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  • Am I getting to old, or what?

    Lug 20 2007, 11:14 di Nillo86

    I am starting to get depressed about the recent splits I am hearing from.

    I announced in previous posts the split of band Molotov. Therefter, the death of El Fary,Manzanita, Rocío Jurado.

    Today, I have to announce the split of Mártires del Compás, definately one of my favourite bands ever.

    They claim in this post, and also here that the band has decided to go forward without Chico, the singer and now former leader of the band.

    They also claim this is all due to the irresponsibility of Chicho... I kind of believe this. The more artist you are... the more cabrón you become?
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  • RIP Horteradas Billy

    Giu 21 2007, 23:01 di Nillo86

    The term horteradas has been an argument in several meals in company of my family: how to translate it to English? Well, in actual fact, you simply cannot. Something like mainstream, or common, perhaps.

    In Spanish music, "las horteradas" have a place of their own. When summer time approaches, record companies launch quite a few dancing horteradas, so that all happy Spaniards can all sing them in the cars, pubs, at the beach, ipods, while having a shower. Every Spaniard has a Summer milestoned with a canción hortera.

    Yesterday, El Fary died of a lung cancer. He was a media phenomena, brought to fame by his smile and the performance of la , a Spanish genre. No Spaniard will forget his song from his post-Copla era Torito Bravo (the translation is easy to work out, oder?

    And not so long ago - best to see their biographies in last.fm pages -, Manzanita and beautiful Rocío Jurado also left us for better life. Both come from real roots, the first one from Malaga, the latter one from Chiclana.
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  • This Week I Have Mostly Been Listening to Post-rock

    Ago 18 2006, 22:31 di Ephief

    I went and saw the new Miami Vice movie on Tuesday. It was great, much better than I had expected. Actually, what I was expecting was this, and that it was. Moody scenes, dark even, with the focus not on the words or actions or the characters themselves, but on the atmosphere the general mood and feeling of the whole story.

    The soundtrack of the movie is packed with and other, very effectively mood-creating tracks. It is almost magical how strong a grip the soundtrack has on you, you just can't stop listening. The mood, the atmosphere changes and shifts from dark to light, from sorrow to love, and it all blends into a perfect mix. And the music created most of it.

    The movie ends with a version of In the Air Tonight, but the soundtrack begins with it. It's like the listener is dragged back into the movie. I don't really remember during which scenes the given tracks were played, except for a couple of the tracks, but I can still sense the atmosphere and the general feel of the movie. …
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