The country of Argentina has never been my very favorite, but it has my favorite vocabulary and syntax. Observe and if you wish, repeat. Consider words such as “muchachada” and phrases such as “mi cuerpo enfermo,” “el bacán que te acamala,” and many others. MANO A MANO (Gardel / Razzano / Flores) Rechiflao en mi … More Carlos Gardel
I There is a good website for the trial of ex-President Alberto Fujimori, for very serious human rights violations in Peru. The trial begins 10 December 2007 in Lima. This video has a slightly anti-Asian frame (Fujimori fled to Japan and claimed Japanese citizenship at one point, and he is known in Peru as “El … More Alberto Fujimori
Flamenco is, I think, my Official Favorite Music, and I am enthralled with the Indio Gitano, also known as El Moro. With Manuela Carrasco, Soleá and Bulerías. If I could find good Flamenco dance lessons, I would take them. Perhaps I can study Flamenco guitar. Part I Part II Axé.
Tower of Babel – Western Epistemology, by Jennifer Cascadia. A snippet: “Rational thinking has become a lost art, and catering to one another’s ‘perceptions’ by treating all perceptions (no matter how outlandish) as if they were already valid components of reality itself has become more common. In other words, social interactions have become politicised. . … More On Perception and Reality
Via Truthout: Today a huge mining corporation, Grupo México, has provoked a strike by demanding that miners work 12 hours a day instead of eight in Peru’s largest copper mine. The Peruvian government supports the company, because it believes longer hours and lower wages will attract more foreign investment. Since NAFTA passed, the same company … More Andean “Free” Trade
Esta tarde llueve, como nunca; y no tengo ganas de vivir, corazón. Esta tarde es dulce. Por qué no ha de ser? Viste gracia y pena; viste de mujer. Esta tarde en Lima llueve. Y yo recuerdo las cavernas crueles de mi ingratitud; mi bloque de hielo sobre su amapola, más fuerte que su “No … More Heces de César Vallejo
Read this by Greg Palast. It appears that Hillary Clinton‘s old law partner did time for refusing to testify against her . . . and was paid $500K for it by the Little Rock company Entergy and its partners, the Riady family of Indonesia. There is much more to it and it all has to … More On Entergy
Now it is the weekend, so we must sing. Did you know that Nietzche wrote music? I remember hearing this through a glass. Now we can listen to some of his compositions with John Bell Young, Constance Keene and Thomas Coote on piano. Singing is John Aler, tenor. Nicholas Eanet is on violin. Nietzsche: Einleitung … More Music of Friedrich Nietzche
This is for everyone, but especially for anyone who has been told by persons untrained in literature and unaware of the labyrinth which is autobiography, that it is “dishonest” to have a writing persona which does not correspond to a “true” self. “To the Strand, to my bookseller’s, and there bought an idle, rogueish French … More El laberinto del yo
There are famous living writers who blog, including but hardly limited to Carmen Boullosa, Laila Lalami, and Cristina Rivera Garza. James Baldwin, who is not living, maintains a page on MySpace. But did you know that pre-20th century figures such as Walt Whitman, Henry David Thoreau, and Samuel Pepys were also blogging? Do you know … More Blogging from the Other Side
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