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What do you do? valentin: i m a psychologist. anthony: psychologist, this will come in useful later. [ laughter ] musician and uh fermin: i m a writer too. anthony: writer and uh, restaurateur. tuka: well, i work in post-production. anthony: post-production? that could be actually this is a very useful table. [ laughter ] anthony: fermin, the lead singer and songwriter, grew up with nacho. tuka and valentin play guitar. anthony: what do people like to listen to in uruguay? fermin: it s a very musical country, i think. do you know candombe? anthony: yeah. fermin: okay, that s like our native rhythm. tuka: and folklore, from here, it used to be called protest music. anthony: protest music. tuka: so it was like late 60s, early 70s was the most popular music, but then came the dictatorship. anthony: right, so no more of that. tuka: everybody had to leave the country. anthony: dictatorships are usually like usually bad for music. tuka: yeah. ant ....
anthony: everybody s here. fermin and the guys from the band, lucia, federico, diego, and it s time to eat. anthony: oh, yeah. come on, that s perfect, right? lucia: nice. anthony: so how long has this place been here? martin: about 12 years. anthony: started as like a shack or a house? or? martin: it used to be a little house on the beach with a bar. you re not allowed to build here anymore, so we bought all this land and that s the only thing we can do. anthony: and the food is delicious. lucia: yeah. anthony: look at us out here, on a sand bar. in the middle of nowhere. eating like gods. lucia: but this is what i love about uruguay, no? then suddenly you take a drive, even like one hour and a half, and you re in a different world. anthony: good to see. i mean, it s really exciting here. i love it here. ....
anthony: carving, yeah, man. nacho: all right. anthony: everybody s here. fermin and the guys from the band, lucia, federico, diego, and it s time to eat. ahony: oh, yeah. come on, that s perfect, right? lucia: nice. anthony: so how long has this place been here? martin: about 12 years. anthony: started as like a shack or a house? or? martin: it used to be a little house on the beach with a bar. you re not allowed to build here anymore, so we bought all this land and that s the only thing we can do. anthony: and the food is delicious. lucia: yeah. anthony: look at us out here, on a sand bar. in the middle of nowhere. eating like gods. lucia: but this is what i love about uruguay, no? then suddenly you take a drive, even like one hour and a half, and you re in a different world. anthony: good to see. ....
Music. do you want to smoke? ant: yeah, sure. tuka: i brought some. anthony: excellent, good idea. i am permitted to smoke weed on camera now. tuka: yeah, you are in uruguay. anthony: i m observing local customs. anthony: proceed to smoke weed. it s cool. everybody s doing it. somebody call the elfin jeff sessions. he ll shit himself. anthony: how long has weed been legal here? fermin: one year. anthony: a year? awesome. tuka: but here, like, you could smoke in the street for always. anthony: do you have dispensaries? do you have stores you can go to? valentin: that s the problem here now. the pharmacies cannot sell because tuka: the international banks don t want to accept drug money. anthony: so if i were to open up a marijuana hydroponic farm? tuka: you can have your club. nacho: all right, when are we starting this? [ laughter ] anthony: i don t know, man, let me smoke another joint. ....
nacho: yes, as long as they re far enough away. valentin: not my neighbor, not in my neighborhood. anthony: this is a honest man, i really like him. valentin: i love this uruguayan, he is in mexico, it s great. anthony: i feel like i m talking to myself. anthony: the pizza here is a bizarro stoner hybrid topped with thin chickpea flatbread. why? i don t know. makes sense though. nacho: the one on top there is the faina, they usually put faina on top of pizza and mozzarella. anthony: really? fermin: we cook this pizza, no cheese on it. he s a vegan so he s anthony: really? [ laughter ] i don t know if i can work with you. valentin: 22 years i m vega anthony: vegan? valentin: yes, in uruguay. anthony: wow, that is a revolutionary position. valentin: they used to be vegan too. anthony: yeah. nacho: you re such an asshole. ....