I've been listening to a lot of relatively new music of late, and feel like sharing it.

First, to Spain and flamenco, with Ojos de Brujo:

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Now let's move South to Mali, with Amadou et Mariam:

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East to Israel. I've already posted my favourite song by Idan Raichel, but his output is so varied that another song is justified:

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Finally, staying in Israel, we ( Read more... )

Films

I recently bought The Motorcycle Diaries and Pan's Labyrinth to add to my meagre DVD collection.

Recently seen: Che part 1, The Class, Sunshine.

Che: part 1Fairly interesting look at his life but one of those films I probably wouldn't watch more than once, I guess. The best part was Castro's soothing voice... Should probably get round to ( Read more... )

Woah, I haven't updated in ages! Uni always seems to do this, and I always feel guilty for neglecting internet friends and home friends who rely on the internet to communicate with me afterwards. So here is an update!

Life at Oxford is always busy, but this term has been more so than usual. I feel like I'm doing a crazy amount of things, but I also ( Read more... )

( Look how tiny my music collection is! )

You may remember that I won this CD (actually 2 CDs) recently from Amnesty International, as long as I posted a review about it on my blog. So here it is ( Read more... )

Firstly, I won an Amnesty International competition recently and got a free CD - Instant Karma: The Amnesty International Campaign to Save Darfur. I was obviously very glad about this. :D The only condition is that I blog a review about it, so I'll be getting that to you guys some time in the near future. This has also given me a chance to use my ( Read more... )

I used to think I was the only person to get this feeling until I noticed Ang mention it, and then discussed it with another friend. This is the feeling when you see something truly beautiful, or powerful, or touching, or majestic, and your face starts to tingle ( Read more... )

Vague thoughts here. I am slightly ill (phenomenal amounts of phlegm have emigrated from my nose) so I blame that for the disjointedness of this. And also for the fact that I'm not revising.

Firstly, is there any way to delete memories on LJ? I have a random post by Sarah as a memory because it showed me how to cut, but I no longer need it.

In ( Read more... )