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Archive for October, 2006

Word from the 3rd

Yes, I know I’m one of those wet blankets who’s lately gotten fed up with reading about the upcoming election. So sue me, I’m breaking my moratorium. Over at MinnMon today Joe Bodell takes a closer look at Minnesota’s 3rd Congressional District. Being a resident of the 3rd, and after working the phone banks a few times this month I can confirm Joe’s analysis of what’s happening there:

Minnesota’s Third District is a battleground on many levels. Although the congressional race between 15-year incumbent Jim Ramstad and his DFL challenger Wendy Wilde is not considered competitive by many outside observers, the DFL does have reason to be optimistic in this district. A deep bench of candidates at the local level devoted to people-powered campaigns and challenging the status quo means a long-term commitment to progressive campaigns and candidates, and a huge shift toward the Democratic Party in 2004 in formerly-blood-red places like Edina presents a tremendous opportunity to build a permanent majority at the state level. Many in DFL circles believe a Democratic wave is building at the local level, and if victory does not come this year, it is only a matter of time.

I’ve spent some evenings calling registered voters in the 3rd who are still showing up on the ‘Undecided’ lists.
–And no, this is not push polling or anything of that ilk. The idea is to keep the calls quick and simple. When you’re calling between 5 and 9 pm do you think anyone is thrilled about talking to you? You do? OK, then take a quick look out the window and tell me how many suns you see and what color the sky is on your planet. Ooooooh. Yes, green and purple does sound delightful!

So anyway, when someone picked up I’d introduce myself as a volunteer with the DFL Coordinated Campaigns, and just ask the person if they know yet who they’re planning to vote for in the upcoming election. I’d start with: “Who do you think you’ll vote for in the US Senate race, Amy Klobuchar or Mark Kennedy?”

Sorry, that’s all I’d name — remember what I said about quick and simple? Many people will hang up as soon as they hear it’s a campaign call. Every second counts.

If I got an answer I’d ask about the Governor’s race: Mike Hatch or Tim Pawlenty? and if they answered that one, I’d then ask about the 3rd CD and if they still gave an answer and weren’t making noises like ‘How long is this gonna take? I don’t have time for this!” then I’d go on to ask about the races for the state House and Senate.

The quick summary: of the people I spoke to in the 3rd who gave an answer about the US Senate race, at least 90% said they’re planning to vote for Amy Klobuchar.

Most of them answered simply “Amy”. (Hey, we don’t need no steenkin’ last names!) And also there was something about the way they said “Amy”. They said “Amy” in the same way that you’d answer your idiot brother when he asks for the zillionth time what’s the capital of Idaho? “Boise. Duh!”

Amy. Duh!

I got the most responses on the US Senate race as that was the question we’d start with and after that people would start losing interest and refuse to answer any more, but still I’d have to say that the people who did hang on to give us their picks on the other races named Democrats surprisingly often — especially in the local contests.

As for me, I’m done with the phone banks. Now it’s GOTV time. As in the past two elections I’ll be spending election day walking through various 3rd district neighborhoods knocking on doors and helping folks get to the polls if they have no other way of getting there. This is hands-down my favorite campaign activity. It’s exhausting and sometimes maddening, but also gives a huge jolt of exhilaration and empowerment and the feeling that you’re really making a difference. If you’re still looking around for something to do to help your candidates in this election, call your local campaign office and volunteer for election day activities.

GOTV. Duh!

UPDATE:

It’s now less than a week away. Wanna help GOTV next Tuesday? Here’s a link to the DFL GOTV signup page.
If you need some inspiration to get you motivated, try Georgia10’s little peptalk Democrats Do It Better.

Now go see what you can do!

Must-Watch Teevee Tonight! Dave vs. Billo: the next round

Via Salon:

Bill O’Reilly appears on “The Late Show with David Letterman” tonight, but Page Six has already seen the tape and reports the goods. After calling the Fox pundit a “bonehead,” Letterman ventures a question on the war:

Letterman: Let me ask you a question — was there more heinous, more dangerous violence taking place before in Iraq, or is there more heinous, dangerous violence taking place now in Iraq?

O’Reilly: Oh, stop it. Saddam Hussein slaughtered 300,000 to 400,000 people, all right, so knock it off… It isn’t so black and white, Dave — it isn’t, ‘We’re a bad country. Bush is an evil liar.’ That’s not true.

