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 To me, this superseded the moment James Rodriguez fired in the goal of…
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Romancing the Stone (1984) – Robert Zemeckis (Friday’s Finest)
Last Friday featured the soundtrack of another Robert Zemeckis film – Cast Away. Zemeckis was originally working on the movie Cocoon but was pulled off it after an early screening of today’s featured film – Romancing the Stone failed to impress studio…
Tagged with: Colombia, michael Douglas, Robert Zemeckis, Romancing the stone
Posted in Movies and TV
Posted in Movies and TV
24/10 – 30/10/22 – Bringing it All Back Home, Colombia & An Immigrant’s Love Letter to the West
Welcome to Monday’s News on the March – The week that was in my digital world. Bringing it All Back HomeArticle by Richard Williams at the bluemoment ‘Last night I was on my way to see Bob Dylan in concert in…
Tagged with: Bob Dylan, Brett Weinstein, Colombia, Konstantin Kisin, Richard Williams, Triggernometry
Posted in Music, News, politics
Posted in Music, News, politics
Dogs in the Park – ‘We are grateful for your contribution to Gender, Place and Culture’ (Special Edition)
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El Olvido Que Seremos (Colombia 2020) – Fernando Trueba (Friday’s Finest)
El Olvido Que Seremos is translated in English as Forgotten We’ll Be, but was released in English-speaking countries as Memories of my Father. It was the 2020 Colombian entry to the Academy Awards, but wasn’t nominated. It’s disappointing that this…
Tagged with: Colombia, El Olvido Que Seremos, Fernando Trueba, Memories of my Father
Posted in Movies and TV
Posted in Movies and TV
Bolero Falaz (1995) – Aterciopelados
This song by Aterciopelados (The Velvet Ones) topped the 1000 most important songs of Colombian rock, but I would class Bolero Falaz more as alternative rock. It’s extremely groovy and bohemian in character and beholds a catchy melody that should…
Monos (2019) – Alejandro Landes (Colombian Entry for the Best International Feature Film – Oscars)
I normally reserve my movie reviews for Friday’s-Finest, but I hastily brought this one forward since I just saw Monos at the cinema and it has been selected as the Colombian entry for the Best International Feature Film at the…
Blue Skies Have Returned to Bogotá – 27th of June 2019
For the first time in a long while, Bogotá (the capital of Colombia) has had one whole day of radiant blue skies. This year, the typically wet season months in Bogota – April and May extended their melancholic deluge into…
Colombian Police are Just Doing Their Job
I was stopped by Colombian police on the street today because I looked like a delinquent and was asked to show my ID. As they ogled my ID, I removed my sunnies from below my hoodie so they could match…
Luis Suarez – ‘I ate his liver with fava beans and a nice Chiellini’
I had to laugh when I read this on the BBC Live reporting of the latest Luis Suarez biting incident: Diego Suarez, who tweets using the handle @suarez is getting a lot of abuse following the controversial Luis Suarez’s incident…
Tagged with: BBC, bite, biting, Colombia, Luis Suarez, uruguay, world cup
Posted in Sport and Adventure
Posted in Sport and Adventure
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