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In the News (Sat 2 Jun 12)

  
  Alberto Esquivel
Esquivel Real Estate, Inc. currently is the project manager for Capitol Station 65 LLC, a 65-acre mixed-use, transit-oriented redevelopment project north of Downtown Sacramento consisting of 2,000 housing units, 600,000 square feet of office, 60,000 square feet of retail, and 20 acres of open space.
Esquivel is a development partner in the Fremont Building-a mixed-use building containing 69 apartments and 12,000 square feet of retail at 16th and P streets; and in Capitol Park Homes-a residential subdivision containing 64 for-sale, single-family detached homes on two city blocks bounded by 12th, 14th, P and Q streets.
Esquivel has also had significant involvement in the 18th and L building which consists of 176 apartments and 9,600 square feet of retail, and several other proposed housing and mixed use developments in the Central City of Sacramento.
www.sactaqc.org /plenaries/02-06-03/Bio_Esquivel.htm   (428 words)

  
 Esquivel: Reviews, Discography, Audio Clips, and more ||| Music.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Esquivel [+] (in the manner of Dion [+] or Melanie [+], he billed himself with a single name) actually enjoyed a long and varied career, of which his space age pop recordings were only a portion.
Esquivel [+] -- along with several other of "space age pop"'s leading lights -- took advantage of this development to use his albums as laboratories of sorts to explore the spectrum of recorded sound, as reflected in LP titles like Other Worlds, Other Sounds and Four Corners of the World [+].
Esquivel [+] was no longer gathering mold in the attic -- he was the epitome of hip.
www.music.com /person/esquivel/1   (993 words)

  
 Esquivel   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Esquivel (in the manner of Dion or Melanie, he billed himself with a single name) actually enjoyed a long and varied career, of which his space age pop recordings were only a portion.
Esquivel -- along with several other of "space age pop"'s leading lights -- took advantage of this development to use his albums as laboratories of sorts to explore the spectrum of recorded sound, as reflected in LP titles like Other Worlds, Other Sounds and Four Corners of the World.
Esquivel was no longer gathering mold in the attic -- he was the epitome of hip.
www.djangomusic.com /artist_bio.asp?id=R+++216439   (878 words)

  
 County chooses Esquivel to replace Hannon - February 26, 2004
Esquivel must run in the general election to keep the seat vacated by Hannon, who resigned last month to join the state Parole Board.
Esquivel was among three candidates chosen by Jackson County Republicans as nominees for the Senate seat.
Esquivel had received the most votes from his party and was considered the preferred nominee.
www.mailtribune.com /archive/2004/0226/local/stories/02local.htm   (666 words)

  
 Salon | Love and other illegal acts   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
But Esquivel is both a former schoolteacher and a screenwriter, and her mission is to teach and to entertain.
Esquivel's heroine is Azucena, a psychotherapist living in 23rd-century Mexico City where high technology has virtually eliminated crime and research has acquired new meaning thanks to equipment that can decode the secrets of everything, from human auras to the memories of the stones that have borne witness to human history.
Esquivel's strength is her sincere belief in The Law of Love, or perhaps more precisely, the rule of love.
www.salon.com /oct96/interview961104.html   (479 words)

  
 Is it live or is it Esquivel!?
Esquivel being a bit of a control freak -- for good and ill -- the songs were cut "live" in a studio in December of that year.
Esquivel's meticulous detail in making his "space-age bachelor pad" music is one of the reasons his albums were lurking in hipsters' collections long before the '90s lounge-music fad and will remain there long after.
Esquivel loved performing his arrangements as well, which is why even into the '70s, he was accepting the gigs offered him -- like playing dinner music in the Chicago 'burbs.
www.suntimes.com /output/music/sho-sunday-esquivel02.html   (934 words)

  
 Boston Globe Online / Table of Contents   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The 48-year-old sculptor and architect was honored for having "shone a light in the darkness" of Argentina during a period of leftist terrorism and right-wing government repression, the Norwegian Nobel Committee said.
Perez Esquivel was nominated by the 1976 peace prize winners, Mairead Corrigan and Betty Williams of the Peace People movement in Northern Ireland.
Perez Esquivel's activism was born in Argentina's mounting political violence of the late 1960s and early 1970s, and was based on his own Roman Catholicism and on Indian leader Mohandas K. Gandhi's philosophy of nonviolence.
www.boston.com /globe/search/stories/nobel/1980/1980n.html   (877 words)

