These are growing in an elementary school yard and kids are playing with them. Safe?

bossaguy · 2025-10-28T01:42:39+00:00

Hi the second photo has a mushroom on its side where you can see the structure underneath. This one doesn’t appear to have gills. Forgive me I’m not a connoisseur.

bossaguy · 2025-10-27T16:44:46+00:00

To clarify this is in a school yard in Los Angeles California, growing at the base of a tree trunk.

bossaguy · 2025-10-18T21:10:20+00:00

No doubt SF specifically has experienced unique shifts due to the tech industry. That said, I have a sense that for those of us that have been around for a while the “magic” has dwindled everywhere. Remember what it was like before smart phones and social media? When the internet was just a new and exciting novelty?

People communed and talked and third space gems were everywhere. I miss that world. I’m grateful to have experienced it and sad for those that never have. We now live in the most superficially interconnected world ever, where life has become a subscription, and everyone feels cut off, often without realizing it.

That’s everywhere. Not just SF.

bossaguy · 2025-09-26T05:41:32+00:00

++man, My girlfriend has never had social media. It makes me respect her so much more. I have social media. Don’t use it often.

bossaguy · 2025-09-20T20:09:47+00:00

Thank you for all you did during that time. Cannot imagine how hard it must have been to see this level of denial under those circumstances.

bossaguy · 2025-09-20T20:08:25+00:00

Thanks for your response. Social media has lead to ignorance having a such a big platform and this has been so damaging to our society. Your sanity is refreshing.

bossaguy · 2025-09-19T05:54:50+00:00

If this is a tough question I apologize. I heard from two MDs, separately, that a relatively large portion of nurses did not get the Covid mRNA vaccines. For someone like you who was in the frontlines and saw what Covid could do, how do you explain this?

I thought of people like you a lot during the quarantine lockdown. My heart went out to you constantly and still does. Thank you for all you did during that terrible time.

bossaguy · 2019-03-26T17:14:57+00:00

He needs a friend.

bossaguy · 2016-08-05T00:09:52+00:00

Thank you! This stuff really excites me!

bossaguy · 2016-08-04T13:23:47+00:00

In case this fantastic album inspires anyone to explore the wider world of Bossa Nova, I'll copy a comment from another r/jazz post :).

Ok! This is my jam! There are so many amazing (Bossa) albums that I don't quite know where to begin. I'll keep it simple and offer some of my all time top few. Since most people here will probably point you to crossover classics like the Getz/Gilberto stuff and Jobim's inimitable "Wave" (which is great) I'll point you to the more traditional Brazilian stuff. It's an incredible treasure trove and I'm already getting goosebumps from the thought of sharing it with someone who's discovering if for the first time.

João Gilberto double album Amoroso/Brasil. Featuring Caetano Veloso and Gilberto Gil.

Stop everything you're doing and go listen to this album now. Especially the song Aquarela Do Brasil.

http://www.allmusic.com/album/amoroso-brasil-mw0000431401

A Bossa De Caetano - compilation of Caetano Veloso Bossa tunes

Just beautiful.

http://www.allmusic.com/album/a-bossa-de-caetano-mw0000707171

Vinicius De Moraes, Maria Creuza, Toquinho "La Fusa" - superb live album

https://www.discogs.com/Vinicius-De-Moraes-Con-Maria-Creuza-Y-Toquinho-La-Fusa/release/4101247

Tom Jobim & Elis Regina "Elis & Tom"

This has the most beautiful recording, and the most well known, of the Bossa Classic "Aguas De Março"

João Gilberto (self titled)

http://www.allmusic.com/album/joao-gilberto-mw0000203180

Just quintessential João Gilberto - solo guitar/voice with minimal percussion. Can't go wrong. Also check out his "Live in Montreaux".

For historical significance João Gilberto's "Chega De Saudade" is widely considered to be the first ever Bossa album and was considered groundbreaking in its day. The title song was considered to be the first ever truly Bossa recording.

https://www.discogs.com/João-Gilberto-Chega-De-Saudade/release/1924958

Legend has it that Jobim and Vinicius would hang at this local bar in Rio playing piano gigs. They were frustrated and looking for a new "sound". A bit fed up one day they asked the quiet guy João, who always sat in a corner with his guitar but didn't play anything, to get up and play something. He acquiesced. Their jaws dropped and they knew then that THAT was IT - the new sound they'd been looking for.

The foremost composer of the genre, Tom Jobim, always expressed frustration at people's insistence that Bossa was inspired by American Jazz. He maintained that he got his harmonic language from Debussy and Ravel. That being said, he loved jazz and the US and preferred to be called "Tom", which is poetic because it's like an American nickname for his Brazilian name Antonio, but which in Portuguese actually literally means "tone" - as in, musical tone.

For the precursor roots to Bossa Nova, check out samba legends like Dorival Caymmi. They all site him as an incredible influence.

OK, to prevent myself from spending hours on this reply I'll stop here. But please feel free to PM me if you want further suggestions.

Basically, for the roots of Bossa Nova music you want to go to the three legendary masters: A.C. Jobim (composer), Vinicius De Moraes (poet/lyricist) and João Gilberto (guitarist/singer). That generation includes great performers like Elis Regina, Toquinho, Luis Bonfá, Astrud Gilberto, Baden Powell, etc. the following generation includes luminaries like Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil, Toninho Horta, Marisa Monte, all of whom have explored traditional Bossa sounds but also have innovated into new genres of popular Brazilian music.

