October 2013 – Leeds's Singing Organ-Grinder

First post-mastoid-surgery photo

Halloween edition.

European governments have as little idea what to make of the gypsies as in the 15th century

We’ve known that some of them are blond for 400 years, for Christ’s sake.

Norman Geras

I struggle to find heroes, but there was one.

¡Tenemos monos!

Son guapísimos, aleatorios, y se encuentran al pie de cada página. La idea es de Carl S. Pyrdum, las imagenes son de la British Library, y el PHP es, como siempre, casero.

Coplas novas y divertidas las cuals esplican los mals ratos que solen donar las pusas los polls y las chinchas com nu veurà lo que no sirà siego

Acabo de versionar otra maravilla de la antología ilerdense decimonónica, La fiera corrupia, de Josep Maria Rexach, que empieza así: Una cosa que es molt certa Prontament vay a cantà Esplicant del polls y pusas, Que may se cansan de picà: Ells de la nit fan dia, Que trevallan sense po. Polls y pusas al…

Imagen de la balada de la fiera malvada del país de Jerusalén.

Of course the Día de la Hispanidad demonstration in Barcelona was tiny and composed exclusively of weirdos

Only thieves, halfwits and loonies (Catalanists, Spanish politicians, …) continue to see any useful relationship between flags, nations, football teams, folkdancing and the state.

I mean, there are Carlists there, for fuck's sake.

The English Man

A Barcelona language school gets off to a bad start. “Soy totalmente Bilingue Inglés Castellano” … “He gives classes to all, students and businessmen.” I am the Queen of Sheba, and I wish you a Happy Easter.

Month: October 2013