Tag: rodrigo y gabriela
Rodrigo y Gabriela
The story goes that Rodrigo Sánchez and Gabriela Quintero played in a thrash metal band in their native Mexico. Presumably having failed to thrash the charts the band split, jettisoning our nimble-fingered duo to Dublin, the buskers’ paradise. There they were spotted and snagged by the festival circuit. Massive success followed, with an album produced …
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Audition
Director: Takashi Miike Japan, 1999 I have to admit, just being aware of this film’s reputation is a good reason to skip it, because with even a milligram of prior knowledge this particular injection …
- Originally published: 11 Jan 2007 in Film
Easter in Munich
J and I visited Munich over the Easter break. The sun was out and the beer was flowing. The seat of Bavarian power in centuries past, Munich has been the home of Ibsen, …
- Originally published: 12 Apr 2007 in Europe
The belated Botanical Gardens video
Source: Wikimedia Commons Here’s some (weird) footage from the Power Plant event at the University of Oxford Botanical Gardens back on 3rd September 2005. The soundtrack is original. …
- Originally published: 31 Oct 2005 in UK
Photos of 8ch and Magna
Another exciting feast of photos from the winter of 2006-7, in which we visit Sheffield, 8ch visits us and J and family visit Magna in Rotherham. 8ch darkens our door again The restaurant here …
- Originally published: 26 Jan 2007 in Personalia
Casablanca
Director: Michael Curtiz United States, 1942 Casablanca needs no introduction, except maybe the first few bars of As Time Goes By. It’s a masterfully told, elliptical yarn about a difficult period and after so …
- Originally published: 22 Feb 2007 in Film
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Hello you. I'm Mike Padgett and I work in the technology sector as an Information Designer.
I also enjoy travel, concerts, films and walking.
I'm based in Brussels, Belgium. My current favourite Belgian beer is St Feuillien Brune.