the police

...the “power” which is called the state ... arose from society but places itself above it and alienates itself more and more from it. what does this power mainly consist of? it consists of special bodies of armed men having prisons, etc., at their command.

: the state and revolution (lenin)


when they kick at your front door
how you gonna come?
with your hands on your head
or on the trigger of your gun...

: guns of brixton (the clash)




24th street, san francisco

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ok, a disclaimer: as with the songs about public transportation, this list of songs about against the police will not be exhaustive or i would be here all day...

alta magia : la vela puerca



solamente por pensar : ska-p



tributo a la policia : calle 13



brigada anti disturbios (b-a-d) : attaque 77



fuck tha police : bone thugs-n-harmony (original by nwa)



clampdown : the clash




take the word "overseer," like a sample
repeat it very quickly in a crew for example
overseer overseer overseer overseer...
officer officer officer officer!
yeah, officer from overseer
you need a little clarity?
check the similarity!
the overseer rode around the plantation
the officer is off patroling all the nation...

: sound of da police (krs-one)

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the oakland police department wants to push a youth curfew law through the public safety committee of the oakland city council tomorrow. the curfew would apply to all young people under 18 years of age on the public streets between the hours of 10pm and 5am sunday through thursday, and 11pm to 5am fridays & saturdays. young people who violate the curfew would be questioned and detained. what?! really it's the police who should be put under curfew. they're the ones that go around shooting unarmed people in the back in the middle of the night.

show up for public comment!

public safety committee
5:30pm : tuesday, february 10th
oakland city hall : hearing room 1




19th street station, oakland

speaking of uruguay...

compro aire ... y si es puro ... pago mucho mas



























fotos : montevideo, uruguay

i made a post about this band trotsky vengarán the other day. then i thought oh my goodness, how have i never made a post about la vela puerca?! also from montevideo, they have a really appealing style. it's that familiar south american rock-ska-protest pop en español, but with maybe a bit less urgency, a bit more bohemia. and similar to the way that el gran silencio utilize cumbia & vallenato or don omar incorporates a little bachata now & then, la vela also pull in the traditional rhythms of their patria, murga & candombe. sooo nice!

they also have a really sweet how-they-got-their-big-break story. basically the singer sent in a demo tape to a television contest without telling his bandmates. they found out he had entered them in the contest when they were announced as finalists. they won the contest and the prize was a guitar, an amp, & 80 hours of studio time which was how they put together their first album.

el viejo : la vela puerca



de atar : la vela puerca

sooo good, no? oh how i wish they would come to sf for a show! or even to sunnyvale ;) enough of this playing all over alemania and the czech republic. our turn!!! que no?

doble filo : la vela puerca




zafar : la vela puerca

another band from uruguay, recommended by pato, is no te va gustar. it's funny because of course there was confusion in our conversation about them. i think we were watching one of their music videos on tv and it went something like this...

pato: this band is from uruguay, they're good. kind of like la vela puerca.
me: what are they called?
pato: no te va gustar.
me: oh... ¿no? ...¿por qué no?
pato: (laughs)

and on & on, you get the idea. jaja. here's a video which i find very amusing (and which prompts me to think about what they might be giants might be like if they were south american). it's a little bit salsa, a little bit just ridiculous.

llévame contigo : no te va a gustar