Four kids from Orange County have a great band name and modern pop sound. Check out the first vid, Ridiculous Feats, from The Taco Truck. [Sid Piravi (Vocals & Guitar), Emma Hattesohl (Guitar), Cesar Landa (Drums), Alex Soto (Bass). Directed by Joe Rodriguez.]
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This L.A. pocha wishes she could speak better Spanish (video)
Los Angeles pocha Natalie Munguia didn’t learn Spanish when she was growing up, and now she feels left out, as she explains in this video for Sociology 244 at Whittier College. FYI, here’s the course description:
Mas…This L.A. pocha wishes she could speak better Spanish (video)
England’s The Mariachis: Party “Coz It’s Christmas Time” (videos)
The Mariachis, the UK’s Famous No. 1 Mariachi Band, turn an ordinary office holiday party into a fiesta. When these vatos show up, everyone is down for the party, Coz’ It’s Christmas Time.
The band first found fame playing for Doritos:
Mas…England’s The Mariachis: Party “Coz It’s Christmas Time” (videos)
Hate Crimes in America by the Numbers (infographic)
Who are the top haters? Where do they hate? What do they do?
A huge infographic at Criminal Degree Hub, a website for students in Criminal Justice, breaks it down, with references and everything. Here’s the complete chart — click to enlarge:
Here’s how to make champurrado – Mexican hot chocolate (video)
Champurrado is a chocolate-based hot beverage Mexicans love to drink, especially during the Christmas season. [Video via Telemundo]
Here’s the video — and the recipe — en Español:
Mas…Here’s how to make champurrado – Mexican hot chocolate (video)
Pope visits a (non-Catholic) megachurch in ‘Bordertown’ [video]
First BORDERTOWN Clip! “The Pope Visits the Mexifornia MegaChurch” Bordertown premieres January 3, 930 pm on Fox. We’re all going to hell!
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Veronica and Ruben Villa are expecting: Welcome Baby Tajin (video)
Is this is the spiciest expectant parents announcement video ever?
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Mas…Veronica and Ruben Villa are expecting: Welcome Baby Tajin (video)
Donald Trump: ‘You Can’t Beat My Meat!” (video)
Make America steak again!
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Mexclusive Sneak Peak: Darth Trump (video)
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away…. [Video by The Auralnauts.]
Hot stuff: Your animated GIF guide to the chiles of Mexico
Even though they think these hot peppers are called “chilies,” Lucky Peach — “a quarterly journal of food and writing” — still created a cool guide to the chiles of Mexico featuring gorgeous animated GIFs by Serafine Frey.
Meet the ANCHO family, according to writers Alex Stupak and Jordana Rothman:
Mas…Hot stuff: Your animated GIF guide to the chiles of Mexico
Laugh, cry, dance, sing: ‘La Cucaracha’ 1935 OSCAR winner (video)
La Cucaracha, a musical short, won an OSCAR in 1935.
Here’s the plot, according to IMDB:
Mas…Laugh, cry, dance, sing: ‘La Cucaracha’ 1935 OSCAR winner (video)
If not now, when? (GIF)
If I am not for myself, who will be for me? But if I am only for myself, what am I? And if not now, when? — Rabbi Hillel the Elder. [GIF creator unknown.]
El Mariachi Manchester: ‘There Is A Light That Never Goes Out’ (videos)
Morrissey/Smiths mariachi tribute band El Mariachi Manchester covers There Is a Light that Never Goes Out. Alexandrossey on vocals.
Los Smiths’ version:
Mas…El Mariachi Manchester: ‘There Is A Light That Never Goes Out’ (videos)
This is how my abuela makes those legendary tortillas (video)
My grandma’s tortillas are legendary in my family; she’s been making them since she was a little girl and has been feeding her family with them ever since. I thought I’d shoot a little video of her making them as she passes the tradition down to her great grandkids. — Video creator Rich Lee.
This cute niño really loves his frijoles refritos (video)
Mealtimes with baby can be a messy experience.
When Kayra Rosario Tisdell took her son to a Mexican restaurant in Clearlake in Northern California, she thought a plain quesadilla would be the perfect non-messy menu choice. Not so fast, Mom! This kid sure loves him some beans!
British rapper M.I.A. hates ‘Borders’ (music video)
In her new music video Borders, Brit rapper M.I.A. (Mathangi “Maya” Arulpragasam) says “No More Deportations” — #Not1MoreDeportation –– for the refugees.
