13 Sunday May 2007
Posted in culture, home, life stuff, music, sevilla
. . . and especially where I live it.
All afternoon this small acoustic musical group – about six guys – has been playing Cuban style music under my balcony (in fact they are at the bar across the street). A lot of the songs I recall from Buena Vista Social Club albums, along with other traditional tunes. So far it’s been about a three-hour free concert.
Fabulous background music for my lovely and lazy Sunday afternoon at home (this would never happen in Trawnna or Bristow) . . .
12 Saturday May 2007
Posted in books & writing, films, media, music, retail therapy, sevilla
Avenida de la Constitución 8
41001 Sevilla
And it seems to fit in just fine with the ‘new look’ Avenida de la Constitución, so the worries I expressed over here last month turned out to be unfounded.
It also has a very good selection of DVDs and CDs. Lots of cool electronic and computer stuff. And they even sell vinyl records! The English book section is a bit small but I did manage to find a Terry Pratchett book I haven’t yet read. Anyhow, I think it’s a rather nice addition to Sevilla.
How do you like the new trams? This one is just for show as they aren’t operating yet. Apparently they will be removing the overhead cables within the year and we’ll be getting battery operated trams – not quite sure what happened there.
Now if they’d just blow-up all the Starbucks that have sprouted like vile mushrooms all down the Avenida . . .
19 Thursday Apr 2007
Posted in culture, life stuff, miscellany, music, philosophy, video
An oldie but a goodie . . .
Once attributed to the late Kurt Vonnegut, though in fact written by Mary Schmich and published in the Chicago Tribune as a column in 1997, I was reminded of this when I recently advised Nog to do one thing every day that scared him (and no, living with me doesn’t count 😉 ).
Then today I found this rather nice video of the Baz Luhrmann version.
13 Friday Apr 2007
13 Friday Apr 2007
… not including musicals.
What are some of yours?
~ another //engtech contest ~
Click on the links to see a video clip 
