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Beautiful Day in Barcelona

Saturday, October 30th, 2010

Having just returned from cold cold England – totally digging the Barcelona weather today… Autumn Sun…

In fact I’m currently listening to the “Knee Deep Mix” of “Everybody loves the sunshine” which I bought just this afternoon at Discos Juando which is right near the Mercat Santa Catarina in Barcelona for 2€. Bargain!

Yanil and I had lunch at Bar del Pla with Xavi and Michelle. A great little restaurant. Not quite enough staff for a Saturday afternoon but hey – we weren´t in a hurry… The croquetas de ceps & foie (Croquets with Seasonal mushrooms and Foie Gras) which weren’t advertised but which the waiter recommended were absolutely out of this world. I also quite digged the local beer – called Almogaver (Warrior) Beer – 5 years in Barcelona and this is the first time I’ve tried this Barcelona based beer! Worth the wait!

Remember Blind Melon?

Saturday, April 17th, 2010

I heard a cover of “Under the Bridge” by Red Hot Chilli Peppers this evening which took me right back to the mid 90s – Actually if I’m honest, I was trying to remember who sang Under the Bridge and for some reason Blind Melon was the answer that came to my head. Hey ho – good job it wasn’t the deciding answer in a pub quiz!

Anyways, Blind Melon was an awesome band, the player below has some tracks from their eponymous first album I borrowed off a friend back in 1994/95 have a listen in the player below. Especially good are “No Rain”, “Paper Scratcher”, “Deserted”. Check ‘em out!

Anyone listened to any of the newer Blind Melon stuff, any recommendations?