California cultural ambassador Joseph Alvarado wants you to learn How To Dance Like A Mexican.
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COMIC SAENZ
Chipotle warns of climate-change-caused avocado shortage
If the Planet Earth continues to heat up, that’s bad news for avocados, the Chipotle Mexican Grill people warn. Bottom line? Your guac might be fuacked.
The fast food chain goes through 97,000 pounds of avocados every day, and they’re concerned.
From The Smithsonian Magazine:
Mas…Chipotle warns of climate-change-caused avocado shortage
El Chapo Chronicles: Too many Guzmans confuse New Jersey Jews’ news
(PNS reporting from LAKEWOOD, NJ) The story was confusing for the few Ultra-Orthodox Jews who get their world news from The Lakewood Shopper, a free “penny saver” community weekly newspaper published here.
The Shopper mistakenly included a photo of actor Luis Guzman in a story about Mexico’s arrest of drug cartel kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman.
Mas…El Chapo Chronicles: Too many Guzmans confuse New Jersey Jews’ news
12-second educational video: How to say ‘Chicano’ in English
It is important that one pronounce “Chicano” properly, is it not, Sir?
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Mas…12-second educational video: How to say ‘Chicano’ in English
‘Game of Thrones’ inspires exotic pet cross breed chupacabras
Claude Griffen, from Gotcha Pest Control in Houston, knows ’em when he see ’em.
The mysterious chupacabra sightings plaguing this Texas city, he says, are encounters with weird cross breed pets inspired by television.
Reliable source Disinfo.com reports:
“It was very vicious, very long, longer than a human,” said Claude Griffen from Gotcha Pest control, who was brought into check out the photos. “It was a pretty big animal, very well fed.”
Houston animal control officials said they have heard of people trying to breed dogs that look like so-called direwolves from the TV show Game of Thrones.
Mas…‘Game of Thrones’ inspires exotic pet cross breed chupacabras
Mexican immigrants wash Chicago’s glass houses in ‘Paraíso’ (video)
Dangling from ropes on the sides of Chicago’s tallest skyscrapers, a crew of immigrant Mexican window washers faces death every working day. That’s why they embrace life. They’re both Paradise (Paraíso.) [Spanish with English subtitles.]
Art ‘Chicano Soul’ Meza loves the ‘Lowriting’ (audio)
POCHO’s favorite photographer — Art Meza AKA Chicano Soul — tells KCRW’s Lisa Napoli about his first book, Lowriting. Lowrider culture, the Echo Park native says, reflects pride in your heritage and pride in your community.
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti likes his Art Meza photo of the iconic Sixth Street Bridge:
Brazil team preps for next Winter Olympics (video)
While the rest of the world focuses on Carnaval in Brazil, and the upcoming World Cup, dedicated Brazilian athletes have begun training for the next Winter Games.
John Vargas looks like a Mexican who could disembowel you (video)
Standup comic John Vargas looks Mexican (whatever that means) but he talks funny. [NSFW language.]
So did you hear about George Lopez at the Oscars? (toon)
Based on a Matt Groening toon Tweeted by The Simpsons. [Click on the image to enlarge.]
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Mas…So did you hear about George Lopez at the Oscars? (toon)
To live outside the law you must be honest: ‘Border Stories’ (video)
“To live outside the law you must be honest,” Bob Dylan wrote. For two guys crossing into the U.S. from Mexico without papers, that’s easier said than done.
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Mas…To live outside the law you must be honest: ‘Border Stories’ (video)
Chilango hipsters turn trash into music: Orquesta Basura (video)
In Mexico City, the cool kids are making their own instruments — and music — out of discarded items with the Orquesta Basura.
Where in the US is Carmen Sandiego? And WTF is she saying?
Courtesy of Tio Sam’s United States Census.gov is this screen capture of Mexican-American distribution in the USA. Click here for an interactive map of other “Latino/Hispanic” ethnicities. Spoiler: Most Cuban-Americans are in Florida. [Click image to enlarge.]
Mas…Where in the US is Carmen Sandiego? And WTF is she saying?
Paco De Lucia: ‘Tico Tico’ (video)
Famed Spanish flamenco guitarist Paco De Lucia just shreds in this version of the classic Tico Tico. RIP.
Everything is possible ‘En Tus Brazos’ (video)
He was El Rey de Tango until the tragic accident. Will he ever dance again?
¡Hasta luego, El Chapo! (toon)
(Based on a stunning World War II American government propaganda poster, Americanos Todos, by Luis Helguera. Click on the image for the full-sized hi-res version.)
The man who turned into an ‘Elefante’ (video)
That awkward moment when you turn into an elephant. I hate when that happens! [Spanish with English captions.]
