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Dios Mios! The Ex-Gentlemen Rock Juanitas

Aron F. Gibson wrote 2 weeks ago: Bad Manners: The Ex-Gentlemen @ Juanitas I was out at Jaunitas in Highland Park the other night for … more →

Tags: Live Music, Music & Music, Punk Rock, Arlo, cock sparrer, Dan Faesi, Dave Parker, DJ Salina, Green Day

Two Bands, Two Venues: The Ex-Gentlemen & Icky's Ego

Aron F. Gibson wrote 1 month ago: I’ve got a busy Wednesday tonight. First I’ll need to stop by  The Aqua Lounge in Beverl … more →

Tags: Music & Music, Punk Rock, Live Music, bang sugar bang, The Swagger Sticks, ickys ego, the ex-gentlemen, The Aqua Lounge

El Cid: Hero or Hoax?

C.J. Chanco wrote 1 month ago: While some dismiss him as nothing more than that stereotypical savage warlord of a bygone era – powe … more →

Tags: Arts, Crusades, El Cid Campeador, Islam, Literature, Rodrigo Díaz, Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar

Toros: ¡Grave cornada de EL Cid en Madrid!

Rafael Martel wrote 3 months ago: ROSARIO PÉREZ SÁNCHEZ | NAVALCARNERO El Cid ha resultado herido en la corrida de toros celebrada hoy … more →

Tags: Cuban-Americans, Cubanos, Cubiches, Current Events, 2009, Espaa, toros, Madrid, Toreros

Hawthorne Headhunters | HVW8 Records Launch Party | Root Down • Video

cultureking wrote 4 months ago: ∆ Hawthorne Headhunters (Black Spade, Ced No, Proh Mic) rocking the Root Down for HVW8 Records Launc … more →

Tags: lazers, Video, Culture King Original Video, Root Down, Black Spade, Stoney Rock, HVW8, Proh Mic, HVW8 Records

HVW8 RECORDS LAUNCH PARTY FEATURING HAWTHORNE HEADHUNTERS! TONIGHT @ THE ROOT DOWN

cultureking wrote 4 months ago: ∆ See You There! ∆ … more →

Tags: lazers, Root Down, Black Spade, HVW8, Proh Mic, HVW8 Records, Hawthorne Headhunters, Jimi James, Ced No

El Cid and La Tizona1 comment

Andrew Petcher wrote 5 months ago: The other dropped the lance and the sword he took in hand; when Ferrán González saw it, he recognize … more →

Tags: Europe, History, Spain, Colada, La Tizona, medieval knights, medieval weapons, Toledo Steel

El Cid and Ximena1 comment

Andrew Petcher wrote 5 months ago: A hero needed a wife and El Cid was married in either in1074 or 1075 to Doña Ximena of Oviedo, a cit … more →

Tags: History, Literature, Spain, Burgos, medieval armour, medieval knights, medieval weapons, Poema de Mio Cid, Reconquista

the CAlifornia funk2 comments

collectivela wrote 5 months ago: One night a couple of homees & myself cruise to our local drinking hole, the Scotland Yard, for … more →

Tags: art is work, Art, Music, funk, reggae, hip-hop, simple citizens, The Rootdown

El Cid and Babieca1 comment

Andrew Petcher wrote 5 months ago: A great cavalry soldier needed a great noble steed and El Cid’s warhorse was a white stallion called … more →

Tags: Europe, History, Spain, Ancient Greece, Andalusia, andalusian, Babieca, cavalry, Crusader

El Cid and Alvar Fáñez de Minaya1 comment

Andrew Petcher wrote 6 months ago: The story of the reconquest is a classic case of history being written by the winning side and has b … more →

Tags: Europe, History, Spain, Travel, Alfonso VI, Álvar Fáñez, Babieca, Burgos, Cantar de Mio Cid

Córdoba

Andrew Petcher wrote 6 months ago: Although the road was swinging to the south it couldn’t keep us ahead of the cloud and by the time w … more →

Tags: Spain, History, Travel, Europe, World Heritage, Hotels, cathedrals, Córdoba, Andalusia

Castillo de Almodóvar

Andrew Petcher wrote 6 months ago: It was a glorious morning and although it was slightly chilly there wasn’t a cloud to be seen in the … more →

Tags: Europe, Spain, Travel, Adalusia, Almodovar, Carmona, Córdoba, Reconquista, Seville

Film Scores2 comments

Robin Gosnall wrote 6 months ago: Everybody has their favourite film score music. I first saw El Cid as a young man (some twenty years … more →

Tags: Music, Culture, film, Charlton Heston, Jacques Tati, Monsieur Hulot, satajit ray, Miklos Rozsa, Leonard Bernstein

VIDEO: Top 5s with DJ Gazoo

soundwaveskpfk wrote 6 months ago: Top 5s with my man DJ Gazoo. Dude came through with A PREPARED TOP 5 LIST. This video is all kinds o … more →

Tags: Video, KPFK, Soundwaves, Abraham Beltran, soundwaveskpfk, Music, 90.7 FM, 90.7FM, Soundwaves KPFK

El Cid

singinghotdog wrote 6 months ago: Charlton Heston has a thing with epics I guess. El Cid was surprisingly a great movie. I am sure thi … more →

Tags: DVD Reviews, DVD, Spain, Epic, siege, King, Charlton Heston, sophia loren, Moors People

Seville: Third and fourth fights '093 comments

fiskeharrison wrote 6 months ago: As the air of Seville warms itself to sweating point and I sit listening to my neighbour practising … more →

Tags: bullfight, bullfighting, Bullring, Corrida, Feria de Abril, jordi casamitjana, Luis Bolívar, maestranza, - Matador

Consuegra

Andrew Petcher wrote 7 months ago: It was going to be a long day so we got up early ready for a quick start and as usual my first job w … more →

Tags: Spain, Castile-La Mancha, Alcázar, Don Quixote, Toledo, Consuegra

El Cid

Andrew Petcher wrote 7 months ago:  The period between 500 and 1250 has long been known to historians of Spain as the ‘Reconquista’  an … more →

Tags: Spain, History, Charlton Heston, Reconquista, Babieca, Ximena, medieval knights, medieval weapons, La Tizona


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