TABLE OF CONTENTS

Updated on 10/29/09

The Argentine tango magazine since 1994

Reviews Hear a judge speak up ☜ New Tango notation for steps collectors 12 tangos and three sappy stories Maestro can you play a tango? The tango choose me El yeite The birth of the golden era The archetype of the instrumental tango Captain of the tango industry The glorious years of the Sexteto Tipico The song of Buenos Aires As the organito grinds From waltz to vals in one hundred years The code of the tango A music primer Editorials Time for resolutions Some like it tough Humor The lost Tango Lesson ☜ New Marco, suave god of sex and tango Narciso and the curious follower The chacarera wars How did they do it? One day nobody danced Come to my milonga or the tango dies One night at the Coffee Roast

Myths and legends The junta couldn’t kill it A mythical cafe A sentimental abyss The African roots conundrum The milongas porteñas of the 70’s Blondes of Buenos Aires The “professor” Mingo’s golden anniversary Picherna, the music man of Villa Urquiza Standing tall – The Mingo chronicles Essays Missing Carlitos She wants to live to be 100 Tango, the Archetype A compelling personal testimony Watch your step with the tango: it’s addictive When the tango was in jail Nochera soy Flirty dancing Obituaries Carlos Lazzari Kely Posadas Luciano Mares Omar Vega

TANGAZOS
A chronological series of personal, philosophical, and emotional essays reflecting a moment and time on the journey to a life of tango originally published in the hard copy issues of El Firulete from 1995 to 1999.

1995 Tangazos Life, tango, and the pursuit of happiness The Tangoman and the dancing Butterfly About life and the spirit we bring to it When Springtime lives in your heart Real tangueros wear cleats Live and let dance 1996 Tangazos As time goes by The heaven in your eyes The check was in the mail A prescription for the summer time blues Demystifying tango politics The bitter taste of sadness Sad faces and shackled feet Thank you The girl who loved to listen to Pugliese 1997 Tangazos Three to tango A bunch of F-words Tango and nothing else It’s party time Something right Good morning America A tango lesson Reasons to be thankful Just call me Charlie

1998 Tangazos The three little pigs The tip of the iceberg Winds of change Reflections on love and hate Tango browsing and dancing modems A time for recognition Summertime blues Contradictions and frustrations Earning our daily tangos A critical eye on the critic A very good year 1999 Tangazos About personal joy Star struck in tangoland Living la vida loca Of friends and foes The loss of innocence Summer vocation The gift of tango 2000 Tangazos Dancing to a tango What’s in a word The essence of the tanguero