They’re weird. They’re Mexican. They play surf music. That’s why they named the band the Mexican Weirdoh’s Surf Band.
COMIC SAENZ
Remember when California had an African-Mexican governor?
Pio Pico, an African-Mexican, was the last governor of California under Mexican rule.
His name is everywhere. There is the city of Pico Rivera, Pico Park, Pico Canyon, and, of course, Pico Boulevard. The corner of Pico and Sepulveda in West Los Angeles even has its own music video:
Mas…Remember when California had an African-Mexican governor?
In South Philly, immigrant restauranteurs worry about Trump (videos)
Donald Trump’s racist anti-immigrant rhetoric is a big worry for immigrant-owned businesses. The owners of a South Philadelphia staple, South Philly Barbacoa — around the corner from the famed Italian street market — are concerned about what a victory by GOP haters might mean for their family. [Video by Cora Cervantes.]
Mas…In South Philly, immigrant restauranteurs worry about Trump (videos)
¡Viva Calaca! It’s the Day of the Dead! (Voltaire music video)
The dead not only CAN dance, but they DO dance in Viva Calaca, an animated short based on the Voltaire tune from 2007. [Video by Ritxi Ostáriz.]
MEXCLUSIVE VIDEO EXPOSE: In Texas, a ‘Pachanga for Trump’
What really goes on when Latinos for Trump throw a get-out-the-vote campaign party for their candidate? Pachanga for Trump goes into the belly of the GOP beast to find out the shocking truth. [Video by the Latino Comedy Project.]
You want a wall on the border? Let’s paint it pink! (photos)
Interns at Guadalajara architecture firm Estudio 3.14 came up a modern design for Donald Trump’s insane border wall.
They want to paint it pink in the style of famed Mexican architect Luis Barragán.
Mas…You want a wall on the border? Let’s paint it pink! (photos)
Good luck with the 1954 miles of the US-Mexico wall (video)
Best of Luck with the Wall takes the viewer on a hypnotic visual voyage across the length and breadth the U.S.-Mexico border, stitched together from 200,000 satellite images. [Directed and explained by Josh Begley.]
La Bruja makes an altar for Dia de Los Muertos (video)
It’s all so atmospheric in La Bruja en Día de Muertos by Mexico City artist Gimena Romero.
Calaveras y catrinas y skeletons parade in Mexico City (video)
Hundred paraded through the streets of Mexico City last weekend to celebrate Dia de Los Muertos, aka Day of the Dead.
Latinos boo Senator ‘Little’ Marco Rubio at Orlando fiesta (audio, video)
If was not a fun fiesta for Senator Marco Rubio (R-FLA) Sunday when Orlando festival goers greeted his appearance with a chorus of yells, jeers and boos.
Florida Sen. Marco Rubio got booed off a stage in Orlando on Sunday, by a crowd that was overwhelmingly Latino.
It happened at Calle Orange, a street festival in downtown Orlando geared toward the city’s large Puerto Rican community. The icy reception was an indication of the challenges that Rubio, a Republican of Cuban heritage, has faced in locking down support from Latinos in Florida as the state’s Latino electorate has begun to shift to the left….
“I’m going to introduce a man who represents Latinos, no matter where you’re from,” the emcee boomed in Spanish. The boos grew louder still. “Ladies and gentlemen, the senator for the state of Florida, a Latino like you and me … his name is Marco Rubio! Applaud!”
We’ve got video and audio:
Mas…Latinos boo Senator ‘Little’ Marco Rubio at Orlando fiesta (audio, video)
R U READY? It’s time for ‘The Donald Victory Dance!’ (video)
Can you Dance Like Donald? All the kool kids are doing it! [Video by BlueDogFilms.]
Casting Call: Do it again, but this time act ‘Mor Mexican!’ (video)
In Mor Mexican! Mexico City-born actor Ricardo “Pekas” Aranda eats a McXican Burger for the casting director. But is he acting Hispanic enough? Maybe makeup and wardrobe can help.
Creeper is back with the CholoFit Advanced Workout (video)
Our favorite OG, Creeper, shares the exercise techniques that kept him strong and healthy when he was in San Quentin, including his exclusive weighted chancla routine — in CholoFit Advanced. [Frankie Quiñones stars as Creeper.]
PREVIOUSLY ON CREEPER:
Mas…Creeper is back with the CholoFit Advanced Workout (video)
How to make Dia de Los Muertos calaveras (skulls) from paper (video)
Hey, kids, teachers, parents, and/or enthusiastic paper cutters! Here’s how to make Dia de Los Muertos Calaveras with just a sheet of paper and a pair of scissors. [Video by art instructor Jaime Shilen.]
Salsa band Grupo Descarrilao: Trump is a ‘Bully’ (NSFW music video)
New York hiphop-rock-salsa band Grupo Descarrilao is beyond ready to stop Donald Trump the Bully. Are you? Register. Vote. VOTOLATINO can help. [NSFW adult language.]
A Madrefoca Film: ‘La Madre Buena’ and the Trump piñata (video)
When your kid really really really wants a Donald Trump piñata for his birthday party, a good mom — La Madre Buena — knows what to do.
