Monday, December 25, 2006

Feliz Navidad!!! Beacause as I love christmas, I love the movie Nightmare Before Christmas, and because I love languages I thought I'd give my readers a gift various singing scenes the movie in different languages!! Hope you are all enjoying your holidays:) Enjoy my gift!!

xoxo Amylu

Making Christmas (Spanish)



What's This? (Japanese)



What's This? (French)



What's This? (Portuguese)



What's This? (German)

Thursday, December 21, 2006

Bridging a Language Barrier
These three events used bilingual staffers to make international guests feel at home. by Lisa Cericola

Cristophe Carrere made sure the models looked (and spoke) French at the Longchamp event.
Get Them Talking To drum up excitement for the 2006 FIFA World Cup, Franz Beckenbauer, president of the FIFA organization committee, went on a worldwide welcome tour, visiting eight countries in 11 days, including a stop at Gotham Hall last February. The guest list for the New York event was almost as global as the tour itself, so FIFA organizers and destination management company New World Travel asked Elizabeth Frank of Eye5 to handpick models fluent in German, Spanish, French, and Hebrew to work the party. “In international social situations, understanding cultural differences is just as important as knowing the language,” Frank says. “Because the models were not only checking people in and directing them around the event but also socializing with international guests, we only chose models native to another country or who had traveled extensively.” Most of the V.I.P. guests were German, so Frank assigned two German-speaking staffers to serve as their personal hosts. The models translated conversations, mingled, and helped the guests feel comfortable speaking their native language. The German-speaking staffers also proved helpful before and after the event, by translating emails for Frank and interpreting conversations with FIFA organizers.Global Greeting For the opening of Longchamp’s New York flagship store in SoHo in May 2006, the Paris-based clothing retailer wanted sophisticated French flair, right down to the people working the door. Christophe Carrere (pictured), creative director of Reflexgroup, which produced the event, had eight staffers from Soza Models brush up on their conversational French so they could greet guests (including Longchamp president and C.E.O. Philippe Cassegrain and celebrities such as Susan Sarandon and Lucy Liu) on their way into the store. “It was a great success,” Reflexgroup production manager Carine Bauvey said. “The models only had to speak a few basic phrases, but it gave the event a French touch and added a sense of refinement.”Add Cultural Flavor The Brazilian Gastronomic Food Festival, which markets Brazilian food products to U.S. consumers, drew about 30 Brazilian manufacturers to the Time Hotel in December 2005. To bridge the Portuguese-English language gap, event planner Maria Benvenuti of Benvenuti Public Relations recruited a wide variety of Portuguese-speaking staffers, including document translators, interpreters, and entertainers. Although the Brazilian-born Benvenuti has hired Portuguese-speaking musicians and servers to work at events in the past, she says that New York’s Brazilian consulate was one of her most valuable resources for staffing. “The Brazilian consulate—or any country’s consulate—will provide a list of interpreters who can speak the language you need,” Benvenuti said. “Within the consulate, the Brazilian cultural attaché put me in touch with Brazilian dignitaries and people who do business in Brazil, which helped with the guest list.” The highlight of the weeklong event was a press dinner, where guests dined on a multicourse menu featuring all the Brazilian products. To accommodate both English and Portuguese speakers, Benvenuti hired bilingual servers, interpreters who translated a PowerPoint presentation, and a Brazilian band, which played while everyone dined.
Article from BizBash: http://www.bizbash.com/content/editorial/e7124.php
LET'S GET OUT OF THIS COUNTRY!
Woohoo! Camera Obscura is coming to NY again! I missed them last time they were here for a show at Knitting Factory but I hope I don't miss the show again. They are one of my fav bands of the Spanish record label, Elefant Records, and I'm fiending for a live show.

Monday, December 18, 2006

Hey Bunkers Fans!

Now you can request "Llueve sobre la ciudad" by Los Bunkers on XM Radio via email.



Viva
[Latin Pop Hits]
Channel 91
viva@xmradio.com


U-Pop
[Inernational Hits]
Channel 29
upop@xmradio.com


The Verge
[Emerging Artists]
Channel 52
theverge@xmradio.com


Ethel
[New Alternative]
Channel 47
ethel@xmradio.com
A Mexican indie rocker and a studio technician from Nashville plan to create the new sound of Mexican pop music.

LAST October a quiet and unassuming 26-year-old musician from Mexico arrived at Nashville International Airport to meet an American record producer he had known only through a few e-mail messages and a phone conversation. Neither had any idea what the other looked like.

Multimedia'Completamente' by Chetes (mp3)
'El Sonido de Tu Voz' by Chetes (mp3)
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The musician was Gerardo Garza, the floppy-haired, dirty-blonde It Boy of the alternative rock scene in Monterrey, Mexico, who goes by his lifelong nickname, Chetes. (It’s Spanish shorthand for “cheeks”; Mr. Garza’s are noticeably pale and round.) The producer was Ken Coomer, a Nashville studio whiz who played drums for the new-school Americanists Wilco and Uncle Tupelo, two bands Mr. Garza had only recently heard.

The plan for the next month was simple, if not somewhat comical: the two would hole up in a studio with local musicians and technicians — none of whom spoke a word of Spanish — and create the new sound of Mexican pop music. [read the whole article here]

Saturday, December 16, 2006

WOOHOO! Feel free to take this banner and add it to your websites, blogs, myspace pages:)
XOXO Amylu



Friday, December 15, 2006

I love when my readers write me. I love when they share what other music they are listening to so I learn more!!! This is a post from my last blog entry about Xmas music...


Wow, dancing babies definitely means a successful gig!
I have mixed freelings about Xmas music. My workplace has been playing this goddawful satellite radio "holidays" programming, and it sounds like Satan himself picked the songs -- Nothing soulful, or kitchy, rockin' or quirky or fun, no Bing or even Nat "King" Cole -- just whitebread horse shit pablum that you could imagine even senior citizens in old age homes complaining that it's too damn boring and awful & makes them lose the will to live.
On the other hand, there's all this wonderful & cool stuff out there -- seems like every singer & group put out at least one Xmas 45 back in the day. I play that Augie Rios song every single year! Luv it. Believe me, I could go on and on about the great (mostly older) Xmas songs I really enjoy.
I need to get my hands on that Petty Booka Xmas release -- I love them! They recently got on myspace (finally!) & you can hear their Xmas songs on their site. Also I think "petty booka-loo" is a GREAT song! Some might be sad they put down their uke's, but the song has this great '60's "mod" feel to it and it really rocks out -- you can find the original video for the song on Youtube, it's really cool.
that's it for me -- feliz navidad from florida!

Thursday, December 14, 2006

Christmas comes only once a year...

I wrote a super long blog entry about Christmas music and how I luv it and then my computer crashed and I didn't get to save what I wrote. So, yeah, I love Christmas music and it makes me happy:) I love hot coca with mini marshmallows and decorating the tree with lights and sparkly things! I love the classics of oldies xmas songs along with the non traditional ones like Merry Christmas (I dont' want to Fight Tonight) by the Ramones and Christmas Wrapping by the Waitresses.

