Word: mariachi
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...sploited.”) These uncomfortable encounters included shaky camerawork as the handheld camcorder filming the scene zoomed in and out unexpectedly. But the highlight of each scene was the music: an amazing and hilariously malapropos soundtrack that sounded something like a Clapton-fronted Mariachi band.There is, however, more to the experience of watching “Les Demons” than simply what appears on the screen and rumbles through the speakers. Jesus Franco, the movie’s prolific director, has a reputation for being basically the Robert Pollard of cult filmmaking: he’s produced hundreds...
...typical Harvard student what the best part of Harvard is, you’ll receive answers ranging from academics to athletics. But if you ask Lauren Yapp ’09 she will tell you that her best experience at Harvard has been mariachi. One of the few cultural musical groups on campus, Mariachi Veritas, of which Yapp is a member, attempts to enliven traditional mariachi, playing recent compositions and including female members, an accordion, and many non-Mexican members. “We’re not a cliché,” Mariachi Veritas president Beatrice Viramontes...
...performers, the Irish American Society Dancers, displayed a lively and impressive form of Irish stepdancing. Their bright, flavorful costumes were the first of many beautiful traditional outfits, from the colorful dresses of the Harvard Ballet Folklorico de Aztlan to the bright orange and white worn by Harvard Bhangra. When Mariachi Veritas de Harvard, a traditional Mexican Mariachi band, took to the stage, I couldn’t help but share in the excitement of a fellow bench mate, who inadvertently registered amazement as the male soloist began singing in a surprisingly bass voice. Although the songs were in a foreign...
...featuring Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and the grandson of United Farm Workers icon Cesar Chavez. And the aging lion of the Democratic Party, U.S. Senator Teddy Kennedy, has been holding rallies on college campuses in South Texas rousing young voters with a vigorous version of "Jalisco," a popular mariachi song that has recorded almost 16,000 hits on You Tube...
...Caldéron’s visit had several less contentious moments as well—Mariachi Veritas de Harvard serenaded Caldéron before his speech, for instance...