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Ricardo Gonzalez logra una entrevista exclusiva con Cepillin, el Payasito de la Tele durante un descanso de las grabaciones para la television con Araceli Arambula.
http://blip.tv/file/1397577Ricardo Gonzalez logra una entrevista exclusiva con Cepillin, el Payasito de la Tele... more
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Adults only. This is what happens when you lose control of your passion for the team! You must show your team shirt!
Este es el video de la famosa guera del Estadio Tec, es mucho mejor toma de la que salio en la TV, asi que voten por el video, y mandame tu correo, para mandarte el video original... si llego a las 2,000 visitas en 3 dias!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-F8Dc4JAABk&feature=relatedAdults only. This is what happens when you lose control of your passion for the team!... more
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Los Tuzos del Pachuca iniciaban una nueva etapa. La llegada de Pablo Marini al banquillo hidalguense era una gran oportunidad de corregir el mal inicio de torneo, por lo que el duelo ante Monterrey podía definir su futuro, sin embargo el marcador quedó igualado 2-2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rToweBfsBxI&feature=subLos Tuzos del Pachuca iniciaban una nueva etapa. La llegada de Pablo Marini al... more
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Te escribi una carta y no me "contestastes"
fui a buscarte y ya cambiastes direccion
como tengo unas cosas que reclamarte
me obligastes a que te cante esta cancion
deje mi casa por vivir feliz contigo
y me "pagastes" como algunas pagan mal
por tu culpa estoy viviendo 'onde ahora vivo
y a esta vida no me puedo acostumbrar
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2U6POd_3XsTe escribi una carta y no me "contestastes"
fui a buscarte y ya cambiastes... more
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Mini Daddy spent an afternoon with me in Monterrey, Mexico. We talked about his viral video "El Niño Mas Bonito", Daddy Yankee, and his recovery from cancer.
Mini Daddy is a 9-year-old viral superstar who's reggaeton music video has more than 2.5 million views on YouTube.
Watch the videoclip of "Mini Daddy (Adriansito) El Niño Mas Bonito" here.
http://current.com/185og4c
Special thanks to Adrian, Erick, Lilia, Viviana, Los Babies del Flow, and the internet.Mini Daddy spent an afternoon with me in Monterrey, Mexico. We talked about his viral... more
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On Wednesday, with all lodging options exhausted, I opted to head south of South by Southwest to Mexico way. I was headed to MtyMx, a festival produced by Brooklyn's Todd P, and Monterrey's Yo Garage.
My passage to Monterrey was pretty smooth considering the shootout between narcotraficantes and federales that blocked the highway.
I took a cab to the festival on Saturday afternoon. He had no idea where Autocinema Las Torres was. It was just passed the new WalMart, and across the street from the favelas.
I walked up to general admission to pickup my ticket. She asked me for the confirmation number, as she tied a pink wristband around my arm. I struggled to find the information, she just said "whatever" and told me to enter.
I walked into the semi-retired drive-in, to see a sparsely populated expanse of pebbles and beer caps.
I couldn't find the "secured camping area." I saw two gringos sitting on top of their camping gear, and figured that was the closest I was going to get to security. They were friends who'd flown in from Brooklyn and Dallas respectively. They shared their sunscreen with me. We shared our discontent.
A Mexican photographer snapped our pictures. I perfected my goofiest of poses. The photographers came from Mazatlan to cover the festival. We spoke in Spanish for a while, until we discovered they spoke my language better than I spoke theirs.
It seemed like everyone at the festival on Saturday afternoon, was either in a band or a member of the press. The event was clearly a front for people to write blog posts about.
I helped some dudes move fences into a pile next to the campsite. Was this the "secure campsite" or an art installation?
Bands hadn't started yet. So I decided to maximize my pesos by buying booze at Wal-Mart.
I walked down to the highway. A friendly couple of with matching asymmetrical haircuts directed me towards the mall.
Inside the air-conditioned supercenter. I found 14 peso mezcal. That's distilled alcohol for the same price as a bottle of water. I knew they were checking bags for booze, so I developed a sophisticated plan for smuggling alcohol into the festival.
I would hide each bottle somewhere in my backpack, hidden between clothes. I rehearsed what I would say to security if they wanted to check my bags. If I was going to get caught, I'd hide the bag behind a rock, and come back for it in the evening.
