Arroz Amargo

Arroz Amargo s4 #14

Alfredo Guzman — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:58:19 GMT

“In the middle of the night we were children again, our hands were little butterflies in a gloomy summer. Little winds break the silence of our lives and in moment of the sight everything starts. In the noise of our words we were the snow of the forthcoming winter. I know this is going to be a secret, our final encounter.” ---- Last Episode Track List: 00 Gonzalo Rojas- La sangre es un mar intenso 01 Giants-Fishermens Prayer 02 Evangelista-I lay there in front of me covered in ice 03 Lisa Germano-Magic neighbors 04 Rio en Medio-Standing Horses 05 Paul Clayton-The girls around the Cape Horn 06 Espaldamaceta-Mil millones de veces 07 Mark Eitzel-I live in this place 08 Vic Chesnutt-Flirted with you all my life 09 Hallelujah the hills-Teenage synesthese 10 Malcolm Holcombe-Another one gone 11 Brian Hunt-Happy house old death 12 Destry-Home isn't home 13 Jeremy Enigk-Make believe 14 Dan Managan-Robots ---- Record of the week: Rue Royale- Rue Royale ---- Picture by: Rogelio López Marín

Arroz Amargo s4 #13

Alfredo Guzman — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:44:17 GMT

After certain time in the park, thinking about the way cameras recreate our hearts, the clouds began to take the form of the sea. Coldness’ waves brought the small sound of the forgotten ships of our hearts; their sails were made of drops that disappear behind the gentle sun. With the steam, each word of the wind was transformed into a delicate manner of touch the time. In the last moment, everything disappeared with the sound of a girl whose eyes were made of red leaves. It seems that autumn doesn’t have an end but the heart still wants to pick up some memories of winter. In this episode those desires get certain form but ephemerally and with some nostalgia. ---- 4.12 Track List 00 Dylan Thomas-A Refusal To Mourn The Death, By Fire, Of A Child In London 01 Fjordne-Last sun 02 Iron & Wine-House by the sea 03 Cuff the Duke-Rocking chair 04 Aaron Thomas-Trophy Wife 05 Spide-Sorry little red 06 The young republic-Napoleon blues 07 Low low low la la la love love love-Where're You Goin' 08 Dan Mangnan-Some People 09 Cotton Jones-Gotta cheer up 10 Klaus & Kinsky- Shell for the morning 11 Joseph Arthur and the lonely astronauts-Winter Blades 12 Francois Peglau-I'll never Alain Delon 13 Jeremy Jay- Beautiful rebel 14 Whirpool vision of shame-Felt ----- Record of the week: Mecánica popular - ¿Qué sucede con el tiempo? (Dro, 1984) (http://www.zshare.net/download/141558044e16d82e/) “A great post-kraut album from Spain” ----- Picture by: Misty Keasler (http://www.mistykeasler.com)

Arroz Amargo s4 #12

Alfredo Guzman — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:17:09 GMT

Behind every sound it’s a sort of sigh that makes me thing in the reciprocity of words. Sometimes making the podcast I pay specially attention to the rhythms and so, but in days like today, when the streets are windy and I’m overcome by the perfection of Fennesz the only thing that matters seems to be the emotion, the delicacy of the notes, the way they evoke the gentles gestures. Today’s program has a small lack of order but it’s just a method of acting. Enjoy it. ---- Last program track list 00 Lèopold Sedar Senghor-Chaka 01 Ryuichi Sakamoto-Put your hands up 02 The Felice Brothers-Coopertown 03 Ryan Adams-Everybody knows 04 Turner Cody-Roll them blues 05 Marissa Nadle-The hole is wide 06 Belmez-Sante Eula'inh 07 Arthur Russell-She's the star 08 Patrick Watson-Where the wild thing are 09 Nine inch Nails-Something I can never have 10 Piano Magic-Exit 11 Say hi to your mom-Super 12 The Lucksmiths- Tha Chapter In Your Life Entitled San Francisco 13 Former Ghosts-Dreams 14 Pale Saints-language of flowers ---- Record of the week- Low low low la la la love love love - Feels, feathers, bog, and bees (Other electricities, 2009) ---- Picture by: Amy Stein (http://amysteinphoto.com/)

