Saturday, April 10, 2010

killing time

I am currently in the studio rendering my film. It keeps failing every time it gets to a certain point and it's driving me crazy because it takes about 30 mins just to get to this point! So I have decided to kill time by writing about how excited I am about Coachella.

As anybody who's been reading this blog knows, I go EVERY year. This year is no exception. One of the acts I am crazy excited to see is Calle 13. They are freakin amazing! I remember the first time I ever heard them. I was in Puerto Rico hanging out with a couple friends when their song Querido FBI came on over the radio. It was bad ass. I was instantly hooked by their eloquence, passion (bravery/stupidity depending on which side of the argument you may fall on), and ability to package all of this with some pretty awesome beats. Some people may consider them a little extreme with their lyrics and political views, but nobody can deny their amazing talent for making amazing music!

Growing up I was never really accepted by my Hispanic family. My eyes slanted a little too much, my hair was a little too dark, my skin was a little too dark. I was just a little too different. The cool thing about Calle 13 is that even though they have a very strong independent Puerto Rico message with some of their songs; they also have believe that as Latin Americans we are all so different and varied but there is something that unites us all. It's nice to be able to listen to an album and feel that thing that connects me to this entire world out there. This is my favorite song, it's a pretty powerful message about the struggle of so many Latin Americans all over this continent. On Friday at Coachella I am going to be standing there front row when they take the stage to perform it.





Now back to my rendering... It failed again just in case anybody was curious...

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

This song sounds like Reggeatone, he sounds a lot like daddy yankee! That guy is a lot of fun to listen to. You never talk about being Hispanic. I always thought you were Asian. Are you of mixed race?

Chris said...

Why don't you ever talk about being latin american? I gather from your post you speak the language? It must be a big part of your life so why do you only refer to yourself as asian? I have no clue what is being said in this song, but the video is gorgeous! They gave a lot of energy and the rapper is cute.

John said...

The way you talk about your heritage makes you sound very conflicted about it. I know being Latino and of mixed races can be difficult, it's good you are trying to embrace that side of you. You need to talk about it more or you could be seen as somebody who is ashamed of being a hispanic.

Anonymous said...

I agree w/ John you need to embrace your latin side more. There's absolutely nothing about your blog which represents this part of you. It's like you are ashamed of being latino because you don't think it measures up to your asian side. You need to be proud of everything you are if you want to be a complete person.

Jason said...

You have such a varied and eclectic taste in music. It makes me feel narrow minded and uncultured the way you pull out these foriegn performers from all over the globe in all these different languages. I like this a lot you are going to need to lend me this album!

Mike said...

Interesting article in NY Times on Calle 13