Posted by Elena del Valle on August 18, 2008
All U Need is Mosh album cover
Photos, song: Nacional Records
Plastilina Mosh, a Monterrey, Mexico-based electro rocker band, just released a new Album. All U Need Is Mosh, the album released this early this month, follows the band’s 2006 Best Of’ Collection. Scroll down to listen to Pervert Pop Song from All U Need Is Mosh album.
“This was the first time we recorded an album without a major label breathing down our necks,” said Alejandro Rosso, who also produced the new album. “Which made for a much more relaxed recording environment. It was a truly independent work. We weren’t feeling the pressure of having to please some executive. The funny thing is that the end result is probably our most commercial album yet. Subconsciously, I’m sure we were thinking, ‘we have the freedom to really do what we want’.”
The first Plastilina Mosh album was Aquamosh, produced by Tom Rothrock, on Capitol Records. The single Mr. P-Mosh made Plastilina Mosh popular in Mexico. Following Latin Grammy-nominated Hola Chicuelos, the band’s last studio disc, All U Need Is Mosh took nearly two years to complete with recording sessions in California, Texas and Mexico.
Plastilina Mosh
For the new album founding members Rosso and Jonaz brought on guitarist Eddy Gonzalez, drummer and vocalist Natalia Slipak and bassist Milton Pacheco for the album as well as the band’s revamped live show. Special guests include vocalist Adrian Dargelos from Argentine rock stars Babasonicos, Monterrey-based rapper Niña Dios and Mexican buzz artist Ximena Sari ñ ana. A a Rosso-penned instrumental track, San Diego Chargers experiments with a drumline battery.
“It’s basically a testosterone song about football tackles. The arrangement is focused on the percussion. The song is a weird blend between two styles that I find original and fresh. To be honest, I don’t listen to much rock music,” said Rosso. “I’m always listening to jazz and classical. I sit down and consciously listen. When I get into a certain composer, I buy the sheet music and study it. On the flipside, Jonaz is always looking for the best new rock, punk or electronica album to inspire him. And he’s always trying to make compositions that are ‘hip’ to me. That’s the big twist. We really complement each other.”
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Jonaz is a punk rocker and Rosso is a classically trained concert pianist. They believe their contrasting styles are an essential element for the band’s creative process.
“It’s my escape from that intense listening and playing. It’s always had some humor and irony. We don’t take it too seriously. When the band started, we never really cared what happened and just focused on having fun. That’s when everything started to happen. That’s always been so important to us. Over the years, we have really learned to keep from rushing things and how to avoid time pressure from affecting the creative process,” said Rosso. “So for this new album, we wrote most of the songs more casually, while we were touring. Everything just felt more natural that way.” ‘
All U Need Is Mosh tracks include: Toll Free, Jonaz Goes To Hollywood, My Party, Let U Know, Cut The Crap, Arriba Dicembre, Danny Trejo (feat. Niña Dios), Going To Mars Bolton, Comeback Bitch, San Diego Chargers, Paso Fino (featuring Adrian Dargelos from Babasonicos), and Pervert Pop Song (feat. Ximena Sariñana and Patricia Lynn). Click on the play button to listen to Pervert Pop Song.
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Posted by Elena del Valle on August 15, 2008
Latinos In America book cover
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Jorge J. E. Gracia, Ph.D. a professor of philosophy at the State University of New York (SUNY), explores the role of Latinos in United States society in a newly published book, Latinos In America (Blackwell Publishing, $29.95). He sets out to examine the attention and fear United States Latinos inspire within their own communities and within the country at large.
The 252-page soft cover book is divided into three main parts of three chapters each: Latino/a Identities, Latinos/as in Society and Latino/a Philosophy. He believes there is a great mis perception about Latino identity. Contrary to common belief, he espouses that there is no single common element that unites all Hispanics, and that ultimately the Latino community is highly diverse.
He explores the idea that many Hispanic are marginalized in the marketplace; he argues in favor of affirmative action as a remedy to the inequities that exist and the importance of teaching Latino children Spanish. Finally, he addresses Latino philosophy issues, including the negative image Latinos themselves have about the topic.
In the end he returns to the idea that it is not necessary to fear Hispanics. Latinos and non Latinos are not inherently separate like countries, he argues. Instead, they are like families. Related in some ways and not in others.
Jorge J. E. Gracia, Ph.D.
Gracia is Samuel P. Capen chair and SUNY distinguished professor, Department of Philosophy at the State University of New York. His academic credentials include: B.A. in Philosophy, with honors, Wheaton College, M.A. in Philosophy, University of Chicago, M.S.L. in Philosophy, magna cum laude, Pontifical Institute of Medieval Studies, and Ph.D. in Medieval Philosophy, University of Toronto.
