Que outro segredo podia conter todos os outros?

Secrets of Silence - What we keep from the days and the night is silence. What other secret could keep all the others? Joao Rui

Secrets of Silence - What we keep from the days and the night is silence. What other secret could keep all the others? Joao Rui

The monastery - Inside the Park Güell, the leaves of the trees vibrate with the voices of those who mingle with the cries of birds, surrounded by the sound of the instruments that travelers bring here. A little of everything: of madness and folly. In a few days we will review the images that the eyes of Marti captured of the Wolf wrapped in all of this. And the sound of the footsteps of others who are on the tape will be so different from how we feel them now. We are protected by the Cabezas Clavas. We leave this mess to the Sala Monasterio, that must wait till we finish the showcase in Fnac of Barcelona and one interview to another radio of Valencia, where our steps will lead us tomorrow. There is something religious in knowing that Bob Brozman was sitting in the chairs that our prayers are now occupying - something of an inheritance. Something that I do not quite know what it is, that holds our smile. Joao Rui

El delito mayor del hombre es haber nacido - On the rooftop of the house of Helga, a little above the other buildings, one feels the thrill of the blood that moves this city: behind every window, balcony and heart, the throbbing words that change this wind whirl around the crime of absence. Joao Rui

Bona nit a tot’hom - Sometimes we feel that we are moving away; at least from the sea. We left the monegros behind. The desert and the wind and the rivers that awaited us in zaragoza outside the city came to see us off. There’s nothing that we can only offer them but the same bow. We continue to move away from the sea. Or maybe not, because where we come from is to where we go. I’ve tried often to explain that the sound of the adufe is the one from “Barco Negro”. Maybe that's why he awaits us here in Barcelona. Finally here we are in front of another sea, with new travel companions. Daniel, Marti, Elena: they lead us to the Nudie Jeans Co. for an "instore concert", where awaited for us the embrace of Jordi, the smile of Cristina and of so many others who wanted to come to know of this wolf that came from another sea in a black boat. Curious how in fact we are not moving away, but getting closer, almost on the verge of the den. Joao Rui

La ciudad del viento y de los tres rios en medio de los monegros - It occurred to me that D. Quixote had gone mad. On his knees, prostrated before his enemy, throwing dreams to an unlikely squadron that will take them forever. Motionless. Motionless. Joao Rui

El Retiro - Every voice differs when on is focusing attention on it: like a gold miner with cold feet in the water of a treacherous river, separating the noise from the golden warmth that only the eyes can feel. I have not been able to go away from these flower gardens, I still try to funnel the wind that caresses them in a single emotion - but if so many are the emotions that were planted here, how to choose just one to take with me? If the memory in a stylized photo is not enough, I am looking all this as if it were your eyes instead of mine. Joao Rui

The Bullfighter that was a wolf - Either we choose the truth or the lie. And if the first is a poison, it’s because the second is her distracted lover. The bullfighter without a cape, without a swords, or an arena or a bull, imagined the violent clash of bodies. Kept a smile without tears from that, and never did let go of the wolf again. What would he be without the violence that recaptured his smile. Neither truth nor lie. Joao Rui

Una terraza bajo la lluvia - It is here that the night ends: in a terrace in the rain, with the eyes flying over Madrid. I have to return two floors below to return to the beginning: before the Ibone introduced us to the flight of the eys, before Ariadna Gil told us about the movie she recorded in Lisbon, before Rafa offerd me a mojito, before the showcase at Fnac Gavia, before the quick travel, before Fnac Parquesur, before we left the El Retiro. So move on, because you can never go far back enough to be able to take everything. The rain continues to threaten an imminent demise, she has been in the shadow of the paths we've traveled. But it is not the time yet.By early afternoon, we entered one of the biggest parks in Madrid, perhaps the greatest: El Retiro. Everything starts beneath the arches of flowers where we walked with the guitar and auto-harp. Sitting by the fountain that surrounds itself with flowers of all the world, we found in these scents as diverse that what we needed to finish a new tune. This will no longer flee from our hearts. Close to six in the evening, with no memory of the morning, we told our first six blind days to who came to know the silence of the wolf. And there were those who did not know ... and some others who heard him yesterday on Radio 3. Everyone who silently allowed us to ours. Gracias!
But time is still counted as yesterday, because the first concert is located only two hours from the second and there is a whole logistics that can not be overlooked. Even without rain, we move faster than we should because this time we did not have was offered to those who came to tell us of their silences. The difference in a concert to the other is just the number of smiles we know, such as Arantxa of Rafa, many others ... Good to meet you here, so far from where I knew you. We follow happily, dropping the hand of the pointers of time and we begin moving towards the end of the night, for everything that went before we climbed the two floors. We go back up the stairs. The rain has lost the timidity with which it followed us and decided to find us here: in a terrace in the rain, with the eyes flying over Madrid. Joao Rui

