Crossing Boarders

My group was the Gypsy Kings and this review was written in 1995 before a show at the Atlantic City Trump Plaza.

The public response to the pop make-over was immediate. Suddenly the Gipsy Kings were a Top 40 phenomenon throughout Europe, and "Bamboleo" an inescapable dance track. Reyes says it didn't matter then -- and it doesn't matter now -- that the vast majority of the people buying the band's records can't understand the lyrics. "The way the music is created and performed is so passionate that people understand the emotion -- that's what important. It just come right through the rhythms and the voices."

The Authors review is a great one and accurate one. The gypsy kings have such a unique sound that anyone can easily listen too. 

While the current tour coincides with the release of "The Best of the Gipsy Kings" -- a greatest hits collection that includes "Bamboleo," "Volare," "Djobi Djoba" and the current single "A tu Vera" -- the band has already recorded a new, as yet untitled album for release next year. In the meantime, Reyes says the group and its five accompanists are looking forward to the stateside jaunt. "We always listen to American pop and soul when we are there," he says. "We like early James Brown and Ray Charles and especially Frank Sinatra. We even do 'My Way.' 

I think it impossible not to like the the way this band does music. They have appeared in movies like toy story and have put their spin on classic music that really does the song justice. Gypsy Kings will always be a group that I enjoy

The Stresses of Life.

Last Thursday at work i got chewed out pretty hard by my boss about not being productive. For the past two months I was given a project with no real due date because it was not really that important. Everytime I would be working on it though, the CEO of the company would walk by and ask what I was doing and I would tell him that I was working on the competition spreadsheet. Now I can see how he would get the idea that i was doing nothing when everytime he would come around I would be working on the same thing, but what he failed to realize is that it was not the only thing I was working on. I was doing other projects for other people but all he noticed was me doing the spreadsheet. So he calls me into his office last Thursday and just grills me for having done nothing since I've worked here and all I can really do is take it and move on. Since then though he has nothing nice to ever say about me and I can tell that he just hates my guts for really no apparent reason because I'm such a quiet but nice guy . The only thing I can do is pray for this guy to stop hating me and realize that I am an intern and interns are suppose to many projects on their hands. I'm glad I could vent finally.

It's the end of the world?

Honestly, I totally forgot that it was 11/11/11 and i had no idea that it was suppose to be apocalyptic. I have no idea why people believe this mumbo jumbo. Only the crazy people believe that the world is going to end on a predicted day. I figured the Mayans just got tired of writing the calendar so they stopped. How many people have predicted that the world was going to end and at the end of the day we are all still here. Maybe its time people stopped trying to predict and actually live their life to the fullest potential. In my opinion no one will know when the end of days will be so why waste my time guessing or following some cult that thinks they do. If the world does end next year then so be it most people will be able to say that they lived their life. Others who were afraid and lived their lives in fear of the end will just regret it and have nothing in their life to be proud for. That page with the stones in Georgia is pretty cool i had never heard of them until now. It is amazing to see how many people believe in this ridiculousness and actually fear that their lives are going to end. I would rather live my life to the fullest than in fear of the end.

devil went down to ?

I do not think Robert Johnson actually sold his soul to the devil I just think people thought he did because he was musically talented and to be that talented must have been a sign to other people that he was full of evil powers. I think robert johnson acknowledged the idea that people thought he had sold his soul so he wrote the song crossroad to relay to everyone that he might have or might have not. It was simply a publicity stunt to get people to listen to his music and make him more popular among the people. I know that back in the day people were more prone to superstition but in all reality a person can not literally sell his soul. I think it is more of an analogy. One can ruin his soul by committing mortal sins and worshiping the devil, but I don't think johnson did that I think he loved the attention he got from playing the blues.  In all Robert Johnson was just a forgotten and then refund soul. He was thought to have sold his soul but in my opinion he just wanted the recognition and publicity. The devil did not go down to the crossroads and he was not looking for a soul to steal.

News that does not make sense

Yesterday in the news specifically ESPN, I watched as Magic Johnson addressed the fact that 20 years ago he spoke to the public about how he was diagnosed with HIV. Now I am in no way criticizing the fact that this man has aids but how is this relevant to anything. I could understand if he had died twenty years ago but the fact that they have a 20th anniversary of him proclaiming the matter baffles me. News today tends to cover some really stupid stories that later end up on Leno or the daily show. Stories like what celebrities name there babies and what clothes they decide to put on for the day is not news and I do not see how normal people find this entertaining or relevant. News should be reporting us on important news like how this nation is on the brink of economic collapse, or how Europe might see the same collapse. Nobody realizes how important these issues are and how they can severely effect people around the world. So for those 99% of people who are obsessed with celebrity and social news you need to start focusing on the real matters at hand.

Just me and the blues

For the past two weeks in history class we have been learning about how ancient African dynasties like the Mali people influenced Spanish colonies with  stringed like instruments which later reach south America and parts of north America. I think that these are the roots that eventually led to American music like jazz and the blues. Most music today can find some root in African American culture. Now on the matters of when original American sound came out is any ones guess, Most will say that American music started with jazz and the blues which is fairly accurate and i believe that it is the most original sound that America has. You can argue that Americans were the first to attempt this new sound which would lead to other genres like rock and roll, rap, r&B, and pop. American sound and music is all original and our own. Other nations have tried to copy this sound, some succeeding while other failing, but for the most part this sound is original. When you think about respected artist in each of the fields i have just mentioned most likelier than none they will all be American or African American. The original music sound in America has always been original and who knows what new trends will start.

Ima dawg

These two articles seem identically alike. It seems like one of the writers just copy and pasted the worlds on a different document and added some words here and there. The tone of the two articles are the same. They both explained how they were both tripping pretty hard and how they ran the streets naked looking for their drugged up dog. They also both include the fact that the dog bit the mother and brother of the owner. The only difference I see in the articles is that in the first one it seems to be the first reported on the incident because in the AJC article it states that the dog has now been euthanized. The article in the AJC has a little more meat in it. It explains how the two were questioned and how they could be charged with animal cruelty. Honestly people like this need to be put in jail or given some hardcore community service. How can you willingly abuse a dog?

This November

This month of November is going to be one huge expense due to the fact that I have to travel to and from new york around thanksgiving. I plan to fly stand by both ways which can also be a pain because you have to spend your entire day in the airport and not be able to know when you will be getting home. The thanksgiving week itself will be amazing due to the fact that I don't have to spend money on food I can just eat everything my girlfriends family makes which is also amazing. Pecan pies, venison, meat, pasta, pizza, anything you want they can make. Thanksgiving is hands down my favorite holiday of the year, but it is also the one that I spend alot of money on each year. Not to mention that Christmas is right around the corner, and that too, especially with a girlfriend, can be a huge expense. Another thing to mention is that in the moth of December it is also my girlfriends birthday on the 28th and on the 1st of January it is going to be our 2 year anniversary. Talk about good luck huh? Thankfully though, my girlfriend is very understanding and realizes that I am not a millionaire and can not afford gifts for every occasion. Although I love these holidays coming up, I don't believe my bank accounts are.