Yay!

 

I generally run a piece of music of some sort (related to Spain) at the end of my weekly Business over Tapas news bulletin about Spain. Like many older readers, I spent a lot of time in record shops during my younger days – in London, Madrid and San Francisco, and have a large collection of much-loved (but no longer listened to) records put away on the shelves in the guest bedroom.

For a few years, as part of my activities running The Entertainer, the precursor to the EWN (note their edition numbers), I was given a couple of hours every Sunday to fool around in Mojácar’s Radio Indalo and – as Larry Spyne – could play some of my music wrapped around silly remarks (and beer. Lots of beer).

The broadcaster eventually closed down and later Spectrum Radio became Mojácar’s only radio station, despite the town hall having the licence for a municipal one gathering dust in the mayor’s chest of unrealised plans and broken dreams.

This week’s piece is a comic song that says, Let’s go to the bar. The car is broken, there’s nothing on TV, the lockdown has eased, the girlfriend is in Sória, the grown-ups are arguing and the pizza tastes like crap. 

So, without more ado,  here’s la Banda del Capitán Inhumano and their immortal Vamonos al Bar on YouTube. 

Alright, it’s not Carlos Santana, but it’s amusing and after all…

The good news is, the bars are open again… See?