Te Deum. Lomo de las Sagradas Escrituras. The Red Army Choir

I insist now upon speaking in very positive tones, but I am rocky and discouraged many days and I am in a state of distress about many things. More than I realize. I am improved but I should still recognize the foregoing squarely. It makes life easier. What I can see, I can cure. And … More Te Deum. Lomo de las Sagradas Escrituras. The Red Army Choir

Dindirindín

“Encontré lo ruiseñor que cantaba so la rama, dindirindín.” * This song was written down in the early fifteenth century in a version of Catalan. Dindirindín dindirindín dirindaina, dindirindín. Yu me leve un bel maitín Matineta per la prata, Encontré lo ruiseñor Que cantaba so la rama Dindirindín. Dindirindín dindirindín dirindaina, dindirindín. Ruiseñor, le ruiseñor … More Dindirindín

Santiago de Chuco

For this ominous date we have a video of Vallejo’s hometown, his church, his house, and more. It has an appropriately nervous soundtrack. It was made in the depths of the driest season – everything is as brown as can be. When you get to part about the house, be sure not to miss the … More Santiago de Chuco

La Tricotea

This weekend I have begun shopping for Hurricane Ike. I considered putting off roofing until the end of hurricane season, so as not to have to repeat the job. The roofers got here before I could make this wild decision. But if Ike or any other storm comes here, I am not repairing the roof … More La Tricotea

Backwater Blues

The eye of hurricane is going to Cajun country, it is now said, so we will look at pictures of the 1927 flood as experienced there from the Louisiana Digital Library. These pictures appear first in postage stamp size, but enlarge in a few seconds. Check out the Evangeline Oak in St. Martinville, which is … More Backwater Blues

El Plebeyo

It is the weekend, so we will sing a famous vals criollo, in which a plebeian, trembling with emotion, discusses his love for an aristocrat: This is a karaoke video, so we are literally singing this time. FELIPE PINGLO wrote the song and this  recording is by LOS MOROCUCHOS. You cannot beat the Peruvians for … More El Plebeyo

Hurricane Gustav

Friday is the three year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. We interrupt our regular programming to say that Tropical Storm Gustav will, if he holds his current course, make landfall in South Louisiana Monday night. By the time you read the following discussion from it will no longer be current, but I am pasting it in … More Hurricane Gustav