Carmina Burana not about lust and gluttony after all

‘[Psycho Jeanne Wilding’s] neighbours claim that one element of her aggressive behaviour is the playing of Carl Orff’s choral work Carmina Burana. The prosecution argued that she intended to upset her neighbours because the work is about the “rape, pillage, and trashing of villages”.’

€310 fine for drunken cycling

Isabel was nailed by Barcelona’s municipal police, who–notoriously fat, boozed-up and corrupt–are evidently turning to desperate measures to get attractive women to talk to them. (Thanks Lula)

15th International Brigade

I first came across their memory in a squat listening to Christy Moore’s song, Viva la quinte brigada, on the Ride on album. Here (via El bibliómano and JM Collado, who appears to have copied a whole load of the archive without adding anything of interest) is a collection of photos. Paradoxically, none of the…