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COMIC SAENZ
New stamp honors Profe Jaime Escalante (‘Stand and Deliver’)
The United States Postal Service picked the 87th conference of the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) Wednesday in Washington, D.C. to premiere its stamp honoring Jaime Escalante, the East Los high school math teacher who was the hero of the film Stand and Deliver.
Edward J. Olmos played Escalante in the film (video below).
Mas…New stamp honors Profe Jaime Escalante (‘Stand and Deliver’)
#TBT 1999 Video Classic: Delinquent Habits ‘Tres Delinquentes’
East Los homies Delinquent Habits made people pay attention with Tres Delinquentes, the music video for a song on their self-titled first studio album. This music video has it all! English, Spanish, Spanglish, hiphop, rap, mariachi, moshing, hynas, scratching, lowriding, little people, Blaxicans, and, of course, burros.
BREAKING: Bernie Bros’ exploding heads spur FBI zombie alert
(PNS reporting from WASHINGTON, D.C.) The FBI is warning citizens to be on the lookout for hungry zombies attracted by the brains spewed from the exploding heads of diehard Bernie Bros.
Bernie Sanders supporters’ brains, the Feds said, are piling up on the streets of gentrified neighborhoods across America.
The brainiac explosions followed Sanders’ endorsement of Democratic presidential nomination rival Hillary Clinton this morning.
“These zombies especially love the entitled taste of Bernie Bro brains,” FBI spokesman Whitman “Ken” Jump told a press conference here today (photo). “We’re calling them Zombros.“
Mas…BREAKING: Bernie Bros’ exploding heads spur FBI zombie alert
Taco ‘Bout It: North Hollywood’s Tacos El Venado, meat mecca (video)
Get down with your carnivore bad self and some tacos de carne asada and al pastor at Tacos El Venado in North Hollywood. J9 and Vick One star as enthusiastic, taco-loving explorers.
Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes: ‘Wake Up, Everybody’ on ‘Soul Train’
Teddy Prendergrass takes the lead vocal as Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes sing their 1975 smash hit Wake Up, Everybody on Soul Train. If there was ever a time to get woke, that time is now.
Here’s the full-length LP track with lyrics:
Mas…Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes: ‘Wake Up, Everybody’ on ‘Soul Train’
MADåPPLE goes down to ‘Mexico’ — they still got respect for the dead
Los Angeles-based analogelectroclash blues band MADåPPLE — the insane lovechild of Stevie Wonder and Tom Waits — goes down to Mexico in this music video. Why Mexico? They’ve still got respect for the dead. New Orleans, too.
Half-fast country music classic: Jim Reeves ‘Adios Amigo’ (video)
The country music legend Jim Reeves had a lot of big records, but we like this “half-fast” April 16, 1964 live-in-Norway version of his hit Adios Amigo. He died later that year behind the controls of a small plane that crashed in Tennessee during a violent thunderstorm. He was 40 years old.
To win playing BORDERS, you need to beat La Migra (video)
BORDERS is a game from Gonzalo Alvarez where players walk in the shoes of an immigrant to endure the danger of a journey across the desert. You only win if you can avoid La Migra and beat the heat by hiding under bushes and staying hydrated. Many make the journey towards the border with the promise of a better life, but only the fittest survive.
Mas…To win playing BORDERS, you need to beat La Migra (video)
Julie Anne: Please tell us about your taco (video)
On Food Network’s CHOPPED, it’s all about the context, am I right, Chef Geoffrey Zakarian?
Los Cenzontles: I’ve looked at clouds from ‘Both Sides Now’ (video)
Los Cenzontles (The Mockingbirds) mariachicize [Is that even a word? It should be!] Joni Mitchell’s classic Both Sides Now (Clouds).
MIRA LOS LYRICS:
Mas…Los Cenzontles: I’ve looked at clouds from ‘Both Sides Now’ (video)
TORTILLA TOWEL: You know you want it, you know you need it (video)
When getting wrapped up in a soft and fluffy, warm from the dryer tortilla is your ComidaCosPlay character, you know you want it, you know you need it, the Tortilla Towel! The only question is — corn or wheat?
You can ‘Reach for the Stars’ with a plastic grabber thingy (video)
Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to write, shoot, cut and complete a short comedy video in 48 hours including this line of dialogue --"Am I missing something here?" -- a character named Lee or Leah Gregory, and a plaster grabber thingy as a prop.
OK.
Sergio Anthony Gonzalez explains via email:
Mas…You can ‘Reach for the Stars’ with a plastic grabber thingy (video)
El Charro de Oro Sebastien de La Cruz: ‘Star Spangled Banner’ (video)
El Charro de Oro Sebastien de La Cruz sings The Star Spangled Banner at the NBA finals in 2013. This stunning performance wowed the fans and pissed off the haters. Screw the haters.
