To all those who are wondering, I have had no telephone and no internet access for the past two weeks. Talked to the phone company and they are not coming near my house until June 9. That is what happens when you live in a capitalist-heart/communist-brain society that doesn't really work well either way. Since there is only one functional phone company who owns all the telecommunications infrastructure in the island I can only sit back and seethe. Also go around public libraries begging free Internet access and confronted with no chat, no email, no games warnings stickered to the monitors. See you soon, if technology ever arrives here.

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Just to say that one thing stung me in this article, and it probably will sail over people's heads:

"Fijacion Oral" is a Latin-minded album. Not only is it in Spanish, but, for the first time in Shakira's career, it features collaborations, with two quintessentially Latin acts.

One is Gustavo Cerati, an Argentine rocker little known outside Latin America.

Shakira's double album release

I just wanted to scream: Shame on you for not knowing who the fuck Gustavo Cerati is.

There. Now to try and balance all the negative karma that little comment has loosened on the world, I will spend the whole weekend listening to my Soda Stereo and solo Cerati CDs. Let's hope it is enough.

PD: Yes, I am aware that Cerati is really not that known outside from Latin America. And it is a damn shame that some people don't go out of their way to find out who he is. or in case his type of music is not your cup of tea, find about other musicians not in Billboards' top forty. Also that the strongest records under Shakira's name, made during the last century, were not the ones which made her US fame.