Ali Baba’s Farm
13/03/2011
It’s a Turkish children’s song, now resung to a techno beat. It is funny. I need more lullabies for my the spirit of my departed cat — ideally Arabic or Turkish, but perhaps Indian also. Axé.
David A. Bell
11/03/2011
It is one thing to say that universities have problems. It is another to argue, as Taylor is effectively arguing, that the universities are the problem—that the system that allegedly began with Kant (in fact it began much earlier) has reached the end of its intellectual and social usefulness, and needs to be swept away … More David A. Bell
Adio Kerida
11/03/2011
Axé.
Sombra de mi bien esquivo
11/03/2011
–Compadre, quiero cambiar mi caballo por su casa, mi montura por su espejo, mi cuchillo por su manta. Compadre, vengo sangrando, desde los puertos de Cabra. –Si yo pudiera, mocito, este trato se cerraba. Pero yo ya no soy yo, ni mi casa es ya mi casa. –Compadre, quiero morir decentemente en mi cama. De … More Sombra de mi bien esquivo
Nani, nani
09/03/2011
Axé.
Durme, durme
09/03/2011
And another version. Axé.
Patio húmedo
09/03/2011
Las arañas iban por los laureles. La casualidad se va tornando en nieve, y los años dormidos ya se atreven a clavar los telares del siempre. La Quietud hecha esfinge se ríe de la Muerte que canta melancólica en un grupo de lejanos cipreses. La yedra de las gotas tapiza las paredes empapadas de arcaicos … More Patio húmedo
Tom Paxton
09/03/2011
We grew up with folk, as you can tell. This is a sad song composed back when I thought it would be interesting to have lived enough to sing it. Now I think it is too sad altogether. But the video accompanying this version by the Dubliners, is brilliant. Axé.
La vida según Muriel
09/03/2011
Here is another film I haven’t had a chance to see, but which is recommended by a friend without a PhD or an academic job. I want to see it because it sounds very interesting and also because the actor Jorge Perugorría has, in many of his roles, a relaxed good humor that I recognized … More La vida según Muriel
A mi hermano Miguel
08/03/2011
It is hard to find a Vallejo video that is not sentimental, or eerie, or both. People really seem to think he was those things, and he does come from an eerie town. And he is associated with pain, and desgarre might as well be his middle name. I really wonder about all of this, … More A mi hermano Miguel
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