GRAINS FROM THE UNIVERSE

Noble North East Anglia Landscape View Noble Northern people of mine, From two huge Islands; the sea, the trees, Tradition of words and smiles, Open spaces, fresh cold air. Mixed bloods from Europe, entire, Far from those Roman ruines, With those fields in Green, Gentle faces, woods, smokes. Onced we shared tea, a sandwich, And then, in the fields we played, Near the courts, on the grass & sands, some leaves, No matter if we falt down, no hurt, The sun was smooth, near the beach. In our bikes, into forest, Smiling and joking, 'this way,' The vegetation and the sand; blond sand, Have you ever seen this? 'That way' I hadn't seen Nature like that. Tennis, boats, sounds of past, And the sea, valuable gold, You knew how to treat well. East Anglia Landscape View

Today I've been watching the interview the King of Spain, Felipe 6th, had with President Mr Obama. I was waiting to listen for a mistake from the translator, but I remember she was an interpreter as well. I think perhaps she din't want to be very accurate and to avoid hard words about particular country affairs. We all knew what Mr Obama meant with the strong relationship and with the unified Spain, but, at the same time, we understood the ex-Prince Felipe's words of Liberty, admiration, fortune and faith in the future for Europe, the US and all the world. This time, I thought he actually was an intelligent reasonable man -no matter what I think about my country and other possible regions or federal regions (for giving Catalonia a neutral position in the conversation.) The main theme was there. I think about it most of the time, and we all are conscious about our own situation.We know it's not easy at all to forget our crisis. It's still here. Like Mr Felipe d...

I was living in Tenerife on Sept 11th 2001. I shared an apartment with a guy studying sciences. We shared some books. I was reading a lot by nights, so I could attend a pair of exams that month, though I didn't finish my career and was forced to come back to Gran Canaria later on. I remember I had my mobile off. It was one of those tiny colored Alcatel . Easy to handle, with a little antenna and a good SMS service one could use from time to time.  I had susbscribed to an Spanish News Channel, 'Antena 3 TV,' (from Telefonica, S.A.) and received some news everyday. I was going to give up the channel for there was nothing interesting on it.  I remember that day, at about 5 or 7 p.m., I turned the mobile on and then I read something like 'The US is attacked by a force of planes by whatever forces.' I inmediately thought it was impossible. It was like a game on the mobile. It was a joke made by the journalists there -I thought-. SMS world was starting to work...

Last September, I was looking for some good music to listen to, when I heard something I was fascinated for: What it was? It sounded like an old group of Rock-n-Roll or "Smooth Heavy". It was a rythmic music and a good voice recorded, but I didn't remember it or I had listened to it when I was a child , so I didn't know anything about that group. They had a very good and modern way of dressing code that could be 90's or even nowadays if Suzie didn't wear that  metal collars and too much black. The drummer was also up-to-date.  I thought they had all died. I thought 'perhaps they were famous and sold many LPs once a day,' but it was not true. The singer is still alive and was part of the group "Suzie Quatro."  She's one of the most famous Rock'n'Roll girls. I didn't know anything, for new styles and years have become old-fashioned. Suzie, the singer, is alive and still living in England. She recognizes it wasn...

Recordings and Natural 'sound'. Right now, I'm listening to a very interesting interview the musician and piano-clavichord player Wim Winters (who is doing  new recordings in AuthenticSound Project ) made to Philip Newell, who lives in Vigo, Galicia, Spain. Mr Newell is said to be one of the best technicians of our times, according to the interviewer, for he made recordings of rock and classical music like Mac Oldfield, Queen or Bernstein, amongst many others.  Just listening to this video, I'm listening to the sounds they make in English and, for the knowledge I have in that language, I realize the recording is a high quality one: Each vowel, sound pattern and sentence is heard clearly. I'm using my earphones and a common computer like most of you must have, so I think some Digital Remastered pieces should be heard like this way. When I listen or watch a video, the most important thing for me is not only a good quality image (just a clear one) but a high s...