The Weeknd - Beauty Behind the Madness
"The
Hills" Reaches Number One
The Weeknd is inevitably one of the biggest phenomenons in the R&B. Three weeks later after it reached the top 100 of Billboard, with the single "Can’t Feel My Face", the Canadian singer substitutes himself in the Top with the song "The Hills", a rare achievement only made by artists as The Beatles, OutKast, Black
Eyed Peas or Taylor Swift, which was the last artist to achieve it.
Both singles are in his last album "Beauty
Behind the Madness", where The Weeknd features artists as Lana Del Rey or Ed Sheeran and it's in the First place in the top charts for weeks, in the North American charts.
On the first week after it;s release, the album sold 412 thousand copies sold in the US, and since then it has sold more 250 thousand copies, which made "Beauty Behind the Madness" one of the most popular albums of 2015.
Recently the Canadian artist performed in the Apple Music Fest, on Roundhouse, in London, his first solo concert in British grounds since the release of "Beauty Behind the Madness". The gig received much aparaise specialy from the NME, Gigwise or MTV. The British channel of MTV remebers the encore as epic in for the songs "High for This" e "Wicked
Games".
"Beauty Behind the Madness", continues to be the target of some positive reviews. "The artists known as The Weeknd does not compromise his values just to be suit his new audience",
says i-D Vice.
Turn Style website says that in his new album, The Weeknd found a perfect balance between Pop and profanity" comparing him to Michael
Jackson.
A Fact also say that "is one of the best productions" that are in "Beauty Behind the Madness".
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The Evacuation of Liverpool
During World War II approximately 130,000 people were evacuated away from Merseyside. These weren’t only school children, but also pregnant women, young mothers with babies and disabled adults. By 1st September 1939, war with Germany seemed inevitable. Although nothing was official, people feared they would be attacked as soon as war was declared, so evacuation began days before Prime Minister Chamberlain declared war over the wireless.
The Liverpool Corporation arranged for children to be moved to the quiet countryside of Cheshire and North Wales, where they would be much safer from bomb attacks. Many children were evacuated by ship from Liverpool to Canada, South Africa, New Zealand or Australia and many of these evacuees never returned home. However hard it might have been, for many parents this was one way to ensure their children would survive even if Britain was invaded.
Unexpectedly, after war had been declared, months passed by and the bombs didn’t arrive… this was known as “the Phoney War” and many children were brought back home to Liverpool. However, once France fell to the Nazis in May 1940, german planes moved much closer to the English Channel and soon after the Blitz on Britain began in earnest!
Like parents in all major industrial cities, those in Merseyside had to be persuaded to let their children go to strangers many miles away for an unknown length of time. Newsreel reports showing bombs and gas attacks in Spanish cities helped persuade many parents, as did information from schools, loud hailers, churches and newspapers. Understandably many parents did not want to let their children go, so they stayed in Liverpool.
Inevitably, children reacted differently to this stressful upheaval… some were frightened, others saw it as a great adventure! Many had not been to the countryside before, nor seen fields or farm animals and were overwhelmed by their new surroundings.
Once children arrived at their destination with their gas masks across their shoulders, they were chosen by billeters who often made their choice based on how the child looked and how strong and healthy they seemed. Many were separated from their siblings, which was often very traumatic. Some children were not selected at all and were taken from home to home by the organisers who tried to find them places.
There were many reports of billeters being shocked by the condition of children from poorer inner-city areas; they were very often dirty and ill-dressed. Lice, malnutrition and diseases such as impetigo, scabies, and diptheria were common in densely populated urban areas, but were very rare in the countryside.
Experiences varied dramatically and inevitably a lot of it was down to pure luck. Many children had a wonderful time and some even refused to leave at the end of the war. Some even chose to be adopted by their billeted parents. Thousand of children lived away from Merseyside for several years. In that time they had grown a lot and become accustomed to being distanced from their parents; some reunited families were practically strangers. Many children returned to Merseyside able to speak Welsh fluently – some had forgotten almost all the English they knew.
The most unlucky children were placed where they were not wanted. Some had a miserable time; fed poor food, forced to live outside and work long hours. There were several cases of physical, mental and sexual abuse.
Mothers often suffered terribly. They missed their children and at the same time were struggling to cope with bomb raids, rationing and the absence or even death of their husbands. They were also asked to pay what they could towards their children’s upkeep. Parents could visit their children but were encouraged not to do so often as this could unsettle the children. Consequently, mothers usually knew little about the people who were raising their children.
For most children and parents, the return home meant a very emotional and happy reunion. There’s no doubt the evacuation of children from Britain’s cities during the Blitz did save lives.
(source: http://www.liverpoolblitz70.co.uk/)
Vic Echegoyen - Oil Paintings and Literature
I came across this wonderful page of
Vic Echegoyen.
She is a Painter and a writer, among other things.
Her webpage is full of surprises and artistic wisdom.
An artist/writer to follow!
Take a look here:
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