  
 Steven Esquivel, 65, celebrated florist
Florist Steven Esquivel's kaleidoscopic arrangements were so bewitching, friends say, it appeared as if the blooms had leaped into a fiery, botanical tango.
Esquivel to wake up in the middle of the night and begin designing wedding arrangements in his den after he had an inspirational dream.
Esquivel, a Lake View resident and active member of the gay and Latino communities, also supported Cardinal Francis George's Casa Jesus program and had served on the AIDS Foundation board.
www.suntimes.com /output/obituaries/cst-nws-xesqu17.html   (422 words)

  
 Bar/None Records: Esquivel! / Space Age Bachelor Pad Music
One reviewer called him a "pop avant-gardist." Esquivel's orchestrations were like an exploding musical pinata with arrangements that were strikingly futuristic: scattered among the pianos and trombones were slide guitar, echo, dissonance, beatnik percussion and weird juxtapositions of mood and volume.
Esquivel recorded for RCA from 1957 to 1968, this is a collection of his wildest recordings.
Esquivel's world renown earned through his RCA Victor albums coincided with a period when rock groups eclipsed orchestras as the popular standard-bearers of pop music.
www.bar-none.com /bios/esquibio_space.html   (819 words)

  
 Poindexters.Com Esquivel   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
It's fitting that Esquivel's name was usually printed with an exclamation point: his trademark is the musical exclamation point, whether it's a "Pow!" sung by the chorus or a "zing" from a harpsichord.
Esquivel's orchestrations were like an exploding musical piñata with arrangements that were strikingly futuristic: scattered among the pianos and trombones were slide guitar, echo, dissonance, beatnik percussion and weird juxtapositions of mood and volume.
Esquivel's world renown earned through his RCA albums coincided with a period when rock groups eclipsed orchestras as the popular standard-bearers of pop music.
www.poindexter.com /esq.html   (916 words)

  
 Laura Esquivel author page at Mostly Fiction - book review, bibliography
In Esquivel's version of the 23rd century, an aerophone transports one anywhere (like back to your apartment) by stepping into a teleport and dialing a number, the home security system reads auras and the televirtual transmits the viewer to the scene of the news story.
Esquivel's first novel draws on the visual experience as a screenwriter, and the rich childhood environment where magic is reality.
Esquivel wrote the screen play for the movie version and this is one movie that I recommend as much as the book.
mostlyfiction.com /latin/esquivel.htm   (636 words)

  
 From a Sparkling Planet - Esquivel was more than a lounge-music oddity. By Bill Barol
Because he was rediscovered in the lounge-music boom of the mid-'90s, Esquivel tends to get lumped in with band leaders like Martin Denny and Les Baxter, whose claims to exotica were more strenuous and less interesting.
Esquivel came to America at around the same time as stereo, and RCA embraced the band leader's eccentric tendencies as a way of promoting the new technology to early adopters.
The 1999 CD is worth seeking out for Esquivel's take on "Brazil" alone, in which the band leader paints a meticulous sound picture of a night on the town gone wrong.
www.slate.com /?id=2060898   (818 words)

  
 Alexis Esquivel
Alexis Esquivel is a prominent Havana based painter and performance artist who has curated several exhibits on themes of racial identity.
Esquivel's work in this show, mounted at the Center for Development of the Visual Arts, centered on the soga--a rope that was used long ago at dances and other functions to separate fls from whites.
Esquivel's partner in putting on the exhibitions was a Cuban art historian, Ariel Ribeaux, who wrote the manifesto for this gathering movement of fl-themed art.
www.afrocubaweb.com /esquivel/alexisesquivel.htm   (1133 words)

  
 Comments on 13640 | MetaFilter   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Esquivel was born on January 20, 1918, in Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico.
The Kronos Quartet recently commissioned and performed a string arrangement of Esquivel's 1967 composition "Mini Skirt." The original handwritten scores for his 24-piece orchestra no longer exist, having reportedly been hauled away as trash years ago when rent was in arrears on a Las Vegas storage facility.
Esquivel claimed that Carina was his sixth wife.
www.metafilter.com /comments.mefi/13640   (1604 words)