Arroz Amargo s4 #11

Alfredo Guzman — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:51:55 GMT

Back in the rain and without time to find the road to nowhere. My health is better but the moments are limited by the kingdom of work. An episode of few words. ---- Last Track List 00 Yanko Gonzáles-Arthur 01 Ursula-A la mañna siguiente 02 Phosphorescent-A Picture of our torn up prise 03 Matt Bauer-Don´t let me out 04 Julie Doiron-Tonight, we sleep 05 Matt Costa- Heart of stone 06 Joan Miquel Oliver-Ryanair 07 Bowery Bboy blue-Take heart, sisters 08 Langhorne Slim- Sunday by the sea 09 Willieam Elliot Whitmore-There's hope for you 10 Benoit Pioulard-Golden grin 11 Red House Painters-Lord kill the pain 12 Daniel Johnston-Mind Movies 13 Eleni Mandell-Right Side 14 Tilly and the wall-Sad for days ---- Record of the week: Star of Ash-Ilter Viator (Jester, 2002) ---- Photo by Margaret Bourke-White

Arroz Amargo s4 #10

Alfredo Guzman — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 01:07:24 GMT

I spent Saturday night in the street waiting for a taxi to take me to the hospital because my lungs were making sounds. The cold was benevolent and the chilly atmosphere makes me feel better. It seems that to my heart, and to my lungs, the best cure is an empty boulevard and the tender breeze of late hours. The solitude of two persons sitting in a hospital’s bench is a nice image to portrait my days. A kind solitude filled with words of future. While traveling across empty Paris in the backset I remembered a lot of songs, a lot of books. It was like painting pictures in the streetlights; recreating old days to forget the pain and the fear. At the end I get better because of the night but I wasn’t able to make the program on time. After the dread, here’s the new episode, two days later and still cuffing, but ready to be listened. ---- Last episode Track List 00 Octavio Paz-Complementarios 01 Dakota Suite-The night keeps coming in 02 Tim Buckley-Dolphins 03 Daniel Martin Moore-The hour of sleep 04 Micah P. Hinson-The possibilities 05 Linda Thompson-Beauty 06 Mark Olson and Gary Louris-My gospel songs for you 07 Califone-Funeral Singers 08 Langhorne Slim-I love you, but goodbye 09 Ryan Driver-When you were en Mexico? 10 The Partisan Seed-Sound, we make sound 11 Throw me the statue-Baby you're bored 12 The Feelies-When company comes 13 The wave pictures-Too many questions 14 The only ones-Another Girl, Another Planet ---- Record of the week: Daniel Johnston - Is and always was (Fearlatone, 2009) (http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?jgynxnwmxym) ---- Painting by James Ensor

Arroz Amargo s4 #9

Alfredo Guzman — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 23:53:39 GMT

Waiting for a miracle is a profession without profit. You can linger for ages for that amazing moment that will change you common days, that will repair you eyes. You can wait in silence a life, just looking at the way, waiting for that car to stop. And you know, deep in your heart, that there’s everything but a car. However, when you are tired, when the options of success are worst than zero. Then, behind the night, appears the miracle that you were longing for, and it’s exactly as you have expected: simple and natural. You smile; you, perhaps, say some ridicule words and everything begins to have sense. This miracle is not other but a hand combing you hair. The same thing happens with songs; they emerge to catch your heart in certain moments without reason, without logic. They give you breath. With this episode Arroz Amargo gets two years. It has been a long and beautiful road and to celebrate it next Sunday I’ll chose one song of each episode and make a sort of special show. Making this podcast has been amazing, to select the songs, to try to give them a sense is just beautiful. I have to thank you everyone who listen, you are great. ----- Last Track List 00 Oliverio Girondo-Alta Noche 01 A Silver Mt. Zion - The tirumph of our tired eyes 02 Tannhauser-Poseidonia 03 Red House Painters-Dragonflies 04 Short term effect-Carry it two 05 Sunset wings-Adieu 06 Alejandro Escovedo - Across the river 07 Modest Mouse-Perpetual motion machine 08 American Music Club-The dance 09 Snowglobe-Nothing I can do 10 Coming Soon- Big boy 11 Frog Eyes-Miasma Gardens 12 The Twilight Sad-Made to Disapper 13 Mesita - Hidden Motivations 14 Arp-Fireflies on the water ----- Record of the week: Soap & skin - Lovetune for vacuum (Play It Again Sam, 2009) (http://www.mediafire.com/?hzouzmtmqmy) ----- Photo by: Oscar Villanueva (http://www.flickr.com/photos/oscarinn)

Arroz Amargo s4 #8

Alfredo Guzman — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 23:21:07 GMT

