Archive for 2009search

Mucho Indio Plays Bogota

This Saturday, November 19th, a one-of-a-kind show with Mucho Indio will be happening at Boogaloop in Bogota, Colombia.
Mucho Indio is an artists’s collective working at recovering sacred territories in Colombia and one part of their work has been the musical anthropology of Teto Ocampo. Having journeyed to some of Colombia’s farthest corners Teto produced Mucho [...]

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One Day In Medellin Video

Un Día En Medellín (Short Film) from Alexander Zuluaga on Vimeo.
I’ve met Alexander Zuluaga few times here in Medellin and he always has a funny hat. He is a photographer, video director, and he markets his own brand of sunglasses called Wayfarer. Alex recently made a video called “Un dia en Medellin” for acoustic trip-hop [...]

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Colombia – A Year In Photos

I pulled together a year’s worth of photos for a little snapshot of how diverse Colombia is in it’s landscapes, people, and culture.
Photos by Robin Finley – Music by Am Boy: “Seclera”

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Skate Medellin With Camilo Castrillon

Camilo castrillon / recopilacion from El Lapiz on Vimeo.
Local skater Camilo Castrillon hits the streets of Medellin and made this slick little hip hop video! Keep truckin’ bro!
Thank you http://skateboarding.transworld.net we love seeing skaters from Colombia get play!

Photo by Robin Finley
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Is Medellin ready to be an international venue?

By Robin Finley
The question is whether Medellin is blowin’ up or just warmin’ to the “world tour” circut?
Big names, huge names, internationally known names, are coming to Medellin. This winter we have Skid Row, Tiesto, Carl Cox, Squirrel Nut Zippers, and there is a wily rumor running around Medellin hip-hop blogs that Snoop Dogg is [...]

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The Mother Of All Road Trips

His English is ROUGH, but his spirit is massive, ebullient, and contagiously positive.
I met Filippo Dattola here in Medellin about 8 months ago when he was half way through his year-long Alaska to Argentina (top-to-bottom) tour. From Italy he took the risk that most only daydream about; he sold everything, quit his job, and set [...]

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ChocQuibTown – The Interview

ChocQuibTown by Jeff Guerra.  (Nov/Dec issue of The Arepa!)

These days it is far too easy for a band to earn the distinction of being socially conscious; anyone who blabs “Stop the violence” into a microphone is seemingly anointed the next U2 or Bob Marley. Writing meaningful lyrics is one thing, but [...]

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Skid Row comes to Medellin (Sunday Nov. 22)

The big question is whether this is with or without Sebastian Bach. I am 99% sure it is without.

Here is a link to the face book page with info on where and how much:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=126685488179#/event.php?eid=126685488179&ref=mf
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12 Medellin Bands You Need To Know (UPDATED 2010)

12. Zdey (www.myspace.com/zdey)

Music goes to some strange places, from Klaus Nomi’s opera pop to John Zorn’s death metal jazz, and from Mike Patton’s destruction of voice, to Lydia Lunch’s dead-beat potery meets no-wave, music can get just plain weird. ..oh, and who could forget David Hasselhoff’s b-rate corporate rock, that’s… oh wait, that’s not strange, [...]

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VIDEO: Sunday Ciclovía in Medellín

A short video about the Sunday Ciclovia in Medellin, Colombia.

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