Apparently Mr Democratic Memory Save The Planet only wants to dig up mass graves because he thinks there may be water at the bottom.

Some were convinced by an entertaining account of early fantastic porn flicks in Barcelona.

I rather liked this interview with Andalusian import ethnomusicologist Gerard/Gerhard Steingress. Spaniards cheerfully call each other Nazis all the time, but when an Austrian uses the word it carries rather more weight. It will be interesting to see whether institutions down south continue to publish his work. Google him (with the h)–he’s distinctly more impressive [...]

Latin American, actually, but you could have fooled me. Apparently (via), according to Mendoza/Montaner/Llosa:
The perfect idiot’s political tutelage included, in addition to connivings and resentments, a mixture of the most varied and confusing ingredients. First, of course, there is a lot of the Marxist vulgate from his university years. In those years, various introductory-level Marxist [...]