Para irme acostumbrando a volver a un espacio vaciado de todos mis ex-compañeros salvo a Natalia la Regulator, me dedico a Fonear desde el jardín. Aquí se ven flores en vez de barbudos vestidos de negro bajo la insignia FONopáticos y se oyen pájaros en lugar de risas foneras. Aquí hay WiFi, pero no se comparte aún. Hasta que no salga la Fonera ni el Liberator, mis padres prefieren esperar a hacer la inversión de $5. Es que mi madre no aguanta la lentitud de bajarse archivos. Pero bajarme la comida al jardín sí que es rápido y se almuerza sin cajas.
Solidaridad: WiFi Everywhere!
Entre el ruido de las olas, oigo a lo lejos las protestas de Natalia, el “decidételo tú” de Diego, el cantar de Asun, las indirectas directas de Edu, el “ya no me quieres” de Mayte, la chulería madrileña de Natasha, las pilas de Duracell, el sin fin reactivo, el silencio de Berga, y la ausencia de Matías. Pero aquí hay solidaridad. Aquí hay WiFi. Menos mal que cuando vuelva habrá redistribución de los espacios en la ofi.
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Amazing Jazz Pianists and Musicians
Here are other great Jazz pianists!!! Wynton Kelly with John Coltrane, Miles Davis with Coltrane and Kelly, Bill Evans, and Herbie Hancock with the Miles Davis Quintet.




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Thelonious Monk on YouTube
Here are some excellent videos of Thelonious in action . . .
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McCoy Tyner playing for Coltrane
A young McCoy Tyner playing for John Coltrane on Afro Blue.
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!Socorro! Galletas
Sufro sin galletas. No puedo concentrarme sin galletas. No aguanto más sin galletas. Necesito galletas. Rebusco en todos los rincones, y no hay galletas. Bajo al -1 y no hay galletas. ¿Dónde están las galletas? Estoy es una isla desierta de galletas y yo un náufrago. Por favor, Alvaro, vuelve ya. Te necesitamos. Nos encontrarás desgalletados, entumicidos de frío como unos refugiados, como pájaros recién nacidos con los picos abiertos gritando urgentemente para que llegue la madre que les salvará de esta Hambruna de Galletas del Verano del 2006.
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All I leave behind
Parting from the problems of the day, but now I am starting to leave the time away behind. Sorry for the repetition, but the wake of a boat and Formentera inspire nostalgia for . . .
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Hippies with Dreadlocks and why I quit Reggae
I used to be the only 13 year old kid expert in Rastafarianism and Reggae in the US. I say “used to be” because it lasted for a few years (1985-89). I still appreciate it, but even at 16 I was mature enough to know that White guys can listen to Reggae but cannot hear it. Its message is simply not for White people. As a matter of fact, the Rastafarian movement could even be considered exclusive. So, why are there so many White hippies in Europe with Dreadlocks? And what is a group of White, aging hippies on Ibiza’s Benirras beach doing playing tribal drums? What happened to bag pipes and clavicords?
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A city becomes a world
“A city becomes a world when one loves one of its inhabitants”.
–Lawrence Durrell, Justine
And if a city and the ones who inhabit it are being willingly destroyed, does that mean they are not loved?
If a picture speaks a thousand words, how many words do these pictures speak?
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Sisyphus in Beirut: Acting local, fighting global
In a comment to my previous post, Eric’s brother correctly points out the lack of syncronicity between words and deeds in the US’ international policies, using this powerful Malcolm X quote:
“America preaches freedom and practices slavery. America preaches integration and practices segregation… A devil is still a devil whether he wears a bed sheet or a Brooks Brothers suit… I’d rather walk among rattlesnakes, whose constant rattle warns me where they are, than among those Northern snakes who grin and make you forget you’re still in a snake pit… Then the whole world would give Uncle Sam credit for being something other than a hypocrite.”
But, I do not think that the US is unique in this. As a matter of fact, practically every nation’s international policies and actions are, in reality, manifestations of its local and regional power struggles. Countries fight globally their local battles . . . That is the tragedy of Lebanon.
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