Tony Mendoza

Goosano: An American Bonehead & The Quest For His Cuban Roots

Pre-Trip
Intro
Goosano
My Grandfather in Pre-Revolution Cuba
My Grandmother in Pre-Revolution Cuba
My Uncle & Father in Pre-Revolution Cuba
My Family in Post-Revolution Cuba
Operation Peter Pan
Miami 1962
A Cuban Family in 1960′s Iowa
Eerie, Iowa
Dad (Cliff Notes Version)
Meanwhile In Iowa • Part I
Meanwhile In Iowa • Part II
End Of The Line
My Childhood
Preguntas About Spanish
Discipline vs. Letterman
Music Intervenes
Pre-Revolution 45′s
An Adulthood of Sorts
San Antonio 2008
Miami 1987
A Second Act
When? Why? How? Who? What?
Goosano Glossary
Immigration Information
Casa Particular
Off The Grid
Vampires In Havana
Miami Portrait 1963
Havana Photos • 1949 y 1950
Trinidad, Cuba 1956
Dad’s Miscellania
Religion Provides Some Answers
Secular Answers
Dad’s Little Book
Letters From Cuba • 1966-1973
Cuquita
Baseball
Pre-Trip Acknowledgments

The Trip
¡Oh Canada!
American Jitters, Cuban Fritters
Havana Affair
Bailar En Un Paladar
Meet The Tour Group!
Hemingway House
Hemingway House (photoset)
Máquinas & 3-Wheeled Wonders
Getting Around In Havana (photoset)
Paella Rock
El Callejón de Hamel
El Callejón de Hamel (photoset)
“Viva La Revolución”
The Flamenco Football Hall of Shame
Misceláneo I
Vivero Organopónico Alamar b/w Casa del Niño y la Niña
Vivero Organopónico Alamar (photoset)
Centro Habana y La Pornografia de Ruinas
Bodeguita del Medio
Salsa Verde
Ghost Dog
A Morning Stroll Through Old Havana (photoset)
Convento Belén vs. “The Real Havana”
Workshop Breakdown
Spiderman b/w ¡Shopping!
Piña Colada Pit Stop (photoset)
La Lluvia de Oro y Buena Vista-Mania
Gusanos del Oído
I Want My Romantic Cuban Sunrise Now!
The Man In The Tucked In Shirt
National Literacy Museum of Cuba
National Literacy Museum & Batista’s Mansion (photoset)
Fusterlandia
Jose Fuster’s Home & Studio (photoset)
Jaimanitas, Cuba (photoset)
Pink Kool-Aid
A Taxi To LaGuarida
Misceláneo II
Bent Back Tulips
Viñales Valley Vacation
Road Trip to Viñales Valley (photoset)
Cigar Farm
Tobacco Farm (photoset)
Late Night with The Village Dames
Mrs. Brainwash
Abdala Recording Studios
Abdala Recording Studios (photoset)
Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes
Cicatriz Hermosa
Poopin’ Kooks
Casa Ana Morales
A Cuban 5K
Gato Tuerto
Misceláneo III
KooKoo Taxi
Coco Taxi (song)
Colegio de La Salle Vedado
Sunday in Vedado (photoset)
Colón Cemetery
Cementerio de Cristóbal Colón (photoset)
Tourist Notes • February 10, 2013
Maxim Rock
Perseverancia
Last Night in Havana
Sueños Son Sueños
My First 24 Hours (video)
More Music More Music More Music More Music (video)
Havana, Jaimanitas & Viñales Valley, Cuba (video)
Maylú, Live at Gato Tuerto (video)
On My Own (video)
Maxim Rock (video)
Get Back
Words
Gracias

There’s no stopping the Tijuana Hercules.
June 30 we christen the Deep Blues Festival in Bayport, Minnesota.
Should be a pig of a time.

In the meantime, revel like a rebel about our trot down to Georgia for the sole purpose of avoiding the 2012 NATO summit.

The Tijuana Hercules Runnin’ From The Riots Tour
May 17 • Escape From NATO
May 18 • Little Kings Shuffle Club, Athens GA
May 19 • Star Community Bar, Atlanta GA

And then the days turned to mush.

April 10 – Garden Bowl, Detroit MI

April 11 – MOTR, Cincinnati OH

April 12 – Wilbert’s, Cleveland OH

April 13 – Albert S. George Youth Center, Barnesville, OH

April 14 – Piano’s, NYC

April 15 – Big Snow Buffalo Lodge, Brooklyn NY

April 16 – Escape From New York…To Poughkeepsie

April 17 – BSP Lounge, Kingston NY (now with litigation!)

April 18 – The Middle East, Boston MA

April 19 – The Bug Jar, Rochester NY

April 20 – M Bar, Philadelphia PA

April 21 – Garfield Artworks, Pittsburgh PA

April 24 – Daytrotter Session, Rock Island IL & The Empty Bottle, Chicago IL

Oceans and mountains replaced with manure.

April 2 – Mojo’s, Columbia MO

April 3 – The Mill, Iowa City IA

April 4 – Knickerbocker’s, Lincoln NE

April 5 – Replay Lounge, Lawrence KS

April 6 – Middle of the Map Festival @ Gusto Lounge, Kansas City MO

April 7 – Heavy Anchor, St. Louis MO

Final stop: East Coast

Despite it all, I still write songs.
The new demos now live on my SoundPoof page.
Oh yeah, and a dumb Bangles cover.

Home Demos • May 2012

Almost Home
Rugs
I’ll…
Gary Ghost
Wanted Foes
Eternal Flame

The Nurse Novels still have another record coming out.
Latchkey Bummer
It’s taking forever of course because we all live somewhere else and do all the other things.
Here are my demos for the upcoming record.
Oh yeah, and a drunk Aaliyah cover.

Latchkey Bummer Demos

Waterbed
Unbreakable Pocket Comb
Mary Hartman Mary Hartman
Emptiness In Yes
Wimps
Prom Sniffles
More Than A Woman

Listen to my debut with Unicycle Loves You, recorded live at saki on February 25, 2012

Unicycle Loves You • Live in Chicago

Out west it is a pest.

March 19 – Hail, Snow, & The Thing? with Sixto

March 20 -Saguaro Salvation

March 21 -Silverlake Lounge, Los Angeles CA

March 22 – Hotel Utah Saloon, San Francisco CA

March 23 – Sophia’s Thai Kitchen, Davis CA

March 24 – The Crepe Place, Santa Cruz CA

March 25 – Figuring It Out

March 26 – Pacified

March 27 – Sunset Tavern, Seattle WA

March 28 – Backspace, Portland OR

March 29 – Baby Bar/Neato Burrito, Spokane WA

March 30 – The Badlander, Missoula MT

March 31 – Meth to Mint

April 1 – Eastbound Clowns

Next stop: Tornado Alley

Here’s the video for “Garbage Dump” by Unicycle Loves You. 

I’m the creep in the cat mask.

SPOILER ALERT: It’s not a cover of the famous Charles Manson song.

How to make the most of a huge waste of time.

March 12, 2012 – Unicycle Loves You Are Gonna Be (500 Miles)

March 13, 2012 – Hamwow!

March 14, 2012 – SUXSW

March 15, 2012 – Keep Austin…

March 16, 2012 – SXSW Showcase @ The Studio by HGTV

March 17, 2012 – Green Hell

March 18, 2012 – Unofficial SXSW Showcase @ Lomography

Next stop: The west coast