lo bien que nos hemos portado este año que olentzero nos ha traido una wii!!, me voy a poner en forma con wii sports que me rio de los abdominales de lizgor
Tony Francis escribe un artículo en el telegraph sobre nuestro querido Athletic:
"Arsene Wenger will need smelling salts if he reads this - one of Europe's more successful clubs won't accept foreign players at any price. It gets worse. They only recruit from their own parish and prefer footballers who can get their tongues around an unfathomable language spoken by a mere 650,000 people. Bixente Lizarazu and Andoni Goikoetxea sailed through the auditions, but they had the alphabet on their side.
The club in question is Athletic Bilbao. The language is Euskera, or Basque. The model is unique. It's also unshakeable. I make no apologies for being 109 years late with the story because recent events at home demand that we take a closer look at alternative systems. Should our senior clubs be persuaded to produce more of their own players instead of raiding Africa's pantry? Would England benefit as a result? Italian officials studied the Bilbao example last season when Serie A was in a mess. Their conclusions are still under wraps.
Athletic are the most exclusive club in world football and proud of it. If you're not Basque, you can't join. Their favourite saying is: Con cantera y aficion, no hace falta importacion. It translates as: With home-grown talent and local support, you don't need foreigners. Can you see Arsenal buying that? Or Sir Alex Ferguson, despite his talk of quotas? Howard Kendall felt a trifle strangulated by it when he was Athletic's coach in the 80s. Their Basque neighbours, Real Sociedad, matched them for half a century but officially abandoned the policy by signing John Aldridge in 1989. They reckoned the Basque Country was too small to sustain two top clubs.
The only sporting parallel was Yorkshire County Cricket Club. Much to many a Yorky's disgust, they relaxed their qualification rules when motorway verges became cluttered with the progeny of cricket nuts from Pontefract to Wensleydale racing home to deposit their wives over the county boundary before their waters broke.
Not once in more than a century have Athletic's 35,000 members even discussed the possibility of opening their doors to the rest of Spain, never mind the world at large. "Why should they?" asked Andoni Zubizarreta, the goalkeeper in Javier Clemente's league and cup-winning side of 1984. "Some think it's a limitation, but I see it as a strength. It unites us. It's our reference point."
The club showed me an extraordinary photograph of the 'double' celebrations which occupied both banks and every bridge over the River Nervion as the players' barge led a fleet of vessels reminiscent of the Armada. It would never happen on the Manchester Ship Canal.
Athletic have been trophyless since that day. Even 'Zubi' concedes that it gets harder and harder to win things. Last season they were almost relegated for the first time in 109 years but survived on the final day. This season they are also too close to the bottom for comfort. I recently watched them surrender a 2-0 lead to their fellow strugglers, Deportivo La Coruna. In spite of that, the atmosphere in San Mames, their crumbling bowl of a stadium, was different from anything I'd experienced in the Bernabeu, the Maracana or the San Siro. Thirty-seven thousand Basques felt like a nation. To paraphrase C?S Lewis, the disappointment they suffered then was part of the joy they felt after beating Valencia 3-0 in the Mestalla a week later.
So why do Bilbao insist on home-grown talent when there are only about three million Basques to choose from and the French side of the Pyrenees prefers rugby anyway? More to the point, can they ever be truly competitive again? After all, there was no Bosman ruling when they won eight league titles and 24 Copas del Rey.
Their president, Fernando Garcia Macua, seemed surprised by the question. "It's not written into our constitution that the team has to be all-Basque. It's just a philosophy we've had from the start and we see no reason to change."
What if Athletic are in the second division next season? "We'd rather go down than change our habits," he said. "I know the supporters feel the same." Paradoxically, Athletic are a foreign creation, started by British workers who left Sunderland and Southampton to work in the steel and shipbuilding industries.
I was introduced to Jose Angel Iribar, the club's legendary goalkeeper in the Sixties and Seventies who achieved notoriety by carrying the illegal Basque flag on to the pitch as soon as General Franco died. He was bullish about the future: "Our cantera (youth academy) is still one of the strongest in Spain. The spirit among young men who grow up together playing for the club they supported as boys is something every club envies."
When Athletic are losing, their crowds grow bigger. It's almost biblical. Followers tell me they connect with the players in a way that Arsenal fans can't hope to connect with Emmanuel Adebayor or Liverpool fans with Fernando Torres. They've watched them come through the academy; been to their confirmations; bumped into them in the shopping mall. If it sounds parochial, it shouldn't. At my local club, Leicester City, we were delighted when Keith Weller and Frank Worthington joined us but it gave us the most pleasure when Graham Cross, David Nish, Peter Shilton and Gary Lineker came through the ranks.
On the broader question of whether Athletic Bilbao's no-foreigners policy benefits the national team, the answer is a resounding yes - in the past. However, there are few Basques in the present Spanish squad and when it comes to underperforming, Spain have consistently left England in the shade."
En captura.org cuelgan fotos buenafuente y sus colegas del torrat, una de las que más me ha gustado es esta de jon sisitiaga que ha titulado "caponata tiene una idea".
YouTube (bueno, los Foo Fighters) no dejan 'embed' el vídeo -lo cual me parece normal- así que he hecho el título de arriba el link a YouTube. Letra debajo. Canción majestuosa, vídeo majestuoso. Banda majestuosa. Nññoooos qué mala lecheeeeeeeeeee!!! Rock-and-fucking-roll forever when it's THIS GOOD. Go motherfuckers, go!!! Telling-it-like-it-is!!!
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FOO FIGHTERS - THE PRETENDER
Keep you in the dark You know they all pretend Keep you in the dark And so it all began
Send in your skeletons Sing as their bones go marching in... again The need you buried deep The secrets that you keep are ever ready Are you ready? I'm finished making sense Done pleading ignorance That whole defense
Spinning infinity, boy The wheel is spinning me It's never-ending, never-ending Same old story
What if I say I'm not like the others? What if I say I'm not just another one of your plays? You're the pretender What if I say that I'll never surrender?
What if I say I'm not like the others? What if I say I'm not just another one of your plays? You're the pretender What if I say that I'll never surrender?
In time or so i'm told I'm just another soul for sale... oh, well The page is out of print We are not permanent We're temporary, temporary Same old story
What if I say I'm not like the others? What if I say I'm not just another one of your plays? You're the pretender What if I say that I'll never surrender?
What if I say I'm not like the others? What if I say I'm not just another one of your plays? You're the pretender What if I say that I'll never surrender?
I'm the voice inside your head You refuse to hear I'm the face that you have to face Mirrored in your stare I'm what's left, I'm what's right I'm the enemy I'm the hand that will take you down Bring you to your knees
So who are you? Yeah, who are you? Yeah, who are you? Yeah, who are you?
Keep you in the dark You know they all pretend
What if I say I'm not like the others? What if I say I'm not just another one of your plays? You're the pretender What if I say that I'll never surrender?
What if I say I'm not like the others? What if I say I'm not just another one of your plays? You're the pretender What if I say that I'll never surrender?
What if I say I'm not like the others? (Keep you in the dark) What if I say I'm not just another one of your plays? (You know they all... pretend) You're the pretender What if I say that I'll never surrender?
What if I say I'm not like the others? (Keep you in the dark) What if I say I'm not just another one of your plays? (You know they all... pretend) You're the pretender What if I say that I'll never surrender?
So who are you? Yeah, who are you? Yeah, who are you?
...La silla de diseño! Se nota que el tío tiene una maestría al manejarla que es de admirar. Pero estoy seguro que ahí nos sentamos Ugly-Naked y yo y revienta. Y eso que yo he adelgazado. x)
Jan. 22 - Ford Center, Oklahoma City, OK Jan. 24 - AT&T Center, San Antonio, TX Jan. 26 - American Airlines Center, Dallas, TX Jan. 28 - Toyota Center, Houston, TX Feb. 1 - Pepsi Center, Denver, CO Feb. 4 - Qwest Event Center, Omaha, NE Feb. 8 - New Orleans Arena, New Orleans, LA Feb. 12 - BankAtlantic Center, Ft. Lauderdale, FL Feb. 14 - Amway Arena, Orlando, FL Feb. 16 - Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville, FL Feb. 18 - St. Pete Times Forum, Tampa, FL Feb. 22 - John Paul Jones Arena, Charlottesville, VA Mar. 5 - US Bank Arena, Cincinnati, OH Mar. 7 - RBC Center, Raleigh, NC Mar. 9 - 1st Mariner Arena, Baltimore, MD Mar. 11 - Verizon Wireless Arena, Manchester, NH Mar. 13 - Izod Center, East Rutherford, NJ Mar. 17 - Madison Square Garden, New York, NY Mar. 19 - Giant Center, Hershey, PA Mar. 21 - Mellon Arena, Pittsburgh, PA Mar. 24 - Dunkin Donuts Center, Providence, RI Mar. 26 - Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, CT Mar. 28 - Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, NJ Mar. 30 - Scottrade Center, St. Louis, MO Apr. 1 - Value City Arena, Columbus, OH Apr. 3 - Allstate Arena, Chicago, IL Apr. 5 - Van Andel Arena, Grand Rapids, MI Apr. 7 - Bradley Center, Milwaukee, WI
Asi empezó el concierto de MM en bilbo el otro día y cuelgo estas imágenes para que os fijeis en todos los móviles/cámaras que se ven entre el público, es increible, si luego se ve una mierda....
y seguimos con noticias luctuosas, acabo de enterarme de la muerte de Kevin DuBrow, frontman de Quiet Riot, una banda no tan conocida como se merecía, sirva este vídeo como homenaje a Kevin con está buenísima versión de un tema de Slade
He de reconocer que apenas he escuchado los discos posteriores al “mechanical animals”, quizá el shock de antichrist superstar fue tan grande que ahogó con su onda expansiva a los futuros partos del reverendo, o quizá tales partos nunca llegaron a hacerle sombra diluyéndose en temas repetitivos, mucha pose y poca chicha (starfuckers inc. que diría alguno), o simplemente otras cosas han acaparado mi atención, pero el caso es que me cuando me enteré que iba a tocar en el BEC me apetecía ir aunque no estaba convencido del todo, al saber que turbonegro iban a ser los teloneros terminé de convencerme y allí estuve, junto con othar, el pasado viernes.
Turbonegro empezaron con un sonido horrible que fue mejorando con el paso de las canciones aunque no demasiado. Su cantante se mostró encantado de estar en Bilbao otra vez (“es como volver a casa”) y de tocar con MM por que así “… las putas góticas y las putas turbonegras podían juntarse para una fiesta…”, muy comunicativo en todo momento, aprovecharon el poco (poquísimo) tiempo del que dispusieron para presentar temas de su nuevo disco (Retox) como “Do You Do You Dig Destruction” que cuenta la historia de una chica de Bergara (¿?), tendré que preguntarle a marijo, que es de Bergara, xDDDDDDDD, o “We're Gonna Drop The Atom Bomb” y clásicos como “I Got Erection” y “Get It On”, e incluso nos obsequiaron con una curiosa versión de la escena del santo sudario, en definitiva yo me quedé con ganas de más.
Nos preparamos para el concierto del reverendo, sólido y líquido para alimentar el cuerpo, vueltita por el mingitorio y a esperar, me conformaba con escuchar “tourniquet”, “the beautiful people”, gritar “next motherfucker is gonna get my medal” y escuchar los 2 únicos temas del nuevo disco que, en mi modesta opinión, merecen la pena, “Putting_Holes_In_Happiness” y “Heart-Shaped Glasses”, vamos creo que no estaba especialmente exigente.
