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Madrid May 2023
Madrid May 2023

There is no way to get to where we think we need to be without swimming through that crowd.

Street Music
Street Music

Music from an alleyway. A jaunty swing. Let's check it out. We come upon a mini-orchestra of hep-cats with guitars and a stand-up bass, being led by a square looking gent playing a mean clarinet.

The Other Louisiana
The Other Louisiana

If there is a more beautiful or serene museum in the world, I have not seen it.

Stinky Delicious
Stinky Delicious

…the smell of rot hits you like a Mike Tyson uppercut. It is powerful and deep, implying of forces beyond normal human experience.

 

On top of Rigi Kulm

 I would never just show up and demand anything, no matter how American I might be

Sex. Love. Death. Music. Opera.
Matthew Housel Matthew Housel

Sex. Love. Death. Music. Opera.

I knew the singing was going to be spectacular, but I did not realize it would be happening simultaneously with so much acting and action: knife fights, dancing, lovemaking - all while singing opera! At one point Ms. Garanča gets hoisted into the air and carried around, nearly upside down, all the while holding a long, high note. Encroyable!

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Will Clint Eastwood be waiting for us,

an open bottle of whiskey in his hand?

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