RIDICULUM VITAE PACO TOSCANO
Coplero de Oficio
Name: José Francisco Toscano y Borbón
Place of birth: Autlán de Santana (Carlos), Jal. (Similar to Paris, but without a settlement).
Date: Remote (In terms of time).
Build: Potentially athletic.
Color: Serious (Slightly chocolate-colored).
Height: Tall (Compared to Manzanero).
Hair: Sparse (the rock and roll tuft closest to extinction).
Eyes (and children): Two
Education: Two (Pre-nuptial).
Languages: Spanish, English, a bit of Italian and some obscene phrases in Chontal.
Occupation: Coplero (by vice, cupbearer, according to gossip).
Shameful background: Outlaw (accused of inexplicable impoverishment).
Favorite personal motto: You can’t take seriously… someone who doesn’t have a sense of humor.
JOBS AND HARDSHIPS: Carpenter’s apprentice, Pea shop boy, Gum dealer, Lemonade smuggler, Bartender, Messenger (never a pimp), Bilingual radio operator, Oil production technician, Coplero, Airline sales executive, Tourist entrepreneur, Turncoat from the free travel scene to that of storytelling and rip-offs; Coplero, Promoter, Alligator and Artistic Director of groups and singers (Roberto Jordán, Memo Ríos, Ricardo Carrión and others that I don’t even want to remember); Promoter of dances, fairs, palenques and town theaters; Music producer (of Chabelo, among others), Programmer and Producer of ambient music, Singer in bars, cantinas, snack bars and high-flying restaurants; Musical epigrammatist for various media (Radio Paraíso, Meridiano, Vallarta Opina, Detrás dela noticia with Ricardo Rocha, Contraportada, with Carlos Loret de Mola) and advertising writer. With a strong inclination towards frying pans, pots and saucepans (paellas were made at home). All of the above with a home tour that goes from my hometown to my beloved Puerto Vallarta, passing through Coatzacoalcos, Ver., Santana, Tab., el De Efe, Milan, Italy and Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chis.