I’m again resuming my Wednesday literature segment, which features an excerpt from Douglas Adams’s The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy – specifically from Book Two in the series, The Restaurant at the End of the Universe (1980). If you…
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The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide (1996) – Douglas Adams
Tagged with: Bogota, Colombia, Douglas Adams, Julio Mario Santo Domingo, library, The Restaurant at the End of the Universe, The Ultimate Hitchhikers Guide
Posted in Reading
Posted in Reading
Live is Life (1984) – Opus (Ft. Maradona)
Today, we watch the most iconic warm-up in football history – Diego Maradona’s dance to Live is Life by the Austrian group Opus. I remember when I was 16, my father and I were up in the wee hours in…
Russian Inspired Music on the Bogotá Transmilenio (26-9-2025)
Yesterday I recorded a duo performing on the Transmilenio — Bogotá’s bus rapid transit (BRT) system. In the background of the video you can see the Bogotá Metro under construction: a 24 km (15 mi) elevated, driverless, automated rapid transit…
5/5/25 – 11/5/25 – Oakland A’s, Wind Farms & Bob Dylan
Welcome to Monday’s News on the March – The week that was in my digital world. The Curious Case of Darius TrappBlog article by Gary Trujillo at Coco Crisp’s Afro My only foray into the Oakland A’s baseball team was…
Tagged with: baseball, BBC, bob dylan parody, Coco Crisp's Afro, Colombia, Darius Trapp, electricity, Gary Trujillo, la guajira, renewable, urban myths, wind energy
Posted in Movies and TV, News, Sport and Adventure
Posted in Movies and TV, News, Sport and Adventure
20/1/25 – 26/1/25 – Colombia, Australian Open & Blackouts
Welcome to Monday’s News on the March – The week that was in my digital world. Yesterday, my adopted home country Colombia had the scariest rollercoaster ride because of a diplomatic entanglement with the United States. Yesterday morning the Colombian…
Tagged with: Australian open, Britain, Colombia, COVID, Danielle Collins, Donal trump, electricity, Freddy Sayers, Gustavo Petro, net zero, Novak Djokovic, Tariffs, UnHerd, United States
Posted in News, politics, Sport and Adventure
Posted in News, politics, Sport and Adventure
Tabaco y Chanel (2000) – Bacilos
Tabaco and Chanel inaugurates all songs (approximately 200) starting with ‘T’ in the alphabetical listing of the music library project. I don’t know how the smell of tobacco conjures sweet romantic memories of the smell of someone’s skin, but it…
30/9 – 6/10/24 – Music, Impulse & Shipwreck
Welcome to Monday’s News on the March – The week that was in my digital world. The Real Reason Why Music Is Getting WorseVideo presentation at Rick Beato Richard John Beato is an American YouTube personality, multi-instrumentalist, music producer, and educator. Since…
Tagged with: BBC news, Colombia, House of Heart, music, poem, Rick Beato, shipwreck
Posted in Music, News, Reading
Posted in Music, News, Reading
Los Caminos de la Vida (1993) – Los Diablitos (written by Omar Geles)
A perfect song to dedicate to the most special person in our lives like our mother. – Los Diablitos I first heard Los Caminos de la Vida (The Paths of Life) in the sleeper movie hit Sound of Freedom (2023).…
Tagged with: Colombia, Los Caminos de la Vida, Los diablitos, omar geles, valledupar, vallenato, Vicentico
Posted in Music
Posted in Music
El Estuche (The Case) 1998 – Aterciopelados
It is not a commandment to be the diva of the moment (wow)Why work for a sculptural body? Do you want to feel all eyes on you?And trigger whistles when passing? Look at the essence, not the appearances… Look at…
Great Sporting Moments 6 – 2023 World Cup Colombia vs Germany (2-1)
It’s 6:39 am here in Bogota, Colombia and I just got to witness the most historic Colombian football feat I have ever seen since living in Colombia. To me, this superseded the moment James Rodriguez fired in the goal of…
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