a rumbo perdido

in florida for the week, enjoying the sun's warm rays, my mom's home cooking, & the slow-paced dynamics inherent to orlando.  just takin' 'er easy...

went to the salvador dalí museum in st.petersburg earlier in the week - it was awesome.  the collection is actually one of the most extensive in the world.  plus, the museum usually has other works on loan and also houses temporary exhibits - currently on dalí & film (which -ironically - opened at the london tate modern).  here's what i learned:

1. dalí & walt disney collaborated on a surreal, animated film called destino, which was abandoned midway through & lay dormant for 57 years until disney's nephew ordered it to be completed. i loved it. like fantasia, the images morph into one another to create crosses between reality and fantasy.  also, right around that time, dalí was designing a dream sequence for alfred hithcock's film spellbound - a freudian scene in which an amnesic (gregory peck) narrates a recurring dream to his psychoanalyst (ingrid bergman) in an attempt to decode his subconsciousness. 

2. in the 70's, dalí released a hallucinogenic tv documentary called impressions of upper mongolia.  he was inspired in great part by patterns obtained staining the brass band of a pen. here's the catch - he would regularly urinate on it to "improve the patination" ... !

on to other things.

here's otros aires, a neo-tango group founded in barcelona in 2003 by miguel di genova.  they sound good!  click here to listen to sin rumbo on their own website - or check out another of their songs, below.  enjoy!

milonga sentimental - otros aires

and a bit more of a classic, by one of the masters.

libertango - ástor piazzolla - performed by yo-yo ma 

besos.