Letterman: I didn’t say he was an evil liar. You’re putting words in my mouth, just the way you put artificial facts in your head!

Letterman later admits he hasn’t read O’Reilly’s book, “Culture Wars” — “I looked at it. I said, ‘What is it, a book on sailing?’ ” — and ends the interview by looking at his watch: “Oh, gosh, where has the time gone? I have no idea what I’m talking about — but I don’t think you do, either.”

(Page Six)

This oughta be good for some big laughs. Simonize your watches, kids!

{Flounder} Oh boy, is this great! {/Flounder}

Twit

The problem with being the sort of blogger who never posts criticism of local media election coverage is that if you ever do venture into that territory, concerned friends who themselves yammer on from morning til night on the subject tend to take you gently by the arm and lead you to a quiet corner where you’re expected to drink Ovaltine and play Chutes and Ladders until all the  grownup talk is done. 

All well and good, but occasionally there comes a time when even political naifs like me need to make a comment, which is why I’d just like to take the opportunity this morning to say:

Bob Collins is a twit.

 

 

OK, now where’s my fucking Ovaltine?

 

 

SF stories: only six words long

WIRED magazine asked a plethora of mainly SF authors but also some others to try writing a complete short story using only 6 words.

Something tells me this is one of those formats that, like haiku and limericks, is insidiously addictive, like the literary equivalent of Lay’s potato chips.

Bet you can’t write just one.

Now you know my secret compulsion.

Could I stop myself? Doubt it.

Resolved: find a better hobby immediately!

Okay, let’s hear from the pros.

What follows are my personal favorites:

Computer, did we bring batteries? Computer?
- Eileen Gunn

Gown removed carelessly. Head, less so.
- Joss Whedon

Machine. Unexpectedly, I’d invented a time
- Alan Moore

Longed for him. Got him. Shit.
- Margaret Atwood

His penis snapped off; he’s pregnant!
- Rudy Rucker

With bloody hands, I say good-bye.
- Frank Miller

“Cellar?” “Gate to, uh … hell, actually.”
- Ronald D. Moore

Epitaph: Foolish humans, never escaped Earth.
- Vernor Vinge

We kissed. She melted. Mop please!
- James Patrick Kelly

I’m your future, child. Don’t cry.
- Stephen Baxter

Lie detector eyeglasses perfected: Civilization collapses.
- Richard Powers

I’m dead. I’ve missed you. Kiss … ?
- Neil Gaiman

The baby’s blood type? Human, mostly.
- Orson Scott Card

Kirby had never eaten toes before.
- Kevin Smith

Rained, rained, rained, and never stopped.
- Howard Waldrop

We went solar; sun went nova.
- Ken MacLeod

“I couldn’t believe she’d shoot me.”
- Howard Chaykin

Don’t marry her. Buy a house.
- Stephen R. Donaldson

TIME MACHINE REACHES FUTURE!!! … nobody there …
- Harry Harrison

Easy. Just touch the match to
- Ursula K. Le Guin

New genes demand expression — third eye.
- Greg Bear

K.I.A. Baghdad, Aged 18 - Closed Casket
- Richard K. Morgan

WORLD’S END. Sic transit gloria Monday.
- Gregory Benford

Epitaph: He shouldn’t have fed it.
- Brian Herbert

Batman Sues Batsignal: Demands Trademark Royalties.
- Cory Doctorow

Heaven falls. Details at eleven.
- Robert Jordan

Bush told the truth. Hell froze.
- William Gibson

whorl. Help! I’m caught in a time
- Darren Aronofsky and Ari Handel

Thought I was right. I wasn’t.
- Graeme Gibson

Dinosaurs return. Want their oil back.
- David Brin

Democracy postponed. Whence franchise? Ask Diebold…
- David Brin

Metrosexuals notwithstanding, quiche still lacks something.
- David Brin

Please, this is everything, I swear.
- Orson Scott Card

Mozilla devastates Redmond, Google’s nuke implicated.
- Charles Stross

Will this do (lazy writer asked)?
- Ken MacLeod

Cryonics: Disney thawed. Mickey gnawed. Omigawd.
- Eileen Gunn

Clones demand rights: second Emancipation Proclamation.
- Paul Di Filippo

We crossed the border; they killed us.
- Howard Waldrop

Salinger story: three koans in fountain.
- Howard Waldrop

There were only six words left.
- Gregory Maguire

Starlet sex scandal. Giant squid involved.
- Margaret Atwood

Parallel universe. Bush, destitute, joins army.
- Steven Meretzky

Dorothy: “Fuck it, I’ll stay here.”
- Steven Meretzky

Go here to read them all.

