¡Sufre... mamón!

Hearing this song on the radio nostalgia bombed me right to the eponymous debut album from the popular 1980's band Hombres G. Those already was already familiar with Devuelveme a mi chica will be pleased with the rest of the album.  The cool, lighthearted lyrics of David Summers coupled with the occasional rock n' roll sound and 80's feel present throughout rest of the album make it an enjoyable listen.

I got that and Los Prisioneros' Corazones (of Tren al Sur fame.)

Communism, violent camerawork and surreal landscapes.

I am Cuba
"The movie's acrobatic tracking shots and idiosyncratic mise en scene prompted Hollywood directors like Martin Scorsese to begin a campaign to restore the movie in the early 1990s."

It's a shame that the Soviets didn't save a copy of the film in its original language. It might be the unfamiliarity with the Russian language, but contrasted with the overdubbed romantic sounds of my native tongue the unenthusiastic voice acting done by no more than two actors sounded harsh and only appropriate when the characters were angry. The film had a constant sense of visual surreality--most memorably in the apocalyptic scene featuring a recently disenfranchised farmer of Don Quixote quality burning his plantation and belongings in defiance towards the businessmen destroying his Cuba. The film explores the different levels of Cuban life which the film-makers perceived were being tainted through the proto-globalization of the time: morality, education, business... There were a few occasions in which native characters were depicted as a more civilized variation of the noble savage, but for the most part the film stayed away from caricaturing either side of the struggle of the valiant proletariat against the bloated bourgeoisie. 
Like many of their great works (I'm looking at you Upton Sinclair,) the film contains a pretty heavy anti-capitalist message.

That's not a knife

Flight of the Conchords. Great great stuff.
Suddenly New Zealand's "fourth most popular guitar-based digi-bongo acapella-rap-funk-comedy folk duo" is a little more/less underground.

Here's a joke:
Q. How many hipsters does it take to screw in a lightbulb?

A.  It's an obscure number you've probably never heard of. POW BITCH

my sweet old etcetera

 CURATE'S EGG

 Bishop: "I'm afraid you've got a bad egg, Mr Jones"; 
Curate: "Oh, no, my Lord, I assure you that parts of it are excellent!"
"True Humility" by George du Maurier, originally published in Punch, 1895.

ha

"People are often unreasonable, illogical, and self-centered; Forgive them anyway. If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives; Be kind anyway. If you are successful you will win some false friends and true enemies; Succeed anyway. If you are honest and frank, people may cheat you; Be honest and frank anyway. What you spend years building, someone could destroy overnight; Build anyway. If you find serenity and happiness, they may be jealous; Be happy anyway. The good you do today, people will often forget tomorrow; Do good anyway. Give the world the best you have, and it may never be enough; Give the world the best you've got anyway. You see, in the final analysis, it is between you and God; It was never between you and them anyway." --Mother Teresa

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Friday was weird
I got 15 tickets to the Jose Luis Sin Censura show.
Went to the Huntington Library Gardens...
swaying back and forth in the breeze helps plants grow sturdier stems

  Then I cut my hair

hello, goodbye, and to remember with affection.

Seattle was cool. Boregon was hipster nation, therefore/despite that I'm going back in the summer, probably for a longer stay.

nah

 

a relatively unedited email exchange

Cheeky Student: The first concert I attended was the 20 year anniversary of The Bouncing Souls; my work schedule did not permit any more appropriate concerts.The only proof of attendance I have is the strip of paper on my right wrist.
May I still turn that [thing on my wrist] in?
I am aware that I will be penalized for the nature of the concert and my generally cheeky demeanor.


Ms. Attractive Piano Instructor: [I love you,] so you will only get marked down because it's an unapproved concert, but overall, it's not that many points docked. Make sure you include a list of all of the songs played in the concert and the program will not be necessary.
And, the comments are entertaining. But, don't include the cheeky stuff in your concert critique or research papers. Scholarly writing does not bode well for that. In the written reflections, it is fine.

Pick your own adventure!
A. "Good thing I've been practicing fingering those scales!"
B. "No, you are fine." <-
C. "I don't know no languages."
D. "I guess this one is going to the El Monte Station..."