Los Zapatos De Arielito Son De Carton

My Dad once sang a song to me

about some guy who had 

shoes made from cardboard

It was composed by a band called

El Gran Combo De Puerto Rico

a band whos records he'd often play

when he was in between jobs

The thought of someone walking around

in shoes made of card board

would make my curiously laugh

As I picture'd myself walking 

in a pair of cardboard shoes

Echo Button On + The Wear n Tear Of Them 45's Sound

Ari Lennox: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert

Summer At The Hermosa Beach Trailer Park In Two Thousand & Three

While Diggin' Thru
A Shoe Box Of Cassette Tapes
One Cassette Stuck Out Cause
It Was Labeled

It Read
Commie Propaganda
On The B Side Of The Tape
Upon Giving It A Listen
I Decided To Change The Name
To
Summer At The Hermosa Beach
Trailer Park
In Two Thousand
& Three

A Long Lost Monster Mash Up Cassette Tape

Vinyl Recordings

 Of Bootleg Mash Ups

 Recorded Onto A Cassette Tape

 That I Found In A Shoe Box 

Filled With Dirty Pennies

 A Few Baseball Trading Cards 

And Some Cheap Liquor Store Lighters

Radio Free Revolutions An All Vinyl Mix

I Tend Not To Watch Too Much Televised News

These Days

But This One Day It Seemed

As I Was Subject To A Terrorist Attack

Through American Local New Broadcast

With Just The Stupid Shit Our Current President Trump Says & Does

So I Dug Out Some Malcolm X, Public Enemy,Rage Against The Machine,Cypress Hill

Paris The Rapper Doing A Dead Kennedy Cover,Brownout's Interpretations Of Public Enemy Songs

 Mixed With Some Prophets Of Rage 

So I Invite You To Shut Off The TV

And Turn Up The Radio Free Revolutions Mix

And Fight The Power

"Unos Tragitos Con La Cumbia"

Just An All Vinyl Mixtape

I Put Together

For The Mom & Pop

Smoke Shop 

On The Corner

Of Manchester & Oak

The Miscellaneous Shit

They Have In There Like 

Bicycle Tires & Gas Station Fedoras

Smoke Shop Shoppers Also Have

Grape Flavored Wraps & Transmission Fluid

When You Need To Get Your Head Or Your Car Right

THe Jet Set Happy Hour Recorded Live At Melody Bar & Grill

The Jet Set Happy Hour
A Mixtape
Recorded Live & Unedited
At A Bar Just A Few Hundred Feet Away
From The Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)
During The Happy Hours Of A Friday In Los Angeles

Un Tremendo Mixtape

Un Tremendo Mixtape 

Of Guarachas,

 Salsa y Son

 Recorded To Vinyl

 By Tito Puente

 Beny More

 Daniel Santos

 Perez Prado

 Mongo Santamaria

 Orlando Marin & His Orchestra

 Celia Cruz 

Johnny Pacheco 

And El Gran Combo De Puerto Rico 

For Your Listening Pleasure 

And My State Of Mind

Melodias Romanticas De La Epoca De Oro Mexicana

A Few Years Ago A Friend Gifted Me  A Collection Of 45's That Belonged To Her Parents
I Brought Them Home
Cleaned Them Up & Stored Them For Another Few Years

I Finally Got Around To Make This Mix I Call
Romantic Melodys Of Mexicos Golden Era
Or In My Hear & Mind They Will  Always Be Known As
The Homegirl Romie's Parents Records