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La Política Lingüística vs. R-n-R, Pt. 2: Cesar Martin

Aquí tenemos una cosa inédita en este blog: un “guest post”. Es algo que he querido hacer durante tiempo (y cómo no, si me quita trabajo de encima? ), pero no ha sucedido hasta ahora. Más especial aún es que el autor de este post es el director de Popular 1, Cesar Martin. Gracias, [...]

Baby's First Totalitarian Experience

I wrote about a character-forming experience as a child; you can check it out here.

"Twilight Zone" by Golden Earring

Remember this video from the Golden Age of MTV?

The dance sequence at 2:47 spurred my fascination with choreography, pushed my eating disorder into high gear, and permanently twisted my fashion sense and sexuality.

Still love it after all these years!

Por eso soy así

Dentro de un mes, estrenaré mi primer show de comedia completamente autobiográfica, Por Eso Soy Así. Será en Teatreneu de Barcelona, y empezará el viernes 4 de Febrero. (Seguiré haciendo Planeta Catalunya en el Teatro Llantiol como siempre.)

De qué se trata Por Eso Soy Así? Pues de mi viaje de auto-descubrimiento, en que figuran fenómenos divertidos como [...]

Schoolhouse Rock Covers

I wrote about the American videoclip series Schoolhouse Rock in my last post. It’s fun to note that Schoolhouse Rock has inspired a number of popular cover versions, such as Elliot Smith’s eerily beautiful cover of “Figure 8″:

Perhaps the most popular Schoolhouse Rock song to cover is “Three is the Magic Number”.

De La Soul did a [...]

Schoolhouse Rock: a Black American Musical Education

[For maximum enjoyment of this video, I recommend turning the up volume LOUD!]

Schoolhouse Rock was a series of short musical, educational clips that would run on Saturday mornings when I was a kid. They remain immensely popular not only for my generation, but for later generations who didn’t grow up with the series.

Schoolhouse Rock was created [...]

Sesame Street: "That's About the Size"

Anyone remember this?

All throughout my life this song pops into my head without warning. It’s one of the first songs that I can remember. I was very, very young when I first heard it — maybe three or five years old at the most.

Even though I didn’t completely understand the lyrics at the time, somehow [...]

The Babys

Sorry for being stuck in the past lately, but the reason is that I’ve been working on a show about… the past. More about that later.

Anyway, I just found this video of a forgotten song from my childhood. “The Babys” was one of those groups whose names I’d doodle in ornate script on my folder while [...]

Bills to Pay

Here’s a personal story in English.

Pasando factura

La historia la encontraréis aquí.