Monday, February 11, 2013

Pseudonyms, Stage Names, Catfish, Google Blogger, Duardo Paz-Martinez

Duardo Paz-Martinez
19th century female authors frequently used a masculine nom de plum or pen name to be more marketable to those who purchased books back then.  Balladeer Robert Zimmerman identified more readily with poet Dylan Thomas than he did with his Jewish shopkeeper father, thus changed his name to Bob Dylan.  Who knows why Reginald Kenneth Dwight changed his name to Elton John in 1972?  Authors and songwriters, among others, change their names or operate under pseudonyms for a variety of reasons.  Even local blogging/musical legend Jerry Mchale uses a stage name; Doc Scully.   The closest thing to an explanation might be the dramatic words of the TV show Dragnet:  "The names have been changed to protect the innocent."

If authorship allowed for fake names, the internet almost encouraged it.  News groups, chat rooms, social networking groups like MySpace and Facebook asked simply for a moniker, a handle, a screen name.  Who do you want to be?  You were welcome to add a picture, but that picture could be from your personal albums or from millions of pics out there in cyberspace.   With the right picture and soothing words, an internet catfish could even win the heart of a football star like Manti Te'o. . . . and did.  A tidbit on the internet use of the word catfish claims that cod being shipped from Alaska to the orient were found to be lethargic and atrophied until a few catfish were added to keep the cod agile.  "And then, there are people, catfish, who keep you on your toes."

Which brings us to Brownsville's latest blogging sensation;  Dos Frias.  No less than local blogger/legal expert Bobby Wightman-Cervantes has endorsed the "new" blog:

"If you have not checked out this blog - it is worth your time.

http://www.dosfrias.blogspot.com/

I have said many times, the more blogs the better - critical thinking requires many perspectives. Unlike so much of the trash we have in Brownsville written by misogynistic eunuchs, this one has perspective and flavor.

Critical thinkers do not read in search of ideas which verify their own, but for perspective so as to expand their own mind.

I love that some of his pieces are in English and some in Spanish."


Dos Frias Blog
But, is this really a new blog or just an old blogger trying out a new format, a fresh approach, another stab at the blog game?  Perhaps a clue can be found by following the suggestion at the bottom of the Dos Frias blog to "view my complete profile."  A click on that link gives little information except that the blogger has been blogging since September, 2007, a literal eternity in the blogosphere.  So, perhaps we're not dealing with a "new" blog at all, but an old blog reinvented, reformatted, resuscitated, resurrected or even regurgitated.  

I still have a bookmark to the old Paz Files, a very creative, tri-columned blog, that touched on national news, intriguing episodes about characters like Junior Bonner and featured advertisements for books penned by Patrick Alcatraz.  One of the more unpleasant themes of the Paz Files was his incessant denigration of Tony "The Turd" Chapa whom he referred to as the "worst blogger in Harlingen."  Interestingly, a short-lived blog penned by engineering student Sam Losoya, also took relentless jabs at Chapa, then faded into pornography.  

The Pretty Girl Who
Was Actually a Guy
Coincidentally, legendary blogger Jerry Mchale gave props at the time to Sam Losoya, much as he has to Gil Gamboa, the "new" kid on the blogging block.   This may very well be an inside joke among old Brownsville Herald reporters.  Or, it may be a feeble attempt to fool Brownsville's nerd extraordinaire, Tad Hasse.  In this era of the catfish, the fake Facebook account, the pretend girl or boy friend, who can be 100% sure?






39 comments:

  1. Conspiracy, Barton? You must be feeling a little small again. Competition is pain, huh? I like Dos Frias and who writes it i don't care. It's the stuff, dude. just lay down and enjoy it. LOL!!!

    Wense

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  2. PAZ HAS MANY AKA'S JIM.......HE DOESN'T HAVE THE HUEVOS TO SIGN HIS NAME!!!! I HATE IT WHEN PEOPLE HIDE BEHIND AN ALIAS!!! UUUYYYYYYY

    MACLOVIO O'MALLEY

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  3. Hey, i like that Dos Frias blog. it's alive, dude.

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  4. Dos Fria's Gil Gamboa is another pseudonym of Duardo Paz-Martinez. His writing style, website format, articles and his love of writing about taco stands betray him.

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    1. So be a man and take ownership of your words! Don't hide behind a pseudonym.

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    2. Like you're hiding behind ANONY here? pathetic.

      ramon

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    3. "Like you're hiding behind ANONY here? pathetic."


      Ramon, I am not the one writing a BLOG, If I were I would of course take credit for my blog. You know the ladies sure do love a published writer, even if its a miserly blog.

      Hieronymus Boscho

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  5. OOOPS. OKAY, I WAS WRONG, JIM. JERRY McHALE HAS ORDERED ME TO STAY ON PAZ'S SIDE. IT IS YOU WHO LOSES, UUUUUUUUUUUUUYYYYYYYYYY

    MACLOVIO O'MALLEY

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  6. Duardo does not want to be the focus of his articles, he wants the articles to speak for themselves. He has to many haters hating him for just being DPM, thus the pseudonym.

