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Club Naked

READ ON IF YOU LOVE GOOD STORIES FROM THE ‘HOOD: If you missed my profile on Los Crudos and their history to Little Village and Pilsen than you need to catch up on it ASAP. I have another great story coming up on Vocalo Radio on an underground club run by teenage friends in the 80’s into the early 90’s. Amidst race/gang wars at Curie high school in the 80’s, these friends brought together kids of different races, ethnicities and subcultures into a single party venue: punk, house, new wave. Illegal, but united, they found solace in a run down Pilsen warehouse that would become Club Naked. You can catch it on 90.7FM Vocalo public radio. I’ll also post it on my soundcloud.com/illvillskill

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one of the very first punk bands… watch the whole fucking thing http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdeGc04sKio also, informative interview with the Zeros: http://punkrock77thrutoday.blogspot.com/2011/01/zeros-new-interview.html

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Rojas (3/12/13 pick up shots)

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and here’s another short film… It takes place in the early years of online hook-ups; think late 90’s/early 00’s. It was shot in Little Village with various cast and crew members from the Ill Vill and Pilsen hoods. It premiered at Slamdance and had various screenings domestically and internationally, including at the Chicago Underground Film Festival (it played at Music Box… wErd). Now it lives on No Budge (http://nobudgefilms.com/post/9795571338/cushion-2005-dir-alexander-rojas-anthony-and). Thanks to Kentucker for his support. Alright, here it is… Cushion.

2nd Part of Los Crudos profile

Thanks to Chicago-diy for posting the 1st part on Los Crudos. There were so many new people that picked up on it yesterday. In case you missed it, there’s a 2nd part to the piece. It covers the latter years of their band, their international influence and specific themes in their music.

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7:32 in the PM

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One of my very 1st short films. It played various festivals in the US and Italy. I missed the Italian premiere because of jet lag, but I heard it was received very well. It was shot in 2000 and premiered in 2001. More to come… https://vimeo.com/27846135

Crudos Reunion Show this Saturday

In case you missed it: Los Crudos are reuniting for two shows this Saturday March 2nd in Pilsen. 2255 S. Throop Chicago, IL. 1st show starts at 4pm. 2nd show at 8pm. I’ll be documenting the event. It doesn’t get more Chicago HxC than this band from our hood. Representing IllVill and Pilsen. Check out my profile on Los Crudos that has played on Vocalo and WBEZ: https://soundcloud.com/illvillskill

LOS CRUDOS 2nd Profile. This is the second part to Los Crudos profile. This part covers the latter years of Los Crudos while also exploring significant themes and the influence they had on a new generation of punk bands from Pilsen and Little Village.

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This is the official profile I did on Los Crudos. It aired on Vocalo in mid-December. Once again, many thanks to Martin and Jose of Los Crudos for their generosity in sharing their experiences. Also thanks to Benny (SouthKore Records), Lupe (Sin Orden), Nuco (Youth Against…) for their help.