once again music, no matter how wrong it may be, has saved me from the horrible stuff life throws my way. thank you ezequiel!

Once dias y al guaynabicho de 20 an-os que mato al paramedico con el carro de su mama sigue por la libre. La doble vara en este pai$ e$ una co$a cabrona!
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so what have u done to contribute to our yearly #winterofourdiscontent campaign? please share....
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Good night children! Sleep well. Take care of yourselves and each other. Yes, I was quoting Jerry Springer. Deal with it.
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Triple dosis de HBO Latino con El Bufalo de la Noche, Epitafios y Capadocia.
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Hell is a very lonely place where people are stuck until they manage to get out of there. So far it's a state of mind. The fire and brimstone are just for theatrics.
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some light reading for the holidays

here's some light reading for the holidays! enjoy! here and here. enjoy!

Shower and sleep. The world will run fine without me.
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now seriously guys and gals...

i am grateful for the love and support of my family, friends & loved ones. u know who u are. this has been a challenging year. i love u all.

Back from Soprano's. No bailotee pero fue bien bueno ver a Vero y a La Diabla. Feliz dia de la masacre del pavo!
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feliz dia de accion de gracias! Hartense y coman hasta que sus estomagos estallen! Bah humbug!
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segunda llamada para el bailoteo gostiko man~ana en soprano's. gente vestida de negro y/o de hot topic! el caco gotico! diversion a granel!

Smoking Near Mac Voids Warranty

Smoking Near Mac Voids Warranty

Out of the doctor's. On my way to babysit my dad and then off to get some documents for my appointment tomorrow. No rest for the wicked.
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Hi. At the local clinic. Waiting.
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Good morning you lovely brats! Get you ya-ya's out!
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ok you buncha grunts and rejects. off to get some shuteye. you best stay frosty. see you all tomorrow. over and out!

Presentando el nuevo logo de la Policia de Puerto Rico

Presentando el nuevo logo de la Policia de Puerto Rico que representa su eficacia en la lucha contra el crimen. Despues de todo si Milhouse es el gobernador de turno....

Steve Ballmer y Rupert Murdoch vs. Google? This will get interesting....
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On Sacrifice...

O.P.A.L. - Sacrifice Live At San Juan Noise Fest V

I have a very personal belief that art is both a means of expression and a con (mainly it's business side, and that is usually the subject of another rant). Anyway, it's my belief that for the last twenty years both in the U.S. and Puerto Rico we've seen efforts to suppress that expression. Whether it's a group of "concerned" citizens, or let's just come out and say it: religious zealots or conservative self appointed guardians of morality, who feel entitled to push their religious and political agendas down our throats, damn the opinions of others, much less our hard earned right to freedom of expression.

The funny thing about these people is that they hide behind the bible or their twisted sense of morality to suppress acts of artistic (and non-artistic) expression and are willing to censor them or manifest their 'shock and horror' about them, while they let similar or worse crimes go by unnoticed. Worse, they act 'concerned' while worst things are done by them on a daily basis.

Why am I writing about this? Well, the piece above is about sacrifice. Whether we sacrificed our rights for a false sense of security against a (mostly fabricated) enemy or worse yet, sacrifice our freedom to give an unaccountable few lots of power over our lives. Personally, the American (and to some extent the Puertorican) Dream, whatever that is, went downhill in the last 30 or 40 years. Nixon, Reagan, the Bushes, Romero Barcelo, Rossello and now Fortun~o have come to represent all of those forces who stifle expression and freedom. Whether it's the progressive dissection of our constitutional rights for the past 30 years, whether it's getting upset at a bunch of kids attempt to capture life at their housing project on video, it's all there. Captured in fourteen minutes fifteen seconds in a sound collage.

William S. Burroughs did it way before all of us with his cut-ups in his literary work. Sampling became it's logical successor. We steal shamelessly, but we try to steal from the best. This time, elements from Hunter S. Thompson´s Fear and Loathing In Las Vegas, Jello Biafra´s No More Coccoons, Les Tambours Du Bronx, the audio from the video from the boys of the Chavier housing project itself, and an improvised song from a toddler. We added noises, feedback and put it together in one nice little package for your listening pleasure. I think it's our little fuck you to everyone who gets on a high horse and try to justify outright censorship and repression, whether by religious, moral and or political means.

Thanks to Carlos, who was crazy enough to join me on this one. Jorge, for inviting us to play and we created a piece fitting for his, according to him, last stint at helming the San Juan Noise Fest. Angelito, for recording it for posterity. Last but not least, the other artists who played and the staff at Executive Manolo.

Anyway, here it is. Listen to it. Download it. Write about it. Let us know about it. Take care.