Spong Q & A On Torture

Several weeks ago retired Episcopal Bishop John Shelby Spong posted a letter he had received that contained hard questions about Christianity’s relationship with torture. 

Graeme Moore from Canada writes:
“American response to American torture is perplexing. There can be no doubt that American government officials, military and civilian, torture. They may call it by other names but just as “a rose is a rose,” so torture is torture.

Setting aside for the moment the fact that the considerable evidence that most “information” obtained through torture is unreliable, or worse, there is a fundamental conflict between present day American Christian Christianity and torture.

“Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.” Christ’s commandment cannot be clearer. It is fundamental to Christian belief. It is the bedrock of the Christian way. Torture cannot be reconciled with Christ’s commandment. One cannot be both a Christian and a torturer. America’s current President proudly and readily announces he is a “born again” Christian. He is surrounded by persons of similar convictions. Many Christian “leaders” support him. The President, however, has authorized torture; he encourages its use even to the point of finding various dubious and devious ways and means to avoid any attempts to curtail torture by Americans or their proxies.

Why do American Christians and certain American Christian “leaders” support torture? (Those people who torture and those people who order, advocate or tolerate torture are equally culpable.) Many Americans contend that America is a Christian nation. It would appear so based upon utterances and statements of America’s political elite and on the number of Americans who profess to be Christians and belong to a congregation whose services they attend on a regular and frequent basis. Can America be a Christian nation when it tortures?

Why do American Christians not rise up to strike down those Americans who torture? When will American Christians demand an end to torture? When will Christian “leaders” take a public position, such as open letters against torture? When will Christian preachers condemn torture from their pulpits? When will Christian say loudly that torture is unchristian and un- American? When will Christians demonstrate and protest torture in a manner similar to their actions against choice? If Christians can stir up a storm in Florida over the “right to die,” when will they unleash a tempest in Washington against torture? The current silence of American Christian is eerily reminiscent of the silence of earlier generations against the evils of racism. Perhaps it is to be expected that a people who lynched their fellow citizens because of their race would torture their enemies.”

Dear Graeme,

Thank you for your question. I invite my readers to write to me with their opinions on this issue. I will publish the best letters in the debate. My readers must know that they have a better chance of being included in the debate if they keep their comments succinct.
– John Shelby Spong

Now Spong has posted some of those responses:

Several weeks ago I solicited reader comments on a letter from Graeme Moore on torture. I promised to print the responses in place of the regular question and answer feature to my column. The letters below are a fulfillment of that promise. Thanks to all of you for your participation in this debate.            — John Shelby Spong

Gerald Nordstrom from Minneapolis, MN, writes:

Graeme Moore is correct in saying that torture or any defense of it violates the Golden Rule. Failure to observe this rule accounts for cruelty and dishonesty of all kinds - the effluence of self-centeredness, the core of all evil. By contrast and at the heart of the Golden Rule are empathy, kindness, generosity, and forgiveness.

Too many born-again Bible-worshipers brush the Golden Rule aside, disinclined to do the soul-searching necessary for following it. Preferring commandments easier to follow, they proudly come out against abortion, stem-cell research, gay marriage, etc., and then comfortably give ignoble support for preemptive violence, presumptuous dominance, and torture.

As to why liberals do not move against the President’s defense of these things, liberals are characteristically laissez-faire, and their tolerance has dangerously allowed Bush too much rope - though there is hope it will be pulled back smartly in the coming election.

Gladys M. Peckham from Bradenton, FL, writes:

These are the same people who advocate war as an answer to world problems. There are no faces in war, not even our own troops. It is simply the good guys and bad guys. Us versus them, and them is always wrong. It takes too much trouble to work things out by listening and respect. Seems we are back in the wild west, no value in people, just land.

