Letter of Introduction

Castañas Pilongas is a dream born in the streets of El Barrio Húmedo, that has recently came true. The name comes from a nut which is all over the Campus of Leon's University; in fact, when there's no food in the snack-bars we take this from the grass to eat.
We are different people:

- Chema & Carlos are really interested in strange films like karate a muerte en Torremolinos

- Pablo & Rocio are interested in things like fiesta and alcohol

- Merche & Aixa are interested in "normal things" like el canto del loco

to be continued...

FROM LOST TO THE RIVER

KARATE A MUERTE EN TORREMOLINOS

(The Extrasensorial Experience)

Have you ever think about doing a film with your buddies? Well, I´m sure if you would do it, it will be a thousand times better than this piece of rubbish. The storyline is simply ridiculous: a mad doctor called Dr. Malvedades, invoke four stinky zombie-ninjas in order to resurrect Jocántaro, a thousand-year-old beast (made of cardboard and plastic) who sleeps in the beaches of Torremolinos. And in order to achieve his goal, he must kidnap five young stupid ladies and pull out five human hearts. One of the stupid young girls, is Danuta, the insatisfied girlfriend of Jess, the dumbest of the movie. Jess, his friends of the catholic surfer´s club (a nun, a priest, a hippie, and a catholic ninja) with a famous karateka called chuck lee and a stupid mentalist of Torremolinos TV, are the main heroes of this wreck. These crew of cowards, invoke the Master Miyagi´s spirit, who will help them to stop the mad doctor with the worst karate movements I have seen in my life.

The main actor´s performances are sadly awful because they are amateur actors, or friends of the director. The setting seems the village of “chiquito de la calzada” and the gore scenes, only causes laughter. The script and the direction, are atrocious; my dog could do a better work with a toy-camera. The scene of Jocantaro scaring people in the beaches of Torremolinos at the end of the film, it´s quite marvelous as the end of Coppola´s “Apocalypse Now”. But relax, all this absurdity, with characters like “Subcomandante Bermuda” or “Matías Pollo”, and special effects made with cow´s guts, have a good side, and it´s that when you would have grandsons, you will be able to tell them proudly: “I saw the worst movie in the world ever”.

The best:
The soundtrack is pretty cool if you like listening to the ramones.
The shameless chicks.
The movements of Jocantaro (if you don´t laugh, you´re not human)
The joint´s fever of Master Miyagi.
The phrase "hijos de la puta" of Chuck Lee.


The worst:
The script. (written by Godzilla) The cast.
In a nutshell, all the movie. If you can, avoid this movie at all costs.
Pay for it.


Warning!! If you really want to see this piece of rubbish, do it with your friends, completely drunk and smoking joints. Luckily, you won´t remember it when you wakes up!

Carlos, this is the last time I believe you. ¬¬

By Carlos & Chema

ELIAS GO HOME

METALLICA RULES

Trailer Karate A Muerte En Torremolinos

SPANISH MUSIC

¡Sufre... mamón! Devuélveme a mi chicao te retorcerás entre polvos pica-pica.¡Sufre... mamón! Devuélveme a mi chicao te retorcerás entre polvos pica-pica.

The Spanish music has changed in the last years; from the 80’s to nowadays music has become more rhythmical and rich: from Hombres G to El canto del loco, from Tino Casal to Melendi; we are going to show you how our music changes day by day.

Hombres G
This is a mythical pop rock group who started in the early 80’s.
Their two first singles were: Milagro en el Congo / Venezia and Marta tiene un marcapasos / La cagaste... Burt Lancaster, but their most successful song was: Devuelveme a mi chica (even today young people sing it).
Their best year was 1985, when they made near 100 performances, at that time they were so successful that people waited since four o’clock in the morning to see them. In 2005 they made a new tour with other group to present a new album; this tour made a stop in León and the place where they played was full of people of all ages, who were screaming, shouting and singing the same as 20 years before.
They have influence in some new groups appeared in the last ten years, and versions of their songs had been made in the latest times.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=p3BvXsLc_QE
El canto del loco
This is a group from Madrid who started to play in 2000, they have four studio cd’s:
El canto del loco
A contracorriente
Estados de Ánimo
Zapatillas

http://youtube.com/watch?v=kEejvTvt6Nk
Although at the beginning the weren’t very famous, they got success with their third album (Estados de ánimo) which contains La madre de José, the single that made them get to first positions in the 40 principals list.
Two years after estados de ánimo they started to sell Zapatillas (trainers), which first single (zapatillas) was another success for the group.
Nowadays they are making their fifth studio album that will be sell since February 2008.

