sucka...
Thinking a lot about music today and the hurricane. As I was walking by, the record store nearby had a display of the new Death Cab cd and, just as I started to look, they began to play the cd inside. Bought it. Love it. Feeling guilty, mixed feelings about buying indie white bands music. Like I try to feel empowered about listening to poc music and especially mexican and Latin music to hold my identity.
This is where my mind begans an out-of-control spiral of culture and experience--confusing my heart at times--,and some sense of acculturation from the two of those. Bands like Death Cab for Cutie have lyrics that reflect a type of poetic culture I see in a lot of Mexican and Latin music. And just as I suspected, homie from the band who sings is/was/hates being Catholic--there's a reference made to going to Catholic school and hating the way he was treated in "I Will Follow You into the Dark."
Living in dual culture mode can be shitty and confusing tho. But other times, I'm like whateva whatevA, if anything, I should be glad my mind is often a jukebox (and database) of two different musical and cultural backgrounds. But if fools only knew how hard it is to be empowered over both U.S. and Latin music, feeling political contradiction.
Back to the devastation and struggle to survive going on in New Orleans, LA. I had one idea.. if the city is in such shambles and there is "anarchy" on the streets, where the organizers at? It's gonna be a struggle to restart the city, and if we were only ready as a movement to move into that area and organize a new community, a new decision-making process, and implement an agenda for change that is empowering to the folks down there.
Note to myself: Must research more on New Orleans.
This is where my mind begans an out-of-control spiral of culture and experience--confusing my heart at times--,and some sense of acculturation from the two of those. Bands like Death Cab for Cutie have lyrics that reflect a type of poetic culture I see in a lot of Mexican and Latin music. And just as I suspected, homie from the band who sings is/was/hates being Catholic--there's a reference made to going to Catholic school and hating the way he was treated in "I Will Follow You into the Dark."
Living in dual culture mode can be shitty and confusing tho. But other times, I'm like whateva whatevA, if anything, I should be glad my mind is often a jukebox (and database) of two different musical and cultural backgrounds. But if fools only knew how hard it is to be empowered over both U.S. and Latin music, feeling political contradiction.
Back to the devastation and struggle to survive going on in New Orleans, LA. I had one idea.. if the city is in such shambles and there is "anarchy" on the streets, where the organizers at? It's gonna be a struggle to restart the city, and if we were only ready as a movement to move into that area and organize a new community, a new decision-making process, and implement an agenda for change that is empowering to the folks down there.
Note to myself: Must research more on New Orleans.