We live in the land of immigrants and a Great American Melting Pot — where any kid can grow up to be president, or that’s what they wanted you to think in 1977. [Schoolhouse Rock. Music and lyrics by Lynn Ahrens. Vocals by Lori Lieberman. ABC-TV.]
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Flying over the sacred lands of the Navajo Nation (video)
The Navajo Nation is a stunning aerial tour of southwest scenery by Cancun-based photographer and videographer Agata Lanz Faura
Enjoy “un viaje aéreo por las tierras sagradas de los pieles rojas,” she writes. “Monument valley, Mexican Hat, Archies, son algunos de los paisajes, que representan parte del hermoso y enigmatico wild west.”
You can’t go wrong with Mariachi Flor de Toloache and ‘Tequila’ (video)
New York City’s Mariachi Flor de Toloache — live in Memphis — take a request for a song everybody loves, Tequila, the 1958 golden oldie by The Champs.
So you say you want to build a wall… (toon)
[Original chile pepper photo here. Gracias!]
These Trump paintings were made with dog poop (video)
If the medium is the message, these portraits of Donald Trump by NYC street artist Hanksy — shown at a street fair Saturday — communicated the message load and clear.
Hopeful candidates begin election year Hispandering (audio)
As the election cycle heats up, hopeful candidates try to gain Hispanic/Latino support, but we won’t get fooled again.
POCHO Jefe-in-Chief Lalo Alcaraz and POCHO Associate Naranjero Gustavo ¡Ask a Mexican! Arellano spill the Hispandering beans on Maria Hinojosa’s Latino USA.
Mas…Hopeful candidates begin election year Hispandering (audio)
Los Cenzontles: ELO’s “I can’t get it out of my head” (video)
Electric Light Orchestra’s I can’t get it out of my head is the lastest pop music cover from Los Cenzontles (The Mockingbirds).
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Mas…Los Cenzontles: ELO’s “I can’t get it out of my head” (video)
Another evening at home, another ‘Mexican Dinner’ (video)
It was just another evening, just another Mexican Dinner with la familia, until the son decided it was time to make an announcement that would rock the house.
Abusive guy says ‘He’s So Sorry’ – Alice Bag says ‘No no no!'(video)
Punk pioneer and East Los homegirl Alice Bag will not excuse the leader of the pack when it comes to domestic abuse — even if he says He’s So Sorry.
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Mas…Abusive guy says ‘He’s So Sorry’ – Alice Bag says ‘No no no!'(video)
Hey Vato! Profe. Jaime Escalante teaches more than math (video)
Math teacher Jaime Escalante teaches Hey Vato’s Chuy and Smiley a lot more than just mathematics in this lost scene from Stand and Deliver.
This is Nadine’s report on the ‘Mexican Mole Lizard’ (video)
Did you know the Mexican Mole Lizard has front legs that it uses to dig borrows? It’s also a carnivore that likes to chow down on ants and termites. Nadine’s short video explains it all.
Young Junco Canché had some issues with deadlines (video)
A year ago, before cartoonist Junco Canché joined POCHO as our Chicano Punk Rock Artesano, he was having some issues with deadlines. He’s all good now. [NSFW in Spanish.]
Taco Tuesday Music Video: ‘Mexican Hippic Sauce’ (Vegan Mix)
Belgium’s “anti-rock/ex-noisy-surf-band” The Poneymen are cooking up vegan Mexican Hippic Sauce with sombreros. That’s all we can really tell you, as our high school French didn’t cover situations like this. Horses reading horse-porn magazines, mon Dieu! [FYI: “Hippic” means “having to do with horses.”]
Don’t try this at home: How to make an ‘Obsidian Heart’ (video)
It looks easy if you know how. Mexico City master jeweler José Luis Gonzalez Bautista fashions a silver setting for an Obsidian Heart. [Video by robertopotamo.] Need some silver work? Go straight to Plaza San Jacinto 3B, San Ángel, 01000 Álvaro Obregón, DF, México.
A Tribe Called Red: Stadium Anti-Racist Pow Wow Chant (audio)
Canadian First Nations DJ Crew A Tribe Called Red mixes up traditional sounds with future sonics and they want you to use this song instead of racist mascot chants in sports arenas.
Mas…A Tribe Called Red: Stadium Anti-Racist Pow Wow Chant (audio)
Fans furious as SiriusXM deports 80% of Latin music channels
Is SiriusXM ignorant, or racist, or both?
That’s the question burning up the social media as the Latin music community reacts to the satellite channel’s dropping 8 out of 10 Latin music streams.
With little notice to listeners, labels or artists over the last few months, SiriusXM has eliminated eight out of 10 of its Latin music channels on their satellite platform.
And now some Latino civil rights groups are blasting the decision.
