Posts Tagged ‘culture’
Valparaiso Rock 2 – free download
It all started as a student’s project and now the 2nd edition of Valparaiso Rock is ready to download. Valparaiso, Chile is known as Chile’s cultural capital and it is also stil seen as Chile’s ‘bohemian capital’. This combination generates an interesting rock scene and Valparaiso Rock! catches this onda (wave) in all its diversity. The album is free to download on the Valparaiso Rock website : just download, unzip and play the mp3. Valparaiso Rock builds up gradualy and goes to a repertoire of ska punk, folk, stone rock, etc. Some songs are sofisticated and renewing others tend to be a little cliché but they all are Porteño, Chilean (underground) culture and rock! And free to download.
Subscribe to the comments for this postHow to be a gringo in Chile
After spending more than a year and a half in Chile, we have a list of tips on how to “stay a gringo”…
- Fear body contact and people standing close to you.
- Avoid colectivos (shared taxis) because it’s a sweaty and too personal experience.
- Get very upset if things don’t work out as planned.
- Tell it as it is. Doesn’t matter if ‘they like it or not’.
- Insist on having a ‘yes’ or a ‘no’ as an answer.
- If you’re an independent woman, insist on paying the bill.
- Wear shorts when it’s freezing cold.
- Initiate state of the art political discusions
Learn how to act as a local and how to behave in Chile
Guitar Empire
Rockers, get ready for the second edition of Rock Carnaza. Starting from Wednesday, 29th of October and for four nights in row, several guitar heroes will perform with their favourite instrument only. Their acoustic sounds will fuse together on one scene. It’s free so there is no excuse not to lose yourself in the Chilean rock scene. Location: the hall of the cultural council, the beautiful white building on Plaza Sotomayor. Starts at 8.30pm.
