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Princess Out Among The Cowboys

Monday, 10 November 2025 Tucson, Arizona, U.S.A. 7.37 am

"Cowboy Marcus here on KTSO radio and that was Tina Mendes with her new hit "La Fuerza". Ok everybody, are you eatin' your Honey-Nut Cheerios? Gettin' ready for school? Goin' to work?

"We got your back here on KTSO, with music to get you movin'.

"And surprises like this . . .

"We have a special treat this morning . . . She's young . . . she's cute . . . she's talented and you know her, although you may not have heard her talk before. She's The New Little Princess!

"How are you Princess? We wanna give you an Arizona "Howdy!" welcome and thank you for getting up early to come here and talk to us all. So how's it goin' in Princessland?"

She yawns audibly.

"Oh, sorry!" she says and giggles.

"That's OK, Princess. That about answers everything. You are sleepy!" Cowboy says.

"Aye. 'Tis true. You caught me out," says the Princess.

"When did you get up this mornin'?" asks Cowboy.

"5. [yawn] 30," says the Princess.

"Wow, 5.30! And here you are two hours later? Bullet train, right?" says Cowboy.

"Right," says the Princess.

"And you do this everyday?" Cowboy asks.

"Monday through Friday," the Princess says.

"Wow, it's not so easy being a superstar is it?" says Cowboy.

"Superstar, supertired!" says the Princess.

"Now, you're gonna sing something for us?" Cowboy asks.

"Right," says the Princess.

"What is it?" Cowboy asks.

"A new song," the Princess says.

"English or Latin?" asks Cowboy.

"English," the Princess says.

"Your own?" Cowboy says.

"Aye," says the Princess.

"Pop?" Cowboy asks.

"More like rock n' roll. Old style music," the Princess says.

"What's it called?" Cowboy asks.

"Princesistos, Princesistas," says the Princess.

"What does that mean?" asks Cowboy.

"I call me fans 'Princesistos' and 'Princesistas'," the Princess says.

"Ok, all you Princesistos and Princesistas out there. If you're a fan of the Princess, or like a lot of people out here in Tucson call her, "La Princesita", you've got a name now and there it is! And now the New Little Princess is gonna sing her new song about you and for you, so listen up!" Cowboy says.

An electric piano, backed up by an electric bass guitar, an electric guitar, a percussion machine, and a looper introduce the song. Just a few melodies.

Then the Princess sings:

You say you like me

You say you love me

But will you be there, huh?

When push comes to shove?

You say you like me

You say you love me

But it takes more than a click

To prove your love to me!

Right now get it straight now:

It's not just wearin'

Princess 'tennies

Little tiaras

Flowers in your hair

'Cos you just look like

Wannabe mes

If in your heart there's nothin' to see

There's nothin' there

About my people

And you don't care!

That's all you,

Hey, I'm not there!

Cos' gettin' the look

And singin' the songs

Like there's no tomorrow

When tomorrow's long gone

Hey, whatcha gonna do about the people dyin'?

Whatcha gonna do about the children cryin'?

'Cos it's no good to love me

When you don't care

Then you're just confused

(Spoken:) And 'we are not amused'

Chorus:

Princesistos, Princesistas

Let's get in the road

Save the people

Yeah, share the load

Princesistos, Princesistas

Hey, it's all up to you

I'm 9 years old

What the hell can I do?

Throw a few Units at the Freedom Fund

A Unit a day puts a Gen'ral on the run

You've got to send those e-mails, sugar

You've got to tell your President:

Right now, hey

Lock up the junta!

Do this dance!

Yeah, lock up the junta!

Lock up the junta!

Guatemala one chance, yeah!

Musical Interlude - The Princess "teases" Coco Loco, her lead guitarist, by copying everything he does on his electric guitar on her electric piano, at "supersonic" speed, with plenty of Princessyglissandoes and flourishes thrown around his riffs for good measure.

You say you like me

You gave me downloads

Well, I'll say thank you

But I've got a shitload

I cannot love you

When the kids are dyin' in the street

Livin' on tortillas

When you're livin' on meat

I mean it's what you do, hey

Not what you buy, hey

That makes the pretty, hey

Princess smile

[Spoken] Like . .. you know . . .

[Chorus]

Well, so whatchugonna do, hey?

Lock up the junta!

What else you wanna know, hey?

Lock up the junta!

Whole world, get together and

Lock up the junta!

Come on, let's go!

[Stop]

(Spoken:) It bears repeatin', you know?

Princess snaps her fingers 8 times:

(Music and Singing resumes) Hey, lock up the junta

Come on, let's go!

(repeat to end)

Hey, lock up the junta

[Shouted] JUST MAKE THEM GO!

