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The Prodigy – Ruff In The Jungle Bizness
The content enthusiastically reviews “The Mosquito Coast” series on Apple TV, highlighting a family’s perilous journey to an off-grid jungle. It also praises The Prodigy, noting their significant influence on electronic live performances despite the loss of member Keith Flint. The author urges recognition of their groundbreaking contributions to music. Continue reading
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Review: Moctezuma and The Aztecs – by Elisenda Vila Llonch
Moctezuma II was the last great Aztec king or ruler of the Mexica people in today’s modern day Mexico. His reign saw the arrival of the conquistadors from Spain and it was Hernan Cortés who most famously defeated this strange kingdom in the New World and took hold of ht enew lands in the name… Continue reading
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Review: Before Bletchley Park – The Codebreakers of The First World War – by Paul Gannon
I have previously read a lot of material on World War 2 codebreakers and the likes of Alan Turing and their critical work against Enigma and the invention of modern computing during that period. Of course, codebreaking and cryptography is not a new science and has been a critical part of both war and diplomacy… Continue reading
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Review: Gommorah – Italy’s Other Mafia – by Roberto Saviano
Roberto Saviano is the Italian Salman Rushdie. After writing his exposé on the Neapolitan mafia that is the subject of this book, Gomorrah, Saviano had serious death threats from organised crime and had to go into hiding and lives under security protection to this day. He is only a young man and is a patriotic… Continue reading
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Review: Blood, Gun, Money – How America Arms Gangs and Cartels – by Ioan Grillo
This is the third Grillo installment that I have tackled and Ioan is an author who is a gritty investigative journalist who tends to put himself into quite dangerous situations in order to explore very controversial and often violent global subjects. Following on from Grillo’s groundbreaking work on Mexican cartels, this book, which explores the… Continue reading
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Wez G – Vine Line – Episode 2
Vine Line is a new Wez G podcast featuring songs that I am regularly enjoying at home. It will be an eclectic accessible mix of pop, dance, rock and any other genre I can think to throw in there. Enjoy and please share and spread the love x Wez G :::Tracklist::: # Artist name Track… Continue reading
Anywhere, Ayahuasca, Billie Eilish, Blinding Lights, Cartel De Santa, Clika Nostra, Covid, Covid-23, Flapsandwich, Gangster, Gangster Rap, Ghosts, Goldie Looking Chain, Imanbek, King, King Charles, King Charles III, KIwi, La Femme Parallel, Lana Del Rey, Lo Cas A Olvidar, Lockdown, London Boy, Lorde, Mark Ronson, Mexican, Mexican Gangster Rap, Mexico, Miley Cyrus, New Zealand, Newport, NZ, Podcast, Pop, Pop Music, Preme, Ramrock, Ramrock Records, rap hip hop, Rita Ora, Rosalía, Roses, Royal Family, Royals, Shaman, St JHN, Summertime, Summertime Sadness, swiftie, Taylor Swift, The GLC, The Self Isolation Rap, The Spaces Between ft Harry Dennis, The Weeknd, Thievery Corporation, Tiësto, Vine Line, Vine Line Episode 2, Wales, Wez G -
Wez G – Narcocorridos – Volumen 2
Los narcocorridos son baladas populares mexicanas y latinoamericanas que cuentan historias de los bandidos que trabajan en la industria del narcotráfico. De los contrabandistas a los capos, estas aventuras llenas de diversión se retractan, en un estilo fluido, vibrante y son muy populares en las partes del mundo de las que salen. Aquí, yo, un… Continue reading
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Review: El Sicario – Confessions of a Cartel Hit Man – by Molly Molloy and Charles Bowden
This is an explosive book, real revelations from a sicario or hitman for the Juarez cartel in Mexico. In the murky world of narcotics enforcers are employed by the cartels to assassinate and extort owed money from victims. This sicario was trained as a policeman with this training funded by the narcos. In the law… Continue reading
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Review: Gangster Warlords – Drug Dollars, Killing Fields and the New Politics of Latin America – by Ioan Grillo
This is the second of Ioan Grillo’s books that I have read and I found this volume equally as good as my first encounter with this talented British journalist. Gangster Warlords focuses on 4 separate crime gangs across the Americas. For each group we identify leaders, politics, often brutal and horrendous crimes and a link… Continue reading
autodefensas, bocas, Brasil, Brazil, British, caribbean, Christopher Michael Coke, COcaine, Comando Vermelho, crystal meth, drug war, Dudus, El Chayo, El más loco, el salvador, favelas, gangs, Gangster, Gangster Warlords, honduras, Ioan Grillo, Jamaica, Knights Templar, La Familia Michoacana, Latin America, mara salvatrucha, marijuana, Mexico, ms-13, narcotics, Nazario, Nazario Moreno, Northern Triangle, red commando, rio, Shower Posse, Sinaloa, The Maddest One, violence, war on drugs, William da Silva Lima, Yardie -
Review: Silver Bullets – by Élmer Mendoza
This Mexican author, Elmer Mendoza, is about as vibrant a writer of fiction that I have encountered since Hemingway. A truly unique flowing style that is amazing to digest. The hero of the book is policeman Edgar ‘Lefty’ Mendieta. He is a drunken womaniser and the tale weaves in his affairs with the grisly murder-suicide… Continue reading
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