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  • RIP Edgardo Vega Yunqué

    A couple of weeks ago, I ran into Ed Vega on the B67 heading into Park Slope. I was in a rush, he looked like just another melancholy boricua, I would have passed him by had he not been wearing...

  • Dominican Body Snatchers

    When I saw melanin-gifted actor Tristan Wilds among the cast of the "90210" revival, I was poised to hit the save-get key I have for TV programs and films that address their unbearable whiteness by adding a token. At least...

  • Soca hangover

    Slowly ramping up to regular bloggy activity again, having missed all the politrix excitement (Daddy Yankee's McCain endorsement, the tiro-por-la-culata Tina Fey VP pick, Gustav's still-damaging near-miss, etc.). Went to the West Indian Parade yesterday, and to J'Ouvert in the...

  • Me on the radio tonite w DJ Rupture

    A quick interruption of my hiatus to let you know I'll be on DJ Rupture's WFMU show Mudd Up! tonight 7-8 pm, talking about one of my favorite obsessions, accordion music. Expect some squeezebox shredding from different corners of the...

  • Dog days of summer

    Posting has been on the light side of late over here at Sound Taste. I'm not off lying in a hammock listening to the surf (though I wish badly that I were). I'm actually engaged in some serious hustling, which...

  • Friday Graciela

    Resplendent in gold lamé and matching eyeshadow, a reddish halo of perfectly coiffed hair, making her way from her walker with a built-in seat to the microphone, Graciela Pérez is no joke. She insists that photographers only shoot her from...

  • We're No. 1!

    And I'm not talking about the Olympics (though I've been mesmerized, despite my anti-nationalist leanings). I'm talking about this news: The U.S. is projected to be a majority-minority country in 2042, not 2050 as previously predicted. Eight years might not...

  • Friday Sidestepper

    I wanted to dedicate today to Miti Miti's new record, Altar Espandex, which is dropping today, the auspicious 08/08/08. But the gals are video-less, so I'll just have to write about it when I get a hold of it. But...

  • New Calle 13 on the way

    Be still my heart. Just received a press release that my favorite dirrrty boricua duo is about to drop a new record, a little over a year after their booty bomb Residente o Visitante. The new one's called "Los de...

  • Review: Paul Beatty's Slumberland

    High literary seriousness is easy. Satire is hard. Several of the great nonwhite literary hopes for American literature have managed the balancing act, imploding the cage of identity politics, telling good yarns about deadly serious stuff, and otherwise creating a...