i heart bibliotecas

Basically, libraries are awesome.
Here's my list of today's finds:
Guía Costa del Sol (guidebook for southern coast of Spain)
Italiano, curso completo de autoaprendizaje (basic Italian book)
Watchmen (comic/graphic novel...in Spanish so some of the clever word-plays may be lost, but they didn't have it in English, so I don't really have a choice...I read pieces of it during my "Graphic Novel" May term class at GC last year, but never read the whole book. No time like the present, right, Craig?)
The Virgen of Juarez (movie based on violent events that occured/occur in Juarez, Mexico)
El Camaron de la Isla + Paco de Lucia (CD, some of the greatest flamenco artists)

Yay. Excuse me while I go read.

more flamenco

José Cortés. baile.

This was from last night. A ridiculous line-up of musicians led by Rubén Dantas. (or Rubem, in Portuguese?) He's a brazilian artist, most famous for bringing/introducing the Peruvian cajón to the realm of flamenco. (Now considered THE percussion instrument of flamenco.) This video is more traditional flamenco, but the majority of the show was a bit more jazz-y. Artists from all over South America + Australian/Iran, Cuba, Mexico and I don't even remember where-all-else. Kinda ridiculous. There were probably at least 20 musicians in all.

Also, this guy's footwork is amazing. It takes me a while to master really "simple" flamenco steps. This guy? unbelievable.