Mexican handcrafts and folk art of which that survive are from the 19th and early 20th century are increasingly valued by collectors but are in disdain among the general Mexican populace. Since the 1950s, with the influence of movies and television, most children stopped wanting these types of toys for mass products produced abroad and based on what they see in media. Most toys sold to tourists now are cheaply made imitations of what used to be common. Mexican handcrafts and folk art Mexican handcrafts and folk art is a complex collection of items made with various materials and intended for utilitarian, decorative or other
Country Life (Show of Hands album) is a minor criminal who complains that "there ought to be a law for keeping out the yuppies and the grockles". "Country Life" was commercially released 20 October 2003 on the band's own label Hands on Music with the catalogue number HMCD19, but had already been sold at the duo's concerts since the middle of the year. The album was released as a double disc set, with the album on the first disc (subtitled "The Album"), and a bonus disc entitled "The Demos", which contained demo versions of the album's songs "Country Life", "Hard Shoulder" and "I Promise You". The