11/17/08 – Tiempo Latino Broadcast #8

Muy buenas tardes!!! It’s Mariano! Your host of Tiempo Latino on RadioLasPositas.com. Before I get into the juicy parts of today’s program, just wanted to remind everyone that Tiempo Latino was not “on the air” last week due to Veterans Day. But, we’re back, and oh God are we back!!

I honestly don’t really know exactly why this happened, but I kept blanking out during the show. Just to give you a quick crash-course on being a DJ, you get to choose what will be played on a radio show, plus any other conversations, bits of news, etc. As I’m working in the booth and talking to you guys (and playing music), I have playlists already written down, CDs cued up, and Firefox booted up on the computer with RadioLasPositas.com, Facebook, my WordPress blog, and YouTube! opened in various tabs. So yea, it’s kinda busy, but you get used to it. I guess it was because of not broadcasting last week or the fact that Chops (DJ of the Chop’s Chop Hour on Tuesdays) came in and talked to Sean and I on/off the air, that I kept blanking out on the job today (sorry guys!).

Anyways, like I stated on the air, this past Thusday (November 13), Houston hosted the 2008 Latin Grammys. So, what better way to honor those who won awards than play their songs? For the first-quarter of the show, I played various songs that won awards Thursday night, along with some other songs that had nothing to do with Thursday’s award ceremony, but sound cool anyway

Here’s the playlist:

*BOLD ITALICS mean the award won for that song, award won for the album that song is on, and/or an award the artist won.

• “Me Enamora” – Juanes (Record of the Year; Song of the Year; Best Short Form Music Video)
• “Esta Soledad” – Kany Garcia (from Best Female Pop Vocal Album “Cualquier Día”; Kany Garcia also won for Best New Artist)
• “Mais Que Nada” – Sergio Mendes
• “Esta Vez” – Cafe Tacvba (Best Rock Song)
• “Volver a Comenzar” – Cafe Tacvba (Best Alternative Song)
• “Pintame De Colores” - Emilio Estefan, Jr., Gloria Estefan, Alberto Gaitán & Ricardo Gaitán (Best Tropical Song)
• “Som Da Chava” – Soraya Moraes (Best Christian Album – Portuguese Language)
• “Maracaibo Oriental” – Beny Moré
• “Samba Pa Ti” – Carlos Santana
• “El Bacalao” – Julio Iglesias
• “Tiburon” – Vicentico
• “Candela” – Buena Vista Social Club
• “Dame El Fuego De Tu Amor” – Attaque 77
• “Mariposa Traicionera” – Maná
• “De Ushuia A La Quiaca” – Gustavo Santoalalla
• “Minha Galera” – Manu Chao
• “Oye Como Va” – Carlos Santana
• “Velha Infancia” – Tribalistas
• “Si Estás Ahí” – John Legend and Juanes (live performance at the 2008 Latin Grammys)
• “Los Caminos De La Vida” – Vicentico

While we we’re off the air last week, I was searching online for some cool, interesting songs, and I managed to find an artist that I haven’t really heard before. His name is Antonio Carlos Jobim, and he hails all the way from the sunny, tropical country of Brazil. A popular singer who started in the late 50s, Jobim was one of the initial pioneers of the popular Brazilian sound — bossa nova. Although he passed away about 14 years ago, his music is still very popular to this day (you can even ask Sean, my producer!). Nevertheless, we will play some of his music next week, even some compilations he produced with the great Frank Sinatra (Ol’ Blue Eyes himself).

Hasta la proxima y que Dios les bendiga!

Oh yea, and:

BARACK OBAMA!!!!!

chau