Baby Margaret sure loves her some guacamole.
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Exploring the sound of the mariachi grito in ‘El Rey’ — solo (video)
Chicago artist Diana Delgado Pinada writes:
Listening to the quintessential charro song El Rey accompanied with occasional “gritos Mexicanos” or “mariachi howls” would not be an unusual event. However, when the gritos are performed by a Latina in a Midwest suburban kitchen, in full charro attire, the isolated, elongated cries or howls resonate a little deeper.
Mas…Exploring the sound of the mariachi grito in ‘El Rey’ — solo (video)
‘Think’ for yourself — all the kool kids are doing it! (video)
Think before you leap.
The Hickoids: ‘I’m A Real Cool Arrow’ (neo-polka cowpunk music videos)
He’s so rico suave, everyone says he’s a Real Cool Arrow! (Neo-polka cowpunk from Austin’s The Hickoids.)
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Mas…The Hickoids: ‘I’m A Real Cool Arrow’ (neo-polka cowpunk music videos)
Missing: Little Julian Herrera, East Los Chicano Rock ‘Bigfoot’ (audio)
From Latino USA: Little Julian Herrera was a heartthrob singer in East L.A.’s rock and R&B music scene. But one day, he disappeared, taking with him the secrets behind his identity and his fate. A fascinating story from Alex Schmidt.
Mas…Missing: Little Julian Herrera, East Los Chicano Rock ‘Bigfoot’ (audio)
New Year means new veladoras with Saint Miley of Twerk (toons)
On New Year, don’t curse the darkness, homies. Instead, light up a candle with the images of Saint Christopher Walken and/or Saint Miley Cyrus of Twerk.
The Saint Nicholas Cage matched pair is perfect for the Christmas season we think:
Mas…New Year means new veladoras with Saint Miley of Twerk (toons)
Have a chill 2014! (video)
Have a chill 2014, and and may the only ICE you encounter be the ice in your adult beverages.
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A Very Merry Mexican New Year from Sesame Street (video)
Hitting a piñata until the goodies inside fall out is hard work, but somebody’s got to do it. Happy New Year from Sesame Street!
News Blooper of the Year: Sabrina Rodriguez, baboon friend (video)
Fox 40 (Sacramento) reporter Sabrina Rodriguez made a friendly baboon’s day at the Lodi Grape Festival.
Could be worse — she coulda been Gustavo Aldomovar:
Mas…News Blooper of the Year: Sabrina Rodriguez, baboon friend (video)
Please dispose of your Christmas tree properly (video)
There’s a right way and a wrong way to get rid of your Christmas tree. This how-to video should help.
NASA 2013 Highlights: From Earth to Deep Espace (video)
Oh my God — it’s full of stars!
Oy vey! It’s ‘Christmastime for the Jews’ (SNL music video)
Oy vey! From SNL, it’s diva Darlene Love’s classic rock operatic anthropological study of how non-Christians deal with/avoid/cope with the biggest (second biggest?) Christian holy day of the year.
Mas…Oy vey! It’s ‘Christmastime for the Jews’ (SNL music video)
A very special color Christmas with the Ricardos: ‘I Love Lucy’ (video)
America’s favorite interracial family — Lucy, and Desi and Little Ricky — have a lot of ‘splainin’ to do as they get ready to welcome Christmas.
(I’m dreaming of a) ‘Pulp Christmas’ (NSFW video)
Do you know what they call Santa Claus in Italy? [NSFW adult language.]
What’s it like growing up named ‘Jesús’? (LatinoUSA audio)
In Latin America, it’s a name like any other. But here in the U.S., Jesús is a name that could still raise an eyebrow. So Latino USA producer Michael Simon Johnson spoke with a handful of Jesúses to find out what it’s like to grow up with the holiest name in the book.
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Mas…What’s it like growing up named ‘Jesús’? (LatinoUSA audio)
Terror on the Moon: “2014 – A Space Odyssey” (30-second video)
Houston, this is Civility Base. The Beagle has landed.
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Mas…Terror on the Moon: “2014 – A Space Odyssey” (30-second video)
Bob Dylan, Norteño-style: ‘It Must Be Santa’ (music video)
Who’s got a beard that’s long and white?
Santa’s got a beard that’s long and white
Who comes around on a special night?
Santa comes around on a special night
Special night, beard that’s white
Must be Santa, must be Santa
Must be Santa, Santa Claus
(Listen closely as Bob Dylan lists Santa’s eight reindeer — names not in the official lyrics: “Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon; Carter, Reagan, Bush and Clinton”.)
Thanks to Bill Vitka for the link.
Foot star Selena Gomez is top tootsie on wikiFeet (photos)
It’s on the Internets, so it’s got to be true. Actress and singer Selena Gomez’s “gorgeous, five-star” feet are the most popular celebrity tootsies on wikiFeet, the all feet, all the time website (screen cap).