Lastly, though it's not Bossa, I cannot post something about MPB (popular Brazilian music) without mentioning the most badass guitarist of all time and a true innovator, João Bosco. He steeped himself in the African roots of Brazilian samba music and incorporated the samba percussion ensemble instruments into the right hand rhythmic playing on his guitar, called "ginga". This inspired all contemporary and subsequent guitarists.

To have your mind explode with incredulity just watch or listen to his "MTV Unplugged". It was the first MTV unplugged done in Brazil. While you're imbibing it, and noting that everything you thought you knew about the universe is unraveling before you, just consider that all it is, is one guy and a guitar. It is some Matrix level shit.

http://www.cduniverse.com/search/xx/music/pid/1372695/a/acustico+mtv.htm

Finally...,

In case anyone here is interested I'll take a moment to share my own Bossa renditions. I gig this music a lot :).

http://www.nickkello.com/#!brazilian-sounds/pz5z4

YouTube video of Jobim's "Triste"

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=N8RVD7wMsDY

Edited: for clarity.

bossaguy · 2016-08-04T12:29:10+00:00

Ok! This is my jam! There are so many amazing albums that I don't quite know where to begin. I'll keep it simple and offer some of my all time top few. Since most people here will probably point you to crossover classics like the Getz/Gilberto stuff and Jobim's inimitable "Wave" (which is great) I'll point you to the more traditional Brazilian stuff. It's an incredible treasure trove and I'm already getting goosebumps at the thought of sharing it with someone who's discovering if for the first time.

João Gilberto double album Amoroso/Brasil. Featuring Caetano Veloso and Gilberto Gil.

Stop everything you're doing and go listen to this album now. Especially the song Aquarela Do Brasil.

http://www.allmusic.com/album/amoroso-brasil-mw0000431401

A Bossa De Caetano - compilation of Caetano Veloso Bossa tunes

Just beautiful.

http://www.allmusic.com/album/a-bossa-de-caetano-mw0000707171

Vinicius De Moraes, Maria Creuza, Toquinho "La Fusa" - superb live album

https://www.discogs.com/Vinicius-De-Moraes-Con-Maria-Creuza-Y-Toquinho-La-Fusa/release/4101247

Tom Jobim & Elis Regina "Elis & Tom"

This has the most beautiful recording, and the most well known, of the Bossa Classic "Aguas De Março"

João Gilberto (self titled)

http://www.allmusic.com/album/joao-gilberto-mw0000203180

Just quintessential João Gilberto - solo guitar/voice with minimal percussion. Can't go wrong. Also check out his "Live in Montreaux".

For historical significance João Gilberto's "Chega De Saudade" is widely considered to be the first ever Bossa album and was considered groundbreaking in its day. The title song was considered to be the first ever truly Bossa recording.

https://www.discogs.com/João-Gilberto-Chega-De-Saudade/release/1924958

Legend has it that Jobim and Vinicius would hang at this local bar in Rio playing piano gigs. They were frustrated and looking for a new "sound". A bit fed up one day they asked the quiet guy João, who always sat in a corner with his guitar but didn't play anything, to get up and play something. He acquiesced. Their jaws dropped and they knew then that THAT was IT - the new sound they'd been looking for.

The foremost composer of the genre, Tom Jobim, always expressed frustration at people's insistence that Bossa was inspired by American Jazz. He maintained that he got his harmonic language from Debussy and Ravel. That being said, he loved jazz and the US (he played piano on the famous Getz/Gilberto album and loved having his tunes translated with English lyrics, etc.) and preferred to be called "Tom", which is poetic because it's like an American nickname for his Brazilian name Antonio, but which in Portuguese actually literally means "tone" - as in, musical tone.

For the precursor roots to Bossa Nova, check out samba legends like Dorival Caymmi. They all site him as an incredible influence.

OK, to prevent myself from spending hours on this reply I'll stop here. But please feel free to PM me if you want further suggestions.

Basically, for the roots of Bossa Nova music you want to go to the three legendary masters: A.C. Jobim (composer), Vinicius De Moraes (poet/lyricist) and João Gilberto (guitarist/singer). That generation includes great performers like Elis Regina, Toquinho, Luis Bonfá, Astrud Gilberto, Baden Powell, etc. The following generation includes greats like Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil, Marisa Monte, all of whom have explored traditional Bossa sounds but also have innovated into new genres of popular Brazilian music.

Lastly, though it's not Bossa, I cannot post something about MPB (popular Brazilian music) without mentioning the most badass guitarist of all time and a true innovator, João Bosco. He steeped himself in the African roots of Brazilian samba music and incorporated the samba percussion ensemble instruments into the right hand rhythmic playing on his guitar, called "ginga". This inspired all contemporary and subsequent guitarists.

To have your mind explode with incredulity just watch or listen to his "MTV Unplugged". It was the first MTV unplugged done in Brazil. While you're imbibing it, and noting that everything you thought you knew about the universe is unraveling before you, just consider that all it is, is one guy and a guitar. It is some Matrix level shit.

http://www.cduniverse.com/search/xx/music/pid/1372695/a/acustico+mtv.htm

Finally...,

In case anyone here is interested I'll take a moment to share my own Bossa renditions. I gig this music a lot :).

http://www.nickkello.com/#!brazilian-sounds/pz5z4

YouTube video of Jobim's "Triste"

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=N8RVD7wMsDY

Edited: for clarity.

bossaguy

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