Tom Zé
Brazil's tropicalia godfather breaks down the real story of the genre, and busts out the phone book in the process
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Tropicalia came from logical garbage, not international rock music.
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I'm a terrible composer, singer, and instrumentalist, and I'm still here.
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Bossanova was really overwhelming, like a girl with three pussies.
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The word "burp" was censored during the regime.
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Me over you, mercilessly, without making out on the sofa.
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If you drink the milk straight from the cow, you still have to pay the taxes.
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Interviewer
Eothen "Egon" Alapatt
Eothen "Egon" Alapatt came to fame as the brainiac business manager of Stones Throw records, though his roots lie in crate-digging, and riffling through phone directories to track down the names and faces behind history’s most obscure acetates, private press funk LPs and jazz masterpieces. These days he puts these sleuthing talents to use in running his own archive label Now Again and managing legendary hip hop producer Madlib. He’s also an incredibly snappy dresser.
