Traveling to Colombia Looks Good to Me
We've been waiting a long while for this news, but the U.S. State Department has finally dropped it advisory against traveling to Colombia. The department's website now says, "Violence has decreased markedly in most urban centers, including Bogota, Medellin, Barranquilla, and Cartagena." So pack your bags and come to Cartagena! I really do hope that this news means that more Americans will begin to discover the culture and beauty of Colombia. And listen to some of its music, of course.
And so given the happiness of today, I'm going to give you a non-Colombian-or-jazz-related music tip here: Saturday Looks Good to Me. They're a band from Michigan who do a '60s pop thing, but with an indie ethos that makes for some really fun songs. If you liked the early Belle & Sebastian records, you'll almost certainly love these guys ("The Girl's Distracted" is the other half of "She's Losing It"). One difference, though is that singer Betty Marie Barnes really belts out her lines with a Midwestern confidence that's refreshing after so much twee.
Before I left for Colombia, I met a really cute girl named Mia, and she says that SLGTM helped to get her out of her music slump--and I haven't been able to stop listening to them, especially their newest album, Every Night, since then.
This is not the best song on the album, but you can get an mp3 of "Lift me Up" from the SLGTM website.
Dropping of travel advisory = Colombia getting out of its tourism slump. Saturday Looks Good to Me = You getting out of your music slump. What a good day!
And so given the happiness of today, I'm going to give you a non-Colombian-or-jazz-related music tip here: Saturday Looks Good to Me. They're a band from Michigan who do a '60s pop thing, but with an indie ethos that makes for some really fun songs. If you liked the early Belle & Sebastian records, you'll almost certainly love these guys ("The Girl's Distracted" is the other half of "She's Losing It"). One difference, though is that singer Betty Marie Barnes really belts out her lines with a Midwestern confidence that's refreshing after so much twee.
Before I left for Colombia, I met a really cute girl named Mia, and she says that SLGTM helped to get her out of her music slump--and I haven't been able to stop listening to them, especially their newest album, Every Night, since then.
This is not the best song on the album, but you can get an mp3 of "Lift me Up" from the SLGTM website.
Dropping of travel advisory = Colombia getting out of its tourism slump. Saturday Looks Good to Me = You getting out of your music slump. What a good day!
posted by robertkelleya at 2:25 PM
1 Comments:
maaan! I so hope for other people come to Colombia, media always make it look as the worse. <=< damn. Anyways. Don-t think I can get to the festival since I live in Bogota but will stay tunned with this so I can keep myself updated.
It is a great job you-re doing with this. High fives.
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