A bit of free association, or rambling, as it is more widely known.

Yo, el vaquilla, quinqui cinema, and the usual political whining.

Mid-20th century Ibero-American hits, state-controlled media, the personal and the public.

An illegal brothel at Girona Airport.

An etymological hop from kite-flying with Juan Marsé back to Concha Piquer’s greatest hit.

Some corner of a foreign football pitch that is for ever Bilbao, and I hope they got fed afterwards:

The original strikes me as thoroughly Teutonic:

Let’s not kid ourselves any longer: everything interesting, from nachos to nationalism, was invented by the Germans. Fortunately they tend to be generous about using the proceeds to mitigate the resulting [...]

By Ramon Vila & Marta Cuatrecasas

Or, the dangers of imbibing Coke in the long grass. Pay the musicians, sirrah.

After years of shilly-shallying, will France finally stand up to American fartpower?

I hope to post interviews and analysis soon.

Gypsy clans living on an old dung heap north of Granada may have the answer.

Here. With 350 million illegal flicks downloaded in Spain last year, that horse has already bolted. So adieu cinemas, and adéu language, but more work for bureaucrats and lawyers, who will also thrive from the proposal to make it punishable for a spouse not to perform half the housework. Q: Who’s going to invest in [...]

Moreto’s El desdén con el desdén and Reznicek’s Donna Diana: Vicky Christina Barcelonas of yesteryear?

Not many koalas or wallabies in the Mediterranean, and that’s got to be a Dame Edna dog.

Three racing results just in.

Use spam calls from Telefónica as a free sex chat service and they may leave you alone.

This is an option now the Casio kiddieboard is dead and there’s not enough time for the barrel organ.

Statues are designed to be bird-friendly on the orders of a mysterious avian deity, which may have held sway over Luis Buñuel.

Barcelona’s huge subsidy to Woody Allen may attract some tourists, but the film has not achieved the politicians’ goal of promoting the notion of a separate Catalan identity.

Bloggers should have rights and privileges as well as responsibilities, argues David Maeztu.