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The Warning – Dust To Dust/Dull Knives

An evening pause: In 2017 I posted an evening pause of this band, when Daniela (on guitar) was 14 years old, Paulina (on drums) was 12 years old, and Alejandra (on bass guitar) was 9 yrs old. Today’s evening pause is from their 2023 tour in Mexico (where they are from), celebrating the band’s tenth anniversary. To put it mildly, they are a bit older.

Hat tip Matt Falk, who adds, “They are all adults now who’ve become one of the best live rock bands playing today, while still maintaining complete control of their career (a feat in itself).”

Genesis cover

On Christmas Eve 1968 three Americans became the first humans to visit another world. What they did to celebrate was unexpected and profound, and will be remembered throughout all human history. Genesis: the Story of Apollo 8, Robert Zimmerman's classic history of humanity's first journey to another world, tells that story, and it is now available as both an ebook and an audiobook, both with a foreword by Valerie Anders and a new introduction by Robert Zimmerman.

 

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4 comments

  • Dick Eagleson

    They can definitely rock. And they are all gorgeous – which I find to be normative for latinas in their late teens and early 20s. And which, no doubt, has a tonic effect on the size of their male fan base. Shrewd to pick an English-language band name too. These ladies were apparently considering their international appeal quite early-on.

    Good pick.

  • Richard V Reese

    After bemoaning what Rock had become since the the corporate model took over, I discovered The Warning.
    I accidentally clicked on this very same performance and was gobsmacked by what I’d just watched. Since then I’ve watched as more and more folks have discovered them. Their superpower is live performance.
    Someone once said, “Rock didn’t die, it just moved to Mexico.”

    Correction: This performance is from their 2023 performance in Mexico City.

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  • Richard V Reese: That error was a typo on my part. I have corrected the date. Thanks!

  • F

    I could never even dream of performing as well as they do, but for me, a song dialed up to 11 essentially from start to finish is a bit boring.

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