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TV chef Chris Oh doesn’t like NYC tacos except for chapulines (video)
Bravo celeb chef Chris Oh brings his L.A. taco-loving Asian chef tastebuds to a table of (anonymous) New York tacos looking for that Los Angeles sabor. Those chapulines (grasshoppers), though!
Bidi bidi bom bom! Selena wins La Loteria (toons)
The Food Network says ‘taco cones’ are the ‘new tacos’ (video)
Opinions are like culos; everybody has one. The Food Network is of the opinion that “taco cones” are the “new tacos,” for example, and Christopher Columbus thought he “discovered” a “new world.” Trump thinks he has the best “taco bowls.” Not so fast, you bad hombres! If you circumcise the tips of the cones, what is gonna keep all the juices inside? #fncravings, huh?
Lalo Guerrero: My hyna is named Juana – ‘Marijuana’ (video, lyrics)
Lalo Guerrero, the Father of Chicano Music, loved tortillas and loved to boogie with his chucos suaves homies. He also loved this hyna (jaina) called Juana, as he notes in this 1949 release Marihuana Boogie. She makes him feel like he’s flying!
Mas…Lalo Guerrero: My hyna is named Juana – ‘Marijuana’ (video, lyrics)
Moby is tired, feels it’s all been goin’ wrong (Steve Cutts music video)
Moby and the Void Pacific Choir think everything has been going wrong In This Cold Place. Are they pointing out one Orange Cheeto guy as the guilty party? The so-called “alt reich” hates that shit! [The video by Steve Cutts features amazing homages to classic superheroes, animated TV series, old video games, and even modern anime (especially mecha).]
PREVIOUSLY ON MOBY HAZ THE SADZ VIDEO THEATRE:
Mas…Moby is tired, feels it’s all been goin’ wrong (Steve Cutts music video)
ZZ Top fan ZZ Tom recreates, eats LP cover Mexican dinner (video)
Greatest LP food photo of all time? The Mexican food porn from ZZ Top’s 1973 Tres Hombres album. Austin chef Thomas ZZ Tom Micklethwait recreated this dinner for the cameras and then ate it.
Online commenter KublaConn added these deets:
Mas…ZZ Top fan ZZ Tom recreates, eats LP cover Mexican dinner (video)
Dance your space suits off: ‘Pachanga en la Luna’ (video)
We like the cover art even more than the tune: It’s Los Autenticos, dancing their Moon landing spacesuits off in Pachanga en la Luna.
Mas…Dance your space suits off: ‘Pachanga en la Luna’ (video)
Trump piñata gets gig as carpool lane dummy (photos)
Around Our Town: Puro Party Picks for Father’s Day Weekend 2017
Father and Son Chile-Eating Contest: Quién es más macho? The East Pocho Optimists Club once again sets up shop at Fernando Valenzuela Field for their annual chile-eating contest, which pits father-son teams against each other to see who can ascend the Picante Podium of Pain. The winning team wins even more chiles! Sunday, noon.
Bronche: Angry Bull cocktails (Red Bull, tequila, orange juice) are just $3 and dads get all the Mexican Meatloaf Sliders they want for free on Father’s Day at TGI Viernes in the Rancho Pocho Mall. Sunday 10 AM – 2 PM. Mention my name, Chale Knickerbocker, for a blank stare.
Mas…Around Our Town: Puro Party Picks for Father’s Day Weekend 2017
It’s a classic of Mexican art — La Selfie (toon)
La Selfie is one of the newest additions to my contemporary codices series. The series asks: “If we were still creating codices like our ancestors what would they look like? What would our community look like?”
[More like this @ JakePrendez.com.]
Pittsburgh’s Las Palmas taqueria looks muy rico in Russian (video)
A Russian voiceover lauds the tacos at Las Palmas in Pittsburgh, PA, which seems to be pretty legit, at least on Yelp. Why is the narration in Russian? Get used to it, covfefe!
Bang Data is heading to the stars in ‘Galactica’ (lyrics video)
Even pocho-level bad Espanish is understandable with this new Galactica lyrics video from Bang Data. Someone — we won’t say who — is lookin’ for a love to call their own. The band plays today at L.A.’s Fonda Theatre.
