This is why Mexico beat France in their last World Cup game. All the talented French kids (with berets!) are busy dancing tecktonik in their parent’s basements instead of paying attention to football.
Category: fav video of the week
Favorite Song of the Day: The Light From a Cake
Camper Van Beethoven – The Light From a Cake
I’m alternating between heavy and light
Between meaning and nonsense
And having a drink
I have counted all the lines on the road
Between here and los angeles
That pass straight below
And I’m dreaming of a light, and it comes from your head
’cause you move just like you’re a train
Not like a car, no, no, it would never be the same
And the light from your eyes is like the light from a cake
I was thinking of a cake
To lift off this burden
To lighten this weight
One sweet little cake
Dervishes run the head of a pin
We are sleeping like angels
And living like devils again
And I am waiting for the heaviness in the air to break
And reveal some small, irrelevant truth
’cause we move like we are suspended in ether
And the light from your eyes spills from the moon
Favorite Song of the Day: Tenderoni
Kele-Tenderoni
I’m not a big fan of Bloc Party but Kele’s solo venture is more along my tastes. Great catchy electronic dance music.
Favorite Video(s) of the Week: The Underground
I’m going down, down, down to the underground…
Mexico City sewer divers
X-Ray Spex-Let’s Submerge
Opening scene of the Emir Kusturica film Underground
Favorite Song of the Day: You
Gold Panda – You
The journey to his current illuminated standings has been long and intermittently strange. Having spent downtime behind the counters of various establishments of ill repute – finding out that record stores and adult stores are no less seedier than each other. GP consolidated the rest of his hours creating archives of electronic music; each track different from the other, incorporating multitudes of styles and disparate influences and obscure samples and base material.
Eva, Shelly y La Nueva Generación
The inscription on the back of this photo is from “Eva.” Who is Eva? Perhaps one of my uncle’s old flames. The photo was found behind a photo of my father and mother at prom. Groovy Eva, so space age and hip.
Shelly y Nueva Generación – No puedo Olvidarte Chico (1969)
I came across this video in one of frequent my Youtube dérives.
Eva watched Shelly on TV one night and dreamt of being far out and gruvi like her. My imagination confirmed this as true…
Favorite Song of the Day: Lay in a Shimmer
Pantha du Prince – Lay in a Shimmer
Favorite Song of the Day: Stouthreif
Hala Strana – Stouthreif
Some might remember this song from a compilation I made a few years ago. Hala Strana is a project of Steven R. Smith. He traveled around Eastern Europe recording Roma/Gypsy musicians and used these recordings as a basis for this musical project. This song is (what’s the word?) sublime.
Favorite Video of the Week: Pedro Infante
An old favorite showcasing some of Mexico’s finest folk dances.
Favorite Song of the Day: Samba Triste
Stan Getz and Charlie Byrd – Samba Triste
A song which has come to represent an introduction to new worlds, youth, late nights, curiosity and discovery. A soundtrack for a wonderful part of my life. It remains one of my all time favorites.