Best of 2005

Here's my small list of what I think was the best in music in 05 in no specific order

- Arcade Fire: Funeral
The most notorious band from the revamped and hyped Montreal scene. As original as It can be, a unique sound filled with one too many influences.

- The Magic Numbers: The Magic Numbers
ABBA meets the 21st. century. A refreshing and easy listening debut so simple yet deeply compose of musical arrangements that makes singing along quite an experience.

- Surfjan Stevens: Illinoise
An ode to real music making. I am hooked for the rest of the states of the Union.

- Sigur Ros: Takk
The soundtrack of my next life.

- Clap your hands say yeah - Clap your hands say yeah
The most original yet ripped off sound of 2005. This brooklyn guys are messing up with my head as we speak...wiht my yellow country teeth.....!!!

- The New Pornographers- Twin Cinema
This is POP rock as good as it gets. Vancouver did not stayed behind.

- Art Brut - Bang Bang Rock and Roll
The best raw sound of simple R&R there is. One of the coolest frontmans (lead vocalist) I have seen in a while.

- Kaiser Chiefs - Employment
I predict a...revival of the britpop.

- Antony & The Johnsons - I Am a Bird Now
It was hard for me to understand Antony. At 1st I was just in a WTF state. I gave a try and it just clicked. Antony just elevates music to another level, I can nit explain.

-LCD Soundsytem - LCD Soundsystem
They are playing in my house.... my house. This is what happens when you let a really creative producer play alone with his cd collection and toys.

- The Go Team- Thunder, Lightning, Strike
Since It has been a while since I do not get anything from The Avalanches, this guy are filling the space. Incredible sound, loops and electronic beats. Go Brighton!

Rhino Records God of Compilations

Rhino Records just announced "Whatever: The 90s Pop Culture Box" a uber box containign a vast selection of music produced in the 90's. There is something for everybody.

For more info www.rhino.com

>>Disc One:
01 "U Can't Touch This" - M.C. Hammer
02 "Nothing Compares 2 U" - Sinead O'Connor
03 "No Myth" - Michael Penn
04 "Ladies First" - Queen Latifah (feat. Monie Love)
05 "Ball and Chain" - Social Distortion
06 "Birdhouse in Your Soul" - They Might Be Giants
07 "Chloe Dancer/Crown of Thorns" - Mother Love Bone
08 "Here's Where the Story Ends" - The Sundays
09 "Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)" - C & C Music Factory
10 "Groove Is in the Heart" - Deee-Lite
11 "Right Here Right Now" - Jesus Jones
12 "New Jack Hustler (Nino's Theme)" - Ice-T
13 "I Touch Myself" - Divinyls
14 "Unbelievable" - EMF
15 "Hard To Handle" - The Black Crowes
16 "O.P.P." - Naughty By Nature
17 "Walking in Memphis" - Marc Cohn
18 "It's So Hard To Say Goodbye to Yesterday" - Boyz II Men

>>Disc Two: 01 "Silent Lucidity" - Queensryche
02 "Into the Drink" - Mudhoney
03 "Girlfriend" - Matthew Sweet
04 "I'm Too Sexy" - Right Said Fred
05 "Calling All Angels" - Jane Siberry (with k.d. lang)
06 "Only Shallow" - My Bloody Valentine
07 "It's a Shame About Ray" - The Lemonheads
08 "Baby Got Back" - Sir Mix-A-Lot
09 "They Want EFX" - DAS EFX
10 "Jump" - Kris Kross
11 "Walk" - Pantera
12 "N.W.O." - Ministry
13 "Shitlist" - L7
14 "Absynthe" - The Gits
15 "Coattail Rider" - Supersuckers
16 "Runaway Train" - Soul Asylum
17 "Little Miss Can't Be Wrong" - Spin Doctors
18 "Dizz Knee Land" - dada
19 "Nearly Lost You" - Screaming Trees

>>Disc Three:
01 "Under the Bridge" - Red Hot Chili Peppers
02 "Unsung" - Helmet
03 "Jump Around" - House Of Pain
04 "Free Your Mind" - En Vogue
05 "Rump Shaker" - Wreckx-N-Effect
06 "Informer" - Snow
07 "Connected" - Stereo MCs
08 "Detachable Penis" - King Missile
09 "Freak Me" - Silk
10 "Ordinary World" - Duran Duran
11 "If I Can't Change Your Mind" - Sugar
12 "Three Little Pigs" - Green Jelly
13 "Start Choppin" - Dinosaur Jr.
14 "The Devil's Chasing Me" - The Reverend Horton Heat
15 "Gone to the Moon" - Fastbacks
16 "My Name Is Mud" - Primus
17 "What's Up" - 4 Non Blondes

