Dublin Opinion

By request, for Miriam, Oscar (x2), Elena (x2), Armando, Sonia, Jesús, and Caeser.
Enjoy.

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¡Venga España! Roll on Russia!
Now, they’re not from Spain, but sure any ‘aul excuse to play this song.
Enjoy!

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Thanks to my friend Armando for this one.
(Very) roughly translated, the bits at the start read:
“Learn English with the Generalisimo! An easy and efficient method.
Read out loud the subtitles, along with the caudillo .
The centre for the study of “Unfortunate Humans” guarantees you that, at the end of this video, you will enjoy […]

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In a perhaps extreme example of my reactivity and nose for what’s topical, I’m telling you about a festival that ended last sunday. Maybe that’s why this is Dublin ‘Opinion’ and that other lot are called Dublin ‘Event Guide’… In any case, according to the DEG, you have just had the opportunity over there to […]

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“cesó todo, y dejéme,
dejando mi cuidado
entre las azucenas olvidado.
(all things ceased; I went out from myself,
leaving my cares
forgotten among the lilies.)
It’s just gone midnight and I’m flicking channels. I stop on a clip show called Yo estuve allí (I was there), and in less than five minutes it covers the crowning of King Carlos, […]

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Simon Calder of the English Independent has compiled a video tour of Zaragoza. This is from the blurb:
Spain’s hidden secret
That sums up Zaragoza, the surprising capital of the beautiful region of Aragon. But this year the secret is out, because this northern Spanish gem is host to Expo 2008. Join Simon Calder as he compresses […]

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Zaragoza´s flea market takes place every Sunday on a street next to the bull-ring. It’s less than five minutes from my flat. Despite that, and despite the fact that I’ve been living here for six months now, yesterday was the first time I made it up to the place. And that’s been my loss, for […]

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And the days are not full enough
And the nights are not full enough
And life slips by like a field mouse
Not shaking the grass (”And the days are not enough,” Ezra Pound)
It’s 3.14am and I’m sipping coffee in the arrivals lounge in Barcelona airport. The only bulls are the ones on the Osborne port bottles […]

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Zapatero has to overcome rising unemployment, inflation at double the EU average, and a crisis in the construction industry, which has been hit by the global credit squeeze. Having seen the economy grow at a rate of 4% in recent years, analysts say it could drop to 2.5% this year.” (”Spanish socialists pledge new era […]

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This year, for the Eurovision, the Spanish national TV station TVE has decided to use myspace.com to find a song represent the country. Spain is one of the “big four” sponsors of the Eurovision, and as such it gets automatic selection for the final. As with all such projects, the competition brought out all types. […]

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