Sunday, February 12, 2012

What was the song at the end of The Walking Dead "Nebraska" episode?

For those of you desperate to know, it was The Regulator by Clutch. If there is something that I really like about good shows like The Walking Dead is the great music they bring along! This time it was Clutch, a band that I used to love in the nineties, but that, for some reason, I lost track of them in last decade. They have evolved towards towards a more blues and hard rock style, leaving aside the heavy metal/hardcore punk flavor of their first albums.
Here is a link to The Regulator in case you want to hear the whole song:




And another one of a live performance:


Enjoy!

Thursday, February 9, 2012

Judge Garzon

For those of you not familiar with this name, Judge Baltazar Garzón is a Spanish judge who dared to try to bring to justice the crimes committed during the dictatorship that desolated Spain for almost 40 years between 1939 and 1975. Some of you might know him as the judge who prosecuted Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet.
Well, today, Judge Garzón has been condemned. He will be suspended of his functions for the next 11 years, and also expelled from the Spanish judiciary system, therefore the dictatorship crimes will remain umpunished. Why? The Spanish Supreme Court found Garzón guilty of violating lawyer-client priviledges by recording conversations between detained suspects and their lawyers, while investigating a case of corruption in politicians associated to the ruling political party in Spain. 
I don't know enough about this accusation to pronounce myself about it, but many agree in Spain that the sentence has an ulterior motive . The Spanish de facto powers were clearly afraid of Judge Garzón and how far he could get investigating the dictatorship crimes.  Therefore, the easy way was stopping Garzón before he could get too far. The last opportunity to punish the Francoist regime seems to evaporate. They won. Sad but true Spain is different.

Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Michel: New coach for Sevilla F.C.

The ex-Real Madrid player, Michel, is the new coach for Sevilla after Marcelino's destitution. Unfortunately, Marcelino has not been able to make the midfield work in the best team of all time in the south of Spain. That, together with the strikers attrocious streak (two points in the last seven games!) has turned into the Asturian coach being fired. Michel would have not been my first election, but he knows very well two key players in the roaster: Manu del Moral and Alvaro Negredo. If these two start playing as they know, I don't doubt that Sevilla will be playing the Champions League next year again. The best of luck for Michel!