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Calexico (kəlĕk`sĭkō), city (1990 pop. 18,633), Imperial co., S Calif., at the Mexican border; inc. 1908. A port of entry from adjacent Mexicali Mexicali , city (1990 pop. 438,377), capital of Baja California state, NW Mexico, across the border from Calexico, Calif. Once noted chiefly as the center of a cotton- and cereal-raising area, it has experienced extensive construction of foreign-owned assembly plants
..... Click the link for more information. , Baja California, it is also a trade center for the southern part of the fertile Imperial Valley Imperial Valley, fertile region in the Colorado Desert, SE Calif., extending S into NW Mexico. Once part of the Gulf of California, most of the region is below sea level; its lowest point is −232 ft (−71 m) at the southern shore of the Salton Sea.
..... Click the link for more information. . Tourism is central to Calexico's economy; smuggling has long been a problem.

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No references found			Giant Sand's Howe Gelb once accused his old rhythm section - Joey Burns and John Convertino, now Calexico - of "working against" his band, so it was inevitable that they parted ways. Pop review: Giant Sand, Provisions by guardian.co.uk / guardian.co.uk Sam Beam (Iron & Wine) needed Calexico's Joey Burns and John Convertino. Our favorite things: recordings by Nehring, Karl W. / Sensible Sound The band, named after a city on the California-Mexico border, sprang from the fertile ground of Howe Gelb's Giant Sand (originally the Giant Sandworms) when Joey Burns (vocals, guitar) and John Convertino (drums/percussion) decided on a side-project. Sunny States sounds by Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England)			John Boyd Thacher State Park John Boynton Priestley John Broadus Watson John Brown John Brown Farm State Historic Site John Brown's Body John Bryan State Park John Bull John Bunyan John Burdon Sanderson Haldane John Burns John Burroughs Memorial State Historic Site John Byron John Calvin John Carew Eccles John Carter Brown Library John Christian Watson John Chrysostom John Chrysostom, Saint John Clarke Slater John Clerk John Climacus John Climax, Saint John Colet John Constable John Convertino John Cornford John Cowdery Kendrew John Crerar Library John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation John D. MacArthur Beach State Park John D. Rockefeller Jr. Memorial Parkway John D. Rockefeller, Jr., Memorial Parkway John Dalton John Damascene John Damascene, Saint John Daniel Wild John Davis John Day John Day Dam John Day Fossil Beds National Monument John Denton Pinkstone French John Desmond Bernal John Desmond Clark John Dewey John Doe John Dollond John Donne John Dory John Douglas Cockcroft John Dryden			John Clapham John Clare John Clarke John Clarke Slater John Clarkson John Cleese John Clerk John Clerk, Bishop of Bath and Wells John Cleveland John Climacus John Climax John Climax, Saint John Cockcroft John Cockcroft John Colet John Collins Partners LLP John Coltrane John Coltrane John Coltrane Memorial Concert John Comenius John Connelly Presents John Constable John Constable John Constantine Unitas John Convertino John Cook School of Business John Coolidge, Jr. John Coolidge, Jr. John Cooper Works John Copley John Cordier Academy John Cornelius Hodges John Cornford John Cornforth John Costanza Institute of Technology John Cotton John Couch Adams John Cowan Band John Cowdery Kendrew John Cowper Powys John Crerar Library John Crome John Crowe Ransom John Curtin John Curtin College of the Arts John Curtin Institute of Public Policy John Curtin International Institute John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library John Curtin School of Medical Research

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Calexico (redirected from John Convertino)

Calexico
(redirected from John Convertino)