Un cáncer mata a Willy DeVille | El Periódico de Catalunya | CulturaUn cáncer mata a Willy DeVille
- • El autor de ‘Demasiado corazón’ fallece en EEUU a los 55 años
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- El rockero Willy DeVille, en una imagen del año pasado.
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nueva yorkWilly DeVille se ha unido a Edith Piaf». Con estas palabras, la empresa organizadora de conciertos Caramba Spectacles anunció ayer la muerte de una de sus perlas: el cantante y guitarrista estadounidense Willy DeVille, autor de cientos de temas; entre ellos, la mil veces cantada Demasiado corazón.
DeVille –aunque su verdadero nombre era William Borsey– murió «en paz» durante la noche del pasado jueves, 6 de agosto, en Nueva York. «Su música y su espíritu estarán siempre con nosotros», se leía ayer en su web oficial. El líder del grupo Mink DeVille tenía 55 años y llevaba dos meses luchando contra un cáncer de páncreas. Meses antes le había sido diagnosticada una hepatitis C que agravó su estado de salud. De hecho, había cancelado todos las citas preparadas para este año. Sus seguidores estaban informados de todo gracias a su web, en la que los comentarios médicos iban acompañados una frase demoledora: «El corazón roto».
Nada más conocer la noticia, Caramba Spectacles lanzó un comunicado en el que decía que DeVille se había «unido» a Piaf –la diva francesa que le inspiró y con la que colaboró en El gato azul–, a su productor Jack Nitzsche y a su compañero, el guitarrista Johnny Thunders.
DeVille comenzó su carrera en Nueva York en plena época punk, pero su música se abrió mejor paso en Europa que en su país natal. Su reconocimiento mundial llegó de la mano de su grupo, Mink DeVille, que se deshizo a mediados de los años 80. A finales de la década publicó su primer disco en solitario, Miracle, producido por Mark Knopfler. De hecho, el líder de los Dire Straits versionó una de sus canciones, Storybook love, para incluirla en la banda sonora de la película La princesa prometida. La pieza llegó a conseguir una nominación al Oscar. Para su primer disco en solitario, DeVille también contó con la colaboración del músico de country Chet Atkins.
DANDI Y MARIACHI / DeVille era un artista multidisciplinar. En los 90 adoptó un look entre dandi y mariachi, con el que será siempre recordado. Lucía tupé, llevaba el pelo largo y un bigote fino. Calzaba unas llamativas botas de vaquero y vestía un chaleco igual de llamativo. Tiempo después, dio un paso hacia el rythm & blues, el soul y la salsa, dos estilos muy presentes en sus últimos trabajos, Crow Jane Alley (2004) y Pistola (2008).
DeVille era el mejor ejemplo de músico autodidacta. Sin embargo, el éxito no le sonrió siempre. Cuando, en 1971, decidió marcharse a Londres y convertirse en un profesional de la música, terminó completamente frustrado por la terrible falta de éxito.
Sin embargo, siguió persiguiendo su sueño. Cansado de Londres, hizo las maletas y se volvió a su país natal. Pero esta vez fue a San Francisco, donde consiguió dar conciertos en pequeños locales. Después, decidió probar suerte en Nueva Orleans, cuyos ritmos ya no le abandonaron nunca, y Nueva York. Allí también tuvo un merecido éxito, aunque tuvo bastante más reconocimiento artístico en Europa. Tras varios conciertos en el Olympia de París, se declaró como «un gran amante de Francia».
October 7, 2009
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I'm taking the easy way out here because there simply are no words for how amazing McQueen is and was this season. He is a leader, an innovator, and on top of his game.
"McQueen, according to an internal logic detailed in a press release, was casting an apocalyptic forecast of the future ecological meltdown of the world: Humankind is made up of creatures that evolved from the sea, and we may be heading back to an underwater future as the ice cap dissolves."
This jungle mash-up was my favortie dress in the collection.The alien horse hooves were crazy and all, but these were the real works of art.The transformation to sea mammals begins...
October 6, 2009
Objectum Sexuality: When Relationships With Inanimate Objects Become Intimate - Objectum sexuals - Jezebel
From a guy who loves Objectum Sexuals so much, he named a Last.Fm Group and fake band after them: Objectum-Sexualis! Songs About Fucking Buildings, and is a subscriber to every YouTube OS Channel he can find.Objectum Sexuality: When Relationships With Inanimate Objects Become Intimate - Objectum sexuals - Jezebel
All I can say is: Thank you, Tyra Show for featuring Erika Eiffel, and please follow up soon.
