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Quitapenas ❤️ Cali’s Inland Empire: ‘Valle Moreno’ (video)
Just so we’re all on the same page, let’s agree on terminology:
- Quitapenas is a band of SoCal homies.
- The Inland Empire is the nickname for Southern Califas east of Los Angeles.
- Moreno Valley (Valle Moreno) is a city in the IE.
In addition, Quitapenas makes the following assertions about Valle Moreno. Dark Valley is:
Mas…Quitapenas ❤️ Cali’s Inland Empire: ‘Valle Moreno’ (video)
El Chapo joins El Donald as Mexican piñata (video)
If beating zee caca out of a Donald Trump piñata is too last week, perhaps mademoiselle would like our newest creation, Piñata El Chapo.
In Honolulu, TacoCat pops-up awesome Korean tacos (video)
Welcome to TacoCat, a crowd-funded Korean street pop-up in Honolulu, where everyone enjoys “food, flavor, fun and meow!” On the Twitter, they’re @TacoCatHI.
Hello, gringos! Eat like a Mexican (but we won’t say that) [video]
Wow. There is this seasoning, Cappy, and you too, Kirsten and Brooke – there is this TAJIN seasoning for your fruit AND veggies! Spicy! Salty! Lime! Totes, like, amazeballs! It adds a ZING! to everything! I wonder where they get these ideas?
PREVIOUSLY ON TAJIN:
Mas…Hello, gringos! Eat like a Mexican (but we won’t say that)
Visiting Belgrade, Serbia? Mexico is so close! In Burrito! (photos)
Pictures speak a thousand (very orange) palabras, and when it comes to words, we can’t do any better than the self-penned description of Burrito, a Mexican restaurant in Belgrade, Serbia, in the former Yugoslavia, right by the Nikolai Tesla Museum (see map below):
Mas…Visiting Belgrade, Serbia? Mexico is so close! In Burrito! (photos)
Welcome to Hotel Caesar’s, Tijuana! Enjoy your salad (video)
The family of Caesar Cardini still owns and runs Hotel Caesar’s in Tijuana, where Caesar Salad was invented.
Did you know Caesar’s original recipe calls for lime juice, not lemon? Lima, not limon?
¡Que Mexicano!
Los Lobos live: ‘Good Morning Aztlan!’ (video)
Good morning, pochos, and Good Morning Aztlan from Los Lobos, LA’s best band evah.
Cook a hamburguesa or go get one with Salma Hayek? (videos)
What will it be? A home-made “Mexican hamburger” or a ride to Burger Boy in Salma Hayek’s convertible for hamburguesas? We embed, you decide.
Cook a burger:
Mas…Cook a hamburguesa or go get one with Salma Hayek? (videos)
For one night only, the Fresno Grizzlies will be the Fresno Tacos
For one night only, August 6, Triple-A baseball team the Fresno Grizzlies will play as the Fresno Tacos.
Mas…For one night only, the Fresno Grizzlies will be the Fresno Tacos
MundoFox: Get to know your narco cartel leaders (video)
What’s the difference between Medellin cartel jefe El Patron Pablo Escobar and Sinaloa cartel leader El Chapo Guzman? MundoFox has the answers.
Argentine hunter shoots four-fingered ‘gray’ ET, gets abducted
It was a day in the country Alberto Tavernise will never forget. First he shot an alien and then he got snatched.
Mas…Argentine hunter shoots four-fingered ‘gray’ ET, gets abducted
South Carolina KKK Confederate flag march is better with tuba (video)
Earlier this week, in Columbia, South Carolina, Confederate-flag-waving Ku Klux Klan white wingers paraded downtown. The paramilitary-garbed haters were joined by an uninvited sousaphone player who provided ironic musical accompaniment. (A sousaphone is the marching band variety of tuba that wraps around the player, making it easier to carry.) Enjoy the tubalicious music (is that Wagner?) AND the play-by-play commentary from a woman who may also be the videographer/uploader. “Stupid is as stupid does,” she notes. “This is a family tree with no branches.”
Mas…South Carolina KKK Confederate flag march is better with tuba (video)
The secrets of Looney Toons animator Chuck Jones (video)
Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, the Road Runner, Wile E. Coyote, and other Warner Bros, Looney Toons and Merrie Melodies cartoon characters were brought to life by artist Chuck Jones. Here’s a short look at how he made his magic. Chuck Jones – The Evolution of an Artist/a> is by Tony Zhou.
Watch: Mexican Dubwiser: ‘Trouble in My Soul’ (post futuristic cumbia)
The trancifying Trouble in My Soul from self-described “Post Futuristic Rebajada Cumbia Soul Experimenter” Mexican Dubwiser was released two years ago, before POCHO reappeared online. So in case you missed it, or forgot about it, here it is. You’re welcome. 🙂
Mas…Watch: Mexican Dubwiser: ‘Trouble in My Soul’ (post futuristic cumbia)
Watch Alondra de la Parra conduct the Orchestre de Paris
Energetic and expressive Mexican conductor Alondra de la Parra — they call her “la jeune chef mexicaine” — rehearses the Orchestre de Paris in Danzon n°2 by Arturo Márquez, a contemporary Mexican composer.
Madonna’s new NSFW music video ‘Taco Truck Bonita’ is puro L.A.
OOPS, SORRY POCHOS.
THE VIDEO PEOPLE CHANGED THE SETTINGS TO PRIVATE.
IT WAS FUN WHILE IT LASTED!
Mas…Madonna’s new NSFW music video ‘Taco Truck Bonita’ is puro L.A.
Latino? Hispanic? Spanish? What’s the difference? (videos)
Hispanic, Latino and Spanish are often used interchangeably in describing ethnicity. But what’s the right terminology? Feminist, vlogger and “critical thinker” Kat Lazo sets people straight. Nice Venn diagram, too.
