Blog
Here, I share a variety of random posts on topics that interest me, along with photographs I’ve taken and interviews I’ve done.
I’ve been casually blogging (incuding photoblogging and microblogging) across different platforms since 2003. I’m in the process of gathering a curated version of all that content here, so many of the old posts are republished material.
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Interview with Jordi Llovet
This is one in a series of interviews I conducted in 2004 for a now-defunct digital magazine based in Barcelona, where I spoke with around thirty cultural figures. Jordi Llovet (Barcelona, 1947) was then a professor of Literary Theory and Comparative Literature at the University of Barcelona (now retired). The interview was conducted to mark the…
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Falu red
Falu red* and the blue sky, as seen in Koster Islands. *Falu red or falun red (/ˈfɑːluː/ FAH-loo; Swedish: falu rödfärg, pronounced [ˈfɑ̂ːlɵ ˈrø̂ː(d)færj]) is a permeable red paint commonly used on wooden cottages and barns in Sweden, Finland, and Norway. [Wikipedia] PS: This post is a test to check if the ActivityPub plugin works.
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The Road Not Taken
Yes, everyone knows that poem. How about the Catalan translation? El camí no escollit Dos camins divergien al bosc groci, sentint no poder fer-los tots dosi ésser un sol viatger, vaig aturar-mea contemplar-ne un fins on se’l veiadespararèixer rere el sotabosc. Però vaig triar l’altre, igual de bell,i fins potser amb motius més convincents,cobert com…
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Novembre, by Umpah-Pah
This is a song by the (great) Girona band Umpah-Pah, released in 1994 on the album Bordell. It’s about the Girona fairs (also known as the Fires de Sant Narcís), the annual festivals held in the city at the end of October and the beginning of November (disclaimer: seen from the perspective of young people).…
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