By MdC Suingue

​Click on CAS 460 | Free to listen
No, we are not Lula voters. 
We are not PT voters. 
But we are ‘legalists’ or ‘constitutionalists’. 
We believe individual rights guaranteed by the Brazilian Constitution should be respected and enforced by unbiased judges.

We believe every Brazilian citizen should receive a fair trial, from Lula to Rafael Braga  
We believe the law can not be adapted to suit political and economical interests.

The Brazilian Judiciary system created a whole new interpretation of the law to stop one man from running for president. Our supreme court reverted many of its previous decisions  to incarcerate and prevent one Brazilian citizen from running for president. Our supreme court went to the extreme of imposing a gag order on a person who doesn’t even have a final sentence pronounced.     
 
That’s the real reason behind the turmoil Brazil is going through now, with the risk of a nazi-fascist candidate finally completing the cycle of the military coup initiated with the impeachment of 2016.

The voices of resistance you hear in this show are the ones of the afro-descendants, of the women, of the LGBTxxxs, of the indigenous Brazilian population, of the workers, of the minorities that will be silenced and persecuted by the dark forces that are taking over Brazil. They believe Lula should have been free to run for president, and so do we. But, as things stand, all we can say is: vote for anyone you like, as long as it’s #NotHim #EleNão

To put some of the artists of our show in their context, here we present you 3 videos: 

1- Chico Buarque & MPB-4 performing Apesar De Você at a TV show called ‘Ensaio’ at TV Tupi in 1971. This song was an anthem hope and resistance against oppression and censorship during the darkest times of the military dictatorship in Brasil.

2- Antônio das Mortes sung by Sergio Ricardo was part of the original soundtrack for the film ‘Deus e o Diabo Na Terra do Sol’ directed by Glauber Rocha. Here we see a clip with some scenes of Antônio das Mortes, character that was created based on a previous work by Sérgio Ricardo. Glauber is also credited for co-writing the lyrics. 

3- Não Recomendados is an activist trio of singers dedicated to raise awareness about gender issues and here they perform ‘Não Recomendado’ remixed by Deep Lick in the video directed by Leandro HBL that brings us references to the emblematic 'Parangolés' created by the 60s/70s artist Hélio Oiticica.      

All that right below the complete playlist of CAS 460 ! 

Chico Buarque & MPB-4 - Apesar De Você

Sergio Ricardo - Antônio das Mortes

Não Recomendados - Não Recomendado

In the Pink Power show we had more than a dozen female artists and a male band. No one can say we discriminate... You can check out the complete playlist below.

The main artist featured was Letícia 'Letrux' Novaes with her album ‘Letrux’. In this post we include a live vídeo where you can check her out performing live. 

We also present you the amazing stop-motion clip ‘Morte e Vida Uterina’ by Paula Cavalciuk  made by Daniel Bruson that only last week was shortlisted for the UKMVA 2018 in the category best animation in a video disputing neck to neck with Aphex Twins and U2...

To finish watch the clip ‘Falo’ with Carne Doce directed by Bruno Alves.

​Letrux - Ninguém Perguntou por você

Morte e Vida Uterina - Paula Cavalciuk

Carne Doce - Falo 

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:

Uma pergunta atormenta lexicólogos, hiperativos e loucos em geral: de onde vem a expressão "DA PÁ VIRADA" ?

A Real Academia Íbero-Americana de Portuñol vem a público para dirimir esta dúvida de uma vez por todas. 

Uma simples busca pela internet resulta em vários sites que dão como certo que a origem da expressão é em relação ao instrumento, a pá: "Quando a pá está virada pra baixo, voltada pro solo, está inútil, abandonada decorrentemente pelo Homem vagabundo, irresponsável, parasita" .

O que é uma total baboseira, especialmente porque uma pessoa 'da pá virada' não é um 'vagabundo', 'irresponsável' ou 'parasita' e também que uma pá abandonada é uma pá abandonada, virada para cima ou para baixo. 

Uma busca mais detalhada nos leva QUASE lá à origem da expressão misteriosa, segundo o Wikcionário, que diz pá virada é uma corruptela da expressão gaúcha aspa virada (Wikcionário), que teria o mesmo significado. Aspa virada parece-me ser uma variante relativamente pouco comum de aspa torta, também uma expressão gaúcha, que segundo os dicionários (Aulete, Michaelis) significa ‘zangado, mal-humorado’. Mas no Wiktionário também não nos explicam como é que sabem que da pá virada vem de aspa virada.

Pois a Real Academia Íbero-Americana de Portuñol explica: 'DA PÁ VIRADA' é uma corruptela do adjetivo espanhol: