Written for The Noise, published in Flagstaff. To read the entire issue, download the pdf (25.4mb). The Many Names of El D.F.: Art Capital of the Americas Between english indie rock and a naked crowd: the new Mexico City? A couple weeks ago, on a Sunday just before dawn, 20,000 people were standing in the[…] See more ⇒

The third of a three-part interview for The Noise, published in Flagstaff. To read the entire issue, download the pdf (30.9mb). In the first two installments of the interview, Carmen explained how six years ago she and her husband David left their hometown of Cuernavaca, Mexico for New York City. She was almost 30 years[…] See more ⇒

The second of a three-part interview for The Noise, published in Flagstaff. To read the entire issue, download the pdf (18.7mb). In the last installment of her interview, Carmen told how six years ago she and her husband David decided to leave their hometown of Cuernavaca, Mexico and try for NYC. She was almost 30[…] See more ⇒

The first of a three-part interview for The Noise, published in Flagstaff. To read the entire issue, download the pdf (25.7mb). Carmen is a woman in her early 30’s, born in Cuernavaca, just south of Mexico City. Six years ago this month she started a journey that took her across Mexico and into Arizona. Her[…] See more ⇒

The second in a series of Mexican snapshots for The Noise, published in Flagstaff. To read the entire issue, which is excellent, download the pdf (16.9mb). La Virgen As Seen From Both Sides a Cross-Border Look at the Virgin of Guadalupe The fireworks have been exploding for twenty-four hours without stop. There are mustaches drawn[…] See more ⇒

The beginning of a new series of Mexican snapshots for The Noise, published in Flagstaff. Not all will be this political, but it’s a political time. Ulises ya cayó y sigue Calderón –graffiti, Cuernavaca zócalo Depending on who you ask, Arizona’s southern neighbor is either in the first stages of a nationwide class war, or[…] See more ⇒

The sixth and last installment of my series of articles for The Noise. Fotos by Bart Pogoda. Poco a poco se anda lejos. –dicho mexicano We’re practicing personal pronouns when it pops out of Yared’s mouth. “The fan writes a circle!” he cries, fully aware that in my fourth grade classroom, we raise our hands[…] See more ⇒

The fifth in my series of articles for The Noise. 286394358 “Everything cool, chico?” he asks me in Spanish with a heavy Arabic accent, his dark face poking out from under the shade of his umbrella. I’ve been eavesdropping on him for the last couple hours, understanding nothing, his voice blending with the sound of[…] See more ⇒

The fourth in my series of articles for The Noise. “It will be the event of the decade…” -consensus among the French on the World Cup final after winning the semi. All the trains are speeding toward Paris this afternoon, bullet trains doubled-up and packed. Faces are already painted in long stripes: blue, white, red.[…] See more ⇒

A packed house at Café Cheri(e) on this lucid and hot Paris summer night. All up and down Boulevard du Belleville most is quiet: cargo trucks covered in graffiti, the Vietnamese, the Thai district. It’s a Tuesday, and like everywhere, slam makes for a packed house even on a weeknight. The place is bathed in[…] See more ⇒