El Morro... RIFA | Lado B

El Morro... RIFA | Lado B

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https://youtu.be/ylut5JdD4OA

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This is the Side B of the RIFA cassette by El Morro. Although the cassette had no date/year listed on it, this cassette appears to have been originally released in 1994.

El Morro... RIFA | Lado B

Mi Baika (Pacas De A Kilo)

Un Morro Quiere Llorar (Un Indio Quiere Llorar)

Te Quiero Ama

El Este De Los

El Morro... RIFA | Lado A

El Morro... RIFA | Lado A

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https://youtu.be/XgAm86axx80

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This is the Side A of the RIFA cassette by El Morro. Although the cassette had no date/year listed on it, this cassette appears to have been originally released in 1994.

El Morro... RIFA | Lado A

Ese Morro Soy Yo (Ese Loco Soy yo)

Es Mi Jefa (La Cuca)

Pantalon Duro (Corazon Duro)

From Beale Street to Target House: A Memphis Volunteer Journey! ~ From Other Volunteers

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From August 5-6, 2008 - https://youtu.be/vtpFRwnrXqE

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From Beale Street to Target House: A Memphis Volunteer Journey! ~ From Other Volunteers

In 2008, I was one of 35 volunteers that were selected for an all expense paid volunteering trip to participate in various volunteer events at the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and Target House both in Memphis, Tennessee, US. Volunteers came from various locations in the world. I was one of four from the Tempe, Arizona, US. 

You can read more about this if you'd like on a recent YouTube post or on the No Tan Diario Chronicles blog post: https://elkirbster.blogspot.com/2024/07/from-beale-street-to-target-house.html

On this video you see the photos from the 5th and 6th of August of 2008 taken by Other Volunteers.

Audio: "Clutch Performance" - "Electric Cowboy" - "Get Going" and "Power Chug" from a royalty free music pack recently acquired and with the speed slowed down a bit.

 

From Beale Street to Target House: A Memphis Volunteer Journey! ~ From Zhil

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From August 5-6, 2008 - https://youtu.be/BEFPdgdzc4c

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From Beale Street to Target House: A Memphis Volunteer Journey! ~ From Zhil

In 2008, I was one of 35 volunteers that were selected for an all expense paid volunteering trip to participate in various volunteer events at the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and Target House both in Memphis, Tennessee, US. Volunteers came from various locations in the world. I was one of four from the Tempe, Arizona, US. 

You can read more about this if you'd like on a recent YouTube post or on the No Tan Diario Chronicles blog post: https://elkirbster.blogspot.com/2024/07/from-beale-street-to-target-house.html

On this video you see the photos from the 5th and 6th of August of 2008 taken by Zhil.

Audio: "Ambient Earth Intensity 1" from a royalty free music pack recently acquired.

 

From Beale Street to Target House: A Memphis Volunteer Journey! ~ From Danette

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From August 4-6, 2008 - https://youtu.be/MR6jrdVQoKg
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From Beale Street to Target House: A Memphis Volunteer Journey! ~ From Danette

In 2008, I was one of 35 volunteers that were selected for an all expense paid volunteering trip to participate in various volunteer events at the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and Target House both in Memphis, Tennessee, US. Volunteers came from various locations in the world. I was one of four from the Tempe, Arizona, US. 

You can read more about this if you'd like on a recent YouTube post or on the No Tan Diario Chronicles blog post: https://elkirbster.blogspot.com/2024/07/from-beale-street-to-target-house.html

On this video you see the photos from the 4th through the 6th of August of 2008 taken by Danette.

Audio: "A New Intro to The World" by Amalgam Creative Arts and "Mall Memories" from a royalty free music pack recently acquired and both with the speed slowed down a bit.

From Beale Street to Target House: A Memphis Volunteer Journey! ~ From Amy

 

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From August 3-6, 2008 - https://youtu.be/6uj6XO47Ds0
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From Beale Street to Target House: A Memphis Volunteer Journey! ~ From Amy

In 2008, I was one of 35 volunteers that were selected for an all expense paid volunteering trip to participate in various volunteer events at the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and Target House both in Memphis, Tennessee, US. Volunteers came from various locations in the world. I was one of four from the Tempe, Arizona, US. 

You can read more about this if you'd like on a recent YouTube post or on the No Tan Diario Chronicles blog post: https://elkirbster.blogspot.com/2024/07/from-beale-street-to-target-house.html

On this video you see the photos from the 3rd through the 6th of August of 2008 taken by Amy.

Audio: "Autumn Wind" by Dyalla and "Bright Eyed Blued" by Unicorn Heads, both from the YouTube audio library

From Beale Street to Target House: A Memphis Volunteer Journey! ~ From R...

