Jorge Ben er einn af uppáhalds brasilíusöngvurunum mínum. Við erum ekki að tala um hinn týpíska mjaðmaknúsara sem lætur þreyttar húsmæður þyrsta í slurk af sérríi og sveittan dunk af útrunninni sólarvörn, heldur fer hann allan skalann: er svo ótrúlega hress, svo ljúfur, svo djúpur, svo góður, svo faunkí. Hann gaf út fyrstu plötuna sína 1963 og er enn á lífi að gera eitthvað yndislegt í þágu heimsins og ófæddra barna. Fyrir utan hittarana sína ( "Umbabarauma", "Uala Ualala", "Cosa Nostra", "Taj Mahal" og miiiiiklu fleiri) þá samdi hann "Mas Que Nada" , sem sambatröllið Sérgio [...]
Replongeons-nous au coeur du ring, avec "The greatest"... Le champion toutes catégories des boxers, j'ai nommé Muhammad Ali, l'homme de tous les combats, dans les cordes, hors les chaines. Un regard, une phrase assassine suffisaient à terrasser toute velléité, le type qui vous met les nerfs en pelote pendant les conférences de presse, le même qui vous casse le moral avant le combat, pour

España Cañí! Canned Heat - Goin' up the country (uno de mis temas preferidos de todos los tiempos) Jorge Ben - Take it easy my brother Charlie The Pipkins - Gimme dat ding The Chordettes - Lollipop Guy Mitchell - Sipping Soda Bobby Vee - This night has a thousand eyes Racey - Rama lama ding dong The Sweet - Ballroom Blitz Willie [...]

This, this is great. For You Can Call Me Betty's 100th post, I can sit here just in my shorts it's so hot, the football on the telly right next to me, and I get to post about Brazil. As football posts go, it doesn't get much more exciting: in the words of Mugatu, they're so hot right now - Ronaldinho, Ronaldo, Adriano and, yes, Fred made the squad, the samba boys are still (as every year) the hottest property in football - I wish I could incoporate Ronaldinho's band in there, but try as I might, they're too busy [...]