Blog Entries for craigh

Happy Oct 31st / Z� do Caix�o

craigh — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 22:00:00 +0100

Whatever you celebrate on this day, may your festivities be filled with joy (and a bit of fright!)

I present for all who love horror cinema, the iconic Brazillian masterpiece:

[video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nznbTrNetV0 320x240]

À Meia Noite Levarei Sua Alma (At Midnight I'll Have Your Soul)

This 1963 no-budget classic was one of many fun films featuring the legendary Zé do Caixão (aka Coffin Joe), created and played by fi [...]

MAD HABIT on MySpace

craigh — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 22:00:00 +0100

Hi everyone, it's your humble CTO of Mi Apogeo.

I'm not given to shameless self-promotion (I do self-promote, only sometimes I have the good grace to be ashamed.)

Most of my time is spent trying to build the best site I can for our visitors and Mi Apogeo family here, and playing with my wonderful little girl, but when I'm not doing those things, I play in band called MAD HABIT here in Canada.

Today the band has ranked #7 in the MySpace US Charts for (unsig [...]

Los Saicos - Saicomania

craigh — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 22:00:00 +0100

[video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ScsZs9NvJvU 320x240]

Not enough people credit LOS SAICOS. While bands like MC5, The Stooges and Radio Birdman receive attention for a "proto-punk" garage style that spawned waves of rock bands in the 70's and 80's, Peru's seminal LOS SAICOS predated much of this music and brought aggressive punk rock into the spotlight in Peru way back in the mid 60's.

Formed in 1964, LOS SAICOS had a short existence, [...]

L�grimas de Sangre - Silver Fist

craigh — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 22:00:00 +0100

A while back, the Village Voice had an article called "Hasta la Muerte", talking about the emergence of a Spanish-language heavy metal culture that plays old-school 80's thrash. These bands are staying true to their roots - not abandoning "la raza" to sing in English and (the theory goes for some) earn a bigger paycheck.

Some readers may know I play drums in a heavy metal band myself, and am an amateur historian of all things thrash. Now, I'm sure [...]

Test Videos

craigh — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 21:00:00 +0100

Here are the features videos on MiApogeo.com!

[video:http://youtube.com/watch?v=kRNzUcG-zWI 300x300]

[video:http://myspacetv.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=586563 315x315]

Hello World!

craigh — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 21:00:00 +0100

This post is testing the blog front-end. Boy I sure hope it works !