I Cant Get No!

I think one of the many important choices you have to make in life is whether you are a Beatles or a Rolling Stones individual..

In that light, I would define myself as a Stones one.

That being finally revealed, i can move on to say that yesterday i had the chance to see the Rolling Stones live for the 5th time in my life. They were great on stage as usual, and i cant really cease to be amazed with the energy these guys in their 60s irradiate.

Maybe im biased but some of their songs just DONT get old! No matter if they were released in 1965 and i have heard them so many times. I really wish they could play for like 5 hours, last night i so much missed Paint it Black, Lets Spend the Night Together, Bitch, Mother's Little Helper... but at least, i got Gimme Shelter, Get Off Of My Cloud, Midnight Rambler & Angie.

By the way, when it comes to the Stones themselves, im much more of a Richards than a Jagger or a Watts or a Woods. Just so you know.

Another by the way, Fobia was the appetizer for this RS concert AND i saw Manu Chao on friday!! I never thought i could have those 3 in the same sentence, not to mention the same weekend...

Det är Tre Kronor!

Sverige fick ett Guld till efter de vann ishockeyfinalen över Finland igår! Jaha! :)

De säger att Torino 2006 var Sveriges bästa OS någonsin så... SKÅÅÅL!!!

Sverige! Sverige!

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Varför?

- Jag vill öva min dålig svenska
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Men främst..

- Jag tror den här nyheten kommer att vara 'intressant' bara för min stoooora svenskläsarerlista i alla fall..

I dag Sverige vann över Tjeckien 7-3, så på sondag kommer de att spela hockeyfinalen mot Finland i Torino!!! Wohoo!

Med deras officiell hejaklacksledare kommer Sverige att vinna... inga problem! :p

Go Sverige!!

Mexico: Favorite to win the WC 06!

And if it was me saying it, you would probably call me an optimist (or a lunatic).

But, what if its Franz Beckenbauer* saying it?

His opinion is (supposedly) qualified, right? So how is it that he arrives in Mexico and makes statements like the title of this post?

Sucking up? Bullshitting? Jet lag? All together?

So you see, i insist.. be prepared for a historical Germany 2006. That cup is OURS!! :)

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*Apart from his fruitful career, he is the Organizing Committee President for Germany 2006

FIFA ranking

Even when there is a procedure outlined, I dont really understand how come Mexico appears as the 6th place on the FIFA monthly ranking.. Dont take me wrong, it definitely looks cool :p.. but but buuut.. HOW COME?

According to the procedures, a sophisticated system takes into consideration variables like: Winning, drawing and losing, Number of goals, Home or away match, Importance of the match & Regional strength at:

- World Cup finals matches
- World Cup preliminary matches
- FIFA Confederations Cup matches
- Continental championship final matches
- Continental championship preliminary matches
- Friendly matches

What surprises me is that its been ages that Mexico doesnt even come a bit close to a 6th place on a World Cup, and with these statistics.. how can it be 6th place on this (or any) international ranking?

The top five this month are:

1) Brazil
2) Czech Republic
3) Netherlands
4) Argentina
5) France

(Mexico and Spain come in as #6)

Since 1930, when the World Cup tournament started, the cup has been awarded only to 7 countries:

Brazil : 5
Italy : 3
Germany : 3
Uruguay: 2
Argentina: 2
England: 1
France: 1

So most of the other names on the list make sense.. but Mexico? 6th? (And it looks even stranger if you look at the rest of the list.. we are before Germany, Portugal, Turkey, England, Italy, Sweden, Uruguay!)

May the world and the soccer fans be prepared for a historical Germany 2006!! We will kick ass! :)

108 days and counting...

It's a beautiful day!

... Sky falls, you feel like!
It's a beautiful dayyyy
Don't let it get away!

And certainly yesterday was a beautiful day (or night to be more exact)... U2 played in Mexico City after 8 years!

Around 21.30 and once The Secret Machines had performed, the first chords of 'Wake Up' by the Arcade Fire were heard in the background and we knew that was the call! Without turning off the lights.. Bono, The Edge, Larry and Adam appeared on the bridge that would lead them to the stage, they made the triumphal entrance walking and waving at 70,000 frenetic fans that made the Azteca stadium tremble!

The kick off was: City of Blinding Lights and right after, all together in one voice.. Unos, dos, tres, catorce!! (yeah, Vertigo!)

