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Al compas del mundo - programa #97 - Latin punk, reggae and ska

 

It took till program #97 before I finally gave in and played some punk music. I’ve given it thought on numerous occasions but always figured my Mexican audience would be quick to change the radio dial. I shouldn’t underestimate them though. Mexico has had a significant punk culture and thirteen of those former nihilists probably work as stock brokers within 50 miles of the RadioactivaTX antenna – 89.9fm if you’re in the neighborhood (or maybe stream it, no?) And I even picked groups that actually, mostly, know how to play their instruments! By the way: Manic Hispanic rules. You can’t argue with “to be a cholo is my fate” because life is like a box of chocolates: you never know what you’re going to get…no, wait, that’s not even close to the truth. You grow up in South Central LA as a brown-skin man and you’re pretty much set on the path to cholo-ism. Simón! Oh, and also this: “El Rey” leading off the set is one of the all-time greatest and dearest macho Mexican tunes ever conceived (many a time I have witnessed serious feminists getting weepy and singing this tune with gusto). It’s almost a sacrilege to interpret it without mariachi backing, but Chingon (“Bad Mo’fo” in Mexican slang) bludgeons it in a very masculine way, so it works. And then there’s Jamaica in the house. I tried to mix up a keen selection of old hits (cuz I’m an old DJ) and I think it should satisfy. You don’t like it? It’s not for you? Liff up, mon! Come gwope! JH

Runlist for "Latin punk, reggae and ska" - First broadcast 10-12-2023

01 Chingon - El Rey (Mexico)

02 Manic Hispanic - I Want to Be a Cholo (Chicano)

03 Los Plugz - La Bamba (Mexico-USA)

04 Los Skarnales - Si Me Viste (Mexico-USA)

05 Voodoo Glow Skulls - El Mas Chingon (Mexico-USA)

06 Sindrome - Punk Suicida (Chile)

07 Banda Jachís - La Razón de Amarte (Spain)

08 Los Plugz - El Clavo Y La Cruz (Mexico-USA)

09 Bullwackie's All Stars -Take Time (Jamaica)

10 Prince Buster - Al Capone, Blue Beat Ska (Jamaica)

11 The Itals - Ina Dis Ya Time (Jamaica)

12 Jackie Mittoo the Skatalites - El Bang Bang (Jamaica)

13 Jah Batta – Unite (Jamaica)

14 Singing Melody - Stop Di Looting (Jamaica)

15 Elephant Man & Mister Steve - Way Dem Ago Do Now (Jamaica)

16 Alton Ellis - Dance Crasher (Jamaica)

17 Grupo Super T - West Bound D Train (Jamaica)

18 Pinchers - Taking You Home (Jamaica)

19 Andy and Joey - You're Wondering Now (Jamaica)

 

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