Suena gracioso, dicho con respeto, cuando todavía hay quienes vinculan las letras del tango clásico, en su etapa inicial de la Guardia Vieja y primeros esbozos de evolución, sólo con la discriminación de la mujer, la idea cuasi infantil de la madrecita sufrida y la desolación por el barrio, las costumbres y los amigos perdidos. Continúa leyendo LA AVENTURA DEL TANGO: EL TANGO EN EL AVION
If I had the obligation to define the attitude of Uruguayan politics – all of it, government and opposition, although the generalization makes it uncomfortable – in the face of the ups and downs that are shaking the region, with different intensity depending on which country we are talking about, I would need, to be the civilized as possible, appeal to a metaphor. Continúa leyendo EL PENSADOR: ¡Ah QUÉ CÓMODO LIMBO..!
About 20 minutes from Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, is the city of Turbaco, a city that I have talked about so much. Close to it, and… just 15 minutes away, in a high area, 150 meters above sea level, and in the south-eastern area, there are some 20 small volcanoes, passive to this day, located on a plateau, the that I always considered could be a tourist attraction, due to the curious nature of its volcanic activity, which although it is not dangerous, until now, is curious, because when they are spoken to, just two meters away, they begin to boil, as in response to the sound of human speech, until becoming an interrelation between them, as if it were an orchestra in full function. Continúa leyendo PLANETA LITERARIO: EL CASO DEL SIDA DE NICOLASA – Relato de una historia real por Senén González Vélez
The term «narcissist» seems to have become fashionable, perhaps due to the great media coverage it has had in recent times through the networks. Continúa leyendo EL USO Y ABUSO DEL TERMINO «NARCISISTA»
Este título solo podía tener un significado. Homenaje a Paco de Lucía con composiciones del maestro y arreglos de Diego Amador y José Mari Bandera, sobrino de Paco. Paco, que tanto se hizo en Madrid, en Torres Bermejas y en el Corral de la Morería, donde estrenó Entre dos aguas. Continúa leyendo Diego Amador y José María Bandera, «Paqueando» en la Suma Flamenca de Madrid
¿Por qué, antes de escribir sobre tango, es tan incitante revolver viejos papeles, documentos olvidados y recorrer testimonios repetidos hasta el hartazgo pero que jamás lograron huir de la leyenda? Continúa leyendo La aventura del tango: Aquellos Ojos
