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The Daisy Age in Amsterdam
Despite the law that turns the famous coffeeshops into private clubs throughout the Netherlands with restrictive measures on the sale of marijuana, despite the threat of having the Red Light District closed to nonresidents, despite regulations on all areas of this mythical city, a flagship of freedom and limitless subversiveness, Amsterdam still retains the spirit of protest inherited from the Flower Power Revolution of 1968. Although sites where to exercise their particular way of libertarian life are reduced, in the capital of Holland places to have fun and listen to music and dance still exist. One such place is The Daisy Age with the programed parties by Bitterzoet . So what is The Daisy Age? In essence, a nightclub centered on that street dance born in the eighties and named “dance floor”. From the streets of New York, urban tribes disenchanted with the system, and at the same benefiting from the recesses of it, began to express themselves with a type of dance, halfway between gymnastics and dancing, with its emphasis on acrobatics that can be performed on the floor. Those who have reached forty know what exactly I´m talking about. Younger people have seen this type of dance only in movies of that time. “Dance floor” runs parallel to techno, electronic music and mixes created by in fashion DJs . The musical experiments began at the same time youth was born and raised in the benefits of a capitalist development, being expressed personally and even individualistically. There is a nightclub in Amsterdam that has on it s payroll or invites leading DJ´s of all possible international musical trends , especially...
Souvenirs from Barcelona
If you stroll down Las Ramblas in search of a souvenir fromBarcelona, the first thing that you might think of is a Barça jersey, which comes in all sizes. But think beyond that.Barcelonais much more than just a good a soccer team. Use your imagination to buy the best souvenir possible to help remember your trip here. Since one’s imagination is often not able to come up with an ideal object, we have put together a list of alternatives. If you go to see La Pedrera, you will find hundreds of items, big and small, to remember your trip toBarcelona. From the pencils to note pads with Gaudí images or a kit to build your own miniature version of La Pedrera, there’s something for everyone. The best part of this last item is that you can have fun constructing it without any tools or glue and then find a special place for it in your home. It’s ideal for making with children or giving to friends as a gift. Another place to visit when you’re looking for ways to mark your memories is Chi-Ton Souvenirs. While they don’t have any large items, you can find small souvenirs to decorate your fridge or key chains that will help you remember your trip without taking up room in your suitcase. It’s located at Calle Provença 300. It is even open late at night – until11:30 pm– in case you really need to find that special gift. The MACBA Central has so many wonderful things that it is difficult to choose which ones. For example, they have precious little wind-up dolls for the...
Titanic The Exhibition in Barcelona
A story that touches thousands of people in the world, first for being real and secondly and more importantly, because it reminds us that, even though sometimes we believe, we are strong and invulnerable, we are only human, who make mistakes in a world in which we are just one specie among many others, which constantly reminds us of nature. This is the story of the Titanic, the largest and most luxurious ship in the world during the early twentieth century, the protagonist of one of the most instructive tragedies of human history. It was in 1911 when the famous ship first touched the sea, after two years of construction, which was not completed after a year of being “thrown”. It was so advertised the safety of the new “monster” of the seven seas in many media of the time described it as “impossible to sink”. Unfortunately nature had different plans, which helped by the bad maneuver of a captain so-convinced of the titanic, led the ship to eventually brake in half the ship, while taking over 1500 people. Titanic the Exhibition, reconstructs step by step the life of the ship, while telling visitors its history through real objects, maps, charts of the time, as well as pieces of the ship and most importantly, personal belongings of the passengers, both deceased and the survivors, gathered in recent testimonies recorded after many years. Also, there are press releases that show the impact that caused the accident in the society, as well as recreations of the most luxurious ship. The exhibition, which is already in the Barcelona Maritime Museum, will be...
The Temper Trap Concert in New York
On the 5th of June, at Terminal 5 in New York, the Austrialian rock band The Temper Trap will be performing live. This concert is part of their tour, which stops by in New York to present them their new and old songs. Their success is based on the special chords that come from their instruments, especially the guitars, which have a pulsating sound that provoke interesting feelings of freedom. This has made them a well-loved band among indie rock lovers, despite that their style goes a bit further, from post-punk revival to alternative rock. The band is made up by Dougy Mandagi on lead guitar and vocals, Jonathon Aherne on bass, Lorenzo Sillitto on guitar and keyboards and Toby Dundas on the drums. Since their beginnings, they´ve been compared with great bands such as Radiohead, Coldplay and Massive Attack, despite them saying that they´ve always had their own sounds, different from any other band. Producer Jim Abbiss was so impressed by the new sounds of the band that approached them to offer them a record deal, with Conditions being the resulting album. In this album we can find Sweet Disposition, which became famous thanks to the film 500 days of summer, directed by Marc Webb, which is about a new style of love and heartbreak. The one who started The Temper Trap is Dougy Mandagi, who was stimulated by his father to have a special feeling for music since he was a young kid. Of Thai origin, he did a route of the islands of that country until he arrived in Australia and began to work in a...
