Categoría: literatura

This is a small collection of pictures from the trip we made to Bulgaria on 2000.

We have some friends in Bulgaria (Ina and Marty) so we went there a couple of times and we spent a wonderful time. Though Bulgaria is a beautiful country to visit, I have no idea how a regular tourist could do it, as it is not very touristic friendly in general terms. We rented a car with our friends and followed them to a great variety of places, all of them fascinating. Sofia, the capital city, has no great things to offer, and all the fun is in the rest of the country. The first place to visit is very near from Sofia, an ancient monastery in the Rila (Рила) mountains. The monastery is very well preserved, and the frescoes are awesome. The contrast between the colourful paintings, the black …

‘Grand Theft 2000: Media Spectacle and a Stolen Election’, by Douglas Kellner 
(Lanham, Maryland: Rowman and Littlefield,
ISBN 0-7425-2103-6, paperback, xxi + 242 pp., European price approx. EUR 29.38

As historical amnesia is one of the more unfortunate phenomena of our time, those with truncated memories may already have forgotten the chequered saga of the United States’ Election 2000, with its paraphernalia of superannuated voting machines and hanging, dimpled and pregnant chad – let alone the bizarre spectacle of the planet’s sole superpower suddenly falling victim to ‘banana-republic’ gibes. It does immediately have to be added that, less than a year later, the tragic events of 9-11 intervened, casting the Bush presidency in a different light. However, some still believe that nothing that happened afterwards, however appalling in itself, can actually erase the significance of the US Supreme Court decision of 12 December 2000; and for …

El seis de julio de 1977, en Montreal, Canadá, alguien encendió lo que en Argentina conocemos como una cañita voladora, para la consternación de Roger Waters, que “trataba de cantar una canción” al frente de Pink Floyd; Waters detuvo a la banda, increpó al público. Minutos después, otro fanático subió al escenario, y Waters lo escupió en la cara. En ese momento comprendió que la conexión con la gente se había perdido, sintió la existencia de una pared entre la audiencia y el artista, y esa frustración lo llevó a componer “The Wall”.
El seis de julio de 1997, en Werchter, Bélgica, probablemente Thom Yorke, al frente de Radiohead, haya sentido en esencia la misma alienación. Radiohead estaba haciendo la gira de presentación de un disco extraordinariamente famoso, “OK Computer”, que para muchos significó el nacimiento del Pink Floyd de los noventa. Esa gira quebraría al …