Vaia se comenzou con bo pé o Vigosonic XD

A mín pásanme cousas bizarras, deso non cabe duda desde fai tempo. En Estonia o bizarrismo alcanzou a súa cota máxima entre Skin Heads e historias do inframundo, pero de volta vexo que sigo en plena forma.
Hoxe fomos Elías e mais eu a ver os novos locales de ensaio de Vigo -Vigosonic-, situados en Valladares. En teoría eles pensaban que iban ensaiar, ainda que sólo iban él e o batería. Eu acompañaríaos para velos e ratearía algún canapé aproveitando que era a inauguración :P Peeeero cando chegamos xa había grupos ensaiando e a nós máis ou menos leváronnos para ver os locales (que por certo moi ben). Neso chegamos ao maior local, o de grabación, o guitarrista de Lethal Vice tamén se nos uneu na visita. E con certa premura, un rapaz empezounos a falar sobre que querían gastarlle unha broma ós políticos cando visitaran esa sala (?) e que si participaríamos. A cousa, tal e como nola explicou era que nós estaríamos dentro da sala con todo baixo de volumen, mentres que o resto da caste política viguesa nos observaban desde o outro lado do cristal e o rapaz decíalles "esto está tan insonorizado que ata non se oe nin dentro da sala!" e entón abrirían a porta da sala e nós taríamos sin volumen (faltaban as risas de lata (...) pff vaia cutre-broma). De todos xeitos xa sabemos cómo son os políticos nestes actos e seguro que farían o posible por rir ainda que fose falsamente. Nós non estábamos moi seguros de decir que sí que participabamos neso, pero o de Lethal Vice dixo que bueno, que non había problema, e nós ó final pois bueno.. se non era máis ca eso...

A todo esto, mentres probabamos os amplis e baterías, apareceu un home duns 2 metros de alto e duns 30 anos ou máis e empezou a preguntarnos se sabíamos dalgún grupo que necesitara cantante (?) que él cantaba pop-rock ou o que fixera falta (?). Todo empezou a ir cada vez máis raro entonces. O home empezou a insistir ao de Lethal Vice que tocara a guitarra e que o batería de Antrax tocara tamén para cantar él "Highway to Hell" (?). A todo esto a xente iba e viña mirar o rollo. Cando ó final se poñen a tocar, Elías tamén no baixo, él empeza a imitar, pero IMITAR a Bon Scott -cos seus agudos rasgados- dun xeito moi divertido (ainda que a mín recordábame a un Fortu cos agudos sen demasiado entrenamiento vocal previo XD). Todo era moi moi moi raro, cada un de nós miraba para abaixo mentres ría entre dentes. Ademáis tamén "bailaba".. pero para esto non teño símil XD bueno sí, sempre hai algún... vou probar con... "Chiquito intentando bailar AC/DC" XD Xa sei que é difícil de imaxinar, pero así máis ou menos era.
Logo, o tipo pideu a guitarra, e empezou a tocar "Highway to Hell", logo pillou a batería e empezou a tocar "Highway to Hell", logo foise e cando volveu e había alguén tocando, cantaba "Highway to Hell"....

Pero chegou o momento, o rapaz que traballaba alí dixo que os políticos viñan e trouxo a un amigo seu para cantar no micro sen cable (os políticos non creo nin que sepan que o micro suele levar un cable). Nós empezamos a tocar sen volumen, e eu xa nin mirei para o cristal porque me daba vergonza XD. Neso abre a porta e conta o "chiste" pero solta alguén... "pero ahora dadle volumen! (???) e nós, que non tiñamos idea do que estabamos facendo empezamos a tocar con distorsión e o batería a darlle realmente ós platos, bombo e caixa. Esto recordoume a un capítulo dos Simpson (todo vai parar ós Simpson) cando Bart, Nelson, Ralph e Milhouse facían playback e despois de cortarlle o playback oíanse as súas voces reales desafinando, pero á inversa XDD