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From August 5, 2008 - https://youtu.be/xM_WaJItE0c

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From Beale Street to Target House: A Memphis Volunteer Journey! ~ From Robin

In 2008, I was one of 35 volunteers that were selected for an all expense paid volunteering trip to participate in various volunteer events at the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and Target House both in Memphis, Tennessee, US. Volunteers came from various locations in the world. I was one of four from the Tempe, Arizona, US. 

You can read more about this if you'd like on a recent YouTube post or on the No Tan Diario Chronicles blog post: https://elkirbster.blogspot.com/2024/07/from-beale-street-to-target-house.html

On this video you see the photos from the 5th of August of 2008 taken by Robin.

Audio: "Back to Portland" by Track Tribe from the YouTube audio library

From Beale Street to Target House: A Memphis Volunteer Journey! ~ From N...

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From August 3-5, 2008 - https://youtu.be/DUeDcvTO80U

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From Beale Street to Target House: A Memphis Volunteer Journey! ~ From Naomi

In 2008, I was one of 35 volunteers that were selected for an all expense paid volunteering trip to participate in various volunteer events at the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and Target House both in Memphis, Tennessee, US. Volunteers came from various locations in the world. I was one of four from the Tempe, Arizona, US. 

You can read more about this if you'd like on a recent YouTube post or on the No Tan Diario Chronicles blog post: https://elkirbster.blogspot.com/2024/07/from-beale-street-to-target-house.html

On this video you see the photos from the 3rd through the 5th of August of 2008 taken by Naomi.

Audio:  "Autumn Wind" by Dyalla from the YouTube audio library

Piano/Sax - Vals - Thalia

Piano/Sax - Vals - Thalia 

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https://youtu.be/g50vLWZ2NOA

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This is a cassette tape with a mix of songs that will give you a small glimpse to some of the music that I enjoyed in my teenage years.

Though I don't have the exact date of when this collection of songs was copied onto the cassette, it would have been sometime at the end of 1995 or maybe 1996 because the songs by Thalia were from the album En éxtasis, which originally released on the 12th of September of 1995.

The mid nineties were my teen years and very much enjoyed (and still do) piano, saxophone, telenovelas, video games, sci-fi/action/superhero movies, and music by Thalia. As a teen with little money at my disposal, getting any new music had to be a bit selective. Many of the purchased cassettes of new music were the compilation ones. 

I'd slowly started transitioning to getting a few CDs with the En éxtasis album by Thalia one of the very first ones. That's where Maria La Del Barrio, Piel Morena (Remix), and Juana came from. Maria Mercedes and Marimar came from a compilation cassette with Thalia songs titled, "20 Kilates Musicales." A future upload. 

The Vals Del Pueblo from Corazon S is how I wrote that entry on the cassette sleeve. I am fairly sure that it was from Corazon Salvaje, which was a telenovela, however not sure if it was from a cassette or CD. It is also unclear to me if the piano and saxophone songs originally came from a CD or cassette. If the original source is located, then that'll be another future upload. One thing that is for certain is that in my mind that was the bridge song for this mixed tape to switch from the piano/sax to the telenovela and Thalia songs. 

These songs were enjoyed being listened to many, many times via my portable cassette player, hence the noticeable distortion on the first few tracks.

0:00 Piano/Sax - Vals - Thalia 

 0:03 Memory - Piano

 3:46 The Way We Were - Piano

 6:31 Memory - Sax

 10:18 The Way We Were - Sax

 13:23 That's What Friends Are For - Piano

 17:20 Unforgettable - Piano

 20:19 Somewhere Out There - Piano

 23:54 Vals Del Pueblo from Corazon S

 25:23 Maria Mercedes by Thalia

 28:00 Marimar by Thalia

 31:06 Maria La Del Barrio by Thalia

 34:46 Piel Morena (Remix) by Thalia

 40:59Juana by Thalia

From Beale Street to Target House: A Memphis Volunteer Journey! ~ August...

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From August 6, 2008 

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From Beale Street to Target House: A Memphis Volunteer Journey! ~ August 6, 2008

In 2008, I was one of 35 volunteers that were selected for an all expense paid volunteering trip to participate in various volunteer events at the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and Target House both in Memphis, Tennessee, US. Volunteers came from various locations in the world. I was one of four from the Tempe, Arizona, US. 

You can read more about this if you'd like on a recent YouTube post or on the No Tan Diario Chronicles blog post: https://elkirbster.blogspot.com/2024/07/from-beale-street-to-target-house.html

On this video you see the photos taken with my camera from the 6th of August of 2008.

Audio: Narration by myself and the music is a track titled, "Bright Eyed Blues" by Unicorn Heads from the YouTube audio library

From Beale Street to Target House: A Memphis Volunteer Journey! ~ August...

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From August 5, 2008 

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From Beale Street to Target House: A Memphis Volunteer Journey! ~ August 5, 2008

In 2008, I was one of 35 volunteers that were selected for an all expense paid volunteering trip to participate in various volunteer events at the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and Target House both in Memphis, Tennessee, US. Volunteers came from various locations in the world. I was one of four from the Tempe, Arizona, US. 

