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The bit that you skip #63: Control Machete – Esperanza
The so called “avanzada Regia” that flourished on the second half of the 90s was cursed with the sophomore slump. Resorte, Zurdok (I do prefer Hombre Sintetizador, though), Jumbo, Molotov, Plastilina Mosh all had less than stellar -both in sales and reception- second albums. I feared the same for Control Machete’s sophomore, Artilleria Pesada Presente……
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The bit that you skip #62: Everlast – Tired
By the late 90s, my trips to Tampico reduced drastically. A combination of summer school to catch-up on some courses after switching majors and a bunch of curve balls meant I had to stay in Mexico during some holidays. I really wanted to spend my summer of 99 in Tampico, but it wasn’t to be.…
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The bit that you skip #61: The Cooper Temple Clause – The Same Mistakes
A few years down the road as a “professional” (HA!), I became unemployed. I’ve been working for a parastatal that worked environmental research and impact for the government. It wasn’t a flashy job, but it was a great opportunity to work with clever people doing their best for the environment, whenever red tape and the…
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The bit that you skip #60: Eels – Novocaine for the soul
Day five of sampled based songs pentalogy… Mark Everett said that this song was about detachment and it certainly found me on said mood. After hanging in Tampico for a while, I attended a Statics class on summer school at uni. It wouldn’t count as a credit, though, but I enrolled as I heard it…
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The bit that you skip #59: Primitive Radio Gods – Standing outside a broken phone booth with money
My aunt wasn’t rich. She was clever enough to get by with her paycheck as an anesthesiologist and then as an A&E doctor for the graveyard shift at Ciudad Madero’s Red Cross. It was a tough time, as money was scarce and the nightmares she saw during those hours, whether accidents or crimes, stayed with…
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The bit that you skip #58: The lightning seeds – You showed me
OR: Day three of the unofficial pentalogy of great 90s sample-based tracks. I like black and white videos, me. I’m easy to please and even if the song isn’t the best around, a good black and white video is mother’s milk for a pretentious fiend like me. So when The Lightning Seeds’ magnificent, haughty cover…
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The bit that you skip #57: Lucas – Lucas with the lid off
OR: Day two of the unofficial pentalogy of great 90s sample-based tracks. Never been shy to say I love rap. Once the genre expanded to other countries, a few acts grabbed my attention. US3, Jovanotti, and today’s pick, Lucas, from Denmark. Lucas with the lid off is an off-kilter track. A sample from Benny Goodman’s…
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The bit that you skip #56: White town – Your woman
OR: Day one of the unofficial pentalogy of great 90s sample-based tracks. The beginning of university in 95 was an odd experience. My master was Communications Science, because, as you can see, I like arts, movies, and writing. The first semester wasn’t what I expected and I ended up switching majors on my second semester,…
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The bit that you skip #55: Poe – Haunted
I used to hang with Claudia every sunday in 2002. Our definition of “hanging out” was: meet at Metro Sevilla, walk to Cine Diana, see what looks good, and the grab some food afterwards. Usually Burger King. It’s a simple life. The Others, Eight Legged Freaks, Ice Age, Panic Room. A few of the flicks…
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The bit that you skip #54: Bent – Swollen
2001 was a weird year for me. First time with a proper job (Ericsson, then WGS), first time driving everywhere (for fun and for work related stuff), and first time I genuinely thought I was going to die, when the Aerocalifornia plane I took to Tampico went dark and an alarm rung for the entire…
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