>>Disc Four:
01 "Thunder Kiss '65" - White Zombie
02 "Whoomp! (There It Is)" - Tag Team
03 "Broken Hearted Savior" - Big Head Todd and the Monsters
04 "Trust Me" - Guru with N'Dea Davenport
05 "Here Comes" - Velocity Girl
06 "Gepetto" - Belly
07 "Eye to Eye" - The Muffs
08 "Gentlemen" - Afghan Whigs
09 "Leafy Incline" - Tad
10 "Dream All Day" - The Posies
11 "Hey Jealousy" - Gin Blossoms
12 "My Sister" - The Juliana Hatfield Three
13 "Whatta Man" - Salt-N-Pepa
14 "Back & Forth" - Aaliyah
15 "If That's Your Boyfriend (He Wasn't Last Night)" - Me'Shell Ndegéocello
16 "Freedom of '76" - Ween
17 "Cut Your Hair" - Pavement
18 "God" - Tori Amos
19 "MMM MMM MMM MMM" - Crash Test Dummies
20 "Possession" - Sarah McLachlan

>>Disc Five:
01 "Shine" - Collective Soul
02 "Far Behind" - Candlebox
03 "You Gotta Be" - Des'ree
04 "Girl You'll Be a Woman Soon" - Urge Overkill
05 "She Don't Use Jelly" - The Flaming Lips
06 "m.i.a." - 7 Year Bitch
07 "21st Century (Digital Boy)" - Bad Religion
08 "Sugar Free Jazz" - Soul Coughing
09 "Mockingbirds" - Grant Lee Buffalo
10 "What's the Frequency Kenneth?" - R.E.M.
11 "Revolve" - Melvins
12 "Buddy Holly" - Weezer
13 "Here and Now" - Letters to Cleo
14 "Good" - Better Than Ezra
15 "Run-Around" - Blues Traveler
16 "I'll Be There for You" (Theme From "Friends") - The Rembrandts
17 "Tomorrow" - Silverchair
18 "Not a Pretty Girl" - Ani DiFranco
19 "Carnival" - Natalie Merchant

>>Disc Six:
01 "Wonderwall" - Oasis
02 "Birthday Cake" - Cibo Matto
03 "Cumbersome" - Seven Mary Three
04 "One of Us" - Joan Osborne
05 "Caught by the Fuzz" - Supergrass
06 "Sweet 69" - Babes In Toyland
07 "Breakfast at Tiffany's" - Deep Blue Something
08 "Photograph" - The Verve Pipe
09 "In the Meantime" - Spacehog
10 "Woo Hah!! Got You All In Check" - Busta Rhymes (Feat. Rampage the Last Boy Scout)
11 "Who Will Save Your Soul" - Jewel
12 "Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth With Money In My Hand" - Primitive Radio Gods
13 "Cybele's Reverie" - Stereolab
14 "Capri Pants" - Bikini Kill
15 "What I Got" - Sublime
16 "Kung Fu" - Ash
17 "Virtual Insanity" - Jamiroquai
18 "Naked Eye" - Luscious Jackson
19 "Outtasite (Outta Mind)" - Wilco

>>Disc Seven:
01 "itszoweezee (hot)" - De La Soul
02 "LoveFool" - The Cardigans
03 "Radiation Vibe" - Fountains Of Wayne
04 "The Impression That I Get" - The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
05 "Turn It On" - Sleater-Kinney
06 "Bitch" - Meredith Brooks
07 "MMMBop" - Hanson
08 "Brian Wilson" (live) - Barenaked Ladies
09 "Brick" - Ben Folds Five
10 "Sex and Candy" - Marcy Playground
11 "Walking on the Sun" - Smash Mouth
12 "Tubthumping" - Chumbawamba
13 "6 Underground" - Sneaker Pimps
14 "Lullaby" - Shawn Mullins
15 "Slide" - Goo Goo Dolls
16 "Kiss Me" - Sixpence None the Richer
17 "Steal My Sunshine" - LEN
18 "What It's Like" - Everlast
19 "Natural Blues" - Moby

Got to do it....

