Uribarri and the Asshole

I had been spared from writing about Eurovision this year, but Nico Rey has vomited on his blog about television, on elmundo.es, an aggressive text dedicated to insulting José Luis Urribarri and congratulating Buenafuente. Or… Read More

 De Diego Vasallo

Leyendo (o escuchando) las letras de Diego Vasallo siempre me he imaginado cientos de imágenes que me trasportan, al son de su música, a lugares de melancolía y días mejores. Nunca volví a sentir la tristeza de una manera igual … Read More

 Mysterious recording in Manhattan

The photo says nothing, but it says everything. In the solitude of Edison Studios in New York, the Spanish artist, dressed in black, blends into the shadows. With those high ceilings and the designer scent… Read More

 Ahora que se entristece la mar

Ha caído un bolazo de nieve sobre el logotipo de POPES80 y en la calle se han encendido miles de luces en plena madrugada. He visto a la gente pararse en grupo frente a los escaparates y el calendario me … Read More

 Seven (and III)

There are only a few hours left until the start of the celebration of Popes80.com's seventh anniversary. As we have said a thousand times, these will be two very special nights.

On Wednesday, November 21, you have to be at La Botellita from … Read More

 Of three letters

There are groups that do not deserve the contempt and, sometimes, the oblivion that they are suffering from a good portion of the music industry. And perhaps one of them is No Se Lo Digas a Mamá. A couple of years ago, … Read More

 Quique Gonzalez, again

Years ago, on a random night in a city on this coast, the situation was very different. Then, with the beach and the inlet as witness, he explained to me that the music industry “grabs you, squeezes you and lets you go.” … Read More

 The little mirror

Some very old children's stories, which must still be in some lost corner of this house, say that we all carry a little mirror inside us, which projects an image outwards. An image of our face that is seen, above all, by others. They say, … Read More