"Whew! Wow, what energy! Look at you, you're sweatin' a river and we've got the air conditioner on full-blast!" Cowboy says.

"Yeah, I do that [breathless]. Dunno' know why," the Princess says.

"OK, take some water, here," Cowboy says. "Just calm down."

"Cheers," says the Princess.

"Now, I guess we don't have to guess at the meaning of that song. You want everybody to send e-mails to the President and put some money in your Guatemala Freedom Fund so the military junta that has governed Guatemala since September gets locked up," says Cowboy. "Is that about the size of it?"

Princess gulps some water and says, "Yeah, spot on, Cowboy! You've got it! Full marks!"

"Now, would you like to introduce your band?" Cowboy asks. "I don't think people have seen them."

"Well, they were with me at Lincoln Park Fiesta. I guess people didn't notice 'cos they were so shocked to see me up there. And they've been on all me radio shows like this. They come from Pina Colada Music. They lend the band to me 'cos I'm a Pina Colada star," says the Princess. "Actually, I quite love them 'cos I'd be so boring without them. Like Princess Party. Just me and the Grandee."

"Grandee?" Cowboy says.

"Oh, that's what I call the Grand Piano I played on in Princess Party," says the Princess. It's still in Livingston, I guess, if the Army haven't looted it yet. I had two Grandees: one in Livingston and one in GC. Dunno' know wha' happened to them. Miss them, though . . . Pina Colada gave me a Mighty Synth that I'm learning. But we canno' drag it around the radio stations. It's too big. "

"GC?" Cowboy says.

"Oh, that's Guatemala City . . ."

"OK, just tell us who the band is, 'cos the audience can't see 'em of course," says Cowboy.

"Well, OK, just quickly," says the Princess. "There's Coco Loco, he's on the electric guitar. I was toying with him during the interlude you heard. Pom-Pom's on the drum machine and looper. Dunno' know how to work that thing me-self. All-About, well, he's all about that bass, like Megan said ten years ago. He can also do horns when we need. Then, me back-ups, makin' me sound halfway decent and not like a little girl or somethin', are me Three Angels."

"Coco Loco, Pom-Pom . . . are those really their names?" Cowboy asks.

"Oh no!" says the Princess. "They're the nicks I gave them. Dunno' know their proper names. Except the Angels: Angelica, Angelina and Mariangeles."

"Now, you were there, weren't you, in Guatemala, the day the President got assassinated?" Cowboy says.

The Princess' voice weakens.

"Indie . . . Independence Day. 15.9.25. The worst day in me little life," she says.

"It was a sad story. You sang us all about it in 'Elizabeth Rose,' last month, Number 3 on the ICT General Chart," Cowboy says. "She died on the floor?"

"Part on the floor and part on me," the Princess says.

Now she is talking through tears.

But then she sniffs them back and swallows hard.

"But that's," the Princess says, "That's not the point, is it? Isabelita Rosa Tarragon was a good friend and a great President. She helped the campesinos and the trabajadores. I miss her terribly, every day. But that's no' the point now, is it? 'Cos we'll never get her back and I know it."

She gulps.

"The point is, we have to do somethin' for the people in Guatemala now," the Princess says. "'Cos they didn't stop killin' with the President. Ordinary people are gettin' killed: for demonstratin', for strikin', for bein' in the wrong place at the wrong time. It's a friggin' killin' machine there, innit, that junta? What do soldiers do? They kill people, innit? I'm only 9 but I know that!"

She giggles.

"Well, yeah, that is what they do!" Cowboy says. "Soldiers, they're real good at that."

"That's it," the Princess says. "They shouldn't be anywhere near a Gov'ment. They should be locked up where they canno' kill anymore. That's what me new song's about. What are you guys doin'? Cheers for the downloads and PPVs and dressin' up like me and singin' me songs. But that's not it, is it? It's wha' are you doin' for el pueblo de Guatemala? They need somethin': not me. I've go' everything now. I only need that. If you want to be a Princesisto or Princesista, if you wanna say you're me bessies, don't just copy me: help me people. Like Jesus said, 'Feed me sheep', don't just pray to me."

"And you get that message out real forceful in that song, little girl. Do you wanna talk to the people of Tucson, now? Do you wanna hear from your fans here, right now?" Cowboy says.

"Sure," says the Princess.

"OK, first call is from Andrea in Oro Valley. What do you wanna say to the New Little Princess, Andrea? Cowboy says.

"Hi, Princess," the little girl's voice on the radio says.

"Hola, Andrea!" the Princess says.

"English or espanol?" Andrea says.

"English. It's more fair to the Americans," the Princess says.

"Can you say something bad about Conquistador Middle School?" Andrea says.

