24.09.24 - Não é assim que a banda toca

Halloooo,

Hope all well witchu. 

Over here, in between visits to tiny apartments, we headed off to the seaside on Saturday, as Ridaut was booked to give a talk about creating Senninha in the midst of a sprawling cosplay and geek culture festival in Santos, which was rather surreal and full of excellent fancy dress. Then we went for a nice lunch on Sunday, and minimal downtime before getting back down to it on Monday.

Elsewhere I've made another canon compilation, and an extra one for the International Day of Peace; and my phrase of the day is "that's not how the band plays", meaning "that's not the way things are going to be", usually deployed as a rebuke. 

And that's about it for now - speak soon!

Fredioactive

17.09.24 - Cadeirada

Halloooo,

Hope all well, and lovely to speak the other day.

We've been battling record-breaking pollution and dry spells, but ventured out at the weekend to a kid's birthday party complete with ziplines and a magic show, and have invested in a humidifier, so all is well.

I've made another mixtape, and in happier news Pablo Marçal, who has leveraged his career as an "aspirational influencer" and scammer of the elderly to become a frontrunner in the São Paulo mayoral election, took a chair to the head (or a "cadeirada", as it was quickly dubbed here) in Sunday's debate. Obviously violence is never the answer in these instances, except maybe in this one specific instance...

And that's about it for now - speak soon!

Frod x

10.09.24 - Um dia da caça, outro de caçador

Halloooo,

Hope all well, and good to chat/sing t'other day. 

We've been plotting our next moves in the real estate and influencer spheres while having nice lunches in the mountains and trying to make gin and tea cocktails, with limited success. All against a backdrop of fairly apocalyptic smog from the recent "controlled burns" across the country. 

In other news I've made a new mix, and my phrase of the day translates to "one day as the hunted, the next as the hunter", and more or less means "you win some, you lose some". 

And that's about it for now - speak soon!

Fred through the needle of life

03.09.24 - Pé-rapado

Halloooo,

Hope all well. Not much to report here this week, just plenty of work followed by a trip to Indaiatuba for Adny's birthday and a nice lunch in São Pedro (where we once took you for watermelon caipirinhas!). And the podcast I appeared on is out, and in English, if you fancy a listen. 

In other news I've made another compilation, plus a Brazil-only playlist for Instagram, and my phrase of the day is "pé-rapado" or "scraped foot", which is used to describe people from humble backgrounds who tend to walk around barefoot. 

And that's about it for now - speak soon!

Bury a Fred