Natural Traits

video i shot and edited for Ernest Gonzales' CD Release of Natural Traits.

Natural Traits Release from Francisco Cortes on Vimeo.

Mexicans with Guns - Ceremony

Loving this shit. Fan of this dude either as his downtempo self, Ernest Gonzales, or as his Bass Heavy dub-stepesque alter ego of Mexicans with Guns... Perhaps Im looking into this too deep (probably), but I see it as a reflection of where Mexican-Americans are going to in reflecting themselves as a culture. There's the calm and humble side of self-reflection and self-sacrifice and then there's that damn Jaguar in us that just wants to go boom-pow and pounce on some shit. This is especially so with us brown folks that may call ourselves intellectuals (sometimes inappropriately), and do not have the pleasure of ignorance. Quoting a friend, that quoted another, "To be an educated male of color in our current society is to almost be in a constant state of rage." Jaguars are pissed... meow