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El Amor después del Amor (Love After Music) dir. Felipe Gómez Aparicio; Gonzalo Tobal
No one can and no one should live without love. This bioseries traces the passionate life and career of iconic Argentinian rock star Fito Paez. This bioseries traces the passionate life and career of iconic Argentinian rock star Fito Paez.No one can and no one should live without love.
corn proverbs for your milpa gang 🌽
Newcomer is a fantasy video game where players are immersed in the second language they want to learn. 100+ characters to communicate with, eight language learning mechanics, and RPG features make second language acquisition an adventure. Designed for beginner - intermediate learners, players progress and learn a second language at their own pace.
Thought langblr might be interested in this. Current languages are French, Italian, English, and Spanish, with Japanese as a stretch goal!
this looks so cool!!!
Why did English keep the German ‘stark’ as an intensifier but only for ‘naked’ and ‘raving mad’
two most German modes of being
entoloachado
I love this word, this member on WordReference explains it in the following way:
“Toloache" is the common name given in Mexico to a variety of the "Datura" plant, with strong toxic and hallucinogenic properties. It is used in naturopathic medicine, but especially in witchcraft, it is believed that it has properties that make a person fall in love (or stay in love) with another. It can cause madness and even death.
Carlos Castaneda refers on various occasions to the use of this plant, during his initiation on the mystical path, guided by Don Juan Matus."Entoloachado" alludes to the fact that the person in question received a dose of toloache, and consequently, has gone mad, or something very close.
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German students writing in English: I will spent the next 30 minutes trying to find an elegant English equivalent to this very complex German word
German scholars writing in English: *takes the German word, puts it in italics and never explains its meaning because Now you! Anglophone Reader! Are the fucking Moron Who Doesn’t Know what Gleichgewichtsrückverschiebung means! How dare you read my book??*
You know. The Gesamtkunstwerk.
. . . and no, i will not change my accent. you guys know how in cartoons there’s like an angel and a devil on people’s shoulders? well in my case it’s two devils, and one is telling me to say: qué cuática la wea po, and the other is telling me to say, no mames wey. i don’t have room for all of this vale tío nonsense
Eres sacerdote. Y también soy hombre.
El Crimen del Padre Amaro (2002), dir. Carlos Carrera
omg i never post here any more but what up guys i’m in spain so hispanic country #3 woooo
all i’ve learned so far is: frigorífico and guay
TV shows to watch in Spanish → Los Carcamales (”Oldsters” in Netflix).
Three friends in their 70s step out of retirement to become a band of outlaws whose mission it is to help those let down by the justice system.
I’m begging you all to watch this action-comedy series about three vigilante senior citizens trying to bring down a crime lord. It’s full of Chilean humor, socially relevant, and over-the-top ridiculous in all the best ways. 10/10.
Finally listened to all music! My favorite song was an untitled file called “ssssddsdrt66677888.ogg” that I found on a flash drive that I found in a landfill in Tunisia
In case anyone is actually into this there are 3 volumes of these:
Ok so at first I was like “oh haha funny meme” then I was actually impressed by this cellphone music thing??
I looked it up and just listening to the first volume I am blown away like transcended a new level of music creators/Saharan culture blown away guys pLEASe listen to this itissogood
Humans are REALLY INTO MAKING AND SHARING MUSIC, guys.
If you like this you might also like
which is, well, what it says on the tin. Some stuff is free to download, some stuff is available to purchase, some stuff is both.
Just on the first page, we have:
Arthur — Vuvuzela Dance Remixes Vol. 3 — S’Bamu [South Africa]
Khalifa Gueye — Ruba [Senegal]
The site started as just a guy digitizing music from cassette tapes that you couldn’t find anywhere outside street markets in various African cities, and now it’s an actual record label that works with African musicians… and also a guy digitizing tapes.
It’s amazing cultural anthropology as well as great music.
there’s also nyege nyege tapes in uganda which holds a festival every year with a lineup of electronic artists from around the continent & the diaspora
then there’s c-drik who runs the syrphe database where he has spent decades working with musicians in africa & asia to give them a presence online & a means of communication with each other & the rest of the world.
Since I’m thinking about Yugoslavia this morning, here’s one of my favorite playlists of all time.
