♫ CORTE! - Hay un niño atrapado dentro de una máquina ♫

La Meseta Since November, I exist on the north sub-plateau, in the northern part of the central Iberian meseta. La Mesa is "the table" - you see the connection. It's got a mediterranean climate with... Read more

♫ El Último De La Fila - Como un burro amarrado en la puerta del baile ♫

"Last In Line - Like a donkey tied up at the door of the dance” El Oriente Medio En 2026 Since I could barely remember, there's been instability in the world. In my 21st century... Read more

♫ Man Ray - Sola en los Bares ♫

Está mareada Su cuerpo quiere descansar, es madrugada Valladolid vs La Ciudad Dorada ("The Golden City") The only accommodation available to me on the day of my stay in Salamanca was a 60 Euro hotel,... Read more

♫ Pata Negra - Bodas de Sangre ♫

Que yo no tengo la culpa, que la culpa es de la tierra Y de ese olor que te sale de los pechos y las trenzas ¡Ay, qué sinrazón! Spring has arrived in February.... Read more

a retelling of my woe (link)... Read more

♫ La Polla Records - No Somos Nada ♫

CARNAVAL! IT'S CARNAVAL! HALLOWEEN, BUT BETTER! In the lead-up to this celebration I was misguidedly trying to ascertain the 'why' for carnaval. I was looking for a certain specific theme to celebrate, or historical event... Read more

♫ rusowsky - Johnny Glamour (w/ Las Ketchup) ♫

rusowsky was born in Valladolid (I doubt if he'd claim much allegiance to here though). Great album, awesome tiny desk too. From the Madrid group rusia-idk. Las Montañas There are a few known ways of... Read more

♫ Antonio Vega- Elixir De Juventud ♫

Me (left), Gaudí (right) INTRO I've been doing my best adapting to Spanish hours and behaviour. My mindset has been FULL COMMITMENT. While I'm here in a Spanish city in a Spanish shared apartment... Read more

♫ Ray Heredia - Súmamela Bien ♫

"Add it up add it up add it up add it up add it up well for if you add it up wrong times will change" (translated) Coming back to Valladolid has been something of... Read more

Inspired by Ava Dinh-Vu's excellent instructional on illegal entry into Vietnam link here Look, I swear I'm not usually like this. Maybe a little. But over the years I've tried to pull my shit... Read more

I love Poland IZA (happy 23rd birthday) Everyone needs an Iza in their life. If you have one, hold onto them! My time in Poland was shaped by being with Iza, who let us... Read more

"mum? is that you? am I dying?" "no, son, you have a mild respiratory infection that goes away with simple antibiotics" "then why is everything going white?" "you are in poland during the winter" Working... Read more

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♫ el diablo de shanghai - Patti Smith ♫

Birthdays For the first time in my life, I had two birthdays in a row. Reading birthday messages from my Melbourne friends and family, on the 3rd of December, 10 hours ahead of Spain, had... Read more

♫ Los Delinqüentes - El aire de la calle ♫

--- ‎‎ Hiding in the boys high school bathrooms at my work because I'm too hungover to lead a class of kids at 9am is a theoretical new low. The night before, I figured out... Read more

♫ Gustavo Pena - Pensamiento de caracol ♫

de madrugada, de madrugada, con el rocio, brillando sol (at dawn, at dawn, with the dew, sun shining) amaneci en carretera, con pensamiento de caracol (i awaken in the street, with snail thoughts) --- ‎... Read more

♫ NOTA - Le conté a mi psicólogo de vos ♫

(from my friend james connell) --- ㅤ ㅤ So far, while I've been doing what I need to do, and moving towards where I need to be, it feels like my way of getting there... Read more