{"id":134,"date":"2008-04-06T18:26:15","date_gmt":"2008-04-07T01:26:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimatli.org\/blog\/?p=134"},"modified":"2008-04-06T18:33:02","modified_gmt":"2008-04-07T01:33:02","slug":"yu-mex","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chimatli.org\/blog\/?p=134","title":{"rendered":"Yu-Mex"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nMili\u00c4\u2021 Ljubomir<\/strong><\/p>\n

[post transferred over from an old myspace blog entry<\/em>]<\/p>\n

Did you know Mexican music was popular with Yugoslavians in the 50s? I didn’t either! But here’s a webpage to prove it:
Jugoslovanska Mehika<\/A>
It’s worth visiting for the album covers<\/A> and mp3s.<\/A> Ay, watch out Chente!<\/p>\n

When we were in London many years ago, we went into a Turkish chip shop and there was a small crowd of veiled women gathered around an old TV which was blaring an unexpected tune. I peeked through them to see the infamously dingy Thalia<\/A> in the opening credits of her hit telenovela Marimar<\/a>. With the exception of the theme song, it was all dubbed into Turkish. It was a nice bit of familiarity so far from home.
I can’t say I felt the same way when we discovered a can of corn tortillas in the international food section of Harrod’s department store (appropriately located under the escalator in the basement). Yes, a can<\/em> of corn tortillas for 10 pounds (like $15 dollars). <\/p>\n

update:<\/em>
\nApparently, older Germans also like Mexican music:
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\nFiesta Mexicana!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Mili\u00c4\u2021 Ljubomir [post transferred over from an old myspace blog entry] Did you know Mexican music was popular with Yugoslavians in the 50s? I didn’t either! But here’s a webpage to prove it:Jugoslovanska MehikaIt’s worth visiting for the album covers and mp3s. Ay, watch out Chente! When we were in London many years ago, we … Continue reading Yu-Mex<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[19,3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chimatli.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chimatli.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chimatli.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chimatli.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chimatli.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=134"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chimatli.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chimatli.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=134"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chimatli.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=134"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chimatli.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=134"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}