the bongobundos

No Way, Spain

I was writing this morning about the Spanish secular misfortune and how a victory over France could change that tradition of centuries. Well, it seems nations cannot scape their own fate. A cruel fate anyway in which we always play an active part: in order to trash the Spanish Arab cultural heritage we brought the Inquisition; in order to trash the discovery of America we brought looting and slavery; in order to trash the Republic we fell for Franco... and in order to trash the World Cup we lose against France.

There is no hope for us, Spaniards, Bastards of the Mediterranean. We should stick to our guitars and fires. There is no Scape from Alcatraz for us... Clint Eastwood is not Spanish after all. Too bad.

And now everybody assumes Germany will beat Argentina. Sorry guys; I really thought this time we could make it.

Sounds of Silence

Alireza invites us to watch and listen to this documentary on Tehrani underground life and music.

Check the trailer here. It is very interesting.

As far as we now it has been displayed at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York, last April. If you have any news on where and when can this Iranian-British-German docu be found, please leave us a note!

Oh, do listen to O-Hum "Hafez in Love" and visit their web space. Listening to this song I noticed that those of you who have not witnessed Spanish film "El Día de la Bestia" won't fully understand how Persian Spain is...

Rejoice.

P.S. Only if you really feel like, check the Spanish Underground: Def Con Dos and Los Enemigos (and turn the volume Down before clicking on these links...).

P.D. Ey, Santi, si te paseas por aquí que sepas que cada vez me apetece más escuchar ese CD!

3-1

minute 8: 0-1 for Tunisia. I love these guys, electrically fast. It took Spain more than an hour to find its own rhythm. And then luck once more for the Reds in the form of three funky goals.

minute 71: 1-1 / minute 76: 2-1 / minute 89: 3-1

Go, go, Spain!

So far Spain and Argentina have played the best Fútbol around. May the Force be with them. Amen.

OEEEEEEEEEE OEEOEEOEEEEEEE OEEEEEEEE OEEEEEEEEE!!!!

4-0

It is not that I want to make it bigger than it is -just the best score so far in this World Cup- nor that I am not conscious of the important amount of luck and/or grace with which the Spanish team has been touched -the second goal was funny! And have you seen the fourth? Truth is that Spain had not won its first World Cup game since 1950 -when it ended up fourth. But let's just wait and see what happens this time.

Beautiful start anyway for the Spanish Reds after all favourite teams, probably poluted by Germany's monotonous rhythms, did pass their initial games only scarcely (Brasil-Croatia, 1-0) when not sadly (Germany-Poland, 1-0) or not at all (France-Switzerland, 0-0). Only the Czechs and the Australians seemed to enjoy their respective victories.

Well, I am not proud of this but I must confess I fell asleep during the inaugural Germany-Costa Rica; to be honest I hadn't slept the night before, but still... hope it does not happen again. No matter what I'll surely try to sleep well before the games scheduled for the 21st and 22nd; simply do not miss these: Holland vs. Argentina, Australia vs. Croatia and the Czechs against Italy! Go Czechs! (well, I really like Italy but I cannot help feeling a visceral animadversion on the Italian team. Sorry for that).

As for now, the national spirit of the northwestern Arabs and Barbarians of the Mediterranean Littoral, the Spanish Sein, Wesen, Essen, or... well, it grows with every goal... We are (already) the champions!

OEEEE OEOEOEOEEEE OEEEEE OOEEEEE!!!!