Mas…Fans furious as SiriusXM deports 80% of Latin music channels
Finally a legit recipe video for ‘Mexican Street Corn’ aka elotes
No pinche RONCO appliance this time, just a grill, corn on the cob, and all the fixings. Yay! As always, street not included, and bring your own Tajin.
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Mas…Finally a legit recipe video for ‘Mexican Street Corn’ aka elotes
Shamans summon traditional spirits to make Peru great again (video)
Fruits, flowers, conch shells, special potions, and chingon hats were in season outside the National Stadium in Lima, Peru, Monday, as two sets of shamans cast spells aimed at bringing their rival presidential candidates a victory in next week’s Presidential runoff election.
Mas…Shamans summon traditional spirits to make Peru great again (video)
NSFW Video: Jello Biafra and Napalm Death ‘Nazi Trumps F Off!’
Jello Biafra, colorful frontman of legendary punks The Dead Kennedys, joins Napalm Death for a new version of Nazi Punks, F*** Off dedicated to Donald Trump, the alt-white, and their racist supporters. Biafra calls it Nazi Trumps F*** Off. This video is from a 2016 gig at Slim’s in San Francisco. [MASSIVE F-BOMBARDMENT NSFW.]
Aeromexico’s Maria Fernanda lands a 737-800 (video)
Aeromexico First Officer Maria Fernanda is cool as an aguacate as she lands a massive 737-800 at Mexico City’s aeropuerto.
Pronunciation for pochos: Cotija, tomatillo, huarache, taqueria
Pochos, by definition, can’t speak Espanish. We’re here to help.
Mas…Pronunciation for pochos: Cotija, tomatillo, huarache, taqueria
[肥野廚房] 墨西哥莎莎醬食譜 [FAT CHICK KITCHEN] Salsa (video)
Hey, Fat Chick making the “Mexican Salsa,” aka pico de gallo: You’re double dipping!
FYI, Google translates the Chinese this way:
- 肥野廚房 = Fertilizer wild kitchen
- 墨西哥莎莎醬食譜 = Mexican Salsa Recipe
Pocho Ocho Best Ways to #MakeMoviesMexican (via Twitter)
Very late Wednesday night, I created a Twitter hashtag — #MakeMoviesMexican — and asked the Tuiteros if they had suggestions.
Huh? What do you mean? Like this:
#MAKEMOVIESMEXICAN. Gone With the Migra. White Men Can’t Cumbia. Get the idea?
(It turns out I wasn’t the first with this idea. Superstar pocho comic Felipe Esparza tried this concept in February.)
Here are the Pocho Ocho NEW Top Tweets we got in return (racist, ignorant Tweets not included — the entire thread is below.):
8. Mex In The City
7. Dude, Juarez My Car?
6. Finding Chapo
Mas…Pocho Ocho Best Ways to #MakeMoviesMexican (via Twitter)
Elotes for clueless gabachos … from RONCO (video)
RONCO, the company that sells weird-ass single-use food prep gizmos via infomercials, wants you to buy their weird-ass single-use gizmo that makes elotes, which they call “Mexican Street Corn.” Actual street not included.
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Got milk? Not without immigrant farmworkers! (video)
Check out this trailer for Farmworker: How Immigration Feeds America from freelance journalist Diana Prichard. She’s working on a film telling the story of how immigrants are critical to American agriculture.
And always remember who worked hard to get you that next glass of leche or bowl of hot queso.
NEW! Ask your doctor if Islamophobin® is right for you (video)
Are you sacred AF about those new (apparently Muslim) neighbors? Do you think they might be terrorists? Ask your doctor if Islamophobin® is right for you!
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Making Tequila Orgullo: Stoop labor under timelapse skies (video)
Making Pueblo Viejo Tequila Orgullo Añejo Viejo requires hard, back-breaking manual labor and high tech machinery. Beautiful skies, though.
ThingStarter Presents: The iNotRacist app (video)
Can a smartphone app eliminate racism? That’s what ThingStarter wants to know. ThingStarter is a startup that develops products and takes them into the real world to get real feedback from real people. Today’s focus group considers iNotRacist — the app that checks your privilege.
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New on Entrepodcast: WePupy – AirBnB for bathroom sharing (audio)
In this week’s Episode #74 of Entrepod, the podcast for wannabe entrepreneurs, host Adam Buckholtz (photo) speaks with Bay Area entrepreneur Genesee Flashpan.
She’s flushed with pride about WePupy — a new app that wipes “the sharing economy” and sanitizes it for your protection.
When you have to go, you have to go, and WePupy makes it easy to leave your cares behind at carefully curated facilities near you.
Mas…New on Entrepodcast: WePupy – AirBnB for bathroom sharing (audio)
Persian food peeps prep pretty chingon carne asada tacos (video)
Aashpazzi, a Persian food portal, knows how to make some righteous American food, like carne asada tacos, and this video is proof.