The Fiddler on the Roof

Way, way back in time.

2009-11-17T23:49:31Z

We were eighteen, I was in love with her, she wasn't in love with me. She introduced me to this group, "El último de la fila". Every note brings her to my memory. And it hurts. Still.

(For lyrics, go to http://www.quedeletras.com/letras_el-ultimo-de-la-fila/el-ultimo-de-la-fila/.)

No me acostumbro: http://www.goear.com/listen/3201cdb/no-me-acostumbro-el-último-de-la-fila.

Llanto de pasión: http://www.goear.com/listen/11fa855/llanto-de-pasión-el-último-de-la-fila.

En los árboles: http://www.goear.com/listen/0176c80/en-los-árboles.-el-último-de-la-fila..

Ya no danzo al son de los tambores: http://www.goear.com/listen/fc44e87/yo-no-danzo-al-son-de-los-tambores-el-último-de-la-fila.

Insurrección: http://www.goear.com/listen/47b4b90/insurreccion-el-ultimo-de-la-fila.

Sin llaves: http://www.goear.com/listen/e54a419/sin-llaves-el-último-de-la-fila.

En mi pecho: http://www.goear.com/listen/36f1b4f/en-mi-pecho-ultimo-de-la-fila.

Awww, Toquinho's "Acuarela".

2009-09-05T03:48:27Z

http://www.goear.com/listen/bdcba99/Acuarela-toquinho

Icons from "A Song is Born" (1948, Danny Kaye, Virginia Mayo)

2009-08-15T02:15:31Z

Mozart: Serenade "Gran Partita" KV.361 / 370a

2009-04-15T00:34:53Z

http://www.imeem.com/chipdien/music/T1CqVj4u/mozart-07-serenade-gran-partita/.

Vaughan Williams: Fantasy on a theme by Thomas Tallis.

2009-04-14T14:54:32Z

http://www.goear.com/listen/73a494e/Fantasia-on-a-theme-Ralph-Vaughan-Williams.

Handwriting meme.

2009-03-14T14:15:26Z

I've been tagged by woolybear:

1. Write your username.
2. Write your 2 favourite bands/groups of the moment.
3. Write either, “I ♥ k-pop,” “I ♥ j-pop,” or “I ♥ c-pop.” (or whatever style of music you like)
4. Write the name of your favourite person of all time.
5. Write the name of your recent favoured person.
6. Tag 5 people to do this meme.

Richard Strauss: "Beim Schlafengehen" (from the "Vier letzte lieder")

2009-03-08T23:27:07Z

Elisabeth Schwarzkopf & Georg Szell's 1965 version, universally acknowledged as the best, period: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=621jCd-i6G8&feature=related.

You should get it if you can, really, read this: http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/album.jsp?album_id=1569.

Athanasius Kircher: "Antidotum Tarantulae" Tarantella.

2009-03-07T06:06:30Z

L'Arpeggiata: http://www.rtve.es/mediateca/audios/20090304/una-tarantella-para-empezarlos-colores-manana-04-03-09/436591.shtml (hit the blue button with an arrowhead).

Another Tarantella: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNXPp2iCDt0 (to me it sounds more Spanish than Italian, maybe because it is "Napoletana").

If you are curious about the "antidotum tarantulae" title, you can read this article on Tarantella: http://www.forteantimes.com/features/articles/114/the_tarantella.html.

The Which philosophy suits your personality? Test.

2009-03-05T03:58:04Z

Synthetic Perception, by Kant

You didn't have the highest score in any of the 7 variables, or a score above 53% that's why Kant should suit you, he was a very broadly ranged philosopher. This is probably the hardest idea you could have gotten, but hey, I'm sure that's no problem for you!

Immanuel Kant, 1724 - 1804, Prussia (former Germany, now Russia).

The idea of synthetic perception is common knowledge now, but was quite revolutionary at the time. Until the 17th century it was usual to create great theories in your head, without even looking at the world or doing experiments. Later it was argued your mind is like a blank sheet and only your experiences create knowledge. Kant said both were wrong (or right). The world around us provides us with things we sense. It is our mind though that uses this information and gives it order in space and time, allowing us to comprehend it. So we need both our minds and our senses to gain knowledge.