To East all is new – España: The night seems longer, but maybe it really is this way. Our destiny is about 600km from the Den. We leave by twilight. We’re going for the first dates in Spain. So close and yet, has been so far. Now should be the time. We start where it all begins: at the heart, Madrid. As the road keeps insinuating through these plains, everything that we leave behind is closer, and if to the heart we part, of what we take there is no separation. We arrived at the dawn of day, with the sun faster than the rain, falling on the roofs of the city. Magnificent buildings lining our route. But time is counted by the minute and we do not have the time to get lost in the landscape. Later. Later. In a moment we have the car of Radio Television of Spain in front of our hotel to take us to the studios of Radio 3. We move along in the company of Elena from Grocdog, hearing the stories of the city. All short and without time. Within minutes we entered the complex of TVE and released the wolf to the microphones in the "Hoy Empieza Todo." Thank you Jose and Angel Carmona. It was without a doubt one of the most elaborated and fun interviews of all these years. If memory serves me right, you were the first to illustrate the choice of our name with the music that gave its origin. Magnificent. At home, another Grocdog followed in the footsteps of the wolf. Thanks Daniel. After, everything was even faster. Again in another car of TVE back to the hotel. Strange way of driving this, when drivers throw the the cars before the others with the hope of getting out unscathed in the act ... funny. Manual of initiation (España): It is too early to return to these advices, bearing in mind that these have arisen after contact with the forces of authority, but perhaps the time has come to put the manual on the table: If you move to Espanã, we advise you to venture into the city center, however, if you do so with a car, look out for the color of traces of parking: everything that is not the absence of ink is paid. And well paid. And patrolled by the no less than the diligent Municipal Police. Of course that fines that may arise during the festivities must be received with a smile, but however, these relative law enforcement use small machines to pass the fines. Viva technology! But everything has a price, so do not forget that the reward of technology makes this mishap about 3 times less expensive than in the land of the sea. Maybe I already have too much information. Or too detailed. Maybe the glove compartment already knows too much ... (Bandits). Joao Rui
Like in a dream – we move along through mountains that are landscapes of a renewed D. Quixote. The eyes are strangers to the metal planted between the trees. But here destiny is different. There is a strange sensation – so strange of being familiar. There’s a river here that moves along the trees that wrap it in their arms. Not now, but further up ahead, or before, the stream seems tied to their roots. In an instant I’m closer to the other D. Quixote – sometimes I feel that we have to move so far away from home to finally return to it. The Sun here that is falling behind the wild pine trees ties this contract f returning. So I must run because if I return I won’t come back. Like in a dream. Joao Rui
Chiado After Work - Long after; long after the days, the heat is still in our trail. If we stay here too long, we’ll be devoured by time. Without silence. Without noise. There’s always so much that is not told in front of the mirror. We always forget too much. Specially if we look too much. Joao Rui
Summer Snow - The days of absence leave no memory on the lips of the morning. If it was rain that was once inviting us to return to Lisbon, lately it has been this heat of fire that is tempering the sweat to the gates of the city. In the farewell of Coimbra flakes detach themselves from the trees that flank the road; small flakes that whirl around us. This is the snow of the summer that precedes and pervades the vast fields of poppies and marigolds that we cross to Cais do Sodre.Hours ago, or perhaps days, the Soaked Lamb were setting fire to this stage ... so today is the day to throw the fire to the rest of the pier around the Musicbox.In the hour of silence, so lonely, we go to the river to greet the Boatman.Our good killer. JoaoRui
The New World - Or Columbus. With Gito in the first row, the space between his Upright Bass and “His Secret” or “Six Blind Days”, the silent movement of his hands is even more audible for us. He came with an open smile so we could give him the songs we came to present. Today is the last day of this tour to Lisbon. We’ll be back on the 21st with the rest of our fellows that couldn’t find space in this stage. There were eyes that came from far to meet us. There were eyes that didn’t know we would receive them. It’s an amazing coincidence that our steps cross with the paths of other wolves. We go again with a full heart. Thank you. Joao Rui

