Bryan Vargas

@bryanvargas.bsky.social

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Guitarist to the NYC Global Music Superstars; College Professor; hopelessly Progressive Liberal; proudly Nerdy; Lover of Muppets, Comics, Bikes, Books, Music, & Movies; Native NYer 4life 🇵🇷 IG: @bkbv https://t.co/8lhCBwpXWZ

My friend Camilo Rojas-Lavado with his son Sebastian
Daily News article interviewing brilliant professor-on-the-street about the LIRR Strike with an annoying Adidas ad inset. "Another shuttle-bus rider, Bryan Vargas — an adjunct professor at John Jay College — told The News he was heading east from Jamaica to visit his mother. Vargas said he wasn’t upset about the strike, but worried about some of his students who relied on the LIRR to get to class. “I have finals this week and I have students who can’t make it to their finals,” he said. “I would have thought Hochul would have been more on top of this,” he said of the governor. “I feel it falls in her lap. It’s a state agency at the end of the day.” “I feel that the workers are asking for 5% and the MTA is offering 3%,” he continued. “So that seems like a no-brainer, 4% — Make this happen!” Both sides were back at the table as of Sunday night, but it remained unclear if relief was on the horizon."
We love you Prince
Guitarist Bryan Vargas smiling ear to ear at the chance for a photo with his hero, drummer James Gadson who seems less enthused
Cover of Spectacular Spider-Man #200 by Sal Buscema showing Spidey in a daring aerial fight with the Green Goblin
Young Steve Cropper with his telecaster looking badass as Hell
NYT Spelling Bee rejecting the word Montuno
Lo Borges standing, wearing the coolest striped pants ever, with Milton Nascimento seated, holding a guitar
NYT spelling bee that says that “Duende” is “not in word list”
Jack DeJohnette on his drum kit looking fly as hell and probably grooving just as hard
D’Angelo (RIP) looking downward sullenly
A picture of the great Brazilian musician Hermeto Pascoal, and Nuyorican musician Bryan Vargas, his biggest fan
A screen shot of NYTimes Spelling Bee showing the word “bollocks” declaring it not in word list
Information to donate money via Zelle for the funeral arrangements for NYC Puerto Rican musician Joseito Rivera. Send via elrinconccc@gmail.com
Eddie Palmieri on the piano
A painting of Puerto Rican Cuatro player Nieves Quintero by Chegui Rodríguez, show with Cuatro in hand, in from of a banana tree, with a silhouette of NYC on his shirt
A label for Puerto Rican microbrewery Cervezas Camacho, depicting La Muerte de Salcedo, where three indigenous Tainos drowned the evil Conquistador Salcedo
A parody of the 1st Bad Brains album cover except instead of the Capital Bldg, lightning is striking a convicted felon. And it says NO KINGS in all caps
The great musical genius Sly Stone wearing a dope ass hat
Poster of Bryan Vargas and his trio trying their best to look “cool” for the Uncharted Music Series
Bryan Vargas, Derek Nievergelt, & Sean Dixon, the members of Bryan Vargas’ BV3 pictured attempting to look cool
A gif of Jeff Goldblum in Jurassic Park reciting Goldblum’s Law: “Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they never stopped to think if they should.”
A four panel comic. 1st panel: a young farmer says to his partner, "Ok, chicken coup is done". Panel 2: The partner replies "Coop. There is a P sound in the word Coop." Panel 3: Close up on farmer 1's face where he says "oh no..." Panel 4: The chickens revolt! Chickens with knives and guns arrive outside the farmer's window yelling "Down with tyrants!" as the farmers look on in terror. Comic by GoodBearcomics.com
The New York mutherfuckin’ Dolls
Its Bryan Vargas smiling and holding his Jose Conde Flamenco Negra nylon string guitar
Guitarist Bryan Vargas looking rather dashing, while seated playing his Felipe Conde nylon string guitar advertising his Jan 24th concert at the Third St Music School in NYC
NYC based guitarist Bryan Vargas smiling ear to ear when he met his hero, Iron Maiden drummer Nicko McBrain at the NAMM conference back in 2012
A graphic image by Māori artist Huriana Kopeke-Te Aho of MP Hana-Rawhiti Kareariki Maipi-Clarke ripping a disgusting bill to shreds on the floor of Parliament while performing a haka
Cover of Superman: Lex 2000 where Lex Luthor runs for president. And you thought only the Simpsons predicted the future.
Trump's Art of the Deal back to back with the DC comics Lex Luthor Biography published in 1989. The Luthor book was designed to mirror Trump's, thus illustrating his villainy. At least Luthor was smart unlike douchey Donald!
Trump's Art of the Deal back to back with the DC comics Lex Luthor Biography published in 1989. The Luthor book was designed to mirror Trump's, thus illustrating his villainy
NYT spelling bee screenshot showing how they are denying that “mindmeld” is a word despite the fact that it very much IS
Quincy Jones, the greatest of time, leaning back on his piano
Photo of Sery Colon, Puerto Rican cultural activist describing how he was loved and that he asked that no memorial service be held
A screenshot declaring me Bluesky member #55,172, and a certified elder in the 1%. Not pictured, my smug attitude over this extremely minor achievement
Drawing of myself playing guitar with a bassist and a drummer
A picture of me, Bryan Vargas, in a baby blue faux tux shirt and a sparkly suit jacket with a lovely smile on my face, plus details about my next concert at Barbes on Thurs 7/25/24
Trina Robbins’ cover for It Ain’t Me Babe feat Olive Oyl, Wonder Woman, Mary Marvel and more
A picture of the classic 80s Muppet Babies, including Bunson & Beaker, watching a pretend Television set, because they're slacking off from running this Bluesky account
A cartoon by the great Ramona Fredon depicting Wonder Woman tying up a disgusting, idiotic, racist, misogynistic, evil super villain named Donald Trump with her lasso of truth, while shaking her finger "no" at him, as one would do to a child or a bad dog
A pathetically small snowman struggles to fight against the elements as he melts into slush in the concrete jungle of Brooklyn. The nation mourns in disappointment.
Flaco the Owl perched on a NYC fire escape looking superb as all fuck
Carl Weathers in the Mandalorian
Sonny Rollins posting in his FB a page: “My wishes for the planet in 2024: No killing. No killing. Don’t kill anyone, anywhere, for any reason.” - S.R.
Pablo “Yoruba” Guzman, Young Lorda minister of information pictured with a shotgun in front of the Puerto Rican flag, from his autobiographical Village Voice Cover story
Orlando Marin, the last Mambo King, pictured with his timbales
A parody of a Spirit Halloween costume describing a “middle aged musician” who wears back vans, has new music coming soon and is emotionally unstable - although the fellow pictured looks a tad young IMO
Ambush Bug in all his Keith Giffen drawn glory
The cover of Justice League #1, drawn by Kevin Maguire, later retitled Justice League International, the greatest superhero team comic of all time
A picture of the band Chop & Quench, the band from the Fela! Broadway musical looking dope as all hell
The mugshot of an evil dumb asshole
A picture of Mr. Snuffleupagus and friends celebrating his birthday
A poster of musician Sixto Rodriguez’ 2013 Detroit Mayoral campaign
Movie poster for Spike Lee’s Malcolm X, with Denzel Washington pictured