How to make ‘Mexican Chicken’ (Welsh recipe video)
As we consider the ramifications of the United Kingdom’s election yesterday, let us not lose sight of the fact that the U.K. is comprised of three separate entities — England, Scotland, and Wales. In Wales, they speak and write Welsh, with all those long words and weird consonants, and also make taco casseroles.
Mex ex-prez Fox to Trump: Not paying for your wall (NSFW video)
Dear @realDonaldTrump: Here's a friendly reminder from @VicenteFoxQue that Mexico will not pay for your wall. pic.twitter.com/Osg8ZUYLlG
— Super Deluxe (@superdeluxe) June 7, 2017
Mexico’s ex-president Vicente Fox is back with another video message for Donald Trump, just pendejo to pendejo. “You’re fat,” he says, “taco bowls suck, and, by the way, а ты говоришь по русски?” [NSFW F-bomb.]
High fashion lets you look like a cholo – if you have the dinero
Thanks to Professor Eliza Rodriguez Y Gibson who pointed my now-scalded eyes, my scarred Mexican-American soul, to this fantabulous atrocity!
Haute couture non-mexican “cholos”!!!! Holy Baudrillard meets Eddie J. Olmos’s Pachuco — who would be rolling over in his grave if he weren’t still thriving in Hollywood!
Mas…High fashion lets you look like a cholo – if you have the dinero
This video from the Taco Gurú folks is a love letter to tacos
This video is a love letter to tacos from the folks behind the Mexican Taco Gurú app.
Mas…This video from the Taco Gurú folks is a love letter to tacos
The Trump drama makes a fine (Rossini) opera (video)
Rebecca Nelsen (soprano) and Eric Stoklossa (tenor) deliver all the fake news about the 45 Regime in the style of composer Rossini and SNL “Opera Man” Adam Sandler. [Video by Operatico Politico.]
Los Lobos Live: Kiko and the Lavender Moon (video, lyrics)
Is Kiko and the Lavender Moon the best song from Los Lobos best LP? If you’re wondering why the band looks so young in this video — that’s because it’s over 20 years old.
Mira los lyrics:
Mas…Los Lobos Live: Kiko and the Lavender Moon (video, lyrics)
Do cops have what it takes to be superheroes? (toon)
Artist Agustín Martinez writes:
Sometimes I wonder what would happen if the lethargy, and corrupt nature of some police were to rub off onto the superheroes….
Chingones and Chingonas: You’ve got to see ‘Wonder Woman’
Chingones and Chingonas, here’s a movie you’ve got to see. Mujer Maravilla! FOR REAL.
Follow me on this. The original Wonder Woman, Lynda Carter, if you know your Pocho Historia, is a Latina.
In fact she’s a lot like another rarely acknowledged Latina goddess of the screen, Rita Hayworth aka Margarita Cansino.
You like comic books and superhero movies? Of course you do.
Mas…Chingones and Chingonas: You’ve got to see ‘Wonder Woman’
L.A. movie money gives Hamilton chola eyebrows (photo)
Bro: if you’re gonna slip a fake ten at least don’t give Hamilton chola brows. Nice try, though. [Spotted at The Echo Saturday night.]
Saudi Arabia’s FireGrill Mex Kitchen Speed Eating Contest (video)
They’re one part Mexico, one part California and rolled in Arabia where SIZE MATTERS.
Mas…Saudi Arabia’s FireGrill Mex Kitchen Speed Eating Contest (video)
Nancy Sanchez y Marisa Ronstadt: Love as big as the ‘Ocean’ (audio)
Los Angeles singer-songwriter Nancy Sanchez’ new album release American Novio includes this perky love song, Ocean, which features sweet harmonies from (Linda’s cousin) Marisa Ronstadt. Check it out.
Hipster ‘Palm Pies’ or culturally-appropriated empanadas? (video)
In the second episode of Welcome to the Northside, a Denver hipster brings his Palm Pie food cart to the hood, but our hero Mikey Gonzales is skeptical.
Gonzales, a Chicano young professional, just bought a house in this gentrifying neighborhood, but still finds himself searching for home.
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