    By haters we mean people like Wency/Wen/Wenceslao/Jake/Ralph/Ren/Ralphie/Jakey/ICE Agent.

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    1. I'm not certain any blogger would appreciate your insinuation that they are bothered by haters. Do you find any on your list the least bit intimidating?

      Jim

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    2. Those losers do not intimidate anybody, they just take they just derail comments section by not contributing to the discussions.

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  7. That Gil Gamboa must be writing his blog from Nicaragua, at least that's where he was living when renowned photographer Kevin Kunishi took his picture for his collection called "Los Restos De La Revolucion".

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    1. Googled Kevin Kunishi and Los Restos De La Revolucion and found Gil's picture here:

      http://www.griffinmuseum.org/critics_pick.htm

      I think Gil Gamboa is a former Nicaraguan Sandinista soldier of fortune, lol.


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    2. Who are you talking about? there is no Gil Gamboa. He has you on a string, like pinche mojarras. PENDEJOS!!!

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    3. Watch who you call pendejo, pendejo. The picture belongs to a Nicaraguan photographed by Kevin Kunichi. Learn to read fro context, dumbass.

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    4. What picture, lambiscon? is your life so freakin' empty that this - this! - ruins your day?

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    5. Si seras pendejo, he is referring to the picture DPM used on his profile at his Dos Frias blog.

      PS: Pendejo

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  8. look, Dos Frias is a top notch blog. why get into the other BS. it makes you look like a jealous guy, Jim. Acknowledge talent, man.

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    1. No jealousy here. I've always given /DP-M his due. Getting into the other BS is what I do. What's your problem?

      Jim

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    2. DOsfrias blows chunks! BIG ONES!!! HAHAHAHA! Give an egomaniac enough rope ...

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  9. Jealousy is what kills Browntown. let it go, Jim. It'll eat you up.

    Ramon

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    1. Jealousy, schmelousy, the readers are doing just what they did when el Cheeze, and carebrownsville came on the scene. It's called due diligence, we want to know who is whispering sweet nothings to us.

      As a critical thinker you should always consider the source of the information being given to you.

      If you want to run with the big dogs, take ownership of your blog.

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    2. I don't think Dos Frias wants or needs anything from you, unlike Cheezemeh and carebrownsville. Why lump this guy with those scammers. Are we that insecure in Browntown? Hope not. hope it's just you.

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    3. @ AnonymousFebruary 12, 2013 at 8:30 AM

      WTF? What the hell are you talking about? Your comment does not make any sense. Have you taken your daily meds or MJ blunt?

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  10. Mescalero, The Real OneFebruary 12, 2013 at 4:37 PM

    Wow! all these comments! guess he is The Most Interesting Man in Browntown. LOL!!

    M

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  11. Elva's? On the corner of Central Blvd. and Boca Chica has good mole? What Brownsville does this Guy live in? He changed his name. So sad, I liked it but now, eh! It's entertaining.

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  12. You're seeing things. What blog? what story? you another HATER?

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  13. Dosfrias HAD a post with a picture about the restaurant, Elva's, located at the corner of Boca Chica and Central Blvd (?), and how good the mole was.
    I commented how Elva's had sold a while back and had changed ownership numerous times since then and WAS located on Central Blvd down the street from the intersection of Boca Chica and Central Blvd. The businesses that are located at that intersection as any living breathing Brownsville resident knows are Walgreen's, CVS, Valero and HEB. I asked him what Brownsville he lived in . The post has been taken down. I am not a hater, but a realist. MMB and BV are real blogs written
    by true Brownsville residents who truly care about the quality of life here. They post my comments even if they are contradictory to what their articles say. They are real bloggers Mr. Paz MartΓ­nez. Eat my taco.

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  14. Dosfrias is bogus and written by a poser.

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    1. Demerol works for meFebruary 13, 2013 at 5:15 AM

      Right? And those pics they ( they because I think there are two ) posted early on of those shapely young women, what was that? Trying to imitate Jerry? Some subtle move to attest to the heterosexual world their love of women? BS, the only thing these guys love is themselves. They then go in on their blog and make their own comments to fluff up their feathers. Give an egomaniac enough rope and ... DF will die a slow death, someone should give them some help to snow them out.

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    2. Written like a late-blooming dumbass. McHale and Paz have been blogging for 20 years! They've done it all, cagapalo.

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    3. the lady doth protest too much, methinksFebruary 13, 2013 at 12:59 PM

      And your point is? Jerry, who LIVES in Brownsville, is a great blogger, isn't he? I have been following his writing since his days of "El Rocinante".

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    4. your standard is to low, you poor sap. mchale is an instigator. if he amuses you then shit amuses you.

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  15. Too low, yes I am all about toilet humor.

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