Pa Que Suene
Cheo is tha man. Everyone knows. Dig this line up, they played in NYC last week - Johnny Pacheco conducting - duets with Ismael Miranda, Jimmy Sabater, and Marco Antonio Muñiz. Bobby Valentín on bass , Roberto Roena on drums and Papo Lucca at the piano. NYC hosted a...
Pepito, fun-loving bon vivant.
Rafael, our Director of Development wants to make a show about business called Company Jones or Co. Jones. I can't wait. Among the many suggestions for topics that I've given him, all of which he hates I think, is this one - "Can we do a segment on Pepito, the water...
Harold and Kumar 2 movie review
A big High Five for you Sonico
While most US Hispanics are rocking the MyspaceLatino or the Facebook - Latin & South America have embraced Hi5 and the Buenos Aires based Sonico as the Social Networks of choice. Interesting read at VentureBeat.comThe article, by Eric Eldon, reports on comScore (they...
Universal Music is, well… Universal
"Sometime in the coming months, a single music label, Universal Music, will control almost half of the U.S. Latin music marketplace", writes the excellent Leila Cobo in Billboard magazine this week. They've made a deal with Univision that'll set the market on it's...
A Day at the ñ Office.
Video courtesy of Rafael Iglesias our Director of Development. We all meet up like once a week. Here's the gen ñ version of a day at the office.
ALL the people who died. Died.
As your happy ass pulls a beer out of the cooler and cracks it on Memorial Day, gen ñ takes a moment to remember what the holiday is all about. Originally called Decoration Day it honors all those U.S. soldiers who died in all U.S. Wars. This holiday is meant to honor...
Manny being Manny
We here at ñ have baseball fever. And we root for the Sox, yet Derek Jeter is our favorite all around player (and some of us here cheer for the Yanks as well). It's a conflicting thing, although we all agree on the Marlins. We have Marlins fever, to be precise, as we...
Alejandro Escovedo
This great roots rocker used to be a punk rocker, holed up at the Chelsea Hotel with Sid & Nancy, (read about him at his site ) but these days he's rockin' 'em away in Houston, TX. Here he is playin' with the E. Street Band at a Houston show, his own wonderful tune,...
Just for Monday. This guy named Ramon –
Got to NY in 1950 I think. Joined up With Tito Puente. Before that he'd played with Prado. Before he was done, Ramon 'Mongo' Santamaria had changed conga forever.
Ladies & Gentlemen – Raul Malo.
Long way from the Tomboys for this Cubanito from South Florida. Royal Albert Hall baby.
Since we’re in the dancing mood. Dance The Night Away.
Hunny Hun, Me & You
"K.C. is great. He writes those great repetitive songs. That stuff will live forever. It's the Louie Louie of today." - Bruce Springsteen 1977.
Be It Early Mornin’ , (or) Late Afternoon
Ladies & Gentlemen, Miami's own - Harry Wayne Casey, aka K.C. of K.C. & The Sunshine Band. Eso si es musica!
Hi Sugar!
It's Monday. We need a little shot. There's no video. But there is this where someone takes a great song and posts it with some video. We're just posting for the song. This will get you 'goin, not that you should watch the weird video. But you can groove to the great...
Superbad Typography
from Otago Street films in the UK.
Celia The Queen Premiere at Tribeca Film Fest – NYC
Celia played on sat night and Sunday afternoon where it screened at the Tisch School where they film inside the Actor's studio. Here's some pics from the premiere from Getty Images. Below, The films producers Antonio Gijon & Gabriel C. Mena with Co-Director Joe...
Saturday Night – New York City.
Joe, Mario, Michelle's labor of love premieres at the Tribeca Film Festival. It's been a long time comin'. Props to G. Mena and Antonio Gijon as well. Here we go. All people need a queen. Thanks for telling her story. ñ is proud of all of you.
Everything Worked Out
Christmas at the Tecks. 2007.
Now you’re ready. Willie Bobo.
Mas Willie? Flea Market Funk has the scoop. Dale.
Take it easy. This is Brasil.
It’s Monday. Let’s get started slow.
Sinatra/Jobim. Frank said he hadn't sung this softly since he was a boy. But he fell in love with Brazilian music. Francis Albert Sinatra and Antonio Carlos Jobim. Dindi.
bill teck’s host reel
Bonita Applebaum.
You gotta put me on.
Play Ball
That pic is by Oscar Hidalgo for the NY Times. Baseball Season began Last week. Welcome back. It's the last year for Yankee Stadium. The Sunday Times had gorgeous eulogies for it in a special section bidding goodbye to it (and also Shea. But good riddance to Shea....
meet Generation Y
Back in the 90s generation ñ burst to life with a credo decicated to everyone who "grew up with Santa Barbara & Captain Kirk, who went to Forrest and Casanovas, and went to 'el Farrito' with their families". Someone must have slipped a copy of gen ñ to Yoani Sanchez...
Cachao – we thank you sir.
"Cachao is our musical father. He is revered by all who have come in contact with him and his music," Andy Garcia said in a statement Saturday. "Maestro . . . you have been my teacher, and you took me in like a son. So I will continue to rejoice with your music and...
Celia Cruz doc at Tribeca
About 10 years ago Celia Cruz herself handpicked my friends Joe Cardona, Mario de Varona and Michelle Zubizarreta to tell her story. And they spent the next years filming (not videoing-filming) her story - interviewing everybody from David Byrne of Talking Heads to...
Your Love Is Neverending
All that talk about Freestyle/Hi-NRG got me thinkin’
What ever happened to .. . and then DJ de la luz sent me youtube link to some LIME stuff and a link to them on Wikipedia and it kind of went from there.Suddenly, you couldn't stop the freestyle, disco, whatever you wanna call it. Music people in Miami love. Read the...
