Calice Song
Nancie Fazzari
Francisco Buarque de Hollanda (born 19 June 1944), popularly known simply as Chico Buarque,[a] is a Brazilian singer-songwriter, guitarist, composer, playwright, writer, and poet. He is best known for his music, which often includes social, economic, and cultural reflections on Brazil.
The firstborn son of Srgio Buarque de Hollanda, Buarque lived at several locations throughout his childhood, though mostly in Rio de Janeiro, So Paulo, and Rome. He wrote and studied literature as a child and found music through the bossa nova compositions of Tom Jobim and Joo Gilberto. He performed as a singer and guitarist in the 1960s as well as writing a play that was deemed dangerous by the Brazilian military dictatorship of the time. Buarque, along with several Tropicalist and MPB musicians, was threatened by the Brazilian military government and eventually left Brazil for Italy in 1969. However, he came back to Brazil in 1970, and continued to record, perform, and write, though much of his material was suppressed by government censors. He released several more albums in the 1980s and published three novels in the 1990s and 2000s.
In 2019, Buarque was awarded the Cames Prize, the most important prize for literature in the Portuguese language.However, awarding of the prize was delayed by four years due to actions by Jair Bolsonaro, but Buarque received it in April 2023.[1]
He made his public debut as musician and composer in 1964, rapidly building his reputation at music festivals and television variety shows when bossa nova came to light and Nara Leo recorded three of his songs.[4] His eponymous debut album exemplified his future work, with catchy sambas characterized by inventive wordplay and an undercurrent of nostalgic tragedy. Buarque had his first hit with "A Banda" in 1966, written about a marching band, and soon released several more singles.[3] Although playing bossa nova, during his career, samba and Msica popular brasileira would also be widely explored. Despite that, Buarque was criticized by two of the leading musicians at the time, Caetano Veloso and Gilberto Gil as they believed his musical style was overly conservative.[4] However, an existentially themed play that Buarque wrote and composed in 1968, Roda Viva ("Live Circle"), was frowned upon by the military government and Buarque served a short prison sentence because of it.[4] He left Brazil for Italy for 18 months in 1970, returning to write his first novel in 1972, which was not targeted by censors.[2]
During the 1970s and 1980s, he collaborated with filmmakers, playwrights, and musicians in further protest works against the dictatorship. Buarque approached the 1983 Concert for Peace in Nicaragua as a valid forum to vocalize his strong political views. Throughout the decade, he crafted many of his songs as vehicles to describe the re-democratization of Brazil. The Concert for Peace in Nicaragua was one in a concert series known as the "Central American Peace Concerts." These concerts featured various Latin American artists. The political turmoil that plagued this era were expressed in many of Buarque's songs.[9][10] He later wrote Budapeste, a novel that achieved critical national acclaim and won the Prmio Jabuti,[11] a Brazilian literary award comparable to the Booker Prize.
Following the Brazilian military coup of 1964, Buarque avoided censorship by using cryptic analogies and wordplay. For example, in the song "Clice" ("Chalice"), a duet written in 1973 with Gilberto Gil and released with Milton Nascimento in 1978,[13] he takes advantage of the homophony between the Portuguese imperative cale-se ("shut up") and clice ("chalice") to protest government censorship, disguised as the Gospel narrative of Jesus' Gethsemane prayer to God to relieve him of the cup of suffering. The line "Quero cheirar fumaa de leo diesel" ("I want to sniff diesel fumes") is a reference to the death of political prisoner Stuart Angel, who reportedly had his mouth glued to a jeep's exhaust pipe during a torture session.[14] Buarque was close to Stuart's mother, Zuzu Angel. This song is the subject of the final chapter of the book by Charles A. Perrone (London: Bloomsbury, 2022) in the Brazil 33 1/3 series.
The Chalice of the Gods is a book continuation of the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series. The novel features Percy Jackson, Annabeth Chase, and Grover Underwood assisting Ganymede in finding his missing chalice. It is told from Percy's point of view in the first person, much like Percy Jackson and the Olympians.[1] It was released on September 26, 2023.[2]
Rick Riordan has revealed that The Chalice of the Gods is the start of Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Senior Year Adventures, a trilogy chronicling Percy's senior year in high school and his efforts to get the letters of recommendation that he needs.[3] Following the release of the book, a sequel titled Wrath of the Triple Goddess was announced.
