Entries Tagged as ‘70's’
June 7, 2007
Blast from the Past: Snapshots of Spanish TV in the 1970’s
These guys were great…
In 1980, Felix Rodríguez de la Fuente, Spanish T.V. personality and naturalist died in a plane crash. The immensely popular duo of Enrique y Ana memorialized him in this classic song.
The Adventures of Marco literally traumatized a generation of Spanish children. A story of a boy searching, endlessly, and excruciatingly, for his [...]
March 5, 2007
Zodiac, directed by David Fincher (2007)
I saw David Fincher’s Zodiac last night over at the Studio Movie Grill in Arlington with my buddy Scott Williams, German Professor from TCU (and former UT Arlington Language Acquisiton Center Director). The first thing I want to say is that the concept of eating a full meal while watching a movie in a movie [...]
February 28, 2007
“Detalhes” (Live) by the Legendary Roberto Carlos, plus a 1979 classic
Growing up in the 70’s in Spain, the Brazilian Roberto Carlos was all over the place, along with Abba en Español (yes, they recorded in Spanish too), Richard Clayderman, Leif Garrett, Enrique y Anna and other cringeworthy and cool acts. I remember spending lazy sunday afternoons drawing and painting as Roberto Carlos played on the [...]