When I got to the security gate, the guards didn't even ask if I had a ticket, I just walked through, with disgusting cheap alcohol.
I found my friends and we drank it.
Once we were sufficiently sloshed, we headed to the main stage to watch Das Racist perform. They asked the sound booth to "turn the mushrooms up in the speaker." The crowd was excited to see "those dudes who sing combination pizza hut and taco bell" not sing "combination pizza hut and taco bell." Their catalog of high-brow-non-jokey-joke-rap went over well.
Quiero Club got a hometown welcome from the audience. I was excited to see these Monterrey natives perform tracks that I've been following for years. I recommend their experimental indie pop record Nueva America.
After their set, cheap mezcal + sunstroke + dehydration caught up with me. I needed to go to sleep, but my tent hadn't arrived yet.
The military surplus tents were held up at the border. I heard it was because Mexican officials believed that narcoterrorists were setting up training camps disguised as the military. Later the promoter told me they were delayed because Mexican bureaucracy demands bribes.
Tents started popping up. I was telling journalists how much I wanted to fall asleep. They convinced me to jump into the sample tent. I fell asleep in the "model home" before anyone could tell me not to.
The next morning I walked around Monterrey's beautiful city center, a nice break from that grassless field.
I came back Sunday afternoon to watch experimental dream popster Banjo or Freakout.
As the sunset, a message told the crowd that "BEER WILL NOT BE SOLD AFTER SIX." I rushed to the booth, and drank my first cerveza preparada of the year. A beer combined with salsa, powdered spice, and tamarindo candy.
They called it a "chamochela." I called it "kind of nasty." I still drank the whole thing.
I finished my drink during White Ninja's set. This Monterrey band, put on the strangest set I saw during the festival. It was awesome. I haven't spend enough time in music journalism school to more articulately describe this band, so take a look for yourself.
I watched as Los Fancy Free, finished their set by handing guitars to audience members. It was an impressive feat, but somehow the music sounded exactly the same when played by amateurs. I wasn't sure if this diminished from the band, or made them cooler.
I saw a cute Mexican girl chase down Dan Deacon. If Dan Deacon is a sex symbol, there is hope for all of us. He is able to turn broken-experimental-preset-synths into an incredible party. The crowd went nuts, and I understood why that girl was so excited to see him.
Andrew WK, performed the last set of the night. I don't know which is my favorite Andrew WK song "Party, Party, Party, Party" or "Party, Party, Party, Party." Either way I had partied too much, over the past ten days and I was very excited to head home.
Though the festival was pretty disorganized, the campsite's were not secure, and the bands didn't all show up, I have to say that the concert was totally worth it. I'll see you next year in Monterrey.
http://toddpnyc.com/mtymx/On Wednesday, with all lodging options exhausted, I opted to head south of South by... more
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Mini Daddy's El Niño Mas Bonito currently has 1,071,153 views on YouTube. In less than a week, it has joined the pantheon of viral video classics. I wanted to learn Mini Daddy's story, so I sent a series of questions to the video's producer, Erick Alejandro Bautista Reyes. He responded to me with 550 words, totalmente en Spanish. This an exclusive account of the mini reggaetonero.
He told me the heart-warming story of a nine-year-old who overcame illness, to follow his dreams. Mini Daddy was diagnosed with liver cancer as a toddler. His "baby-fat" is actually the result of post-transplant medication. Mini Daddy loves reggaeton, and one time performed with Daddy Yankee. The girls in the video are his classmates. He wants to record more songs. He hopes to one day setup a foundation for children with cancer.
Read the entire translated transcript below:
Mini Daddy is nine years old. At two, doctors detected an advanced tumor in his liver. When he turned three, doctors told his parents that the tumor was growing. It was inoperable.
On April 16th 2003, his family received a call saying that a liver was available for Mini Daddy. They did the transplant. He's been in treatment to maintain the health of his liver. The medicine they gave him makes him look plump. His diet is balanced, and it's only the treatment that has fattened him.
He goes to SET a school for the arts, in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico. He is working towards a diploma in singing, acting, and dance. Mini Daddy receives good grades and is very passionate about dancing and singing.
Mini Daddy's hero is Daddy Yankee. He likes his music, and loves reggaeton. One of Mini Daddy's dreams came true, when he met Daddy Yankee.