Ainda así, estiveron un rato e fóronse, -"hala broma acabada" pensamos.... jah! XDD volven ós 2 minutos e nós ainda cos instrumentos nas mans.. e alguén solta "pero venga ahora podéis tocar algo de verdad!" E nós... "?!?!?!?" aparte da mente en blanco diante de 20 personas, e cámaras, é que nin tocáramos nunca xuntos, Elías ademáis estaba tocando o baixo cando él toca a guitarra en Antrax en tu Tampax, e ... en fin... a mín xa me deu a risa, e xa vín aló ó lonxe ó guitarra de Antrax e xa lle dixen que tocara él porque eso podía ser moi vergonzoso XDD. Tocaron algo como puideron e ata lles aplaudiron. Como reza o cartel do alcalde Abel Caballero, só lle faltaba decir "e o fixéchedes ben" XDD

Cando salimos dalí, polo menos nos deron pastitas e zumo e uns auriculares (que durarán nada, pero bueno, algo é algo).
Eso sí, recapitulemos... ibamos a ver os locales, e eu iba a ver un miniensaio de Antrax en tu Tampax, e acabamos 2 de Antrax e mais eu tocando para políticos e TVs, daquí ó Papa xa non queda nada!! XD
Así que estade atentos a xornales e Televigo ou TVG mañá jajaj
Estas historias e máis eu... hai un imán ahí desde fai anos XDDD

Santiago imperial

Non puiden finalmente ir, pero houbera dado gusto ver ós soldados imperiales desfilar polas cochambrosas calles de Santiago. Digo cochambrosas porque non sei se sabedes que hai folga de empleados da limpieza e parece ser que o centro ule a gloria!
De todos xeitos parece que a cousa foi un éxito, e xuntáronse máis de 10.000 personas para celebrar o trixésimo aniversario de "O imperio Contraataca".
Habería uns tropecentos darth vaders, outros tantos jedis e Leias... pero bueno, supoño que eso tanto dá e a cousa era pasalo ben :D
Ademáis, uns gaiteiros, non demasiados, a verdade, entonaron a marcha imperial ante os miles de flashes e cámaras grabando. Estaría moito mellor si foran máis, pero...

Aquí van algúns videos que foron subindo a Youtube.
Óllo ó momento final deste, con Darth Vader intimando coa Princesa Leia XD

Mientras un grupo de gaiteros interpretaba la Marcha Imperial, Darth Vader pasó lista a las tropas y lanzó su mensaje, en la voz de Constantino Romero, doblador para España del personaje. "El Imperio sabrá recompensar vuestros esfuerzos", exhortó a los compostelanos.

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A typical galician wedding

I have been recently in a wedding in Sevilla and I realised that this celebration is not so similar in all spanish areas. This last Halloween weekend I had another wedding of my cousin, and I decided to explain a bit how is the tradition of a wedding made in Galicia posting at the same time pics taken on that day.
Well, first, saying that even we are a lay country, not related with any religion, most of spanish population are still catholic. There are an increasing number of non-practicant catholic in the last years and even not catholic at all but they follow the traditions of catholic religion. Weddings are a good example. I can bet most of the current weddings in Spain are being celebrated without the faith of the cristian religion, but they are still keeping due "tradition", the pushing of parents, or the "more beautiful". So, for example, I guess my cousin and his wife are not attending regularly to church or having too strongly the catholic faith, but they have chosen this way of celebrating their union.

So, we, as part of the future husband, are firstly invited to his home in the afternoon (this was an evening wedding, not very common in winter times). There we talk with him, rest of the family and eat some appetizers.
When time is approaching, all of us with his car at the head of the line, are following him to the church, situated in the town of the wife. This time, the little town was very in the middle of the forest! we went through difficult and solitary roads up there, and attended to the celebration inside the small church. It was so small that almost everyone waited outside till they finished.




After 40 min. (it depends on the priest) they are officially married (I will not talk about the celebration itself this time), and people start taking "official pics" with them inside the church (I think he will send us when they are in his hands).

When finished the photo session, they go out from the church and many people are waiting for them to throw rice (not cooked rice :D). It seems to be a tradition that came from Asia, where rice is a symbol of fertility. Guests throw rice to the couple wishing they have lots of children.

