16 mars 2010

AMIS contradícese para provocar outra volta de porca, en The Guardian: [Martin Amis might have expressed negative views about Islam in the past, but the author told an Abu Dhabi newspaper this week that he believed that if his sister, Sally, an alcoholic who died in 2000, had converted to the religion she might still be alive. Interviewed by Abu Dhabi English-language newspaper The National, Amis said he wished his sister had converted to Islam. "To this day I have this wish – she was always religious and she converted to... [Lire la suite]

Iago Martínez esfórzase para entrevistar a un evasivo Ira Kaplan, de Yo La Tengo, para Xornal. Por que facer novos discos se a tal hora Yo La Tengo podería dedicarse a facer só recompilatorios? Porque o pasamos ben. A economía dos Estados Unidos non depende de que Yo La Tengo publique discos. Non o facemos polo benestar do país. Compénsovos coa súa última actuación no escenario do Cabaret Voltaire.

As novas capas de Xerais gústanme moito, nomeadamente as dúas últimas: a de Moure , coa referencia á famosa fotografía de Riboud e o contraste de tubo de fume e flor vermella, e a do Calveiro, pola elegancia gris e cega da máscara combinada coa humanidade da orella e ailladas de todo elemento.