NYC riot grrrls Le Tigre reunite for p*ssy-themed “I’m With Her” (video)
NYC electroclash band Le Tigre reunite to pledge their support for La Hillary in their first new song in over a decade, I’m With Her. [Video by Laura Parnes.]
All we are asking: ‘Who’s Gonna Build That Wall?’ (music video)
Donald Trumpendejo wants a wall on the border with Mexico. “Who’s Gonna Build That Wall?” ask singers and writers Chip Taylor and Carrie Rodriguez. [Video by Jeth Weinrich.] But who is Chip Taylor?
Weather forecast for President Trump’s Inauguration Day (video)
Oh, the weather outside will be frightful — on President Donald Trump’s Inauguration Day. [Video by Save The Day.]
Hateline, Las Vegas: This is your country on Trump (Fox 5 News video)
In Henderson, Nevada, an angry Anglo Trump supporter was caught on video last week cursing at Latino construction workers, calling them “illegals,” “wetbacks” and worse. Fox 5 Las Vegas reporter Miguel Martinez-Valle went to find out why the pinche potty-mouthed gringo pendejo was so angry.
CALL FOR COMMENTS: Have any of you pochos been subject to similar harassment lately?
Tell us below!
What do real Americans say about Donald Trump? (video)
Forget the conspiracy of (((International Bankers))) and the (((Media Elite))) who are ganged up on Donald Trump. What do real voters have to say?
Uber deploys drones with mini billboards to troll Mexico City drivers
“The future is already here — it’s just not very evenly distributed,” cyberpunk author William Gibson said in 2003. Luckily or unluckily, commuters stuck on Mexico City’s highways are seeing the future now.
Uber has been sending mini drones with little billboards to hover over DF’s congested roadways to troll drivers.
Mas…Uber deploys drones with mini billboards to troll Mexico City drivers
Señor El Trumpón, El Cabrón: Chinga tú dinero! (audio, lyrics)
POCHO amigos songwriters and singers Tapia Corel y Jim Rhodes (aka Partners in Crime) present Trumpón, “…inspired by the antics of Donald Trump, who has continued to defy disbelief, no matter what he says or does.”
Los lyrics:
Mas…Señor El Trumpón, El Cabrón: Chinga tú dinero! (audio, lyrics)
Bob Dylan 2010,1964: The Times They Are A-Changin’ (videos,lyrics)
Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature Bob Dylan is a poet and a prophet, and he sang his 1964 prophecy for the Obamas and America at the White House: The Times They Are A-Changin’. [Scroll to bottom of the page for a live in 1964 version.]
These lyrics contain a hopeful vision and a warning. Some changes are STILL overdue, and some folks need to step back, and get out of the way.
Mas…Bob Dylan 2010,1964: The Times They Are A-Changin’ (videos,lyrics)
CRUMBLES: School to prison pipeline hurts kids of color (music video)
They’re just kids. And the system makes them into criminals. Crumbles, a remake of the title song from Akira Boch’s film The Crumbles, was written and sung by Maya Jupiter and features live hand-drawn art by POCHO Jefe-in-Chief Lalo Alcaraz.
Mas…CRUMBLES: School to prison pipeline hurts kids of color (music video)
In ‘El Paso,’ Marty Robbins fell in love with a Mexican girl (video)
El Paso was a huge hit for Marty Robbins in 1960. It’s the sad tale of two gringos and one mujer — the dark-eyed dancing Felina.
Here are the lyrics:
Mas…In ‘El Paso,’ Marty Robbins fell in love with a Mexican girl (video)
Can you show us, Salvador, how you make tacos al pastor? (video)
Salvador Santiago demonstrates how he makes tacos al pastor in a video by NOTIMEX, an official government propaganda agency. Still legit, though. PRO TIP: “Trompa” means “horn” and reflects the shape of the meat on the vertical rotisserie spit. The vertical spit — estimated birthdate 1950s — is either from Turkey or Greece or Arab countries in the Eastern Mediterranean, and that’s not an argument where POCHO wants to choose sides.
San Diego y TJ band PRAYERS represent for ‘Mexica’ (NSFW music video)
Striking footage shot at San Diego’s Chicano Park sets the stage in the dramatic new music video Mexica, so that alt-goth-punk-Chicano-rap duo PRAYERS can decolonize your mind with music. [NSFW F-bombs, etc.]
On November 8, PUSSY GRABS BACK – the NSFW music video
On November 8, PUSSY GRABS BACK!. [Music video by Kim Boekbinder.] (NSFW F-Bomb.)
Tremendous Trump action figure ‘bashes all he can with his tiny hands’
Sing along now:
The Donald from TV, gets his feelings hurt and then becomes Tremendous Trump! America’s great again! He bashes all he can, with his tiny hands! Tremendous Trump! Tremendous Trump! Tremendous Trump! Trump!
Cuidado driving that rocket bike in the desert or you’ll ‘Suffer’ (video)
In Suffer, from GastarBetter, repeats a valuable lesson: Keep your eyes on the road, especially if you are wearing a crazy sombrero and driving a rocket bike across the desert.