Monthly Archive for February, 2006

Speaking of South America

Published on February 26, 2006 in music and travel. 1 Comment

Listen to this.

Soda Stereo

Disco Eterno [mp3 10.4MB]

De Música Ligera [mp3 6.7MB]

By far, these guys are my favorite musical discovery while travelling abroad. I was introduced to them by Ana and Alexis, whose home I stayed in when I was in language school in Quito and who quickly became my friends. These two songs are from Soda Stereo’s last show ever, recorded live in Argentina, to a double-disc set. Disco Eterno is the first song on disc two, and De Música Ligera is the encore. If you don’t like this, you don’t like rock. It’s that simple.

Lo Deseo Mucho

Published on February 26, 2006 in life, photos and travel. 0 Comments

Maquipucuna Reserve, Ecuador : Elke and me

Sometimes, I sit here and think, Damn I wish I was still in Ecuador.

It’s so much better than Athens.

Woodbury County, Iowa Goes Organic

Published on February 25, 2006 in misc. 0 Comments

The Case of Woodbury County

Iowa has the highest production of corn and the second highest production of soybeans in the United States. How did little Woodbury County pass ordinances promoting local foods?

6,500,000,000

Published on February 25, 2006 in life. 0 Comments

Sometime in the next few hours the world population is estimated to hit 6,500,000,000 (bil), according to the World Population Clock at census.gov — scary!

Flickr

Published on February 24, 2006 in photos. 0 Comments

I put a ton of photos on my Flickr page. If you didn’t read my blog last summer and fall, you should check out the photos. 200+ and counting.

Most of them have been posted here before so it’s nothing new. However, I will be deleting the photos that are currently on my server and all links to photos will be redirected to my Flickr account. FYI.