Saturday, July 11, 2009
WECOME to LATINO DOT - ALT. ALT BABY.
From Argentina's Juana Molina to Colombia's Bomba Esterio. Maluca, Calle 13, Natalia Lafourcade from Mexico and a gang of other acts - including gen n faves Los Amigos Invisibles and indie stalwarts Aterciopelados - In fact, more worthy Latin acts that you can imagine descended on NYC last week for the 5 days and nights of pure Latino Alternative brilliance - everybody did their own thing - everybody brought their own unique magic. The NY Times' Jon Pareles takes it in, HERE.
That's Maluca above and the pics is by Chad Batka who has a sweet slide show at the times link above. Listen to some of the bands in the posts below and above this one.
Thanks to all who entered our Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Contest!
The winners for Warner Bros. and gen n's - Miami, NYC and L.A. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince premiere contest have been chosen at random. If you won, you've been notified by email - and we'll see you at the premiere! Thanks so much to everyone who entered! We'll keep the contests coming. See HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE in theatres everywhere on Wednesday, July 15! Harry Potter.com
Mariachi El Bronx - PR Rules
They may not be alt. Latino - but we love us some Mariachi El Bronx - here's PR Rules.
The Dictator & The Disco King
The Bold new Chilean film “Tony Manero” uses “Saturday Night Fever” as a device to dissect the abusive dictatorship of Gen. Augusto Pinochet. Larry Rohter has the story at the NY Times.
Sixto Rodriguez, Alive & Well: The Sugarman
This is the singer songwriter alive and well baby. The Independent in the U.K. gives him his due. Right Here. by Simmy Richman
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
Iz the Wiz
In the 1970s and ’80s, chances were good that anyone traveling the New York subways rode at least once in a car emblazoned with “Iz the Wiz.” Cryptic but euphonious, often abbreviated to the ultraminimal Iz, the signature could be seen all over the subway system: fat capital letters spray-painted on a door, below a window, across an entire car or even along the full length of a train. THE ABOVE IS AN EXCERPT FROM a NY Times Obit by William Grimes, mourning Iz. R.I.P. Wiz. Read the rest here.
Monday, July 6, 2009
gen ñ & Warner Bros. team up to give away FREE TICKETS to the advance screening of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince in MIA, NYC & L.A.!
(This here is a RE-PPOST from last week, but we want this at the top of the page! We're getting great responses for this contest, and you've got roughly one more day to enter!)
As you know dear readers, if you recall our March 2000 magazine issue extolling the virtures of Harry Potter, we at Gen ñ like our wizards and love our Harry. So we've teamed up with Warner Bros. to offer 4 Tickets to gen ñ/Harry Potter fans in Miami, NYC and Los Angeles. We'll be giving away 4 tickets to the New York screening of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, as well as 4 tickets to the Los Angeles screening, and 4 tickets to the Miami screening as well, so there are lots of chances to win for our fans in those areas.
Just email us at contest@generation-n.com and the winners will be choosen at Random. Seating at the advance screening is on a first come, first served basis so be sure and arrive a lil early so you can get your muggle self into the flick!
And for our friends who don't live in LA, NY, MIA - we're giving away one premium Harry Potter hoodie sweatshirt for one fan who doesn't live in those cities.
See HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE in theatres everywhere on Wednesday, July 15!
We like to keep you on your toes at gen ñ - so get with it! The screening is on Monday, July 13th at 6:30 PM. So you'll get to see the film two days before it premieres in theaters. Winners will be selected at Random on Tuesday, July 7 - and that'll give us time to get you your prizes. To get even more stoked be sure to check out www.harrypotter.com
HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE opens nationwide on Wednesday, July 15 and is rated PG for scary images, some violence, language and mild sensuality.
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Harry Potter characters, names and related indicia are trademarks of and © Warner Bros. Ent. All Rights Reserved.
Saturday, July 4, 2009
Sunday, June 28, 2009
Artists George Sanchez-Calderon & Shelter Serra were at Art Basel in Switzerland and made a pilgrimage to Ronchamp. Below is Sanchez-Calderon's video of the trip (set to Charlie Winston's In Your Hands) and his writing.
We anticipated making Kunsthalle our departure point - God knows who
we could run into.
It's is an environment that embraces the visceral - and that night I meet an angel who elevated me simply by taking me to the dance floor. Her arm glazed over my shoulder as she lead the way, she parted the ocean with the subtlety of her sway, God bless her.
As the witching hour struck at 4:30 a.m., she spat me out and I
stepped outside to find Shelter deep in conversation. Final
invitations were made, and the last person you usually speak to is the
one that can convince you to stay - starring beauty in the eye is
humbling.
Driving with a friend is just that. Good, bad & you disagree, get
lost, and finally find the place. Driving through Ronchamp/Champagne
is charming and idyllic at the top but shocking at 6:30 in the
morning when you realize the church is fenced in, not visible and
closed until 10:00 a.m.
In the parking lot: Our Euro-car and a camper trailer with a crew of three or four people dead asleep inside of it. Our options were simply, wait or... take a walk, and so we did.
Slightly down the embankment we found a trail, and within a few steps we
realized it was a marker for the pilgrim’s path. It lead us through
an opening in the fence, over the newly excavated Piano site, (Renzo
Piano has designed a new visitor center which should open in 2011)
and back up a small ledge to find an opening in a second and much taller
fence.
Shelter stepped through and I thought of the countless people
jumping fences to skate pools, visit a girlfriend, or just escape.
It happens. And it happened today, in the eastern region of France;
two Americans snuck a peak, laid back, sketched and were humbled. We
stayed about an hour and a half, left the same way we came in, didn't
speak a word on the way back to Zurich / NY / Miami. Actually, we
didn't speak for a couple of days, no need to.
•In honor of David Carradine: The Kung Fu Master 1936-2009
- George Sanchez-Calderon
We anticipated making Kunsthalle our departure point - God knows who
we could run into.
It's is an environment that embraces the visceral - and that night I meet an angel who elevated me simply by taking me to the dance floor. Her arm glazed over my shoulder as she lead the way, she parted the ocean with the subtlety of her sway, God bless her.
As the witching hour struck at 4:30 a.m., she spat me out and I
stepped outside to find Shelter deep in conversation. Final
invitations were made, and the last person you usually speak to is the
one that can convince you to stay - starring beauty in the eye is
humbling.
Driving with a friend is just that. Good, bad & you disagree, get
lost, and finally find the place. Driving through Ronchamp/Champagne
is charming and idyllic at the top but shocking at 6:30 in the
morning when you realize the church is fenced in, not visible and
closed until 10:00 a.m.
In the parking lot: Our Euro-car and a camper trailer with a crew of three or four people dead asleep inside of it. Our options were simply, wait or... take a walk, and so we did.
Slightly down the embankment we found a trail, and within a few steps we
realized it was a marker for the pilgrim’s path. It lead us through
an opening in the fence, over the newly excavated Piano site, (Renzo
Piano has designed a new visitor center which should open in 2011)
and back up a small ledge to find an opening in a second and much taller
fence.
Shelter stepped through and I thought of the countless people
jumping fences to skate pools, visit a girlfriend, or just escape.
It happens. And it happened today, in the eastern region of France;
two Americans snuck a peak, laid back, sketched and were humbled. We
stayed about an hour and a half, left the same way we came in, didn't
speak a word on the way back to Zurich / NY / Miami. Actually, we
didn't speak for a couple of days, no need to.
•In honor of David Carradine: The Kung Fu Master 1936-2009
- George Sanchez-Calderon
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