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Article: AROUND THE WORLD ON SEVEN SATURDAY NIGHTS FROM BOMBAY TO BUDAPEST, HAVANA TO ISTANBUL, SEARCHING FOR LIFE AFTER DARK HAVANA: GIRL MEETS BOY, AND TELLS HIM NOT TO DANCE TOO CLOSE
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- November 17, 2002
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His name was Vladimir, and he was tall and sweet and 21, and happy
to have his arm around an American.
We weren't looking for boys that Saturday night in Havana. We were
looking for hip-hop. We knew it was here, home-grown, with a grinding
beat and Spanish lyrics, the songs more about social protest than
sex. But Havana isn't the sort of place where you get listings from
the paper, or call a club to find out who's playing. You count on
word of mouth and luck, the trick of meeting someone with a better
idea.We tried word of mouth; five of us headed to a club, Coctel,
where someone had told us hip-hop usually played. Down a stairway,
into a darkened room, we found only salsa music, and a ...
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