David Bowie, Happy Birthday...Feliz cumpleaños

Yesterday, as David Bowie turned 65, hundreds of supporters urged the elusive star to end his years of sporadic public appearances and reclaim the world stage...but the “chameleon of pop” doesn´t want to end his exile. Born in Brixton,south London, in 1947 and loved for his flamboyant, androgynous alter ego Ziggy Stardust, Bowie first caught the world’s attention in the late 1960s.His song Space Oddity reached the top five in the UK singles chart in 1969 and by 1972 his hit single Starman, along with the album The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars ensured him poll position in the glam rock era. Despite his vast international success, Bowie has not released an album since Reality in 2003.In 2004 during a performance at the Hurricane Festival in Germany, he suffered severe chest pains due to a blocked artery which required surgery. The remainder of the tour was cancelled as a result and he has now not played live since 2006. I still remember the tour´s set, a giant spider and when the show started Bowie was lowered from the roof to the stage floor while seated in a chair and for the first encore – the song Time- he appeared on the top of the spider´s head.

El seis de julio de 1987 Bowie dió un concierto en el Vicente Calderón dentro de su gira The Glass Spider Tour: recuerdo la maravillosa puesta en escena, la calidad de sus músicos - Peter Frampton y Carlos Alomar con las guitarras-, los bailarines...aún conservo la entrada, una ilusión para una universitaria como yo que acudía a su primer concierto de figuras internacionales. Feliz cumpleaños, David.

London Olympic and Paralympic games

London has the chance to celebrate the Olympic Games this year; the Olympic Games from 27 July-12 August and Paralympic Games from 29 Aug-9 Sept 2012.
THE MASCOTS.






Wenlock and Mandeville are the mascots created by iris, a London creative agency. Wenlock has five friendship bracelets on his wrist-each bracelet has the color of an Olympic ring- and the three points on his head represent the three places of the podium. The shape on his face represents the Olympic stadium roof and the logo of the games on his body means that everybody is going to London in 2012. The name comes from the town of Much Wenlock, which held a forerunner of the current Olympic Games.
The name of Mandeville comes from Stoke Mandeville Hospital, a facility in Buckinghamshire that initially organised the Stoke Mandeville Games, the precursor of the Paralympic Games. His head is like a helmet and there are three points blue, red and green that represent the Paralympic Symbol.

Londres se enfrenta a un gran desafío este 2012, la celebración de las Olimpiadas. A pocos meses de su comienzo muchas son las voces que critican su gestión: instalaciones sin terminar, eventos sin confirmar, fraudes en la adquisición de entradas por internet y sobre todo el grandísimo coste para los ciudadanos... un ejemplo es este artículo en The Guardian...y si quieres saber más sobre este acontecimiento mundial pincha en la foto de las mascotas y visita su página oficial.