Has anyone been to Veracruz lately? My original plan was to arrive at 11:23 AM, go through customs and then go directly to the bus station, where I would have coffee with milk before catching a bus south to Alvarado. Then there would be a local bus or truck to Tlacotalpan, where Mexico is said … More Veracruz, Ver.
The character in this novel my class is reading is a composer of narcocorridos, which is one reason why I have so many corridos on this blog lately — I find them as I am looking for examples for the students. Now I have found this, on the Battle of Zacatecas, Zacatecas being one of … More Zacatecas
…en el día de su cumpleaños, así nomasito. Axé.
Immigration is not new. Axé.
The harpist starts to sing around 1:22. “Anoche por la ventana, platicando con mi amor.” Axé.
There is a copla about asking permission of the day to begin the day’s work. Axé.
This is El coconito, or El coni coni, a famous son jarocho, with lyrics, additional information, and other slides. Axé.
For Tuesday night after six hours of class – six, count ’em, six, and that is a lot when you have to prepare them, too, and I mean be seriously prepared and be extroverted for them, and hold office hours for them – I would have liked to hear Rockin’ Sidney, “Give me a good … More Mick Jagger
I was a child when this song came out. Now I have found it because I searched “Rampart and Dumaine” on the theory that I would pedantically explain to you that that is the address of Congo Square. However, this is what I got; apparently the Beatles stand at that corner as well. Ciudad de … More City of New Orleans
This is another famous aria from Sadko. By the time most of Lemeshev’s recordings were made, he had only one fully functioning lung. Do not count the diamonds in caves of stone. Do not count the pearls in the southern sea, of distant India so full of wonders. There is a wondrous stone, a ruby … More Sergei Lemeshev
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