Romani people

The Romani (also spelled Romany; /ˈrməni/, /ˈrɒ-/), or Roma, are a traditionally itinerant ethnic group living mostly in Europe and the Americas, who originate from the northwestern regions of the Indian subcontinent, specifically from Northern India, presumably from the northwestern Indian states Rajasthan,Haryana and Punjab. The Romani are widely known among English-speaking people by the exonym and racial slur "Gypsies" (or "Gipsies"), which, according to many Romani people, connotes illegality and irregularity. Other exonyms are Ashkali and Sinti.

Romani are dispersed, with their concentrated populations in Europe — especially Central, Eastern and Southern Europe including Turkey, Spain and Southern France. They originated in Northern India and arrived in Mid-West Asia, then Europe, around 1,000 years ago, either separating from the Dom people or, at least, having a similar history; the ancestors of both the Romani and the Dom left North India sometime between the sixth and eleventh century.

Gypsy (musical)

Gypsy is a 1959 musical with music by Jule Styne, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, and a book by Arthur Laurents. Gypsy is loosely based on the 1957 memoirs of Gypsy Rose Lee, the famous striptease artist, and focuses on her mother, Rose, whose name has become synonymous with "the ultimate show business mother." It follows the dreams and efforts of Rose to raise two daughters to perform onstage and casts an affectionate eye on the hardships of show business life. The character of Louise is based on Lee, and the character of June is based on Lee's sister, the actress June Havoc.

The musical contains many songs that became popular standards, including "Everything's Coming up Roses", "Together (Wherever We Go)", "Small World", "Some People", "Let Me Entertain You", "All I Need Is the Girl", and "Rose's Turn". It is frequently considered one of the crowning achievements of the mid-20th century's conventional musical theatre art form, often called the "book musical".

Gypsy has been referred to as the greatest American musical by numerous critics and writers, among them Ben Brantley ("what may be the greatest of all American musicals...") and Frank Rich. Rich wrote that "Gypsy is nothing if not Broadway's own brassy, unlikely answer to 'King Lear.'" Theater critic Clive Barnes wrote that "'Gypsy' is one of the best of musicals..." and described the character of Rose as "one of the few truly complex characters in the American musical...."

Solitude Standing

Solitude Standing is the second album by singer-songwriter Suzanne Vega. Released in 1987, it is the most popular and critically acclaimed of her career. As can be seen by the CD insert, many of the songs had been written prior to 1987 (see track listing for dates).

Song notes

  • "Tom's Diner" was included twice on the album with its a cappella vocal as the first track and its instrumental version as the last track.
  • "Night Vision" was inspired by the poem "Juan Gris" by Paul Éluard.
  • "Calypso" is based on The Odyssey, namely the part in which Calypso is forced to let Odysseus go.
  • "Gypsy" is mentioned in the book The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky, in which the main character Charlie includes it on one of his mixtapes.
  • Track listing

    All songs written by Suzanne Vega in 1986–87 except as noted.

  • "Tom's Diner" – 2:09 (written 1981)
  • "Luka" – 3:52 (written 1984)
  • "Ironbound/Fancy Poultry" (Vega, Anton Sanko) – 6:19
  • "In the Eye" (Vega, Marc Shulman) – 4:16
  • "Night Vision" (Vega, Sanko) – 2:47
  • Tempo (EP)

    "Tempo" is an EP from the Turkish girl group Hepsi official EP who worked with "Turkish Pop Queen" Sezen Aksu. It was released in August 2006 by Pepsi.

    Music video

    The music video features all the group members, however features Sezen Aksu as a Cartoon. The video premiered in August 2006. The single peaked at No. 4 in Turkey Top 20.

    Track listing

  • "Tempo"
  • "Kaç Yıl Geçti Aradan"
  • "Tempo" (Deep-Tech Mix)
  • "Kaç Yıl Geçti Aradan (Electro Dub Mix)"
  • "Tempo (Rio Mix)"
  • "Kaç Yıl Geçti Aradan (Deep House Mix)"
  • External links

  • Grup Hepsi (Turkish)
  • Grup Hepsi Fan Site (Turkish)

  • Tempo (Turkey magazine)

    Tempo is a monthly news and cultural magazine, published in Turkey. The magazine was established in 1987. It features politics, life, health, society, and entertainment. The magazine is owned and published by Doğan Media Group. It was published on a weekly basis until 2009 when its frequency was changed to monthly.

    Regular contributors include Umberto Eco, Murat Belge and Susan Miller.

    References

    External links

  • Tempo Online, publication's online site
  • Tempo (railcar)

    The Tempos are a fleet of 25 lightweight streamlined railway coaches built by Hawker-Siddeley Canada for the Canadian National Railway in 1968. The cars were the centrepiece of a new set of intercity passenger trains in Southwestern Ontario. The fleet passed to Via Rail in 1978 and later saw use with the Ski Train, QIT-Fer et Titane, and the Algoma Central Railway.

    Design

    The cars were constructed out of aluminium. Canadian National rebuilt six MLW RS-18 diesel locomotives to haul them. The locomotives were equipped with head end power (HEP) and painted in a unique red-orange and grey livery. The cars were built to use Canadian National's standard 550 volt HEP; in 1982-83 Via rebuilt them to use 480 volts. The cars rode on "inside bearing trucks with outboard disc brakes."

    The original fleet consisted of five club/galley cars, five coach/cafe cars, and fifteen coaches. The club cars seated 39, the cafes 16 (in the coach section), and the coaches 80. In 1969 Canadian National rebuilt one of the club cars into an 80-seat coach and another into a 52-seat coach/galley car. The seating in the club car was 2×1, common for parlor cars.

    Podcasts:

    PLAYLIST TIME:

    Tempo que passa

    by: Hojerizah

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    QUE O TEMPO É TRISTE E NUNCA
    HESITA
    EM LEVAR E TRAZER SEM DIZER
    QUE A VIDA
    EXALA E FLORESCE DE CADA CORPO
    QUE MURCHA
    E ÁRIDO SE SUFOCA
    SE DEVORA
    AONDE QUER QUE EU VÁ
    AGORA
    VEJO NADA AO REDOR
    PISO AS FLORES DESSE JARDIM
    VEJA, ISSO JÁ NÃO FAZ SENTIDO
    VEJA, ISSO FERE MEUS OLHOS
    VEJA, ISSO ME FAZ MORRER
    VOCÊ QUE COSPE A CONFISSÃO
    E CHORA O DELÍRIO DA VIDA
    VOCÊ QUE DIZ QUE É AMIGO
    E ROUBA A MINHA SOMBRA
    JÁ É TARDE DEMAIS
    TODOS OS TRAIDORES JÁ FORAM ENFORCADOS
    MAS EXISTE UMA PONTA NESSA CORDA
    AONDE VOCÊ POSSA SE SEGURAR
    AONDE VOCÊ POSSA SE PENDURAR
    ATÉ O FIM DA SUA VIDA
    OU QUE ALGUÉM O ABENÇOE




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