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Bang Data Rocks an Immigrant Groove Mixed With Latino Standards — and Hip-Hop

Posted by luckygrrr on October 26, 2012 · Leave a Comment

Juan Manuel Caipo, left, and Deuce Eclipse, right, the heart of the band Bang Data, performing at ¡Vivan los Muertos! Saturday (Photo courtesy Bang Data)

Juan Manuel Caipo, one-half of the driving force behind Bay Area-based alternative hip-hop band Bang Data, says he was born in the United States, but grew up in Peru. Deuce Eclipse, the other half, is of Nicaraguan extraction. So it’s fair to say that their music has a certain . . . something . . … Read more

Filed under Autry Events, Conversations, Featured · Tagged with altares, Bang Data, Bay Area, Caipo, cempasuchitl, copal, Day of the Dead, Deuce Eclipse, Dia de los Muertos, hip-hop, illegal immigration, immigrants, immigration, incense, La Sopa, marigolds, Mexican American, Mexican American culture, Mexico, Mi Viejo, Vivan los Muertos

Michael Heralda: Passing on a Native Philosophy Through Stories

Posted by luckygrrr on October 24, 2011 · 4 Comments

Michael Heralda found his life’s vocation in a dusty book bin in a yard sale 17 years ago. But he is neither author nor bookseller. He is a storyteller and a philosopher for our time, fostering people’s understanding of what is and is not authentic in the modern world. “The key to remember is that … Read more

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