Well I guess maybe I am

PS3 my new toy for 2006

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PS3 Console = $450
1 Extra Wireless Controller = $40
4 Launch Games = $240
Memory Card = $30
Remote = $30

Telling Bill Gates to shove Xbox360 up his ass = Priceless

Who's on First?

This piece of writing is one of the best I've seen in a while. If you are a film freak and love to rent movies the old way (at a video store) this is for you.

I just can't stop laughing...!!!!

Thundercats Bloopers

It seems this blog is in stage of link blog... Time is not on my side so I have not been able to actually write.

Anyhow here is something extremely hilarious related to a very popular cartoon in the 80's THE THUNDERCATS

FUCK!!!

MAMAGUEVO, MARICON, COÑO, FUCK, CUNT, You name it!!!

Too good to be true

What about this...A study revealed that beer fights cancer!!! NO KIDDING

Home Theater for Dummies

Baffled....This is how I felt when I saw the back of the new ONKYO NR1000 Receiver valued at USD 4000. I mean this is really amazing. Every single connector ever. Is like a brothel for cables!!! (Puras hembras!!)

Are you annoying?

I just discovery this site that I find amusing. I did a search of one of the thousands entries...

Click here to see if he is annoying?

It is a good time killer for sure.

Tsunami Red Cross donations

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If you want to actually give funds to the red cross Amazon has placed an special tool for you to do so.

Please help the people of south east asia.

Live in 2004

During 2004 I was able to go to a nice variety of concerts:

Air, The white stripes, Pixies, REM, Snow Patrol, Scissor Sisters, Polyphonic Spree, The Shins, Mosquitoes

I was not able to go a Morrissey concert since I had a business trip. That was a real pitty.

Well I just hope 2005 to be as good as 2004.

At least I already have tickets to see Keane and The Zutons in January... a good start for the 2005.

Best music of 2004 according to me.

The Futureheads
A perfect of mix of retro punk with some spices from classic the who. This is the clash circa 2004. Highlights: Better days and nights, Robot

Morrissey "You are the Quarry"
After a long wait, the Mozzer delivers with a set of classic tracks. A good CD to be introduced to the world of Morrissey. Highlights:1st.of the gang to die, let me kiss you

Franz Ferdinand
Not just a clever name for a band, but a simplistic yet irreverent proposal to the music world, I just hope this was not a lucky shot Highlights: Tell her tonight, this fire, come on home

The Fiery Furnaces "Blueberry Boat"
A vibrant trip to the Friedberger's brothers world. An adventurous production that goes all over the places but manages to sound relevant Highlights: My dog was lost, Spaniolated, Straight Street

Muse "Absolution"
A powerful record with some outrageous musical arrangements, a great piece of work that flirts with classical music and distorted guitars, a must have Highlights: Stockholm Syndrome,Time Is Running Out

Scissor sisters
Without a doubt one of the most powerful live acts in the world, the Scissor Sisters are remarkable for reviving the ghost of the 70's and 80's and making them sound relevant again. If you are a purist don't even bother. Highlights: Take your mama out, Tits on the radio and yes Comfortably Numb (from Pink Floyd)

The Streets "A grant don't come for free"
I waited to listen to this one the second work of the streets before jumping in the bandwagon, I have to say I was sadly late. This is a truly superb snapshot of suburban life narrated by a non fictional character, Mr. Mike Skinner. Highlights: . It Was Supposed To Be So Easy, Fit But You Know It, Dry your eyes

The Killers "Hot Fuss"
Americas answer to Franz Ferdinand, the Killers have a more rough sound that their UK counterparts. The Killers excel in finding catchy guitar rifts and danceable beats without leaving their Indy sound.Highlights: Mr. Brightside, Somebody Told Me, All These Things That I've Done

Secret Machines "Now Here Is Nowhere"
A Dallas based band that moved to New York to find success. A very particular sound from a trio that raises the level once again of American music. Highlights:First Wave Intact, Nowhere Again, You Are Chains

Julieta Venegas "Si"
Julieta Venegas jumped into full frontal pop with this well produced work and managed to tell us how her life has changed now that she seems to be in love.Highlights:Lento, Donde Quiero Estar, Nada Serio