Happy Mexican Thanksgiving – Sansgiven – from @SaraChicaD (video)
POCHO’s Subcommandanta del Ñews, Sara Inés Calderón, shares everything you need to know about Sansgiven, the Mexican Thanksgiving. She’s @SaraChicaD on the Twitter.
The Cluttered Mind of @buttronica: Thanksgiving social anxiety (video)
Back when our MiJA Elise Valderrama was on Fusion, she shared her Thanksgiving survival tips. You say you’ve never explored The Cluttered Mind of Elise, aka @buttronica on the Twitter? You’ll be glad you did.
Archaeologists: Skeletal remains linked to pulque god (photos,video)
Archaeologists in Tlaxcala, Mexico have discovered skeletal remains of a high-ranking figure in Aztec ruins that are linked to the pulque god, as well as “the cooked vertebrae and ribs of at least three different infants.”
Excavations at the Zultépec-Tecoaque archaeological site, home to the Acolhua between A.D. 1200 and 1521, have uncovered human remains in a cistern, a throne made from volcanic rock, and a cylindrical stone carved with the image of the Aztec god Ometochtli.
Mas…Archaeologists: Skeletal remains linked to pulque god (photos,video)
Lotsa choices for Mexican-American food lovers in Japan (photos)
Poor pochos! Could this really be the end? Stuck inside of Nippon with the Mexi blues again? Like, say, you’re an avocado lover. What can you do? What CAN you do? Check it out!
They’ve got avocado burgers:
Mas…Lotsa choices for Mexican-American food lovers in Japan (photos)
Who knew? La Quirky learns you can buy huaraches online (video)
La Quirky, pocha shopping expert, discovers you can buy huaraches online. Who knew?
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British Wahaca taco lady gets a gigantic maiz mural (video)
Thomasina “Tommi” Miers, the British lady behind the Wahaca Mexican restaurant chain, is opening a new store in Manchester, England.
Miers commissioned Mexico D.F. artist Le Super Demon to paint a gigantic mural based on the myths of the Maya, especially maiz.
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Mas…British Wahaca taco lady gets a gigantic maiz mural (video)
Your name is Lopez? Angel Lopez? I think I know your cousin
What’s in a name? LOPEZ is #21 on the charts and moving up fast according to Wikipedia, but Garcia, Rodriguez, Martinez and Hernandez are still in the lead.
Wikipedia: List of Common U.S. Surnames
Mas…Your name is Lopez? Angel Lopez? I think I know your cousin
Illinois Congressman Gutierrez condemns racist governors (video)
Speaking to the House of Representatives on Tuesday, Rep. Luis V. Gutierrez (D-IL) condemned the ignorant governors who have vowed to turn away refugees fleeing violence and seeking freedom in the U.S. Freedom, Gutierrez noted, is exactly what our country stands for.
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Mas…Illinois Congressman Gutierrez condemns racist governors (video)
Europe’s most popular ‘surf guitar’ tune: ‘Mexican Bodega’ (video)
Swedish composer Lennart Clerwell (photo) wrote Mexican Bodega, a perfectly lovely “surf guitar” instrumental ballad that seems to have been covered by every middle-aged Swedish, Danish, Dutch, Norwegian, Finnish and German guitarist on YouTube.
It’s a sweet tune, as Tibor Slamovits shows in this video. We don’t know how or why the composition got its name — in Mexico a “bodega” is a warehouse, not a tiendita or “little shop” — but if this song reminds you of a bodega near you, go there now and buy or store some stuff.
Bonjour, Paris! Allons au Mexique pour manger des tacos (video)
Sure, Paris is where haute cuisine was perfected, but come to Mexico – because tacos!
Eagles of Death Metal: ‘Complexity’ (video)
Southern California band EODM — Eagles of Death Metal — point out the Complexity. Nothing to kill or die for; no religion, too.
The art of L.A. homie Ramiro Gomez reveals hidden immigrants (video)
We’ve been celebrating the artwork of SoCal’s Ramiro Gomez, Jr. since 2012 and we’re thrilled he’s finally getting the recognition he deserves. Just this week he was named one of OUT magazine’s OUT100 (photo), and The Atlantic featured him in a video:
Mas…The art of L.A. homie Ramiro Gomez reveals hidden immigrants (video)