The long awaited article on Colombian punk is out at Remezcla. You can check it HERE. Yes, it’s little long but highly entertaining if I say so myself (self depreciating laugh inserted here). What’s that you say? You are more of a visual person? Yes, I know, all those words can be headache inducing. So […]
MEDELLIN, COLOMBIA – Last Friday I received a last minute invite by my good friends Andres (Los Suziox) and Faber (Rock in Medellin Festival) to a private concert by the incredible local punk band I.R.A. For those of you who don’t know I.R.A., here is a little info. It is so hard to believe from […]
Punks are always helping out. This is a message that probably doesn’t get out very often, I mean its not as if punks have a big Public Relations Department spinning all the good stuff that punks do. There is no Global Association of Punks for Good Causes or anything like that (that I’m aware of). […]
Medellin, Colombia – July 8th, 2010 What is punk? How far can you push the boundaries of punk (are their boundaries in punk?) and who is qualified to define punk anyway? Some purist insist ska has no relation to punk while others insist it most certainly does, and if that is the case, can we […]
MEDELLIN, COLOMBIA: July 7th, 2010 I promised you video from our coverage of Rock Al Parque in Bogota, and here goes our first clip. This clip features the very popular punk/hardcore band from Medellin, “Fertil Miseria” performing on July 4th at the big 3 day festival. Fertil Miseria was just my 2nd interview when filming […]
April 15th, 2010: I arrive in Medellin and it’s like a breath of fresh air after the cold and rain of Bogota. Lush and green, I feel I am at home again when I arrive to the little hotel I discovered last time I was here in December. The hotel is in a perfect location […]
If you’ve been following my travels or this blog, you are aware that I was in Bogota and Medellin, Colombia last December for the big Casualties show there. It was a memorable event and a heck of a lot warmer than NYC right now so I sure wish I was back there. One of the […]