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Could Calle 13 Become Latin America's Musical Conscience?

Posted by José Balido on November 28, 2011 at 3:00am

Oh sure, there's Shakira, Paulina, Thalia, Camila, Juanes, Marc, Ricky, and other popular poppers, God bless 'em. But ay,  bendito, the sensation of the 12th annual Latin Grammy Awards earlier this month -- as it was at the same awards in 2009 -- was the Puerto Rican duo Calle 13, nominated for ten awards, and bringing home nine, breaking Colombian singer Juanes' lifetime Latin Grammys record. This pair of 33-year-old stepbrothers, tattooed René Pérez (aka "Residente") and bearded Eduardo Cabr

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Coupons, Groupons, And Fashionistas

Posted by Kaleel Sakakeeny on December 2, 2010 at 7:40pm
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Coupons, Groupons, And Fashionistas


Recently I met a vivacious, young mother of two, Vera Sweeney, who is very much an entrepreneur.

Vera runs three rather clever web sites, one of which, ladyandtheblog.com is a sassy example of “fashionistas” taking to the web, often with video cameras (vloggers), to share their shopping successes and opinions for those of us (all of us), ever eager to find deals and good goods.

Vera talked about her recent trip to New York’’s Shoegasm (she lives
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The Foul Mouth of YouTube Travel

Posted by Kaleel Sakakeeny on August 16, 2010 at 4:09am
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The Foul Mouth of You Tube Travel

I’m absolutely convinced that comments on video sharing sites, especially You Tube, are more mean, potentially racists and more chaotic than comments posted to text-based blogs and sites.

And I’m sure there are many more comments posted to video sharing sites.

While I’m mostly talking about travel videos on You Tube, ( a large part of its inventory), I’ve seen the same kinds of responses in other categories on the site..

You Tube really is the wild,
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