of the Sex Pistols but with danceable rhythms like David Bowie and Roxy Music. They achieved this in great terms and that´s where a large part of their success lies. Their name comes from the film Barbarella (1968), directed by Roger Vadim, where the villain is called Mr. Duran Duran. The sci-fi film starring Jane Fonda was considered very daring, since it had a high erotic content for the time. The early days of the band were difficult. They played at night and worked during the day as concierges, waiters or DJs. In 1981 their first album was released, with a homonymous title. The single ´Planet Earth´ reached #12 in the British Top 20 Chart. The single that strongly reached the top spots was ´Girls On Film´, reaching #5 in...
Paul Oilzum
It’s difficult not to think of the American band Pearl Jam, who will give two concerts in the brand new Ziggo Dome in Amsterdam on June 26 and 27 http://www.ziggodome.nl as true survivors. They are, after all, one of the very few bands dubbedSeattle sound from the first half of the 90s that remain active. Along with Nirvana they were leaders of the grunge movement, although they were polarized by the media into a rivalry similar to that seen between the Rolling Stones and the Beatles in the 60s. Unlike the latter, however, members of Pearl Jam sent signals of believing that they were the antagonists of Nirvana, who achieved great press quickly, despite the many points of contacts between the two groups, and were catapulted into massive stardom in a surprising and unfortunate way which for a significant part of a whole generation was converted into little more than a lifestyle. It was only after the suicide of Kurt Cobain in 1994, who was unable to cope with the fact that his group had become the most objectified and popular band worldwide or to live with the fact that the existential angst and anti-system anger of his most memorable songs had been transformed into a spectacle and a sought-after object of consumption, that Eddie Vedder, the singer and charismatic leader of Pearl Jam, seemed to realize the absurdity of having contributed in some way to the above-mentioned confrontation with someone who was actually a friend with common interests and a similar history of marginalization. The tragic death of Cobain made it impossible to know which direction his music would...
Mónica Boixeda
World travelers who enjoy the life pleasures certainly know that the best time to go to Vienna is during late spring or early summer when the weather gets warm, sunny and the days are longer and brighter promising happiness. The former the capital of the Austro-Hungarian Empire becomes a spectacular path of beautiful French gardens with immaculate colorful flowers framed by box hedges. During these weeks, Vienna invites you to walk, enjoy, and just an aristocratic savoir-vivre. Cirque du Soleil in Vienna If you are traveling in the capital of Austria during the first week of summer, there is another fun activity to take into account: the staging of “Alegría” by the famous Cirque du Soleil. This magnificent show has several dance performances mixed with impossible stunts, a prop worthy of a Hollywood blockbuster and live music. Don’t forget that the event will take place from Wednesday the 20th to Saturday the 24th of June in the Stadhalle or Municipal Stadium of Vienna, which is located next to the modern building of the train station that despite having been build more than fifty years ago (it was built between 1954 and 1958), looks like pulled out from the studio of a modern architect. There is a rage of ticket prices, of course! From € 22.50 and up to 94.50 Euros. You can find more information about the performance and purchase the tickets at: http://www.stadthalle.com/events/Cirque-du-Soleil-Alegria/6195 “Alegria” by Cirque du Soleil If you are reading this text in Spanish, you must know that the name of this show is presented well, with the rotundity of the Spanish, “Alegría”, which in any...
Paul Oilzum
The term “White Nights” does not only refer to the phenomenon that naturally occurs around the summer solstice when theLaplandand some northern European cities such asSt. Petersburgare bathed in light throughout the entire night. It is also the title of an early short novel by Dostoevsky, which like many of his works is marked by a certain idea of waiting. In a famous lecture during the 80s at the Femis in Paris, not to mention the ghostly and extraordinary adaptation of Visconti on the history of the Russian author, Gilles Deleuze digresses admirably on this topic in relation to the reasons that would make a cineaste create an adaptation of great novel, which in his opinion relate directly to the fact that the film has direct ideas that correspond with some of those from the book in question. This produces at times some extraordinary meetings. In his view, for example, that is a possible explanation for the interest of Kurosawa in Dostoevsky, since his novels have figures that are often characterized by a considerable state of mobility, restlessness and agitation. They often forget the purpose of their actions regardless of how important they may be, even if they are dealing with life and death. This makes it seem like the transcendental emergencies in which they seem to be perpetually trapped lose their consistency since there’s always another more urgent question which cannot be completely ignored. This detains them and yet they usually do not succeed. There is most certainly a deeper problem in existence but it is not yet known, and then it becomes very important to find out...
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