motel de moka

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There was once a great actor named George C. Scott. He was on stage in the Delacourt Theater in Central Park, where they do Shakespeare every summer, and he was playing Shylock in The Merchant of Venice. At one point he took the robes he was wearing and just started flipping them up in the air, out of nowhere. And later, an actor said to him, “What was that, George, what were you doing?” And he said, “They were sleeping.” You’re always trying to catch them. We’re charlatans in a way, we’re magic people. Part of the behind the scenes stuff is to loosen you up, to make you feel that you are experiencing this. This is my style, I did it in Looking for Richard, too. And I figure, if I can weave it into the actual play and get the audience interested, like the robes going up and down, they’ll pay attention long enough to consume it. - Al Pacino, Interview.
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“Searching for Illusion of Melody and Dream?”

01. Frederik Chopin - 24 Preludes Op. 28: No. 2 a-moll: Lento
Chopin: 26 Préludes, etc / Martha Argerich (1991)
02. Thievery Corporation - Dirty Little Secret (Sarah Mclachlan)
Version (Eighteenth Street, 2006)
03. Daedelus - Purged Lips Reply
Invention (Plug Research, 2002)
04. Stan Getz, João Gilberto and Antonio Carlos Jobim - Desafinado
Getz/Gilberto (1964)
05. Louis Armstrong - Hello Dolly (wiki)
Hello, Dolly! (1963)
06. Gotan Project Meets Chet Baker - Round About Midnight
Nu Jazz (Wagram Electronica, 2004)
07. Kraftwelt - Bon Voyage
Electric dimension (Electric Dimension , 1996)
08. Kruder & Dorfmeister - Black Baby
Nu Jazz (Wagram Electronica, 2004)
09. Lemon Jelly - His Majesty King Raam
KY (XL, 2001)
10. DeVotchKa - You Love Me
How it ends (Cicero Recordings, 2004)
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Note: This follow up list ends up becoming much mellower than the first. A little dark too. Not as complicated, but it’s still in keeping with the theme, no rock, dream-story, and how to make all that tell story. Making it coming alive by themselves, like magic. (I am not sure I can stand another list with so much melody tho’ It creeps me out for some reason. Or maybe I should pick brighter songs?) -sq

See also: Music for My Dream, When Will You Wake Up?…!
illustration by M.C Escher