Goya Exhibition in Barcelona
The work of Francisco de Goya (1746-1828), who almost unanimously is regarded as one of the most important and influential painters of all time, is inevitably associated with Madrid, where not only some of the most famous painting scenes happened, but also because it remains the largest and most significant part of his work. Since Delacroix It is not unusual the pilgrimage of artists from around the world to the Prado Museum to study the Spanish master in depth, at this prestigious Museum in Madrid, which is little less than a Goya museum itself. This close association with the capital of Spain comes, apart from the astonishing quality of the extraordinary works part of the exhibition Goya. Lights and shadows at CaixaForum Barcelona until the 24th of June(http://obrasocial.lacaixa.es/nuestroscentros/caixaforumbarcelona/goya_es.html) as a way to commemorate its tenth anniversary. No wonder the last Goya’s retrospective exhibition of in the city took place nearly 40 years ago. This is also the first of four major exhibitions in close collaboration with the Prado Museum in Madrid, La Caixa plans to organize over the next four years. Although the exhibition doesn’t have the ambition to be exhaustive, because inevitably there will be a number of masterpieces missing, the fact is that with over a hundred pieces carefully selected the exhibition, people can give a quick glance at all the artist´s career, both as extraordinarily rich on topics and issues (self-portraits, portraits and portraits of court with chilling power of psychological insight, daily-routine scenes and festive, historical scenes of large quasi-documentary, disillusioned and bitter reflections, social criticism and allegations of war …) treated in a very...
Norah Jones in Amsterdam
In addition to being the name of one of the most influential and less popular bands as part of the explosion of punk-garage-grunge that came out at the end of the 80s and beginning of the 90s from Seattle, Mudhoney is a cult classic film of the genre known as sexploitation from the 60s that was shot in black and white under the direction of the incomparable Russ Meyer in 1965. A satirical story about people from the time of the Great Depression in the U.S., it was freely inspired by a novel by Raymond Friday Locke in which a cast of characters are drawn into a powerful torrent of primitive passions and raw emotions that aspired to provide a graphical representation of love, passion, lust and sadistic violence that is both cleverly caustic and parodic. Interestingly, Norah Jones, who will give a concert at the Royal Theatre Carré in Amsterdamon May 28 (http://www.carre.nl/nl/home), found out about the existence of this film shortly after working with Danger Mouse. He is the producer of her latest new album, Little Broken Hearts, which will be presented on her current tour, and the album Rome, a special tribute, partially composed by Daniele Luppi, to the Italian films of the genre in the 60s and 70s with their magnificent soundtracks with gifted artists such as Ennio Morricone, Piero Umiliani, Bruno Nicolai or Piero Piccioni. It was during the collaboration on this album that Norah Jones and Danger Mouse decided to work together on the next album of the singer fromNew York who was raised amidstTexas country music. With her band The Little...
Chance to win tickets for the Sónar Festival 2012
Once again Barcelona will be the place of one of the most important and influential international festivals for advanced music and multimedia art for 3 entire days. As it is already a tradition, there will be artists from the world of electronic music and those who like to mix it up with other genres. At Sónar you will have the chance to listen both, artists with worldwide fame as well as emerging talents. Only-apartments invites you to participate in a contest to win your ticket for the Sónar 2012. All you have to do is vote for one of the 10 artists listed below that will perform at the festival and leave a comment. Among all participants, we will give away 3 tickets for Sónar Night on June 16th 2012. The draw will take place on June 4th 2012. Good luck!!! 1) VOTE 2) LEAVE A COMMENT and YOUR CONTACT DETAILS [poll...
Movies filmed in Madrid
Madrid is a city that has ideal locations for a movie and has been used repeatedly to shoot internationally famous Hollywood movies.
Primavera Sound in Barcelona
Primavera Sound has returned to Barcelona. This time it has a poster even more interesting and daring than last year. And this 2012 Primavera is committed to sounds that are heavier and more experimental than other times, with bands like Godflesh, Napalm Death, Sleep and Mayhem. Is the audience at Primavera leaving behind hipster pretenses and turning to harder music? Does it mark the end of modernity? Far from it. One possible explanation is that the impact of some of the heavy metal bands that will be at the festival have been so important to the development of independent music in general that leaving them out would be neglecting what has been happening for the last 20 years. Some say that many of the most influential bands today, such as Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Pelican and Neurosis, with their experimental music that trends toward heavy metal have renewed this genre and converted it into post rock or post metal. Two groups will make important returns to the stage this year. One is the enigmatic Codeine, a pioneering American slowcore band. With slow cadences and whispering voices, Codeine preceded the post rock scene, and especially bands like Tortoise, Do Make Say Think and Mogwai. In a similar vein and drone, the impressiveMain, with Robert Hampson at the controls, will also be present. This important English musician was the lead guitar and vocals of the legendary psychedelic bandLoop.Mainstood out in the 90s for his cold, experimental sound, which was layered and had an intense atmosphere with hypnotic, repetitive rhythms. The funny thing is that if we watch the video promotion for...
