Part of me resists writing these posts, these posts about our recording project. These posts about music most of you probably won’t care to hear in its finished form, much less in the incomplete and imperfect form found in these posts. Part of me wants to wait until everything is done so I can just [...]
Part 5: Las Navidades en Puerto Rico
Christmas is the time when I most miss being in Puerto Rico. Earlier and earlier in the year I start missing it more, as radio stations in North Carolina begin to play Christmas music earlier and earlier in the year. This year, one local station in our [...]
Right before we arrived in Puerto Rico for our vacation, a cop had shot and killed an unarmed man who was lying defenseless on the ground. He did it in plain daylight while surrounded by a number of people. One person there had a camera phone and videotaped the event. This person [...]
This is the knowledge that comes with aging.
Over the next few weeks I will be writing about my summer vacation in Puerto Rico. But before I get into the music which is what this blog is about, I’m going to give you a little context information. I’m going to tell you about the [...]
To Kurt Vonnegut, RIP, I will forever eat crumbs from your blue beard.
Part 1 – Semana Santa Music for Dirty Teenagers
Holy week in Puerto Rico – Semana Santa. Teenagers in Catholic school, and we get the whole week off. Spring Break for the guilt-ridden set. We didn’t care. We [...]
A Culebra y Vieques.
This song was recorded and released free on the internet by Calle 13 three or four days after the death of Filiberto Ojeda Rios, leader of Los Macheteros. Although Ojeda Rios led a revolutionary life since his youth in the 50s, he is best known as the mastermind behind the [...]
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