observing san diego-tijuana urban life 
A few weeks ago, I went to Ensenada with Libre & Shente & Eddy of HEM crew to shoot some photos of their mural project. Ensenada was having its annual Fiesta Callejera in the Plaza de las Artes in CEARTE, the Centro Estatal de las Artes Ensenada. On Thursday afternoon, […]
I met Gloria on the Soler bus down by La Linea, and after she gave me permission to take her photograph, we talked on the short ride to downtown. She’s from Tijuana, lived here all her life, and she sings all styles of music. Whatever you want to hear. What […]
Terrific piece by Chad Deal about the cultural renaissance on Calle Sexta in Tijuana. Because Tijuana doesn’t need a culture driven by Marriot hotels and cheap piña coladas by the pool. From the San Diego Reader Wednesday, May 11, 2001 Zonkey Rock: Party People Take Back Tijuana by Chad Deal […]
San Diego CityBeat’s Seth Combs considers the complicated decision of many bands to boycott Arizona in the wake of the vicious anti-immigrant law SB1070. Many bands feel that this one cuts both ways. From San Diego CityBeat Wednesday, May 11, 2011 Should they stay or should they go? A year […]
Los Tigres del Norte perform their song “Somos más Americanos” from the album Uniendo Fronteras (released in Aug 2001) with Zack de la Rocha on MTV Unplugged. They have shouted at me a thousand times I should go back to my country Because there’s no room for me here I […]
More great coverage of the emerging scene in downtown Tijuana from Peter Holslin, Music Editor for San Diego CityBeat. from San Diego CityBeat, April 26, 2011 Collective spirit: Is ruidosón a genre, a philosophy, a movement or all of the above? by Peter Holslin The biggest music act to come […]
Two Musicians playing the wall, accompanied by U.S. Border Patrol on helicopter [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1GsfNyXEi4&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xd0d0d0&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&fs=1]
In case anyone hasn’t seen these yet–there are dozens of great covers and remixes of the now famous Iowa caucus victory speech by Barack Obama on 3 January 2008. Yes We Can by will.i.am No, You Can’t by Lee Stranahan and Alan Bernhoft posted on barelypolitical.com No, You Can’t No […]