At the door of the den - it’s not yet the hour/to stay/ we leave our eyes by the door and we leave for far away
Of roots - Today was the day to return to the root of the nation, where it all began… we bare with us the words of the king that sleeps in our town, beneath the arch of the Santa Cruz. While we don’t forget the root, the words will not fall. But we don’t stay long – we go down to Porto for another stage. Interview with the electric Pedro from Porto Canal. Time to meet member of the pack, to break strings and bury hearts. Uncut. Joao Rui
video: Luis Belo
Let me tell you the story of a man, whom you adore
Whose eyes are like pools of madness
His calculated stroll is measured
His steps seem free willed to the untrained eyes
Crawling out, crawling out beneath the veil of the night
But I am his secret babe and you
But I am his secret babe and you
You, you, You are his wife
So Let me tell you the story of a man, whom you adore,
Whose eyes are adorned with shades so dark
His calculated stroll is measured
His steps seem free willed to the untrained eyes
And it’s been so many years since you’ve kissed this floor
When I go away, you’ll come back for more
But I am his secret babe and you
But I am his secret babe and you
You, you, You are his wife
Your hands are tied to his words
Crawling out ‘neath the veil of the night
Standing tall, Standing tall
Like if the rain was his mother
His truth is a lie, but better than a truth
is a truthful lie with sparks of love
And it’s been so many years since you’ve kissed this floor
When I go away, you’ll come back for more
Alright!
South & North - Memories / memories before the Boatman / memories of wolves
The hand while thowing fate - There are two movements in the pitch: a strain, followed by another of explosion. Fate bends the arm to Aljustrel and linger here in tension. The strings cracking in the ears, the strings tight by the chest, the fire that rises from the feet of the piano's up to the reverberating of the drums. Within minutes I do not remember what was this deluge that the arm found to get here. We are welcomed by smiles that reach us through the raindrops and the most I do is taking a deep breath if I want to take away memory. I keep a smile by the pages of the black notebook and night follows alone. What a magnificent feast ... Joao Rui The secrets between books - there’s always more than we remember / always more
Abysses - What would be of the road without the small abysses that surround it? In each one there’s at least one good story to tell. Since the 7th that we don’t stop. The miles are growing longer in our knuckles while they go along the strings of saudade. According to what I remember we’ve travelled far enough to go through our country three times – that number three – if the road was straight. But she’s tortuous like the traces of our hands. And these are for me as strange as so many paths I would love to meet before I have to go away. And today was one of these days where we were lost through strange paths. Vast landscapes extended to the horizon; small handfuls of green bordered with stone walls adorned that what the view did encompass. But as we were also lost the time, we moved fast to Coimbra.
Today the wolf was the host of the Vinegar Socks blues. Then we went up the stage to share our songs with them. Susan dropped the bow of the violin to the "Six Blind Days" followed immediately by the smile of Paolo whose bow carved a new tune inside my closed eyes. I close them even more and hear it in the hands of Filippo; I close my heart so that I will not forget. Jordan is the last of the three to take the stage and they accompany the night to its end.
We move towards Mondego. I give them stories of the Boatman that lead to Rome ... Joao Rui
