07 Saturday Jul 2012
Wow, a lotta time has passed since I first came across Matt dancing his way around the world. His style has changed and the snippets are much more choreographed. I think I preferred the simpler version, but am quite pleased to see Seville in the opening scenes of this video (taken in the square next to the cathedral and the old casa az).
01 Sunday Jul 2012
Ladysmith Black Mambazo and Des’ree
Who’da thunk anyone other than Bill Withers could do this song justice?
26 Tuesday Jun 2012
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A bit of recycling by Aaron Sorkin.
And if you are in a region where this is available to watch (unlike me!) here is the first episode of Sorkin’s new HBO programme, The Newsroom…
24 Sunday Jun 2012
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Twenty years ago when I was living in Salamanca I saw Wim Wender’s Lisbon Story and fell in love. Five years ago I finally got to visit this beautiful city and, as luck would have it, I also got to see Teresa Salgueiro perform at a Fado festival outdoor concert. This song is called Alfama, after Lisbon’s most famous barrio.
17 Sunday Jun 2012
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I’ve recently discovered an “oldies” radio station here that plays music from the 70s-80s-90s and while I lay awake in the wee hours this morning an old Chicago song came on, which made me wonder why they never play this one. So of course I had to look it up on YouTube (never did get back to sleep).
I remember wearing out the vinyl on this track when I was 14…
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