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The Mexican/Latin American culture that is present in today’s society evolved for the zoot suit culture of the 1940s. The jazz music and the baggy clothing were the trade marks of the zoot suitors. The zoot suits culture was viewed as deviant. They attracted a lot of negative attention and discrimination because of their radical style.While I was reading about the zoot suit riots I wondered if

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I have not made as many blog posts here as I should have, but one of the things I did want to draw a comparison on was how different musical subcultures view incorporation. Mainly, the differences between Western and Eastern musical subcultures.(See: Incorporation)The United States has been a capitalist society for a long time. Music subcultures like punks, emos, grungers, ravers, new wavers,

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I went to the library in Santa Monica the other day, and I was going through their DVD's and I came accross this one called "Latin Beats." So, I decided to pick it up and check it out. When I started watching it, I was really suprised. It was a documentary shot in Canada, I had no idea Canadians love this type of music, as the documentary went along I realized that many South Americans (

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This post was inspired by my recent trip to the Coachella Music and Arts Festival. This music festival is infested with hipsters. If you aren't sure what classifies a person as a hipster, the video above will explain. I first saw this video a year ago. One of the things that makes it so funny to me, is that it is incredibly true. For example, the play-by-play analyst mentioned that a hipster

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One of the main objectives of our blog was to discuss what it is that attracts a person to listen to the music that they do. I believe that it is part of one identity, the music that they feel expresses who they are. When your music plays and you get chills, you feel can feel it inside you. Sometimes it causes you to let out your emotions, by yelling or singing along and other time you just

Ceciliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13381163556212134964noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7010253047016954981.post-3089838776353811962008-05-01T20:07:00.000-07:002008-05-01T20:09:36.842-07:00

I wanted to go over a music genre that I think wouldn’t have been covered otherwise. Country, good lyrics that get lost in bad music. Not to say that all country is bad, I do like some songs. I thought that it was important to add this type of music because it is one of the few genres that still talks about real issues. A lot of Latino music is about love, rap mostly deals with drugs and pimps

Ceciliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13381163556212134964noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7010253047016954981.post-86832481118221450822008-05-01T20:04:00.000-07:002008-05-01T20:06:58.670-07:00

I couldn’t write about Chicano music with out mentioning Carlos Santana. He is one of the best guitarists ever! A true role model for all Chicanos and musicians alike. It makes no difference that he is Mexican, he attracts audiences of all kind. Santana has collaborated with many different types of artists to compose amazing songs. He shows that music has no boundaries; no matter what subdivision

Ceciliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13381163556212134964noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7010253047016954981.post-60215473712281309802008-04-29T18:55:00.000-07:002008-04-29T19:24:03.268-07:00

This new Puerto Rican Group called NG2 is taking the Latin Tropical Airplay by storm. Tropical music falls in the same genre of Salsa. This new group has been able to attain a spot in the top 10 of the Latin Billboards. These young guys seem to have that 'sizzle' that we have been craving for. They are known as the "sons of the grand combo" because one of them, Gerardo Rivas is the son of the

Jessica Murillohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16762204840319060583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7010253047016954981.post-79150136790459631102008-04-23T12:51:00.000-07:002008-04-23T14:04:51.011-07:00

There are many different definitions and descriptions for the word "emo"; usually referring to the word as a subculture or music genre. Here are some descriptions I have heard over the years:1. Punk music on estrogen.2. Angsty teens.3. 16-year-olds who don't smile.4. Melodramatic white kids.5. Male singers in their twenties whose balls haven't dropped yet, causing them to have ridiculously high

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Pit bull’s “The Anthem” is an excellent example of an American twist on traditional Spanish music. As he states at the beginning, everyone knows this song, “your mother, your father, your abuelo, your abuela.” He took some of the origianl lyrics, like “Mami que sera lo que quiere el negro” and “Mami el negro esta rabioso,” and put a new spin on them. Some may think that the remix is poorly done

Ceciliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13381163556212134964noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7010253047016954981.post-47379550954300039402008-04-15T17:55:00.000-07:002008-04-15T18:02:22.257-07:00

Mexicans Americans have always struggled with their identity. We call ourselves Mexican because our parents were born in Mexico, but when we go to Mexico the people there don’t see us as Mexican. We call ourselves American because we were born here but this society categorizes us as Mexican because of our skin color and language. So a new culture was crated, “Chicanos.” Along with this culture

Ceciliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13381163556212134964noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7010253047016954981.post-75399004081516614302008-04-14T22:00:00.000-07:002008-12-11T22:58:05.201-08:00

Touhou was started as as a one-man project, known as the Touhou Project, by a man calling himself ZUN. He created the first series of shooting games in the late nineties and amassed a large fan base.The games are all set in the same fantasy realm and instead of the traditional ships found in Galaga or Gradius, the controllable character is a shrine maiden. She is perpetually fighting to save her

Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13467040903461968671noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7010253047016954981.post-25848439223206720862008-04-14T18:02:00.000-07:002008-04-15T19:36:46.687-07:00

When you think of Salsa, what are the first things that come to mind? Food, music, Latino culture? Well, many people that are not familiar with the term, think of the food item that is served on the side of tortilla chips. In this case, we will be talking about the Music, lifestyle, and culture of Salsa.Salsa goes back many, many years, with its origins beginning in Cuba and sprawling throughout

Jessica Murillohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16762204840319060583noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7010253047016954981.post-5738885665948066662008-04-11T11:10:00.000-07:002008-04-15T13:54:04.215-07:00

The term "sellout" seems to be used more and more often these days, especially in the rock and punk communities. But what some music fans don't seem to understand is the difference between maturing as musicians and compromising your values/beliefs for money. Usually artists are scrutinized for signing to a major label or releasing something that sounds little different. Let’s take the punk band

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Our blog is designed to link aspects of music and culture together. Specifically, who listens to what and why. How does the music influence a persons attitude, dress, and lifestyle? Is this a conscience desicion? We will explore this and more in our posts. Each group member will bring a different perspective and genre to the blog.This is a group project for ENGL 313 Popular Culture. Our members

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