by MdC Suingue

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When you move to another city or country, eventually it will happen: one day you have to visit your hometown. It’s always an intense time as you have to take the opportunity to make sure the personal life you left behind is all in working order, meaning: see your bank manager, your accountant, the tax office, the voting authorities, plus spend time with your friends and family.
It’s cool if you can stay for an extended period, but if you’re there for only 3 weeks - with Christmas and NYE in the middle and half a dozen invitations to DJ - it can get a little hectic. But we survived to tell the story!
​From Preto Serra’s epic birthday party to a New Year’s Eve that ended up with us in the middle of ocean, being watched by a sea turtle. From a nice and cool dj session at  Mãe Joana to a crazy Balkan party. We had it all! Not to mention the CAS party at Casa Porto, with a live performance by Mussa Samba Combo and the presence of many dear friends. 
We had loads of fun, we know our ways in our beloved city, but the sad note was the decadence and the poverty that is spreading quickly in Brazil in general and in Rio in particular, where we have one of the most incompetent mayors in our history. 
If you’re an old-time listener of the Caipirinha Appreciation Society show, you’ll be familiar with our criticism of the gentrification and corruption promoted by Eduardo Paes, but the state of decay of the city under Crivella’s rule is downright depressing. If Paes was governing for the 1%, the pastor is governing for his church’s croonies.  
All that said: music is resistance, and we brought to you a bucketload of that in this show!    

Our vids of the week are:

Pedro Luis e A Parede - Horizontes
Taken from the album Ponto Enredo, the 5th by the carioca band from 2008, here they perform a very peculiar version of the beautiful (Quatro) Horizontes for the site Música de Bolso.

Joana Flor - O Que Me Resta
With a small band the singer and guitar player Joana Flor shows how powerful is her music. She was born in Rio but lives in São Paulo and this  song is a hit in our playlists.
 
Luisa & Os Alquimistas - Brechó
L.&O.A. Is a band formed in Natal - Rio Grande do Norte in 2015.
Brechó is a song from their first album called Cobra Coral released by the label DoSol 
in 2016. 

Cronixta - Taxi Driver
Cronixta AKA Dime Cronista is a rapper from Pará, state located in the north of Brasil.
Taxi Driver, song inspired by the Scorcese's film, is our lyric video of the post. 
Nice low budget vid, directed by the man himself. I love the track. But I can't help blaming the production assistant for his failure to find a taxi for the shots, hahaha! 

BUT FIRST THE PLAYLIST:

Pedro Luis e A Parede - 4 Horizontes

Joana Flor - O Que Me Resta

Luisa & Os Alquimistas - Brechó

Cronixta - Taxi Driver

On the 30th of June 2018 Contrabanda FM promoted  in Barcelona-Spain a big celebration at Plaza San Miguel as part of Festival Llimonades. Our own MdC Suingue curated the acts and managed the main stage.

The party was to raise funds to buy a new transmitter to the radio and our Caipirinha stall was a great success with the help of our volunteers: Marcelo Somos, Gustavo Caly, Irene Figueras and Valeria de Caprio.
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​Here's a collection of best moments from several sources we hashed together. Enjoy!

The acts: