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Aerosmith concert in New York
This June 29 at the Times Union Center in Albany, New York, the American hard rock band Aerosmith will be performing live. The concert is part of the annual meeting of the New York band with its audience coming to enjoy their hits. Aerosmith is a band formed in 1970 and consists of Joe Perry, guitarist, Steve Tyler, lead singer, Tom Hamilton, bassist Joey Kramer, drummer, Brad Whitford, guitarist. Jimmy Crespo and Rick Dufay Ray Tabano were Initially part of the band In 1972, Aerosmith signed with Columbia Records to launch several albums which were an immediate success, earning multi-platinum disc for sales. In just three years the band was consolidated as a group and musically praised with the album Toys in the Attic, becoming stars in the rock world. By the end of the 70 they were known throughout the world and had imposed a musical sound that has accompanied them so far. However, the rapid rise, the exhausting days of touring and recording took their toll on the group, some members started doing hard drugs that resulted in conflicting relations and the departure of some members. These complications led to a decline in production of the band, between 1980 and 1984 they released one album Rock in a Hard Place, achieving a gold record, without achieving platinum as in previous albums. Only in 1987 they were able to recover the public´s affection with the album Permanent Vacation, achieving the success rates of the 70. The 80 and 90 conducted new productions that achieved notable successes, Aerosmith is one of the bands that have achieved the highest...
The chiringuitos (bars) on the beach
It is one of the postcard images culled from the successful marketing campaign under the slogan “Spain is different”. Do you remember it? Don´t you know it? Well, I mean that picture of a beach bar (said of an unstable establishment between a kiosk and a food peddler located on the beach) filled to the brim with people, where you are uncomfortable and bad food is served. Well, dear traveler, that does not exist in Spain. Fortunately. The current bars have become what they are: comfortable spaces to relax, to taste typical Mediterranean dishes, where sunbathing and live music makes them a summer oasis. The most elegant, also have been reworded so that they are no longer called bars. They are the exclusive beach clubs. All beaches on the Mediterranean coast, and in the cosmopolitan city of Barcelona is not an exception to this premise, these beach bars are comfortable restaurants (some decorated with designer furniture) which serves traditional dishes from this part of the world, in the vast majority of cases, well cooked by local chefs. Juicy paellas, fresh fish or salt-grilled sardines on skewers, colorful salads , frozen desserts and some other international succor cuisine dish (like pasta or grilled chicken) often are on the menu of most beach bars in Barcelona. Of course, there will be one that gives her special touch with a different recipe and / or more elaborate. Apart from eating, some have showers, hammocks and parasols services and liven up the evening with live music. Paz Vela and Bestial, both in La Barceloneta, are some of the bars that are located in...
Sister Act on Stage in Vienna
Although Vienna already offers a wide array of musical performances (opera, symphony, jazz festivals, etc.), there are two places engaged in bringing the best and most successful Broadway productions to the ancient Austro-Hungarian capital. We are talking about the Raimund and Ronacher theaters. The first is located in the Mariahilf district near the center and the second is a short walk from St. Stephen´s Cathedral, in district one. Well, in the latter, resuming the tradition of the vaudeville from the past, they are hosting the musical “Sister Act”, a comedy produced by Whoopi Goldberg which was adapted from the eponymous film. Although the organizer does not list an end date for the production, some sources point to June 24 as the last chance to enjoy this show. The theater also has a magnificent interior with nineteenth-century frescoes by Eduard Veith. The traveler or local who would like to purchase tickets can do so online through the website of the theater (http://www.musicalvienna.at/index.php/en/spielplan_en/production/78587/content) where one can also find out about news as well as any renewals and cancellations of the show. Musicals are a strange thing. Although they began on Broadway, their success and adaptability have allowed them to cross borders. Now they are not only represented in various parts ofEuropebut also in other cities inNorth America. In fact, the theater that hosts “Sister Act”, the Raimund, opened its new stage with the well-known and successful “Cats” and actress Whoopi Goldberg’s production is on tour through the world with stops planned in Hamburg and Milan. It’s not surprising that these works cross borders. They are casual and contemporary special events...
Portishead concert in Barcelona
Product of his extreme aesthetic need the fundamental works of Dylan Thomas are contained in a volume that does not reach more than two hundred pages. This is an approximate amount of barely 100 poems written during his lifetime in increased time spans convinced of the need of not to make art, but only to create that that is absolutely essential. Although it is difficult to resist the temptation of wishing he had ritten poetry more often, his fiction is significantly heavier compared with the view of the extraordinary results obtained. It would be unfair and inconsiderate to blame him for anything. For its very title, which coincides with the first verse of the poem, are compositions of raving beauty that make you vibrate, you feel pushed to the limit, words to spread into the world in silence which may be reached only after digging into a foreign language within the language itself, to use that style as suggested by a certain French philosopher, the phrase of Proust that suggests that all masterpieces are written in a kind of foreign language. In perhaps similar way, in the eighteen years of their existence of the cult British band Portishead, have only produced three studio albums. It Is said they are taking some time working in the fourth, but as Geoff Barrow admitted last January along with singer and founding member Beth Gibbon , it may take at least ten other damn years. The same dosage, this same slow and pure crystallization process seems to have rubbed off on their own live performances, of which there are only five scheduled this...
Thermal circuit close to Barcelona
The benefits of hot, sulfurous and bicarbonate waters have been known since ancient times, with archeological references that date from times as far back as the Roman civilization. Although the Hispanic Muslims, who occupied the whole Iberian Peninsula until 1492, were fans of water in all of its varieties, this practice was progressively abandoned in the dirty middle ages. For this reason, thermal springs, community pools and spa areas were left in disuse and became ruins. It wasn´t until well into the 19th century when the local Spanish bourgeoisie, copying all those imported from Europe (Baden-Baden in Germany, Lido in Venice and Evian on the French-Swiss border) that people started spending long summers close to the old thermal springs. That´s how spa resorts started around the country (Lanjarón in Andalucía, in the south, Mondariz and La Toja in Galicia in the north and La Garriga in Catalonia), at the same time as comfortable centres were built that canalized, managed and saved these resources. Towns became luxurious second residencies and they changed the whole urban layout to accommodate this select and distinguished clientele who was looking for resting and relief cures for bone and breathing illnesses. In these exclusive spas, predecessors of today´s modern resorts, was where the aristocratic dame, the casanova-wannabes, the successful businessmen and the artist searching for inspiration came, along with the rheumatic elderly people, for the need to regain strength and experience an intense social life. These 19th century spas began to decline in the mid-20th century but, in the last decade, a clientele used to urban spas has put them on the map again. And...
Black Sabbath in Vienna
June is definitely one of the best months in Vienna. During the early summer, when the entire city is naturally adorned with its best outfit, when theaters, auditoriums, squares and concert halls are packed with festivals (the Festwochen and the Vienna Jazz Festival, of which we have been talking in this blog are undeniable references), when this capital has left behind the rigors of winter … that´s when the concert season starts too. Music of all kinds, from Indie Pop to Blues, from rock to heavy metal, from folk to classical performers … coming from all corners of the globe spreading their sound around the corners of Vienna. The offer becomes so saturated that is even hard to keep track of the music news, but that´s why we´re here. The veteran and changing group of heavy metal, Black Sabbath will perform a concert on the 26th of June at 8 pm at the Stadthalle in Vienna. This concert is part of their International tour (coming from Prague and heading to Milan). Ticket’s price is only 130 Euros and can be purchased, like everything else in the world, through the Internet. Here is the URL http://www.vienna-concert.com/Vienna-Concerts-Events_268_en.html The concert tour is titled “Ozzi & Friends”, probably not to confuse their fans about the members of the new band, which since it was founded, more than forty years ago in the legendary 1968, has had so many changes regarding its members. Although Ozzi Osborne (vocal) was one of the founders, he was separated for some years. During these successive gaps, came and went a few others and it seemed that the group...
Duran Duran in Istanbul
On the 9th of July, at the Maçka Küçükçiftlik Park in Istanbul, you can watch the British rock band Duran Duran live on tour to promote their new album, ´All You Need is Now´. Duran Duran is the British band that best represents the 80s New Wave, and it´s made up today by John and Roger Taylor (vocals and bass), Simon Le Bon (vocals), Dominic Brown (guitar) and Nick Rhodes (keyboard and drums). Their trademark badge was their glamorous performances on stage that were reproduced in the videos. This differentiated them from various bands that brought punk aesthetics. This attracted many young girls, becoming a commercial phenomenon of the time. However, it´s not all been marketing and glamour for Duran Duran, since they´re an excellent music band that was formed with the intention of being a band with the energy of the Sex Pistols but with danceable rhythms like David Bowie and Roxy Music. They achieved this in great terms and that´s where a large part of their success lies. Their name comes from the film Barbarella (1968), directed by Roger Vadim, where the villain is called Mr. Duran Duran. The sci-fi film starring Jane Fonda was considered very daring, since it had a high erotic content for the time. The early days of the band were difficult. They played at night and worked during the day as concierges, waiters or DJs. In 1981 their first album was released, with a homonymous title. The single ´Planet Earth´ reached #12 in the British Top 20 Chart. The single that strongly reached the top spots was ´Girls On Film´, reaching #5 in...
Pearl Jam in Concert at Ziggo Dome in Amsterdam
It’s difficult not to think of the American band Pearl Jam, who will give two concerts in the brand new Ziggo Dome in Amsterdam on June 26 and 27 http://www.ziggodome.nl as true survivors. They are, after all, one of the very few bands dubbedSeattle sound from the first half of the 90s that remain active. Along with Nirvana they were leaders of the grunge movement, although they were polarized by the media into a rivalry similar to that seen between the Rolling Stones and the Beatles in the 60s. Unlike the latter, however, members of Pearl Jam sent signals of believing that they were the antagonists of Nirvana, who achieved great press quickly, despite the many points of contacts between the two groups, and were catapulted into massive stardom in a surprising and unfortunate way which for a significant part of a whole generation was converted into little more than a lifestyle. It was only after the suicide of Kurt Cobain in 1994, who was unable to cope with the fact that his group had become the most objectified and popular band worldwide or to live with the fact that the existential angst and anti-system anger of his most memorable songs had been transformed into a spectacle and a sought-after object of consumption, that Eddie Vedder, the singer and charismatic leader of Pearl Jam, seemed to realize the absurdity of having contributed in some way to the above-mentioned confrontation with someone who was actually a friend with common interests and a similar history of marginalization. The tragic death of Cobain made it impossible to know which direction his music would...
Alegria Cirque du Soleil in Vienna
World travelers who enjoy the life pleasures certainly know that the best time to go to Vienna is during late spring or early summer when the weather gets warm, sunny and the days are longer and brighter promising happiness. The former the capital of the Austro-Hungarian Empire becomes a spectacular path of beautiful French gardens with immaculate colorful flowers framed by box hedges. During these weeks, Vienna invites you to walk, enjoy, and just an aristocratic savoir-vivre. Cirque du Soleil in Vienna If you are traveling in the capital of Austria during the first week of summer, there is another fun activity to take into account: the staging of “Alegría” by the famous Cirque du Soleil. This magnificent show has several dance performances mixed with impossible stunts, a prop worthy of a Hollywood blockbuster and live music. Don’t forget that the event will take place from Wednesday the 20th to Saturday the 24th of June in the Stadhalle or Municipal Stadium of Vienna, which is located next to the modern building of the train station that despite having been build more than fifty years ago (it was built between 1954 and 1958), looks like pulled out from the studio of a modern architect. There is a rage of ticket prices, of course! From € 22.50 and up to 94.50 Euros. You can find more information about the performance and purchase the tickets at: http://www.stadthalle.com/events/Cirque-du-Soleil-Alegria/6195 “Alegria” by Cirque du Soleil If you are reading this text in Spanish, you must know that the name of this show is presented well, with the rotundity of the Spanish, “Alegría”, which in any...
