RAW Artists Hollywood at the OHM Night Club

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The Elizabeth Kill at RAW Hollywood www.theelizabethkill.com

As always, RAW Hollywood put together a fantastic showcase of live performance and art. Visit RAW Artists Hollywood at www.RAWartists.org/hollywood.

A Night in LA ROCK and Roll Mecca Video (long version)

A Night in a L.A. Rock & Roll Mecca (long version)

Dan Castle, Alison, Nico and Chicago Red

Alison and Dan in the Kibitz room

Dan Castle and Alison performing an unrehearsed song in the Kibitz Room.

A Night in a L.A. Rock & Roll Mecca

 Marshall

Nico

 Mark and Chicago Red

 Dan Castle

Dan Castle and Alison

A Night in a L.A. Rock & Roll Mecca

Tucked next to the landmark Canter’s Deli in Fairfax Avenue, was a tiny, dark and nondescript bar. It’s not that great if you consider the atmosphere or the drink selection or the layout of the bar. Right beside the bar was what looked like a raised surface that stood for the stage, a couple of speakers and a couple of hard lights to illuminate it and maybe six tables for patrons—that’s it. But some serious musicians had passed through this hidden gem called the “Kibitz Room”. The Doors, The Wallflowers, Guns ‘N’ Roses, Red Hot Chili Peppers had come and hang out here and maybe played a song or two. On Sundays local musicians would religiously come here to play on open mic. My friend, Independent Film Director, songwriter and musician, Dan Castle said: “This is one place where you don’t have to be what you don’t wanna be”.

I must be the dumbest person to converse with about Rock & Roll, I wouldn’t know the band, the name of a song, the lead singer, what year which member left, but I know beautiful Music when I hear it. All musicians who performed on open mic wrote their own songs and boy do they have talent. Blues, Country, Folk, Bluegrass—they played it unrehearsed, unpolished but with heart and soul. I was very, very fortunate to have heard the music of Mark and Chicago Red. Blues was something I would skip while scanning radio stations but when I heard those two played I became a convert. Nothing like hearing Blues played live in a jam session—like how it’s intended—It made me imagined hanging out in a porch in Mississippi on a lazy Saturday afternoon. Dan Castle and Alison played an unrehearsed Country/Blues song raw. Alison’s voice was dripping-wet-sexy and it was hot with passion like a sticky, steamy, South Carolina summer.

“I come here every Sunday. This is church for me and most others. Most of these musicians probably didn’t matter much to the outside world” Dan Castle said somberly while we were walking back to our cars. I thought to myself that maybe…maybe these musicians probably didn’t amount much to anything…but in the Kibitz Room they were demigods. Dan Castle was right, people go to perform in that bar not to be what they don’t wanna be.

Written by RG in the spirit of spontaneity.

“I couldn’t jam with a guitar but I could at least try to jam with them with words”.

For the Musicians who come to Canter’s Deli, Kibitz Room, on open mic.

4/15/14. Correction on my post on A Night in a L.A. ROCK AND ROLL Mecca. Alison and Dan Castle performed "Take Me Home" by Concrete Blonde. It was not written by Alison.

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Plugging my Book "Survivors"

The 2nd Mexican-American War will take place in 2090-2100.

What would you do if it happens now? That’s the driving force behind my novel “Survivors”.

More updates to come.

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COPYRIGHT 2014 R.G. GALLARDO

The 2nd MEXICAN-AMERICAN WAR and Latino-American Rebellion will take place in 2090-2100. I based this conclusion on the analysis of George Friedman, CEO of Strategic Forecasting, Inc. and author of the “The Next 100 Years: A Forecast for the 21st Century” (please see  www.stratfor.com).

According to Mr. Friedman’s projections “by 2060, after thirty years of policies encouraging immigration (the U.S. will actually encourage immigration of Mexicans into the country)…areas that had been around 50 percent Mexican will become almost completely Mexican and areas that had been 25 percent Mexican will move to over half…the borderland (Texas, California, New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada and Utah) will become predominantly Mexican”.

There are many geopolitical factors and triggers that would result in Mexico challenging the U.S. in 2090-2100. I will not spoil it for you, just read Mr. Friedman’s book.

But here are the facts:

Hispanic Americans By the Numbers

From the U.S. Census Bureau

by U.S. Census Bureau

Population

53 million

The Hispanic population of the United States as of July 1, 2012, making people of Hispanic origin the nation's largest ethnic or racial minority. Hispanics constituted 17 percent of the nation's total population.

1.1 million

Number of Hispanics added to the nation's population between July 1, 2011, and July 1, 2012. This number is close to half of the approximately 2.3 million people added to the nation's population during this period.

2.2%

Percentage increase in the Hispanic population between 2011 and 2012.

128.8 million

The projected Hispanic population of the United States in 2060. According to this projection, the Hispanic population will constitute 31 percent of the nation's population by that date.

2nd

Ranking of the size of the U.S. Hispanic population worldwide, as of 2010. Only Mexico (112 million) had a larger Hispanic population than the United States (50.5 million).

65%

The percentage of Hispanic-origin people in the United States who were of Mexican background in 2011. Another 9.4 percent were of Puerto Rican background, 3.8 percent Salvadoran, 3.6 percent Cuban, 3.0 percent Dominican and 2.3 percent Guatemalan. The remainder was of some other Central American, South American or other Hispanic/Latino origin.

Read more: https://www.census.gov/newsroom/releases/archives/facts_for_features_special_editions/cb13-ff19.html

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Surivors a Novel

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The 2nd Mexican-American War will take place in 2090-2100.

What would you do if it happens now?

A Novel Inspired by the book  “The Next 100 Years: A Forecast for the 21st Century” 

by George Friedman, CEO of Strategic Forecasting, Inc. (please see www.stratfor.com)

Photo by: Maikel www.n4i.es Retouch by: 3R Photography / Three R Photography