Last Saturday morning, I guest djed at the Bust magazine Craftacular at Warsaw and I dared to play xmas music. I decided to take a chance and see what would happen to the shoppers. Well, I was pretty please with my choice because the whole crowd light up like a frickin' christmas tree! They were smiling and bouncing on their toes and singing along to the songs. Little babies were dancing on stage in front on me too, haha! I posted my whole xmas set all in order before my computer crashed so now I've only listed some songs that are all out of order...

Songs I spun at the BUST magazine Craftacular
Christmas Dont' be Late - The Chipmunks
Merry Christmas (I don't want to Fight Tonight)
Christmas Wrapping - The Waitresses
Winter Wonderland - Bing Crosby
Rockin' Are the Christmas Tree - Brenda Lee
I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus - Jackson 5
Nuttin' for Christmas - Barry Gordon
Jingle Belly Rock - Bobby Helms
Feliz Navidad - Moderatto (originally by Jose Feliciano)
Mamacita, donde esta Santa Claus? - Augie Rios

Since we're on the subject of xmas songs there is one created by world famous Ukulelel-playing Chorus duo, Petty and Booka from Tokyo (on the label BENTEN from Tokyo).


1. Christmas Coming (Traditional)
2. Christmas Island (Lyle Moraine)
3. Christmas in Prison (John Prine)
4.I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus (tommie Connor)
5. My Two Front Teeth (Don Gardner)
6. Colorado Christmas (Steve Goodman)
7. Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer (Johnny Marks)
8. Mele Kalikimaka (R. Alex Anderson)
9. Jingle Bells (Traditional)

You can see more of their discography here. Just a little tid bit: Their first origila song "Petty Booka Loo" was made by Keitaro Takanami from ex: Piccicato Five.
*Noel vengeance*
Lio, the talented europop "lolita" from Europe has a new song posted on myspace (available to download for free). The song is called "Noel (christmas)" by Jacques Duvall and Jay Alanski. It was the "Zip a doo wah" b. side, from 1983. "Noel" is about Lio getting dumped the day before xmas, but she takes her revenge and offers him a last present: "Un éternel joyeux noel" (An eternal merry Christmas). Enjoy!!

Lio on myspace

Tuesday, December 12, 2006

A word from Elefant Records...

NEW FEATURES ON OUR PAGE / NOVEDADES EN NUESTRA PÁGINA
1 - ENGLISH
2 - ESPAÑOL

1 - Since we started Elefant Records page on Myspace (only half an year ago), thousands of people have added us or have joined our growing list of virtual friends. There is no single day that we don't have more and more people getting interested on the label and its artists, and we want to react to this interest with a special care for all our visitors and friends.

This is why we have renewed once more the page's contents:
* we have added two new songs "Un día de furia" by COOPER and "Tu perrito librepensador" by SINGLE so everyone can listen to them whilst surfing the net. Along with them, we keep for the moment on our player "Let's get out of this country" by CAMERA OBSCURA and "Una cosa o dos", the advance from the next album by LA CASA AZUL.

We have also uploaded the four new videoclips by our bands: by clicking on http://www.myspace.com/elefantrecords you can watch right now the new videoclips by CAMERA OBSCURA ("If looks could kill"), SINGLE ("Tu perrito librepensador"), MIRAFIORI ("Agujeros en la arena") and COOPER ("Un día de furia"). Come up and visit our space! www.elefant.com
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2 - Desde que abrimos la página de Elefant Records en Myspace (hace tan sólo medio año), miles de personas nos han agregado o se han unido a nuestro listado de amigos virtuales. No pasa ningún día sin que más y más gente se interese por el sello y por nuestros artistas, y nosotros queremos responder a ese interés con un cuidado especial para todos nuestros amigos y visitantes.

Es por ello que hemos renovado una vez más los contenidos de la página: hemos añadido dos nuevas canciones "Un día de furia" de COOPER, y "Tu perrito librepensador" de SINGLE para que todo el mundo pueda escucharlas mientras navega por la red. Junto a ellas, mantenemos por el momento el "Let's get out of this country" de CAMERA OBSCURA y "Una cosa o dos", el apetitoso avance del próximo disco de LA CASA AZUL.

También hemos colgado los cuatro nuevos vídeos que han realizado nuestros grupos: pinchando en http://www.myspace.com/elefantrecords puedes ver desde ya mismo los nuevos videoclips de CAMERA OBSCURA ("If looks could kill"), SINGLE ("Tu perrito librepensador"), MIRAFIORI ("Agujeros en la arena") y COOPER ("Un día de furia"). ¡Ven a verlos y visita nuestro espacio en la red!

Ah, the rad people at Minty Fresh Records saw my post about Prototypes and suggested I direct you all to their website for a special treat! They are giving away some free music of Prototypes for a little while at mintyfresh.com. Just go to the section that says Stimulie - Free mp3s. They are planning on doing a US tour starting in March so keep any eye out for their shows. I know I definitely will...

xo Amylu

Fresa Slavaje!!!
Wednesday, December 13th
Miercoles 13 de Diciembre
9 pm at Lucky Cat
245 Grand [entre Driggs y Roebling]
williamsburg, Brooklyn
L to Bedford
Free!!

Sunday, December 10, 2006

Last night I went to Perla's house for a party where the playlist consisted of a mix between 80's American hits along with Spanish and Mexican hits from the 80's, 70's, 60's, etc. It was so much fun but oh does my head hurt from all that tequila! Halfway through the night we noticed that Gael Garcia was at the party and danced his heart out all night. He's just as handsome in person as he is in the movies, haha... Perla did some fun lip sync performances while standing up on her couch with a mic in her hand that was attached to a mini boom box. Too bad Gael didn't do one himself like in the movie La Mala Educacion!

Today I'd like to introduce you to two of the cutest anime videos from Japan. One is about eggs and one is about bread. They are so fun and cute you'll just want to eat em' up, haha! Just watch em' and you'll see what I'm talking about.



Saturday, December 09, 2006

So I keep seeing this iPod shuffle commercial on TV that just makes me so happy every time I see it cause the song for the whole commercial is in FRENCH! Actually, it's in English and French but it makes me happy every time! This is what Me, Melody Nelson, Sheila B, and Andy Shaw have been doing for over a year now at our party, Le One Night Stand. Getting the word out about the goodies (old and new) of foreign music!

I searched and searched for the band that sang in the iPod song and where did I end up finding the name? I just happened to read the lovely Melody Nelson's blog and she too was ranting about them! The group is call the Prototypes and apparently they are France's up and coming electro-pop band. Check out the Prototypes on myspace here: prototypes

I recommend you go download some Prototypes, Yelle, Terry Poison, and Pr4vd4 this weekend and dance your heart out:)


Links:
Yelle on myspace
Terry Poison on myspace
Pr4vd4 on myspace

Friday, December 08, 2006

Gil (Kinky) @ Nacotheque - Kinky Afterparty


Zemmoa - Fashion Victims @ Nacotheque vs Fresa Salvaje


La Prohibida - Amor Electrico @ Nacotheque vs Fresa Salvaje


Fresa Salvaje presenta su Posada Navideña!