Snow Patrol "Final Straw"
A great set of irish guitar rock tunes, that evokes the likes of Coldplay and Doves, an excelent alternative to another great album from Keane. Highlights:Spitting Games, Chocolate, Run

Loretta Lynn "Van Lear Rose"
For me the best of the pack, an amazing production from Jack White (The White Stripes). An example of how to blend music styles without compromising the essence of both. SUPERB. Highlights:Porland Oregon, High on a mountain top, Family Tree

Air "Talkie Walkie"
The French duo is constant in delivering intelligent, innovative electronic music. This effort places them as the leaders in the slow electronica segment, a great chill out album (as always) Highlights:Surfin' On A Rocket, Cherry Blossom Girl,Alpha Beta Gaga

Let me know what do you think....!!

Amigos Invisibles among Amazon's Latin Music TOP 5 Best of 2004

So I guess this year was a good for Los Amigos Invisibles. Their latest CD got pretty much good reviews from the media, performed at one of the finest music festivals in the US (Austin City Limits) and now they are selected by the pool of Amazon critics as the Latin 5th best CD of 2004. i

What about that? I guess that will imply some extra copies sold by those waiting for those lists to buy whatever good CD they missed during the year.

Needless to say that if you are willing to push the envelope and try new things (musically that is...) I suggest you to give a try to this CD, it will take you to different, distant, warmer places and is a good way to forget is winter time.

If any of you guys from the Amigos is reading this congratulations pana,le han echado un cerro de bolas.

Some sort of drawing

Almost every major metropolis around the world has a metro system or subway that tries to improve their massive transportation issues. So it is very nice to see how some metro systems look from a different perspective.

How they look? Well just like a drawing made by a toddler.

I guess engineers also have a kid inside.

What a coincidence

According to this article, now it seems that Saddam Hussein bribe countries, corporations and people with oil. Wow I guess there's someone down in Venezuela doing the same thing.

So I guess everything that happened months ago with the Referendum is starting to make sense.

I just hope the destiny of that guy (HChF) follows that of Saddam.

I am country sick

I just do not why? But tonight I am missing Venezuela. Not my hometown, not my friends, not the weather, I just miss a state of mind, a state of mind called Venezuela.

I feel like a junkie that need a fix of his "drug du jour", only for a minute, just a small dose. There is no explanation, there is no substitute, I need the smell, the colors, I need the attitude and the whole experience of walking and breathing in Venezuela.

Why I feel like this? Why today? I don't have an answer, but I actually I do have many questions.

Questions that I will keep to myself because sadly as of today there is not a living person that could answer them, questions related to the fate of a nation and an entire generation (gen X) of Venezuelans.

I hope I can live to tell my grandchildren why in the past I left their country (Venezuela) in order to avoid living under some experiment an experiment gone bad.

Uno Dos Tres Catorce....HELLO HELLO HOLA COMO ESTAS!!! VERTIGO is Here

Finally U2's New single VERTIGO is released and you can listen to it in all it's glory HERE. This guys just get better and better with time. What a great song to introduce us to their new record "How To Dismantle an Atomic Bomb".

It is amazing that the kids in the picture are now what they are. The most powerful rock band in the planet.

A blog to die for

I was having my regular round of web browsing when I found this particular blog and I started to think... what could happen if the neo dictatorship of the Venezuelan regime decides that web content should be filtered, centralized and censored?. Will they go to a blogger house and arrest him? Will they start to control the ISP's and filter the Internet? Will they control who is "eligible" to have internet access?

All of this arises even more when I read that in the 21st. century the Venezuelan government announces the creation of a state operated Telecommunications company aimed to provide fixed telephone and Internet access. Is this the 1st. step of a macro plan to build infrastructure and in the future rule out private owned telecommunications companies by decree? Is this a way to fortify the power and involvement of the state in everyday life?

This is the only logic I find to this initiative. Well I guess I find a second one.

Since the government used a private telecom's network to connect all the voting machines during the last referendum and some evidence is being presented that there was two way communication between the data center and the machines making it very possible to changes in the software and final results. Don't you think it would be easier if you could have control over the whole process and rig an election freely without any private party questioning what kind of data goes through your network?.

What the bloggers in Iran are living is frightening, I hope we all learn from their experiences.

Politics and advertising

I guess nobody is perfect!!! Manipulation nation.