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El Plan
-MOLOTOV SE SEPARO…pero para hacer un disco!
Esto, no siendo una onda de marketing e la disquera, funciona de esa manera.
Se nos ocurrió separarnos en plan creativo
(no siempre es lo mismo separarse que desintegrarse, deshacerse o
desaparecer como grupo) para grabar, producir y hasta ejecutar cada quien un EP,
los cuales editaríamos mas adelante, juntos, bajo el nombre de:
ETERNAMIENTESiempre nos habíamos juntado para hacer discos, ahora decidimos separarnos.
Voluntario o involuntariamente algunos medios fueron cómplices,
otros criticaron y mas criticaran ahora que destapamos el flan.
Para los que se aguitaron…,
para que se aguitan si ya saben que así somos? Mejor disfruten.
Para los mierdardos que subieron de volada los 4 discos a la red para rolarlos gratis,
que culeros!, de esto vivimos ojetes! Unas rolas, va!, pero todas!?
Para el resto, gracias, y chidalabanda!-Si alguna vez fuiste un Molotov, siempre serás un Molotov.
Los 4
“…estoy viviendo sin morir, estoy muriendo sin poder morir.”
I haven’t written in weeks but I have so much to communicate. First off much props to Porterville folk getting together to help out the farmworker community devastated by the freeze. Thanks Pete for spreading the word!
Damn it. I couldn’t make it to any Maná concert in California. Damn scalpers buy up all the tickets and kill it for the rest of us. I’m not sure why Maná doesn’t make a stop in Fresno. I’m positive that they would sell out the SaveMart Center at Fresno State.
Coachella has also sold out…not only ticketwise. Why in the world is Goldenvoice limiting the number of single day tickets and 3-day passes? If I can’t find any tickets at the last minute from some desperate ebayer I might not catch the Rage Against the Machine reunion. I wonder if the reunion is for good or what, since Audioslave is no more.
This past weekend we went to Tijuana and Rosarito. We stopped by Tijuana to take my jefa to the doctor. Yeah, I know, I know, American medicine is superior. Not so according to my jefa. My mom says that los doctores Americanos nada mas dan medicina y mas medicina. As for Rosarito, we didn’t visit the American catering wasteland on the main strip. Instead, we went to shop for some wedding items (not saying what) further down the way.
The best thing about traveling into Tijuana is seeing that big Mexican flag and smelling the smog that reminds you of where you’re at. I love the smell strangely enough. The worst part of traveling to Mexico is not the messed up streets, the shanty homes built on old tire foundations or Avenida Revolucion. The worst part is leaving and going back to the U.S. Whenever I cross the border I get so damn nervous. It’s weird for sure. Fucken border patrol agents are assholes. I feel like I’m going to get the Babel treatment. Once they let us pass I feel like a ton is lifted off my chest.
Go on to sleep now,
Third grader of mine.
The test is tomorrow,
But you’ll do just fine.
It’s reading and math.
Forget all the rest.
You don’t need to know
What is not on the test.
Each box that you mark
On each test that you take
Remember your teachers.
Their jobs are at stake.
Your score is their score,
But don’t get all stressed.
They’d never teach anything
Not on the test.
Sleep sleep and as you progress
You’ll learn there’s a lot
That is not on the test.
Debate is skill that useful to know
Unless you’re in Congress or talk radio
Where shouting and spouting and spewing are blessed
‘Cause rational discourse’ was not on the test.
Thinking’s important …
It’s good to know how.
And someday you’ll learn to
But that someday’s not now.
Go on to sleep now.
You need your rest.
Don’t think about thinking
It’s not on the test.
Not on the Test [A Lullaby for our times]
By John Forster and Tom Chapin
I know everyone is on Winter break whether you’re working or not. I would imagine that unless you are somehow connected with the service & goods industries you may not be physically on vacation but mentally you are there. Luckily, I am both (3 weeks). Hell yeah. I love it. I do have my “must do” list but at least I can sleep in. Anyhow, I was wondering if anyone could offer any suggestions for a merengue/salsa/vallenato playlist(s) (Sorry purists I didn’t mean to clump all three genres together). Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated it!
Six days till Christmas…
Time flies and I have been so damn busy. I got the good ol’ class together in less than a week (thank you Noni!). We’re already in the second week of school and just yesterday we had Back to School Night. Can you believe that? We’re in week two already! I have no complaints at all. This year’s batch is good (Of course they don’t compare with my first group! I miss those kiddies!). Oh yeah, it finally feels good to have health/dental/death insurance. It’s about damn time.
I’m really diggin’ the new Maná album Amar es Combatir. It’s really mellow. Just right to kick back with a chela after a long day at work. I’m definitely going to be playing it non stop for the next few weeks.
Even though I was still an escuincle during the 80’s, the music still is a part of me. I never bought a record or a cassette. It was all about recording your favorite tracks off the radio. You had to become very efficient at pausing the cassette recorder at just the right time. The last thing you wanted was to record some loud blabbering DJ messing with the ending of a song
Tears for Fears - Everybody Wants to Rule the World
A Flock of Seagulls - I Ran (So Far Away)
The Smiths - How Soon Is Now
The Cure - Love Song
The Cars - Drive
Duran Duran - Hungry Like the Wolf
Michael Jackson - Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’
Culture Club - Do You Really Want to Hurt Me
Mary Jane Girls - In My House
Billy Idol - White Wedding
Somewhere along the way someone came to the conclusion that by playing classical music, students taking the STAR test would produce better results. I think they said that I should be playing Mozart and Beethoven (which I did, just in case). I beg to differ in their choice of classical music. The following ten tracks are just a sample of what I played for the kiddies.
Beethoven - Moonlight Sonata
Café Tacuba - 5.1
Café Tacuba - (Sin Titulo)
Café Tacuba - M.C.
Mozart - Requiem
Mozart - Piano Concerto No.9
Johann Strauss - Blue Danube Waltz
Tchaikovsky - 1812 Overture
Tchaikovsky - Waltz From Sleeping Beauty
Richard Wagner - Flight of the Valkyries
By the way, I don’t think I’ve ever mentioned that Cafe Tacuba’s Revez/Yo Soy is a masterpiece.