Miércoles Diciembre 13 a las 9 PM
Wednesday December 13th at 9 PM

Beats Latinos electrónicos, Mambos, Cumbias, Rancheras, Pop, New Wave,
Sonideras y la música más nueva de México y sus alrededores.....

Presentando a Sonido Discoyoacan
El cuero de Brooklyn DJ PAPICHULO
e invitado sorpresa!
visuales por: Juan Luna-Avin

Lucky Cat 245 Grand ST [entre Driggs y Roebling]
Williamsburg Brooklyn
L to Bedford/ J,M,Z to Marcy
Free!

Pasen la voz!!!! Visit Fresa Slavaje on myspace

Estaremos regalando playeras de NACO [usanaco.com] y bolsas de mercado de Fresa Salvaje!! para los mejores portados/as.

Monday, December 04, 2006

There's a new demo song from Paul Avion, "Stand Up, Be a Man."

It's a free download. Hope you enjoy it!

"Stand Up, Be a Man" (demo) - MP3

Friday, December 01, 2006


I know this has nothing to do with music directly, but I think this would totally be the bestest thing would especially be cool for gals who go to outdoor shows with only those nasty porta-potties for bathrooms.Women can finally stand up to pee! haha:) Read this, it's silly...

Tuesday, November 28, 2006


LET'S CELEBRATE NEXT WEDNESDAY @ THE NYREMEZCLA.COM LAUNCH PARTY!!

Tuesday, November 21, 2006

So light and fluffy like a fluffernutter samich with a cold glass of 1 percent milk, Pop Music United EP by Paul Avion is so lovely it has you on a cloud of happiness! Full of indie pop sweetness and light hearted lyrics, Paul Avion makes you smile while singing of pop music, walking dogs on Sunset, and just the plain wonders that we all day dream about when we should be thinking about other things...

I can't remember if Paul found me or I found him on myspace about a year ago or so but we've kept in touch ever since. I first became a fan after hearing his song Pop Music United #1 and couldn't wait for the rest of the album to come out. Well ladies and gents...The EP is finally here and ready for purchase, download, and song selection to your myspace profiles! My favorite song is still Pop Music United #1 (the electronic version), but Yes, I Wonder and Stand-In, are equally as nice.

Paul has been super nice allowing you to get a taste of his songs with four free mp3 samples to downloads of his songs Pop Music United #2, Yes, I Wonder, Story of Life, and Stand-In --> download here! You can also preview full tracks on his myspace page here.

A music video for Pop Music United II is in progress by Brash Music Videos and I can't wait to see the final results!

Tuesday, November 14, 2006

FRIDAY-NOV 17! LE ONE NIGHT STAND IS AT IT AGAIN!!!




Friday November 17, 2006 * 10 pm

Bar 13 * 35 East 13th Street (@ University Place) * NYC
$1 to party all night long!

Special Guest DJ: Tim V (Producer of Monsieur Gainsbourg Revisited)
Melody Nelson (Melody Nelson.com + Calling All Kids)
Sheila B. (Cha Cha Charming)
Josh Styles (Smashed! Blocked!)
Amylulita (Shaw Promotion + Nacotheque)

Guest DJ sets also by: DJ Lexcellent + Jordan Silver

Complimentary cocktails courtesy of Fernet Branca from 10 pm - 11 pm
Plus go-go gals + Monsieur Gainsbourg Revisited giveaways!

Hosted By Andy Shaw * Amylu * Sheila B. * Melody Nelson

For more info, please visit Le One Night Stand

Friday, November 03, 2006



WOOHOOO!!!! XOXO

Sunday, October 22, 2006

So, it seems that Nacotheque has been doing one-offs for almost a year now. All very successful, all so much fun, but honestly, we'd love to find a bi-weekly weekend club that we could call home...We're still searching and we're sure something will fit soon. Until then come party with us once again this coming Friday night @ Delancey (downstairs)! We've got a great show, featuring Latina drag queens, Zemmoa, from Mexico Shitty and La Prohibida, from Madrid, Spain!



Flashion Victims
Friday, Oct. 27th!!!!
The Delancey (downstairs)
168 Delancey Street
11pm-4am
$10 at the door
Open bar 11pm-12am
Directions:
F to Delancey Street station
J to Essex Street station


Zemmoa

La Prohibida

Thursday, October 19, 2006



Special one-off showcase/dance party presented by...
NACOTHEQUE + NYREMEZCLA.COM (formerly NYMosaico.com)
Friday, October 20th

Club Mundial
505 East 12th (btn ave a & b)
10pm-4am
FREE
21+ w/ ID

LIVE PERFORMANCE by ALEX LUG, a staple within the new Mexican electro movement!

DJS: Marcelo Cunning, Clauruxx, Amylulita

PLUS!! The official Atercipoelados cd release party!

LINKS:
Nacotheque.com
myspace.com/alexlug

DIRECTIONS:
F - to 14th Street/6th Ave. Walk to Ave A and 12th Street. Or
transfer to the L train and get off at 1st Ave stop.
L - to 1st Ave stop and exit near intersection of East 14th Street and
1st Ave. Turn right onto Stuyvesant Loop S, turn right onto Ave A,
turn left on 12th St.

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SUPER SPECIAL FIESTA OCTOBER 27TH!
FLASHION VICTIMS

w/ live performances by Zemmoa (Mexico) y La Prohibida (Madrid)!!!

Wednesday, October 18, 2006



THE REAL STORY OF THE SUPERHEROES
by Dulce Pinzon
Curated by Cecilia Jurado

October 20th to November 12th
Opening reception: October 19th 6 to 9 pm
Location: 32-70 85 Street (corner w/ North Boulevard)
Jackson Heights, New York
Directions: 7 Train to 82nd St. - Roosevelt Ave.

Y Gallery and Augusto Yayiko are pleased to present the work of Mexican artist Dulce Pinzon, "The real story of the superheroes", a group of 15 photographs of Mexican immigrants dressed in the costumes of popular American and Mexican superheroes.

Dulce Pinzon reflects: After September 11, the notion of the Superhero began to rear its head in the public consciousness more and more frequently. The notion served a necessity in a time of national and global crisis to acknowledge those who showed extraordinary courage or determination in the face of danger, sometimes even sacrificing their lives in an attempt to save others. However, in the whirlwind of journalism surrounding these deservedly front-page disasters and emergencies, it is easy to take for granted the heroes who sacrifice immeasurable life and labor in their day to day lives for the good of others, but do so in a somewhat less spectacular setting.

The Mexican immigrant worker in New York is a perfect example of the hero who has gone unnoticed. It?s a common for a Mexican worker in New York to work extraordinary hours in extreme for very low wages which are saved at great cost and sacrifice and sent to families and communities in Mexico who rely on them to survive.

In "The Real Story of the Super Heroes" series the artist makes a homage to all these people who work very hard every day for many others, including us. As well as she opens a question: who is the protagonist of our stories?.

