Fôrça Bruta (Brute Force) is the seventh studio album by Brazilian singer-songwriter and guitarist Jorge Ben, recorded with the Trio Mocotó band (pictured) and released by Philips Records in September 1970. It introduced an acoustic samba-based music that was mellower, moodier, and less ornate than Ben's preceding work. In a largely unrehearsed nighttime recording session, the singer improvised and experimented with unconventional rhythmic arrangements, musical techniques, and elements of soul, funk, and rock. Ben's lyrics explored themes of romantic passion, melancholy, sensuality, and—in a departure from the carefree sensibility of past releases—identity politics and elements of postmodernism. A commercial and critical success, Fôrça Bruta established Ben as a leading artist in Brazil's Tropicália movement and pioneered a sound later known as samba rock. The album's first American release came in 2007, the same year that Rolling Stone Brasil named it the 61st greatest Brazilian music record.

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1861:

Vice President of the Confederate States of America Alexander H. Stephens extemporaneously gave the "Cornerstone Speech", in which he laid out the Confederacy's causes for declaring secession. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornerstone_Speech

1937:

A police squad, acting under orders from Governor of Puerto Rico Blanton Winship, opened fire on demonstrators protesting the arrest of Puerto Rican Nationalist leader Pedro Albizu Campos, killing 21 people and injuring 235 others. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ponce_massacre

1983:

In the West Bank, a number of Palestinian girls complained of breathing difficulties due to strange odors, leading to accusations of poison gas. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1983_West_Bank_fainting_epidemic

2006:

A man using a hammer smashed the statue of Phra Phrom in the Erawan Shrine in Bangkok, Thailand, and was subsequently beaten to death by bystanders. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erawan_Shrine

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carceral: (formal or literary) Of or pertaining to imprisonment or a prison. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/carceral

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