Mas…Latino? Hispanic? Spanish? What’s the difference? (videos)
Mexican artist Hector Zamora: Reality and other deceptions (video)
Mexican artist Hector Zamora filled up an exhibit space in the French countryside with empty, boarded-up campers and RVs (they call them caravans over there).
Why, exactly? Julien Zerbone explains:
Mas…Mexican artist Hector Zamora: Reality and other deceptions (video)
When la vida gets too loca: ‘F*ck That: A Guided Meditation’ (video)
When the going gets loco, the loco turn pro with F*ck That: A Guided Meditation, a totally NSFW video from Jason Headley.
This is how Los Angeles welcomed Donald Trump Friday (video)
Dennis J. Romero of LAWeekly.com was on the scene at the Luxe Hotel on Sunset Boulevard in Brentwood Friday afternoon as Donald Trump came to speak to a private GOP gathering:
Donald Trump’s mouth might be the most uncivilized thing to have graced the blue-blood hills of Brentwood, but those reacting to the GOP presidential candidate’s presence in Los Angeles tonight were as civil as afternoon tea.
Mostly.
Mas…This is how Los Angeles welcomed Donald Trump Friday (video)
David Tomas Martinez: ‘The Only Mexican’ (2-minute poetry video)
San Diego homie David Tomas Martinez read his poem The Only Mexican at the Brooklyn Poets Reading Series on April 25.
The molcajete: Mexico’s stone-age cooking tech still rules (video)
The continued popularity of the molcajete (mortar) and companion tejolote (pestle) is a living example of the principle “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.”
Freaky Flowers: Echinopsis Cacti in Bloom (video)
Greg Krehel aka Echinopsis Freak loves Echinopsis Cacti, which are native to South America He hopes you like his cactus video, too:
A montage of a dozen types of Echinopsis cactus flowers blooming. And wilting. And just generally showing off their mind-blowing colors. My favorite cactus flowerings from the 2014 blooming season.
Luminous UFO/OVNI buzzes Colima Volcano on July 4 (video)
Rockets’ red glare? Bombs bursting in air? Nope, just your typical cigar-shaped glowing Objeto Volador No Identificado flying over an erupting Volcan de Colima on July 4.
Is Compton’s El Compa Negro the ‘Eminem of Mexican music’? (video)
Compton native Rhyan Lowery grew up with Mexican friends and Mexican music, and now he sings cumbia as El Compa Negro. Maybe it helps that he can ride a horse. [Video by LAWeekly.]
Luchador boasts: ‘Putin and I will beat Obama and Peña Nieto’ (video)
Luchador El Hijo del Fantasma says he and wrestling partner Vladimir Putin would beat President Obama and Mexican Presidente Enrique Peña Nieto in a tag team match.
Bill Cosby blasts Donald Trump’s comments re ‘Mexican rapists’
(PNS reporting from PHILADELPHIA) Bill Cosby disagrees with Donald Trump’s calling Mexican immigrants rapists.
“I know immigrants, and I know rapists. And believe me, Mr. Trump, immigrants are not rapists,” read a statement released here this morning by Cosby attorney Alberto Gordo.
“Hey hey hey!” the lawyer added.
Cosby photograph by El Rey Del Art.
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Las Cafeteras: This Land Was Made for You and Me (video)
East Los homies Las Cafeteras re-imagined Woody Guthrie’s This Land is Your Land in collaboration with The California Endowment. They all hope for “a brighter future, one which includes #HealthAndJustice4All.”
Mira los new lyrics:
Mas…Las Cafeteras: This Land Was Made for You and Me (video)
Cibelle is a punk from the suburbs: ‘Punk da Periferia’ (video)
Thank God for the Internets and Citizen Uploaders like Scott LaFramenta, who has added English subtitles to the Portuguese stylings of Brazilian-Briton Cibelle and her performance of Gilberto Gil’s Punk da Periferia — punk from the suburbs.
Now it all makes sense! Here’s a recent video of Gil performing the same tune live.
Mas…Cibelle is a punk from the suburbs: ‘Punk da Periferia’ (video)
LatinoUSA: Malinche, Mexico’s Eve, the mother of all mestizos (audio)
Malinche: You love her, you hate her.
LatinoUSA calls her Mexico’s Eve. Antonia Cereijido reports:
La Malinche, often referred to as “the mother of all mestizos” is one of the most controversial figures in Mexican history. She’s been called a traitor and a victim. She was a Nahua woman who acted as interpreter for the conquistadors in the early sixteenth century. She had a child with Hernan Cortes named Martín and he is often called the “first mestizo.” Mestizos are the mixed race people of Mexico that make up 60% of the country. Her legend led to the creation of the term “Malinchista.” A Malinchista is a traitor, or someone who denies their Mexican culture in favor of another.
But since the 1950s, female writers have been trying to reclaim and vindicate the story of La Malinche – not just in Mexico but also here in the U.S. Chicana writers relate to La Malinche. They too are stuck between two cultures: their Mexican heritage and the U.S. culture they live their daily lives in.
Here’s the radio report:
Mas…LatinoUSA: Malinche, Mexico’s Eve, the mother of all mestizos (audio)
David Crosby, David Hidalgo, La Marisoul: The Dead’s ‘Ripple’ (video)
David Crosby of CSN is in there, David Hidalgo of Los Lobos is in there, La Marisoul is in there, Bill Kreutzmann of the Grateful Dead is in there along with a cast of hundreds from around the world in the Playing for Change version of the Dead anthemic Ripple.
Mas…David Crosby, David Hidalgo, La Marisoul: The Dead’s ‘Ripple’ (video)