The sun has gone but we have the rain. Each morning the clouds that preside over the horizon bring a beautiful rain that produce a mood of peace that freezes the thoughts. The slender rain touches the hands as if it were trying to stay in the skin forever. It works as the memory; it hits you hastily and it stays there for a while but, as the time goes by, it disappears in streets and shops. It wouldn’t stay in your face or in your clothes; it’s like that smile in the subway or the gentle half-kissed in the pub: brief. The rain makes me keep in mind that the hands were someday together but nothing remains the same but for a second. As these songs; they could mean a lot in the morning but in the afternoon they will be just sounds but a least for a moment they will be a kind of word. ----- Last episode Track List 00 Charles Baudelaire-Je n'ai pas oublié 01 Moto Nakashima -Through the window 02 Good Morning, Captain-Song for Ava Grace 03 Joe Pug - In the meantime 04 Short Term effect-Forest paper 05 Daniel Martin Moore-The Old measure 06 Marce Cranc-Naufragi 07 Ray Lamontagne-I still care for you 08 Casiotone for the painfully alone- Killers 09 The Big Pink- A brief histroy of love 10 Atlas Sound- Attic Lights 11 The Rosebounds-Black Hole 12 Beck- I'll be your mirror 13 Yo la tengo-All your secrets 14 The Two man gentlemen band-Yo make swoon ----- Record of the Week: Polvo-In Prism (Merge, 2009) ----- Photo by: Ansel Adams

Arroz Amargo s4 #7

Alfredo Guzman — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 13:33:00 GMT

Autumn suits Arroz Amargo. By my window the rain hasn’t stop since morning and while I drink coffee these tunes create certain comfort that makes me want to stay indoors until spring. To be inside is a way to discover the rhythm of the wind, to find the details of the house and the small spots in the wall; those tiny universes that contain, perhaps, words and memories. This season is the time for drinking in petit comité and chat about those old seconds when her face was close making us happy. The rain is the perfect background for enjoy this selection. ----- Previous Track List 00 MargePiercy-Putting the good things away 01 Fennesz-Before I leave 02 Ana D-Me quedo contigo 03 Bonnie "Prince" Billy-Careless Love 04 Cowboy Junkies-Sweet Jane 05 Luis Alberto Spinetta-Muchacha Ojos de Papel 06 Mike Patton & Kaada-L'abstent 07 Mus-Adios 08 The Young Republic-EVerybody Looks Better in White 09 Elliot Smith-Happiness (The Gondola Man) 10 Howe Gelb- Love Knows (no Borders) 11 La Buena Vida- Hh.Mm.Ss. 12 Blur-Star Shaped 13 Neutral Milk Hotel -Two headed boy pt. 2 & The Fool 14 Leonard Cohen-So Long, Marianne ---- Record of the week: Imogen Heap-Ellipse (RCA, 2009) (for listening: http://rapidshare.com/files/268620819/ImHeE_Vic.zip) ---- Paint by: Jean Rustin (http://www.rustin.be/)

Arroz Amargo s4 #6

Alfredo Guzman — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 22:02:53 GMT

Walking in the airport I’m thinking in the smiles I left behind, in those beautiful nights that I spent with the people I love. And suddenly, running across the alley, a song arrives. It has been a good time since I captured it the middle of the day with some fingers across my hair, with the warm of a kiss in the mouth -they were big hands closing my eyes. The tune makes me see the growing grass in the field and some words drop in the shade. And I just think it will be better to remember you with melodies, I don’t like the illogical drama of nostalgia; I prefer taking words with me to create an airplane and fly each gloomy day. I really will miss the streets of my city but the passers by of my house come with me in songs. This episode, the first recorded in Lille, is for those of you who were there –in the midnight haze, in the sunny shade, in the boring classroom- each song is a piece of memory. (There’s a silence in the podcast but it’s not a mistake) ---- Record of the week:Anthony Da Costa - Not afraid of nothing ---- Picture: Michael Penn

Arroz Amargo s4 #5

Alfredo Guzman — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 01:39:50 GMT

Aparentemente partir es un deporte extremo; lograr superar los trámites, la intermitencia de la lógica y los baches económicos lo dejan a uno exhausto y sin tiempo para vivir. Pero siempre existe un resquicio entre el traslado de la materia, en la disyuntiva de pensar el paso siguiente, que permite tranquilizar las horas. Pero no hay nada mejor que un poco de música suave para tomar un café a la orilla de estrés, en el descanso de la burocracia. En este episodio no hay estridencia, ni ritmos mortales, sólo un poco de alegría melancólica. Pronto estaré en otra lengua y pensar lento lo hace más simple todo. ---- Tracklist anterior ---- Disco de la semana: Espaldamaceta- Espaldamaceta ---- La foto es de:Robert Fink

Arroz Amargo s4 #4

Alfredo Guzman — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 08:01:01 GMT

