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onifre Member (Idle past 2950 days) Posts: 4854 From: Dark Side of the Moon Joined: |
Hey Drone,
What is "spanish bolero"? My spanish friends have introduced me to Habanera and southern Spanish flemenco guitar, but not "spanish bolero"? Keeping in mind that different spanish nationalities use the same word for different things, being that I'm Cuban, Spanish Bolero is what we call this type of music: For some reason, smoking a cigar and drinking some vino, while listening to this type of music really helps me relax. - Oni Edited by onifre, : No reason given.
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onifre Member (Idle past 2950 days) Posts: 4854 From: Dark Side of the Moon Joined: |
I only listen to metal. Who? I like Slipnot, Mudvayne, Killswitch is aight, Hatebreed is better IMO. Definitely Pantera, Suicidal Tendancies, Slayer - from the old school stuff. I still rock some Sepultura, Motorhead and Cannibal Corpse (not for the singing/yelling, just for the drums and guitar) on occasion. Other shit too but that's a start. - Oni
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onifre Member (Idle past 2950 days) Posts: 4854 From: Dark Side of the Moon Joined: |
I really enjoyed Los Panchos as well, kudos to Onifre. I'd welcome any more recommendations for Cuban music. Awesome! I'd love to recommend more. This I would have to admit is my guilty pleasure, old afro/cuban music. In no particular order, anything from:
Buena Vista Social Club Beny More One of my favorites Juan Luis Guerra. Also a favorite Afro Cuban All Stars. And the Afro Cuban All Stars w/ the master Ruben Gonzalez (this is amazing). He should also have his own mention, his piano playing is beautiful, Ruben Gonzalez. And I'll leave you with Israel "Cachao" Lopez. [Add by edit]: How could I forget my favorite single song Joe Arroyo. Hope you enjoy these, Granny. I grew up listening to this music at all the family gatherings, so it has history with me. I hated it then, I absolutely love it now - weird. - Oni Edited by onifre, : No reason given.
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onifre Member (Idle past 2950 days) Posts: 4854 From: Dark Side of the Moon Joined: |
Back in my pot-smoking youth... I love when people use this disclaimer. This either means you smoke on occasion, still, or smoked tonight listening to Enya (or are about to). - Oni
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onifre Member (Idle past 2950 days) Posts: 4854 From: Dark Side of the Moon Joined: |
Doing so would result in prison/jail because I'm on probation. For drug abuse? Listening to Enya while high. Never do that again, lol. j/k
Had it not been for that, I would light the fuck up every day. Do your thing for now, bro. It'll be legal soon anyway. - Oni
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onifre Member (Idle past 2950 days) Posts: 4854 From: Dark Side of the Moon Joined: |
HAHA. Yea right. My bitch of a P.O. won't even let me drink.....and it's not even a drinking related charge. Well, it'll be "medically" legal. He can't deny you meds, right? - Oni
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onifre Member (Idle past 2950 days) Posts: 4854 From: Dark Side of the Moon Joined: |
I was on an overseas flight and found Celia Cruz on the in-flight CD collection. Just wow! One of the best. I figured Granny would know her though, so I didn't add her to my list. Every Sunday my mom would clean the entire house while Celia played loud as can be on the record player. Man did I hate that as a kid - Lol. - Oni Edited by onifre, : No reason given.
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onifre Member (Idle past 2950 days) Posts: 4854 From: Dark Side of the Moon Joined: |
Except Country. Country is horrible, a blight upon the Earth, an auditory pestilence. Country bars are fun and the women in tight jeans are always a nice sight. I'll allow it to exist for selfish reasons. - Oni
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onifre Member (Idle past 2950 days) Posts: 4854 From: Dark Side of the Moon Joined: |
I find it difficult to stare at women in tight jeans while my ears are bleeding.
I typically can't stand the people who listen to country music for more than short periods anyway. The word "y'all," which isn;t even really a word so much as an example of the rape of the English language perpetrated in the South, makes me cringe. I roll my eyes at both cowboy hats and boots. Giant belt buckles instantly cap my estimation of a person's intelligence at an IQ of about 80, just this side of mentally handicapped. If Toby Keith was here he'd tell you to shut your queer mouth, do a shot, drink a beer and stop with the judgmental liberal talk. I guess I just don't really care where I drink that much - dive bars, country bars, I don't care. People suck everywhere.
