New Song On Sunday

 

Sometimes I just sit there and shake my head. When I was researching last week's violation of international law by the crazy dictator of the United States in removing Nicolas Maduro from power, I learned that the tracksuit Maduro wore when he was presented to the public on the American aircraft carrier had since sold out. What drives people to buy these clothes, which are ultimately just an expression of a repressive state? A question I can only answer with the increasing apoliticalisation of society.

In this context, I became aware of Rawayana, a band from Caracas, Venezuela, who have just released a new album. Rawayana are very popular in Venezuela and obviously fill large stadiums and play a mixture of reggae, funk, and salsa, but they drew criticism from Maduro by referring to Venezuelan women as Veneka in one of their songs, which has since become a derogatory term. 

Incidentally, this article is not related to a planned hostile takeover of 27 Leggies.