Pig Display, Part II

It has come to our attention that Freddy the Prayer Warrior has been up to a bit of piggy mischief in his back yard. Well, we see your road kill hog blog and raise you two pig heads with sunglasses and one cigarette. The characters above only prove our initial assertion that we made on Tuesday, December 5th, when we said that pigs are the new fish for this season. The above hogs were photographed in a butcher shop in Barcelona near the Born neighborhood.

Spoiler! Below, we offer photos of some other butcher shop denizens. Stop reading here, dear faithful readers, if you are weak of heart or squeamish. We have it from a pretty good source that sheep heads are still great for making killer soups.


Small sheep heads and assorted guts, brains, hearts.


One large sheep head with guts. These photos were taken at a specialty butcher stand in a Barcelona market. The butcher specializes in interior organs and heads.

Memphis has nothing on Spain.

What Does This Mean?

We invite our faithful readers to offer interpretations of this advertisement that we have seen throughout Madrid and Barcelona. In the image, we see famous Spanish actress Paz Vega, whose signature can just be made out there on the right, below the words "Chocolate Possession." If we read the poster from left to right, it appears that after eating this chocolate dessert item, famous Spanish actress Paz Vega has become a sensual chocolate person. But the chocolate treat looks alarmingly like poo. What are we to make of this? Does Paz Vega's signature add authenticity and authority to the Magnum brand? Is she suggesting that really good dessert items will make a nice white girl brown?

What does "chocolate possession" mean? Will Madrid be the next chocolate city? Is Magnum really the number one hand held ice cream brand?

The New Fish Display

The word on the street in Madrid is that pigs are the new fish. We have it from our customary source that the pig display is going to overtake the traditional fish display in terms of yuletide popularity.

Suckling pigs are the "it" foodstuff for this holiday season. Pick yours up today!



Get your fresh shrink-wrapped piggies here.

Join the Falange!

Do you love statues of Francisco Franco?

Do you dislike the flag of the Second Spanish Republic?

Do you hate Pedro Almodóvar?

Do you abhor Catalunya?

Do you hate people who come to Spain in boats?

Are you tired of José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero and the peace process with ETA?



Join the Falange!

Both of the Banco de Santander branches on Goya street had these posters pasted all over their windows. The posters are for the semi-fascist Falange party, which apparently still has a healthy membership in Spain. Founded by José Antonio Primo de Rivera in 1933, the Falange was the only official political organization allowed to exist during Franco's regime.

In the photo above, you can see a nice photo-montage of the different things that falangists don't like (clockwise from the upper left, the pictures correspond to the various questions we introduced above).

But why Santander? Sure, Santander is the capital of the autonomous region of Cantabria in northern Spain, but why post all these posters on the windows of the Banco de Santander? We do know that Santander is the only major city in Spain that still has a statue of the lil' dictator in their main public square, but this seems like a strange marketing campaign, doesn't it?

We at amagomundi think that the Falange's invitation would have been much more enticing if they had used positive imagery rather than negative imagery. For example:

Do you love long walks on the beach?

Do you love pastries and pork products?

Do you have a hankering for a beer right about now?

Tired of hatin'?

Join the Falange!


Franco's statue in Santander. Enjoy it while it lasts...

Exit Strategy

- AMAGOMUNDI QUOTATION OF THE DAY -

"I know there's a lot of speculation that these reports in Washington mean there's going to be some kind of graceful exit out of Madrid. This business about a graceful exit just simply has no realism to it whatsoever. We're going to stay in Madrid to get the job done as long as the government wants us there."