He has authored 15 books. Recent publications are: Surviving Race, Ethnicity, and Nationality: A Challenge for the Twenty-First Century, The Classics of Western Philosophy, A Companion to Philosophy in the Middle Ages, and Hispanic/Latino Identity: A Philosophical Perspective.
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Posted by Elena del Valle on August 14, 2008
La Otra DVD case
Photo: Xenon Pictures
Earlier this year Xenon Pictures and Televisa Home Entertainment in cooperation with Lionsgate Home Entertainment, released the 2003 telenovela La Otra, winner of the 2003 TVyNovelas Award for Novela of the Year. The three-disk set includes the best episodes of the serialized program. The DVD package in Spanish with English subtitles of La Otra sells for $19.98.
Yadhira Carrillo plays the dual role of Carlota and Cordelia. Juan Soler, Jacqueline Andere, Sergio Sendel, Alejandro Ávila, Mercedes Molto, and Manuel Ojeda also appear in the program. La Otra was written by Liliana Abud and directed by the Benjamin Cann.
La Otra is the story of Carlota, the illegitimate daughter of Bernarda and a millionaire named Leopoldo, who left a fortune to Carlota and her half-sister, Eugenia. Although Bernarda tries to keep her daughters from marrying so that she can continue to live off of their inheritance, Carlota marries Dr. Alvaro Ibañez, and Eugenia becomes pregnant with the child of Roman, Leopoldo’s deranged son.
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Eugenia dies in childbirth, but Bernarda convinces Alvaro that it was Carlota who died. Devastated, he moves to the country to live with his father, where he meets Cordelia, identical in appearance to Carlota. Social-climbing Cordelia takes advantage of Alvaro’s grief, and marries him for his wealth and position. In the meantime Carlota is trying to get her husband back.
Established in 1986 and headquartered in Santa Mónica, California Xenon Pictures Inc. is a distributor of urban programing in Spanish in the United States and the exclusive distributor of Mexican Grupo Televisa under the label Televisa Home Entertainment.
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Posted by Elena del Valle on August 13, 2008
Scene from “Transformation” ad
Photos: Gallegos Group
From February 18 to June 30 of this year Foster Farms targeted Latino consumers with a video ad campaign that appeared in California media outlets. It took seven staff members at Grupo Gallegos 10 weeks to produce the commercial which aired in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Oakland, San Jose, Sacramento, Stockton, Modesto, Fresno, San Diego, Bakersfield, Monterey and Salinas.
The “Transformation” spot parodies last year’s, Dove “Evolution.” It features the Foster Imposters, one enduring hours in a director’s chair being primped and pampered by the other, trying to pass as fresh and natural chickens. The commercial, produced for television, won the agency a Belding Bowl Award. According to promotional materials it is the only Belding Bowl awarded to an agency targeting the United States Hispanic market, and one of only five agencies awarded for their work in television.
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“We are extremely honored to be recognized by The Belding Awards for our work with Foster Farms, which speaks directly to the personalities, views, and culture of the Hispanic population,” said John Gallegos, chief executive officer, Grupo Gallegos. “We believe the award validates our partners at Foster Farm’s commitment to telling their story in an entertaining yet effective way. We look forward to continuing to produce award-winning work with our client.”
Foster Farm ad team members: Brian De La Peña, Valeria Maldini, Chi Yoon, Martin Cerri, Carlos Barciela, Nora Ayala, Albert Recinos and Favio Ucedo (bottom row)
The ads aired on Univision, Telefutura, Telemundo and some independent stations: KRCA, KAZA and KWHY in Los Angeles and XEWT in San Diego. Agency representatives declined to share budget information or a video of the ad for this article.
The Belding Awards recognize the best work in television, print, interactive and radio; of advertising conceived and created in Southern California. An independent advertising firm specializing in the U.S. Hispanic market, Grupo Gallegos is located in Long Beach, California. Agency clients include Target, Energizer, Fruit of the Loom, Comcast, The California Milk Processor Board, and Valvoline.
Foster Farms is one of largest poultry sellers in the Western United States. The company has been accused by an East Bay Animal Advocates website of failing to provide proper care for chickens.
Posted by Elena del Valle on August 12, 2008
Diego and Tuga
Photo, video: Nick Jr.
Nickelodeon will premier Diego’s Moonlight Rescue, a 60-minute movie for bilingual preschool children, on Monday, August 18 at 8 pm ET. The new Go, Diego, Go! Primetime TV Movie with a catchy tune and fast rhythm will be simulcast on Noggin at 8 pm ET. Go, Diego, Go! is the work of creator and executive producer by Chris Gifford and Valerie Walsh Valdes, the team behind the popular show Dora the Explorer. Scroll down to watch a short preview excerpt from the movie.
