STUCK ON STUPID

Sin climbs Back upward through Lucky’s mind Frees us From danger by Grabbing the frozen Tufts of Lucky’s Blissed out confusion Amazed I see Lucky’s twitching legs Are now above us And His head below As we get into Sin’s car Her words are short and to the point It’s time for us to go we’ve seen EVERYTHING We Jet The Pacific Coast And escape The nightshade Of Lucky’s Hell Sin Reveals Herself As La Poeta And explains it All to me I CREEP THE CENTER OF HIS THOUGHTS STUCK ON STUPID AFTER HIS FALL FROM GRACE HEADFIRST INTO HIS SOUL HIS REASONING GOES NORTH TASTING ANDES CANDIES THOUGHT CAUGHT IN TIME LEAVING ONLY A MOUNTAIN OF PURGATORY IN THE SOUTHERN WATERS OF HIS MOUTH Excerpr Ptipinbo's World (c) 2005 Luis Chaluisan

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ONLY PASSING BY

Riding a low slung Black Cadillac Tonight With a voodoo princess Sitting at my side Eyes full of pain I got nothing that remains We’re riding all the way To some new dreams Sex and El and Sin Pass the scene Riding a low slung black Cadillac I fight The tears are coming down Left and right I grip the wheel And Choke with delight Riding a low slung Black Cadillac I dream La does her job Let’s El go In the Cascade Mountain Desert It throws him Off for a while A man drowning On dry land La Virgen ascends With the morning Songbirds to cool Me down with Menthol kisses In the last moments Of my acid rodeo Along the base Of my self pity CHOOSE TO BE ANGRY BUT WHEN YOU RAGE REMEMBER THESE WORDS BE ALONE AT PERFECT PEACE AND EASE AND FEEL OUR LIGHT WHEN YOU MEET PAST ADVERSARIES OR LOVERS LET THEM BE WHO THEY NEED TO BE TO GO ABOUT THEIR BUSINESS SO YOU CAN LOOK AT THE WORLD IN THE EYE HEAL IN YOUR UNDERSTANDING AND LET THE LIGHT BLESS YOUR EYES SO YOU CAN SEE THE GLORY BEFORE YOU LED BY AN INNER GLOW REACHING OUT TO THE UNIVERSAL SUNLIGHT OF THE SPIRIT REMEMBER CRY REMEMBER BE FREE TRAVEL THE CIRCLE

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THAT IS IT

I tell you, you witness just about anything once you're on the mainland and hang with Nuyoricans. You're stuck with us and our strange experiences in this strange land. If that's not enough we got a whole mess of cool cousins coming for the holidays from all points south. Don't worry, "It'll be a revelation, my little friend. Something you’ll write about for many millennia." It’s all true. And if not it should be. Like WC Fields says, “Life is a funny little thing. It’s amazing any of us get out of it alive.” Well, I figure nothing from nothing leaves nothing. Buena Noche Che Che. It’s been real. “While life in the U.S. appears to be in disorder there's an order to IT. We fit somewhere in this order on the mainland and IT really has to do with self realization.” Dedicated to Don Luis & Chasan Chaluisan, Heriberto & Belencita Batlle, Dona Cristina & Custodia Medina, Eddie Figueroa, Richie & Ray Maldonado, Izzy Sanabria, Leyla/Lefty/Rocky & Soledad Barreto, Isa Diaz, John Aller, Judy Kash, Steve Athanas, Maureen Davis, Ron Wagner, Chuck Curry, Walter Riggs, and Freddie/Ron/Debbie/Emily/Tito/Chris & Ana Chaluisan who see IT all before anyone knows IT is even happening around them. When we’re walking together People just stop and stare But if you could see them through my eyes They wouldn’t be a threat but a plan Excerpt Newricane (c) 2001 Luis Chaluisan

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TENGO SWING!

Bueno es verdad. Me tienen en este cuartito solito! Oh - no entiendes Espanol ... click click ... I hit my SAP button. Now we I can speak in English (but always think in Spanish.) ME LLAMO El Extreme! - el hijueputa de Mayguez por parte de mi sagrada madre. My father - a rumor. My family: long on perspective and short in stature. Excerpt from Newricane (c) 2001 Luis Chaluisan

