Make Up Your Mind to Have No Regrets

If I've posted this before I'm...not sorry.

"If it were up to them the rain would get him wet"

Someone on YouTube translated it as:

He sits at the table and writes.
with this poem you will not take power, he says
you will not make revolution, he says
nor with thousands of verses will you make revolution, he says
and what more, these verses won't make peons, teachers, or carpenters live better, eat better, or he himself eat, live better.
Not even for wooing a woman can they be used.
He won't make money with them
he won't get into the movies free with them
they won't give him clothes for them
He won't get tobaco or wine with them
nor parrots, nor scarves, nor boats, nor bulls, nor umbrellas will he get from them.
if it were up to them the rain would get him wet.
He won't reach forgiveness nor grace because of them
with this poem you will not take power, he says
you will not make revolution, he says
nor with thousands of verses will you make revolution, he says
He sits at the table and writes.

Red (without Yellow)

Diferente

Gotan Project are coming to NYC at the end of September (new widget in the right sidebar!). Alas, I have about as much chance of seeing them in Sofia, Bulgaria. :(

Gotan Project

And finally, Antonio Banderas proving to some would-be delinquents that dancing is not necessarily for sissies...(this one's a remix of the movie clip with Gotan Project's music & a very nice fit, IMO, altho' of course way schmexy)

Sea of Roses (Marino De Rosas)

Kandelera:



Ninna Nanna:



Reina Eleonora:



How's that for a chill and uplifting start to a beautiful Sunday?

[photo credit: lavender.]

Girl from Ipanema

With lame animation, but a good version musically:

Not Ruben Gonzalez

...but not bad. See, I was looking for Ruben Gonzalez's Almendra b/c I heard it on Pandora and it rocks, but I can't find it, and I thought this sextet was quite good, so here they are, Sexteto Latino Moderno:

Rodrigo y Gabriela

No video, just awesome sound:





RyG are at the 9:30 Club February 28th & March 1st. Tryin' to talk my concert buddy JMax into going with me...




Not a hard sell. He was booking tix as he texted me back. :) Good friend.




Sunday was sold out, so we'll go down Monday night. Happy Happy!!! Joy Joy!!!!

Tito Puente Makes Happy

We can transition from the cartoons to Tito Puente via Sesame Street:





On to Montreal (1980):







Happy, right?