I knew English rock band Oasis was going to play at the Arena Monterrey on the same weekend of my trip. I also knew tickets were sold out quickly and scalpers were charging outrageous sums of money, devaluated peso nonwithstanding.
Oasis @ Monterrey
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Happy Thanksgiving
From the perspective of a foreigner living in the U.S., Thanksgiving is a strange holiday.
Strange because despite of its religious origins and history, it is celebrated by every single person in the country. Strange because it’s larger than any other holiday, including Christmas, and everyone goes home with almost no exception. Strange because the most anticipated things about it are the football game and the shopping. Strange because in any email received around this date, people write “Gobble Gobble“, imitating the sound a turkey makes. Strange because the sound a turkey makes does not even remotely resemble “Gobble Gobble“.
I like Thanksgiving food a lot; but since I get a couple days off from work, I will be spending this Thanksgiving in Monterrey eating barbacoa, mole, machacado, and arrachera. Gobble Gobble indeed. Go learn some useful facts about turkeys.
The MKX® is very thankful for our good looking readers. Thank you for your loyalty!
Soda Stereo Monterrey
“Tarda en llegar. Y al final, al final hay recompensa”
Last Friday, I went to what was the best concert I’ve ever been to.
Thirty two thousand music lovers met at the Estadio Universitario to see legendary (and by far personal favorite) Argentine Rock en Español band Soda Stereo after a 10 year absence as part of their reunion tour Me Verás Volver. And I was only there, right in the center and only a few meters away from the stage.
Jaramillo, Cetrulo, and Correa made the trip from Austin to Monterrey to see the band as well. Locals Julia, Moishele, Lucía, Nathán, Bernardo, and many other friends went too. It was a big event after all.
To see some photos we took go to The MKX® Photo Central or you can check out the official website’s photos (1, 2).
The concert’s set, as best as my friends and I could recall (feel free to point out the mistakes) was very similar but not quite the same as in Argentina. (Spoiler warning: Do not read on if you still have to go to one of the concerts):
- Juego de Seducción
- Telekinesis
- Imágenes Retro
- Texturas
- Hombre al Agua
- En Camino
- En la Ciudad de la Furia
- Signos
- Picnic en el 4B
- Zoom
- Cuando Pase el Temblor
- Final Caja Negra
- Trátame Suavemente
- Sobredosis de TV
- Danza Rota
- Persiana Americana
- Fue
- En Remolinos
- Primavera 0
- No Existes
- Sueles Dejarme Solo
- (En) El Séptimo Día
- Un Millón de Años Luz
- De Música Ligera
- Disco Eterno
- Cae el Sol
- Prófugos
- Nada Personal
- Te Hacen Falta Vitaminas
Gustavo Cerati in Monterrey (¡Ahí Vamos!)
Just got back from Gustavo Cerati‘s concert in the Luis Elizondo Auditorium in Monterrey, Mexico. He played songs spanning from Ecos (1985) all the way to his latest CD (all thirteen songs) Ahí Vamos (2006), going throug every one of his solo CDs and a few songs from Soda Stereo.
Here’s the signature crappy cellphone photo:
The following images appeared on the local newspaper, El Norte:
It was a looong concert, about two and a half hours of the best argentinean rock. These are the songs he played, kind of in order:
- Al fin sucede
- La excepción
- Uno entre 1000
- Adiós
- Ecos
- Bomba de Tiempo
- Prófugos
- Te para 3
- Tu medicina
- Avenida Alcorta
- Otra piel
- Cosas Imposibles
- Vivo
- Toma la Ruta
- Caravana
- Me Quedo Aquí
- Lago en el Cielo
- Dios nos libre
- Medium
- Crimen
- Paseo Inmoral
- Puente
- Jugo de luna
El Norte claims he played 25 songs… so I’m missing one. If you know which one it is let me know.
Off to Monterrey!
Tomorrow morning I’m driving to Mexico for thanksgiving (no turkey – lots of tacos).
Not only do I get to spend 4 days over there, I also get to go to the stadium to see Monterrey VS Pachuca (quarter final) on Thursday and Gustavo Cerati in concert on Saturday.
Also, it’s almost that time of the year again: the hollidays. Those it mean I get into the whole christmas spirit thing? No. It means I need to stack up on the Nochebuena beer again. It has to last for a year!
Jealous?
Cerati in Monterrey
Last night, Gustavo Cerati, former lead singer of the greatest latin rock band ever Soda Stereo had his concert in the Escena discotheque, in Monterrey, Mexico for his latest album Siempre es Hoy. Unfortunately, I could not go. Here’s hoping that he will come to Austin, Houston, Dallas, or anything within reach.