Dulce Pinzón was born in Mexico City in 1974. She studied Mass Media Communications at the Universidad de Las Americas in Puebla Mexico and Photography at Indiana University in Pennsylvania. In 1995 she moved to New York where she studied at The International Center of Photography. Her work has been exhibited in Mexico, the US, Australia, Argentina and Europe. Articles about her work have been published in different media such The New York Times, The Washington Post, Daily News, The Texas Observer, The Village Voice, Art News, American Photo.

In 2002 Dulce won the prestigious Jovenes Creadores grant for her work. She won an Honorific Mention in the Santa Fe project competition 2006 with "The Real Story of the Superheroes" series. Dulce is a 2006 fellow in Photography from the New York Foundation for the Arts. She currently resides in Brooklyn. *Fomenting the dialogue among other areas of the city Y Gallery stimulates the process of decentralization of the art galleries and institutions in New York.

For further information please contact:
Cecilia Jurado at 718 565 6285 or ygallery.newyork@yahoo.com

Sunday, October 15, 2006

A VERY BUSY MONTH...:)



Thursday, October 12, 2006

I loved the heading that the writers for thetripwire.com gave me for my live review of Maria Daniela's show in NYC. Let me know what you think of it;) xo

Live - Maria Daniela y Su Sonido Lasser @ East River Bar | NYC
Our resident foreign language hipster hottie Amylu has a new must-hear band for you.





Somewhere on a rooftop in Mexico City, a cute girl poses for a photo dressed in a black jumpsuit dress, pink and black stripped leg warmers and an old school pair of Adidas roller sneakers. Fast forward to May of 2006: this picture was my very first introduction to an electropop group called Maria Daniela y Su Sonido Lasser, from Mexico City. Little did I know that five months later I'd get to witness a live performance in New York City.



After being in other projects such as the famous Mexican electronic group, Titán, Emilio Acevedo created Sonido Lasser Drakar in 2001. While exploring new music and in search of new talent he came upon the lovely Maria Daniela and he asked her to join. Starting in 2003, with a cover of Aerolineas Federales "No Me Beses en los Labios" (Don't Kiss Me on the Lips), and then created the song "Super Vacaciones" (Super Vacations).


The duo then recorded the song "Miedo" (Fear), which originally came from a electrocumbia sampler from Sonido Lasser Drakar. Like many bands, including Cansei de ser Sexy (CSS), the group gained much success due to blogs and Myspace. Now working together under the full name Maria Daniela y su Sonido Lasser (Mari Dani for short), they toured on the "World Domination Tour" of the Mexican record label, Nuevos Ricos (New Rich), throughout Europe and the United States. Since then, they have continued to create an eclectic slew of Electronica songs and in 2005, they released their first, self titled, LP.



What's so special about this group compared to the rest of the electropop that comes out of the U.S.? Well for one thing, all the songs are sung in Spanish. For another, there's a slight twist on what you might expect electropop to sound like coming from a couple of Latinos from Mexico City. There's no crazy sparkle makeup or lavish costumes with go go dancers. And it's not just the two of them on stage standing motionless in front of a laptop pushing buttons. Emilio has an intricate set of electronic drums and a bunch of other stuff I can't pronounce, while Maria stands in front of him singing and dancing with her own sort of dance moves. Nothing over the top, no crowd surfing or break dancing, but she's got something about her dance moves that are subtle but effective. Just a few swirling wrist movements with her arms up high over her head while marching in place and a childlike smile on her face. Also, unlike most stereotypical electropop, Mari Dani have created music for people who like to dance like punk rawkers. You know, jumping around in pogo-like excitement and shaking your fists in the air while flashing your middle fingers. To try and define their music to an American reader, I'd say Mari Dani have created an electropop with a sound that invigorates the current high energy scene music in Mexico as well as a mix of Latin/Cumbia drum beats with fun and sometimes crude lyrics. The song "Fiesta de Cumpleanos", lyrics translation: "My life, is worth nothing. Without the barbie look, I'm just a secretary. With my friends and other clowns I will celebrate my birthday with cookies and coffee and cake." Another song "Miedo" (Fear), lyrics translation: "I am very drunk and that aspirin I think it was an acid tab. With colored lights and smoke in my eyes." Depending on the listener, the lyrics may or may not be understood, but nonetheless, the music is very energetic and playful for everyone to enjoy.

The show in NYC was put on by Fresa Salvaje Productions, a Latin alternative party created by Dulce Pinzon and DJ Papichulo, at East River Bar in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. The party started at 9pm and by 11pm the club was packed wall to wall with a crowd of scenesters, both Latinos and Anglos, breaking the language barriers. Just like DeeLite once said in an interview with MTV News, "Music is an international language". Two people told me they found out about the show that very night around 9pm through a Myspace post and automatically changed their plans. They said they had found out about Mari Dani through Myspace about a year ago and had been listening to the group since. By 1am Mari Dani finally made their highly anticipated appearance and opened by thanking Fresa Salvaje for bringing them to NYC. They started with the song, "El Tuviera no Existe" (It Had Not Existed), to be followed by "Chicle de Menta" (Mint gum), "Fiesta de Cumpleaños" (Birthday Party), "Miedo" (Fear), and "Mentiras" (Lies-a cover of Mexican pop icon, Daniela Romo).

Throughout the show, Maria and Emilio were so in synch and performed without a pause in between songs, one song faster than the last. With an accelerating pace, the crowd got really into it with fists flying in the air, jumping up and down and twirling around in circles while drunkenly falling on top of each other and laughing. By the end of show everyone was covered in sweat like they had just come from a heavy rain fall outside.

Mari Dani recently performed at the Vive Latino Music Festival in Mexico and with Los Angeles Kitchpop band, Los Super Elegantes, who recently played the Starbucks Salon in NYC.

You can see mas party fotos at metro212.com and here

Maria Daniela y Su Sonido Lasser

By Amylu Meneses

Saturday, October 07, 2006

Gritos en el Pasillo

Nuts from everywhere! My friend from Madrid, Gonzalo Navas, was the voice for a movie called “Gritos en el pasillo” (English workingtittle “Going Nut”). I´m happy and proud to announce the end of the three long years of production of a lot of effort, a lot of heart and a little money the finished product of this animation film! The film is a story about a painter who was hired to create some light and color to the walls of a creepy sanitarium while trying to keep his own sanity as the task goes on!
More news coming soon.
TONIGHT, TONIGHT IS FRESA SALVAJE'S SPECIAL SHOW W/ MARIA DANIELA!!!! You gotta go see her before she's gone, seriously. This will blow you away!!! Maria is going on at midnight!! Details below...