John Backus via the Internet writes:

I come from a family whose past (before my parents) was very violent. My mother, in a fearful time of our life, once told me (before I was a teenager) that if someone were to ask me a question, and then start breaking my fingers - I must never answer - because I was already dead, but just didn’t know it yet. And if I absolutely had to speak, I must lie - and lie in such a way that I take “one of them” with me.

I not only believe that any form of torture is beneath us - but it is demonstrably counter productive. I have witnessed it in my country, and it was what I was taught in my own family. Those days are long gone - all those folk, and my parents, are dead. But the memory of that conversation lingers strong.

Rob Hirschman from Saginaw, MI, writes:

The honest answer is that many Christians support torture because they support George W. Bush and his so called war on terror. These are the people that continue to say Saddam was involved in 9-11 and that we are doing God’s will by liberating the people of Iraq no matter how many of them get killed along the way. Facts mean nothing to these people who honestly believe God is on their side. The foundation of their belief is that they and they alone know the truth about God and everything concerning God. These people have no room for doubt or open thought because it makes them uncomfortable even to consider the possibility that they might be wrong. The world is black and white to them with no shades of grey. They pick and choose which part of the scripture to follow. It is like eating at a buffet. The bottom line with them is that only Christians have real truth and to hell with everyone else figuratively and literally.

Dr. Sharon Gilliland from Indianapolis, IN, writes:

I completely agree with Graeme Moore’s comments about Christians and torture. I feel strongly that torture is wrong. I feel appalled to realize that my feelings and opinions are not shared by those who have power in this country. I am ashamed to be an American and wish I could easily move my allegiance to another country. I feel powerless to effect any change in those who rule this country.

For those who want to read more from Bishop Spong and receive new content via email,  I refer you to this site, which offers essays, Q&As and other new Spong commentary for a fee; the first month is free. 

Makin’ a list… Checkin’ it twice…

–AZ-Sen: Jon Kyl

–AZ-01: Rick Renzi

–AZ-05: J.D. Hayworth

–CA-04: John Doolittle

–CA-11: Richard Pombo

–CA-50: Brian Bilbray

–CO-04: Marilyn Musgrave

–CO-05: Doug Lamborn

–CO-07: Rick O’Donnell

–CT-04: Christopher Shays

–FL-13: Vernon Buchanan

–FL-16: Joe Negron

–FL-22: Clay Shaw

–ID-01: Bill Sali

–IL-06: Peter Roskam

–IL-10: Mark Kirk

–IL-14: Dennis Hastert

–IN-02: Chris Chocola

–IN-08: John Hostettler

–IA-01: Mike Whalen

–KS-02: Jim Ryun

–KY-03: Anne Northup

–KY-04: Geoff Davis

–MD-Sen: Michael Steele

–MN-01: Gil Gutknecht

–MN-06: Michele Bachmann

–MO-Sen: Jim Talent

–MT-Sen: Conrad Burns

–NV-03: Jon Porter

–NH-02: Charlie Bass

–NJ-07: Mike Ferguson

–NM-01: Heather Wilson

–NY-03: Peter King

–NY-20: John Sweeney

–NY-26: Tom Reynolds

–NY-29: Randy Kuhl

–NC-08: Robin Hayes

–NC-11: Charles Taylor

–OH-01: Steve Chabot

–OH-02: Jean Schmidt

–OH-15: Deborah Pryce

–OH-18: Joy Padgett

–PA-04: Melissa Hart

–PA-07: Curt Weldon

–PA-08: Mike Fitzpatrick

–PA-10: Don Sherwood

–RI-Sen: Lincoln Chafee

–TN-Sen: Bob Corker

–VA-Sen: George Allen

–VA-10: Frank Wolf

–WA-Sen: Mike McGavick

–WA-08: Dave Reichert

This is the list that was drawn up by Chris Bowers of MyDD. The source code for the complete list can be found here. Just copy and paste the source code html into a blogpost on your own blog, publish and you’re done.

Please help this effort by posting the list on your blog ASAP!

Thank you.

Tuesday links fiesta

Because adding the word “fiesta” to the title always gives a post that distinctive extra measure of ooomph!

Two Announcements Ack! Nooooooooooooooo! O ingenious, devilish, insidiously readable Kevin-m: Yes, of course, you must do what you must do. Bog knows I know exactly what you’re talking about. I only hope you don’t disappear entirely, or forever. Insomnia Report, we barely knew ye!