The Princess giggles.

"Somethin' bad? Somethin' bad, is it?" the Princess says.

Andrea says, "Yeah, that's right."

"How could I do it when I've never even heard of the place, let alone seen it?" the Princess says.

"Well, they're really bad," says Andrea. "Eight girls got suspended this week for wearing 'Moon Kid' antennas!"

"In school, is it?" the Princess says.

"Yeah," says Andrea.

"They wore 'tennies in class?" the Princess says.

"Yeah," says Andrea. "And they can't come back until they apologise to the teachers."

"Ee-ya, Andrea!" the Princess says. "'Tennies in class? How could anyone see the board?"

"They could see around 'em," Andrea says.

"Bu' they shouldn't have to strain their necks like that , should they?" the Princess says. "Listen, I'm the 'Moon Kid' but I never even thought to wear 'tennies in class. I'd have go' a lot worse than sent home, in Guatemala! Ee-ya!"

"So you think the teachers were right?" Andrea says.

"I will say the kiddies were wrong," the Princess says. "They blocked the other kids' view of the board and the teachers' view of the kids. 'Tennies aren't for class. They're for playtime or on the beach. In school, you have to think o' school, not me. I think those kids should say 'I'm sorry' to the teachers and to their classmates. They threw a widget in the works. Being Princesistas doesn't mean swashin' Princessthingies at school!"

"Oh," says Andrea. "Well, I'll tell them what you said."

"Cheers, Andrea," says the Princess. "Look, I've got a better idea. Mum, have we got some time to stop there?"

"Got to be back at the studio in LA this afternoon," Sal, the Princess' mother, says in the background.

"Och!" says the Princess. "Run from pillar to post I am! Well Andrea, me bessie, please be a dear and make peace there for me. Tell the Princesistas not to quarrel with their teachers, won't you?"

"Uh-huh," says Andrea.

"Cheers, Andrea," the Princess says. "Tell them Princessthings are for after school or at playtime, OK?"

"OK," says Andrea.

"That's a dear," says the Princess. "And some day I'll come back to Tucson in the daytime and I'll come to . . . Conk . . . What is it?"

"Conquistador Middle School," Andrea says.

"Right, I'll come there and say 'Hola' to all me Princesistos and Princesisstas and also to their teachers," says the Princess.

"That would be great!" says Andrea.

"Somehow, some day, I'll get there!" says the Princess.

"Bye-bye!" says Andrea.

"Ta-ra," says the Princess.

"And the next fan on the phone is Mark from North Alvernon Way," says Cowboy.

"Hi," says Mark.

"Hello Mark," says the Princess.

"When are you gonna do a concert in Tucson? Everybody I know wants you to come." Mark says.

"Ooh," says the Princess. "Not allowed to do concerts yet. We're workin' on a Christmas videopack called "Princesita". If enough of them sell, maybe Pina Colada'll put me on a concert tour. So, if you want to see me, download "Princesita" when we release it 'round Christmas time . . . "

"I will and so will everybody I know!" says Mark.

"OK," Cowboy says. "That's all we've got time for now. But I hope we'll see you again and again in Tucson. You're always mighty welcome!"

"Cheers, Cowboy!" says the Princess. "I hope I can come back. 'Cos it's a nice town wi' nice people."

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jordan--fox-blog · 7 years

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The Movies I Loved This Oscar Season

Thursday nights are the best time to go to a movie. I went to so many Thursday night movies this season I lost count. It was great. I heard a couple taking turns making fun of Natalie Portman's accent in 'Jackie.' I heard some teens say 'The Witch' "f**king sucked." I lost one of my gloves under a seat at FilmStreams during a showing of '20th Century Women' and I'm pretty sure it's still down there somewhere. I cried several times (not because of the glove). Later in the season, Thursday Night Movies became a good two-hour escape from the late-capitalist nightmare that was our election.

There were many movies I'd have liked to have seen but didn't — 'Fences', 'I Am Not Your Negro' and 'Toni Erdmann' chief among them — but alas I am a poor journalist on a tight budget who has a busy schedule and many hot dates to go on. (JOKES) Here are the ones I did see and liked the best:

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25. The Neon Demon

Nicolas Winding Refn has always been a brand — how long has he been putting his initials in the opening credits of his movies? — a brand that traffics entirely in synth pop, a-little-too-on-the-nose metaphors and empty provocation, but a brand nonetheless. He’s out of ideas and selling knock offs now, but I’m still buying.

24. 10 Cloverfield Lane

23. Midnight Special

Sticking the landing on sci-fi movies is hard. These two would have been a lot higher on this list if they had. Still, I was fully in for about 90 minutes.

