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(PNS reporting from BELIZE CITY) The Nohmul complex, an ancient Mayan pyramid in the north of this Central American country, was recently bulldozed by a local contractor who used the crushed rock to “fill” a road. Nohmul was utilized as a ceremonial center 2,300 years ago.

After public outcry from archaeologists, local authorities said they would investigate the demolition.

Belize real estate attorney Alejandro Bolsa de Duchez defended the destruction: [Mas…]

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Naked dancing butts of all descriptions shake it and don’t break it in this music video from Chilean synthpop band Astro. We don’t know about the Panda part, they just shout “panda” a lot. (Potentially NSFW semi-nudity, depending.) [Mas…]

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POCHO’s crew of slackers, surfers, skaters and all-around SoCal party peeps missed this video when it came out in March, but when we started going through the tunes on the excellent new FREE Nacional Records Sampler, this track perked up our ears and made us look for a video. From Argentina with love, meet Señor Flavio, pochas y pochos, with Dulce Babalu.

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Johnny Perez, the original drummer for Tex-Mex superstar band Sir Douglas Quintet, died Tuesday in Los Angeles. He was 69. This 1965 video shows Perez and his bandmates performing their hit She’s About A Mover on NBC’s Hullaballoo.

Here’s the band with Mendocino:
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New Kiko live Los Lobos video: ‘When the Circus Comes (to Town)’

by VATO BARBIERI August 27, 2012 Cultura
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Los Lobos? We say they’re the best Los Angeles band ever. Others dismiss them as just another band from East L.A. Either way, here they are in a just-released video, lamenting lost love live at the San Diego House of Blues in When the Circus Comes from the masterful Kiko album. More Los Lobos: One [...]

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Kinky: In ‘Despues Del After’ a robot does the Chinese dougie (video)

by IDORU ZINGA July 25, 2012 Cultura
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Monterrey technorock superstars Kinky and an illuminated robot amigo shot this new video in Shanghai, Beijing and Hong Kong. (Despues Del After = After the After.) And we love this older (possibly NSFW: side boobs) English-language Kinky production with an eight-bit video game look, the band’s tribute to Those Girls:

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Dave Alvin: ‘Hey, Baby, It’s the Fourth of July’ (video)

by Victor Payan July 4, 2012 Cultura
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Roots rock singer/guitar slinger and East Los homie (Downey) Dave Alvin sings a classic ode to America, folky roots, broken hearts, independence and Mexican kids shooting fireworks. Hey, baby, it’s the Fourth of July!

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Free download/stream from TX rockers Girl In A Coma ‘One Eyed Fool’

by QUESO QUESEM June 12, 2012 Audio
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Girl In A Coma, the all-chica metal power trio from Texas, just released this surprisingly pop track One Eyed Fool. Girl in A Coma is sisters Nina (vocals/guitar) and Phanie Diaz (drums) and long-time friend, Jenn Alva (bass). Check it out! And if that’s not enough, we ran a cool video from the band in [...]

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La Chata’s Music Box: Madness en Español! Who knew? (video)

by La Chata April 27, 2012 Cultura
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TGIF Music Video: Madness – Uno paso adelante. When La Chata skanks at the office, this is what she skanks to! Veteran English ska/2tone band Madness also recorded One Step Beyond, from their 1979 debut album, in Spanish, and here’s the proof. Rock esteady, Teddy! Original English version here:

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San Antonio’s Bombasta rocks the hood with ‘De la Calle’

by AL AMO April 9, 2012 Cultura
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People you know, situations you recognize, stuff you resemble, calles you cruise, stories you live — they’re all here in De la Calle, the super Spanglish new alt.cumbia video from San Antonio band Bombasta.

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