Born in Porto, Portugal, in the last year of the ‘50s, Alvaro Costa is a leading pop culture opinion-maker in his country, where he is now based after a few years of international reporting from London and Los Angeles. With long experience in radio and TV production, plus assorted duties in areas as diverse as DJ’ing, Culture Festival management, Sports events, Costa keeps his own blog (www.viarapida.blogspot.com) and is now taking time out to track his vast collection of interviews, essays and rants for publication. He is a dedicated FC PORTO fan.