“Nick Jr. viewers have helped Diego rescue all kinds of animals from red-eyed tree frogs to pygmy marmosets and spectacled bears,” said Brown Johnson, president, Animation, Nickelodeon/MTVN Kids and Family Group. “This next adventure takes our action hero with a heart to a new level as he sets out to save Luna, the moon. Preschoolers will have an amazing time exploring underwater cities and outsmarting orca whales, while learning about the ocean and its inhabitants.”
The story begins on a moon filled night. Diego, Alicia and Tuga, the leather back sea turtle, are gathered at the beach under the full moon for story time. Diego shares a fantastic tale about his adventures with Tuga and Luna the moon to help the hatching baby sea turtles find their way into the ocean. When a comet accidentally bumps Luna, she breaks into four pieces which fall from the sky into the sea. Luna must be put back together because the baby sea turtles need moonlight to find their way into the water. Diego and Tuga navigate through ocean gardens and a jellyfish cove to recover Luna’s missing pieces before the baby sea turtle eggs hatch.
Nick Jr. will roll out content from Diego’s Moonlight Rescue across the following platforms in August. Monday, August 11, 2008 Nick Jr. Video, Nick Jr.’s broadband video service available on Nickjr.com, will begin streaming a two-minute film preview and song clips as well as themed episodes from Go, Diego, Go!
That same day, a two-minute preview from Diego’s Moonlight Rescue, plus additional themed clips from Go, Diego, Go! episodes will be available on wireless carriers. Beginning Monday, August 18, Video On Demand will feature Diego’s Moonlight Rescue in its entirety, shorts and song clips from the episode and additional Go, Diego, Go! shows on Time Warner Cable, Comcast, Charter, Cablevision, Verizon FiOS and Cox. Seasons one and two, as well as some episodes from season three of Go, Diego, Go!, will be available for purchase on iTunes.
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As part of the film promotion Nick Jr.’s website will feature an interactive game and activities to complement the premiere of the film. Beginning Friday, August 8, NickJr.com will feature the Diego’s Underwater Adventure game. The NickJr.com will also feature underwater-themed printables, crafts, and activities.I
In each episode, Diego (Jake T. Austin) receives a call for help at his Animal Rescue Center in the rain forest. With help from his friends, high-tech gadgets and viewers at home, Diego identifies and locates the animal in trouble and the adventure begins. Diego is joined by his 11-year-old sister Alicia (Serena Kerrigan), a computer whiz who is also bilingual and easily switches between speaking English and Spanish. Baby Jaguar is the animal closest to Diego’s heart.
Other characters include Click (Rosie Perez), a high-tech camera with a knack for locating lost animals; Rescue Pack, a messenger bag that transforms into any form of transportation that Diego needs, like a boat, snowboard or parasail; and the Bobo Brothers, a mischievous pair of spider monkeys. Diego’s cousin Dora also makes guest appearances in the series.
Nick Jr. is a specially designed programming block airing on Nickelodeon weekdays from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. (ET/PT) for preschoolers ages 2-5. Nickelodeon, celebrating 29 years on the air, offers television programming and production in the United States and internationally as well as consumer products, online, recreation, books, magazines and feature films. Nickelodeon’s U.S. television network is seen in more than 96 million households.
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Posted by Elena del Valle on August 11, 2008
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Posted by Elena del Valle on August 11, 2008
Rayroq Acosta, chief executive officer and president, Wu-Tang Latino
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A podcast featuring an interview with Rayroq Acosta, chief executive officer and president, Wu-Tang Latino is available in the Podcast Section of Hispanic Marketing & Public Relations, HispanicMPR.com. During the podcast, he discusses urban Latino music with Elena del Valle, host of the HispanicMPR.com podcast.
Rayroq strives to innovate the ways Urban Latinos do business, promote and market their products. He co-launched and marketed Latinflava, a television show which evolved into a website. He also helped establish and build a non-traditional distribution and marketing system at United Box Office (UBO).
A native of the Dominican Republic, Rayroq arrived in Washington Heights, New York City with his family when he was three years old. It was in his neighborhood that he was introduced to hip hop, the music that would change his life. After graduating with a masters degree in design and marketing from the New York Institute of Technology (NYIT), Rayroq started working in the music and fashion industry.
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Influenced by hip hop artists Run DMC, Kool Moe Dee and LL Cool J, Rayroq started a career in marketing and creative consulting. He co-owned Designey Inc., a design and marketing firm in New York City that provided logos, images and marketing for companies like Sony, Epic, Wu-tang, Rocawear, LL Cool J, Razorsharp Records, Wu-wear, Avirex, Disney, A&E, History Channel, Loud Records, SRC, Persaud Brothers, Sprite and Adidas.