Hay días en los que las horas son demasiado breves, en los que los pequeños minutos de tranquilidad en el sofá se vuelven un oasis con las melodías como sombra. Así he vivido las últimas semanas y en esos momentos de calma las guitarras eléctricas han sido muy buenas aliadas para no claudicar. Por eso el episodio de hoy está marcado por un poco de estridencia. Nada de que temer, sólo un poco de distorsión como mecanismo de defensa. Debido a las inclemencias del clima esta emisión de Arroz Amargo expresa mi deseo de correr a lo Forrest Gump, sin parar, hasta ver un bello horizonte. Espero que el vértigo del día no los aleje demasiado. ---- El Tracklist anterior está bajo el agua…pronto lo encontrare. ---- Disco de la semana- Sparklehorse + Fennesz - In the Fishtank ---- La pintura es: Colin Mccahon

Arroz Amargo s4 #03

Alfredo Guzman — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 06:19:49 GMT

Mi cuerpo se niega a aceptar estos tiempos, los dolores van y vienen como huéspedes de mala fama. Sin embargo, la música tiene una peculiar manera de darme fuerza; es una inagotable mar que me da aire, que me da sueños. Por momentos entre las migrañas una suave melodía puede ser tan afortunada como el más duro de los fármacos. Este episodio por algunos momentos se torna un poco lo-fi pero en la serenidad de los sótanos es donde mejor se compone. ---- Track List Anterior: Lo perdí pronto lo subo. ---- Disco de la semana: Richard Swift - The Atlantic Ocean ---- La pintura es de Joachim Beuckelaer

Arroz Amargo s4 #02

Alfredo Guzman — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 07:23:54 GMT

Las partidas son como heridas pero siempre tiene un lado encantador. Las propias y las de los amigos inundan los días por venir y el silencio de la soledad tiene que ser combatido con melodías. Más que un episodio de tristes despedidas es una manera de desear buen camino, de llenar las mañanas de luminosos deseos porque las tierras lejanas serán afortunadas. Con la alegría que dan los amigos y las maneras de demostrar su amor este episodio es una humilde manera de mandarles buena estrella. ---- Track List Anterior: 00 W.H. Auden-Musee des Beaux Arts 01 Mussette-Maj 02 Howard Hudges-Standing in the 1/2 empty hall blues 03 Portastatic-Race your home 04 The Little hands-Julie 05 The Delano Orchestra- How to care 06 Phosphorescent-Too Sick to pray 07 Gary Jules-Umbilical town 08 Eels-Ordinary Man 09 Gregory Alan Isakov-This Empty Northern 10 Richard Swift-The end of an Age 11 Miqui Puig-Una Calle de Paris 12 Manel-Roma 13 Coeur de Pirate- Le longe de Large 14 Madness- On the Town ---- Disco de la semana: Cass Mccombs - Catacombs (Domino, 2009) ---- La foto es de Oscarin (http://www.flickr.com/photos/oscarinn)

Arroz Amargo s4 #01

Alfredo Guzman — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 05:16:31 GMT

Arroz Amargo está de nuevo en el camino. Las vacaciones le han sentado bien a mis oídos, la música ha pasado con buena fortuna y un porcentaje de alegría melancólica, como canción de verano española. He encontrados algunas cosas maravillosas que merecen ser repasadas y tendrán su espacio durante los siguientes meses más las bondades que se acumulen. Cada día trae consigo material que luce ciertos encantos en los que espero encontrar la melodía adecuada para que las mañanas soleadas tengan un sonido. En esta nueva temporada seguiremos con la misma mecánica de catorce canciones y un poema; tratando de que cada episodio traiga un rato de emociones combinadas que les de un momento de sonrisas tímidas. Esta semana las noticias no fueron afortunadas pero estas notas musicales han aliviado los fracasos personales y las desgracias colectivas; la fortuna a veces tiene un rostro triste. Con el encanto de los principios Arroz Amargo se pone de nueva cuenta en marcha directamente desde la Ciudad de México. Empezar caminos es pensar en lo posible estas canciones son un puñado de pequeños sueños. ---- Disco de la semana: Howard Hudges-O Make me a mask (Kitchen Music, 2009) http://rapidshare.com/files/267017329/howard_hughes_-_o_make_me_a_mask.zip.html ---- La pintura es de Wislow Homer

Arroz Amargo: Info

Alfredo Guzman — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 03:04:32 GMT

Como sabrán el diseño de Podomatic va acumulando todo sin dejar que se dividan por páginas. Así que para no perder el rastro que hemos dejado, mudamos los podcast ausente a un blog para que consulten los tracklist y si quieren el episodio lo puedan pedir, o pronto tratare la forma de hacerlos descargables. La dirección es http://www.arrozamargo.wordpress.com