Amor en la Mente

Durante momentos como ahorita, cuando el racismo estanca nuestras comunidades, mientras el capitalismo corre como agua podrida por la tierra, tengo que acordarme que el amor todavia existe. Ya sea amor por tu vecino, amor por tu familia, amor por tu comunidad, o amor por tu amante, nos hace sentir algo que nos obliga ver afuera de nosotros, de pensar en algo mas que nuestras propias necesidades o interes. Durante estos tiempos dificiles, tengo que acordarme que el amor existe y alomejor no literalmente mueve montanas, pero si cruza fronteras fisicas y mentales.

Asi que aqui estan, en ningun orden, algunas de mis favoritas canciones de amor.

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La Pachuquita

Johnny Cash::Ring of Fire


Ramon Ayala::Un Rinconcito en el Cielo


PJ Harvey::This is Love


The Danleers::One Summer Night


Stone Temple Pilots::Still Remains


Julieta Venegas::Limon y Sal


Enanitos Verdes::Luz de Dia

Outside Lands Festival Part II

As promised, here is some additional video from the festival, including more Aterciopelados (I mean, really, is there ever enough?) and Social Distortion!



I have a very soft spot in my punkera heart for Social Distortion, who like Bad Religion, have made it through so many obstacles as a band, including drugs, fame, more drugs, and the introduction of Hot Topic/suburbia faux punk such as Good Charlotte (only The Cure can pull off that much eyeliner, and they have earned it!). It was such a treat to get to see them at Outside Lands!



I loved sitting in the room I shared with my three sisters and listening to this song full blast. I realized later that our ball and chains that each dragged were very different and made of totally different issues and problems.



Social Distortion's version of "Ring of Fire" by Johnny Cash is one of the best covers ever.

¡¡Puras Covers!! Only Covers!!

Algo que siempre me ha gustado es la habilidad de un artista de tomar una canción de otra artista y cantarla en su estilo único. No estoy hablando de esos artistas que solo toman partes de otras canciones sin dar creadito al artista original. Estoy hablando acerca de bandas que solo por el puro amor a la música "cover" canciones que nos transportan a otro tiempo o a otro tipo de música.

Me gustaría compartir con ustedes algunas de mis "covers" favoritas y otras que he encontrado recientemente y me han encantado. ¡Déjenme saber que les parece!

Something I have always liked is a band’s ability to take another artist’s song and sing it in their own unique style. I am not talking about those bands that sample parts of other songs without even giving credit to the original artist. I am talking about bands that out of their pure love of music cover songs that can transport us to another time or to another genre of music.

I would like to share with you all some of my favorite covers and others that I have found recently and I loved. Let me know what you think!


Jaula de Oro: Julieta Venegas (Original: Los Tigres del Norte)


La Negra Tomasa: Caifanes (Original: Compay Segundo)


Dancing Days: Stone Temple Pilots (Original:Led Zeppelin)


Hotel California: Panteon Rococo (Original: The Eagles)


La Bamba: Ska-P (Original: Cancion Tradicional de Veracruz)


Girls Just Wanna Have Fun: Ska-P (Original: Cindy Lauper)


Ring of Fire: Social Distortion (Original: Johnny Cash)


Hurt: Johnny Cash (Original: Nine Inch Nails)


Rock el Casbah: Rachid Taha (Original: The Clash)