Tag: buena vista social club
Afrocubism
Visa problems stopped an Afro-Cuban soundclash in 1996, so producers recorded Buena Vista Social Club. Now after 14 years, the original project is here.
Buena Vista Social Club presents (2008 Tour)
At last year’s Buena Vista Social Club gig, only the cheap seats were left on sale. This time I was better prepared.
Buena Vista Social Club
All rockumentaries should be like this: memorable film on the great cultural discovery of the late 90s.
Buena Vista Social Club presents (2007 Tour)
My flatmate saw a documentary film about some Cuban musicians. He insisted I see it for myself. And I did, eight years later.
Elsewhere on MikePadgett.com …
WFMU show confirmed
When I had a one-off DJ slot on my favourite radio station WFMU.
- Originally published: 6 Dec 2006 in Personalia
The End of the Affair
Greene’s quirky take on the silent suffering of the English middle class.
- Originally published: 17 Jan 2010 in Books
La Dolce Vita
This masterpiece of stylish satire, full of memorable images remains nevertheless aloof.
- Originally published: 12 Feb 2007 in Film
Death at Intervals
Saramago is the sort of funny old man I would’ve loved to have read bedtime stories to me when I was a kid.
- Originally published: 3 Jul 2008 in Books
Bourgogne des Flandres
3/5. Dark, caramelised and malty, this beer is pleasantly light and only slightly sour.
- Originally published: 1 Jan 2010 in Beer
Who you gonna call?
Hello you, I'm Mike Padgett. I'm not a Princeton curator, Knoxville mayoral candidate, Kentuckian pastor or Arizona journalist, I just share the same name. In fact, I am a consultant working in user experience and information design.
I also enjoy travel, concerts, films and walking.
I'm originally from Yorkshire, England but nowadays I live in Belgium. My current favourite Belgian beer is Black Albert.
Shameless self-promotion
Over a year in the making, Dopeology.org is my latest personal project: a topology of doping in thirty years of European pro road cycling.
I collected information from thousands of sources, then I modelled and published it via a lightweight user interface.