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Music Seen in the Old World
Performances from the following groups blew my mind in Europe. I’ve listed the groups and the venues I saw them in. For each group I have included a representative video. Note that the videos don’t correspond to the venues where … Continue reading
A Turko-Ruso-Proletarian Call to Action
The Turkish band Mor ve Ötesi caused a buzz when it released a video for the track Uyan. In the video, the song was set to Andrei Khrjanovsky’s ”Glass Harmonica,” an eerie and overtly anti-capitalist Russian cartoon from 1968. A more intimate way to … Continue reading
East Infections: Chernobyl’s Multiculturalist Regurgitations
^ Click the image to watch the playlist! ^ I handpicked the most succulent recordings of the sanity-shattering gypsy punk band Gogol Bordello and stuck them in a playlist. The list kicks off with best-of studio recordings, transitions into acoustic … Continue reading
Moroccan Immigration
After Romanians, Moroccans are the largest immigrant population in Spain. As with anywhere, immigration is an important facet of contemporary Spanish society. Although Morocco is quite close to Spain, their immigration issue deviates from the standard conception of US-Mexico border-hopping … Continue reading
I’ll be going back to Barcelona
Catalonian Sunrise City Sights Parc Güell The harbor, the sea, from Monjuic Las Ramblas Goran Bregovich en la Palau de Música Catalana Bella Ciao: Kalashnikov: Haide Yano: Bike Tour Sagrada Familia Parade, Beach in February Catalonia by Day Castillian … Continue reading
Chilean Street Art
I must complement this Finnish art teacher’s angle on street art in Chile. Click the image to see more http://tarjakankkunen.wordpress.com/category/muraali/
Obras kumbres kontrakulturales
Algo se me rompió en el cerebro en el segundo año de la secundaria. Esta ruptura tuvo algo que ver con Gogol Bordello y un suministro amplísimo de ponchos psicodélicos. A partir de entonces, no he podido derivar ninguna satisfacción … Continue reading
Slightly Unsettling Spanish Shorts
I’ve seen 6 Spanish films that feature a strange cocktail of emotions — horror, sneaking paranoia, revulsion, and, bizarrely, humor. I actually discovered 5 of these short films at the 2010 Wisconsin International Film Fest, but one of my compañeros … Continue reading