The first time, Yankee signed autographs. In 2009, they met at the Arena Monterrey. Mini Daddy had the opportunity to climb on stage and sing with Daddy Yankee.
I [Erick Alejandro Bautista Reyes] am Mini Daddy's friend. I'm in charge of internal production at the institute. I helped him with the El Niño Mas Bonito video because of his passion for reggaeton. I wanted to fulfill another of his dreams at a young age.
Without financial intentions, or wanting to degrade him, I put the video on youtube where it has become a hit. The video is honestly pretty low budget, because we didnt have the means to produce a video with more production value.
The girls are friends of Mini Daddy from his class. They were added to give another ingredient to the video, without the intention of denigrating the image of the girls.
Another dream Mini Daddy has is to help children who are going through the same situation that he had some years ago. To create a foundation to help children with cancer or another problem.
He is known by many people in Mexico. He has a show in Monterrey. Mini Daddy would like to record more songs. El Niño Mas Bonito was written by Los Babies Del Flow.Mini Daddy's El Niño Mas Bonito currently has 1,071,153 views on YouTube.... more
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So everyone knows that I am totally hilarious, as well as a brilliant writer. Not everyone is aware that I'm also one of the coolest dudes who works for the internet. How does one measure coolness? Aside from impeccable style (I can assure you that I do wear Chuck Taylors and ironic sweaters) you are cool based on what music you listen to.
I've visited Brooklyn Vegan and I listen to Morning Becomes Eclectic. I've heard tons of cool dude jams. So this is my playlist of great songs from this year.
1. The Gossip - Heavy Cross
I saw naked posters of Beth Ditto on the streets of London, when I was doing a quick stint at the offices of Current UK. I was all like "wow they are much more tolerant in England to let her be a sex symbol." I realized that statement made me seem like a sexist body fascist, so when someone handed The Gossip's album to me, I gave an earnest listen. Then I was all like "I now understand why she's a sex symbol." It's a disco album played with punk rock instruments. Plus it's produced by Rick Rubin. I liked it so much that I tweeted about it.
2. Baaba Maal - Television
Baaba Maal is a Senegalese superstar, who has crafted this beautiful song. It packs a simple guitar riff with lots of percussive shakers, and the women singing things in French that I can almost understand. I believe "Télévision" translates to "TV" in anglais. I wonder if all Senegalese TV is as surreal as this.
3. IMS - Yo Digo Baila
I love this Instituto Mexicano del Sonido track. Techno basslines accented by tuba samples, kills it every time. A few months ago I wrote about rebajadas, a genre of slowed-down Cumbias in Northern Mexico. I emailed IMS to ask if he thought my correlation to Houton's Chopp'd and Screwed was accurate. He wrote back saying that I was totally wrong. He was really nice about it though.
4. Jay-Z - Empire State of Mind
So here's the part of my cool dude list, where I laud mainstream rap music, as if to tell my compatriots that hip hop is cool for hipsters to like. But you already knew that this is one of the best tracks of the year. Perhaps you don't have those same nostalgic feelings that I have for New York, but surely you can agree that this is the best anthem for the piano since Bennie and The Jets. If that doesn't get you, did you know there are allegations that Jay-Z is a freemason planning a New World Order?
5. Chairlift - Bruises
6. Matt & Kim - Daylight
Okay so I put both these songs on my 2009 list, but I feel like a real jerk because they both came out in 2008. As a consolation I did listen to them in 2009 also.
7. Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros - Home
Maybe it's just because I live in Los Angeles, but this is the most buzzed about band in these parts. There are like nine hundred members in this band. This song sounds like a party at my parent's non-existent cabin in the foothills of Mount Shasta. Everyone showed up in a great mood with instruments, and whiskey. I tried to see these guys on Halloween, but we ended up waiting too long for Macaroni and Cheese sandwiches, and missed 95% of their set. There's always 2010.
8. Sleigh Bells - Ring Ring
Dude, you're clipping. That's what happens when you record louder than the recording device can record. Sleigh Bells doesn't give a shit. The lady-part of this duo was a teen popstar-turned-teacher. The dude was in a hardcore band. This song is so addictive. I guess its those rappy vocals over that Funkadelic sample. I think this band will get huge in 2010. I mean they were able to get industry bigwigs watch them perform late at night in Bushwick.