You can read more about this if you'd like on a recent YouTube post or on the No Tan Diario Chronicles blog post: https://elkirbster.blogspot.com/2024/07/from-beale-street-to-target-house.html

On this video you see the photos taken with my camera from the 5th of August of 2008.

Audio: Narration by myself and the music is all royalty free audio tracks that I recently acquired. "Highland Sunrise" - "Clutch Performance" - "Old Record" - "Sunny Savannah"

From Beale Street to Target House: A Memphis Volunteer Journey! ~ August...

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From August 4, 2008

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From Beale Street to Target House: A Memphis Volunteer Journey! ~ August 4, 2008

In 2008, I was one of 35 volunteers that were selected for an all expense paid volunteering trip to participate in various volunteer events at the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and Target House both in Memphis, Tennessee, US. Volunteers came from various locations in the world. I was one of four from the Tempe, Arizona, US. 

You can read more about this if you'd like on a recent YouTube post or on the No Tan Diario Chronicles blog post: https://elkirbster.blogspot.com/2024/07/from-beale-street-to-target-house.html

On this video you see the photos taken with my camera from the 4th of August of 2008.

Audio: Narration by myself and the music is a track titled, "To the Sun and Back" by TrackTribe from the YouTube audio library

With the little cuz...

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From August 03, 2024

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With the little cuz...

Audio: Vamos A Jugar by Thalia

From Beale Street to Target House: A Memphis Volunteer Journey! ~ August...

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From August 3, 2008 

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From Beale Street to Target House: A Memphis Volunteer Journey! ~ August 3, 2008

In 2008, I was one of 35 volunteers that were selected for an all expense paid volunteering trip to participate in various volunteer events at the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and Target House both in Memphis, Tennessee, US. Volunteers came from various locations in the world. I was one of four from the Tempe, Arizona, US. 

You can read more about this if you'd like on a recent YouTube post or on the No Tan Diario Chronicles blog post: https://elkirbster.blogspot.com/2024/07/from-beale-street-to-target-house.html

On this video you see the photos taken with my camera from the 3rd of August of 2008.

Audio: Narration by myself and the music, except for the video where Billy Bob Thornton is playing with a local band, is all royalty free audio tracks that I recently acquired. "Melancholic Memory" - "Clutch Performance" - "Highway Cruise" - "Power Chug" - "Neo Noir" 

From Beale Street to Target House: A Memphis Volunteer Journey! ~ August...

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From August 2, 2008 

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From Beale Street to Target House: A Memphis Volunteer Journey! ~ August 2, 2008

In 2008, I was one of 35 volunteers that were selected for an all expense paid volunteering trip to participate in various volunteer events at the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and Target House both in Memphis, Tennessee, US. Volunteers came from various locations in the world. I was one of four from the Tempe, Arizona, US. 

You can read more about this if you'd like on a recent YouTube post or on the No Tan Diario Chronicles blog post: https://elkirbster.blogspot.com/2024/07/from-beale-street-to-target-house.html

On this video you see the photos taken with my camera from the 2nd of August of 2008.

Audio: Three royalty free audio tracks that I recently acquired and edited slightly to fit the video. "Good Ol' Skool" - "Stream of Consciousness" - "Jazzy Folk" 

From Beale Street to Target House: A Memphis Volunteer Journey!

 

From Beale Street to  Target House: A Memphis Volunteer Journey!

This is the title of a series of upcoming photo/video collages that I've been working on for the photos and videos taken during the all expense paid volunteer trip to Memphis, Tennessee, US that took place August 2008. 

  You may have already seen the couple of videos I'd previously uploaded. In fact, the first ever video that I uploaded to YouTube was from this particular trip. 

Billy Bob playing with a local band in Memphis, TN, USA - August 3, 2008

https://youtu.be/Eo-bxR0gSPM?si=yMvAPV1HIp3Qi6Pm

The two other videos previously uploaded that you may have already seen, were from another volunteer, Zhil, who flew in from Shanghai, China.  

