Andreas's... tiny bits about music... and life...

* Caminante, no hay camino. Se hace camino al andar.
** Walker, there is no road. The road is made as you walk.
*** Διαβάτη, δρόμος δεν υπάρχει. Το δρόμο τον φτιάχνεις προχωρώντας.
Antonio Machado, Poeta, Andaluz, 1875-1939

Dissertation proposal

Though not a top secret, this is not meant to be a public post, in the sense that it may be interesting only to very specific people; that is my colleagues, postgraduate students in the MA in Media & Communication (DL) course at the U of... more

Previous blog entries:
Jul 28	-	Greek Minister of Culture censors Gavras's film obeying Church's order!
Oct 30	-	8 out of 10 Greeks would vote for Obama...
Oct 22	-	The United States, Europe and Bretton Woods II
Andreas's favorite blog entries:
Apr 21	-	US President to Greek Ambassador: "Fuck your Parliament and your Constitution"
Oct 1	-	Mama Africa - Thinking about...
Sep 10	-	Remember 9/11
Aug 16	-	You may say I’m a dreamer...
Jul 31	-	For classical guitar lovers
Jul 15	-	Mikis Theodorakis: There is not effective protest if we don’t put ourselves in danger!
Jun 27	-	Viva o Brasil! ( I ) (em português)
Jun 27	-	Viva Brazil! ( II ) (in English)
Apr 27	-	Ithaca
Feb 9	-	Bridge Over Troubled Water
Jan 26	-	Different Colours / One People
Jan 21	-	Music unites
Jan 8	-	Music has no motherland
Jan 5	-	Pão com pão
Dec 28	-	S' agapo

Melina Mercouri, Je te dirais les mots

"Better late than never" should [in practice] be one of my favourite motos. Anyway...

Long ago (maybe about a couple of years ago!) Andy had asked me whether I knew a song sang by Melina Merkouri mentioning the words "agapi mou" (my love). I had... more

Previous videos:
Jul 21	-	Israeli soldier behaves like a Nazi in the presence of officer
Nov 13	-	Canadian Accent
Apr 10	-	Zorba the International (updated)

Save web radio!

The future of Internet radio is in immediate danger. Royalty rates for webcasters have been drastically increased by a recent ruling and are due to go into effect on May 15 (retroactive to Jan 1, 2006!). If the increased rates remain unchanged, the... more

Previous links:
Dec 9	-	Sonido Bestial
Oct 14	-	Rap with Donald Rumsfeld! In Beautiful Sunny Guantanamo Bay
Aug 13	-	An Eye For An Eye
Andreas's favorite links:
Apr 14	-	Our Africa
Dec 11	-	Kosmos 93.6 FM - Music from all over the world - Live online 24 hours a day
Dec 10	-	WWOZ 90.7 FM - Jazz and more from New Orleans - Streaming online
Dec 10	-	Black Mirages

Mercadonegro live in Athens

I can't describe the feeling. They were just excellent!
The Mercadonegro founding trio performed live in Palenque , the best latin music club in Athens, together with the Palenque Latin All Stars group, directed by the exquisite Cuban trumpetist... more

Previous reviews:
Mar 12	-	Good Night, and Good Luck!
Jan 30	-	Vanessa Mae in Athens: Could be much better
Jan 11	-	Zorba the Greek