2009 March | Not Silent

Julio Rey – I’ll Never Know (Visitors oldie) (YouTube video)

Pop punk ditty written in 1981, released on my solo Unrehearsed Walk 7″ EP in 1982 and on the Visitors’ only single in 1983. First song performed by the Lead live in 1984. Filmed at International Chuch of Miami by David Uribe on March 29th. Fittingly, I did not rehearse for this performance. Which is [...]

Ciro and Claudio let go by Cuban state security

News in Spanish is here. Ciro can’t drive away from Castro’s bull**** Cuban dissident Jorge Luis García Pérez (aka Antunez). Ciro and Claudio were arrested while publicly expressing their solidarity for Antunez, who is ailing from a prolonged hunger strike. Two samples of Ciro — thrashing mad in PPR’s “El Submarino” (yeah, the one I [...]

Ciro of Porno Para Ricardo and La Babosa Azul Arrested in Cuba

Further proving that the more things change, the more they stay the same, Castro Inc’s agents have arrested Ciro while he was showing support for well-known dissident Antunez. The news just came in less than an hour ago. I’ll post more as I find out more. UPDATE: Here’s the email from Charlie composed at 3:45 [...]

Julio Rey – Spring Breaks (YouTube vid)

Rockabillyish ditty written in 1984. Influenced by Sun Studios era Elvis. Filmed at church today. The wife and babe are next to me. Watch it.

I’m back and peddling more Porno (download Gorki’s Tune EP at area1234)

Life is such a whirlwind sometimes. Anyway, a lot has been happening with Cuba’s dissident punks Porno Para Ricardo, and I’m late on the ball. Blame a combination of my own laziness and the IRS. There’s a new website for PPR, for one. But, as soon as it got out of the gate something happened [...]