Rafael Saavedra

Rafael Saavedra (Tijuana, 1967 —17 September 2013 ) was a Mexican author who contributed to magazines Letras Libres, Generación, Moho, Border Pop. Cultural journalism, Instituto de Cultura de Baja California, 2012. Esto no es una salida. Postcards de ocio y odio. Stories, re-edition in Nitro Press, 2012. Crossfader 2.0. B-sides, hidden tracks & remixes (stories, Nortestacion Editorial, 2011. Buten smileys. Stories, re-edition in Libros Malaletra, 2011. Beyondeados. Book of photos, Clicka Press, 2011. Crossfader. B-sides, hidden tracks & remixes. Stories, Atemporia Heterodoxos/Nortestacion Editorial, 2009. La gente se droga. Stories, Crunch, 2006. Lejos del noise. Stories, Moho, 2003. Fronteras Adentro. Cuento de Baja California (1996–2010). Prologue, selection and notes by Humberto Félix Berumen. Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, 2012. Tijuana en 120 palabras. Libros Malaletra / Nortestación, 2012. Dulces batallas que nos animan la noche. Antología del Encuentro Nacional de Letras Independientes 2006–2011. Editores: Alejandra Quintero, Francisco Valenzuela and Oscar Quevedo. Morelia, 2012. Lados B. Narrativa de alto riesgo. Hombres. Nitro Press, 2011. La cresta en movimiento. Antología de contracultura en México. Generación Publicaciones Periodísticas, 2009. then, in 1991, DJ Tolo joined him to edit El Centro de la Rabia, which offered texts that proposed ideas for another generation. A few years later, in 1993, Velocet a publication dealing with media, culture and society. His literary and journalistic texts have appeared in magazines (Generación, Moho, Nexos, Letras Libres, Replicante, Picnic, Viceversa, Quo, Complot Internacional, Zona de Obras), supplements (Laberinto, El Ángel del Diario Reforma, among others) and many online spaces.

Music, radio and DJ He produced the alternative radio programs Sintonía Pop from 1987 to 1991, Selector de Frequencies from 2001 to 2011 and then from 2011 on La Zona Fantasma, He has performed as the opening act for bands such as Aviador Dro, Stereo Total, Ana D, Adanowksy, Casiotone for the Painfully alone, Pigmy, The Whitest Boy Alive, among others. He also maintained a nonmusical project called Arnik Family based on samples and loops.

He is the author of the phrase "Tijuana Makes Me Happy,"