Hours Later - Another house with no memory, buried under the weight of a day that knew the obstinacy of our step. Out there, along the railing of the twelfth floor balcony, the wind goes fast because he knows he can not stay here. He whirls noisily between the metal bars that separate us from the sea only to leave memory before leaving to the foam that moves away from here. Today he leaves me his secrets, but tomorrow will be another who will deliver them. If a few moments I will have lost consciousness and will be cradled on this boat to lands of which I rarely remember. Let’ss go ... Hours before. Joao Rui 
If time does not steal us - Like Joao Bento told me: I love the road: things have another charm; as if everything was a constant surprise. The admiration of the little things is as such for we have no time to meet all the traces of the face behind the veil. So, in the absence of hours, they reveal themselves to us in the words of those who receive us here. Today Portalegre is the face of whom I did not have time to remove the shadow of the veil. I take only the words and the eyes that received us with attention. I wanted to meet you. Time it’s always time – or the absence of it. My mother tells me that life is not short: it’s too long. Maybe she’s right, but why is it that the minutes the day offers me are never enough? I already guess that I will not be here long enough to find that peace; that calmness of the waves. For now everything is storm. One day I’ll come back here to meet you, if my mother is right. Save me that smile of today. Joao Rui
The longing of the pendulum - “I swear i could come to Porto just to see the electric go by”
The dress of the Queen - In the interior of the other pigeonry the thief was waiting for her. Restless. With eyes fixed on the destruction runway. Not his knees, bbut his heart, was waiting for her. He leaned to her and his fingers tore her dress so he could recognize her body. Intact she smile to him – it’s but a dress and nothing else. So the thief went for a tailor that knew the secrets of such dresses. Long hours of despair by the door of the craftsman… by the time the wolf was presented to the Queen, the mended dress was turning around the six. And a full ball room was bursting with eyes where not one more could fit received her in silence. In silence. In silence. Such a wonderful gift. Thank you. Joao Rui
The quiet of the hours - We arrived in Beja to see the sun breaking through the clouds that rinsed the last drops of water. We came in time to hear the sound of bells announcing the end of the afternoon and the beginning of another life. The Gallery of Disquiet has overtones of poetry inherited from the days of unrest. I'll let the hours pass. While the music breaks the ears, we, already seated at the table in front of the stage where the frenzy has just descended on every string, on each key, in each drumstick that was pressed against the adufe...Thanks Helder, Jorge ... all those who touched the red walls that rise up to the black ceiling of the Gallery, and that brought the smile of whom had expected this meeting. The gallery has this things. We always take more than what we brought ... Obrigado ... Joao Rui
The delivery of the steps - If I remember correctly, last time we came to the Cabaret, it rained as if it were the end of the sun. Today is no different: we had to cut through a wall of rain until the red blood of the cabaret lounge. The whole afternoon watching the wolf smiling for the cameras that asked him to deliver his steps. It's good to return to the land that knows of our feet, where the language barrier that cross-border brigs, here is wine that goes down languidly. Each time we return we bring new stories, this time of evangelizations, deers and ferrets. Coincidences are here. To deliver the story of the ferret to a room where the club president's national ferret decided to come to indulge the night is ... brilliant! One day I will adopt one of these little fellows... And then there's always the meetings: Ze Pedro who made the video of "Red Pony," Raquel... moreover, Sofia, who knows the eyes of the wolf when they find themselves in the mirror, unarmed, with roots broken. It’s good to return. Joao Rui

