tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36455259.post5858353751716938895..comments2024-03-21T13:19:46.253-05:00Comments on ROCK EN LAS AMERICAS: ROCK EN ESPAÑOL IS DEAD?J.L.M.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02903270748745276665noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36455259.post-25301208811188969722013-11-30T14:07:49.705-05:002013-11-30T14:07:49.705-05:00Rock en espanol keep me away from gangs in OC cali...Rock en espanol keep me away from gangs in OC california im glad for that justalilbitlikeu@hotmail.comAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00139473316944778351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36455259.post-22183986679971599822013-11-30T14:07:47.749-05:002013-11-30T14:07:47.749-05:00Rock en espanol keep me away from gangs in OC cali...Rock en espanol keep me away from gangs in OC california im glad for that justalilbitlikeu@hotmail.comAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00139473316944778351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36455259.post-2558418624497752782013-11-30T14:07:43.570-05:002013-11-30T14:07:43.570-05:00Rock en espanol keep me away from gangs in OC cali...Rock en espanol keep me away from gangs in OC california im glad for that justalilbitlikeu@hotmail.comAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00139473316944778351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36455259.post-87553763474859118492013-11-30T14:01:55.192-05:002013-11-30T14:01:55.192-05:00Rock en espanol keep me away from gangs in OC cali...Rock en espanol keep me away from gangs in OC california im glad for that justalilbitlikeu@hotmail.comAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00139473316944778351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36455259.post-1790644425952077192011-01-03T12:12:42.597-05:002011-01-03T12:12:42.597-05:00Te invitamos a escuchar la musica de Vigogabelah, ...Te invitamos a escuchar la musica de Vigogabelah, esperamos tus comentarios. <br /><br />Myspace:<br />http://www.myspace.com/vigogabelah<br /><br />Itunes:<br />http://itun.es/iFj5dD<br /><br />Twitter:<br />https://twitter.com/vigogabelah<br /><br />Facebook:<br />http://www.facebook.com/vigogabelah<br /><br /><br />Feliz año nuevo!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16675538618341725241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36455259.post-66371562997071610582009-11-10T15:00:23.746-05:002009-11-10T15:00:23.746-05:00un buen proyecto, tanto como el que nos propone ze...un buen proyecto, tanto como el que nos propone zeta y el reto para obtener un super concierto, animense a votar y sacar este proyecto adelante http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tpk7BUqas-kUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11092363789926284194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36455259.post-67695963421314614712008-08-26T21:22:00.000-05:002008-08-26T21:22:00.000-05:00Gorki Luis Águila Carrasco is a popular musician i...Gorki Luis Águila Carrasco is a popular musician in Cuba. In 2003, he had just produced an award-winning video, and a radio station in Havana announced that Gorki was the third most popular rocker in Cuba. Then - at a rock festival in Pinar del Río (the westernmost Cuban province) in April 2003 - he was suddenly arrested on charges of drug trafficking.<BR/><BR/>Four months later, on 15 August 2003, the controversial Cuban rock artist was convicted and sentenced to four years imprisonment. His constant challenge to free speech in Cuba was silenced. During the brief trial, where Gorki’s attorney did only have ten minutes to present his client’s case, the Counsel for the Prosecution did not present convincing evidence. The circumstances leading to his arrest were such that no evidence of drug trafficking was presented.<BR/><BR/>On October 17, 2003, Freemuse launched an international campaign for the release of Gorki Carrasco, and requested the Cuban government to reconsider the doubtful court case against him.<BR/><BR/>Initially, Gorki was held under harsh conditions that seriously affected his health in Destacamento Cinco in the Provincial Prison of Pinar del Río. In 2004, he was moved to a minimum security prison just outside Havana. There, he was part of a prison salsa band.<BR/><BR/>In March 2005, he was granted conditional release.<BR/><BR/>Approximately 75 dissidents - writers, doctors and opposition politicians - were jailed in Cuba in 2003. The majority continue to serve time in the Cuban prisons.<BR/><BR/>On April 23, 2007, the Cuban music rebel was praised for his courage in a report on the American news network CNN where his new music got world-wide exposure.<BR/><BR/>"I've lost my fear<BR/>I've already been a prisoner<BR/>I've only got a few bones left<BR/>From up here the tyrant is watching you<BR/>You're playing his so that he'll oppress us"<BR/><BR/>These are new lyrics of Cuban musician Gorki Aguila and his band Porno Para Ricardo, ('Porno for Ricardo').<BR/><BR/>"If anything, Gorki's lyrics have become more, not less, political since his time behind bars," said CNN's Morgan Neill when he presented the new music of Gorki to the world on CNN, profiling what he termed as "the most outspoken voice in Cuba's rock scene".<BR/><BR/>Neill and his camera crew visited Gorki and his band in their rehearsal room where they are limited to practice and make their music once a week, behind closed doors in a room insulated with egg cartons, in an appartment which Gorki shares with his father.