As a result of the rapid growth of Latinflava, Rayroq was named senior vice president of Marketing and Latin Music at UBO; he also assisted in the building of the company’s non-traditional distribution and Freedom Girls marketing system. Rayroq and a long-time friend, Rza, member of the original Wu-Tang Clan, created Wu-Tang Latino, a new record label they hope will become the Def Jam of Latin hip hip and Reggaeton.He has served as liaison between rival Latino and African-American gangs to lessen gang violence and crimes. He is co-founder of the United AIDS Foundation, a non-profit organization that raises money for AIDS research.
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Posted by Elena del Valle on August 8, 2008
Good is Not Enough book cover
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Corporate executive Keith Wyche shares experience gleaned over 25 years working in some of America’s top-earning companies in Good is Not Enough: And Other Unwritten Rules for Minority Professionals (Portfolio, $24.95), his newly published title. In the 236-page hardcover book, Wyche sets out to advise minority readers who who want to climb the managerial ladder in corporate America.
His goal in writing the 12-chapter book was to address the power of perception, double standards, and the realities about corporate thinking and culture. He also shares suggestions for minorities to overcome the obstacles to success. The first time author emphasizes that today’s corporate America is much closer to political incorrectness than to the way things should be.
Keith Wyche, author, Good is Not Enough
“Yet in certain ways, today’s minority professionals, all of them, still have to reconcile their corporate advancement strategies with ‘the way it is’ in their corporate cultures, while still holding strong to their cultural integrity and core values,” said Wyche. “My goal is to provide insights from the inside of the executive suite and to help minority professionals see themselves through the same lens from which executive decision makers view them. From that lens, and based on my own experience, I can frankly tell them ‘good is still not enough’.”
According to Wyche, minority professionals who thrive in the corporate environment follow the unwritten rules instead of relying on their credentials or university degree. He also suggests aspiring ladder climbers should: learn how others see them because their perception can become reality; be informed; and be prepared with an exit strategy even when it doesn’t seem necessary.
Wyche emphasizes the importance of managing performance, exposure, and perception. In the book, he shares personal experiences to illustrate why he believes minorities must work harder than expected to advance their careers.
Wyche, a resident of Scarsdale, New York, is president of United States operations for Pitney Bowes Management Services, a division of Pitney Bowes Inc. Prior to that, he worked for Ameritech, AT&T, and IBM.
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Posted by Elena del Valle on August 7, 2008
Pat Hensley and Jose Amaya accepted the award for Hy-Vee
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Some 360 marketers from across the nation gathered in Miami, Florida last week to discuss the latest trends in the Hispanic retail industry. Nielsen Business Media, the conference organizer, took advantage of the gathering to recognize retailers. Six retailers in five categories received 2008 Hispanic Retail Excellence Awards: 7-Eleven, Jewel/Osco, Hy-Vee, Longs Drugs, Target, and Best Buy during the fourth annual Hispanic Retail 360 summit, held July 28-30 in Miami.
Conference representatives presented the Mass Retail award to Target Stores; the Grocery award to Jewel/Osco and Hy-Vee (tie); Convenience Stores to 7-Eleven; Drug Stores to Longs Drugs and Specialty Retail to Best Buy.
Representatives from Best Buy accept their award
The awards, based on a poll of more than 1,000 Hispanic-focused retailer and supplier executives, including members of conference’s 22-company Retailer Advisory Board, are designed to recognize leadership among retailers targeting the growing Latino population.
Poll recipients were asked to write in the name of the retailer in each of six classifications (Drug Stores, Convenience Stores, Grocery, Mass Retail, Specialty Stores and Department Stores) that “has done the most in the past year to win the hearts, minds and spending dollars of Hispanic consumers.” There were 100 responses to the poll and 12 companies received votes.
Roger Gonzalez of AARP, Mark Banister of Longs Drug, and Don Longo with Nielsen
The Advisory Board, representing retailers with more than 42,000 stores and more than $190 billion in annual revenue, also heavily influenced the content of the conference program. The board includes retailers from varied channels of retailing and food service such as ExxonMobil, Giant Eagle, McDonald’s Corp., Minyards, SuperValu, and Winn-Dixie.
Last year’s winner of the Hispanic Retail Excellence Award was Phoenix-based Bashas’ Food City. The 2006 winner was Anaheim-based JAX Markets and the 2005 winner was Pros Ranch Market, which operates Hispanic market stores in southern California and four in Phoenix, Arizona. Hispanic Retail 360 is produced by Progressive Grocer and Convenience Store News, two media brands owned by Nielsen Business Media.
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