GonzoCast Vol5 – Gonzo Digs India

Here’s the fifth installment in the GonzoCast series, using some of my favorite Bollywood/Tollywood/Kollywood/Bhangra/Punjabi records bought in London and online. Enjoy!

1. Gonzo intro
2. Mala & Chorus – Aankh Sharabi Gaal Gulabi
3. Mohamed Rafi – Naam Abdul Hai Mera
4. Asha Bhosle – Jeene Ka Naam
5. Kishore Kumar & Asha Bhosle – Mere Liye Too Bani
6. Samarjeet “Samar” & Joginder Kumar – Sajan
7. Mohamed Rafi & Asha Bhosle – Sun Sun Sun o Gulabi Kali
8. Asha Bhosle & Suresh Wadkar – Jab Prem Agan Lag Jaaye
9. Lata Mangeshkar – Akelehi Akele
10. Lata Mangeshkar & Kishore Kumar – Haathi Mere Saathi
11. Kh. Farooq Ahmed & Sabina – Nil Nil Aaha Koto
12. Abbas Mehrpooya – ??
13. Gonzo outro

New Vimeo Account

I finally gave in and created a Vimeo account. I’m not sure yet if I’ll upgrade to the Pro Account, but for now I’m uploading short and random travel videos to get used to the website and its options.

I’m embedding some of them here to see how it works:

Orthodox delicacy @ Tel Aviv from Jonathan Gonzalez on Vimeo.

Falafel cooking @ Bethlehem from Jonathan Gonzalez on Vimeo.

Trapped lizard @ Tel Aviv from Jonathan Gonzalez on Vimeo.

Longer and better-edited videos will soon come, as soon as I find the time to choose, edit, and upload them.

God Bless Poladroid

I once bought a Polaroid Spectra 2 for 5 bucks at a flea market, eager to take instant photos and enjoy the retro feel of the prints. Little did I know that the Polaroid technology and its accessories were more expensive than I thought…

Now that the Polaroid factories have closed all the cartridges and films that are out there are the only ones in existence! Which means that they are increasingly difficult to find, and when you do, they’re damn expensive (20 buck or more for a roll of 10 pictures!!).

Thankfully websites like Polapremium allow people to buy cheap(er) films, while initiatives such as Save Polaroid have sought out to collectively buy the Polaroid factories and restart production.

But what can one do in the meantime, apart from buying over-priced cartridges (I just bought a 3-pack for 50-something bucks, it hurts!)? Thankfully people like the geniuses behind Poladroid have come up with a temporary alternative.

This free peace of software allows you to transform your favorite digital shots into retro Polaroid shots, complete with scratches, dents, and random colors. Of course this isn’t the real thing, and no one is trying to pass it off as the real thing (I refer of course to some heated debates here and here).

Anyway, here is my selection of some of my favorite Poladroids:

Music Videos – the 1960s Around the World

Some of my favorite songs/videos from the 1960s around the world. Thanks Youtube!

Brazil:

Singapore:

France:

Mexico:

India:

GonzoCast Vol4 – Gonzo Digs Jamaica

Here’s the fourth installment in the GonzoCast series, using some of my favorite Ska/Rocksteady/Reggae/Roots/Dancehall records found in flea markets in Paris, London, Amsterdam, Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, and Istanbul. Enjoy!

1. Gonzo intro
2. The Jamaicans – Ba Ba Boom
3. The Paragons – On the Beach
4. John Holt – Strange Things
5. Alton Ellis & the Flames – Why (Wise Birds Follow Spring)
6. John Holt – Ali Baba
7. The Congos – Fisherman
8. Max Romeo – Birth of Reggae Music
9. Serge Gainsbourg – Aux Armes Et Caetera
10. Winston Francis – Mr. Fix It
11. John Holt – Tonight
12. Toots & the Maytals – 54-46
13. The Techniques – You Don’t Care
14. Derick Morgan – Stumbling Block
15. Prince Buster All Stars (feat. Raymond Harper) – African Blood
16. Shawn Elliott – Shame and Scandal
17. Madness – One Step Beyond
18. Eek-a-Mouse – Wa-Do-Dem
19. Chuck Fenda – All About Da Weed
20. Gonzo outro