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The Death of Form John Kricfalusi laments the trend towards uglification of plush animals, teddy bears and kids’ toys in general. I’m not too sure I agree with a guy who created such notably bee-yoo-tiful cartoon characters as Ren & Stimpy, but it’s an interesting read, and has lots of pictures to satisfy all the hardcore Alvin & the Chipmunks fetishists out there.

Speaking of design degradation… Last night son John started laughing over an item he saw at Something Awful, and he could not bring himself to stop for a good 20 minutes; every time he looked at the screen he would burst into fresh hysterics. The trigger was a photo of a tattoo belonging to a rabid New England Patriots fan, compared to a photo of the original tattoo design “template”. Gotta admit, it really is rather hilarious, in a horrifying way — like a Norman Rockwell painting redone by Gahan Wilson.
I didn’t look for it, but I think you can probably find the link at SA by searching for “bad tattoos”.

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Getting Out: Your Guide to Leaving America Must Reading, especially for those with draft- age children a Hemingway-esque, Lost Generation yearning to live abroad. Because being an expatriate is just so darned romantic.

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Why There Is Almost Certainly No God An essay by Richard Dawkins, author of the just-released book The God Delusion.

Dawkins also showed up on the Colbert Report last night. Go see the video, wherein he makes the observation: “You Can’t Disprove the Flying Spaghetti Monster”

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Dealing With the Clueless Shorter version: why I did not renew my NARAL membership this year.

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I think he meant “teh Google”. Uh oh. Look out kids, the doofus is roaming the intarwebs!

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So anyway, there I was, minding my own business, looking around on those selfsame intarwebs for images of Sauron’s Mordor digs, the tower of Barad-Dur to use in a little photoshop project I’ve been working on since Flash’s last DMod get-together a couple weeks ago.. The project’s called “Lord of the First”…

(which reminds me… Note to Self: replace Eye of Sauron with hollyhock transparent gif!)

But anyway, amidst all the usual LOTR images I discovered

this lady. Who did win a well-deserved award.

OK, now just you click those links and then come back and answer me one question: Is that not the hands-down most creative costume you have ever seen in a lifetime of SF/Fantasy- con masquerades?

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Truck Love Damn! Is there anything Charlie can’t write? Apparently not, as today he serves up one of the finest book reviews I’ve read in years. Makes me want to march right over to my local B&N and pick up Michael Perry’s Truck: A Love Story. No small feat, considering this is apparently a book largely about Norwegian bachelors and trucks– commodities which my family has always had in abundance, and which therefore hold no particularly exotic allure.

Sorry, Wege. Altho, to be fair, stereotypes need to be exploded a bit when applied to our favorite local crank. Let me put it this way: the Wege is to typical Norwegian bachelors as durian is to a box of Skittles.

Monday (pork)links: Ukrainian Hot Franknfurter edition

 

Jaw-dropping.

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Thank you sir, may I have another?

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Find the fake Robert Bly poetry contest

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It’s our problem-free philosophy..

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Meanwhile, behind the scenes at Ukraine’s first all-porcine production of Rocky Horror Picture Show…
ukrainian hot franknfurter