Here are just two of the photos that got foot star Gomez to the top of the wikiFeet charts:
Feets don’t fail me now! How about some Jessica Alba (tenth most popular) foot action? (Just so you know, “the foot (plural feet) is an anatomical structure found in many vertebrates. It is the terminal portion of a limb which bears weight and allows locomotion,” according to Wikipedia.) OK, back to Jessica Alba:
Mas…Foot star Selena Gomez is top tootsie on wikiFeet (photos)
Area man scores 12 cases of Sriracha, hopes to Get Rich Quick (videos)
(PNS reporting from CULVER CITY, CA) Westside entrepreneur Pico E. Sepulveda tries not to count his pollos before they hatch, but he will admit to being stoked about the profit potential of the 12 cases of Huy Fung Sriracha Hot Chili Sauce he purchased at Smart & Final Iris here Thursday morning.
“Now that the State of California has joined the City of Irwindale in cutting off the supply of America’s favorite hot sauce, the sky’s the limit on these babies,” the Mar Vista man told PNS. “When I pulled out of the store’s parking lot onto Venice Boulevard, I actually started chair dancing in my car and even broke out the maracas!” (Sepulveda’s excitement was captured by a POCHO reader who emailed us this VINE video, right)
“I got a dozen 12-count cases of the 28-ounce bottles,” Sepulveda explained, “for $35 each — for a total for $420, which I thought was good omen. This could be bigger than Bitcoins, if Bitcoins had a trailer for a video on demand download on Vimeo!”
Mas…Area man scores 12 cases of Sriracha, hopes to Get Rich Quick (videos)
From Texas: ‘Give me six tacos or I’ll kill you with a sword!’
A 28-year-old San Antonio, TX man is the can after threatening a waitress with a sword in an attempt to scare her into giving up a half dozen tacos, which Wikipedia describes as “a traditional Mexican dish composed of a corn or wheat tortilla folded or rolled around a filling.”
“Mr. [Adam] Kramer was yelling that he wanted his free tacos or somebody was going to die,” authorities said in an affadavit for his arrest, according to Raw Story. Kramer is being held in Bexar County Jail on $50,000 bail.
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Mas…From Texas: ‘Give me six tacos or I’ll kill you with a sword!’
Will Shakila’s ‘Feliz Navidad’ win the next ‘Christmas Idol’? (video)
The Christmas Idol panel of judges is a tough one. Santa Claus, Lady Sharoun the Purple and Jesus H. Christ Himself have power to make a contestant’s dreams come true. Can Shakila (Roberta Valderrama) win them over with her hot hot hot version of Feliz Navidad?
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Mas…Will Shakila’s ‘Feliz Navidad’ win the next ‘Christmas Idol’? (video)
It’s beginning to look a lot like Navidad (toon)
El Santo Claus is just one of many cool images by POCHO amigo El Rey Del Art. Check out El Rey’s Zazzle store for more!
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Tia Lencha’s Cocina: Roasted red Chanukah Christmas Kwanzaa salsa
Hola. Is Tia Lencha here.
Ju want to give presens to eberyone on your Chrismas list or Chanukah or Kwanzaa or Reyes Magos or Chinese Year but ju are short on dinero? No worry! Tia Lencha is going to give ju recipe for to make the oven roast red salsa!
Is nice! Is a good gift for the peoples! And is easy! No like making mole for Turkey Day.
I make this salsa to give to my comadres and the lob it. They have little hearts in their eyes when they see my salsa. They eat with almost eberything. They say they fight their childrens and viejos to eat the last drops of it in the jar. Is that good. Oso, it don’t matter if the peoples are no Mexican. The peoples at my job are no Mexican and they ask me for the salsa.
Mas…Tia Lencha’s Cocina: Roasted red Chanukah Christmas Kwanzaa salsa
Are you estuck with turkey day leftovers? Try this big-ass burrito (video)
When you’ve got a lot left over, you need a big beautiful burrito! Jerry Springer reports.
Key & Peele: Mr. T has a PSA for you about respect (video)
Kids today need to learn to respect others, and Mr. T explains why.
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Mas…Key & Peele: Mr. T has a PSA for you about respect (video)
@Omgitseddieg is thankful: ‘Soy pocho, y que?’ (video)
Eddie Gee (@omgitseddieg on the Twitter) is all about the pochismo and explains why. Don’t miss the quick graphic shoutout to POCHO Jefe-in-Chief Lalo Alcaraz.
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William S. Burroughs: ‘Thanksgiving Prayer’ (NSFW video)
Beat icon, literary treasure, junkie, poet and provocateur William S. Burroughs offered this Thanksgiving Prayer in 1986. You don’t know Burroughs? His most famous book was Naked Lunch, and Wikipedia says he specialized in satire and “paranoid fiction.” (NSFW language.)
WKRP’s Happy Thanksgiving: ‘OMG I thought turkeys could fly!’ (video)
Les Nessman reporting, live!
I can see it now — the WKRP Holiday Helicopter is coming in low over Cincinnati!
¡Japi Januka! A kosher carnitas y nopales burrito inside a donut (video)
The signature foods of Chanukah, which begins tonight, are potato latkes — as prepared by Hebrew homeboys Jaquann and Luis — and sufganiyot, Israeli-style donuts. Both foods, tu sabes, are fried in oil, commemorating the milagro at the heart of the Chanukah story.
Which is why, two years ago, before we thought of Mexican Turducken-style gag dishes we could attribute to Rick Bayless, Mexikosher chef (and Chopped winner) Katsuji Tanabe created a nopales and kosher carnitas burrito stuffed inside a donut/sufganiyot. Really.