FRESA SALVAJE: MARIA DANIELA y su SONIDO LASSER
Hosts: Sector Monobichi, La Tirana del Amor, Sonido Discoyoacan
DJ: PAPICHULO
October 7th
10 pm
$10
East River Bar
Williamsburg Brooklyn


Wednesday, October 04, 2006


Ok, ok so the new job is taking some time to get used to but I WILL be back in full force when I get used to the system. But for now, I wanna tell you about this fucking awesome show this Saturday night put on my lovely friends at Fresa Salvaje, Dulce Pinzon and DJ Papichulo. The show will be for the famous underground performer from Mexico Shitty, Maria Daniela y su Sonido Lasser!!!! If you didn't read my blog entry back in May '06 about her, she's an electro/cumbia artist on Mexican indie record label, Nuevos Ricos. This will be her very first time to perform live in NYC so get your stinkin' culo over to East River Bar and shake it!!!!

Links:
Fresa Salvaje on myspace
Maria Daniela on myspace
Nuevos Ricos website

FRESA SALVAJE: MARIA DANIELA y su SONIDO LASSER. con Sector Monobichi, La Tirana del Amor, Sonido Discoyoacan and the one and only DJ PAPICHULO!! October 7th @ 10 pm. East River Bar in Williamsburg Brooklyn.

Wednesday, September 27, 2006

I've been away from my friends, my blog, and myspace...but for a good reason. I got a new job!! Coordinating events for a pretty cool publishing company, powerHouse Books. I miss my friends at Cornerstone and I miss having a laptop to dj with, haha. Ultimately, when I get myself situated at the new job I won't be staying at work til 10pm every night:/ Ya, I've been going into work at 9:30am and getting home around 10:25pm...
Anyway, come out and party with me this Saturday night at Nacotheque and help me remember what it's like to have fun!
xo Amylu

Tuesday, September 12, 2006

EL ESPÍRITU DE LA PROHIBIDA

This is such a funny promotion-like video for La Prohibida's album...


NACOTHEQUE
Thursday, Sept 14th

Route 85A
85 Avenue A, Mahattan
10pm-4am
FREE
21+ w/ ID

LINKS:
Nacotheque.com
route85a.com

DIRECTIONS:
F - Take the F train to Second Avenue, use 1st Avenue/Houston exit. Walk North on 1st Avenue for four blocks. Take a right onto 4th Street. Walk East for one block. This should put you on Avenue A. Take a left on A, go two more blocks. We are on the West side of Avenue A, between 5th and 6th Street.

Monday, September 11, 2006

MY ARTICLE IN THE TRIPEWIRE NEWS (LINK HERE)

Live - Los Super Elegantes @ Starbucks Salon | NYC

On Sunday, September 10th a unique punk-mariachi-hip-pop group from Los Angeles (via Tijuana and Buenos Aires), Los Super Elegantes, performed in NYC. They were the exclusive act for the evening at the Starbucks Salon (other performers include Jose Gonzalez & Lansing Dreiden). The Salon was set in Soho on Greene Street in a rented out store front with Starbucks colors painted in swirl designs all over the walls. A coffee kiosk sold cups of hot coffee in ceramic mugs while Starbucks baristas passed out shots of new coffee samples.

I had never seen Los Super Elegantes live and I was excited to see a full house from the beginning to end of their set. Milena Muzquiz was wearing a short, black, baby doll dress and a black crop sweater. Martiniano Lopez-Crozet dressed in all black with a Torero-like look (bullfighter) from the waist down with knee high socks and tight black pants.

Their live performance was amusing and expectedly, very kitch... perfect for a Sunday evening show with comfy benches and coffee. But don't think they didn't pop the roof off just because people were sitting down! The band bopped along gleefully with Kenny on bass, Dave on drums, Ben on guitar and Mike on trumpet. People bounced up and down in their seats and others were dancing in the isles while singing along to every song. They performed all my favorites, "Je Suis Bien," "Por Que Te Vas," "Dance" (ESG cover), and "Sixteen."

Favorites of David Byrne and featured in Index and The FADER, Los Super Elegantes have played with Beck and recently performed in Mexico with underground electropop/cumbia artist, Maria Daniela y su Sonido Lasser (performing in NYC Oct. 7th), are working on a new album to be released in 2007. Their album, Channelizing Paradise, is available to purchase at Amoeba Records in Hollywood, Sea Level Records in Echo Park and online through iTunes, Napster, and Aquarius Records.

Los Super Elegantes (official site)
MySpace
Starbucks Salon

Friday, September 08, 2006

Online radio programs rule!
OMG! I found the best website that will help me educate my readers on the music I write about!!! It's called Radio.Blog.Club.com (check it out here). From now on I will be able to blog songs of the artists I write about;) woohoo!

Click my jukebox to listen to amyluinluv radio!

Thursday, September 07, 2006

DOLLS IN DEUTSCHLAND - Sixties girl-pop in Germany

My darling friend, Sheila B. from Cha Cha Charming recently sent me an email with the latest scoop on girl-pop. She included an article about dozens of girls who made it big in '60s Germany and I thought it was only fitting to share it with you all.

xo Amylu
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Dolls In Deutschland

Sixties girl-pop in Germany

In the early '60s, Germany was still trying to come to terms with its past. The division of the country into capitalist West and communist East cut deep into the national psyche, and musically, Germany was no less torn. The almighty European beat boom turned German teens off their country's pop fluff, thus setting the battleground for foreign versus domestic. But German record companies refused to hear the call for something more hip, and continued to force-feed schmaltzy, high camp fare to their artists. Girl singers, traditionally consigned to a diet of stolen kisses, salty tears, and song contests, found it particularly difficult to pass through the German music industry's Checkpoint Charlie. Very few were granted access to the catalogue of cool. For the majority, Schlager (hits)—the kind of low-grade pop lite that gave German music a bad name—was their domain, whether they liked it or not.

But Deutschmark-filled pockets eventually changed hard German minds. When a post-war economic miracle gave Germans greater spending power over their neighbors, international travel became de rigueur for the country's newly wealthy residents, and international influence on Germany's pop culture was inevitable. Themes of love and adventure in foreign climes dominated German lyrics, demonstrating the strength of Germans' musical wanderlust. For a country low on national pride, foreign was fab. Click here to read more


Wednesday, September 06, 2006



NACOTHEQUE goes to Williamsburg!
Record release party for Kinky's new album "Reina"
Saturday, Sept 9th

The Lucky Cat
245 Grand Street (between Driggs & Roebling)
11pm-4am
FREE
21+ w/ ID

GUEST DJ: Papichulo (Fresa Salvaje)
RESIDENT DJS: Marcelo Cunning & Amylulita

LIVE PERFORMANCE BY: Psychedelic rockers Psiconautas from Puerto Rico!

FREE KINKY giveaways to celebrate their new album release, REINA!

LINKS:
Nacotheque
The Lucky Cat
KINKY
Psiconautas

DIRECTIONS:
L - Bedford Ave. Turn left on Bedford Ave. and walk south until you
hit Grand St. Turn left on Grand and it's one and a half blocks on
your left.

G - Lorimer / Metropolitan Turn left on Metropolitan Ave. and walk 4
blocks until Roebling. Turn left on Roebling and then right on Grand
St.

