Friday, December 14, 2007

Reunion

Chavela Vargas sings "La Llorona" in the movie, Frida:




In the late 1950s and early 1960s in Mexico, singer Chavela Vargas dressed in men’s clothes, drank and smoked cigars like any man, carried a gun with her, and was notorious for her love of women. Some even say that she once kidnapped a woman at gunpoint, but Vargas denies that rumor...



from "The Life and Music of Mexican Legend Chavela Vargas," by Malinda Jo, January 24, 2005, AfterEllen.com

3 comments:

FEMily! said...

Love the song, and love the slideshow.

You should post the revised version of your italicized poem.

Contrived by D said...

thank you, friend! i think i'm going to start up a separate blog for my own work...thank you for reminding me to do that!

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