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Category: Environment
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Dispatches From The World's Most Misunderstood City. Two Wheels Good, Four Wheels Bad. July 13th, 2010. With potholes that can swallow mid-sized sedans whole and a driving culture that sees traffic lights and stop signs as polite suggestions, not hard and fast rules, riding a bike in Tijuana can be a death wish even on the best of days. Despite this, a bike culture is taking root in Tijuana, and […]. And everyday more and more bikes can be seen on the streets of the city. The sight of a parade of two-whe...
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Category: Music
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Dispatches From The World's Most Misunderstood City. December 13th, 2012. Tagged All My Friends Music Festival. After a dark spell of catastrophic drug violence sparked a do-it-yourself cultural response that ruptured the old ways of doing things, a unique cultural climate has emerged in Tijuana in recent years. With little support from the city that gave rise to its sounds, Tijuana has become an epicenter […]. In a piece I wrote for the Los Angeles public television station KCET’s Artbound. Excused hims...
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Hairless Underdogs From Underdog City
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Dispatches From The World's Most Misunderstood City. Hairless Underdogs From Underdog City. January 2nd, 2013. Tijuana’s Xoloitzcuintles capped their impossible rise in Mexican soccer by winning the Liga MX championship just two short short years after being propelled into its major leagues with a 4-1 aggregate victory over Toluca, a storied club with more titles than the newcomer Xolos have years. Up 2-1 over Toluca going into the match, the Xolos […]. During the match, Tijuana was eerily silent. Af...
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NXNW, MX
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Dispatches From The World's Most Misunderstood City. December 13th, 2012. Tagged All My Friends Music Festival. After a dark spell of catastrophic drug violence sparked a do-it-yourself cultural response that ruptured the old ways of doing things, a unique cultural climate has emerged in Tijuana in recent years. With little support from the city that gave rise to its sounds, Tijuana has become an epicenter […]. In a piece I wrote for the Los Angeles public television station KCET’s Artbound.
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Dispatches From The World's Most Misunderstood City. November 26th, 2012. In a stunning come from behind victory, Tijuana’s Xoloitzcuintles beat León last night, advancing to the finals of Mexican soccer just two years after arriving in its major league. Described as ‘the perfect game‘ by coach Antonio Mohamed, the Xolos offense was relentless. When the final whistle blew […]. Where a Beach Town and Border Violence Meet. October 3rd, 2012. Tagged María y Jóse. Excused himself for a second. The last o...
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María y Jóse
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Dispatches From The World's Most Misunderstood City. Tagged: María y Jóse. December 13th, 2012. Tagged All My Friends Music Festival. After a dark spell of catastrophic drug violence sparked a do-it-yourself cultural response that ruptured the old ways of doing things, a unique cultural climate has emerged in Tijuana in recent years. With little support from the city that gave rise to its sounds, Tijuana has become an epicenter […]. Where a Beach Town and Border Violence Meet. October 3rd, 2012. Excused ...
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Category: Border Issues
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Dispatches From The World's Most Misunderstood City. Ostrich Skin Boots in Stripe City. June 8th, 2011. Tagged Jorge Hank Rhon. By the thousands, supporters of the billionaire gambling tycoon and former Tijuana mayor Jorge Hank Rhon took to the streets of the city’s Zona Rio district yesterday to protest his arrest on weapons charges. Acting on an anonymous tip, the Mexican Army raided Hank’s sprawling compound in the center of city early Saturday morning […]. Battle Hymns For the Revolution. A convoy of...
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Norte Sonoro
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Dispatches From The World's Most Misunderstood City. December 13th, 2012. Tagged All My Friends Music Festival. After a dark spell of catastrophic drug violence sparked a do-it-yourself cultural response that ruptured the old ways of doing things, a unique cultural climate has emerged in Tijuana in recent years. With little support from the city that gave rise to its sounds, Tijuana has become an epicenter […]. In a piece I wrote for the Los Angeles public television station KCET’s Artbound.
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Category: Art
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Dispatches From The World's Most Misunderstood City. July 10th, 2011. Mellon Collie and the Infinite Radness. June 20th, 2011. Scouring the weekly neighborhood flea market for castaway keyboards with her dog Tou Tou in tow, You Schaffner the Tijuana songstress behind her wistful toy-pop alter ego Dani Shivers opted, on this day, for an ice cream cone instead of an instrument. Prior visits to Tijuana’s sobre reudas as the city’s roving secondhand markets are known have proven […]. Schaffner’s melancholic ...
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Category: Architecture
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Dispatches From The World's Most Misunderstood City. October 26th, 2010. José Luis Hernández Gómez. José Luis Hernández Gómez, better known by his moniker, El Senor de los Monos, or the Toy Man, has transformed his Tijuana home into sun-baked mausoleum for 31,000 castaway children’s toys of every conceivable variety. Hernández’s generation-spanning toy collection is now only 7,000 shy of his place in the Guinness World records. March 17th, 2010. 8211; Armando Muñoz Garcia. Rising a triumphant five storie...
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