The Apprentice - cruel and unusual? |
This is an extract from a padding self-promotional piece about "The Corporate Whore" (aka the apprentice).------------------------Upon entry to one of his interviews, the Apprentice's Lee was asked to...
Posted by Joel Lopez on Thu, 05 Jun 2008 07:59:00 PST |
A player short |
Recently, for the fitness training that playing Civilization III just doesn't provide, I have been going to some boxing classes. It seems a very good workout, and it gives you practical ways to ...
Posted by Joel Lopez on Thu, 24 Apr 2008 12:33:00 PST |
A Gaita Gallega - The Galician Bagpipes |
"A Gaita Gallega" by Rosalía de Castro IV Probe Galicia, non debes Poor Galicia, you should not chamarte nunca española ever say you are Spanish que España de ti se olvida because Spai...
Posted by Joel Lopez on Thu, 03 Apr 2008 03:42:00 PST |
Who are the vandals? |
We are the vandals We are building high we should tear it down rip it down and we should not start again You put a phonebox there and I smashed it Who is the vandal? You put a stop sign there an...
Posted by Joel Lopez on Tue, 08 Apr 2008 04:18:00 PST |
Agostos inmensos: song about childhood memories of Galicia |
On Sunday I saw a shape moving around in the shadows of a garden. I looked to work out what it was, expecting a loveable piece of nature, then saw it was a fly, and felt I ought to feel repulsed by i...
Posted by Joel Lopez on Wed, 02 Apr 2008 04:06:00 PST |
First we take Manhattan |
>> they play this on the radio here:>> http://www.eliteskills.com/analysis_poetry/First_We_Take_Man
hattan_by_Leonard_Cohen_analysis.php>>> try to find an mp3 of the song; it's rather good.>> what the ...
Posted by Joel Lopez on Mon, 18 Feb 2008 09:20:00 PST |
Heimweh, morriña and random longings |
Do you ever get that feeling, like when you feel like a cold beer, or a hot coffee, or a portion of chips (not fries), except it's for a place? This happens to me sometimes, when I am somewhere...
Posted by Joel Lopez on Wed, 30 Jan 2008 03:05:00 PST |
The South London way |
I like the way South London women walk out of Mackie D's like they're walking out of Harvey Nichols. Then there was the classic moment when one walked into the convenience store near Tooting Broadw...
Posted by Joel Lopez on Tue, 29 Jan 2008 03:57:00 PST |
Bwd: Love is... |
Love is a second hand message... with lots of forwarded addresses at the top... and e-signatures at the bottom... Love is normally followed by three dots... Love is trite and predictable, an...
Posted by Joel Lopez on Sat, 19 Jan 2008 03:52:00 PST |
Being centred |
OK people, it's time to get flaky. Well, just a little. I had a very strange encounter with a bloke in a bar in Lugo this week, and it really made me think. I was with my cousin and a fri...
Posted by Joel Lopez on Fri, 18 Jan 2008 05:11:00 PST |