The Blasters’ Dave Alvin: ‘Hey, Baby, It’s the Fourth of July’ (video)
Roots rock singer/guitar slinger and East Los homie (Downey) Dave Alvin sings a classic ode to America, folky roots, broken hearts, independence and Mexican kids shooting fireworks. Hey, baby, it’s the Fourth of July!
Dear Dad: I know you’re disappointed I’m dating a woman (video)
This Cannot Be from Irene Diaz is a poignant tale of love found, family and love lost.
Her YouTube page explains it this way:
Mas…Dear Dad: I know you’re disappointed I’m dating a woman (video)
Something fishy going on with pescadillas – fried tuna tacos (video)
Maybe you don’t want hotdogs and hamburgers and micheladas and carne asada and elotes on July 4. It’s OK. We’re here to help with a short video on How to Make Mexican Pescadillas (or Fried Tuna Tacos) from Spicie Foodie.
Here’s their recipe:
Mas…Something fishy going on with pescadillas – fried tuna tacos (video)
Webcam video: Stunning double rainbow forms over Mexico City
Mexico City got a treat Tuesday when a double rainbow formed over Santa Fe in the western part of the city. A webcam on top of the Hotel Presidente InterContinental captured the arc’s formation as the sun returned following a rainstorm.
Two guys hit the trucks for ‘Taco Bout Tacos in Austin’ (video)
Kevin Lee and buddy Joseph Hur take a taco truck tour of Austin (Capital Taco and Con Madre Kitchen) and now they’re all Taco Bout Tacos. [Video by Tiffany Shim.]
Deported moms in Tijuana long for families, work for reform (video)
In Dreaming in Tijuana deported mothers fight for immigration reform in the United States. The anguish of family separation has turned them into activists who promote the U.S. Latino vote from the Mexican side of the world’s “most transited” border. [Video via Univision.]
President Trump presents his new, yuuuge border wall (video)
“It’s the best wall ever,” says President Trump. “It’s amazing! No more mariachis interrupting your dinner!”
Words of the prophet are written on the subway wall (videos)
The words of the prophet are written on the subway wall — in this case the Carroll Street F/G stop in Brooklyn.
Mas…Words of the prophet are written on the subway wall (videos)
Visit Mexico! It’s easy, inexpensive and pleasant! (#TBT 1930s toons)
Crank up your art deco time machine and set it for the 1930s, because Mexican tourism officials want you to come on down!
There are 3 three THREE Mexicos to visit, tu sabes:
- Indian Mexico
- Spanish Mexico and
- Modern Mexico!
Mas…Visit Mexico! It’s easy, inexpensive and pleasant! (#TBT 1930s toons)
Olmeca to the kids: ‘Dump Trump and F* the Police’ (audio)
“Dump Trump?” “F* the police”? Wassup with that?
“I wrote this for the kids!,” hip hop artist and activist Olmeca says.
He explains it this way::
Mas…Olmeca to the kids: ‘Dump Trump and F* the Police’ (audio)
De Alba Bakery makes tamales, donuts y rosca de reyes (videos)
How do the three Texas locations (McAllen, Mission, Pharr) of De Alba Bakery de La Familia make tamales, donuts and rosca de reyes?
Glad you asked! We’ve got (three) videos:
Tamales (two kinds:)
Mas…De Alba Bakery makes tamales, donuts y rosca de reyes (videos)
Nevada riot grrrl + SoCal pocho = PDX duo Tallwomen (audio)
Drummer David Jacobo is a SoCal pocho (Sylmar/Van Nuys/East Los) who works as an educator with special need kids in Portland. Guitarist Cassi Blum. from Reno, Nevada via the East Coast, is a PDX barista.
Together for just six months, the two kick it old school Black Flag style as indie punk band Tallwomen. POCHO’s Punk Rock Artesano Junco Canché gives them “5 liberty spikes out of 5.”
Mas…Nevada riot grrrl + SoCal pocho = PDX duo Tallwomen (audio)
Depeche Mode’s “Personal Jesus” is now “Mexican Whorehouse”
Now it all makes sense! Depeche Mode’s music video for Personal Jesus takes on new life as Mexican Whorehouse with literal lyrics by MereHay
The ‘Taco Nazi’? Unknown artist: No tacos for Trumpistas (toon)
We don’t know who created this image — do you? Was it the TACO NAZI?
[This “found object” was uncovered and shared on the Twitter Saturday by author Cory Doctorow.]
BONUS VIDEO! Seinfeld Soup Nazi supercut:
Mas…The ‘Taco Nazi’? Unknown artist: No tacos for Trumpistas (toon)
Los Cenzontles Do The Pogues: A Pair of Brown Eyes (music video)
The Cenzontles (The Mockingbirds) reimagine a night at the pub in A Pair of Brown Eyes from Irish band The Pogues.
Here’s The Pogues’ original:
Mas…Los Cenzontles Do The Pogues: A Pair of Brown Eyes (music video)
Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera: ‘A Father’s Day Tale’ (video)
Poet Laureate of the United States 2015-2017, Juan Felipe Herrera, tells a story and plays a song for Father’s Day.