Monthly Archives: March 2003

Liberte, Fraternite, Egalite

By kirsch | March 23, 2003

Yesterday, a sad, terrible, deplorable thing happened in Paris.
In the middle of a manifestation against the war in Iraq, in which you could see hundreds of people wearing keffiah (traditional arab head-wear) and carrying Iraqi and Palestinian flags, two counselors in the jewish zionist youth movement Hashomer Hatzar happened to walk by. One of them [...]

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Molotov is in the house

By kirsch | March 15, 2003

Last night, as part of the South by Southwest music festival, I went to a concert in The Vibe in 6th street
Two bands from Monterrey, México played, Panda (not so good) and Jumbo (very good). Then the Peruvian band Libido played.
The main event of the night was the band of chilangos Molotov. I was very [...]

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Cerati in Monterrey

By kirsch | March 7, 2003

Last night, Gustavo Cerati, former lead singer of the greatest latin rock band ever Soda Stereo had his concert in the Escena discotheque, in Monterrey, Mexico for his latest album Siempre es Hoy. Unfortunately, I could not go. Here’s hoping that he will come to Austin, Houston, Dallas, or anything within reach.

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Happy birthday Moi

By kirsch | March 6, 2003

See his blog.

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ROBOCATEPETL coming back?

By kirsch | March 5, 2003

Warning: The following post is based entirely upon rumors and speculation
It has been recently heard that Team ROBOCATEPETL, famous for their ROBOCATEPETL 3 ball sorting robot (second place at NI-TECH 2002), has been in talks about creating a ROBOCATEPETL 4 for the NI-TECH Robolab tournament to be held later this year. Confirmation will follow.

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The Pianist

By kirsch | March 2, 2003

Last night I saw the movie “The Pianist“. Very hard movie about a Holocaust survivor. A must see.

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