I am glad, very to see people who don’t know what you have written reading this. Of course you nailed it. Having been The Chef, El Jefe, all around the U.S. (esp. NYC, San Fran., LA, Tucson, San Diego, Laredo) and appreciated the work of many you describe, I am very familiar with the topic. We worked together, they were also my friends, my extended family. I feel them now. Thanks for writing this article.
That's really, really sad and unjust. I live in the opposite side of the world, so I know very little about Mexico. I know a bit more now.
But strangely enough a few months ago I started reading Octavio Paz and a couple of other Mexican writers. I'm not sure what provoked that. But usually with literature the higher the brow, the more bloodless and effete the prose.
Not with these guys. There's this integration of sensuality and cerebrality. Which is what I like about jazz when it's not too stiff and premeditated -- that rich, unified sensibility.
Before that the only brush I'd had with Mexico was William S. Burrough's account of his debauched longeur there. Obviously he had his own distorted take. I can tell it'll be a culture worth exploring.
That is a chilling and horrifying description that makes total sense out of the madness that has been part of exploiting our nearest neighbors, and the people there all these years. Their need for work to feed their families prompts them to come to the US. And then the duplicitous fear mongering for these people who come and pick our crops and do so much work around our homes and Restaurants is awful. Your description of the financial reasons for this horrible game makes a lot of sense. Money equals power.
I am glad, very to see people who don’t know what you have written reading this. Of course you nailed it. Having been The Chef, El Jefe, all around the U.S. (esp. NYC, San Fran., LA, Tucson, San Diego, Laredo) and appreciated the work of many you describe, I am very familiar with the topic. We worked together, they were also my friends, my extended family. I feel them now. Thanks for writing this article.
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That's really, really sad and unjust. I live in the opposite side of the world, so I know very little about Mexico. I know a bit more now.
But strangely enough a few months ago I started reading Octavio Paz and a couple of other Mexican writers. I'm not sure what provoked that. But usually with literature the higher the brow, the more bloodless and effete the prose.
Not with these guys. There's this integration of sensuality and cerebrality. Which is what I like about jazz when it's not too stiff and premeditated -- that rich, unified sensibility.
Before that the only brush I'd had with Mexico was William S. Burrough's account of his debauched longeur there. Obviously he had his own distorted take. I can tell it'll be a culture worth exploring.
This should be required reading for every American.
That is a chilling and horrifying description that makes total sense out of the madness that has been part of exploiting our nearest neighbors, and the people there all these years. Their need for work to feed their families prompts them to come to the US. And then the duplicitous fear mongering for these people who come and pick our crops and do so much work around our homes and Restaurants is awful. Your description of the financial reasons for this horrible game makes a lot of sense. Money equals power.