The What Not to Wear, Wedding Division

Manolo says, the Never teh Bride, she has made the Manolo laugh out loud with this posting at the Bride Blog.

DEC
2005
13

Manolo’s Gift Music II

Manolo says, here are four more recommendation from the music files of the Manolo, perfect for giving to those you love.

Tanto Tempo

Tanto Tempo by Babel Gilberto   Manolo Likes!  Click!

The Babel, she has such the lovely voice, and the rhythms they are so smooth and warm, like the pieces of polished tropical wood. It is in the humble opinion of the Manolo the perfect Bossa Nova, something that would allow you to sit back, close your eyes, and pretend that you are elsewhere.

Continental Drifter

Continental Drifter  Charlie Musselwhite  Manolo Likes!  Click!

Every since he first heard the Stand Back, many of the years ago, the Manolo he has been the devotee of the Charlie Musselwhite, the powerful bluesman and blower of the harp from the Chicago. So, you can imagine the joy of the Manolo when he heard that the Charlie he had recorded the album with the Eliades Ochoa and his band, Cuarteto Patria. The Manolo he loves this record so much that he has had to buy the second copy, so that he is never far from it. Sabroso!

dwightyoakamacoustic.net

dwightyoakamacoustic.net

This it is just the Dwight Yoakam, the acoustic guitar, and his masterful songbook. It is really how this music it was meant to be heard. Quiet, and yet it is also intensely personal and powerful.

19 Dias Y 500 Noches

19 Dias Y 500 Noches

If you not heard the odd, harsh, gravelly, eccentrically beautiful, chain-smoker’s voice of the Joaquin Sabina, you have not heard one of the treasures of the Spanish pop music. If you have not listened to the funny, rude, ridiculous, sublime lyrics of the songs of the Jaoquin Sabina you have not encountered one of the treasures of the modern Spanish poetry.

DEC
2005
13

The Medieval Shoes

Tiny Medieval Shoe of the Child
The Medieval Poulaine

The Museum of the London they have just opened the new Medieval Gallery, one which features many examples of the medieval couture and the medieval shoes.

For the example, the top pictures is is of the tiny shoe of the child, from the 14th century. And the bottom picture it is the pointy toed shoe called the “poulaine”, also from the 1300’s. (Of the course, this example, it is not as good as the one in the Manolo’s personal collection.)

Speaking of the poulaines, the Manolo he has for the while been meaning to mention this website, whose goal it is to “get as many people into the pointy shoes as possible.”

Manolo loves the crazy SCA peoples with their rattan swords and homemade poulaines!

DEC
2005
13

Holiday Shoes X

Vera Wang 5050   Manolo Likes!  Click!

Manolo says, from the Vera Wang the open-toed spirit of the season.