Saturday’s soccer filled scene was one well worth witnessing.
After a lovely slumber filled Friday evening, I awoke relatively early for a Saturday, with the clock inching towards 11am. This relaxed evening was thanks to the combination of a debauchery filled Thursday evening and what I anticipated as a soccer filled Saturday, as both Argentina and the USA were scheduled to play their first matches in the World Cup.
Still somewhat dreary eyed, I made my way into my living room to pull up the thin, horizontal plastic boards that do a phenomenal (almost too phenomenal, I might add) job of blocking out nearly all light from entering my apartment and thousands of other apartments around the city. Right as my persiana was fully drawn, I couldn’t help but notice a group of three Argie’s, clad in light blue and white, out on a balcony of one of the buildings across the way from my street facing apartment, jumping and shouting with contagious excitement. At this moment, I knew their extreme joy could only mean one thing: Argentina 1/Nigeria 0.
Argentina’s first game in the World Cup, against Nigeria, had started a mere seven minutes earlier, and the first (and only) goal of the game was shot by Messi within the blink of an eye. I promptly clicked on my TV to one of the many channels that were featuring live coverage of the game, and watched the rest of the match in the comfort of my apartment while eating breakfast and busying myself around the house. Later in the day I met up with some friends and headed to an Irish pub not far from my place to watch the (not as exciting) game between The USA and England, where a tie permitted nearly all of the patrons at the bar to leave somewhat satisfied.
There are two morals of this story: 1) June is going to be pure mayhem in this city, as one of the most soccer fanatical countries celebrates an entire month of soccer that their home team gets to partake in, and 2) life in this country will turn anyone, player or not, into a soccer fan.
That’s all for now, amigos. Hasta la prooooxima!
Oooh and I almost forgot. Here’s one final treat for the eyes and ears of you music lovers out there – two very different videos from recents that my ears are currently devouring the beats of as of late:
-Theophilus London, is a rapper from Brooklyn that Fader deems to be at the center of the NYC borough’s new “urban pop movement”. Now, London does not really fit within the genre of music that I typically am drawn to, but this guy’s combination of sounds, sexy voice and melody is making it very hard for me to sit still in my chair right now. I’m really looking forward to more of his tunes to come out soooon. Check out his video for “Humdrum Town” here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gypiIfMJYro, and do check another song of his that I can’t manage to take off repeat, “Light Years”.
CEO aka Eric Berglund, half of the electro-pop duo from Sweden, has completed a solo project that is due out in June. I found out about this artist on one of the websites I often frequent when I’m itching for new music (http://wearehunted.com/). It did not take me long – half-way through his popular single, in fact – to realize that I recognized this voice from somewhere. A very little bit of internet research (thank goodness for the World Wide Web!) informed me that this new musical delight was not new at all. So, check him out, and for those of you that don’t already know The Tough Alliance, check them out too! And you can peep the vid to his single here: http://www.thefader.com/2010/05/28/ceo-eric-berglund-of-tough-alliance-come-with-me-mp3-video/
More music digs to come soon!
