Meet Sandro - Compiled by eL Stinkeyes (2010)

Let's state the obvious. I'm a sucker for anything old and latino. So, in honor of Sandro's passing I compiled my picks from the 4 out of 50 something records he made. "Pintados Por Dios" is worth the download itself. We'll call it "Beat Latino." Here's to The Argentine Elvis. He has officially left the casa.




Meet Sandro

eXCLUSIVE - eL Stinkeyes - "Euro '60 Mix" (2010)

This mix started out with a Italian girl pop theme then I got bored and broadened it to European girl pop then the ADD kicked in and I settled on a blend of weird shit and pop gems all from the swingin European 60's. Add one part pop idol, one part flower power, one part ye-ye and one part soundtrack and mix well. Serve immediately.

Tracklist :

1.) Kronos - Cadavere Spaziale

2.) Miranda Martino - L'ultimo Appuntamento

3.) Francoise Hardy - Never Learn to Cry

4.) Rita Pavone - Ahi Ahi Ragazzo

5.) Dynastie Crisis - Faust 72

6.) Frances Gall - Laisse Tomber Les Filles

7.) I Baronetti- Isola Souvenir

8.) Gli Astrali - Non siamo como voi

9.) Unknown Artist

10.) Rita Pavone - La Commessa

11.) Clem Sacco E I Suoi Califfi- Change Twist

12.) Brigitte Bardot - Ca Pourrait Changer

13.) Andre Verchuren - Je Me Seis Bien

14.) Francoise Hardy - Je N'Attends Plus Personne

15.) Unknown Artist

16.) Nini Rosso - La Ballata Della Tromba

17.) Crociati - Milano

'ave a go at 'er ay

Los Belkings - (I really have no idea what the name of this record is.)

In September 2001, a young eL Stinkeyes applied for his Egyptian Visa. I saved up all my monies, planning on checking out the pyramids and temples, go swimming in the Red Sea, you know the whole "Egypt thing." A couple of days later I wake up to a phone call. It's my mother. She sounds really upset and she asking me if I'm okay. "Of course." I say half asleep. "What do you mean?" "You don't know? Terrorist flew a plane into the World Trade Center and it's on fire." This is just too surreal and I'm still half asleep and I finally convince my mother that there are no terrorist at my front door and hop on my bike to ride down the street to my friends house who has a TV. I didn't have one at the time. This is not a "where were you the day..?" story so I'll fast forward through the carnage and brimstone and get to the part where I got back home later and checked my mail and aside from the normal mail, I received my Egyptian visa. The following week my mother called me daily, begging me not to the Middle East. Me being young and carefree thought nothing of it but through numerous guilt laden trips I finally agreed to not go to Egypt. All for my mother. So my obvious plan B was to go to Peru and see Machu Pichu. Eventually I wound at a seaside town called Trujillo where I got the most awful food poisoning ever. The worst pain ever felt in my entire life. Having said that, ladies and gentlemen, I present to you Trujillo's surf rock gods, Los Belkings.



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Johnny Cash "Bitter Tears: Ballads of the American Indian" (1964)

In honor of SXSW steadily approaching, I am posting this because A.) Its a great album with a great back story. B.) There is a great book about the subject being promoted right now and C.) I will be participating this year by performing pieces from this record with the author and many special guests.

To begin with, in 1962 Johnny Cash began dipping his feet in the civil rights pool emerging at the time, more specifically the American Indian Movement. Upon completion of this record in 1964, Columbia records decided not to release it due to its political content and this when Cash was riding the wave of success off of "Ring of Fire." Today the album is available on digital format but the demand from Cash fans for its "proper release" grows daily. I would suggest to go here for a well scripted historical account.

The book, "A Heartbeat and A Guitar" by Antonino D'Ambrosio, is critically acclaimed and a must read for both Cash fans and civil rights advocates. We will be performing works from "Bitter Tears" while the author reads passages from his book. My good friend and music boss, Martin Perna will be in the house along with Wayne Kramer of legendary proto-punk institution MC5 plus some "surprise guests" and giving the fact that guests in the past have been Chuck D, Billy Bragg, and Tom Morello, there's no telling who's going to show up. Dates are below.

3/18 - 6-9 @ Rabbit's Lounge - Austin, Tx.

3/19 - 6:30-8:30 @ Resistencia Bookstore - Austin, Tx. 

The album is here.

Las Raices de la Chicha… La Leyenda Continua - Volumen 1 (2010)

Oh internets, how do I love thee. You bring the whole world together while I just sit on my ass and stare at a monitor. This compilation you see before you was sent to me from the source, my new Peruvian friend Wilmer. To summarize part of the text document in the file as well, "Chicha is more than a musical movement. It is a social movement of the mestizos." This is music of the people. I will no longer consider Lima the capital of Peru. Viva Cusco!


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Som Imaginario "s/t" (1970)

Pop Quiz:

Q: What do Milton Nascimento, Elis Regina, Gal Costa, Wagner Tiso, Nana Vasconcelos, Robby Singh and a bunch of other brilliant Brazilian musicians have in common?

A: This band.



Your welcome.

Bo Diddley - "Bo Diddley is a Gunslinger" (1960)"

Bo Diddley, "The Originator" as many called him, is responsible for assisting in the fusion on blues and rock n' roll. His self-invented legacy manifested itself into a reality where he changed music culture forever. Ed Sullivan cursed Bo calling him "one of the first colored boys to ever double-cross him" and stating he "wouldn't last six months"......stupid gringo. One of the only guitar players to a have a drum beat named after him. A man that named many of his works after himself. This being the case, you can say he influenced hip hop as well with his self-revelry. Plus you cant deny that he's rapping on "Who Do You Love", no matter how primitive it may sound by today's lyrical standards. He released over thirty albums and in short, he's "The Shit."




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