like the moon
As I linkthunk yesterday, I was gassed to hear (via /rupture) a reggaeton-inflected remix of some Mexican cumbia (video here). I was doubly gassed tho to see it labeled “cumbow,” which I took to mean cumbia + dembow or, perhaps, “with (dem)bow,” as in cum bow, to employ a little Latin, a la the Spanish […]
Read More →it’s a peace scarf Julieta_Venegas_Eres_para_mi(SonideroNacionalCumbowRmx).mp3 (audio/mpeg Object) via /rupture, a mexican cumbia given a reggaeton remix :: i love the term “cumbow” — so apropos! (tags: mexican cumbia remix reggaeton mp3) Comfort food and complaints at a Cairo food stand – Los Angeles Times “…That doesn’t sound bad to Ahmed Ali Mahmoud, who left the […]
Read More →MC GRINGO- BLOG – – – LIVE FROM RIO DE JANEIRO mc gringo has a blog! (h/t masala) (tags: funkcarioca blog rio brazil germany) … [update: for some reason, several other del.icio.us.ly tagged items didn’t appear a few days ago, so here are a few that i’m “push” publishing] … Phonautogram – Thomas Edison – […]
Read More →Under the Musical Spell of the Sonidero; Mexican D.J.’s Relay Messages, on Dance Floor and to the Homeland – New York Times on the NYC-mexico sonidero circuit — cumbia shoutouts as greeting cards ! (tags: nyt newyork mexico cumbia soundsystem sonidero transnationalism latinamerica) From VOICES: The Sonideros of Mexican Youth Dances abstract & photos of […]
Read More →GHETTO BASSQUAKE: Baile Bonanza Day – The Amazing Clay vamanos on rio’s amazing clay — incl some nice mp3 links (incl a mix) and a wicked video of clay rockin a MPC, also a link to man recordings’ blog (tags: funkcarioca mp3s mixes video rio blogpost) fat planet :: dj amazing clay i guess stu […]
Read More →YouTube – RDC Mugen: Homer Simpson Vs. Predator Warrior bizarre mortal kombat-style face-off between homer and predator (tags: videogames predator thesimpsons humor youtube) WikipediaVision (beta) mashup tracking, in real time, anonymous edits to wikipedia via google maps (tags: mashup google web2.0 wikipedia visualization map webapp) Getting to roots of Mexican rock – CULTURE MIX – […]
Read More →¡Asi Somos Nosotros — y Que! by Francisco Palma Lagunas snapped (by me) @ UIA, Santa Fe, Mexico City, DF
Read More →make way: american express meets el angel de la independencia uptown Allow me a little (belated) unpacking, now back from Mexico City, where I swear I will return, clunky español and all, que pronto es posible. !Que ciudad! My principal reason for going was, as mentioned, to attend the biannual international meeting of the International […]
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