Saturday, September 02, 2006

I'M HOSTING RATED X TONIGHT!! CONTACT ME FOR GUESTLIST @ amylunyc@gmail.com






Lets celebrate tonight!
xoxo

Rated X Link here
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Rated X @ Luke and Leroy's
21 7th Ave South and Leroy St.
DOORS @10PM
21 to Booze/ID A Must!
Mention Shaw Promotion for $5 reduced admission ALL NIGHT!
RSVP@ShawPromotion.com for your comp admission!

theo and michael t present:
RATED X - THE PANTY PARTY
Complimentary drinks provided by X Rated Vodka FROM 10-11
2 4 1 Mixed Drinks & Domestic beer
all nite...only for pant checkers!
2 4 1 mixed drinks & domestic beer
plus, $3 kamikazie shots for everyone btwn 3-4!

MC Peppermint Gummybear and the infamous
HOT BODY CONTEST

2am $100 Grand Prize

Guest DJ's are On the mainfloor:
dj alex malfunction
(trash) ground floor:DJ'S Cobra and Kim Ann!

Thursday, August 31, 2006



Nublu: Brooklyn
Sunday, September 3rd on the Gowanus Canal

with Kudu, Love Trio, Forro in the Dark, I Led 3 Lives, Karina, and the
Nublu Orchestra conducted by Butch Morris

and DJs Probus, Justin Carter, Hardedge and In Flagranti

Nublu transports the larger part of its Avenue C family to Brooklyn for an outdoor Labor Day party right on the Gowanus Canal. Kudu blows up the stage with their big bass. Love Trio – featuring Jesse Murphy from Brazilian Girls, Ilhan Ersahin from Wax Poetic and Kenny Wollesen – powers through driving dance-jazz. Forro in the Dark, whose November album will feature David Byrne, Bebel Gilberto, and Miho Hatori, bounces everyone into the water with their modern Brazilian dance music. I Led 3 Lives, featuring legendary bass player Juini Booth, obscures everyone with mysterious meanderings; Karina, vocalist for Thievery Corporation, turns the whole thing into a Brazilian playground; and Butch Morris leads the Nublu Orchestra in a jaw-dropping session of conducted experimentation. DJs Probus, Justin Carter, Hardedge, and In Flagranti drop sounds both hard and soft before after and in between bands.

It’s going to be a very nice day.

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The vitals.
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address 400 Carroll St. btw Bond and Nevin in Brooklyn
date Sunday, September 3rd
time 2p – 9p
price $10 in advance at http://www.ticketweb.com, Nublu and Nublu
Records
website http://www.nublu.net

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The music.
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Kudu
Butch Morris
Forro in the Dark
Karina
In Flagranti
Hardedge

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And the most important information of all.
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YOU CAN ONLY BUY TICKETS IN ADVANCE. NO TICKETS AT THE DOOR!

advance tickets available
at TicketWeb 24 Hours a Day: BUY HERE
at Nublu (62 Ave C btw 4th and 5th) from 9p to 2a, 7 days a week
and at Nublu Records (56 Ave C btw 4th and 5th) from 11a to 6p, M – F

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Again., because it’s that important.
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YOU CAN ONLY BUY TICKETS IN ADVANCE. NO TICKETS AT THE DOOR!
advance tickets available
at TicketWeb 24 Hours a Day: BUY HERE
at Nublu (62 Ave C btw 4th and 5th) from 9p to 2a, 7 days a week
and at Nublu Records (56 Ave C btw 4th and 5th) from 11a to 6p, M – F

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Directions on a Subway.
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F or G Train to 'Carroll St' (fourth stop in Brooklyn from Manhattan).
Exit at front of train. Walk 2.5 blocks from stop down Carroll.

N or R Train to 'Union St.' Walk 3 blocks west on Union, make left onto
Nevins St., 2 blocks to Carroll St., turn right and walk over the
bridge.

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Directions in a car.
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From the Brooklyn Battery (toll) Tunnel, use a right-hand toll lane and take the next to the right lane after the tolls and take the "Exit Only" lane for Exit 26, Hamilton Avenue. Stay/bear left down the exit ramp and go left under the highway (Stay to the right of the suppers that divide the road!) where you will be facing/about to cross Hamilton Avenue. Clinton Street is diagonally to your left, between Hamilton on the hard left and Huntington to the right. Go into Clinton street and continue on Clinton through 4th, 3rd, 2nd and 1st Places to Carroll Street. Parking is not a problem.

From the Brooklyn, Williamsburg or Manhattan Bridges, Queens, or Long Island, head S/W on the Brooklyn/Queens Expressway (BQE/278), towards the Verrazano Bridge. Stay in the center lane until Exit 26 to avoid getting caught up in the left and right exits-only. It is then the
exact same exit and procedure as above because the BQE merges with the tunnel exit and the Gowanus Expressway just before that point.

Tuesday, August 29, 2006

E-motion Italian Graphics

A pretty Chicago gal named Lilly who subscribes to my blog, posted something on myspace that caught my eye. One, her subject line was "E-motion Italian Graphics" and seeing as my blog is about foreign languages and media revolving around it I clicked it. Then, she wrote "Italian-style. I don't speak the language, but it sounds really cool." and this ladies and gents is exactly what I hope to portray in my blog! That maybe most of you who read this don't speak any other language besides English but that you can still find the foreign language appealing and still be attracted to the artwork at hand.

The video of Italian Graphics she's referring to looks like a TV commercial from Italy.
Watch it and enjoy!


Monday, August 28, 2006

indie+groovy+new wave+jazz+exotic=Sweet Electra y Monareta!!

three day weekend in a week (yay!) and you've got plans whether you know it or not. (and now you know it)

the brand new (and most excellent) MONOLUNA PRODUCTIONS (add them to your friends!!!) present Sweet Electra (from Mexico) with special guests Monareta (NYC/Colombia) + DJs Marcelo Cunning and selector MONObIchI at the very cool Galapagos Art Space in Williamsburg.

'cause you know you're not going anywhere for labor day... and this is the party to be at. things kick off at 9pm and will be goin' on well into the wee hours of the morning.

$7, 21 and over. ahi nos vidrios.



monoluna@mac.com
MUSIC OF ANOTHER COLOR...
Mash-up djs are becoming all the rage to me in my amyluinluv book. First it was Bootie SF with the lovely dj duo, Adrian and the Mysterious D (the creators and masterminds behind Bootie), at a 2006 New Years party in San Fran. My boyfriend and I walked into a small room off the main ballroom to find oddly familiar but not sure kinda mix-up of music going on. We noticed the walls were covered in photocopies of half faces fused together like Eminem with Morrissey and Sid Vicious with Madonna. They now produce Bootie parties in San Fran, LA, and they will be producing a special Burning Man party in Black Rock City on Friday Sept. 1st. I fell in love with their creations and am now determined to make sure NYC gets a taste of the Bootie Mash-up duo and then a hunger for more!

