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Música Entries

13 de Julio, 2008

The Next Mozart is Yoo

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MEET THE PRODIGY people are calling "the Next Mozart." This five year old girl has what is called "perfect pitch." She can hear a song once and find her way to playing it back, even complex pieces. Her name is Yoo Ye-eun and she can also sing as she plays....

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5 de Julio, 2008

A Song for Sábado

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HERE'S A SOOTHING and sweet and short piece by un buen amigo, made possible for us to view and disseminate easily by YouTube....

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27 de Junio, 2008

Bajofondo Friday

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BAJOFONDO, a group of Argentine and Uruguayan musicians that I've pointed you to before, remains a Nez-Favorito. In fact, I was flattered that their people just got in touch with me and asked if I was interested in reviewing the new album, Mar Dulce, so they are sending it...

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12 de Junio, 2008

You Can't Kill An Idea

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TODAY MARKS 45 YEARS since Medgar Evers was assassinated. Salud....

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9 de Junio, 2008

The ReKongKangKeesta (And Other Varieties)

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UNA NUEVA CANCION by your amigo at XOLAGRAFIK, Starring G. Gordon Liddy. Original audio here....

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16 de Mayo, 2008

La Locura Automatica

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THIS IS A VIDEO REMIX of La Secta Allstar's song "La Locura Automatica" featuring Eddie Dee, by DJ Andres. I actually very much enjoy the slower version and it's a regular on my playlist, but they won't let me embed it. So here's a Reggaeton remix of the track,...

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5 de Mayo, 2008

Happy Cinco de Mayo!

Categorized under Comida , Cultura , Música , Raza , día festivo | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , ,


MIS AMIGOS! It's a sunny day, we're alive in a moment many others have not lived to see, and still we refuse to be ruled by fear and misdirection and by those who would control us and keep us mired in an occupation of the mind, soul, and belief...

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4 de Mayo, 2008

A Little Sunday Hip Hop Jam

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So, the weekend kinda flew by what with all the celebrating I've been doing. I'm only sad that I couldn't make it to Nez' fiesta. I know y'all that made it had a blast, and you can bet that I was at least there in spirit. Since I missed posting...

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25 de Abril, 2008

Flamenco Friday, the Polish Edition

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HOY I bring you our occasional dose of Flamenco but this time played and danced by Poles! As we know, Flamenco originated in Andalucia, Spain through the blending of cultures—Moors, Jews, Gypsies, and Spaniards, so it seems to make sense to continue the blend. Here is Tangos Rompeserones by...

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18 de Abril, 2008

Sueños Rotos [Broken Dreams]

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THE BORDER is a tearstained sieve that traps pain and violence and visits it upon the weakest and poorest in our economy and society. It is a valve that shunts cash one way, and blood the other. Until it is torn down and a more modern, humane, holistic, and...

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21 de Marzo, 2008

Happy Friday, Baby.

Categorized under Música , Política Estados Unidos , Race for '08 | Tags: , , ,


SOME SMOOOVE VOCALS to take ya into this sunny (at least where I am) Friday afternoon. Hoy less Flamenco, y más Bachata! Just feels right. Aventura with La Boda (The Wedding). Reminds me of Westchester, I used to play this album on my iPod Mini while I rode the...

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15 de Marzo, 2008

Jill Scott [The Real Thing]

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THIS WOMAN! Wow. Beauty! Power! Soul and talent and rhythm through the roof. Also check out her tune Hate on Me, from the same album. Great stuff....

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7 de Marzo, 2008

MALVERDE - La Marcha

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I KNOW you been bumpin' this. For when gente feel like they've had enough Flamenco for the evening. Some pride and unity and rhythm and flow from Mexican American Hip Hop artist Malverde....

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Javier Conde (Granainas)

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HAPPY FLAMENCO FRIDAY, amig@s! I leave you with one of the most badass guitarra flamenco cats I know of—especially given the fact that I think he's only 20 years old! Enjoy esta fin de semana!...

