Like most great revolutions, UnBlock the Rock (UBTR) was conceived in a kitchen by two women. A logo was designed, letters were written, phone calls were made, beers were bought and held up ceremoniously before being joyfully consumed. It was determined that we would bring metal band Escape from Cuba to the United States forContinue reading “Rock UnBlocked”
Category Archives: Cuban Metal
Statement for Briant, Rockupation of City Hall, June 1, 2012
In dreams I see myself flying… –Invisible Wounds (Dark Bodies), Fear Factory I know introducing a photo exhibit on Cuban metal with a Fear Factory song is strange.Continue reading “Statement for Briant, Rockupation of City Hall, June 1, 2012”
Cuba, Heavy Metal and Pope Benedict
Benedict said the “ambition and selfishness of certain powers” took “little account of the true good of individuals and families,” and added that it was impossible to “continue in the same cultural and moral direction which has caused the painful situation that many suffer.” (Wall Street Journal, on the Pope arriving in Cuba) As theContinue reading “Cuba, Heavy Metal and Pope Benedict”
It Explodes, An Open Letter to My Students at Thirteenth Avenue
Everyone will tell you “No”. People have been telling me “No” for the last two years. For the last 38 years. And people you would expect to be your allies, aren’t necessarily your allies. Don’t worry about them, they don’t understand what we are doing. I never intended to become a teacher. In high school,Continue reading “It Explodes, An Open Letter to My Students at Thirteenth Avenue”
Socialism is Lame, Capitalism Sucks
*Originally written in January 2012. When I was 25, my second first true love of my life and I broke up and moved out of our 1 bedroom apartment with the closet that was too shallow and the kitchen with linoleum floors. I was convinced that the psychosis driving us apart stemmed from the factContinue reading “Socialism is Lame, Capitalism Sucks”
Spain, Stocks and Rock UnBlocked
When I read the news of Spain’s youth taking over the streets, I had my typical these days reaction which was to bounce up and down in my seat and contain the energy surging in my veins that wanted me there, now, into the hopeful and encouraging FB status and link that maybe some wouldContinue reading “Spain, Stocks and Rock UnBlocked”
The Flanders – Havana Connection
Growing up in Flanders, NJ in the 1980’s was a lot like living in Cuba in the first decade of the new millennium. In both epochs of my life, my friends and I ate copious amounts of pizza. We had nothing to do and nowhere to go. There was no internet, and no one hadContinue reading “The Flanders – Havana Connection”
And the Award Goes to…
A documentary film maker records the present to present the past in the future. We are the Billy Pilgrims of film making. Our schizophrenia doesn’t become apparent until the editing process, if at all. When I set out to document Cuban heavy metal band Escape, I had every intention of approaching the film with theContinue reading “And the Award Goes to…”
Tracey Noelle 