Or does
Samantha Power actually look like
Juanes?
(Ok, yes, I’m a little mean. It’s my petty revenge against Professor Power for that B+..) But seriously! don't you see the resemblance?? Hmmm, an undercover career for Samantha?)
She remains nevertheless my number One academic crush =). She is a fantastic author and a great teacher. You MUST read A Problem from Hell: America and the Age of Genocide if you haven’t. If you have, read it again.
And as for Juanes: just listen to ‘A Dios Le Pido’, that is bound to get your feet moving! Or if you’re in the mood, to ‘Para tu Amor’. Juanes, btw, is from Medellín, Colombia, a place that was once the 'world capital of crime' but has since improved drastically.. Roshan 'the Organised Nomad' Paul has an excellent post on the development of Medellín, whose mayor, Sergio Fajardo, spoke at the Kennedy School last spring.
I am so glad I am now able to listen to Colombian music again...
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You really do have a crush on this economist :) I'm reading the paper.. How is life treating you?
Interesting comparison... Juanes is a good singer, by the way! :)
Rachell: so good to see you here, you've been missed!
And indeed, he is a good singer! One of my late discoveries in good ol' Cambridge, MA...
Juka: life is treating me fairly well, can't complain :)
And indeed, Samantha Power is pretty cool. And single. :) I have a friend who was her research assistant for a semester - and didn't get paid - because he was hoping to, ehemmm, you know.
Crazy kids.
Hey Mohamed, I am a big fan of your blog. I was getting worry when you didn't update it for a while. I thought I might have to earth google you to see that you were still alive! Here is another singer recommendation. His name is Ismael Serrano, from Spain, and he is a new generation of "Trova" singers. Their songs are very poetic and focused a lot of social issues. Here are four songs you might like of Ismael Serrano:
Ultimamente: (this songs describes how I feel so many times)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocaPyh-VDe0
Spanish Lyrics: http://www.ismaelserrano.com/canciones/letras/ultimamente.htm
English Lyrics: http://www.ismaelserrano.com/canciones/lyrics/ultimamente.htm
Zona Cero: (about "other" ground zero events that the world doesn't pay attention to; the chorus always gives me chills)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11bSnSFXw64
Spanish Lyrics: http://www.ismaelserrano.com/canciones/letras/zonacero.htm
English Lyrics: http://www.ismaelserrano.com/canciones/lyrics/zonacero.htm
Papa cuentame otra vez: (Perhaps, Serrano's most famous song about Mai 68 and that lost generation of revolutionaries)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugYkSyZxK1c
Spanish Lyrics: http://www.ismaelserrano.com/canciones/letras/papacuentameotravez.htm
English Lyrics: http://www.ismaelserrano.com/canciones/lyrics/papacuentameotravez.htm
Vertigo: (an epic of a song)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdE5F6UlpAM
Spanish Lyrics: http://www.ismaelserrano.com/canciones/letras/vertigo.htm
English Lyrics: http://www.ismaelserrano.com/canciones/lyrics/vertigo.htm
Enjoy! Oh, three other excellent singers are Joan Manuel Serrat (Catalan/Spaniard), Joaquin Sabina (Spaniard), and Silvio Rodriguez (Cuban)
Dear Traveller,
Dont stop listening to Colombian music on the account of a bad reputation of crime.
Note: If you like Juanes you will surely enjoy Fonseca, and in specific, his song 'Hace Tiempo'.
Rachell:
I'd be happy to update this blog if you were my only reader! (which sometimes appears to be the case, jajajajajaja:)
So glad to know you're well, how's your summer?
Thank you so much for the music recommendations! Now I have enough stuff to do for the work day, hehehe...
I am familiar with Joan Manuel Serrat; I have also heard of Ismael Serrano but never listened to him. Will do in a minute :)
Thank you for the music and the lyrics (wow) and for reading on!!
Anonymous:
Thank you for the message - and for the music recommendation! I'll search some Fonseca music inmediatamente!!
And rest assured, it wasn't a 'bad reputation' that stopped me from listening to Colombian music - it was rather a very personal reason. Too much nostalgia attached to everything Colombia, if you wish.
I only mentioned the Medellin thing because i think that what this city has done in such little time is remarkable, and because I think that its mayor is a fantastic chap whom I admire a lot!
Can't wait to actually go there one day!
Then that's good news all around friend.
The song is on youTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAkkSuL9A_A&mode;=related&search;=
I like "Te mando flores" by Fonseca.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcxvZTSGesg
Good lyrics!
Rach: am loving the Fonseca song!!
Anonymous: Thanks for that as well! Alright you guys, I'm officially a Fonseca convert now! :)
You Colombian?
I am just a traveller, friend. Just a traveller.
Hahaha. Fair enough ;)
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