Alexis y Fido ft. Don Omar "Súbete" (Remix)
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tue 9/23/2008
Alexis y Fido, aka "Los Sobrenaturales," team up with Don Omar on the remix to the hit single, "Súbete," from their forthcoming CD.
Artist: Alexis y Fido
Song: "Súbete" (Remix)
Label: Sony BMG
Official Alexis y Fido MySpace
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10 albums your friends haven't heard
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tue 8/19/2008
(image by Nicholas Babaian via flickr)
Be the first kid on your block to drop some serious white boy knowledge. Who else can they turn to so they don't confuse the Black Kids with the Cool Kids?
Album: Partie Traumatic
Sounds like: The love child of The Killers and The Go! Team. And The Cure. A little.
Album: The Bake Sale
Sounds like: Golden age rappers EPMD trapped in a giant bong listening to chopped & screwed hip hop.
Album: In Ghost Colours
Sounds like: Synth-heavy new wave like New Order and Pet Shop Boys. But less gay. A little less gay.
Album: Antidotes
Sounds like: A new wave take on Battles. Or disco punk meets math rock. But sensitive.
Album: Feed the Animals
Sounds like: Hundreds of rap and rock samples thrown into a blender. Served on the rocks.
Album: The In Crowd
Sounds like: The Clipse, if they worshipped Jay-Z and Kanye instead of Scarface.
Album: Oracular Spectacular
Sounds like: Classic rock. Now with drum machines and synthesizers. And sass.
Album: Evil Urges
Sounds like: A '70s country rock band frozen and then thawed out in 2008 to destroy dance rock.
U.S. Latino Olympians to watch
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sun 8/10/2008
(image by Alexander Hassenstein via Getty Images)
Age: 23
Hometown: East Los Angeles, California
Sport: Boxing (Middleweight)
Watch: August 16, 20, 23
Age: 41
Hometown: Los Angeles, California
Sport: Swimming (50m free, 4x100m free)
Watch: August 15 -17
Age: 19
Hometown: Duncanville, Texas
Sport: Boxing (Light Flyweight)
Watch: August 13, 16, 19, 22, 24
influential Latino movie characters
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wed 7/30/2008
Ask an American to close their eyes and picture a Latino. Chances are they'll be influenced by one of these movie characters.
Napoleon Dynamite (2004)
Efren Ramirez is Pedro, a lovestruck kid from Juarez. Ineligible for the U.S. presidency, wins student body election.
Various (1978-1987)
Cheech Marin plays the wise fool as Cheech, Pedro de Pacas and Rudy – a Chicano fish out of bongwater.
West Side Story (1961)
Rita Moreno plays Anita, a smart, sassy and classy Nuyorican. Wins hearts, minds and an Academy Award.
La Bamba (1987)
Lou Diamond Phillips stars in the biography of '50s teen rocker Ritchie Valens, aka Ritchie Valenzuela.
Scarface (1983)
Italian-American Al Pacino is Tony Montana, a Cuban refugee turned mobster modeled after an Italian-American mobster.
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)
Eli Wallach plays Tuco the Ugly in the Italian Western that launched Clint Eastwood's career.
Desperado (1995)
Spaniard Antonio Banderas plucks strings and packs heat as El Mariachi, the sequel to the indie hit El Mariachi.
Selena (1997)
Jennifer Lopez embodies Selena Quintanilla-Pérez, the tragic Tejano star and Mexican-American icon.
Stand and Deliver (1988)
Edward James Olmos reaches the kids of East L.A. in the role of real-life calculus teacher Jaime Escalante.
Latino-sounding artists who aren't Latino
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sun 7/6/2008
You may have wondered: are they? A little?
Well, no. No, they're not.
Gomez
British rock band formed in 1996. Their cover of The Beatles' "Getting Better" was once used in a commercial for Philips Electronics.
Los Campesinos!
Exclamation point-loving rock band from the U.K. All members of the seven-piece band go by the surname Campesinos!
Lupe Fiasco
Chicago rapper known for singles like "Kick Push" and "Superstar." Suffered a brief Internet backlash when he said he didn't listen to A Tribe Called Quest.
Pantera
Texas metal band which featured the late guitarist Dimebag Darrell, who was shot and killed during a performance with Damageplan in 2004.
Yo La Tengo
New Jersey indie rock band formed by guitarist Ira Kaplan and his wife, drummer Georgia Hubley.
Chavez
New York indie rock band active since the mid-'90s. Guitarist and vocalist Matt Sweeney was a member of Billy Corgan's short-lived band Zwan.
The Flying Burrito Brothers
Country rock band formed in the late '60s featuring ex-Byrds members Gram Parsons and Chris Hillman.
Frente
Former exclamation point-loving band from Australia that became a one-hit wonder with an acoustic cover of New Order's "Bizarre Love Triangle."
Taco
Dutch singer who scored a minor '80s hit with "Puttin' on the Ritz." Once led a band called Taco's Bizz.