Bootie Links:

Since then, A Plus D introduced me to another Mash-up dj from France, DJ Zebra. Zebra is also a musician and producer. He hosts the "Zebramix", a daily radio show on Oüi Fm. On Friday, Sept 8th he'll be spinning at Bootie SF at DNA Lounge. His most famous tracks : Soul desir" (Aretha Franklin vs. Noir desir), "Killing boombastic" (Shaggy / R.A.T.M.), "Are you gonna be my motherfucker?" (Prince / Jet) ou "Take me out saturday night" (Franz Ferdinand / Neimo). DJ Zebra released the "Dance to the underground" mix (on Labels / EMI, 2004) and did official remixs for -M-, Arno, Tetes Raides, Hoggboy, Neimo, La Phaze, Extra extra et Elevate Newton's Theory.

Zebra Links:
myspace
website

Bootie will be in NYC on Thurs, September 14th thru Sunday, Sept 17th. On Friday, Sept 15th they will be guest djing Trash at club Rififi (link here) More guest dj dates TBA!! NYC, DO NOT MISS THIS!

Friday, August 25, 2006


La Prohibida (Spain) remix by Marcelo Cunning (Nacotheque)!!!

Check it out. Escuchen porfa!
Click on my page and check out the Prohibida remix I just finished. Send feedback to let us know what you think! Listen to the original one here

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Acabo de terminar una remescla para La Prohibida. Escuchenla en la pagina. Escuchen la original aqui.

Thursday, August 24, 2006

Kinky, Una Linea de Luz Audio
(Review from FILTER magazine)

Mexican dancehall all-stars, Kinky are returning this fall with their third studio album, Reina, to be released September 5 on Nettwerk Records. Reina ("Queen") was recorded in Southern California where the band expected relaxation and sunshine but instead got floods and mudslides invading their studio. Ever the thrifty ones, the band fixed up their debris-laden instruments using duct tape, scraps of metal and even tree branches. The resulting album is an understandably eclectic bunch of tracks mixing rock, electronica, hip-hop, Latin rhythm and even the sounds of pots and pans.

Stream one of our favorite tracks from the album, Una Linea de Luz ("A Line of Light"), below and enter to win a copy of Reina here.


Windows Media
|"Una Linea de Luz"|

Real Audio
|"Una Linea de Luz"|

Wednesday, August 23, 2006



!!!LA EVENT ALERT!!!

Tuesday August 22nd
Dim Mak, The Cobra Snake, Puma, Filter Magazine, Jason Stewart, Svedka
Presents
CINESPACE TUESDAYS!!!
@ Cinespace (Hollywood and Ivar)

UFFIE LIVE!! STRAIGHT FROM FRANCE!!!!

!!!!!!FREE SVEDKA VODKA FROM 10-11PM!!!!!!!!!!!!

PICTURES BY MARK THE COBRASNAKE!!!!!!!

RESIDENT DJs:
DJ STEVE AOKI
DJ THEM JEANS

LIVE PERFORMANCES BY:
UFFIE
J*Davey
The Bonnie Stai

RSVP TO GET ON THE GUEST LIST--First 50 on the list get in for FREE!!! To be added to the guest list just send an email here partyline@dimmak.com

THIS SHIT WILL GET TO CAPACITY!! SHOW UP EARLY!!!

Tuesday, August 22, 2006

YELLE - ELECTRO POP FROM FRANCE!

I know, I know, NYC is tired of electropop but everywhere else in the world is still luvin' it and so am I! Today, I came upon a band from France called YELLE who are on Source etc. (EMI Records). This group consists of two people, the lovely Yelle, vocals and the GrandMarnier, production. Seems like that's the new fad these days for bands, having two or three members (i'm sure it's a lot less expensive to travel too, haha). Personally, I'm partial to female vocals and so, I am luving Yelle's voice on this bubble gum, electropop record!

Their debut EP, Je Veux Te Voir, comes out on august 28th (apparently it was supposed to come out a week earlier but the label had to push the date back). I have only heard the three songs on their myspace page and my favorite songs in order are "Je Veux Te Voir" and "Ce Jeu". Unfortunately, I only can read spanish so I have no idea what those song name are when they translate into English but AltaVista's Babel Fish Translation program says: "Please See" and "This Play". Hopefully, I'll get my hands on the full album soon and report back when I do;) For now, take a listen to their three songs on their myspace page and let me know what you think!!

xo

4 Track EP:
"Je veux te voir"
+ Disco D remix
+ club-club version
+ "Jogging" ... excluuusiiive!

Links:
A MESSAGE FROM CSS (ENGLISH AND PORTUGUESE!)
How cool is it that a band has to write their messages in english and portuguese?? So fuckin' cool!!!

CSS LINK

FWD'D MESSAGE FROM CSS (ENGLISH):
They are there for a while now, but it feels good to remind that we have an UK + Belgium tour on september, AND our second American Tour, with Ladytron, AND another European tour in November. We are excited as shit, Ok I said it.

The Tour with Diplo and Bonde was amazing. we really want to thank everyone that was in the gigs and made us feel like that was the best crowd ever, every night, over and over.
AND we have to admit our Love to Bonde and Diplo, They were the best Tour mates we could ever ask for.

We are indicated for Brazilian MTV music Awards. The Video is lets Make Love and Listen to Death From Above.
This video was made with lots love by director Cat Solen. (CSS true love) I would ask your vote if they didn't request to fill this huge form in portuguese. but if you really feel like doing it here is the link:
MTV LINK
We apreciate your paciance.

See you arround.
XOXOXOXOX
CSS

FWD'D MESSAGE FROM CSS (PORTUGUESE):
Oi!
A Turne Internacional continua por mais alguns meses. ainda não temos nenhuma data no Brasil, mas assim que aparecer alguma nós avisamos!

Fomos indicados para o VMB com o Clipe de Lets make Love and Listen death From Above. Estamos felizes com a indicação. O clipe foi dirigido com muito amor pela Cat Solen. (que tem um quartinho no nosso coração com uma cama grande, TV a cabo, internet e um monte de Nutella).
O link para quem quiser votar é:
MTV LINK
eles pedem pra preencher um formulario enorme, então agradecemos quem tiver paciencia.

XOXOXOXOX
CSS

Monday, August 21, 2006

ROCK ME AMATEUR!!! XoXa Monday TONITE @ Baraza



check it chicuelos: i'm spinning TONITE. you've missed us. you really miss XoXa... it's ok to admit it. and you really didn't party hard enough this weekend (unless you were hanging with me... buajajaja). so come on out to baraza for some rockpopelectronicacumbiaskaetc yumminess (en español, claro) courtesy of nuria et moi (aka DJs Lechuga & claruxxx) and friends. monday is the new saturday, after all.

so...

ROCK ME AMATEUR!!!!
XoXa is baaaackkkk!!! After having survived a birthday party, (wo)manning the NYCMosaico booth at the LAMC, braving the elements at the gazillion concerts these past three weeks, everyone's favorite plastic doll is ready (and with friends) for another edition of XoXa Mondays: Rock Me Amateur. DJs Lechuga and claruxxx tienen mucha música nueva que aún no ha salido a la venta, incluyendo BRAND NEW Los Amigos Invisibles, Zoé, Los Abandoned, Kinky, Chetes, Muchachito Bombo Infierno, etc.... para su deleite musical...

