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Cerati - Open Those Eyes Again - Some of my memories of Gustavo Cerati I've decided to put together this post in a hurry, given the horrendous news published today June 16 by Argentina's Clarin Newspaper trackback dariointernet.com regarding the health of Gustavo Cerati Dear Genius Songwriter : I wish you wake up soon and will read this. In 1993 I was living in California and Gustavo had just released an album called "Amor Amarillo". In the latino market there, Spanish Language rock music was still not mainstream and most latino stores concentrated mainly on ballads and Salsa music. Spanish language rock CD's would be released in small quantities and where hard to find. So I went to the store and asked the girl behind the counter for Gustavo Cerati which she had never heard of. Then she asked what I wished she didn't: The title of the LP. A bit embarrassingly I said: "Amor Amarillo". She responded: "What weird names they put ...

Manifesto dei concerti di Negrita in Spagna - Giugno Well looks like this italian band NEGRITA will have live concerts in Madrid and the rest of Spain in June 2010. They are one of Italy's biggest rock bands. Not really my style .. I prefer Pierro Pelu .. and the more melodic stuff. But still interesting. Entry for the concert at Nvivo.es website for Negrita trackback dariointernet.com youtube video

Mayer Hawthorne Spain May concert posters plastered on the wall in my hood Walking around my 'hood look what I saw plastered on the wall !! Posters for upcoming May concerts in Barcelona and Madrid by nerdy retro soul U.S. artist Mayer Hawthorne   trackback dariointernet.com . In Spain he is distributed by Nuevos Medios. His 2009 debut LP reached the Top 75 in the HipHop and R+B album charts in the U.S.. Here is some related information: Billboard.com article on Mayer Hawthorne nvivo.es Concert listing for Mayer Hawthorne in Spain youtube video of Mayer

Jimi Jamison (Survivor) en Madrid + July street concerts in Madrid: Paola e Chiara + Olga Tañon Jimi Jamison is one of the most famous rock vocalists ever. Straight forward rock is not my style, but even so, Jimi's voice is so beautiful that I have been following his career, record by record since I was a little kid. He was the vocalist of Vital Signs by Survivor, one of the best rock albums of the 80's. He will be performing in Madrid 29 of November 2009. Jimi Jamison Official Site trackback dariointrnet.com I use the site NVIVO to track concerts occasionally. By the way, Jimi Jamison is an active recording artist even today. He just released a new album called Crossroads Moment which I hope to grab before he plays the live show. Amazon.com Widgets But now onto a list of shows many of them for free that happen in the streets of central Madrid in July Gloria Trevi : 4 July Saturday 11pm Plaza Chueca. She is an amazing artists. I discovered her when I lived i...

Last night I saw the movie MILK so I became a bit nostalgic about the Bay Area where I spent many years of my life. Now with the shitty weather we have in Madrid, I miss California's sunshine more than ever. Though the reality is that the grass is always greener on the other side. So anyway, in my nostalgic mode I went to recover some old photos from San Francisco. Unfortunately most of the pictures I took there were in the 90s and back then I used a normal camera that uses a negative and I also don't appear in the pics so they are annonymous. Its funny that despite all efforts to keep backups on hard drives and Cd's, how easitly the material gets lost. It took me hours to recover these fotos. These ones are not that old, but at least I'm in them. It was towards the END of my US stay, right before leaving for good. They are all from January 2004, a very horrible time in my life. Above: Haight street in San Francisco Above: Early morning in front of the City Hall San...