Lo Mejor del 2008
Top 10 Albums of 2008
Calle 13 - Los De Atrás Vienen Conmigo
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Choc Quib Town - Somos Pacifico
buy@iTunes buy@Amazon Aterciopelados - Rio
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Julieta Venegas - MTV Unplugged
buy@iTunes buy@Amazon Acida - Greatest Hits
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Bajofondo - Mar Dulce
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buy@iTunes buy@Amazon Plastilina Mosh - All U Need Is Mosh
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Orishas - Cosita Buena
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I Like It Like That Fania Remixes
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Best Pop Songs Julieta Venegas - El Presente (MTV Unplugged) post mp3 Juanes - Tres (La Vida Es... Un Ratico) post
Chambao - Papeles Mojados (Con Otro Aire) post
Best Rock Songs
Le*Pop - No Tengo Calma post mp3 Café Tacuba - Esta Vez (Sino) post Babasonicos - Pijamas (Mucho) post
Best Alternative & Indie Songs
Jóvenes y Sexys - El Reloj (Bruno EP) post mp3 El Guincho - Palmitos Park (¡Alegranza!) post Plastilina Mosh - Pervert Pop Song (All U Need Is Mosh) post
Best Salsa Songs NG2 - Ella Menea (Con Todas Las De Ganar) post mp3 Willie Chirino - Pa'lante (Pa'lante) post Adalberto Alvarez - Gozando En La Habana (Gozando En La Habana) post
Best Urban Songs Arcángel - Pa' Que La Pases Bien (La Maravilla) post Choc Quib Town - San Antonio (Somos Pacifico) post mp3 Calle 13 & Café Tacuba - No Hay Nadie Como Tu (Los De Atrás Vienen Conmigo) post mp3
Best Electronic Songs Bajofondo & Julieta Venegas - Pa' Bailar (Mar Dulce) post mp3 Bostich + Fussible - Tijuana Sound Machine (Tijuana Sound Machine) post Pibes Chorros vs DJ Uhn - Que Calor (Oro11 Mashup) post mp3
Best Video Orishas - Bruja (Cosita Buena)
Best 2008 Phenomenon
Nueva Cumbiaaaaaaaaa Zizek Digital! post
Worst 2008 Phenomenon
The downfall of merengue music (save us, Juan Luis!)
Most Popular Download NG2 - Ella Menea post mp3
Two posts in the last two months. A year-end top 10 with only 1 true 'personal discovery' (the rest was promo). A blog with no hosting and a messed up layout. And, frankly, not enough ganas to keep it going.
That's the sad balance of 2008 for La Onda Tropical. It's not that my interest and passion for latin music have faded, but the fun of writing about it is gone for sure. Blogging for me has always been cyclic - active writing (and enjoying it) followed by a pause (mostly because of lack of time) and then 'restarting' all over. This year, the pauses have been longer and the restarting seems harder each time.
So I pull the plug on what has been an extremely rewarding experience. Seeing that visitor number explode. Receiving those first well-funded comments. Getting in touch with the artists themselve. Feeling that, in a tiny dimension of humankind, my writing makes sense, contributes.
Who knows, I might start it all up again in a month or two. I won't stop listening to latin music, no way, so I'll probably feel the need to write sooner or later. Maybe over at Club Fonograma, if Carlos feels like it?
Thank you very much for reading. Listening. Interacting. I love you all and wish you the best.
I say goodbye with the most popular ánd most beautiful song of three and a half years La Onda Tropical.
Shakira - Despedida
Adios.