Monday August 21 @ Baraza: Avenue C between 8 and 9 Streets, East Village
10pm GRATIS

If you by any chance didn't make it to our NYCMosaico second year anniversary party, check out what you missed in our NYCMosaico fotogalería

Friday, August 18, 2006

Nancy's Rubias has a new song!

Remember that New York Dolls look-a-like band, Nancy's Rubias from Spain? I wrote about them back in April '06, read my review here.

Ya, well, they have a new song called "Barbie Debe Morir" (Barbie Must Die) and it's available for download on their myspace page! So go check it out and download it si le gusta:) I love the scratchy guitar riffs and the marching-like drums beats. This song has a bit of a commerical feel to it. I could totally see this on MTV, haha! Not a bad thing, that's great for Nancy's Rubias! I was waiting for them to come out with a new song for a while now;) Now, I just gotta get my ass back to Spain to see them live!

Thursday, August 17, 2006

The first time I had a bottle of Jarritos was with my papi at a park in Mexico when I was 4 years old. My dad worked as a manager in the Mexico offices and had a large supply at his house all the time! Who cares about Fonta?! Now it's Jarritos time to shine! Personally, I prefer Jarritos soda over Fonta any day (more flavors to choose from). "MEJOR JARRITOS!"

To shine w/ all it's glory, Jarritos has a new promo vehicle ready to rocanrol on the streets of East LA! Hay dios, look at the size of that thing! Super chido:)

If you aren't familiar with Jarritos yet then read on and edjumacate yourself about one of the leading Mexican soft drink brands in the U.S.

Jarritos
jarritos official website


Started in 1950, Jarritos is the first national soft drink brand in Mexico. It is the leading brand in the mexican soft drink category in the U.S and a mexican cultural icon. Jarritos is available in eleven delicious fruit flavors: Tamarind, Mandarin, Fruit Punch, Jamaica, Lime, Grapefruit, Guava, Pineapple, Strawberry, Mango and Watermelon.

Jarritos History
Over 50 years ago, Don Francisco “El Güero” Hill had the vision to create a line of soft drinks made from natural fruit extracts that would reflect the flavors and popular taste of the Mexican people. He worked on the development of flavors for his soft drink product that would later be known as Jarritos. The brand name finds its origin in the Mexican tradition of drinking coffee, water and other drinks in clay pottery jugs, called “jarritos”, because it keeps beverages fresher and cooler.
The Jarritos Chronology

A Leader is Born
1950 With a unique bottle design of 400ml, when in Mexico the industry standard was 350ml, Jarritos launches its Coffee flavor in Mexico City , becoming the first national brand of Mexican soft drinks in the country.

1951 The following year, “El Güero” Hill develops a process that allows tamarind juice extract to be suitable for a soft drink, resulting in the first tamarind flavored soft drink in Mexico and enjoying of great market acceptance.

1951 Throughout the same year develops Mandarin, Lemon and Fruit Punch flavors, gaining a bigger market share.

1954 In less than five years after its conception, Jarritos is the best-selling Mexican soft drink and enjoys trade

1955 distribution in central Mexico second only to Coca-Cola.

1960 Jarritos is distributed and/or bottled in 80 percent of the states of Mexico.

True Fruit Makes the Difference
1960
As the brand keeps expanding throughout the Mexican republic, it begins acquiring new tastes and flavors according to the regional traditions for Mexican food. Grapefruit, for instance, is made from fresh grapefruits from the state of Veracruz , Jamaica uses extracts from Jamaica flowers of Guerrero and Oaxaca , Lemon is made with lemons from the region of Colima , the same with Pineapple, which is made from the fruits of the state of Tabasco . To this date, each region awaits the harvest season to provide Jarritos with the best fruit year after year.

Crossing the border
1982 With the emigration of Mexicans to the US , the demand of Mexican products in this country became imminent. Truckloads of Mexican products were crossing the borders everyday and Jarritos was almost in all these loads.

Jarritos gets its passport
1988 The Hill family from Mexico City , and the Fernandez family from Ciudad Juarez , saw this need and formed a strategic alliance to begin the exportation of Jarritos to the US.

1997 Jarritos is available in all major Hispanic markets across the U.S. becoming the leading Mexican soft drink brand in the U.S.

FLAVORS LIST
Jarritos Mandarin
Jarritos Fruit Punch
Jarritos Tamarind
Jarritos Pineapple
Jarritos Lime
Jarritos Jamaica
Jarritos Grapefruit
Jarritos Guava
Jarritos Strawberry
Jarritos Mandarin
VOTE for your favorite Scandinavian Princes....


MTVu will have "One of us is Gonna Die Young" on MTVs's Freshmen NEXT week. The Ark calleth all members of the Ark Army to VOTE online and forward this message far and wide....!!!!!!

Links:
VOTE for The Ark on MTVu
The Ark official site
The Ark on myspace

Wednesday, August 16, 2006

MARIA DANIELA y su SONIDO LASSER COMING TO NYC!!

My friends over at the monthy party, Fresa Salveje, will be hosting a very special one with guest performance by one of my favorite artists from Mexico, Maria Daniela y su Sonido Lasser (Maria Daniela and her Laser Sound)! The Delicious, Dulce Pinzon and the Chulo of chulitos, DJ Papichulo will be joined by guest djs Monobichi, La Tirana Del Amor, and Sonido Discoyancan. The party will be held at East River Bar in Williamsburg, Brooklyn on October 7th @ 10pm. This is a show NOT TO BE MISSED!!

PROXIMA NOCHE DE FRESA SALVAJE: MARIA DANIELA y su SONIDO LASSER. con Dj Monobichi, La Tirana del Amor, Sonido Discoyoacan and the one and only DJ PAPICHULO!! October 7th @ 10 pm. East River Bar in Williamsburg Brooklyn.



Links:
Maria Daniela y su Sonido Lasser
Fresa Salvaje
Papichulo
Dulce Pinzon


About Fresa Salvaje:
In the summer of 2005 visual artist Dulce Pinzon and independent curator Aldo Sanchez (aka Dj Papichulo) created Fresa Salvaje Productions; an initiative set to expose music, culture and visuals from Mexico and beyond. Since it's inception, Fresa Salvaje vowed to bring an alternative to the mainstream "Latino scene" [salsa, merengue, regueton, etc.] by avoiding musical redundancy and instead focusing on new, classic and rare musical Spanish-sung gems. What you can expect to hear: psychedelic oldies, mambo, kitchy heart breaking ballads, cumbias, Mexican wedding songs, telenovelas themes and scores, punk, new wave, 60's and 70's rock and roll covers + much more! Every event is accompanied by visuals of Mexican-born California based artist Juan Luna Avin. Avin takes our patrons through a visual journey using iconic images that define Mexican culture and society. A definite must see for any visual enthusiast. On June 24th, Fresa Salvaje celebrated their one year anniversary with a very special guest: EL INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL SONIDO!