El análisis de Orwell sobre el vaciamiento del discurso aplicado a las canciones en español.
Category: ARTS AND HUMANITIES
¿Le pedimos demasiado al Calamaro de 2010?
La historia es así, AC y yo nos conocimos cibernética y tangencialmente cuando escribí un guión y él aceptó componer la música, además de hacer […]
Celebrating Uruguay´s soccer triumphs: are we all like sheep?
High schools were shut down, military planes were hovering over the Uruguayan House of Parliament, the crowd was cheering at random, and I got to thinking about Orwell´s sheep.
South Africa after the world cup
I must have been something like 12 or so when I first read all about apartheid, Dutch colonialism, and Mandela´s leadership
How I met Miss Tacuarembo
The story of how I met Dani Umpi, some 15 years ago is quite curious. I was crossing a desert,
Uruguay, the New Yorker, and the world cup.
The New Yorker said we were an ordinary team, but we made the top four. Returning from LA, I was able to witness and celebrate Uruguay´s triumphs in the soccer world cup.
Uruguayans celebrate world cup victory
So, I am back home after that crazy LA sejour. Today was a special day in Uruguay. Our team was playing Korea, and we had […]
At Los Angeles Film Festival 2010
LA Film Festival 2010, the changing landscape of film distribution, how LA public transportation surprisingly works, and some notes on the peculiar film festival fauna.
Young forever; A movie project that changed my life.
Nothing has been the same since I met Raul. A movie project that changed my life.
Sting and the US Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl
What an experience, to see a 50-year old Sting, his vocal chords intact, in better shape than ever, accompanied by an amazing backup vocalist and a genius conductor leading a superb Phil. The arrangements were next to perfection, the song choices, made in heaven, the slim moon was shining over Hollywood, and one could ask for nothing more.