The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

We just came back from the theater. We saw "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy". It is my new favorite movie in quite a while. Take "Neverending Story" and throw (quite) a bit of Monthy Python flavor into it, and the result is the clever, hilarious and highly enjoyable adaptation for the big screen of the book by the same name, written by Douglas Adams.

I hadn't read the classic book, I admit, so, with the exception of the trailer I saw for the movie earlier this week, I had no preconceived notion of what to expect. What my wife and I had was one of the most pleasant and fun moviegoing experiences in a long time. It was a movie that kept interest all through it, always making you laugh and making you think as it evolved.

Favorite line: "I'd rather be happy than right any day"... This is one of those must-own titles.

ONE

VERY powerful. Long, indeed, but well worth our time...

I recommend taking the time to view this video of Bono accepting the TED award in February 2005.

If you don’t have the time to view it, at least consider the message from the One Campaign, that Bono has launched. I just added a banner linking to One.org on the sidebar. If you have a blog, please consider doing the same too.

Se puede!

Acabo de ver un video de este muchacho, Tony Melendez, un Nicaraguense de origen, que toca guitarra... con los pies, porque no tiene brazos.

Y luego nos quejamos por tonterias. Este muchacho es una gran inspiracion. La verdad es que no tenemos razones validas para quejarnos.

"¡Ser rico es malo!"

Sera que algun dia podre escuchar algo de la boca de este señor, que no me sorprenda?

Any Key

Ironically enough, this question is in Compaq's support web site because enough people have asked it... :(

New Beck Album

We music fans become so critical and granular about all details in a production that we sometimes miss the big picture, what's real and organic about it. Beck's most recent album, "Guero" (blondie, in Mexico) is just big in itself. The ability that Beck has shown on it, to blend styles and contributions (partnering once more with The Dust Brothers and Radiohead's producer Nigel Godrich), and to get you going from the first beat of the opening "E-Pro", is something to be reckoned with.

Beck always remained a musical powerhouse during the nineties, and with his mellower "Mutations" in 1998 and "Sea Change" in 2002, he's balanced his more eclectic and upbeat productions, such as the pivotal "O'Delay" and "Midnite Vultures". Almost ten years after the release of "O'Delay" in his career, and with a two more (great) albums under his belt, he once more strikes balance while continuing to push the envelope. So saying that "Guero" is like another "O'Delay" is like a compliment to Beck's work.

"Guero" is a powerful and "spicy" production that shakes you up. Without a dull moment all through it, bending genres left and right, the album stands strong at the top of my list of best albums in 2005, so far.