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“First, the good news. In October, a comprehensive three-year study led by Andrew Mack, former director of the Strategic Planning Unit in the
office of United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan, concluded that there
have been major declines in armed conflicts, genocides, human rights
abuses, military coups and international crises worldwide.”
“Harvard University professor Thomas Kelly suggests that one of the reasons that the Paris premiere of “The Rite of Spring” created such a furor was that it shattered everyone’s expectations. The evening’s program began innocently with a performance of “Les Sylphides.†However, as the follow-up piece, “The Rite of Spring†turned out to be anything but spring-like.”
“December 26, the “feast of Stephen” referred to in the Christmas carol Good King Wenceslas, is called “St. Stephen’s Day”; it is a public holiday in Ireland, Italy, Finland and Romania. In Catalonia (though not elsewhere in Spain) it is called “Sant Esteve” and is a bank holiday. It is called “Saint Étienne” in France . . . . .”
‘I’m not afraid to say that I think Band Aid was diabolical. Or to say that I think Bob Geldof is a nauseating character. Many people find that very unsettling, but I’ll say it as loud as anyone wants me to. In the first instance the record itself was absolutely tuneless. One can have great concern for the people of Ethiopia, but it’s another thing to inflict daily torture on the people of England. It was an awful record considering the mass of talent involved. And it wasn’t done shyly it was the most self-righteous platform ever in the history of popular music.’
- Morrissey talking about the first Do They Know It’s Christmas?
“Just recently, by air mail, I received an invitation to a wedding that will take place in England on April 18th. It happens to be a wedding I’d give a lot to be able to get to, and when the invitation first arrived, I thought it might just be possible for me to make the trip abroad, by plane, expenses be hanged. However, I’ve since discussed the matter rather extensively with my wife, a breathtakingly levelheaded girl, and we’ve decided against it—for one thing, I’d completely forgotten that my mother-in-law is looking forward to spending the last two weeks in April with us. I really don’t get to see Mother Grencher terribly often, and she’s not getting any younger. She’s fifty-eight. (As she’d be the first to admit.)”
El dÃa de hoy nos llegó desde Glasgow el nuevo disco de Belle & Sebastian, casi dos meses antes de su “release” oficial. A primera escucha parece que Stuart Murdoch dejó atras las influencias de Nick Drake y Felt por grupos de “Soul” setentero y hasta un poco de “Country” (un par de canciones suenan a los “Flying Burrito Brothers”, sin las drogas)
Les platicamos despues, ya que este tipo de discos se debe escuchar con mucho detenimiento.
Por lo pronto, un link.
“In the wake of the outbreak of the recent U.S. scandal of sending suspects to Europe where they face torture; Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice claimed that the United States acts within the law, arguing that Europeans are safer because of tough U.S. tactics, and refusing to discuss intelligence operations or answer questions regarding the clandestine CIA detention centers.” (link)
BiografÃa J. Stalin
BiografÃa G.W. Bush 1 2
Me cuesta trabajo describÃrselos. Siempre fieles a su visión y alejados por completo de cualquier escena o grupito “fashionista”.Esta es prueba irrefutable para los que viven en la equivocación y no creen en el “Rock Americano”. El disco del año.
Aquà les anexamos un link de una estación de radio con muy buena música. Música que mucha gente llamarÃa “indie”, pero que yo mejor llamarÃa “neo-alternativa”. Enjoy.
SÃ, se parece a nuestra marsopa, pero no lo es. Las orcas no son ballenas per se, pertenecen a la familia de los delfÃnidos, y por ende es prima hermana de la nuestra. Si ampliamos este concepto, podemos decir que al pertenecer a la clase de los mamÃferos, también es nuestra prima.
Es una pena que nuestra “familia extendida” esté siendo contaminada por nuestra estúpida obsesión de convertir este planeta en un basurero. Pronto pagaremos el precio.