SOUNDTRACK: MARIACHI EL BRONX-Tiny Desk Concert #226 (June 21 2012).
Mariachi El Bronx is an L.A. based band which plays Mariachi music. They wear the full mariachi outfit (suits with great designs on them) and have traditional instruments.
According to Felix Contreras, NPR’s Alt Latino dude, their mariachi is quite authentic. The biggest surprise to me is that the band started as a punk band. So the lead singer is a bald Caucasian fellow and the accordionist has red hair! That obviously doesn’t matter, it’s just surprising, especially since their music feels like the genuine article.
They play three songs,
- “Revolution Girls”
- “Everything Dies”
- “Norteño Lights”
And they have trumpets playing, a great violin solo on the first track and the big fat bass instrument on all the songs. Mariachi is pretty much always fun, and this is no exception.
[READ: December 5, 2015] Desmond Pucket and the Mountain Full of Monsters
This sequel to the first Desmond Pucket book pushes Desmond’s love for scaring people (and making monsters) to a logical extreme. But it also adds a romantic interest and a back story for his nemesis, Mr Needles.
I said that the first book surprised me with its ending, but there weren’t too many surprises in this one.
The book begins with Desmond showing us his Top Secret Master Plan, which involves giving Tina Schimsky a note asking if she’ll go on the Mountain Full of Monsters Ride during the school trip.
But before he can get her the note, class bully Scot Seltzer steals it. We get a brief story about how Desmond and Scott used to be good friends and how they became enemies (which is pretty funny). He gets the note back, but when he gets to Crab Shell Pier and is ready to put his plan into action, he is grabbed my Mr Needles, the school disciplinarian. (more…)
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