Strange loveObjectum Sexuality: When Relationships With Inanimate Objects Become Intimate
You have got to see this documentary about "objectum sexuals," people who fall in love with objects like fences and amusement park rides, (one woman even married the Eiffel Tower). And they have sex.
If you thought that men in love with Real Dolls was strange, wait until you see Strange Love: Married to the Eiffel Tower, which follows these fetishists (all of them, for some reason, female). Interestingly, Objectum Sexuals — they call themselves OS people — believe their love with the objects are reciprocal and that they can telepathically communicate with them.
Amy Wolf is in love with a fairground ride called 1001 Nacht, for which she writes poetry. Based on appearances, she seems like an out-and-proud lesbian, but has no interest in humans. She also loves a church banister, a banister in her home, and the Empire State building. Having connected through an OS people forum on the internet, Erika goes to visit Amy. (Both women are said to have Asperger's and share a history of abuse.) They go to the fairground to see 1001 Nacht. In the clip above, Amy is left alone to have an intimate moment with the ride, while Erika goes for a walk. She happens upon a picket fence and feels an immediate attraction.
Erika La Tour Eiffel married the Eiffel Tower and then took its name. But she doesn't like referring to the structure as "it" because "calling something an 'it' instantly means it's inanimate." She gets "a sense" of an object's gender. According to her, the Eiffel Tower is female.
After suffering abuse as a child, and bouncing between foster homes, she joined the US Air Force but during her training, was sexually assaulted, and defended herself with a Japanese sword, which was her lover at the time. She refused to part with the sword, and was discharged from the military for psychological reasons. She then fell in love with an archery bow — she became a US medal champion in archery — but her feelings for the bow waned after time and she moved on to bigger things, literally, as in: tourist attractions. On their one-year anniversary, Erika goes back to visit the Eiffel Tower to consummate their marriage. She lifts up her skirt, and straddles one of the beams with "no barrier" between them. The entire documentary can be seen here online.
Related: GUESS WHAT OBJECTUM-SEXUALS LOVE [Street Carnage]
I Married The Eiffel Tower [Independent]
Object Sexuality [Wikipedia]
Objectum-Sexuality Internationale [Official Site]
You have got to see this documentary about "Nip/Tuck Features Objectum Sexuality - Objectum sexuality - Jezebel
Strange loveNip/Tuck Features Objectum Sexuality - Objectum sexuality - JezebelNip/Tuck Features Objectum Sexuality
On last night's Nip/Tuck, a doctor-after being caught fucking a couch-admitted that he is an objectum sexual, i.e. sexually and emotionally attracted to inanimate objects. Clip is NSFW, because of dudity.
Dudity = male nudity, and in this case, a very sculpted, naked ass.
We'd think the whole storyline was ridiculous if we didn't already see a documentary about objectum sexuality, and know it is a very real thing, at least, in the eyes of those who identify with it.
Most OS people (as they prefer to be called) are women, but there are instances of male objectum sexuality. Unfortunately, the educational website about OS isn't working, but after reading up on the issue, we noticed that the main difference between OS men and OS women is that the women usually aim to marry the objects they love, while men aren't as interested in that aspect.
Earlier: Objectum Sexuality: When Relationships With Inanimate Objects Become Intimate
On last night's Nip/Tuck, a doctor-after being caught fucking a couch-admitted that he is an objectum sexual, i.e. sexually and emotionally attracted to inanimate objects. Clip is NSFW, because of dudity.Woman To Wed Amusement Park Ride - Woman marries amusement park ride objectum sexual - Jezebel ALL I CAN SAY IS THANK GOD THEY'RE BACK IN THE NEWS
Strange loveWoman To Wed Amusement Park Ride - Woman marries amusement park ride objectum sexual - JezebelWoman To Wed Amusement Park Ride
Amy Wolfe, one of the subjects of a documentary about objectum sexuals (people who fall in love with objects) we posted on, is set to wed the amusement park ride she's had an on-again-off-again relationship with for 10 years.
To refresh your memory, Amy is a 33-year-old unemployed church organist who, upon first glance, looks like an out-and-proud lesbian, but only has eyes for objects like banisters, the Empire State building, and the Pennsylvania fairground ride 1001 Nacht, which she fell in love with 10 years ago and has finally decided to make a lifelong commitment to.
"I love him as much as women love their husbands and know we'll be together forever," Amy said of the ride that she claims to have a "sexual and mental" connection with. She also said that she will be taking the last name Weber, after its manufacturer. Witness some of their love in these clips:
Woman Getting Married To Fairground Ride [Telegraph]
Earlier: Objectum Sexuality: When Relationships With Inanimate Objects Become Intimate