9. Fanfarlo - Harold T. Wilkins, Or How To Wait For A Very Long Time
Oh snap upon further research this jam came out in 2008 too. I'm beginning to look like a not very cool dude.
10. Grizzly Bear - Two Weeks
Clearly Brian Wilson cloned himself, and sent this clone to infiltrate the Brooklyn music scene. Grizzly Bear is the result. Thank you for this track, science.
11. SALEM x Gucci Mane - Round One
This dark ethereal remix of dope rap, is sublime. I listened to it so many times. If I were writing a dramatic promo for this track this would be the copy: “In 1999 people used to make jokes about electroclash/gangsta rap remixes. In 2009 people stopped joking.”
12. Phoenix - 1901
I know that Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix is on everyone's "best of list." To make this "best of list" different I made sure to put their second most popular song, so as to increase my indie credibility. But this song is still really good.
13. The xx - Islands
This is one of those songs that was playing everywhere I went, and it took me months to realize that it was the xx. Now that I figured it out, I know why they will become superstars.
14. Woods - Rain On
This is cinematic music, even if you aren't making a movie. You can listen to this song on your iPod walking down a rainy street, and feel like your life is somehow more meaningful. I mean it's not any more meaningful, it'll just seem that way, and perception is 9/10ths of the law.
15. Fool’s Gold - Surprise Hotel
Which white band performing African pop do you like the best? My answer is LA based Fool's Gold, because they know how to party a lot better than those stuffy Columbia grads, Vampire Weekend.
16. Dan Deacon - Snookered
I used to say that Dan Deacon is what would happen to me if I let myself go. That's not entirely true. Though I would be more fat and bald, I still wouldn't be able to make beautiful music from broken children's instruments. This eight-minute behemoth builds in a way you wouldn't necessarily expect from the man behind Crystal Cat.
17. Kid British - Sunny Days
This song sounds like it was recorded by Electric Light Orchestra, if they knew how to rap. The lyrics are about a dude who is sad, but you wouldn't know that by the upbeat nature of this jam. Why not get the whole album, and impress all your stateside friends.
That's my list. I'd like to wish a happy new year to cool dudes and ladies everywhere.So everyone knows that I am totally hilarious, as well as a brilliant writer. Not... more
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I'm not talking about the movie you watched on the bus to Acapulco. Today is the 199th anniversary of the battle cry that started the Mexican War of Independence. September 16th is regarded as Mexican Independence Day.
To commemorate this holiday, the Current Comedy blog wants to celebrate the most famous meme that Mexico ever came up with.
It was just a regular March morning in Northern Mexico. Young Edgar decided to go on a hike with his cousin Fernando. Things were going fine, until they approached a small brook. Edgar begins to panic at the prospect of using branches as a makeshift bridge. Finally, Edgar conquers his fear and begins to cross the stream. Then Fernando does the unthinkable. See for yourself...
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This video now boasts 15 mm hits on el youtube. For any viral video to achieve pure meme status, it needs remixers, satirists, and imitators. La caida de Edgar is no exception.
There's the animated version:
The Mortal Kombat version:
And because this is the gosh darn internet, the Star Wars version
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Edgar was able to become an internet celebrity. He was featured on several national television programs. He even became the star of a sequel funded by a Mexican cookie conglomerate.
On this day, take a moment to remember what Edgar's fall did for all of us.
!Viva Mexico¡I'm not talking about the movie you watched on the bus to Acapulco. Today is the... more
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MONTERREY, Mexico (AP) — A car has plowed into a bike race along a highway near the US-Mexico border, killing one and injuring 10 others.
Police investigator Jose Alfredo Rodriguez says the 28-year-old driver was apparently drunk and fell asleep when he crashed into the race.
A photograph taken by a city official shows bicyclists and equipment being hurled high in to the air by the collision.
Rodriguez says Juan Campos was charged with killing Alejandro Alvarez, 37, of Monterrey.
Authorities say the wreck happened 15 minutes into the race along a highway between Playa Bagdad and Matamoros.
Campos says he is an American citizen living in Brownsville, Texas. U.S. consulate spokesman Todd Huizinga said officials were looking into whether Americans were involved. MONTERREY, Mexico (AP) — A car has plowed into a bike race along a highway near... more
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