Glaciar Martial

Getting damp at the end of the world. Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina. Hike to Glaciar Martial. Pic by Dominica M.

Beirut - "Nantes"

I love Beirut. Zach Condon is one of those rare songwriters that can take your mind to another place and time. This video is from a cool French blog called La Blogotheque. The song is the first track on The Flying Cub Cup. Enjoy.

Editors - The End has a Start

YouTube Video for a great song by Editors. I thought it was Interpol when I first heard it, but this has a poppier, dancier edge. It was the first individual track I bought on iTunes in many months.

Mar del Plata

Quilmes is huge down here. I've acquired a taste for it. Very drinkable, as the Bud people would say. In Mar del Plata, Quilmes signs are huge.

The Knife - Heartbeats

An amazing song. I must quote one of the comments posted on the song's LastFM page:

"this song is the culmination of human evolution." (nick_gale)

BA

2 nights left in BA. 2 more months in South America.

First the Reefs go, then...

20% of all coral reefs in the world are dead. One fifth. Gone. Why? Us; Pollution, over-fishing, and climate change.

If you ever wondered why eating fish could be bad, think about this. You may not be the one fishing fragile coral reefs unsustainably, or even buying from those who do. But the overall demand for seafood is increased by every person who goes to Red Lobster, eats sushi, or likes tuna salad sandwiches. It may be healthy, and some suppliers may claim to do their fishing responsibly, but why risk it when we are killing our own planet? If the coral reefs die, other ocean ecosystems will die, then probably eventually every other ecosystem. Sorry to sound high-horsey, accusational, or whatever, but this stuff makes me crazy.