Yesterday was the last day of carnivals in Barranquilla. This week of parades and parties is actually just the grand finale of music and colors to an entire month of festivities. Being in Quilla for these celebrations was a memory I will never forget. The following is a song that these carnivals birthed and some pictures to go [...]
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La Luna- A Tribute To The Rumba
Posted in Uncategorized on February 22, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Going, Going, Back, Back, to College, College
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged chick fil, college, rush hour traffic on February 10, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Remember when you could roll out of bed, throw a hat and a hoodie on, and stumble yourself to class in 10 minutes; when every year the school gave you a bunch of “free” money you spent on absurdly overpriced books and Chick-fil-a; when the people you passed on campus were the same people you [...]
Love.Hate.Music
Posted in Uncategorized on January 19, 2012 | 2 Comments »
Imagine if the thing that could calm you in the middle of Armageddon was the same thing that could stress you out on a Sunday morning when you’re wrapped up in blankets with your dog next to your bed and nothing to do all day; if the thing that pushed you forward when life’s hurricane [...]
The Tradition Of Christmas
Posted in Uncategorized on December 25, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Lights shine through the darkness like stars, leading up a tree that once was believed to be sacred because it could live through the winter, to one larger star at the top. A family that usually watches TV every night now sits around this tree, in a room they rarely go into, reminiscing while flipping [...]
Charles Elmore Myers- Chapter 1
Posted in Uncategorized on December 19, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Charles Elmore Myers, my grandfather, is a natural storyteller. He is the type of person that will make friends with anyone, and given enough time, share his life story with great detail. So I decided to point a camera at him and give you the opportunity to virtually share a room with one of the [...]
Old Soul
Posted in Uncategorized on December 7, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I hope people play my new album, when we finally put it out, like I have been playing L’Orange’s new project Old Soul. Every song on this instrumental tape samples Billie Holiday, one of LO’s biggest influences. The more I get to know him the more I see that influence. “I hate straight singing. I [...]
The Transition
Posted in Uncategorized on December 6, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Life is different now. It’s not better, it’s not worse, it’s just different. Things here in Chapel Hill are comfortable. My neighborhood is quiet, my bed is soft, and my friends still have the same numbers. My cat still can’t hear and my car still makes noises it shouldn’t. Nothing changed, and yet everything has. [...]
Cherry Pop: International Soccer Game
Posted in Uncategorized on November 17, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
This week I had the chance to see my first two international soccer games- Colombia vs. Venezuela & Colombia vs. Argentina. The stadium was a sea of yellow jerseys, honking horns, and people eager to see their team take down two of their most disliked rivals. The crowd got pretty routy… beers were only 3 mil [...]
Un Año En Barranquilla
Posted in Uncategorized on October 26, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
A year ago today a non-Spanish speaking gringo stepped out of the Barranquilla airport for the first time. He fought his way through a crowd of people looking for someone holding a sign with his name on it, but he saw no one. That young scraper walked right passed the three young women waiting to [...]
Runway Rap
Posted in Uncategorized on October 25, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Q: Why am I on a runway with a bunch of Colombian models? A: Rap! When Larry and I first started this rap thing we were just interested to see what we could create. We were both very into hip hop, Motown, and any music that had substance (musically or lyrically). We would put together [...]
