JaZzArt en València

This is my first of May tradition, to listen to The Bee Gees sing this song. Since I am not a Marxist I do not celebrate the Workers Day. Although I am not an American, I tend to think that Labour Day, as it is celebrated in the US on the first Monday of September, is a much more appropriate occasion to honour every worker of the world.

I hope you like the song…

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STATUS AND REDEMPTION
(Wile listening to L’Histoire du Soldat/Stravinsky)

Where is the status you sought out to have,
sitting in classrooms, waiting on tables,
mopping up washrooms and cleaning the stables,
of a noble patrician descended from Rome
degenerate, misogynist
sick and alone?

Now you wipe off his drool and you wince with disgust,
but he does not see you as ignore you he must,
this cynical spectre of mansions and theatres,
with political influence like a fattened old realtor,
who displays all the land in hopes that a buyer
comes licking his hand, his hand, stained with faeces mucous and urine,
and all forms of filth and dead cells.

They’ve all rotting skin that will fall from their faces
as they seek to win one more day at the races.
One more day, to the good folks dismay,
who will forever be thankful when they’re all on their way
to a horrific paradise just made for their type,
filled with varmints and parasites torture and strife.
Which is what they deserve, which is what they have given
to all those who wanted to just to make a good living.

So where is the status, my charming young lady,
that you wanted to gain when you wondered if maybe,
within that golden castle you’d find your reward,
but you just found corruption and a perverted old man
who promised and promised but proffered quite nothing
but a stain on your soul and a rip in your clothes.

Status is nothing to search for in life,
seek first your redemption.
Everything else you will get in due time.

C.2025, Francisco Bravo Cabrera – 16 APR 2025 – Valencia, España

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Aquí van dos mas de los grandes que impusieron e hicieron avanzar las vanguardias artísticas del S. XX y que además influyeron mucho sobre muchos pintores e ilustradores posteriores.

Here are two more of the great painters that formed and advanced the art vanguards of the XX C. who also influenced artists and illustrators to come.

Gracias…

Cheers…

Well, what can I say about Queen? All I can say is that they are a phenomenal band that sounds as good today as they did back in the 1970’s when they ruled!

Queen was formed in 1970 with Freddie Mercury, (vocals and piano); one super guitarist Brian May, and drummer Roger Taylor. Bassist John Deacon arrived to the band a year later. They were the most powerful band around, uniting prog-rock with hard-rock and then pop-rock and great videos on MTV, back in the day. There has been a ton of band, both in the UK and in the US and the world, that have said they were influenced by Queen, and I believe it.

Made in Heaven (1995) was the last Queen album with Freddy Mercury. It reached number one in the UK and number 58 in the US. It was Queen’s best selling album. In 1997, Brian May, Roger Taylor and John Deacon recorded the group’s final song «No-One But You (Only The Good Die Young)«. One of the few Queen songs that does not feature the lead vocals of Freddy Mercury. The song was included in Queen Rocks, a compilation album from 1997.

Queen’s last appearance was at the 1990 Brit Awards which honoured the band’s contribution to British music. Freddie Mercury was given a posthumous award in the 1992 Brit Awards for his contribution to the music world. Queen was awarded the best single award for «These are the Days of our Lives«, from the album Innuendo (1991).

Almost all of Queen’s songs are phenomenal, but I had to choose one. Here it goes and I hope you like it.

«These Are the Days of Our Lives» is attributed to all of the members of Queen but it was really mostly written by drummer Roger Taylor. The song was released as a single on the 5th of September, 1991, Freddy Mercury’s birthday. The song is included in the 1991 album Innuendo.

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https://fineartamerica.com/profiles/francisco-bravocabrera

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Así es, en la vida hay muchas cosas que no existen, son solo ausencia de otras. ¿No?

Creo que nos estamos pasando de la raya con esto de decir que no queremos turistas y que se larguen. Nuestra ciudad, como muchas otras en España, dependen mucho del turismo y no nos vendría bien que se fuesen y que no volviesen más. Así que hay que dejarse de gilipolleces y fijarse bien en lo que uno dice para no decir tontearías y quedar de pringaos. Que hay muchos turistas y que a veces no saben comportarse, venga, eso te lo acepto. Pero la solución no es pintorrear propiedad ajena con semejantes disparates. La solución es exigirle a los ayuntamientos que tomen parte, que vigilen y que multen si es preciso a los turistas malcriados que se creen que pueden hacer en España lo que les salga de los mismísimos cojones.

La foto la hice en el barrio del Carmen, la ciutat vella, o sea, el barri gotic de la ciudad de València.

Esta fue la pagina 106 del diario…

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I think we’re going overboard with this idea of saying we don’t want tourists and that they should leave. Our city, like many others in Spain, relies heavily on tourism, and it wouldn’t be beneficial for us if they left and never came back. So we need to stop the nonsense and think carefully about what we say to avoid sounding foolish. Yes, there are many tourists, and sometimes they don’t know how to behave, I’ll accept that. But the solution isn’t to vandalize someone else’s property by spray-painting this bullshit on their blinds. The solution is to demand that local governments take action, monitor, and impose fines if necessary on rude tourists who believe they can do whatever they want in Spain.

The photo was taken in the Carmen neighbourhood, the old city, that is, the Gothic quarter of the city of Valencia.

This was page 106 of the diary.

GRACIAS – CHEERS

APAGÓN TOTAL EN ESPAÑA

BLACKOUT IN SPAIN

Trece horas sin luz y más sin explicación alguna… pero al fin nos ha llegado la luz.

Thirteen hours without light and many more hours still without an explanation… But finally we have light.

This little plaza, which in the late afternoon is full of terrace bars and happy gin tonic drinkers (at 1700 hours, our Valenciano tea time), is an historic place in the centre of the old town, Ciutat Vella, in the heart of the city of València.

This fountain sculpture is the source and origin of the name. As you can see there is a little Black child holding a huge shell-like cup…

In 1508 the plaza was called Plaza de Calatrava, in honour of the Orden of Calatrava who had fought with King Jaume I during the re-taking of the city from the Moors. In 1850 the fountain was built and the plaza renamed to La Plaza del Negrito. However, it was still referred to as Plaza de Calatrava until the Ajuntament de València changed it officially in 1940.

These are the «percianas» (a very Spanish style of window blinds) of the bars of the plaza del negrito. Of course in the afternoon they are all open and all you see are tables, chairs and people enjoying their afternoon drinks.

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