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5 Questions with Werner Herzog
I recently had the opportunity to corner and question German “new wave” director Werner Herzog at the Morelia Film Festival. Herzog, who doesn’t often give interviews and is known for his prickly disposition with the media, was more than hospitable and gracious with me on this occasion as he waited patiently in the rain for his transport to a conference that he and director Barbet Schroeder would be giving that evening.

The Paco Sessions
By Don Pappi Chulo
La Jerga was lucky enough to get its grubby little hands on Paco Rivera’s new demo sessions. The four untitled tracks we reviewed were a mixture of R&B, Soul and house music.
1. The first track is slow, smooth, rolling in my jeep, sipping on gin n’ juice grooves with mi bitch by my side. The guitar comes in and sweeps yosau away, even when Paco’s charismatic voice isn’t. This one's got a lot of good old skool feelin’. It gives me a one-man Earth Wind and Fire kinda vibe. Excellent for rollin’ in dem hills in a drop top with a girl, or two…

Mexicano por un Dia
por Luis Núñez
A tan sólo un mes y medio del 16 de septiembre, “Día de la Independencia de México” (suponiendo que realmente fuéramos un país independiente) se sigue respirando la resaca del patriota adormilado que hace un intento por despertar una vez al año, intentamos salir de nuestro letargo capitalista global para celebrar el día del grito, vestidos de Levi´s, Armani, Ralph Lauren, etc, envueltos en toda esa mierda de la que nos hemos vuelto parte… .

Hard Candy Halloween
by Hobo Sweettooth
After spying them pretty lights over at the Plaza Civica, I decided I needed to have me a look. Before me lay a cornucopia of what appeared to be everyday objects in candy form. So I pooled my drinking money together and forwent a night at La Cucaracha to bring you this Day of the Dead candy review, because I figure I was the only fool in town who would actually eat this stuff. .

Un Poquito de Soul
Tuve recientemente el placer de sentarme a platicar con Paco Rivera sobre su nuevo proyecto como solista...

Cuéntanos, cuál fue la inspiración para tu proyecto como solista y qué significa para tu trayectoria musical y cómo se relaciona con el trabajo que has hecho con Pila Seca.

Este proyecto lo empecé hace 6 meses más o menos. Es un proyecto que quería hacer yo sólo porque, como cualquier otro músico, tiene siempre la necesidad hacer cosas solo y no estar siempre encasillado con una banda. El proyecto más que nada es transmitir totalmente lo que traigo adentro. Son mis influencias reales que yo meto a la banda pero no las puedo desenvolver con la banda como yo quisiera. Entonces es como puede ser soul, como puede ser R&B, como puede ser algo electrónico. Lo que me ha dejado Pila Seca es estar produciendo más creatividad en mi vida. Pero, sí, éste es un proyecto que quiero hacer sólo, para meterle desde el primer bombo de una batería hasta la voz. Todo completamente sólo para saber qué es realmente lo que traigo adentro.