Iron Bird (VII - Porto) - “I swore no to leave you, even in the most improbable scenario; and in the faithfulness that I offered you, I promised to betray anything that could come to have you in my arms. Everything that could come… ” and then the thief lowered his eyes, threw his hands to the floor and his knees quickly followed. The fingers, shaking still, searched for a last goodbye – and as he went away he whispered “if I don’t find you on the other side, I’ll set fire to the pigeonry”. Everything that could come. Joao Rui
Rivers of chocolate - We need to let the dust fall to the ground before resuming. Let’s start again. Time to hug the streets of Brussels where each door is for a street flanked by an endless row of houses devoted entirely to chocolate. Chickens with 8kg of chocolate and the usual charismatic small naked boy in less than appropriate activities (it may seem relatively imbecile to conquer immortality like this, but if there is patent registration, the grandchildren of the same inclinations themselves will be certainly grateful. Bravo little boy! ) So we proceeded to the Rue du Midi where two newfound friends, Jonathan and Chris (who apparently came to be part of the band who now goes by the name of dEUS) were to give a concert against the movie "Shadow of the Vampire" Brilliant! On returning home, one of the lanes of the plaza, I found my El Dorado: a house devoted entirely to the sale, exchange, loan, pledge, sculpture, crafts, knitting and everything else imaginable of HONEY! According to this tablet it was opened in 1882, which also is a date near a darling of mine, but for my great unhappiness, closed for the night ... sad irony of fate ... so we can only continue to walk among the fountains and cascades of chocolate. We cut the moorings of the boat and sail with the boatman on the rivers of chocolate, looking for the wolf in the streets of Brussels. Note: I’m already warning that I will not take chocolate to anyone! (And yes, Belgian chocolate is magnifique!) Joao Rui
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Our Mountains - I seem to write everything in rooms of anonymous hotels of which I forget two minutes after I leave. But I never lose the memory of places ... while returning to Trás-os-Montes is impossible not to recall the mountains where we walked the last few months - and the difference lies only in the time that those memories are within us. These mountains that already know the weight of the steps have a long history with my heart and so, as I returned on my way through them, the memories rush to the balconies of my heart, where my smile hangs, just to collect new memories. Today was Vila Real again, like more than a year ago, when the wolf was just a mirage at the door we found. This time the space was different and the number of people who arrived at the Teatro de Vila Real was higher. It was good to rediscover faces we remember from that concert in "Espontânea". We promise return. I was pleased to see you Joao Rui
Iron Bird (V - Porto) - Back to the song of the bandit. Always in a different note, but culminating with the same verse, this time in French "c'est mon amour". And the smile on the other side in my affection for the six strings guarantees a pass with them wrapped in my arms. The second part of the song takes place after the checking in, the plane with the flight attendants - but the coincidences are such: they are exactly the same two people of the Iron Bird I. then, the bandit leaves the stage to make room for wolves. Pedro, one of them, was waiting near the bird's wing and he is also a musician ... so we could not go with better company. In the distance, there are mountain tops that tear the clouds for a few hours of solitude. We crossed the plains of Spain against adverse winds with the promise of good weather in Porto, which will be our shelter of today. Turbulent days in which we rise to the sky and the first foot that stands the ground is just to head for another destination. The night in Lyon on the boats are going in my pocket waiting for vacant room in the heart. What incredible river stream... now I only have to wait for the maritime view that my eyes always crave. The black ink flows heavily from the lost pen. Finally the sea ... Joao Rui
Between borders (coltellino svizzero) - 1000km + 4 Cops + 3 countries scramble + 1 trampling + 1 friend + 1 cold = 2 days of road. Where to start? Perhaps the continuation of the initiation textbook manuals with notes: Switzerland: When in the highway, there are not toll booths, instead there’s a stamp that you can buy for 40 francs that is good for the whole year. Yes, there are no tolls; it is "the trust", which is the expression that you’ll hear the most here "trust". Well, but if by chance you only find out about this stamp about 20 minutes before leaving the country (via the highway) here's our advice: do not outrun the police car with trust, for it can overrun your own and perhaps ask for the whereabouts of the stamp. The fine is of 180 francs. However, if by chance, during the conversation with the forces of authority they inquire what you are doing there and you’re lucky enough to have in your possession an agenda of FNAC with your picture, you just might get a smile out of them and pay just the cost of the stamp (thus, be aware travelers). Germany: in Switzerland outrunning the police cars will bring you worthy gatherings and in Germany