Comments on: Gavito Dixit http://simbatango.com/2008/06/01/gavito-dixit/ Reflexiones de un león Mon, 14 May 2012 19:57:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Simba http://simbatango.com/2008/06/01/gavito-dixit/comment-page-1/#comment-240 Simba Thu, 30 Jul 2009 02:02:37 +0000 http://simbatango.com/blog/index.php/2008/06/01/gavito-dixit/#comment-240 Yes, it was a series of ad-like pieces in several subsequent magazines. I think it was right after he died, but I don't remember exactly. I first saw them in print versions on the walls of a studio in Boedo where we took lessons. The original source I do not know. As to irony, in my earlier tango years I would more easily dismiss statements like this, it takes some matureness in the tango to appreciate them, I think. I started on a translation, but found it hard to replicate the right somewhat poetic feeling that the Spanish version has. Yes, it was a series of ad-like pieces in several subsequent magazines. I think it was right after he died, but I don’t remember exactly. I first saw them in print versions on the walls of a studio in Boedo where we took lessons. The original source I do not know.

As to irony, in my earlier tango years I would more easily dismiss statements like this, it takes some matureness in the tango to appreciate them, I think. I started on a translation, but found it hard to replicate the right somewhat poetic feeling that the Spanish version has.

]]> By: Ms Hedgehog http://simbatango.com/2008/06/01/gavito-dixit/comment-page-1/#comment-233 Ms Hedgehog Tue, 28 Jul 2009 21:07:50 +0000 http://simbatango.com/blog/index.php/2008/06/01/gavito-dixit/#comment-233 And there's certainly potential for putting them on collectable flyers. Although that might invite parody. And there’s certainly potential for putting them on collectable flyers. Although that might invite parody.

]]> By: Ms Hedgehog http://simbatango.com/2008/06/01/gavito-dixit/comment-page-1/#comment-232 Ms Hedgehog Tue, 28 Jul 2009 20:27:10 +0000 http://simbatango.com/blog/index.php/2008/06/01/gavito-dixit/#comment-232 I agree - it would be fun to try to translate these. Was this some kind of series in the magazine? Where do the quotes come from exactly? I agree – it would be fun to try to translate these. Was this some kind of series in the magazine? Where do the quotes come from exactly?

]]> By: Homenaje a los milongueros | Simba tango http://simbatango.com/2008/06/01/gavito-dixit/comment-page-1/#comment-182 Homenaje a los milongueros | Simba tango Thu, 16 Jul 2009 02:43:40 +0000 http://simbatango.com/blog/index.php/2008/06/01/gavito-dixit/#comment-182 [...] makes some sense. (Hopefully improving my castellano.) Maybe I will dare try translating the Gavito dixit sometime… Share and [...] [...] makes some sense. (Hopefully improving my castellano.) Maybe I will dare try translating the Gavito dixit sometime… Share and [...]

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