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Monthly Archives: October 2011
The Twee man steals show in Irish presidential race
A veteran left-wing human rights activist and campaigner for the arts declared himself yesterday to be “a little overwhelmed” on becoming Ireland’s President in waiting after a campaign notable for mud-slinging and unprecedented volatility among voters. Michael D Higgins will … Continue reading
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Tunisie : les mariannautes entre inquiétude et espoir
Démocratie islamiste “La démocratie, que je sache, est le gouvernement du peuple, par le peuple“, rappelle Alain S en guise de préambule. ” Et si ce peuple est majoritairement de religion islamique, je ne vois pas pourquoi ce pays serait … Continue reading
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Los extremos hacen feliz a Messi (FC Barcelona, 5-R. Mallorca, 0)
Marcó Messi y ganó el Barça. La figura y el equipo mezclaron de nuevo de forma tan estupenda y generosa que el marcador fue agradecido con la función del Camp Nou. Nada tuvo que decir el Mallorca, convidado a la … Continue reading
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St Vincent: ‘I needed to know where the exits were’
There’s a scene in the video for the song Cruel, in which Annie Clark, the 29-year-old multi-instrumentist who records and performs as St Vincent – is held prisoner in the boot of a car by a Stepford-style family, feet bound … Continue reading
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Jali : Des jours & des lunes
Entre ombre et lumière, entre espoir et inquiétude, Jali livre Des jours & des lunes, un premier album épuré et poétique. Armé de ses mots et de sa guitare, il a les deux pieds sur terre mais la tête dans … Continue reading
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Jorge Castañeda: “La resistencia al cambio en México es más profunda de lo que parece”
Nadie duda de que México ha reunido credenciales suficientes para ser considerado un país moderno: democracia, economía de mercado, una clase media emergente… Sin embargo, “las resistencias al cambio son mucho más profundas de lo que parece”, afirma el escritor … Continue reading
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Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings, Soul Time!
Soul Time! is a near-perfect expression of retro-soul style that grips from its opening bars. It’s as if all the components of classic soul – Memphis, Chicago, Detroit and Muscle Shoals – have been distilled into one album: there is … Continue reading
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Sarkozy célèbre Sarkozy
L’Europe est sauvée. Merci qui ? Merci Nicolas Sarkozy, qui s’est octroyé, hier, une heure et quart d’autocongratulation sur France 2 et TF1 (voir la vidéo ici), dont les téléspectateurs ont dû patienter avant de découvrir la demi-finale de Masterchef. Un … Continue reading
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En la onda Baudelaire
Cuando Víctor Hugo acabó de leer Las flores del mal, el polémico y seminal libro de Charles Baudelaire, aseguró: “Produce un escalofrío nuevo”. Efectivamente, el libro recogía una sensibilidad distinta, única, reflejaba como ninguno la nueva experiencia de la eclosión … Continue reading
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Argentina finally serves justice on the ‘angel of death’
As they cowered in the cold cells of the Navy Mechanics School in Buenos Aires, the political prisoners rounded up by the military dictatorship of 1976 to 1983 would vow, under their breath if they were wise, that one day … Continue reading
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Nulla dies sine linea 