Percy Jackson is stumbling down the hallway of his new high school in Queens called Alternative High School, when suddenly, he was called to the counselor's office. The counselor is a perky woman named Eudora who wants Percy to already start his college applications. However she mentioned the word mortal while discovering New Rome University. Remembering how he obtained Poseidon's Pearls from the Mississippi River, Percy realized that she was a Nereid sent by his father, Poseidon. Eudora reveals that in order to get accepted into the NRU, he needs three letters of recommendation from three gods. Percy thought for a moment that this would've been better if his dad told him this in person, at that moment, a maelstrom in the floor swallows Percy into the Atlantic Ocean, at his dad's summer villa. Poseidon explains that the letters were the best he could do since Percy was a child of one of the Big Three and the Pact of the Big Three made demigods like him forbidden. Before the Winter Solstice, Percy will have to complete a Quest to earn each letter, luckily Poseidon had sea sprites put ads about it on Mount Olympus and Percy and Annabeth Chase shouldn't to worry about monsters when they're older.
At the Jackson-Blofis Apartment, Annabeth is upset about the situation, too. However, she'll still gladly help Percy out like always (except for his essays). Inside, Sally Jackson and Paul Blofis are making dinner, the two kids help out. When they are almost done, Grover Underwood arrives bringing fruit for dessert. During dinner, Grover gladly wants to join Percy and Annabeth on the quests for Percy's letters, like the old times.
While Percy, Annabeth, and Grover enjoy smoothies together, they are encountered by Ganymede, beloved cupbearer to Zeus. About a week ago, his magic chalice has been stolen, and if Percy can find his chalice before Zeus' next feast, he'll give him his first letter of recommendation for New Rome University. Unfortunately, Zeus is unpredictable, so the feast could happen at any given time, so Ganymede needs the chalice back as soon as possible or he'll face Zeus' wrath. He also tells the trio to keep the theft as discreet as possible to save him from the embarrassment and Zeus. Percy asks Ganymede if he knows any potential culprits who might have something against him and commit the theft. Ganymede believes it could be either Hebe, the goddess of youth, or Iris, the goddess of rainbows, as they were both cupbearers before him. Percy is worried if he'll have to do more traveling as he still has a lot of catching up to do in high school, but luckily, many gods remain in or close to Olympus, so most gods reside in Manhattan. Ganymede suggests they interrogate Hebe first since she often acts the most jealous around him. Grover knows where she could likely be.
Grover leads Percy and Annabeth to Times Square in Manhattan and the trio arrive at a storefront called Hebe Jeebies, a nostalgic arcade where Grover occasionally visits to buy licorice. Percy is initially uneasy and suspicious about the storefront, but Grover assures him it's not like the Lotus Hotel and Casino; no one is actually trapped in time, and people leave the building no problem. As the trio explore the arcade, they run into a child-looking manager named Sparky. They ask if Hebe is around, and she points them towards the karaoke bar. On the way, they find a henhouse full of large chickens, which are Hebe's sacred animals, and Grover is uneasy about them.
In the karaoke bar, Percy and his friends find the goddess Hebe herself listening to old people singing old songs, and orders pizza for the young heroes. Hebe recognizes Percy, who turned down immortality to give her demigod children a cabin in Camp Half-Blood. Grover then notices the old people are getting younger, and Hebe explains she's making them a bit younger so they could remember their days, to the trio's unease. Annabeth notices that there are no children under eight in the arcade, and Hebe explains that there cannot be a living being younger than a toddler in her presence, or else she'd de-age, so she hangs out in the karaoke area to remain a teenager. Grover explains that they're on a quest from Ganymede. Hebe quickly figures out the the trio are accusing her of stealing Ganymede's chalice and, offended, she knocks Percy and his friends out.
Hebe states that she does not have it and suggests Iris, who hosts a farmers' market outside the Lincoln Center on Saturdays, might have it. Hebe promises to keep Ganymede's secret as she wants to see Zeus's reaction when he finds out. As the three leave, she warns them to be carful as Iris is not as forgiving as her. They exit Hebe Jeebies and go their separate ways. Percy returns home and sits on the fire escape, comparing this quest to all the world ending ones he had to do. His mother joins him and the Son of Poseidon recounts the days events to her. After asking what he was like as a child, Sally says he was afraid, but would try to understand what was going on. He then helps with the dishes and does his homework before going to bed.
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