December 2009
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The Decade in Bob Dylan
The last article of the decade goes to the great 10 years that Dylan started with “Things Have Changed.” Plus: What can make a Dylan nerd happy at the end of a tough year? Having his article on Expecting Rain.
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La Cumbiamba eNeYé
New York-based Colombian ensemble La Cumbiamba eNeYé recently released its second album, La Palma. Band leader Martín Vejarano came to NY1 Noticias to talk about the record, the relation between the Colombian geography and the country’s music, and how the guerilla war has generated a musical diaspora. Watch.
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The Decade in Latino Penetration
Wise latina Sonia, the rise of Roberto Bolaño, one thousand times Penélope, you know: it’s my summary of the cultural penetration of Latinos in the OOs for Mediaite. Read the whole post here.
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Four Minutes with Amanda Martínez
Las October, Canadian-Mexican chanteuse Amanda Martínez presented her second album, Amor, in New York’s Blue Note. In this interview for NY1 Noticias, Martínez told me how she found her musical identity, and why she prefers to attack the Latin American classics with the sheer charm of her voice. Watch.
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A Theology of Google New York
This is the original version of an article portraying Google as a modern day religion published last week on Qué Pasa magazine. Una teología de Google New York En el principio. Zanjada la puerta de vidrio que separa la realidad de las oficinas de Google, alguien parece volar sobre la alfombra. Es un tipo de…
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More on Dobbs
A few weeks ago Chilean weekly Qué Pasa published a “post” I wrote on the resignation of Lou Dobbs to CNN. This is an alternative version —more literary, less “objective”— I had submitted: Adiós, Lou Dobbs Lou Dobbs, el único presentador original que quedaba tras los 29 años de existencia de CNN, el único que…
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