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Juan Gabriel: La Frontera featuring Julión Álvarez

2017-08-14 elrichiboy Music, Video One comment

Here’s Juan Gabriel singing a remix of La Frontera, a song that celebrates the border that he wrote maybe a

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They’re Bullies.

2017-08-14 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, City Council, Slider, Taxes, The Arena 15 comments

Did you see this story on KVIA? Texas oilman J.P. Bryan, one of the state’s richest men and one with

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Sunday Matinee: Alfred Hitchcock’s Notorious

2017-08-13 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment

Here’s a 1946 flick that has everything: drunk driving, violence, smoking in bed. And the OSS pimping out a chick

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Tonight: Laramie Dean at the Neon Rose/Boomtown

2017-08-12 elrichiboy Music, What to Do Leave a comment

The Neon Rose has an identity problem. Everyone thinks it’s still Boomtown. Maybe it still is.’ Watch this video on

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Things To Do Today

2017-08-11 elrichiboy How to Live in El Paso, What to Do 2 comments

The calendar is full and the moon is gibbous. Here are some of the most El Paso things you can

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A Bar On Both Sides of the Border?

2017-08-09 elrichiboy Mexico, World News 2 comments

Maybe it’s just a PR stunt. From Mexico News Daily: They haven’t any permits yet but a Scottish brewery that

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Tonight! Bravos versus Chivas!

2017-08-09 elrichiboy How to Live in El Paso, Juarez, What to Do Leave a comment

Tonight over there at the stadium in Juarez, our hometown Juarez Bravos are taking on the Guadalajara Chivas as part

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City Council is Helpless

2017-08-09 elrichiboy City Council, Politics, Slider, Taxes 7 comments

In this week’s El Paso Inc., Mayor Dee Margo explains why the property tax increase isn’t his fault. Dee Margo

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This Land Is Your Land . . . No, Not Yours

2017-08-09 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, City Council, Slider One comment

Here’s a comment I received last night, in its entirety. I tried busking in downtown El Paso today for the

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Thanks But No Thanks

2017-08-08 elrichiboy City Council Leave a comment

Tonight I sent an email to my City Representative. Another reader complained that the security guards at San Jacinto Plaza

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Movie Night: Virtuosity

2017-08-08 elrichiboy Movie Night Leave a comment

There are more movies available than I can show one day a week. So I’m expanding my movie offerings. Welcome

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Music Video: Frontera Bugalú

2017-08-08 elrichiboy Music, Video Leave a comment

Here’s a new (?) video I just found on El Feis. Everybody’s favorite ex-El Paso band, Frontera Bugalú. It’s righteous.

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Music Video: Amalia Mondragon at Dave’s Pawn Shop

2017-08-07 elrichiboy Music, Slider, Video One comment

Here’s a video by local talent Amalia Mondragon. Watch this video on YouTube Amalia describes herself as a chuqueña, from

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The Local Economy is Booming. For Contractors.

2017-08-07 elrichiboy City Council, Economic Development, Opportunity Costs, Quality of Life Projects One comment

Good news, sports fans. The El Paso economy is growing, according to this story in the El Paso Inc. “As

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Sunday Matinee: The Vikings

2017-08-06 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment

Here’s the 1958 classic The Vikings, starring Kirk Douglas, Tony Curtis, Ernest Borgnine, and Janet Leigh. Watch this video on

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Lucha Libre in Cd. Juarez on Sunday

2017-08-04 elrichiboy How to Live in El Paso, Juarez, Mexico One comment

Here’s something for y’all jaded by the usual fare. This Sunday, August 8, there’s a big lucha libre match in

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Friday Short: The Fisherman

2017-08-04 elrichiboy Friday Short Leave a comment

Here’s an award-winning, multi-cultural, intergalactic, sci-fi short. Watch this video on YouTube Twenty minutes, with a couple of commercial breaks.

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Tarahumara Drug Runners

2017-08-04 elrichiboy Juarez, Law Enforcement, Mexico, Slider 4 comments

This is a great story about an international humanitarian tragedy, out of Texas Monthly. Mexican cartels, meanwhile, recognized an opportunity

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How Bad Are Things, Really?

2017-08-04 elrichiboy ballpark, City Council, Cost of Living, Economic Development, Politics, Slider, Taxes, The Arena Leave a comment

We’re got a mayor who gets elected by promising to “hold the line on taxes,” and his first month in

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We Should Have Elected This Guy

2017-08-03 elrichiboy Politics, Slider, Taxes 4 comments

From an El Paso Inc. interview: Q: People say El Paso’s taxes are among the highest in the nation, though

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