Saturday, February 04, 2012

Thursday, February 02, 2012

Cultural Icons Turned Hipsters





Icons as Hipsters is a series of illustrations by Chilean artist, Fabian Ciraolo, featuring cultural icons like Frida Kahlo, Che Guevara and Salvador Dali in hipster attire. More illustrations by Ciraolo can be found on his blog here.

Of New England Latinos, American Racism and Tacos...Cross-Cultural Connecticut Culinary Cockiness!


Link to the related news stories HERE and HERE

The Good, the Bad and the Hipster



This music video is a tip of the sombrero to spaghetti western director, Sergio Leone, recreating that famous scene in "The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly" as Toy Selectah, Rey Pila and a mariachi go at it in a dance-off in the middle of the desert.

Toy Selectah is a Mexican DJ and major figure in the Latin American music scene, infusing cumbia and urban beats into his remixes for artists such Vampire Weekend, Devendra Banhart, just to name a few.

Rey Pila is a Mexico City indie rocker, who combines different genres such as shoegaze, funk, with psychedelic distortions and haunting, high pitched vocals, both in English and Spanish.

A taste of Rey Pila's music here.

Lalo Alcaraz on Rachel Maddow!

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