The chicks you find listening to goth/metal music are both far more interesting and far more attractive. Give me dark (or unnaturally colored) hair, pale skin, tattoos and piercings, please! You'd die over the chic I'm dating now. She used to manage bands (for big labels) and is a sick drummer herself. Sick! Straight, jet black hair, tats, piercings...oh yeah! Her Valetine's gift to me was a tat (finishing a piece on my arm). My gift to her was Dropkick Murphy tickets, lol. But man, fuck, ain't nothing like those southern bells in daisy dukes though. I like a broader spectrum I guess. - Oni
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onifre Member (Idle past 2950 days) Posts: 4854 From: Dark Side of the Moon Joined: |
Clearly, I'm also not a fan of Westerns. You're dead to me... Tombstone?! The Dirty Dozen?! 3:10 to Yuma?! Wtf dude? Even Blazing Saddles? - Oni
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onifre Member (Idle past 2950 days) Posts: 4854 From: Dark Side of the Moon Joined: |
Every time I think about the stigma with which the chronic is abused day in and day out, I get sick. If it's fine for cancer patients, then WTF????? Slowly there has been a legitimate change in the social opinion of marijuana. Soon, very soon, it'll be legal and I won't have to feel like a criminal anymore. Till then... I'm an outlaw baby! Lol - Oni
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onifre Member (Idle past 2950 days) Posts: 4854 From: Dark Side of the Moon Joined: |
Thanks Oni, some great stuff there! I particularly like the Afro-Cuban All Stars, Ruben Gonzales is pretty amazing. Great playing. It's also really nice to see someone of his age still playing. Wud up Granny, I heard some afro/cuban music recently that I hadn't heard before and I remembered that you enjoyed it. I came back on this thread and found that I didn't reply to this post. Anywhoo.. Check out El Guayabero de Cuba. Another older dude of Ruben's age still cranking out the tunes.
On a similar note, I went to see Barry Cryer last night as part of the Leicester Comedy Festival. At 74 Barry is one of the UK's longest running stand-up comics. It's nice to know that a performer isn't doing the gig for the money or to further their career; Barry doesn't need any of that. He's still performing purely because he loves it and it shows. Same thing with guys like Ruben Gonzales; you get a really genuine performance. That's super cool. It's great to see pure passion even after decades of work. Btw, for you and the rest of the UK gang. I'm putting a DVD together to submit to a new booker (my old contact fell through) that books comedy clubs out in the UK. So hopefully in the near future I'll have some dates and locations for you guys.
You've probably heard this, but just in case, here's BVSC's Ibrihim Ferrer from the first Gorillaz album. Yeah but it's still sick to hear again! - Oni
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onifre Member (Idle past 2950 days) Posts: 4854 From: Dark Side of the Moon Joined: |
Cheers for that Oni! Another good one. Plus I love that guy's hat. It takes aplomb to pull off a straw boater. Oh you're welcome, dude. Those old guajiro's from the old school are proud (stubborn like my dad) men who got swagger! Haha... Btw I had to look up "aplomb" so you taught me a new word.
A lot of US artists of one sort or another have found breakthrough success in the UK. Yeah I think its a great experience and good growth for my material. It seems like it would allow me a lot more freedom to experiment with material that I only do at coffeshops and dive bars. Sometimes certain US audiences (the one's that pay) like the more generic, conventional material. So you have to work within that margin. In most cases comics have to dumb it down a lot. Until you're performing to just your fans, but that comes much later for comics.
I mean, if it's good enough for Hicks and Hendrix... Yeah and I've already lived longer than them so their curse won't get me. - Oni Edited by onifre, : No reason given.
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onifre Member (Idle past 2950 days) Posts: 4854 From: Dark Side of the Moon Joined: |
Even someone like Frankie Boyle, who delights in being as offensive as possible, or Simon Munnery, who is just weird as hell, can be successful. What I gather from both is intellect. A lot of the American comics who are offensive are offensive with generically silly stuff like Viagra jokes or dick jokes. UK comics have more of an intellectual edge...these days. My new favorite UK comic (who is originally from Australia) and now lives in the US is Jim Jeffries. I just worked with him recently and he gave me a great recommendation to the club. The material he does, to you may not seem to harsh, but in front of a US audience this is not taken too well. He was doing about 45 minutes and it took the audience a while to "get" him. But his US career seems to be doing well and he's filming a pilot for Comedy Central. For folks in the US, look out for him on Comedy Central soon. - Oni
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