In recent days, while flipping through channels on Argentine television, I came across a fascinating interview with philosopher, professor, and writer Santiago Kovladoff. Although I joined in halfway through, it instantly grabbed my attention: it was very comprehensive, covering various aspects of today’s confused and aggressive society in the neighboring country. Continúa leyendo EL PENSADOR: EL PODER DE LA PALABRA
-Yo entré a la orquesta de Troilo en 1963, en su línea de bandoneones. Un día, tres años después, a Pichuco, en los estudios de la RCA Víctor, le hicieron escuchar una flamante grabación de Goyeneche, ya solista: quedó admirado por el sonido del grupo que acompañaba a su ex cantor. Y preguntó: “¿Quién hizo los arreglos?”. Le contestaron: “Garello”. Continúa leyendo LA AVENTURA DEL TANGO: De la Mejor Estirpe
Cross denunciations between police officers and officials of the same police station, often resolved by shelving the inquiries under the authority of the highest-ranking officer; complaints of various nature and importance from lawmakers against officials, whether retired or still in active duty, including corruption, floating in a viscous sea of generally innocuous political discussions; and complaints of different origins, including those from the Parliamentary Commissioner for this area, reaching the realm of justice, the kingdom of prosecutors, and being consumed by time, while the shadow of mistrust looms ominously over the police institution and the judiciary itself. Ultimately, the stubborn reality of overall failure, of management too damaged by holes of suspicion and meager results from various loudly announced programs, which, until now, and let’s set aside the sometimes laughable and highly manipulated statistics on crimes committed year after year. Continúa leyendo EL PENSADOR: AL BORDE DEL DERRAPE
Este breve párrafo figura en uno de los capítulos de “La historia del tío viajante” de Charles Dickens. Ahí está, presente y repetido en tan corto pasaje como en pocas otras obras literarias, la palabra pescante, Continúa leyendo La Aventura del Tango: El Pescante
I am forced by circumstances to turn my critical gaze on a matter that I have spoken about in my last columns. Continúa leyendo EL PENSADOR: CONFUSIÓN Y TEMOR
Si hay un hombre que representa el origen compadrito, marginal y aventurero del tango, es Ernesto Ponzio, «El pibe», violinista y compositor de la Guardia Vieja, recordado sobre todo por su primer tango, Don Juan, compuesto a los trece años. Continúa leyendo LA AVENTURA DEL TANGO: EL PIBE BRAVO
