09 Friday Nov 2007
Nog & I were over at our favourite local ay Maricrú! yesterday, having a pre-lunch drinkatito, and Coldplay was on the soundsystem there. Which reminded me of this very funny video by Mitch Benn called Everything Sounds Like Coldplay Now.
Any other good musical parodies you’d like to share?
Mitch Benn and the Distractions
ps. . . yeah I know – another video!
But it’s a really good one and it was either this or a rant about shoes. . .
04 Sunday Nov 2007
Posted in life stuff, music, nablopomo, philosophy, religion, video
This is a ‘bonus post’ because I reckon that just posting videos during NaBloPoMo does seem a bit like cheating (and so, apologies for yesterday).
Anyhow, I am currently reading The Man Called Cash by Steve Turner (that was given to me by Sara & Steve) and this morning I got to the part where it talks about making this video. As I had never seen it I decided to have a look on Youtube, and it is so wonderful and moving that I thought I’d share it here too.
Enjoy! 
01 Saturday Sep 2007
Posted in life stuff, music
Yes, Former Frontier Editor, I did meet him once – very briefly.
Back around 1980 at the Winnipeg Folk Festival, which is held at Birds Hill Park (about 25 kms north of Winnipeg). I was working as a volunteer, which meant I had to do three shifts (one each day) and in return I not only got free admission but also a backstage pass. My job was in Hospitality, so I had to greet the performers when they arrived and help them get settled in, show them where to store their things, where the food tent was, etc. It was the best volunteer gig at the festival, as you can imagine.
Anyhow, I was so thrilled that Stéphane Grappelli was scheduled to play and that I wouldn’t be working during his performance. But this meant that I was working when he arrived on the site. And even before he arrived the rumours started coming in that he was less than pleased about having to travel to the site on the performers’ bus and not in a limo. So by the time he arrived and I went to greet him he was clearly in a very foul mood and all I got in response was an icy cold stare before one of the festival organisers took over and led him away. And that was that.
I wonder if he remembered that moment for the rest of his life too . . . 😉
And yes, the concert was brilliant and I got to sit right up front at side stage. 
07 Tuesday Aug 2007
So, these guys are playing underneath my balcony right now,
Tuesday night at 10.30 pm…
Quite a nice surprise to come home to after the usual evening walk. I first came across these guys playing in a square near here last November. A fun (and very loud) mix of stuff – kind of a cross between a New Orleans jazz band and Los Fabulosos Cadillacs. Lots of horns and percussion, singing done through a megaphone. Very theatrical, like street cabaret.
Anyhoo, so much for watching Chinatown tonight . . . 🙂
Here is their website: Banda de la Maria
01 Wednesday Aug 2007
Posted in animals & pets, blogging, books & writing, computers, culture, films, food & drink, friends, fun stuff, health & happiness, holidays, home, humour, life stuff, love, miscellany, music, musings, philosophy, photos, sevilla, television
It’s August 1st and I am officially ‘on holiday’.
No classes until September. Yay! Well okay, no income either, but I’ve been looking forward to this stretch of time ahead of me not having to be anywhere or do anything unless I feel like it. It will especially be nice not to be woken up by alarm clocks (well, other than the pointy-eared variety).
When I asked earlier about what summer stuff everyone was planning to do I still hadn’t made any major plans, and then I realised that what I wanted most was a month totally without plans. So there. 🙂
Well, there are a few things I want to do like go to the gym in the mornings and do some stuff around the apartment. But mostly I reckon I’ll be reading and hanging out online (hence that particular thumbnail), taking evening walks with Nog, going out for our *emergency cold beer and air-conditioning sessions* and the occasional tapa, and also watching films and playing with floppy cats who – I am very happy to report – appear to be friends again. They’ve even started playing fighting again, with no pee in sight, which to me is even more of a sign of them being pals again than falling asleep together.
For awhile it looked like a recent bad back incident (comment 19) had put the kibosh on my gym idea, but after a couple days of anti-inflammatories, gentle stretching and lots of walking I think I’ll be able to start back mañana.
Meanwhile, Sevilla has pretty much turned into a ghost town already, which is always a pleasant change of pace.
So all in all, August should be a nice month for carping the diem.
How’s your summer been so far?
casa azahar 