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American Experience on PBS

Been contacted by Channel 13 PBS in NY to contribute to PBS's longest running history series, American Experience: Christine Turner Dear Mr. Chaluisan, I'm writing on behalf of Camera One Productions. We are currently producing a documentary for PBS's longest running history series, American Experience, on the New York City blackout of 1977. Right now, we're talking with New Yorkers like yourself, who were around at the time and can recall their memory of that evening. We recently came across a posting you made describing your experience in the South Bronx on the night of the blackout, July 13th, 1977. It's an intriguing story that ends at Nagle Avenue and we're curious how well you recall the event. Excerpt from Newricane (c) 2001 Luis Chaluisan "I’m doing an interview with Felix Romero and the rest of his theater group Teatro Otra Cosa for Latin NY at the Teatro Puerto Rico in the South Bronx the night of the 1977 NY blackout. Not more than 3 minutes after the lights go out there's a cry outside on 138th Street: "Hit the jewelry store!" People are waiting since the blackout in ’65 for their chance to clean up. By the time we get to the corner, the crowd is already lifting the steel gate in front of the store and piling in. One guy drives a car into a storefront and frees up an appliance center. Months later, you can trace all the looters by their electric bills. You see, there's a significant increase in the use of electrical power due to those new stereos, washers, greenhouse generators, and atomic reactors people now have hooked up to that heavy duty electric chord in the hallway. I know because Joe and Angie -- two Otra Cosa performers -- see their light bill go from 12 dollars a month to 150 dollars a month. I have to get from 138th Street and St. Ann's in the South Bronx to the apartment I share with my girlfriend Rosie Hurricanes on Nagle Avenue in upper Manhattan. Isa Diaz gives me a lift as far as 168th Street in Manhattan. That's when I notice how confused and frightened people are. The buses are running free and are crowded. Emergency flood lamps near the George Washington Bridge on 180th Street create eerie shadows. Then there's the policemen in riot gear and shotguns. (Where were they in the South Bronx. Well, they're not stupid.) I finally arrive at Nagle Avenue and in front of our building stands the genius of a super. Gasoline can in his left hand and a huge torch in the right. In the dark he looks like one of the Flying Monkeys in the Wizard of Oz. He's there to protect the property. You know, that son of a bitch robs my apartment a few months later. Rosie is barricaded in the second floor apartment. She's a tough Dominican grrrrrl but tonight's she's scared and I'm shaking too. I nickname her "hurricanes" because she can come on like one in a heartbeat." — with L.f. Chaluisan Batlle and Felix Romero at South Bronx, New York City.

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"ROCKER ROLLER RICAN" NYC FILM FESTIVAL PREMIERE

International Puerto Rican Heritage Film Festival "Bringing the Heritage of Puerto Rico to the world through film." SAVE THE DATES: NOVEMBER 5-9, 2014 @ selected sites throughout NYC: ROCKER ROLLER RICAN Free preview and dropbox download of Documentary http://lnkd.in/dZm8Ny5

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Maria Hernandez and Tony Tahé interview on Parisian Radio

Maria Hernandez and Tony Tahé interview on Parisian Radio Africa No. 1 - FM 107.5 - Paris Featured on "The International African Radio" based in Paris: africa1 Monday July 7, 2014 at 9:00 AM, local Parisian time (3:00 AM EST in NYC) , Africa No.1 is a broadcast radio station in Paris, France, providing African News, Information and Entertainment. Africa No. 1 is the largest African francophone radio stations with programs broadcast around the world through its shortwave transmitters in France and Africa. Listen: http://streema.com/radios/Africa_No.1_Africa_1_FM More on Africa No.1 http://www.africa1.com/ REBROADCAST IN SALSA MAGAZINE 7:00 AM EST Monday July 7, 2014 Sample of current programming in attached WEPAwebTV Webisode Maria Hernandez and Tony Tahé interview on Parisian Radio https://vimeo.com/100013923

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My Prayer - Little Otis XXI

My Prayer - Little Otis XXI https://vimeo.com/99954643 Vocal by: El Extreme Luis Chaluisan Written by: Georges Boulanger, Jimmy Kennedy Processed on Flip Recorder Edited on Windows Movie Maker roughrican productions (c) 2014 http://www.reverbnation.com/luischaluisan "My Prayer" is a 1939 popular song with music by salon violinist Georges Boulanger and lyrics by Jimmy Kennedy. It was originally written by Boulanger with the title "Avant de Mourir" in 1926. The lyrics for this version were added by Kennedy in 1939. Glenn Miller recorded the song that year for a #2 hit and The Ink Spots' version featuring Bill Kenny reached #3 as well that year. It has been recorded many times since, but the biggest hit version was a revival in 1956 by The Platters.This version reached #1 on the charts and was featured in the 2008 film The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. The Ink Spots' version of the song was featured in the 1992 movie, Malcolm X. The song also became a tango in the Italian version by Norma Bruni and Cinico Angelini's orchestra (1940), "Sì, voglio vivere ancor!".