Not necessarily the couple must take an old car with them :D but this car is quite special cause my cousin is a mechanic and he prepared the car (which was a mess of metal and cables when I saw it for first time!) to be ready for the wedding. Quite impressive work, he re-made the entire car with pieces from others.


They are leaving first, and then they are going to take pics to some place with the photographer. Meanwhile, all the guests are going to the place where we are about to eat. They will bring some appetizers while waiting again for the couple.

This time, they have chosen one of the best places I have seen for a wedding.. EVER. This place is Finca Galea. It is a kind of "water museum" that I remember since I was born, it is just 10 min. walking far from my home in Alfoz. Time ago, the place was hired or bought (I dont know very well) for a company that shares benefits with the original owners. This company introduced many commercial activities and improvements, such celebrations of weddings, events, catering,... in general an expansion of the business.


When wife and husband arrive, they are still making pics with guests that require that (the place is worth a few more pics) and later we start eating the dinner (usually it's lunch, but this time they wanted dinner).
I have missed where the wife is throwing the bunch of flowers back, and the one who picks it will be the next having a wedding. I guess this is quite a spread tradition worldwide.


One of the things that I missed when I was in a wedding in the south of Spain was the GOOD and ABUNDANT FOOD. We, galician, are known because of being good big eaters and by our good fish and seafood.
So, in a galician wedding, seafood is a must, as many dishes that will make you to be all the full you want.
This time we got as seafood (I will link pics of the way or similar we ate those): lubrigante (I cannot find the translation in english, but a kind of lobster, one of our most expensive seafood) , almejas (clams) and langostinos (king prawns). Later rape (monkfish) with potatoes, and after a kind of tangerine sherbet, then ternera (veal meat) with potatoes. Afterwards the dessert, and finished, of course all joining galician wine (our best wines are white wines which join fish and seafood quite fine).
It is a kind of tradition as well that there must be a fish dish and afterwards a meat dish.
Obviously I didnt finish everything, few people could! and I think it's a bit of waste of food, cause I dont know what they will do with so much remaining dishes (at the time of the meat we were quite full already)

Then it is time to push a bit down all the food with some dancing time.

There is a guy (sometimes 2 or 3 making karaoke) trying to make more enjoyable our digestion with awful latin music playing from his pc all the sh.. succesful cumbias, merengues, and salsas that came from south american fields.

After dinner pic of my cousins, yes they are twins, and born the same day my brother did!

Then it is time for their presents, the wife is distributing for women and the husband for men. They are usually quite old-traditional presents: men are usually having a big cigar, and women some ornament or jewelry.
After that, the real party starts all night long with dances and so on. I have been in weddings with just a small group that made karaoke, others with DJ, others with a small orquesta (dont think about classical orchestra or something like that, I will try to explain at the end of this text what is that XD) and this time they hired one of the biggest galician orquestas, one called Panorama, which brought their own light and video show.

The first ones dancing are the couple, and they start always dancing a waltz.

Then all the others are joining till morning comes.


Close there is a place where you can get all the drinks you have, we call it here "barra libre" (open bar).


An "orquesta" is a music band that plays mostly in the summers around the spanish geography. Each one of the towns -even the most little ones- have their own party in summer, and they are hiring these "orquestas" to make enjoyable their celebration. They are playing mostly latin and easy-listening/easy-danceable stuff, but they dont compose anything, they just make cover songs. Some "orquestas" became very famous and they have hundreds of concerts all the summer and even autumn or spring. The biggest ones work almost like an enterprise and have an amazing system sound and scenary. But.. they are sometimes suspicious of not really playing music and just push the play button (it happened more than once that people realized some of them were not playing their instruments).
I have some friend playing in orquestas, and they are winning quite a lot of money, but they are having concerts almost everyday in summer, so it must be a very stressful job.
I would change hiring "orquestas" for hiring bands, but people want better to have all the summer hits and old spanish traditional songs and latin stuff in one.