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Overall news and whatnot.

  • bye+socials!+(most+of+them)

    My name is Jose and I am a social media junkie. Twitter, Insta, FB, G+, MySpace, MSN Messenger, Yahoo Messenger, AOL IM, ICQ, IRC, anything remotely social from 1994 on, I was in it and how. Now I am gone. Hopefully for good this time.

    Today I’m keeping LinkedIn at the most. I don’t mind keeping this since this is a very handy and practical way (despite their security breaches) to keep a resume and make business connections. As far as the rest of the current social media landscape is concerned I am no longer willing to sacrifice my privacy or what’s left of it to the whims of the social media overlords nor for the convenience of being “connected” to the rest of the world.

    I simply don’t have time to blindly consume nor share with the rest of the planet my life’s minutiae. I’d rather spend time creating and then sharing in my own terms while retaining a semblance of sanity or tranquility in this world. If that makes me a Luddite, so be it. The signal to noise ratio today makes it almost impossible for me to spend time doing things that really matter to me instead of being a consumer.

    Late-stage capitalism has brought many ills and the promises that social media would bring us together have failed. For the moment, I remain out. Cheers!

  • .:two+trips+to+antartica:.

    Somehow, I neglected to include these two Antartica Releases. I hope to remedy that mistake now. Enjoy!

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  • .:o.p.a.l. – la soif ep out today!:.

    .:o.p.a.l. – la soif ep out today!:.

    New O.P.A.L. release out now! Five new songs exploring the ambient, downtempo, dub, electronic, instrumental and techno genres.

    Download it for free at our Bandcamp and The Internet Archive sites.

    Also available in Apple Music, Deezer, Spotify, Tidal and other streaming platforms.

  • .:o.p.a.l. – in absentia – años luz viii:.

    a contribution to matotumba’s años luz compilation. more new stuff is out there. will update the blog soon.

     

     

  • .:D35C0JóN UR84NO live ONLY PR GIG FOR 2015:.

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    Hello. We are scheduled to play our only gig in 2015 Friday June the 12th after the Teatro de la Commedia show at La Tertulia en Mi Tierra at Calle Manuel Pirallo #5, Mayaguez, PR 00680. The comedians start at 9 pm. We start at 11 pm. Our buddies in Matotumba got us the gig and will do a special appearance. So come over and join us.

  • Two bands join the family, 2 brand new releases and a gig.

    Things are busy at headquarters. New bands join our roster, we’ve got two new releases and an upcoming O.P.A.L. gig.

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  • “Sopor” and “La Dolce Vita” Ep’s Out Now!

    Good news everyone! New Descojón Urbano and O.P.A.L. releases are out for your downloading needs. Descojón Urbano released La Dolce Vita EP and O.P.A.L. released the Sopor EP. They’re free to download at Bandcamp, Last.fm and Archive.org.

    Thanks to the kind folks at Puerto Rico Indie and Crudo for the coverage.

  • Music page updated, new tracks uploaded and ready for download. New EP’s soon.

    Hi. Uploaded a new Descojón Urbano track, as well as a recent O.P.A.L. track to the music section of the site. Also updated the existing music links for the Música Casual and the Antartica sections as well. I’m tempted to keep working on these sections so they can show the Rojo y Negro discography. Also gonna work on updating the Bandcamp, Archive.org and Last.fm listings so they’re all properly synced and you have choices to get your musical jollies.

    Two brand new EP’s are in the pipeline and hopefully will be ready before 2011 leaves its sorry ass. O.P.A.L.’s “Sopor” EP and Descojón Urbano’s “La Dolce Vita”EP. O.P.A.L.’s are brand new tracks and expands on the “All Good People Are Asleep And Dreaming” EP an Descojón Urbano’s will hopefully feature a mix of both brand new material and re-worked and re-recorded tunes. The new material will deal with those lovely characters who’ve been having fun with the global economy for the last 20 years. You are warned. You can get an idea of the shape of things to come checking out their respective pages on the music section.

    So thanks for stopping by and hopefully reading this and downloading the stuff. It’s free for the taking, so might as well do it. As always, your comments and suggestions are welcome.