Cвинья больше косметики!  

~~~

 

 

 

 

Calling All Burnouts

Okay, let’s make one thing clear right from the get-go:  It’s not that I don’t care about the upcoming election; it’s just that I’m overwhelmingly sick of  it.

No, this doesn’t mean that I’m not going to vote, or that I’m not going to continue to work the phone banks or not go door-knocking or not do any of the other volunteer tasks I’ve been doing in the 3rd CD between now and November 7th.  

All I want is that the precious few hours I’m able to spend in the blogosphere each day be completely occupied with non-election- related activities. Now really, is that so much to ask?  

So, in the great American tradition of avoidance and denial, I’m declaring that as of now I don’t want to read or watch or listen to even one more thing having to do with the election.   In fact, I’ll widen the scope of this moratorium to include anything that has anything to do with politics anywhere, at the local, regional, national, or global level.

I’ve been listening to my inner Popeye, and all he keeps saying over and over again is:  I’VE HAD ALL I CAN STANDS AND I CAN’T STANDS NO MORE.

So.  In lieu of taking up basket-weaving,  what say we do the next best thing and spend today online,  engaged in  mindless and therefore therapeutic stress-busting activities?!  Oh come on; you know you want to.

First, via Maru, let’s  carve some pumpkins.  As an example to get us started,  here’s one I did that looks like a spooky Halloween spider.   Ha ha! Boy howdy, this is fun!

spooky Halloween spider!

Next, how about we do some coloring?    As you know, there is no better stress-busting activity (other than sex –but we’ll talk about that another time, boys and girls) than taking Crayola in hand and coloring in a page of a coloring book.   But wait a minute! ( I hear you asking) How can we do that online?   
No fears.  Just like with sex There’s a place online that fits the bill exactly. Hey, how about starting off by coloring a seasonally appropriate picture?

coloring page

Pretty fun, huh?  But if, like me, you crave that defiant frisson of rebellion that comes from deliberately coloring outside the lines, may I suggest using a basic paint app such as MS Paint or its Mac equivalent  instead.  See? Much more satisfying!

coloring with MS Paint

And finally, let’s polish off the rest of the afternoon with some really cool generators.  I’ve gone to the Classic Car Grill Sign Generator and come up with this:

it's the 1984 Chrysler Handbasket!

hey there Mr & Mrs. Middle Class America

 

 

 

 

Whew! Well, I don’t mind telling you kids:  your lovable old Auntie Tild is exhausted and is in great need of  a drink   a month-long stay in Andalusia    …with my gypsy lover     a nap.

Come on back tomorrow and we’ll do some more fun stuff, OK?

Just don’t mention the election.

 

 

 

Piensa En Mi

 

 

freddy fender obit

 

Sad news: Baldemar Huerta, aka Freddy Fender has died.

For me, he was the sound and heart and soul of Tejano music, especially in the songs he sang as part of Los Super Seven. I will always cherish him, if for no other reason than on the first LSS album he resurrected a beautiful 70 year old song “Piensa En Mi” first popularized by Lydia Mendoza “the Meadowlark of the Border”: 

For the artists involved, the resulting music touched some deep and
rich personal places. One number Fender performs, “Piensa En Mi,”
is a song by the premier Mexican composer Augustin Lara which
Goodman presented for the project in a version by Tex-Mex music pioneer Lydia Mendoza. “She was very much one of my idols
from back in the 1940s,” explains Fender, who as a child first encountered Mendoza’s music on his family’s battery-powered
radio. “You would hear Lydia Mendoza with her rambunctious 12-string guitar and her strong voice, and she was sort of an earth
mama, a really strong woman.”

“When I listen to a song like that which focuses, in my case, on the memories of my childhood, it reminds me of my mother and
how our lives were back in the 1940s, and the way my town was, and the people who were there. It touches the cultural aspects of
what Mexican American life was like in the 1930s, ’40s and ’50s,” explains Fender.


Other songs (also fabulous) he did with LSS include “Cupido” from the most recent LSS recording “I Heard It On the X” , and a song from the Spanish-American war:

“Un Lunes Por La Mañana” (”One Early Monday Morning”), is one Fender first heard back in the 1950s in
Matamoros, Mexico, in the early days of his recording career. A friend had told Fender that he should hear “this old man who has
a little beer joint there, and played guitar and sang. I went in there and this white-haired man was sitting there by the table with a
guitar. He started plunking on the guitar and singing about ‘one early Monday morning,’ and it was very exciting. And I always
remembered the song, though I never wrote it down. But when I went to sing it, the verses came to me like someone was typing
them to me.”

[link]

Piensa En Mi

 

Si tienes un hondo penar, piensa en mí;
Si tienes ganas de llorar, piensa en mí.
Ya ves que venero tu imagen divina,
Tu párvula boca que siendo tan niña me enseñó a besar.

Piensa en mí cuando beses,
Cuando llores también piensa en mí.
Cuando quieras quitarme la vida,
No la quiero — para nada, para nada me sirve sin ti.

If you feel a deep sorrow, think of me
If you feel like crying, think of me
Can’t you see I worship your divine image
Your beautiful mouth and you being so young
Taught me how to kiss

Think of me when you’re kissing
Also when you cry, think of me
Whenever you want you can have my life
I don’t want it
It’s worth nothing, nothing without you.

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Hoo boy, they don’t write ‘em like that anymore.

la musica de baldemar huerta

~Que En Paz Descanse~

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