A Cuban Dichos app !!!!

Just in time for the Easter get together con el familion tomorrow - created by Gio Gutierrez, (also responsible for a couple of other things we'll be hipping you to in the coming weeks!) - We're here to celebrate this wonderful little Tareco. Shake it up to the sound of dominos on the table - and you get a new word! We love this thing - check it out here by clicking on the pics, or HERE or iTunes asere!

Ever wanted to know what your grandparents were talking about when they mentioned "estas salao" over dominoes? Ever wonder what the newer generation of Cubans were singing in that reggaeton song?

Wonder no more with Cuban Dichos! With hundreds of "dicharachos" and features such as Word of the Day, Search, Random, Share and Bookmark – figuring out what abuela meant is "un jamon".

Features:
• Access over 200 definitions, expressions and phrases from the old and new generation of Cubans
• Search for any word or phrase and receive a list of matching terms
• Get a "Word of the Day" every time you launch the app
• Random word support – tap to view a random phrase
• Search allows you to quickly and easily search for any word in a definition
• Bookmark your favorite sayings for easy access
• Sharing support via SMS and Email
• Experience high-resolution graphics for the newest generation of iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad coupled with music and sound effects
• No annoying advertising

Notes:
• Add your own "dicharachos" at CubanApp.com

En Mi Barrio!

Eric Bobo with the man himself, the brother with two tongues : Mellowman Ace!

This is how you make Bachata

Jody Rosen lays down the facts of Aventura, and it's lead singer Anthony 'Romeo' Santos in Sunday's New York Times. This pic is by Tony Cenicola for The Times. This piece spills the facts on the phenomenon that is Aventura - a band that crosses genres, markets and segmentation in it's appeal. Click HERE for the Haps on these Dominican-American legends in the making, a true tale of Spanglish, The Bronx, El Bronx and crossover dreams.

Let Us Now Praise Bill Cruz

Just a note givin' props to Bill Cruz who used to write the CubanAmericanisms column in gen ñ magazine and co-wrote the Spanglish Dictionary with myself and the generation ñ staff. Much love to you Bill, usually I throw him chunks of credit, like on Maria Elvira last summer and sometimes I don't have the opp - but his main thing has always been he's a great and inspired (and inspiring!) musician and a good friend. And one of the secrets to our Spanglish-style success.

His CD spirit parade is wonderful/unexpected and you can get it at iTunes, and (Three Shades we're all clamoring for on iTunes as well) when Joe Cardona and Mario De Varona needed theme music for Barrios they chose an instrumental passage from Solid Ground, a song from Three Shades, his first CD, released in '97 if memory serves. Bill was cool enough to let me use the song in 'el florida' (now re-titled 'Cuba on my Back') as well - the first film we'll be releasing through the downloads store in September - he has a couple of other tunes in the film as well and if you like good music, i urge you to check him out. His site, linked below, is divided into the scores he does for all kinds of clients from Pepsi to Burger King to Sony and his gorgeous and groove-filled personal music and CDs. www.billcruzmusic.com