September 29, 2011

Episode #9 (Czech Edition)



"Theme from Jan Švankmajer's The Ossuary" Music by Zdeněk Liška, lyrics by Jacques Prévert, vocalist unknown
Zdeněk Liška "Theme from Spalovač mrtvol (The Cremator)"
Atlantis/Hana and Petr Ulrychovi "Odysseova ztroskotání"
Hana and Petr Ulrychovi "Ticho"
Hana Zagarová "Rokle '69"
Broadcast "Valerie"
Luboš Fišer "The Magic Yard" / "Disquiet" from Valerie a týden divů (Valerie and Her Week of Wonders)
The Valerie Project "Vampires" / "An End to Enchantment"
Hana and Petr Ulrychovi "Eržika" / "Sen"
Václav Neckář "Lady Jane" / "Nautilus"
Helena Vondráčková "Červená Reka"
Nada Ubánková and Ladislav Vodička "A Dear John Letter"
Karel Gott "Jezebel"
Jiři Šlitr and Jiři Šust "Sedmikrásky" / "Man With a Typewriter (Phone Call 2)" / "Cuckoos" from Sedmikrásky (Daisies)
Angelo Michajlov with vocals by Petra Černocká "Dexem Po Multo Shumpoplex" / "Saxana" / "Suxo Plexo Muxo" / "Teloscopicas Humerus" / "Rudexa Ux Velorex" / "Petramorphosis" from Dívka Na Koštěti (The Girl on a Broomstick)
Petr Spálený (song title unknown)
The Plastic People of the Universe "Zácpa"
Už Jsme Doma "Hlína"
Psí Voyáci "Kruhy"
Koonda Holaa "Try to Find Me"
Iva Bittová "Divná Slečinka"
City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra performs "Má Vlast Moldau (Vltava)" by Bedřich Smetana


"How to make the likeness of a bird" by Jacques Prévert

"How to make the likeness of a bird...
how to make a likeness
First draw a cage
with an open door
Then draw
then draw...

Something beautiful,
something simple,
something fitting for a bird.
Then walk through the garden,
or hide behind a tree in the wood
without a word...
without a word...
without a word...
...immobile.

Sometimes the bird comes soon
but it can take its time.
It can take years to decide
to venture forth.
So wait...
wait...
wait...
wait...
wait...
wait for years, if need be.

But the waiting is not in relation
to how the picture worked out.
When the bird comes,
if it comes...
if it comes...
if it comes...
if it comes be very quiet.

Wait for it to enter the cage.
Just keep very quiet.
Just keep very quiet.

When it's inside
slowly shut the door with the paint brush
and then...
and then...

Rub the cage out carefully
without touching the bird's feathers.
In your tree find the prettiest branch
for the bird...

Paint in the leaves, the wind,
insects buzzing in the summer heat,
and then wait... for the bird to sing.

If not, it is a bad omen.
It means the painting is bad.

But if it sings...
But if it sings...
that is a good omen.

And that means you can sign the painting.
So just take your pen,
sign your name in the corner of the painting.
So just take your pen,
sign your name.