22. The Witch

A horror movie that has exactly zero scary moments and does its damage as a slow-burn parable about radicalism. Some teens leaving the same screening as me said it best: “What the f**k was that? It wasn’t even scary.”

21. Everybody Wants Some!!

Some of this was problematic but dudes lip syncing ‘Rapper’s Delight’ while tooling around + baseball trash talk = a great sports movie.

20. Star Wars: Rogue One

Luke Skywalker sucks. This is maybe not The Best Star Wars but it is the purest distillation of what I like about the franchise and the last hour kicks so much ass.

19. La La Land

A totally fine and gorgeous movie that I loved in the theater and took almost nothing away from when I thought about it a week later! Seriously, how is this the Oscar frontr– **is attacked by a mob**

18. Krisha

This is definitely a monster movie. Though I can’t tell who the monster is. Is it Krisha or the people who put the expectations on her? Almost everyone in this movie was at fault in some way and none of the transgressions would be that serious or uncommon in an ordinary family gathering — and that’s what makes it scary.

17. Oasis: Supersonic

“Writing songs is difficult; talking shit is easy.” I hope the Gallagher brothers live forever.

16. Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping

This and the Oasis documentary would make a good double feature. The only thing that you need to know about how absurd things get: A song about how the Mona Lisa is “the original basic bitch” is maybe like the third-funniest one.

15. Sing Street

Everybody’s done something stupid because they have a crush. It happens to me like once a week. I thought this did a much better job of expressing what ‘La La Land’ was trying to without having Ryan Gosling explain jazz to women.

14. Christine

This has almost nothing going for it outside of Rebecca Hall and was still the most gutting thing I saw this year. I think I was grimacing or biting my hand to keep from screaming the whole time.

13. Love and Friendship

As a big fan and practitioner of pettiness, cattiness, jealousy, shallowness, greed, ego, being judgemental, side-eye, selfishness, gossip, manipulation, deceptiveness and lying, I thoroughly enjoyed this movie.

12. Hell or High Water

Miss me with the Trump subtext and casual racism, but I am very here for Chris Pine and Jeff Bridges codedly threatening each other through Texan drawls in rocking chairs.

11. The Invitation

Never go to parties, they will literally kill u.

10. The Nice Guys

Gosling is the best physical comedy actor of our generation. His best acting move is “jumping back in surprise” and I absolutely mean that as a compliment.

9. Manchester By The Sea

I don’t think this movie had anything to say — surprising because it was directed by a guy primarily known as a writer? — but its high notes are better than just about anything else in this cycle.

8. The Lobster

“We all dance by ourselves. That’s why we only listen to electronic music.”

7. Jackie

Natalie Portman is so good and committed to this that it sometimes feels exploitative to even be watching at all. Heartbreaking to see a person lose everything — time, legacy, work, status, love, truth — in an instant.

6. American Honey

Who even needs focus or form when you have this much feeling?

5. O.J.: Made in America

I watched all eight hours in one sitting on a June day when my A/C was broken, and I would have gone another eight. Ezra Edelman does a good job of bringing you out of the spectacle by reminding you that TWO PEOPLE DIED.

4. A Bigger Splash

This pretended to be a lot of different things — a meditation on fame, a Fellini pastiche, an all-time Cool Sunglasses Movie, a Ralph Fiennes dancing showcase — but none of those ever overshadowed the dread that permeated or the feeling that every bitten tongue or sigh was moving things closer to a cataclysm. It ultimately was ‘Strangers on a Train’ about the people who know us the best.

3. Moonlight

There isn’t a thing about this movie that wasn’t beautiful.

2. Arrival

Ooo0oooOO0oo (that’s Heptapod for “I adore ‘Arrival’”).

Denis Villenueve does this thing I love where he undermines the ostensible premises of his movies. He’s been unsympathetic in the past: The played-up parts of Prisoners were about the selfish obsessions of individual men instead of the hunt for lost children; Sicario was never really as focused on the innocents affected by the drug trade as it was on an allegory about the nature of truth. But with Arrival he inverts it, rendering a large-scale sci-fi mind-ruiner into a beautiful meditation on parenthood and experience. I loved it.

Also if Bradford Young doesn’t win the cinematography Oscar somebody’s gonna have to hold me back.

1. 20th Century Women

I love my mom, Talking Heads and David Bowie. The shot where Annette Benning drives the car up the hill with her son alongside on his skateboard made me feel about eight different emotions at once and made me want to scream.

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Honorable Mention: Hail Caesar!, High Rise, Patterson, Our Kind of Traitor, Creative Control, Ghostbusters, The Shallows, Dr. Strange

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Come back next year when this list is just ‘Blade Runner 2049′ listed 25 times. Thanks!!!

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