international waters
daily dos
tue 12/2/2008
(image by Chelsea Nicole Conner via flickr)
At least 38 people have been killed - nine decapitated - in Tijuana, Mexico since Saturday.
cashing out
daily dos
thu 9/18/2008
(image by Daquella manera via flickr)
Twenty prisoners were killed by guards during a daylong riot in an overcrowded jail in Tijuana, Mexico. The head of the state's prison system has been fired.
Insite
as seen on myspace
mon 10/1/2007
How do you say "emo" in Spanish? Insite. The six-piece Mexicali band is cut from the same cloth as emotional rockers Dashboard Confessional, Thrice and Thursday, but, like their northern counterpart Yellowcard, Insite has a not-so-secret weapon: a violinist.
Formed in 2000, Insite consists of pixie-haired Aree (Violin), Konrado (Vocals), Kar (Guitar), Miky (Bass), Johis (Drums) and Gabo (Guitar and vocals). Their debut album, Una Vida No Es Suficiente (One Life Is Not Enough), was released on Movic Records, the indie label that launched popular Monterrey emo-punk outfit Panda. According to Insite's management, Una Vida sold 5,000 copies in its first week, a number that jumped to 25,000 albums sold after the band's videos – the brooding Cielos Que Lloran and the Kill Bill-inspired Sola, which became a cliffhanger after they went over budget – hit Mexican airwaves.
The melancholy "chicalenses" plan on releasing Una Vida in the U.S. sometime in 2008 and, once they save a little cash, completing part two of their Quentin Tarantino-inspired video double-feature.
see: myspace.com/insite
seedless
daily dos
thu 1/4/2007
(image by pvera on flickr)
Kidnappings are down and murders are at a 20-year low in Colombia, where right-wing paramilitaries, left-wing rebels and drug cartels have often targeted civilians. Further up the narcotics pipeline, the Mexican government has dispatched 3,300 soldiers and police to the city of Tijuana, just across the border from San Diego, California. Last year, more than 300 people were killed in Tijuana in drug-related violence, a dramatic rise attributed to heightened competition between rival criminal organizations as well as rampant corruption in Tijuana's municipal police force.
diddle me this
daily dos
tue 10/10/2006
Paris and Nicole call a truce. North Korea detonates a nuclear bomb. Both gestures received as fake and pathetic pleas for attention.