El Puente de Los Frailes
By Frair Duck
(Español) La historia es bien conocida por estos lugares. En el camino a Celaya, justo antes de alcanzar la salida a Guanajuato, al lado de la carretera principal se puede ver un puente en desuso que data del siglo XVI. Por el año de 1575, dos monjes franciscanos, Fray Francisco Doncel y Fray Pedro de Burgos, llevaban por ese puente dos figuras del ‘Cristo de la Conquista’ que estaban destinadas a las Villas de San Miguel el Grande y San Felipe Torresmochas. Ese día, un grupo de chichimecas que solía atacar por esos rumbos, los sorprendieron. Los pobres frailes fueron asaltados, martirizados y sacrificados por sus agresores.
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(English) The history is well known about these parts. On the road to Celeya, just before you reach the exit for Guanajuato, off the side of the main highway, you’ll find a stone arched bridge, now unused, dating from the 16th century. Around the year 1575, two Franciscan monks, Fray Frandisco Doncel and Fray Pedro de Burgos, were carrying two figures of Cristo de la Conquista (Christ of the Conquest) as they crossed this very same bridge. The figures they carried were intended for the villages of then San Miguel el Grande and San Felipe Torresmochas, respectively. At that time, San Miguel was barely but a fort, and the center of town lay somewhere near present day Iglesia de San Francisco. That day the two friars were ambushed by a group of native Chichimeca Indians, who were known to attack parties crossing this area, especially those such as these unwanted foreigners.
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La Cueva del Diablo
Por Das Spelunker
(Español)Como muchos otros pequeños pueblos de México, San Miguel comparte la leyenda muy frecuente sobre un baúl lleno de oro y joyas enterrado en las profundidades de una caverna del lugar. Muchos han deseado extraer las riquezas que la cueva contiene, considerando una tarea fácil el entrar y salir con el botín. Pero al pasar la historia, muchos han tratado y sido muertos en vano. Aún otros que han entrado a la cueva y sobrevivido para contar su historia, han acertado en que ahí no hay otra cosa más que una pérdida de tiempo.
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(English) Like many small Mexican towns, San Miguel shares the fairly ubiquitous legend of a trunk full of gold and jewels buried deep within the recesses of a local cavern. Many have wished to wrest these riches from the cave, perceiving it an easy task to and enter and exit with its booty. But as the story goes, many have tried and died in vain. Yet others who have entered the cave and survived to tell the tale have asserted that there is nothing there but a humongous waste of time.
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El Alicante
Por El Fakir of San Antonio
(Español) Si fueras al campo y le preguntaras a cualquier campesino o granjero sobre ‘El Alicante’, seguro te dirá que sí ha escuchado de él. Es una criatura mítica del folklore mexicano — ¿o no lo es? Como la mayoría de las víboras, se alimenta de ratones, ratas y otros pequeños roedores; sólo que a diferencia de las serpientes comunes, el alicante no se arrastra sino que se desplaza erguido sosteniéndose sobre su cola. Cuando encuentra a su víctima, se lanzan sobre ella incorporándose nuevamente en fracciones de segundo. Según cuenta la gente, su forma es similar a la cobra pero con distintas cualidades.
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(English) If you travel out to el campo, and poll a handful of native local farmers and campesinos, chances are you’ll run into someone who has heard of the Alicante snake. The Alicante is a mythological creature of Mexican folklore—or is it? Like most snakes, the Alicante is said to feed off of rats, field mice and other small rodents and scavengers. But unlike most snakes, Alicantes supposedly don’t drag and crawl upon their entire bodies, but move in a tall and erect fashion, with the majority of their body upright. They hunt their prey in this fashion until they are ready strike, pecking down like a fierce chicken. By some accounts, it has the form of a cobra, complete with the classical cobra “hood”, but with distinctly different characteristics.
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Community Voices – News You May Have Missed
By Stucco Steve
Wars, terrorists, tornados, snipers, SARS, kidnappings, hijackings, anthrax mailings and monkey pox viruses. With something like 42 news channels broadcasting 24 hours a day, one would think there are other topics other than those mentioned. It’s enough to cause neurosis and depression among television owners. Below are some new story headlines that the international news conspirators have scrapped in favor of their scary fear factor B.S.

On Knife Fighting in San Miguel
Or The Trouble With this Town
By Keith Keller
(One day Bobby Kaplan, the Jazz singer and drummer, asked me to show him how to punch. He had heard I knew how. One thing led to another and for the next five or so years I taught him how to fight with a knife. Bobby had been studying Tai Chi for many years and was particularly proficient at “push hands”, which was useful in infighting. Drumming had also made Bobby ambidextrous, and he caught on very quickly. There came a point when we knew each other’s strengths and weaknesses too well and sparing became more challenging but less fun. We then found four people, three men and one woman, to join us, a difficult task at that time in tranquil San Miguel.