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23 de Febrero, 2008

Sí Se Puede Cambiar

Categorized under Artivism , M , Música , Política Estados Unidos , Race for '08 | Tags: , , ,


A beautiful and thoughtful song by Andrés Useche, performed in Spanish with English subtitles. I find it very difficult to side with the skeptics against the deluge of inspirational art and music this election has generated. If loving these songs is wrong, I don't want to be right. Hat-tip to...

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22 de Febrero, 2008

Eres Para Mi

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Enjoy the weekend, vat@s!...

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11 de Febrero, 2008

Reign of McCain

Categorized under Guerra , Humor , Iran , Iraq the Casbah , Medios , Música , Violencia | Tags: , , ,


YOU REMEMBER THIS? Here is the McCain version. Funnnny. In a scary kind of way!...

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3 de Febrero, 2008

Yes We Can. Sí Se Puede.

Categorized under MTV Street Team 08 Exclusive , Música , Política Estados Unidos , Race for '08 | Tags: , ,


I KNOW that the Committee Yearning for the Next Installment of Clintons (CYNICS) will surely shrink from this vibe like slugs from salt (or, you know, like kings from carpentry work to employ a less hostile metaphor although it lacks the needed element of revulsion and horror), and I will...

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1 de Febrero, 2008

i dare you to stand still!

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LET IT move you, baby. And have a kickass weekend. You need it. I know you do. I do. Let's enjoy it! Arrancame la Vida. By Henry Jiminez y Los Homeboys....

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31 de Enero, 2008

Hey, That Ain't Culo!

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GERMAN MUSICIANS now join the horde of googlers caught up in my site stats who are obsessed with the world-famous Mexican Butt. (Not as popular a search as the highly-sought Mexican Cock, however. Let's be real.) Mexico's ambassador to Germany has voiced his displeasure over a popular German song...

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21 de Enero, 2008

And Justice

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A SONG that played in my home while I was growing up. It sounds just as good today....

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15 de Enero, 2008

Jay Chou (Fearless)

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I WON'T STEP ON THIS with a world of talk (though I'd like to); I'll just let you know that it's a music video that includes scenes from a movie (that I recently borrowed from a blogmigo) called Fearless, a film by Ronny Wu about a famous and amazing...

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8 de Enero, 2008

Lydia Mendoza, ¡presente!

Categorized under Arte , Corazón , Cultura , Historia , M , Música , Raza , Salud | Tags: , , , , ,


Lydia Mendoza, a woman whose song and performance became part of the cornerstones of American music, died on December 20, 2007 at 91 years old. Her accolades include being the first Texan to win the National Endowment for the Arts National Heritage Fellowship in 1982 and winning the National Medal...

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1 de Diciembre, 2007

Volver [Return]

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WHILE THIS VIDEO may not be as well shot as the other videos I'v posted on my favorito female flamenco singer, Estrella Morente again blows minds and sweeps us off our feet with this rendition of Volver, which was featured in the Almodóvar film of the same name. What a...

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25 de Septiembre, 2007

Begin With Beauty

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LET'S START with some beauty. The buzzing hive of "news" and negativity will always be there for us. That's what I'm talking about. Buenos dias!...

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23 de Septiembre, 2007

Del Diario, Entrada #092307 [Perspective of the B Minor]

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From the Del Diario Series, entrada #092307:...

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A Fruit That Poisons All of Us

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A reminder of why brandishing a noose is an act of violence in and of itself, is not something we can write off as a "prank", of why I don't personally mind so much if you get your ass beat when you bring one into play as an implied...

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It's a New Day Now

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A WHITE MAN with a shaved skull stands on a stage in Germany...and sings one of my long-time favoritos canciones! The Beauty of Gray, by Live. Take with three cups of morning sun and a imbibe with a full heart. Mp3 ¡Que Viva la Raza Cosmica!...

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6 de Septiembre, 2007

The King of the High C's Has Sailed Away

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LUCIANO PAVAROTTI, a name I remember being spoken with great awe since I was a young boy, has died, at 71 years old. Pavarotti, the literally and figuratively larger-than-life tenor whose recordings sold more than 100 million albums, and whose voice boomed everywhere from the Metropolitan Opera to Johnny Carson's...

