Video game (only football) parlor, Zanzibar, Tanzania.

I was bummed that Brazil lost to France - especially after the 1998 world cup when they lost.....but, as a couple of friends who wrote to me said, they played like shit and they deserved to lose.

Last night, a big cheer went up at the bar next door late at night. Later, I found out that Germany had lost to Italy. I guess that's what the cheering was about. Now that Brazil is out, most people don't have anyone to root for here, so they're rooting against whoever it is they don't like. Portugal/France is going on as I write this.

Later......Portugal is out. Jeez, seems more like a European cup than a World cup....

Here is a Bebeto track, "Manda Vê Menino," about a torcedor doente (sick fan - or somebody who is just seriously fanatical) rooting for his team and equating a football game to love and that he just can't lose - it's his team after all. There's a killer breakdown with tamborim and horns toward the end - worth waiting for.

Sorry for the sporadic posts....the work load is heavy and time is short. I do like to eat and sleep now and then......more soon about music in Zanzibar.