the case is not different: of course here we advise you to a good hygiene because we guarantee that they will search everything, from the pockets of the pants to your guitar and culminating with those very nice gentlemen smelling (yes smelling, as a perfumes apprentice) your wallets - "No officer, we do not have hash or anything resembling that". What kind of idea to assume that all the musicians bring drugs in the car. Oh well, when Sherlock and Watson unravel that you are probably choir musicians they’ll go way with a smile. Important Note on German soil: if you travel with me behind the wheel, for heaven's sake, get inside the car right away or at least keep telling me constantly that you have not closed the door of the car, because I promise you that I’ll pass with one wheel over your feet! If however you decide not to do so, do not worry about it for as soon as we get to France, God will put the bill straight with me with the gift of a cold (don’t worry, Marco is now fully recovered - I do not know if it was the foot of the Rock or the one of the Roll, but anyway they both wanted to move slower. We must slow down to enjoy the scenery. Good point). For the time being, here ends the section of the tutorial – we’ll get back to this after being challenged by the Gendarmes (they are the only ones missing). Geneva - Lausanne - Filipe - Montreux - Filipe - Basel - Mulhouse - Baden Baden - Lyon. In the 1000Km there was time to get to Filipe, who, for those who’ve known us just recently, between 1999 and 2005 his arms were the ones that struck the blows in our rhythm section. Time passes quickly, but not so ruthless as to rob us Filipe, here on a mountain in an adventure where he promised snow ... Scammer! Two handfuls of snow and nothing more…what a misery…thief! (You’re missed lost wolf) Joao Rui
The suitcase - From Basel Mulhouse one takes about 20 minutes; the map says that we move further away from the sea: it is a journey that takes us through the Switzerland through long green fields inhabited by houses whose roof falls down on a winding almost to the ground, cutting the white mountains that can be seen in the distance. By each tunnel that we leave behind, the thermometer also begins a walk that ends at our feet. But today is not yet a snow day; the clouds have not unveiled their secrets here - and how we tried, roaming through the streets of Basel, eager to find the stairs that would take us near the mothers of the snow. After a few wrong roads, we found the gateway to such a venture, the church of Elisabethen: we climbed the steep steps between walls narrower than the difference of our body to the stones or the feet to the stairs. Upon reaching the top, the air is so diverse that we think we have found a chest larger than nature has offered us. There, we waited in silence so the clouds could hear the silent prayer of one who knows the futility of an inferior request or a less unfair one. Guessing the certain absence of a Moses basket for the words that lean to the lips but prevent themselves to move any further, we descended the tower as fast as the vertigo of the circles traveled to the exit door. We continue to Friborg, to meet Cristelle and the first Swiss stage, while the green fields spread like a blanket over hundreds of seasons. The suitcase ... what kind of damages may bring the absence of a suitcase that contained all the instruments of percussion, cajon, tuner and support for the harp and gloves for the cold? All kind. Well, then one needs to be an alchemist and turn the inside of a bag on the outside. When I remove a guitar from a suitcase and the lid has been shut, I am sure that a sound remains trapped in that box. So, one should be a good host for this silence that is not to be heard and amplify it. After a few good hours in Mulhouse, going from music store to music store, we acquired the tools that have now come to invite that prisoner - we are a reinvention with one of the strangest percussion sets I remember - but the people who came here didn’t budge until the end of this dance. Now, as we walk away, I hear them humming on a slow pace over the fields that have received us. Joao Rui
The blind blade - The days in which we follow the wolf to the stage are of a strange relationship with the dilation of the timeline. If at times the hours do not seem to know the drift of the masts of the clock, in others, they are the fabric of the sails falling down along them and pushing them forward - and of the time, we are not masters but only captains of the boat that left without a rudder and that the heart would like to be able to navigate. Thus, lacking such magic in our hands, we look forward for the hour of the storm not unaware of the minutes or seconds, but the time it will take to get her - or at least his perception. When the wind begins to rub his lips in the first wave, time likes to linger in the side of the cracks of the heart, but when he finally slips inside them by the first chord, he becomes a blade, lancing his past as fast as how he tears future. When the last light of the stage falls down and the dust looks for a sure landing, we still keep looking where time went hiding in the slowness with which the masts continue the journey. At this time, when the ink is fading from the quill, I'm looking inside my chest to hide the magic of this night, so that when the blade returns to this place I won’t be stolen of it. Joao Rui
