Hoy es el cumpleaños 114 del Maestro Andrés Segovia, siempre antepongo el título, porque el maestro lo es, para todo aquel que toque y quiera la guitarra.
El padre de la guitarra, siempre bravucon, necio, orgulloso, rabo verde y dotado de una determinación rara vez igualada.
Sacó a la guitarra de lodo y del olvido y fue una luz que insipiró (a veces obligó) a toda una generación de brillantes compositores.
La técnica y el estilo del maestro han sido ya ampiamente mejorados y las grabaciones de los guitarristas contemporaneos no tienen comparación con las del viejo maestro.
Aún así, su legado a la guitarra y a la música es invaluable.
Hoy en lugar de escribir algo, me voy a poner a etiquetar todos los posts que he hecho de manera que nuestros millones de lectores puedan leer nuestras divagaciones y comentarios punzantes segun el tema de su interés sin importar la fecha en la que haya sido publicado.
Será posible?! Una película de arrested development?! La idea captura mi imaginación, poder ver algo nuevo de una de las comedias más chingonas que hay por ahí.
Cruzo los dedos.
Si ustedes no conocen arrested development, antes de que corran a los brazos de wikipedia, dejen que un fan se las describa (osea yo).
Es una serie de televisión, una sitcom… digamos que en el universo de las sitcoms, esta sería el antiFriends (aquí nadie tiene buenos sentimientos o finales felices).
Huye ágil de todos los convencionalismos, ese constante tono de self-reference, el guión, la narrativa, los personajes, una sola cámara… son como unos exploradores, buscando nuevas formas de hacerle cosquillas a tu cerebro.
Al principio parece que todo el peso de la comedia cae sobre los personajes y actores (increíbles todos ellos), pero tantos chistes inolvidables se hacen en edición, o los hace la música o Ron Howard(el narrador). Son una gran orquesta.
Y si decides hacerte su amigo, hace algunos “chistes locales” contigo, y entonces después de veinte episodios cuando alguien diga “heeer?” o “I’ve made a huge mistake” podrás reir con la mayor familiaridad.
Estos son algunos highlights de wikipedia acerca de la serie.
"Arrested Development uses several elements that are rare for American live-action sitcoms. Like a documentary, it often cuts away abruptly from scenes in order to supplement the narrative with material such as security camera footage, Bluth family photos, website screenshots, and archive films. Flashbacks are also extensively used to show the Bluth family in various stages of their lives. The show does not employ a laugh track, allowing for uninterrupted back-and-forth dialogue and permitting more time for plot development and jokes. An omniscient third-person narrator (producer Ron Howard, uncredited) ties together the multiple plot threads running through each episode, and provides tongue-in-cheek commentary. Wordplay is abundant, for humor and plot; a character may misinterpret an ambiguous phrase with embarrassing or disastrous results. Perhaps most startling for new viewers is the fast pace, which throws complex, often subtle humor and plot details at the viewer with little breathing room.
The show is highly intertextual and reflexive, features commonly associated with postmodernism. For example, Arrested Development often alludes to the past work of its cast and crew through the restaging of familiar scenarios, such as Fonzie'sjumping the shark from Happy Days,[7], Tony Hale's bit part in a Volkswagen commercial, and by casting former collaborators in small bit parts, including many cast members from Mr. Show as well as improv comics from Christopher Guest films. Guest stars frequently appear from other lauded television comedies such as The Daily Show, Seinfeld, Scrubs, The Office, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Upright Citizens Brigade and The Simpsons. The show's reflexiveness may be literal or subtle. In the episode "For British Eyes Only," Michael tells George Sr., who he believes is trying to convince him of a lie, "You're a regular Brad Garrett." This is in reference to the Emmy Awards that directly preceded the episode's original airing, where Garrett beat out Jeffrey Tambor (George Sr.) for "Best Supporting Actor." The series has acknowledged its competition (Desperate Housewives), commercial sponsor (Burger King),[7] its struggle to go after an "idiot demographic,"[8] its use of dramatic moments as act breaks, and Fox's cutback of the second season to 18 episodes. The episode "S.O.B.s" made numerous references to Arrested Development's attempts to remain on air by parodying typical television ratings ploys and hinted at the attempts of other networks to purchase the series from Fox. In addition, narrator Ron Howard has made several references to his experiences on The Andy Griffith Show and Happy Days. "
RADIOHEAD has confirmed the dates and venues to be visited on the first segment of its upcoming North American tour. They are:
May 5 - Cruzan Amphitheatre - West Palm Beach, Florida May 6 - Ford Amphitheatre - Tampa, Florida May 8 - Lakewood Amphitheatre - Atlanta, Georgia May 9 - Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre - Charlotte, North Carolina May 11 - Nissan Pavilion at Stone Ridge - Bristow, Virginia May 14 - Verizon Wireless Amphitheater - St Louis, Missouri May 17 - Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion - Houston, Texas May 18 - Superpages.com Center - Dallas, Texas
Pre-sale for the above dates will begin February 14 via W.A.S.T.E. with general on-sales following on February 16. The second half of the North American tour will follow the band's summer tour of the UK and Europe.
Si hoy vas a desperdiciar 5 minutos de tu vida en lo que sea, como viendo como te quedan esos pantalones, revisando el contenido energético de algún producto o sacandote la mugre de las uñas de los pies, recomiendo ver este video como alternativa.
Thelonious Monk, he sure got me mindsurfing there. También es la mejor calidad de video que he encontrado en youtube de esa época.