Will the wolves survive? (Yellowstone, Los Lobos videos)
The survival of the wolves is a critical for Yellowstone National Park
…and Los Lobos:
Mas…Will the wolves survive? (Yellowstone, Los Lobos videos)
No joke! Kid gets la chancla after pranking his mom (NSFW video)
Rico thinks it would be funny to turn on his web cam and tell his mother he got his girlfriend pregnant. Mom thinks Rico needs la chancla. [NSFW adult language.]
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Mas…No joke! Kid gets la chancla after pranking his mom (NSFW video)
Gustavo Arellano tells radio about all about tacos (video)
Sonali Kolhatkar of Uprising Radio asks Gustavo Arellano about his book Taco USA: How Mexican Food Conquered America and Gus is full of answers.
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Mas…Gustavo Arellano tells radio about all about tacos (video)
White privilege explained in a great comic
This white privilege comic is awesome.
Unfortunately, Internet trolls and racists ran off the poor girl who created it.
You can see the whole thing here, and we promise it’s worth the click!
In Ojai, garbage man Manuel Sanchez delivers joy (video)
Garbage/trash/recyclable truck driver Manuel Sanchez, in Ojai, California, has a fan in young Daniel, an autistic boy on his route. Daniel likes to watch the truck’s weekly, predictable routine. But no one was happier than Daniel when Sanchez got out of his truck with a surprise.
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Mas…In Ojai, garbage man Manuel Sanchez delivers joy (video)
A message from the President of the United States (videos)
Ladies and gentlemen, please rise as we welcome the President of the United States.
AND FROM THE BLACK PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES:
Mas…A message from the President of the United States (videos)
Classic Elise @Buttronica Roedenbeck: ‘Mija Weekly Valentine’ (video)
It’s Valentine’s Day with Elise Roedenbeck (AKA @Buttronica on the Twitter) in this 2013 episode of Mija Weekly! Fall in love all over again with drones, skimpy outfits, GOP immigrant-haters and learn the true meaning of Valentine’s Day. And, says Elise, try not to go into a diabetic coma.
Where is Elise now, you ask?
Mas…Classic Elise @Buttronica Roedenbeck: ‘Mija Weekly Valentine’ (video)
RealLifeStarter: Raise money to help your ‘kids’ get real (video)
Check out RealLifeStarter, a new crowdfunding web site that allows you to bribe adult children into finally giving up their unrealistic, “creative” dreams.
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Mas…RealLifeStarter: Raise money to help your ‘kids’ get real (video)
V-Day Movie Super-cut: Loving you is easy ’cause you’re beautiful
Loving you…is easy ’cause you’re beautiful, as this “super-cut” of creepy movie kisses shows. La la la la la la la.
Don’t let this happen to you! ‘Valentine’s Day Hangover’ (video)
“If you can’t be with the one you love, love the one you’re with” may be good advice, but can there be too much of a good thing? Happy Valentime’s Day to all the lovers!
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Mas…Contribute to POCHO, get discovered, become rich and famous*
Colombia hipsters take off their pants for freedom (video)
Do you pochos know the Post hoc ergo propter hoc logical fallacy? It’s an argument — a false one — that asserts that if one event follows another, the first event caused the second.
Thank God it’s a fallacy. Two weeks ago POCHO’s Subcommandanta del Ñews Sara Inés Calderón was in Colombia. And then, over the weekend, Colombian hipsters were marching down the streets of Medellin in their chonies.
@SaraChicaD has a Latina Valentine’s Day dilemma (video)
Sara Inés Calderón — POCHO’s Subcommandanta del Ñews and @SaraChicaD on the Tuiter — is facing Valentine’s Day without a boyfriend, a novio. Her grandmother recommends a statue of St. Anthony, the marriage saint; with San Antonio, according to her abuela, she won’t miss the love train.
Gringo explains: Taco Bell is not Mexican food (NSFW video)
Gringo Patrick DeGuire grew up in Southern California so he knows his comida mexicana [NSFW adult humor.]
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Mas…Gringo explains: Taco Bell is not Mexican food (NSFW video)
Los Beatles: ‘And I Love Her’ (Cantada al Español) [video]
Fifty years ago tonight, pop music was reborn when four lads from Liverpool astounded America with their debut performance on the Ed Sullivan Show. They write their own songs, you say? They play their own instruments? They sing, too? In the era of Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello and manufactured “teen entertainment,” the Beatles were revolutionary. In this fan-dub video, the lovable Mop Tops sing a (deservedly obscure?) Spanish version of And I Love Her.
Los Beatles weren’t universally popular, however. The band’s debut was “appallingly unmusical” and “destined to fade away,” critics wrote.