tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6303110483819365454.post3087113448956443879..comments2024-03-28T22:50:58.631+01:00Comments on Tannu Tuva: Avalon - Roxy Music #Catalonia #PartyNotOverBrianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06613762050863476962noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6303110483819365454.post-48631174493657351742013-01-20T23:44:21.558+01:002013-01-20T23:44:21.558+01:00Good for him! And what a memory - remembering what...Good for him! And what a memory - remembering what you read in 1971 !!Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06613762050863476962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6303110483819365454.post-91252364109522708562013-01-20T02:55:18.495+01:002013-01-20T02:55:18.495+01:00Later: I bought 'Homage...' for my partne...Later: I bought 'Homage...' for my partner for Christmas and he said he'd read it at university in '71... but he gallantly said he was delighted to have a copy and would read it again...<br />Still haven't got one for me tho'.Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12453125929159161583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6303110483819365454.post-22806725468646151102012-12-05T23:41:21.917+01:002012-12-05T23:41:21.917+01:00You won't regret it ! A fascinating read. Orwe...You won't regret it ! A fascinating read. Orwell volunteered to fight on the republican side (i..e democratically elected govt) in the Spanish Civil War (more accurate description would be - drawn out coup d'etât). He had to withdraw to Barcelona after being wounded, and saw at first hand the in-fighting between all the factions on the republican side, whilst Franco walked into town. <br />Maybe the comparison is a bit exaggerated but when I see there are 6 pro-independence parties and an infinite amount of left-wing groups, who couldn't agree on the price of a bottle of milk ..... Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06613762050863476962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6303110483819365454.post-67407032890722782492012-12-05T21:49:40.442+01:002012-12-05T21:49:40.442+01:00I am woefully ignorant. Off to get Orwell’s '...I am woefully ignorant. Off to get Orwell’s 'Homage To Catalonia' for my Kindle...Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12453125929159161583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6303110483819365454.post-65974725179203022242012-12-04T22:46:15.679+01:002012-12-04T22:46:15.679+01:00Catalanway; the depression I think is down to an e...Catalanway; the depression I think is down to an excessive pre-election euphoria when Mas led us all to believe that he would smash all electoral records, on his own. For better or for worse, his "objectives" have done this but not in the way he imagined, spreading the pro-referendum vote out. Second reason to be depressed - the track record on political parties reaching long-standing agreements here, or putting their country and people before their party. Still, Junqueras and Bosch are the new guys in town, so maybe they'll offer a new focus and attitude ....<br /><br />i; Per que anar a Itaca, si Avalon està més a prop .... ;)Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06613762050863476962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6303110483819365454.post-75617650352295648542012-12-04T00:22:25.787+01:002012-12-04T00:22:25.787+01:00Mítica cançó. No només pel títol, el nom i el que ...Mítica cançó. No només pel títol, el nom i el que significa (Avalon, regne de les fades en la mitologia celta), sinó pels mateixos Roxy Music. <br />ihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14579610317947178254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6303110483819365454.post-66662628914972970192012-12-04T00:15:05.020+01:002012-12-04T00:15:05.020+01:00I hope too that they find a way to join together a...I hope too that they find a way to join together and get the referendum process rolling, while allowing for other obvious differences in the wider world of politics. It should be possible - if led by someone with some original and intelligent ideas. But I notice that people are feeling a bit depressed at the outcome of the election - it's hard to see the way ahead very clearly.thecatalanwayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14705509300995127135noreply@blogger.com