The rest of the setlist for the night:

Elevation
Mysterious Ways
Until The End of the World
New Year’s Day
I Still Haven’t Found What Im Looking For
Beautiful Day
Original of the Species
Sometimes You Cant Make It On Your Own
Love and Peace or Else
Sunday Bloody Sunday
Bullet The Blue Sky
Miss Sarajevo
Pride (In the Name of Love)
Where the Streets Have No Name
One
Zoo Station
The Fly
With or Without You
All Because of You
Yahweh
40

The 2 hours the show lasted were simply STUNNING but my special moments were: Elevation, New Year's Day, Still Haven't Found (i think this was the loudest one!), Beautiful Day, Sunday Bloody Sunday, Pride, Where the Streets Have No Name, One, and With or Without You.

The combination of these songs, the lights in the stadium, the voice of 70,000 people, the impressive amount of mobiles on during One.. made me shiver!

My big absents of the night: All I Want is You, Dancing Barefoot, Bad, Stay, Desire, So Cruel, I Will Follow, Staring At The Sun, Tryin' to Throw Your Arms Around the World,.... many eh? It would just be impossible to hear all your favorites in one show, in any case..

May U2 live looooooong!

The saga continues...

From the creators of Fast & Furious in El Angel & Xochimilco 04 & 05...

Xochimilco 2006!

Starring:

Gil * Paola * Bertha * Angie * Paquito * Edgar * Peter
Tanya * Manuel * Yoya * JC * Luis * BK * Maythe

Check the trailer

PG - Parental Guide Suggested
Some material may not be suitable for children or extremists
Thematic elements and violent content

Im a Pro!

Yeah, im a Pro Member on Flickr now!

I have paid for my annual subscription so now i can upload as many pictures as i like!

Be prepared cause some of those pictures may include YOU in a compromising situation...

To spice up your day, check my sets!

Tu Rock Es Votar!

July 2nd has to be one of the most important days in Mexico this year and thats because that day we will elect the new president.

Last tuesday (apart from the speed radars premiere) Tu Rock Es Votar, a campaign to promote voting among young people, was launched. The majority of the votes this year will come from people between 18 and 35 and therefore the importance of this movement. They are involving rockers, athletes, and young popular personalities in general to try to attract youngsters as much as possible.

Thanks to my VIP connections, or at least my friends' ones, we had invitations for the launching event and the party definitely kicked ass!! Not just because it was a party in a nice place, with cool and pretty people working for a good cause.. we also got to see Fobia play live and we got free drinks! I am sure you are desperate to see the pictures of this event, so feel free to check them here.

This time i dont have a favorite candidate per se, but i have very strong feelings against a couple of them. I am kinda sure a lot of people shares that position; after all, isnt it always more or less like that?

The important thing is this coming July we break all previous records and the elected president really represents the majority's choice. Otherwise, as the TREV campaign suggests.. we can just STFU.

Who came up with speed radars?!

Or more importantly.. who the f*ck decided we should have speed radars in Mexico City?!?

It turns out that from this week on we have radars in 5 of the main roads in the city: Periferico, Insurgentes, Viaducto, Circuito Interior and Tlalpan.. AND if you want to avoid getting a fine, you have to drive at less than 70 km/hr... absolutely beautiful!!

If you have been to Mexico City then you know its really rare when you can drive faster than that, cause most of the times those roads are like huge parking lots, especially at rush hours, which happen to be the hours when i mainly use them of course. But hey.. at least during weekends or if you were out after midnight and before 6am, you could feel like Fittipaldi! Long gone days! Now we all have to watch our speedometers or pay stupid fines!

A couple of remarks:

- Technology for developed countries installed here? Seriously, theres something wrong about it.. how many more things will we copy from other countries expecting it will work here, just as if it was a cake recipe.. shouldnt we try to put other things into place before we get to speed radars?

- I think in some of these roads there are signs saying the allowed speed is 80-90 km/hr.. but now you will be charged if you exceed 70 km/hr because thats what it says in the Transit Guidelines... i wonder when these guidelines were put together or last reviewed... couldnt they start with updating obsolete rules?! Most likely they came up with that limit before the city had 20 millions inhabitants and cars could handle more speed. I am ok with having a speed limit but definitely NOT a ridiculous one like 70 in the only roads we can (sometimes) drive at a decent pace... give me a break!

- This new thing started on the 31st of January and after 4 days there have been around 6500 drivers with a fine.. that implies revenues for around US$150,000... i hope the government of the city will publish their budget and show us HOW exactly are they using that money. They better fix all the roads in here that look like mine fields, they better train the transit personnel, they better put a drivers license program in place, etc..

- I think there are sooo many things to improve in Mexico City and its good and sweet the government "cares" about the accidents produced by speed excess.. but i would rather hear the money we pay with our taxes is being used to buy cameras to have in the places where there are constant robberies, rapes, and crime in general. I think its a matter of PRIORITIZING and the way i see it, having speed radars is definitely OUT of the priority list of this city.

Sigh...