<BR/><BR/>The group told him that they are banned from playing live, and they distribute their music only via the internet and via handmade CDs which are passed hand to hand.<BR/><BR/>Last Monday August 25, Cuban police arrested dissident musician Gorki Aguila on a charge of "dangerousness," fellow band members said Tuesday.<BR/><BR/>Hebert Dominguez, the bass player in Aguila's punk rock band, Porno para Ricardo, said police detained Aguila at his home at 10 a.m. Monday.<BR/><BR/>Aguila, the lead singer, was arrested as he was about to record the final songs of the band's next record, according to a statement on the band's Web site.<BR/><BR/>"This new episode of harassment and persecution is occurring just as Porno para Ricardo is in the middle of recording its new record, which eliminates any possibility that this repressive escalation could be described as a 'coincidence,' " the statement said. "In Cuba, the voice of the brave is silenced by the regime, which doesn't hesitate to use intimidation and force."<BR/><BR/>An official at the state-run press office said Cuba had no comment on the arrest.<BR/><BR/>Aguila, 39, is an outspoken critic of Cuba's government. "Communism is a failure," he said in the cited 2007 interview with CNN. "A total failure. Please. Leftists of the world -- improve your capitalism."<BR/><BR/>Dominguez said authorities said Aguila's trial will take place Thursday. Police told the group's guitarist, Ciro Diaz, that Aguila faced a possible sentence of one to four years in jail.<BR/><BR/>The statement on the band's Web site said Aguila wasn't feeling well -- that he had inflammation in his lungs and was short of breath.<BR/><BR/>Cuba uses the charge of "dangerousness" to prosecute those whom authorities believe are likely to commit crimes. Under Cuba's penal code, habitual drunkenness and anti-social behavior are signs of a "state of dangerousness."<BR/>----------------------------------<BR/><BR/>El cantante de Porno Para Ricardo, Gorki Aguila, fue detenido el lunes y podría ser condenado esta misma semana por "peligrosidad predelictiva". Infobae.com los había entrevistado<BR/>"Está en el calabozo", dijo el padre del músico, Luis Aguila, quien en conversación con la agencia dpa señaló que hasta el momento no ha podido ver a su hijo y no le han confirmado oficialmente los cargos.<BR/><BR/>“Sólo tengo la certeza de que está ahí (en una comisaría de La Habana) y que según su carpeta parece que es delito por peligrosidad", explicó Luis Aguila, empleado de un comercio, de 75 años.<BR/><BR/>Tampoco Ciro Díaz, guitarrista de Porno Para Ricardo y que presenció la detención de Gorki Aguila, conoce los motivos que han llevado al arresto del líder de la banda, de 39 años.<BR/><BR/>"Todavía estamos teorizando por qué les dio el pataleo de meter a Gorki preso, porque en los últimos tiempos no habíamos ni ensayado más, después de que nos hicieran la payasada esa de levantarnos expediente en junio porque una persona que vivía hasta lejos de aquí se quejó de los ensayos", declaró.<BR/><BR/>La banda colocó rápidamente un comunicado en su página oficial denunciando los hechos del lunes, y diversos medios y organizaciones ya se han hecho eco de la noticia.<BR/><BR/>"Ayer por la mañana vino un policía, tocó a la puerta y dijo que tenía órdenes de conducirlo a la unidad de policía. Yo los seguí para ver qué pasaba, normalmente lo que hacen es hablar con él para meterle miedo, para que no siga haciendo música contestataria y esas cosas, pero resulta que viene una patrulla y se lo llevan", relató hoy Ciro García.<BR/><BR/>Porno para Ricardo no puede vender sus discos en Cuba -lo hace a través de su página web, de difícil acceso desde la isla- ni tocar en conciertos oficiales. Pero la mordacidad de sus letras, les ha dado bastante popularidad en el país, donde numerosos jóvenes se concentran en los conciertos clandestinos de la banda.<BR/><BR/>"En este país es tremendo peligro ser desafecto del gobierno, y eso es lo que le ha pasado a mi hijo, que no tiene pelos en la lengua, pero eso aquí en este país no se puede", se lamentó su padre, según el cual, una anterior condena de Gorki a dos años de cárcel por drogas se debió a "marañas" de la policía.<BR/><BR/>Actualmente, Porno Para Ricardo está a punto de sacar un nuevo disco, de mismo nombre que la banda, en el que, entre otros, tienen un tema titulado "El General", en referencia al presidente cubano, Raúl Castro.<BR/><BR/>"El disco está terminado, por suerte, si lo que querían era que no saliera el disco llegaron tarde", manifestó Ciro Díaz.<BR/><BR/>Entretanto, el portavoz de la ilegal pero tolerada Comisión Cubana de Derechos Humanos y Reconciliación Nacional (CCDHRN), Elizardo Sánchez Santa-Cruz, aseguró que su agrupación está "en contacto" con la familia de Aguila.<BR/><BR/>"Estamos en proceso de encontrar un abogado dispuesto a ayudarlo el jueves si hay un juicio y si podemos, trataremos de estar presentes", declaró.<BR/><BR/>Sánchez Santa-Cruz advirtió que, aunque quien otorga la categoría de preso de conciencia es Amnistía Internacional, en el caso de Aguila, "tal como van las cosas, si lo sancionan lo van a convertir en un prisionero político automáticamente".<BR/><BR/>De ser condenado por "peligrosidad", Gorki Aguila podría enfrentar una pena de uno a cuatro años de cárcel. <BR/><BR/>Libertad para Gorki! Libertad de expresión para los músicos cubanos! Libertad para Cuba!macheticohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04492090491380427326noreply@blogger.com