Visca els elefants! Visca la Republica Independent de Catalunya!
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For those readers not up-to-date with the ins and outs of the Spanish Royal Family, the elderly King of Spain (who, by the way, accidentally shot and killed his brother when they were young) is still a keen hunter. So keen that he spends thousands of (our) Euros on Safari Hunting Trips de Africa to kill those pesty elephants. Anyway, on his latest adventure he has fallen and broken his hip.
The Stone Roses - Elephant Stone
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For those readers not up-to-date with the ins and outs of the Spanish Royal Family, the elderly King of Spain (who, by the way, accidentally shot and killed his brother when they were young) is still a keen hunter. So keen that he spends thousands of (our) Euros on Safari Hunting Trips de Africa to kill those pesty elephants. Anyway, on his latest adventure he has fallen and broken his hip.
The Stone Roses - Elephant Stone
I always liked "Elephant Gun" by Beirut! you can hear it here... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWSz_PAfgNc
ResponEliminaWow! Great, thanks! Had vaguely heard of the group, but never listened to them before - and I must say this track is wonderful.
ResponEliminaSo wonderful that it gets a quicky (wordless) posting on the blog tomorrow - especially as the "King and the Elephant" story is still going strong :)
glad to have shared something that means something to someone then..... I first heard this track on Stephen Merchant's radio show a long time ago.... he is a really funny guy and plays some good music too... http://www.bbc.co.uk/6music/shows/stephen_merchant/
ResponEliminaPesky elephants indeed.
ResponEliminaTo cap it all, it turns out that the King is Honorific President of WWF - World Wildlife Fund, in Spain!
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