Archive for September 20th, 2005
Premios Juventud coming your way
4:31 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Uncategorized · Comments Off
20 Sep 2005
With categories like “the Paparazzi’s favorite target” (Niurka Marcos, maybe? Lucero?) and “best moves” (uh…David Bisbal?) los Premios Juventud, which take place this Thursday in Miami, should be good times. Not to mention the huge names on the roster; to name just a few: Chayanne, Marc Anthony, Olga Ta
Yo Quiero Mi MTV
20 Sep 2005
For those of us Latinos who grew up along with cable music channel MTV, it was the source for videos and music in English only. While now more and more Latinos are showing up on the small screen , like reggaeton artist Daddy Yankee and Colombiana Shakira, MTV has caught on that Latinos in the U.S. like their media to be like them, bilingual. While it is true that in Latin America and for some satellite subscribers here in the U.S. MTV Latino has given Latinos el sabor of the growing rock en Español movement, it doesn’t give play to hip hop and U.S. rock music that Latinos in the U.S. like to mover to.
Today’s announcement as reported by Radio Ink via Hispanic Tips, that MTV Radio is launching TRL Latino, could be good news. Especially if the network keeps true to its word to:
… aggressively support this radio launch via cross promotion with our cable and web platforms.
I just hope that MTV doesn’t push the same old Spanish crossover artists that it tends to lean towards in its English Language format and really mixes up all the different genres that is Latino music.
So Exotic, So Romantic!
20 Sep 2005
Once again, my morning began with yet another ridiculous article on “the way Latinos are” found in Nashville-area newspaper. As the Latino population grows, this seems to be becoming a trend. Some classic quotes from the article, so eloquently titled “Hot, hot, hot!”:
…The formal manners and sultry climates of these locales add to their mystique and romance…
South Americans take exquisite care of their appearance, Scokin said, such as languidly spending the entire day [getting] ready for a dinner with their husband.
…Her must-have details for an evening of 1950s South American glamour include mojitos, Argentinean asado, flamenco girls, a tango performance, and the live Orkesta Mondo Pingus so guests can heat up the room with the sexy salsa, rumba, conga and cha cha cha.
That last one groups everything from Argentine cuisine to Cuban cocktails to traditional dance from southern Spain together. It’s all the same to these journalists. It must be fun for them to romanticize who Latinos are. It’s much cooler than actually learning something.
Who are these people and where do they get this stuff?
Looking Back at Mariel
7:31 am By Maegan La Mala · Cuba|Immigration|TV · Comments Off
20 Sep 2005
This year marks the 25th anniversary of the Mariel Boatlift. As part of New York’s PBS Channel 13‘s extensive Hispanic History Month programming, Cantos Latinos,which actually began in the beginning of September, they are featuring Beyond the Sea. The documentary features interviews with some of the nearly 125,000 that fled Cuba during a 6 month period in 1980. Hopefully the film, which had a limited release in some cities earlier this summer, will help dispel the stereotype that the Marielitos were all criminals and mentally ill and reveal a complex story of exile.
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