My friend-of-a-friend Steve in Bogota just wrote this great piece for the Miami Herald about a busker called César López who makes guitars from guns: "In January, Colombian Vice President Francisco Santos promised López 12 AK-47 assault rifles, the first three from a 2-year-old peace process between the government and right-wing paramilitaries...As part of his commitments with the vice president's office, he is helping several victims of land mines form a bongo group." Along with samples of César playing, the story also contains a link to the most widely respected academic writing on the subject: 10 Guitars Shaped Like Guns. (Thanks, Martin)
3/11/2006
Colombian dude turns AK47s into guitars
My friend-of-a-friend Steve in Bogota just wrote this great piece for the Miami Herald about a busker called César López who makes guitars from guns: "In January, Colombian Vice President Francisco Santos promised López 12 AK-47 assault rifles, the first three from a 2-year-old peace process between the government and right-wing paramilitaries...As part of his commitments with the vice president's office, he is helping several victims of land mines form a bongo group." Along with samples of César playing, the story also contains a link to the most widely respected academic writing on the subject: 10 Guitars Shaped Like Guns. (Thanks, Martin)
the most dangerous weapon of all surely
ReplyDeletemake music not war!
ReplyDeleteGuess what he did with the guitars he pulled the strings from. That's right.
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