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ROCKER ROLLER RICAN NYC FILM FESTIVAL PREMIERE

ROCKER ROLLER RICAN NYC FILM FESTIVAL PREMIERE: International Puerto Rican Heritage Film Festival "Bringing the Heritage of Puerto Rico to the world through film." SAVE THE DATES: NOVEMBER 5-9, 2014 @ selected sites throughout NYC: ROCKER ROLLER RICAN Free preview and dropbbox download of Documentary http://lnkd.in/dZm8Ny5 video on demand http://www.dailymotion.com/luischaluisan Time Warner Documentary About Luis Chaluisan Amherst 1986 BA Theater Arts: Rocker Roller Rican begins with film of Internationally recognized Nuyorican Performer El Extreme Luis Chaluisan in October 1975 at Amherst College (a mere three months after he turned professional as a dancer-singer at the age of 17 with the Alliance of Latin Artists in NYC.) It is thoroughly produced filmed review as he travels from the Bronx in 1975 to the present day through the national American arts world as a Ballet/Jazz/Salsa/Folkloric Dancer-Curated Artist-Latin/Indie Rock musician-CBS/Telemundo/PBS News Reporter-Television Producer-Published Author-Radio Show Host-TV Station Manager-National Slam Poetry Ct. Team Champion By: Maria Hernandez Executive Director WEPAwebTV-Managing Editor Salsa Magazine 5,400 + members ROCKER ROLLER RICAN Directed by: Maria Hernandez WEPAwebTV - New Edge Theater Produced by: Mike Tapp MNN Time Warner Cable Associate Producer: Ronald Chaluisan Featuring: L.f. Chaluisan Batlle plus Film Directed by: John Coles Talking Wall Pictures 1975 Film Directed by: Tony Ortiz Top Productions NYC 1984 Off Broadway Scenes Directed By: Petronia Paley 2002 Set Design by: Albert Chaluisan

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ROCKER ROLLER RICAN NYC PREMIERE

Tuesday June 17 and June 24, 2014 10:30 pm Lifestyle Channel 56 (TWC) Time Warner Cable ROCKER ROLLER RICAN Time Warner Documentary About Luis Chaluisan Amherst 1986 BA Theater Arts: Rocker Roller Rican begins with film of Internationally recognized Nuyorican Performer El Extreme Luis Chaluisan in October 1975 at Amherst College (a mere three months after he turned professional as a dancer-singer at the age of 17 with the Alliance of Latin Artists in NYC.) It is thoroughly produced filmed review as he travels from the Bronx in 1975 to the present day through the national American arts world as a Ballet/Jazz/Salsa/Folkloric Dancer-Curated Artist-Latin/Indie Rock musician-CBS/Telemundo/PBS News Reporter-Television Producer-Published Author-Radio Show Host-TV Station Manager-National Slam Poetry Ct. Team Champion By: Maria Hernandez Executive Director WEPAwebTV-Managing Editor Salsa Magazine 5,400 + members

ROCKER ROLLER RICAN Directed by: Maria Hernandez WEPAwebTV - New Edge Theater Produced by: Mike Tapp MNN Time Warner Cable Associate Producer: Ronald Chaluisan Featuring: L.f. Chaluisan Batlle plus Film Directed by: John Coles Talking Wall Pictures 1975 Film Directed by: Tony Ortiz Top Productions NYC 1984 Off Broadway Scenes Directed By: Petronia Paley 2002 Set Design by: Albert Chaluisan

Rocker Roller Rican - A Nuyorican Adventure "It is an edgy take on a unique slice of Latino culture, presented with a very personal perspective." Tom Zapiecki Production Manager at WBGU-TV

"Measured yet expressive, delivered with a weight and authority" Toledo Blade community news WBGU-FM

"Among all the cookie cutters I’ve worked with over the years, Luis Chaluisan is truly unique." Gerry Brooks Anchor news at 6, and 11 p.m WVIT-NBC CT.

"It's all the things that Luis Chaluisan is: infectious, deep, passionate, life-loving, beyond brilliant." Gary Lee Washington Post

Being Submitted To: International Puerto Rican Heritage Film Festival Rincon International Film Festival Bogotá Short Film Festival / Festival de Cortos de Bogotá -...(WORLDWIDE SALSA EXPLOSION) Sundance Film Festival Tribeca Film Festival

Critical Reviews of Luis Chaluisan's Work: “Let the man talk to you for a half hour about his life and he'll make Jack Kerouac look like Emily Dickinson." Adam Klasfeld - Theater Mania

“Luis Chaluisan is a born storyteller. His gift for capturing the heart and soul of each character he portrays is not only convincing, but also inspiring. The show is full of humor, insight, poetry, and Puerto Rican pride. Chaluisan's smooth-talking narrator introduces the various vignettes with articulate wit and wisdom. One is a heartfelt homage to the original poets of the Nuyorican venue. His unique voice as a writer clearly displays his poetic influences” Elias Stimac - Backstage

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