  
 Juan Garcia Esquivel
Esquivel's family moved to Mexico City in 1928, and by the early 1930s, he was appearing on radio station XEW.
RCA contracted with Esquivel in late 1957, first releasing one of his Mexican albums in the U.S. as "To Love Again." The label brought Esquivel to record in Hollywood in early 1958.
Confined to a wheelchair in the last years of his life and weakened by heavy hardcore partying during his time in Hollywood, Esquivel was still strong enough to marry what he claimed was his sixth wife in May, 2001.
www.spaceagepop.com /esquivel.htm   (1166 words)

  
 'Nutcracker's' Esquivel has a nose for pranks as well as dance
Jorge Esquivel was in the makeup chair in the basement of the War Memorial Opera House a few days ago when he began to have trouble breathing.
As she watched in shock, Esquivel completed two wrenching wheezes and then flopped back in the chair.
Brasisco, with perfect timing, looks at Esquivel's rubber nose, his glued- on bald head and the artificial knob on the end of his chin.
www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2002/12/21/DD26892.DTL   (590 words)

  
 Esquivel at Nipper's Place: The Internet's Classic RCA Records Website
Rumor had it that Esquivel was also working with Combustible Edison's Brother Cleve on some material for a new album, which would have been interesting to hear in the new century.
Juan Garcia Esquivel, born in Tampico, Tamaulipas in Mexico on January 20, 1918, taught himself piano and arranging, and by 14 was a featured soloist on Mexico City's most popular radio station.
It's be the perfect companion to dry martinis and chestnuts by the fireplace as you recline on the bear-skin rug under the mistletoe, daddy-o.
esquivel.nippersplace.com /esquivel/index.php   (1084 words)

  
 The History of Rock Music. Esquivel: biography, discography, reviews, links   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Mexican composer, arranger and pianist Juan Garcia Esquivel concocted super-kitschy lounge music His heydays were from 1958 to 1967, best summarized on Space Age Bachelor Pad Music (Bar None, 1994) and on the inferior Music From A Sparkling Planet (Bar None, 1995).
Il compositore, arrangiatore e pianista messicano Juan Garcia Esquivel confezionò una sorta di lounge-music molto kitsch.
Esquivel si specializzò nell'imbastire melodie bizzarre e contrappunti per strumenti esotici e praticamente qualunque altra cosa producesse un suono inusuale, dal theremin all'arpsicordo.
www.scaruffi.com /vol1/esquivel.html   (306 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Esquivel
Nobel Peace Prize (where Nobel is pronounced with the stress on the second syllable) is one of five Nobel Prizes requested by the Swedish industrialist and inventor Alfred Nobel.
Adolfo Pérez Esquivel at World Social Forum 2003 Adolfo Pérez Esquivel (Pérez Esquivel) (born November 26, 1931), from Argentina, was the recipient of the 1980 Nobel Peace Prize.
Juan Garcia Esquivel (January 20, 1918 – January 3, 2002) often known as simply Esquivel, was a Mexican band leader, pianist, and film composer.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Esquivel   (368 words)

  
 Adolfo Pérez Esquivel - Biography
Adolfo Pérez Esquivel was born in Buenos Aires in 1931.
In May 1978 he was released, but with the obligation to report to the police as well as being subject to various restrictions.
The organisation of which Pérez Esquivel is the leader, Servicio Paz y Justicia, is a well-established one.
nobelprize.org /peace/laureates/1980/esquivel-bio.html   (419 words)

  
 Esquivel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Juan Garcia Esquivel, often simply known as "Esquivel"
Daniel Esquivel, accordionist and member of Los Rieleros del Norte
This is a disambiguation page, a list of pages that otherwise might share the same title.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Esquivel   (94 words)

