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stortebeker (74)in StreetArt • 8 days ago
Mexican Murals - Varying Levels of Graffiti in Mixcoac [CCC's Street Art Contest #245]
The other day I passed by one of the many painted walls in Mexico City's Mixcoac neighborhood (on Los Echave , close to the corner of Charco Azul .) It was made up of…
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stortebeker (74)in Hive Book Club • 12 days ago
Bibliophilia - Dust-Bowl and Great Depression: Bound for Glory by Woody Guthrie
Just recently I posted about Bob Dylan , which in turn inspired me to introduce his influence, Woody Guthrie . Since that post focused entirely on his music, I thought I…
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stortebeker (74)in Music • 13 days ago
ThreeTuneTuesday - Some Lesser Known Woody Guthrie
Last week I got to see the new Bob Dylan movie. I quite enjoyed it actually, and I don't think it was nowhere as bad as some of the opinions of other folks I saw floating…
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stortebeker (74)in CineTV • 15 days ago
Bob Dylan in Film - No Direction Home and A Complete Unknown
I recently saw the new dramatic biography A Complete Unknown about Bob Dylan's rise to fame in the 1960's. It was not as bad as many had claimed, at least I quite liked it.…
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stortebeker (74)in StreetArt • last month
Mexican Murals - Fresh, Bright Colors in the Parque Lira
Murals tend to come and go. I'm sure most of the ones featured in my Mexican Murals series have been painted over long ago, and in some cases even the walls themselves that…
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stortebeker (74)in CineTV • last month
CineTV Contest: Raiders of the Lost Ark - How to Impress a 5-year-old
I'm back to CineTV, responding to its current contest , asking about our favorite movie from our childhood . Seeing the prompt, I didn't have to think much about the…
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stortebeker (74)in Music • 2 months ago
ThreeTuneTuesday - Andean Music, the most famous new versions
Do you know Adean Music? Even if you say you don't, I'm sure an image just popped into your mind, of a group of South Americans, dressed in indigenous garb, playing lively tunes…
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stortebeker (74)in Planetauto • 2 months ago
Look What's Parked Here - A Beautiful Woddy from the 70's
When I stepped outside this morning, this is what I saw parked on our street corner: a classic Woody, clean and nice looking, shimmering in the sunlight. Immediately I felt the…
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stortebeker (74)in StreetArt • 2 months ago
Mexican Murals - I Used To Live Here [CCC's Street Art Contest #236]
The other day I happened to pass by the first place I lived in Mexico City, for more than just a couple of weeks, that is. The address is Ignacio Esteva 20B in San Miguel…
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stortebeker (74)in Music • 3 months ago
ThreeTuneTuesday - Julieta Venegas: Feeling in Mexican
To be honest, I typically don't tend to like the music of popular female singers going on about the topics of relationships and the like. Not that there's anything wrong about…
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stortebeker (74)in StreetArt • 3 months ago
Mexican Murals - An Old Wolf in the Condesa [CCC's Street Art Contest]
Okay, so this mural is a bit of a relic. I took the photo of it ... somewhere around six to twelve months ago, then forgot about it entirely, so it never made it into a post. In…
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stortebeker (74)in Hive Book Club • 3 months ago
Bibliophilia - The Lightning of August: How the Mexican Revolution Really Happened (probably not!)
A few months ago, the favorite topic my wife and I chose for our entertainment was the Mexican Revolution , a period of roughly the first quarter of the 20th century. This…
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stortebeker (74)in StreetArt • 4 months ago
Mexican Murals - The King of Chocolate [CCC's Street Art Contest #231]
There is a large wall in a highly visible location in my neighborhood of Mexico City, with a frequently changing mural. The building is called La Casa Picnic and it would be…
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stortebeker (74)in Movies & TV Shows • 4 months ago
Binge on This - Bolívar: Enjoying History as a Soap Opera
It was on our recent trip to Colombia that we got the inspiration to watch this show, more particularly at the place where the great Liberator found his death . Not that we…
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stortebeker (74)in Music • 4 months ago
ThreeTuneTuesday - Café Tacvba: Mexican Cooking with Many Different Spices
When it comes to contemporary Mexican music, one of the groups I can highly recommend is Café Tacvba (pronounced Café Tacuba ). However, when it comes to describing this…
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stortebeker (74)in StreetArt • 4 months ago
We Have a Winner! Contest Result: Who Are These Girls?
Exactly one week ago I created a contest , which I shared in the StreetArt Community . It was inspired by a mural I saw, with four faces that turned out to be quite famous.…
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stortebeker (74)in Music • 4 months ago
ThreeTuneTuesday - Molotov: Mexican Hip-Hop-Rock Laying It All Down
As I hinted in my last BeerSaturday post , there is an awesome music group worthy of sharing, which has found its way onto the varied labels of a popular Mexican beer. The…
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stortebeker (74)in StreetArt • 4 months ago
Mexian Murals - Who Are These Girls? - Win 5 HBD [CCC's Street Art Contest #229]
Happy New Year to all of you, dear fans of cool street art! It's the start of another year, so I thought I should celebrate it with my own contest - provided the StreetArt…
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- Author $4.75
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stortebeker (74)in BEER • 4 months ago
BeerSaturday - Old Indio in New Colors
I know, I know... I've posted about Indio Beer before. It's a nice tasting red ale from Mexico, which is common enough that you'd find it in most corner stores. Got that. But…
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stortebeker (74)in Planetauto • 5 months ago
Look What's Parked Here - A Cybertruck and the Company it Keeps
I just saw a Cybertruck the other night, parked here in my neighborhood of Mexico City. Woopty-hoo, you might say. After all, it's not such a big deal. The thing has been out for…
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- Author $1.82
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