Recueil Des Coursvolume 170 (1981 I)

Notre cosmos ne serait-il qu’un îlot dérisoire perdu dans un vaste multivers ? Ces univers multiples sont-ils imbriqués les uns dans les autres, tels des poupées russes ? Sont-ils régis par les mêmes lois ou sont-ils des univers-bulles indépendants ?
Conséquence de théories pour certaines très bien établies, le concept d'univers multiples nous oblige à redessiner les contours du réel et à repenser nos mythes fondateurs, nos croyances profondes. …

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" Beauté intérieure ", mon œil !
" Le nez de Cléopâtre, s'il eût été plus court, toute la face de la Terre aurait changé ", estimait Blaise Pascal. …

Bernard Werber nous offre avec "L'Arbre des possibles: des récits fantastiques où les humains sont gardés dans des cages, où le soccer est la meilleure façon de régler les problèmes internationaux, où les vieux sont enlevés lorsqu'ils sont jugés par la société comme étant trop vieux…

Phil Collins' first solo album, 1981's Face Value, was a long time coming, but it proved worth the wait, both for the Genesis drummer/vocalist himself and fans of thoughtful, emotionally charged pop. He'd been wrestling with the idea of doing a solo record for years, finding great inspiration in the pain caused by an impending divorce and craving artistic independence after years of collaboration…

Exit… Stage Left is a live album by Canadian band Rush, released in 1981. The album was voted 9th best live album of all time in a poll by Classic Rock Magazine in 2004. The original CD issue removed "A Passage to Bangkok", as CDs could only hold 75 minutes at the time.

Although they released three full albums, a number of EPs and a seemingly endless stream of compilations, Soft Cell will always and forever be known as "the duo who did 'Tainted Love'." This obscure R&B single, given a techno-trash workover by singer Marc Almond and keyboardist Dave Ball, was an enormous hit on both sides of the Atlantic and has been revived endlessly ever since its 1981 release.

An English hard rock institution founded by former Deep Purple vocalist David Coverdale, Whitesnake emerged in the late 1970s with a style steeped in the driving British blues-rock of bands like Thin Lizzy, Led Zeppelin, and of course, Deep Purple. After recalibrating their sound to better adapt to the burgeoning '80s hair and pop-metal scene, they found commercial success with 1984's Slide It In and then cannonballed into the mainstream in 1987 with the release of their multi-platinum-selling eponymous seventh effort, which spawned the power ballad "Is This Love" and the massive crossover number one hit "Here I Go Again."

The first of at least four meetings on record between the great Brazilian-styled guitarists Laurindo Almeida and Charlie Byrd, this very logical matchup (in a quartet with bassist Bob Magnusson and percussionist Milt Holland) is quite succesful. The music is tightly arranged with very little improvisation but the beauty of the two guitarist's distinctive tones and the colorful melodies makes this a rewarding set. From "Carioca" and Jobim's "Stone Flower" to several Brazilian classical pieces and even "Don't Cry For Me Argentina," everything works.