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27 de Julio, 2007

The Sound of Bandwagon Wheels Turning

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IN A SHOCKING AND UNEXPECTED TURN, the London band Coldplay has announced that they will switch their sound to salsa, instead of the frigid brit-pop that has made them so famous up to now. Coldplay's new album is taking on a Latin flavor, says the band, who has been...

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19 de Julio, 2007

A Point of Pride

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THIS IS SIMPLY the funniest video I've seen in a long, long, long time. And I don't want to say anything more about it. Except...the man has a point....

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4 de Julio, 2007

Masterblaster (Jammin')

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TAKIN THE WAYBACK MACHINE to 1982—Stevie Wonder rocks the house of otherwise calm peoples. By the end even the white wimmenz showin greasy shift in las caderas! The seat cannot contain this beat! Woohoo! Dig all the Doodes clappin' hard! How do they do it? I would be up...

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3 de Julio, 2007

Through Our Fingers Slip Away

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HERE, NOW. Life and her rhythm. Always, her rhythm. On. Off. Up. Down. Hold tight. Let go. Take it deadly seriously. Let it all float and fall where it will. Expect too much, Expect too little. Judge. Join. Be still. Dance. Love. Fight. Play. I've increased my Stevie Wonder...

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16 de Mayo, 2007

Quetzal at Centro

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27 de Abril, 2007

You Can't Deport the Truth

Categorized under Corazón , Derechos Humanos , El Malestar Pálido , Frontera , Hipnotismo , Historia , Indígena , Ley , Música , Política Estados Unidos , Política México , Raza | Tags: , , , , , , , , , ,


BIG GOLD-TOPPED PROPZ to mis amig@s sech as XicanoPwr and Marisa at Latina Lista and mi güero blo'migo at Mexfiles, and Migra Matters and No Más Muertes and all the other soldader@s who stare the border issue in the face day after day after day after day. I read...

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23 de Abril, 2007

Freedom (On the March)

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CLICK the image to download (or right-click and "Save as") the new single from an EP I am working on called Xolagrafik. The song is called Freedom (On the March), and it is by (of course) NLXJ. username=guest pw=porfavor Update: lyrics behind the cut....

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6 de Abril, 2007

War

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WAR, WAR, WAR. And the monster wants more. Here is a song from a man and a prophet whose voice and lyrics and spirit filled my house when I was younger. I'm working on a post that touches on this right now, but for now I'll just preface this...

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17 de Febrero, 2007

La Pelicula del Amor Perdido

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SOME OF YOU remember my first experiment with YouTube, a rather simple video put together from various images and set to the Ben Harper tune Oppression. Here is another project, which is titled La Pelicula del Amor Perdido. It is a tribute to my eldest daughter, whose 14th birthday...

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16 de Febrero, 2007

Gracias a la Vida

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GIVE ME A CLASSICAL GUITAR, a beautiful voice, a strong heart and a song, and I need little else to find a place of unparalleled joy. Here is Mercedes Sosa singing Gracias a la Vida. Enjoy your evening, cool cats. She says a few words at the end, not...

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10 de Febrero, 2007

And the Funk Never Dies

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NO MATTA HOW HARD YA TRY YOU CAN'T STOP US NOW! I'm (back) on a Rage Against the Machine kick with all this talk of a Califas reunion in the last comment thread on the subject. Either way, this vid is crazycool. When you can bang out an air drum...

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9 de Febrero, 2007

Killing in the Name of—

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FRIDAY.... Okay, memes aren't always my thing, but I definitely enjoy the Friday custom of posting YouTube because it's nice to wander about the web and read your news or hit your regular sites, but also to be often picking and plucking little musical bits here and there. It's...

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28 de Enero, 2007

Sweetness and Meld

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TURN IT UP and get in your right mind. Just beautiful. This a some sick spinnin' with Pachelbel's Canon in D, laid down with what I think is a Kayagum (Korean zither); some great beatbox, breakin'/floorwork, scratchin captured using some stylish camerawork and editing. A juicy little Youtubian morsel if...

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19 de Enero, 2007

Dear Hermanita...

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