Leonard Cohen doc

Overlapping sound loop

This weekend was the best since I got back from Spain. I did a bit of everything and I also did nothing. So it was rather complete.
A friend was in Chicago and we got to hang out a bit. It made me feel i was home while being in the US which is a remarkably unusual feeling. It might only happen when i sleep.
So today I got to work and I heard barely any noise; that made me think that either the construction work was over or I had become some kind of minimalist composer. The latter being more likely than the former i will stop writing to focus on the overlapping sound loop, so that whatever happened will happen again.

Coming in like El Nino

El Nino is spanish. It is the spanish word for child. Like all things spanish it is dangerous. It kills people and burns down trees. This is more than a child. It is a storm. A deadly storm that kills people and burns down trees.

See the rest at and have a good laugh.

The sound projector

The Sound Projector is a UK radio show and magazine. They have numerous playlists available on their web ranging from folk, progresive, post-rock, jazz, minimal, electronic dub ...

A quote on their web says "It’s a music magazine so esoteric that it makes The Wire look like Smash Hits". I guess the sentence gives guidance as to what to expect.

You can even download the music to your comp. simply a mind blowing discovery.

Bankruptcy's the American way of life

It is the beginning of the end. the pieces are already scattered in the floor -- she said. i thought she was totally right, but as i was coming from far it stroke me anyway. with the fog that distance creates, i did not think any friend saw the band the same way i did, but it had happened before and it will happen again. a group is like a heart expanding and contracting, like a star sequentially exploding and imploding.

LUCAS: Yeah, bankruptcy's the American way of life. Think of all the great corporations that have disappeared in our lifetime. Oh, I'm sorry.

- That's ok. No worries.

People take different directions because they are different. but there is less to lose in america. in europe everything's older so if you choose to rebuild what you end up with is really not the same. on the contrary, here everything's new so it can be destroyed no problem. or i might be a small town catholic boy with a bias towards the familiar;

-- did i say that?
-- i don't know but that's ok as well.

Amanece que no es poco

Esto es un regalo del cielo para todos los mortales. Una pelicula que muestra la Espanya profunda, del pueblo, el vino tinto, el cura, el borracho, la puta, etc. en clave de un humor algo surrealista. Ese humor que a veces te parte de risa y a veces no entiendes. Con algo en comun con muchachada nui o los monty phyton.

La podeis descargar gratuitamente. Simplemente seguid los links y las instrucciones en megavideo. Si estais puro gueviando podeis aprovechar para descargar otras peliculas en castellano del mismo sitio.

Especialmente dedicado a Aniol, Arnau, Evan, Felipe, Irune, Koldo, Tomas y Willis. Much love cabrones!

On memory deletion

Some time ago I posted a radio show on a scientific discovery. A chemical substance that could delete specific memories. To me, that seemed sci-fi but it was the state of affairs in neuroscience. Now, the NYT writes about this topic.

It seems that after all, a spotless mind will be an option. Or maybe not?

A couple classics at your fingerprints

Check out this blog if you like rock. You will be able to download a couple classic albums. If you are into jazz, try this other one...

Que dia mas productivo, joder!

Gossip

Interesting NYT article about how some schools tackle gossip in a classroom. Something like this should be implemented everywhere in light of what happens in my sister's school.

However, I think many adults would benefit from some of this too. LOL.

Buddhism and christianity

A long time ago, a catholic friend and I had a discussion about buddhism and christianity, and I did my best defending the case of the intellectual debt that the latter had towards the former, but I am afraid I didn't do a great job.
For what is worth, I want to share this link because I think it highlights, at a glance, the common ground.
At the same time, I would never consider buddhism a religion, but that is a totally separate matter.

Fotografia social

El periodico EL Mundo, segundo en difusion en Espana, nos informa desde Londres sobre las actividades del dia programadas para nuestros lideres.

Creativity in schools

Sir Ken Robinson welcomes talibans and prophets and destroys a couple pyramids on the way.