Meeting Bullseye at Target House - August 2008, video by friend Zhil

https://youtu.be/bpTB5ksuqo8?si=kOheYI-s7VBhhj31

Silly String Fight at Target House - August 2008, video by friend Zhil

https://youtu.be/p65sKj6PfK0?si=vKp2s2NfakfDxdRg

About St. Jude Children's Research Hospital - https://www.stjude.org

About Target House - Target House is a Long-term lodging facility. Patients are assigned to Target House if their treatment is scheduled to last more than three months. The facility is made possible by Target Stores and their commitment to give back to their communities

https://www.stjude.org/care-treatment/patient-families/campus-information/housing/target-house.html

Read about this trip from when it was originally blogged:

Why did he go to Memphis? 

https://elkirbster.blogspot.com/2008/08/why-did-he-go-to-memphis.html

Off to Memphis - August 2, 2008

https://elkirbster.blogspot.com/2008/08/off-to-memphis-august-2-2008.html

Memphis, Little Rock, and Billy Bob! - August 3, 2008

https://elkirbster.blogspot.com/2008/08/memphis-little-rock-and-billy-bob.html

Civil Rights Museum, Meet & Greet, and Bullseye! - August 4, 2008

https://elkirbster.blogspot.com/2008/08/civil-rights-museum-meet-greet-and.html

Memphis Trip - August 5th & 6th

https://elkirbster.blogspot.com/2008/09/memphis-trip-august-5th-6th.html

El Morro - Morro Mix! | Lado B

El Morro - Morro Mix! | Lado B

This is the Side B of the Morro Mix cassette by El Morro. 

For Side A go to El Morro - Morro Mix! | Lado A 

https://youtu.be/giJStMMU4fY?si=dfYvBpAP-xkryjT0

This is one long mix that includes the songs Mi Jefa (La Cuca), El Este De Los, and La Cartita (Rap).

Morro Mix! | Lado B

Morro Mix:

  Mi Jefa (La Cuca)

  El Este De Los

  La Cartita (Rap)

El Morro - Morro Mix! | Lado A

El Morro - Morro Mix! | Lado A

This is the Side A of the Morro Mix cassette by El Morro. Although the cassette had no date/year listed on it, this cassette appears to have been originally released in 1994.    

You may remember that on the 30th of December or 2023, I shared a short video of me listening to this cassette. Morro Mix! https://youtube.com/shorts/xTgyXI5x2Vc

That post received encouragement from Narciso Ramirez https://www.youtube.com/@narcisoramirez3283 to upload the rest of the songs. A channel that features clear and crisp recordings of many of the El Morro collection.

It was that bit of rallying which motivated me to truly look into finally strapping on to digitizing my small physical media collection, ultimately leading me to create the Analog Musings paylist.

You can read more about that on the Analog Musings post.  https://elkirbster.blogspot.com/2024/06/analog-musings.html

Because many of my cassettes were played constantly and the majority of them have travelled with me to the many places I've lived, some have degraded in quality.

Additionally, my digitization will include little to no editing, therefore you will hear this, and future uploads, as if you were playing it on your own cassette player. In my opinion it adds to the mood.

Morro Mix! | Lado A

0:00 Nel Santa Claus (Cumbia)

2:49 Nel Santa Claus (Rock)

6:00 Esperame

On July 3rd, our sweet Hello Kitty got her real wings.

On July 3rd, our sweet Hello Kitty got her real wings. She was with us for 20 years and 4 months in human years. 

Miss Hello was soft and warm, loving and occasionally sassy, affectionate, and new what she liked/wanted.

She brought so much joy during her time with us. The house feels empty without her and will take some time to get used to her not being around.

Hello Kitty now joins all of her litter, who had passed years before her. May she be at peace.

Audio: "Bastet" by Wane of Summer

Radio Music! - 2da Edición

Radio Music! - 2da Edición

This is a second edition of the recording from 1997 from a radio station that was called Crystal FM from Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico.

After the initial digitization of this recording, I continued to digitize my small cassette collection to be shared throughout the rest of the year. Some of the cassettes were in better shape than others, therefore some of the recordings have that distinct sound of when a cassette tape is wearing off. Additionally some had volume issues.

When the video for the original Radio Music cassette recording was created, I was able to use the video editing software to help with the volume issue. However, ultimately decided to go back to the original digitization of the Radio Music cassette recording to enhance the volume a bit and cut some of the dead air. 

The edit itself was minimal and unlikely that it will be noticeable once uploaded to YouTube, however decided that before the continuation of new monthly uploads of Analog Musings, I would create a second edition of the Radio Music cassette recording. 

Going forward, the hope is to have just one edition of my cassette tape recordings, and not have multiple editions/versions of them.  

Another thing that I decided to fix a bit was the visual transitions on the video/display portion from song to song. They are now better synchronized to each song change.

So here you now have a slightly shorter and arguably better edited video of the Radio Music cassette recording from 1997.

List of songs and artist.

0:00 Radio Music from Crystal FM circa 1997

0:12 Mirame by Sentidos Opuestos

3:43 Solo Traigo Mi Ritmo by Chayanne

6:30 Crazy by Aeorosmith

9:55 Corazon de Bombon by Anahi

12:05 Como es Possible Que a mi Lado by Luis Miguel

15:39 Vive El Momento by Kabah

18:46 Te Sigo Amando by Juan Gabriel

21:16 De Amarte by Pilar Montenegor

24:14 Que Bonito by Rosario

27:36 Vive el Momento by Kabah