Take the test

Jan Dismas Zelenka: Sinfonia concertanti in a minor.

2009-03-02T14:24:31Z

http://www.imeem.com/eastman68/music/blmoYUB9/jan-dismas-zelenka-simphonie-8-concertanti-in-a-minor

Baroque Adagios: Bach, Albinoni.

2009-03-01T17:49:06Z

This one is dedicated to solitary_summer: http://www.imeem.com/gregoriobernardo/music/fHDGorQb/boston-baroque-bach-brandenburg-concerto-no-6-in-b-flat-ma/.

And this one is dedicated to un_crayon_rouge: http://www.imeem.com/wannabenep/music/MKvyXSMD/nicholas-daniel-albinoni-oboe-concerto-op92/.

Ah, dating sites spam!

2009-02-28T01:40:43Z

"Please get back to me through my private email address to dissuce an imorrant issue." o_O Sounds alluring, though, "imorrant". hmm.

Archimedes rediscovered: or medieval scribes did not always have new paper at hand.

2009-02-27T02:00:40Z

Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6.

Little things, big surprises.

2009-02-15T03:08:24Z

Who would have thought "A Little Romance" could actually be a remarkable movie.

Well, it's Roy Hill after all.

Mozart: Masonic funeral music KV 477

2009-02-14T00:49:46Z

Incredible how this goes from the bottom of absolute dreariness to a sweet realm of confident, comforting hope, never loosing the heroic tone that corresponds with the drama of human beings in front of death.

http://www.goear.com/listen.php?v=9237a20

Vivaldi: Concerto for 2 cellos RV 531

2009-02-14T00:12:02Z

http://www.goear.com/listen.php?v=1cc7da9

Allegory of the couple.

2009-02-13T04:40:27Z

I was walking down the street and I noticed ahead of me a man and a woman dragging a two-wheeled shopping trolley, each pulling by one side of the handlebar, and the trolley jolted like crazy.

Javier Krahe, cantautor.

2009-02-09T11:42:40Z

La perversa Leonor.

No todo va a ser follar.

Dónde se habrá metido esta mujer.

Marieta.

Los caminos del Señor.

Mi mano en pena.

Alta velocidad.

French & Saunders's parody of The Making of Titanic.

2009-02-08T19:19:28Z

http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=6F820183FB2BC0A7&playnext=1&v=pakvWy8I59A

Eurovision 1966

2009-02-08T16:51:11Z

One of the best songs ever, when sung by Raphael: Raphael: "Yo Soy Aquél"

You have killed me.

2009-02-07T23:35:10Z

I think of them each and every day. By calling out one name I call out the three of them. They loved me, I don't doubt it; as I don't doubt I mean nothing to them now, since I never heard of any of them again.

I supposse they chose not to suffer. I choose not to forget.

http://morrissey-you-have-killed-me-mp3-download.kohit.net/_/566089

mmmmmmmmmm.

2009-02-04T18:05:11Z

Ives Rocher's Menthe: Gel moussant.

Writer's Block: Table for One

2009-02-03T18:49:13Z

Do you ever go out to dinner (at a sit-down restaurant) by yourself?

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Of course. Alone is better than not at all.

Don't ask me what, but something must have changed.

2009-02-01T05:40:58Z

I used to like rainy days and The Cure's "Disintegration". Now I can't do without sunshine and baroque Allegros. I'm shifting from "Sturm und Drang" to "Candy Candy" by giant leaps.

Reminder to self.

2009-01-21T21:51:11Z

The hardest part is not to become aware of it; that I may be shiny, but a shiny 1 cent coin in the end; that actually I am not especially intelligent, clever or gifted; that I am not witty or interesting; that I am much less nice to be with than I'd like to think; that I am too quick to make mountains out of molehills and too slow to realize how stupid I was; that I am a child in a childish world fighting childish fears because I have never looked at life in the face; that actually I might be more harmful than beneficial for the ones around me; that I might disappear unnoticed. No, the hardest part is to come to terms with it. To let go of.