Chris Brown's most popular video collaborations
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thu 5/29/2008
Chris Brown is on fire. Blessed with good looks and radiating the charisma that has earned him comparisons to Michael Jackson, the 19-year-old singer-dancer has already earned two platinum albums. But he didn't do it alone. From his beginnings as a small-town song and dance prodigy to his current pop superstar status, Breezy has never been afraid to share the spotlight.
Here's a look at Chris Brown's most popular video collaborations:
"Run It" featuring Juelz Santana:
In 2005, Chris Brown was an unknown 16-year-old from Tappahannock, Virginia when he dropped "Run It!," a high-octane club jam featuring Dipset's Juelz Santana. The single, reminiscent of Usher's Dirty South Yeah, was number one in the U.S. for five weeks.
"Gimme That" (Remix) featuring Lil Wayne:
After following "Run It!" with the puppy love ballad Yo (Excuse Me Miss), Brown decided to move butts and hearts with "Gimme That." Lil Wayne shows up on the remix to kick one of his signature so-lazy-it's-good verses.
"Kiss Kiss" featuring T-Pain:
Brown's self-titled 2005 debut spawned three top ten singles. Two years later, on "Kiss Kiss," the second single from his second album, Exclusive, Brown enlisted the help of T-Pain, the commercial genius behind "Buy U a Drank" and "Bartender" featuring Akon. Well played, Breezy, well played.
"Shawty Get Loose" by Lil Mama:
In early 2008, Chris Brown reunited with T-Pain to guest on Lil Mama's "Shawty Get Loose," an electric track that finds Brown and Teddy P switching things up: T-Pain drops a rap verse while Breezy adds a vocoder&B chorus between Lil Mama's rapid-fire flow.
"No Air" by Jordin Sparks:
By the time Chris Brown teamed up with American Idol winner Jordin Sparks, he already had two back-to-back hits under his belt. With her second single, "No Air," Brown chalked up another hit and Sparks reached number one on the Billboard chart.
terrifying quinceañera moments
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mon 4/28/2008
(image by Christian Frausto Bernal via flickr)
Estrogen. Adrenaline. Psilocybin. The best of the worst Quinceañera moments on YouTube.
XV AÑOS TANIA: a stretcher, fireworks and then the floor.
accidente xv años upss: sí se puede.
brenda quinceañera: eyes wide shut. For kids.
DRAMA DE XV AÑOS: stop, drop and roll.
Julieta Venegas "El Presente"
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tue 4/15/2008
Rock idol and accordionist Julieta Venegas returns with her first unplugged album, an acoustic treatment of her pop hits. The collection features guest appearances by Mala Rodríguez, Gustavo Santaolalla, Marissa Monte and Porter's Juan Carlos Son. It also features three new tracks: "Mírame Bien," "Mira La Vida" and "El Presente" (which you can listen to above).
Artist: Julieta Venegas
Song: "El Presente"
Album: Julieta Venegas Unplugged
Label: Sony BMG
Official Julieta Venegas MySpace
misheard lyrics
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fri 8/17/2007
They're cheap, ugly and illegal – and some of the most popular music videos on YouTube.
Tagged "misheard lyrics" or "video interpretations", they follow a charmingly simple formula: hard to understand lyrics, bizarre phrases and funny pictures.
The results range from boring to brilliant, with the best ones often improving upon the original. Below are some of the best – and most popular examples – of this distinctly "now" art form.
Song"Wishmaster" by Nightwish
Interpreter
Kewen
Memorable line
Hamster a dentist hard porn Steven Seagull
Song"We Be Burnin'" by Sean Paul
Interpreter
ivycvae
Memorable line
Said the manatees we gotta take it slow.
Song"Silver and Cold" by AFI
Interpreter
ColorTrick
Memorable line
I will lift up your bushes, Ese!
Song"Tears Will Break the Skies" by Trivium
Interpreter
GimmeThatChicken
Memorable line
This walrus on everything.
Song"Ain't No Other Man" by Christina Aguilera
Interpreter
ColorTrick
Memorable line
Some big bastard cut my eye!
Also Recommended
- MrMisheardLyrics and "Dance Dance" by Fall Out Boy
- misheardlyricsguy and "Yellow Ledbetter" by Pearl Jam
- sbrools and "Dragostea din tei (Numa Numa song)" by O-Zone
- Hyourinmaru201 and "Emerald Sword" by Rhapsody
- nebukadnezar3074 and "Call Me When You're Sober" by Evanescence
- Vozdra and "Throw Some D's" by Rich Boy
- wowt and "Sowing the Seeds of Love" by Tears For Fears
BandJAM
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wed 10/11/2006
We've got great pics of the last BandJAM at Art Share L.A.. The all-ages concert featured performances by LA teen groups Alabaster Vox, Violencia Domestica, Dead and Broken and DJ Zeb among others. BandJAM is a collaboration between ArtShare L.A.and A Place Called Home. Good people, y'all, good people.
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