Después de una espera bastante larga se apagaron las luces y empezó a sonar la intro con piano y violínes, tras el telón se adivinaba la silueta de Mr. Manson y arrancaron los acordes de “if i was a vampire”, con un sonido a siglos luz del de turbonegro fueron cayendo los temas hasta terminar con “The beautiful people” un cortísimo concierto de algo menos de hora y media (no miré al reloj, pero eso comentaron a mi alrededor), entre medias, largas pausas entre canción y canción, bien para cambio de vestuario o para montar el numerito escénico del siguiente tema y, no necesariamente en este orden, “tourniquet”, “rock is dead”, medley de “sweet dreams” con “lunchbox”, “mobscene”, “the dope show”, “the fight song” con un ring en el escenario y manson de boxeador, “the reflecting god” con manson elevándose unos metros sobre el público, como predicador en “antichrist superstar”, las 2 nuevas antes mencionadas y seguro que me dejo alguna en el tintero, un sonido atronador y un reverendo más entregado de lo que esparaba, con el tele-botella-oxigeno corriendo tras él.
Al entrar había un cartel avisando de la utilización de luces estroboscópicas durante el show y realmente he de decir que puedo ver los teletubbies tranquilamente sin miedo a sufrir ataques epilépticos.
Según he leído nos reunimos alrededor de 7000 personas, en general el ambiente bastante frío, aunque no voy a tirar yo la primera piedra por que tampoco fui de los que más botaron/gritaron/saltaron precisamente, aun así, me gusto y salí satisfecho
Aunque esto paso a principios de año, no quiero que termine el 2007 sin dedicarle unas palabras... quiero dedicar un pequeño obituario a Colin Thurston, todo un personaje del estudio aquien tuvimos la fortuna de conocer, un defendedor del talento verdadero, un rockanrolero que cocinaba el pollo con un refinamiento tal que era digno de guia Michelin, y que fue nuestro productor durante un año.
Aunque no siguio con las labores de produccion con nosotros, siempre fue un ejemplo a seguir, una bellisima persona -siempre se dice, pero en su caso, era casi mejor persona que productor, por lo menos en mi experiencia-. Y era, ante todo, una sencilla persona, aunque se le saliera el dinero por las orejas. Todo un GENTLEMAN y un ejemplo de personalidad del rock. Un ser humano como la copa de un pino. Siempre en calma, siempre centrado, siempre humano.
Evan y Gage te dicen adios.
Colin se nos ha marchado en el 2007. LONG LIVE ROCK AND ROLL. LONG LIVE COLIN THURSTON.
Sobre Colin's RIP: http://news.independent.co.uk/people/obituaries/article2180753.ece http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colin_Thurston
Mesea plasmau el clip del Brother Louie mientras buscaba otra cosa en youtube. Y yo me he dicho retoricamenete... Voy a compartirlo, fjate. Uy pofavo. Que talentosos.
...brother luiluilui... ...aaaansi somachuki chusmi... Desde luego, letras como estas ya no hacen.
Po cierto, Nere no cuenta mucho de la sesion musical con el Steve Tyler. Para que esta escriba mas que una nota con la frase 'voy a la tienda' tienen que caer meteoritos o asin... De hecho, creo que la nota de 'voy a la tienda' la tiene fotocopiada, para no escribirla. Pues estuvieron en plan relax en el Hilton, ambos el Tyler y la Gage, tirando de martini a £17 el vaso. Y hoy ha estado en la fiesta-exhibicion de Storm Thorgerson, el artista de Pink Floyd (y Muse, Cranberries...), que anda subastando portadas de los Floyd, Parsons, y trabajos antiguos... Es que la industria discografica no es lo que era, y hay que seguir pagando al butanero.... Vamos, que a alternar, lo que es a alternar, no le gana nadie a la Gage. Joder. Menuda txispilla que ha traido, sin ir mas lejos. Y a que horas. Ayyyy.....