Federico García Lorca, by his full name Federico del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús García Lorca (1898–1936), was a Spanish poet, playwright, and theatre director. Between 1924 and 1927, he wrote the poetry collection Romancero gitano (Gypsy Ballads), which he published in 1928. It brought him fame, and it remains his best known book of poetry. CONTINUE READING / CONTINUER LA LECTURE…
Poets and Lovers existe depuis quatre ans et demi, et vit maintenant dans un calme plat. De la part de ses ennemis, plus de tentatives de censure ou d’attaques informatiques ; de la part de ses partisans, de moins en moins de commentaires, aucune contribution, aucune suggestion. CONTINUE READING / CONTINUER LA LECTURE…
Poets and Lovers has lived four years and a half, longer than its predecessor Agapeta. Hopefully, it should no more be threatened by technical failures or attempts at censorship, but the main obstacle could now become the progressive drying of the poetical sources of its contents. CONTINUE READING / CONTINUER LA LECTURE…
Can a childhood love be the strongest and most beautiful feeling ever experienced? And is this love the truest when it unites a brother and a sister?
The childhood of Thomas De Quincey was marked by the affliction of death. He had three sisters, who were his playmates, whith whom he lived day and night: Elizabeth (two years older than him), Mary (one year older), and Jane (one year younger). At age 4, he first lost Jane, aged 3, but at that time he could not comprehend death fully. Then, two months before his 7th birthday, Elizabeth died at the age of 8 or 9. Last, his father died one year later. CONTINUE READING / CONTINUER LA LECTURE…
Grand amateur d’érotisme, Pierre Louÿs a tout au long de sa vie écrit un très grand nombre de ce qu’on a appelé des curiosa, des ouvrages à caractère érotique ; il a notamment doublé certaines de ses œuvres publiées d’une version sexuellement explicite. La plupart de ces textes furent publiés après sa mort survenue en 1925. CONTINUE READING / CONTINUER LA LECTURE…
The American garage rock band Syndicate of Sound was formed in 1964 in San Jose, California, when Don Baskin (vocals, guitar) and Bob Gonzalez (bass guitar) united with a local group called the Pharaohs. After their unsuccessful single “Prepare For Love” in 1965, in early 1966 they recorded on Hush Records the song “Little Girl,” written by Don Baskin and Bob Gonzalez, which became popular and reached the US national pop charts in June 1966, peaking at number 5 on Cash Box and number 8 on Billboard. CONTINUE READING / CONTINUER LA LECTURE…
Né à Téhéran le 23 mars 1928 d’un père persan et d’une mère russe, Serge Rezvani est un peintre, écrivain et auteur-compositeur-interprète français. En 1950, il rencontre Danièle Adenot, la femme de sa vie, qu’il appelle « Lula ». Ils vivront un amour fusionnel et elle inspirera nombre de ses œuvres. Elle mourra de la maladie d’Alzheimer en décembre 2004. CONTINUE READING / CONTINUER LA LECTURE…
King Diamond is the stage name of Kim Bendix Petersen, a Danish rock singer and songwriter born on June 14, 1956. In 1985 he formed, with guitarist Michael Denner and bassist Timi Hansen, a heavy metal band also called King Diamond. CONTINUE READING / CONTINUER LA LECTURE…
En 1787 Parny publia chez Hardouin et Gattey le recueil Chansons madécasses traduites en français, suivies de poésies fugitives. L’adjectif ‘madécasse’ signifie ‘malagache’ en vieux français. Les Chansons madécasses forment un recueil de 12 poèmes en prose, précédés d’un ‘Avertissement’ où l’auteur loue le caractère des habitants de Madagascar et déclare :
J’ai recueilli et traduit quelques chansons, qui peuvent donner une idée de leurs usages et de leurs mœurs. Ils n’ont point de vers ; leur poésie n’est qu’une prose soignée.
En vérité, Parny n’est jamais allé à Madagascar, et il a lui-même écrit ces 12 chansons. Comme Pierre Louÿs avec Les Chansons de Bilitis un siècle plus tard, il utilise le subterfuge littéraire consistant à se cacher derrière une soi-disant œuvre oubliée qu’il aurait prétendument traduite. CONTINUE READING / CONTINUER LA LECTURE…
Gene Maltais is an American musician, singer and songwriter, born in Concord, New Hampshire, on May 21, 1933. Prior to 1958, he met Tony Hilder who introduced him to Aladdin Records. Maltais wrote songs for recording artists, including John & Jackie. The latter recorded two songs written by him, “The Raging Sea” and “Little Girl,” which were released as a single in July 1958 on the Aladdin label. The two sides of the record are not numbered or labelled A and B, so either one or the other of the two songs is considered as the A-side. CONTINUE READING / CONTINUER LA LECTURE…
