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The world was a mess but his hair was perfect by The Rakes

A couple of weeks ago I finally got the chance to go see an actual live soccer game. It wasn’t exactly a life-long-dream come true, but It had occurred to me in a questionable fashion. “What could all the hype be about? It’s just a soccer game.” I thought. We heard about it that same afternoon, so we got a hold of some last minute tickets(courtesy of Craigslist), so off we went to Chase Field located in downtown Phoenix… It was Mexico vs. Ecuador. All I can say about the experience is, “Wow”, it turned out to be completely what I thought it would be and even exceeded those expectations(which weren’t the highest to begin with). I was overwhelmed by the vivacious atmosphere. The excitement of the people(vociferous chants in unison included), the yelling, the beer tossing with every goal, and of course, the human wave, all came together to make it a truly memorable experience. All around me were painted faces, most of which consisted of the colors green, white, and red, so it was pretty obvious who the people preferred in this case. At first I was trying to keep my cool. “Chill out Nelly, just chill out. It’s ONLY a soccer game. You’ve seen TONS of these on television and not ONCE jumped up from the couch and screamed like an maniac.” But this time was different. This time I wasn’t on the couch, and this wasnt television, so deep within I knew it was only a matter of time before I gave in to all the surrounding excitement. The build-up to the goal was a pleasant anxiety, I think. And when it finally occured, I couldn’t help but scream my lungs out in support. I’m not sure exacly what I yelled, but the yelling itself was somewhat liberating. And from that point on, my inner voice took a backseat until after the game. I didn’t force it to, it just went on it’s own. No doubt the game was good, but the highlight of the night, for me at least, was walking on out afterwards(and not in a negative way)…Mexico had won. People were cheering. People were hugging each other. People were throwing beer and pretty much anything that they were holding up in the air for no other reason other than sheer happiness. what a spectacle! You can only imagine how bad I smelled afterwards since I was basically bathed in beer and god knows what else. After we came out of the stadium, there was none other than a traditional “banda” playing none other than traditional “banda” music as loud as they could, and of course people were just dancing in the street. I felt tempted but decided I had had my share of fun for that night. My conscience was in the passanger’s seat again… Bottom line, I would definitely go to another game regardless of who is playing who because I know I’m going to have fun watching either the game or the people. It’s a win-win situation.

You only live once by The Strokes

 Here I am playing Imagine by John Lennon. So I guess here it is…..

With you by The Subways

One of my favorite movies is Freaks. This movie has a little bit of everything you would want a movie to have comedy, romance, action, a bit eerie. Freaks it’s considered a horror film only because the movie tells the story of sideshow performers. The thing that I love about this particular movie is that the director Tod Browning used real sideshow performers to play as the characters so theres nothing fake about any of the “actors”. Back in 1932 when the movie came out it was actually only showed in theaters for a short period of time because people took offence to it, it was even banned for 30yrs in the UK. The funny thing about that is that now a days is considered one of the best films ever made. Well I don’t want to say much incase some of you take an interest but I definitely recommend it. So if you have nothing to do for 60 mins I have posted the movie watch it and let me know what you think…..

There are alot of talented people out there one of them is my brother Jose Corona. Here is some of his drawings. Enjoy….
                       

Mr. Maker by The Kooks