Apart from Hombres G and El canto del loco there are much more good Spanish groups an singers such as:

Pereza: Their main successes are pienso en aquella tarde and princesas
La 5ª estación: Their main successes are tu peor error and me muero and they also made a version from an Hombres g song.
Heroes del silencio: Their main successes are maldito duende and entre dos tierras

The most listened stile of music is pop rock but there are also other kind of music: celtic music (Hevia, Carlos Nuñez, etc) heavy metal (tierra santa, warcry) songwriters (Joaquin Sabina, Ismael Serrano), rap (la mala rodriguez, SFDK, Haze) and much more kinds of different and good music.

By Aixa Rodriguez & Mercedes Andrade

EL BARRIO HÚMEDO: A PLACE TO LOSE IN

In this first article of CastaÑas Pilongas we want to show you an important and famous place of our town, León, El Barrio Húmedo.

What is El Barrio Húmedo?
It is an area located in the old part of town which congregates the most important and beautiful streets and squares conserved since the Roman Age.


These places are full of a great many of tapas bars, pubs, taverns and tipical Spanish food restaurants…
Together with the Gothic Cathedral it is the most famous and visited area of León. At lunchtime and in the afternoon, it is a meeting point for groups of friends, where they enjoy the young environment, drinking beer, wine, and tasting the famous Spanish tapas (appetizers).
With the fall of night the fun and the best music arrive to León. El Barrio Húmedo gets decked out to welcome the young people from all the places of the town.
Also there are so many Irish and English pubs, which delight the international students! hahaha...

But why is it called El Barrio Húmedo ("The Damp Area")
The origins of the term are not related with the weather of the town. The area is famous by the bars, the pubs, the taverns,...That is the reason why it has always been a zone to have something to drink.

The best music & the best environment
In El Barrio Húmedo are located a great many of pubs, if you are interested in a particular type of music don't worry, here you'll find it because there is something for everyone in this area, from the popular latin rhythms to the most exciting rock and heavy music. Some of the most popular pubs are El Arena, Delirium, El Quijote, El Divino, El Loft and El Toro. And we can't overlook the famous chupiterías (shot's bar), where you'll have to be careful if you don't want to come back home staggering along!!























At 5 am, when we are hungry and alcohol effects have gone, it's time to eat a sandwich or a kebab!!
And afterwards, even everybody is tired and dawn is coming, students still feel like dancing. Now it's time to go to OH!, a famous disco located in the suburbs of the town, where the night ends in a exciting way.



Some famous festivities
During the famous religious festivity of Semana Santa, El Barrio Húmedo is a very crowded place. There is a typical expression politically incorrect nowadays , "Matar judíos" (to kill Jews), which means drinking a lot of limonada (a mix of red wine, citric fruits, cinnamon and sugar). In this festivity are popular the well-known and turistic procesiones (the adoration of saints in the streets). A very important one is the famous and amusing is San Genarin (he was a drunk vagant who was killed by a garbage track) above all for drunks!!!



Curiosities & traditions
Apart from the great festivities of León, El Barrio Humedo, also has its own celebrations.
For example, in November there is a popular tradition which consists on a neighbour meeting in San Martin Square. There the people have a good time tasting the well-known morcilla leonesa and drinking a good Spanish wine. Here you can make a virtual visit. http://www.barriohumedo.net/gest_web/proto_Seccion.pl?rfID=55&arefid=154
Also if you visit our town you can’t forget to go to the traditional flea markets, full-up of strange and odd things!!!





As we can see El Barrio Humedo is a charmed place which mixes perfectly the modern life with the historical Roman spirit. An area which will catch your attention from the first time.

By Pablo Reinoso & Rocío Rubio