  
 Amazon.com: The Law of Love: Books: Laura Esquivel   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The text by Esquivel is part science fiction, part new age spiritual journey, as she chronicles the efforts of 23rd century "astroanalyst" Azucena to find her twin soul.
This followup to Esquivel's bestselling Like Water for Chocolate is propelled by the same jolly, reckless storytelling energy that has won the Mexican author so many fans, but skimpy character development and a breathlessly byzantine plot keep bringing the novel up short.
Esquivel takes risks, and speaks about eternal subjects for discovery such as love, lust for power, materialism, revenge, violence, hatred.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0609801279?v=glance   (2097 words)

  
 Esquivel MP3 Downloads - Esquivel Music Downloads - Esquivel Music Videos   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Esquivel was one of the most interesting easy-listening composers of the 1950s and '60s, creating open, futuristic sonic landscapes.
Esquivel, a collection of his "greatest hits," makes it apparent that...
Esquivel, a collection of his "greatest hits," makes it apparent that the humor is at least partially intentional.
www.mp3.com /albums/155351/summary.html   (238 words)

  
 RollingStone.com: Esquivel Music, Biography, Influences, Followers, Related Projects, Contemporaries   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The man who foreshadowed the Space Age Bachelor Pad fad, Esquivel was resurrected from thrift store obscurity by retro-trolling bands of the '90s who declared his over-the-top style hip.
A pianist and composer, Esquivel started his professional career in the 1940s in Mexico City, where he performed on radio and learned to improvise.
Esquivel scored for countless television and film programs during his long career, but remains revered for his cocktail-friendly work of the '50s, which was heavy on the cha cha and Mambo.
www.rollingstone.com /artist/bio/_/id/44128   (183 words)

  
 Whole World Feels Effect of US Intent, Activist Says
Nobel Peace Prize recipient Adolfo Perez Esquivel listens to a discussion titled: "A world without wars is possible" during the World Social Forum in Porto Alegre, Brazil, Sunday, Feb. 3, 2002.
Perez Esquivel, a native of Buenos Aires, is an architect, sculptor and teacher.
Perez Esquivel reaches for some words by Abraham Lincoln, quoted by President John F. Kennedy at the United Nations in 1962.
www.commondreams.org /headlines03/0314-01.htm   (637 words)

  
 Esquivel / Music From A Sparkling Planet   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Because Esquivel's original 1950s and 60s albums didn't chart, he was overlooked at the time by the Top 40 mainstream.
Esquivel's records were making waves on Southern California hi-fis from 1958 to 1963, formative years for the young wall-of-sound visionaries.
In the Music From A Sparkling Planet CD booklet, producer Irwin Chusid accords Juan Garcia Esquivel and the people who worked with him a chance to convey their recollections.
www.bar-none.com /bios/esquibio_sparkl.html   (313 words)

  
 Adolfo Pérez Esquivel -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Adolfo Pérez Esquivel (Pérez Esquivel) (born November 26, 1931), from (A republic in southern South America; second largest country in South America) Argentina, was the recipient of the 1980 (Click link for more info and facts about Nobel Peace Prize) Nobel Peace Prize.
Pérez Esquivel was born in (Capital and largest city of Argentina; located in eastern Argentina near Uruguay; Argentina's chief port and industrial and cultural center) Buenos Aires and attended the Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes and the Universidad Nacional de La Plata.
For 25 years, he taught in primary schools, secondary schools and at the university level.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/a/ad/adolfo_p%e9rez_esquivel.htm   (441 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - Adolpho PErez Esquivel (Social Reformers) - Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Adolpho PErez Esquivel 1931–, Argentine sculptor, architect, and humanitarian.
A professor at the Argentine National School of Fine Arts, he resigned (1974) to become head of Peace and Justice, a human-rights organization.
More articles from AllRefer Reference on Adolpho Perez Esquivel
reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/P/PerezEsq.html   (197 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Cabaret Manana: Music   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Merry Xmas From the Space-Age Bachelor Pad ~ Esquivel
Esquivel was a lounge pianist during the heyday of lounge (late 50s through 60s) whose songs are really over-the-top everything-but-the-kitchen-sink extravaganzas, entertaining but often too campy for my tastes.
RCA gives you a sampling of all of Juan's domestic recordings here and the sound is on par with the import Esquivel CD releases.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000002WU5?v=glance   (647 words)

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