Archive for the 'Madrid' Category

Anniversary of La Codorniz in Madrid

Around 1941, right in the middle of postwar Spain, a surrealist and absurd comedy publication appeared which had just as many fans as detractors. It was ‘La Codorniz’, ‘the most audacious magazine for the most intelligent reader’, as it defined itself. It had a long life, from 1941 until 1978, when, probably due to changes [...]

Tuesday, January 17th, 2012

Time and the Conways in Madrid

From the 18th of January until the 5th of February you can enjoy, at the Sala Roja in Madrid, the entertaining theatre play ‘Time and the Conways’ (‘El tiempo y los Conways’ in Spanish). From the hand of Pérez de la Fuente Producciones, this sensational play based on the novel of John Boynton Priestley, published [...]

Monday, January 16th, 2012

Clan of Xymox and The Arch in Madrid

A double concert will open the year of live music for lovers of Gothic and Darkwave, two bands of great experience, lots of records and, at least in the case of Clan of Xymox, tons of musical experimentation. Clan of Xymox starts in 1984, when Ronny Moorings, Anka Wolbert and Pieter Nooter join the project, [...]

Thursday, January 12th, 2012

Mastodon in Madrid

During the 90′s, when everyone crackled with the sounds of grunge with bands like Pearl Jam and other commercial events of the time, many other high caliber bands were arming the beginning of a new movement, which was parallel to all the alternative scene and that definitely filtered into record labels where [...]

Wednesday, January 11th, 2012

La Boite: concert hall and nightclub in Madrid

Today, it is difficult to find places, where you can listen to good music, or see the performance of bands that have much more to play than the normal rock n roll, which pleased everyone. If you see it in a sharp way, many people opt for the rock proposals, just as an additional way [...]

Tuesday, January 10th, 2012

Vintage Clothing in Madrid

If you like living up to the day and boast about having good taste, be sure to follow these suggestions on vintage shops in Madrid, which offers unimagined wonders to fill your closet and cause the envy of many bystanders and friends. So follow our advice if you come for pleasure or [...]

Monday, January 9th, 2012

Exposed: Voyeurism, Surveillance, and the Camera

Observation and surveillance, either through voyeurism or witnessing violence, have always been there. And nowadays, with mobile phones and digital cameras it is present more than ever. Being aware of this, the Museum of Modern Art in San Francisco and the Tate Modern in London have organized the exhibition “Exposed: Voyeurism, Surveillance, and the Camera [...]

Wednesday, January 4th, 2012

Expo Migration. A moving planet in Madrid

Until the 6th of January 2012, on the terrace of La Casa Encendida de Madrid, the exhibition Migration, A moving planet, will be presented. The exhibition organized by the publication Le Monde diplomatique in Spanish, goes into the issue of migrations, by roughly mapping the global reality represented by large human migrations. The exhibition is [...]

Tuesday, January 3rd, 2012

Expo Migration. A moving planet in Madrid

Until the 6th of January 2012, on the terrace of La Casa Encendida de Madrid, the exhibition Migration, A moving planet, will be presented. The exhibition organized by the publication Le Monde diplomatique in Spanish, goes into the issue of migrations, by roughly mapping the global reality represented by large human migrations. The exhibition is [...]

Tuesday, January 3rd, 2012

The Sabina musical in Madrid: Más de 100 mentiras

‘Más de 100 mentiras’ is a fantastic musical inspired in the songs of the great Joaquín Sabina. More than three hours of duration during which we see treason, scams, passions, disappointments and comedy always accompanied by over 25 songs chosen for the show by Joaquín Sabina himself. The show tells the story of four friends, [...]

Monday, January 2nd, 2012