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Mariachi Entertainment System: ‘Hopelessly Devoted to You’ (video)
The classic oldie from Olivia Newton John and Grease gets a new sound and new look from Mariachi Entertainment System. MES’ Kickstarter is here.
Gentrification: Stop complaining, STFU, and GTFO (NSFW video)
The Latino Comedy Project has selflessly written, produced, and uploaded Gentrification Explained, just so you’ll understand why you need to STFU and GTFO. [NSFW language.]
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Mas…Gentrification: Stop complaining, STFU, and GTFO (NSFW video)
In the midst of so much inequality: Ode to the Class of 2017
Delivered to graduating seniors and their families at Pomona College’s Class Day
It’s great to be here today
to recognize you all in this way
I want to be here fully in celebration
but I can’t without first naming some realizations
I offer these reflections
with all humility
in the lessons you’ve taught me, class of 2017
Please know, I didn’t set out to rhyme
that’s just how the words flowed this time
The severity of the issues remain
I just speak them with little academic refrain
Mas…In the midst of so much inequality: Ode to the Class of 2017
This may be the prettiest tamales video ever
Evenuelto en Hojas in Quintana Roo specializes in tamales made with amor, and atole. How can you go wrong? [Video by Mariana de la Rosa.]
Making tacos de lengua at Tacos Rocha in Nuevo León, MX
In this pilot for a web series called Micro Bites spotlighting “unusual” Mexican dishes, we watch the preparation of beef tongue tacos. Eduardo Ramirez takes us along for tacos de lengua at Tacos Rocha, in Sabinas Hidalgo, Nuevo León, in northeast Mexico, an hour south of Laredo. Flour or corn, with a side of borracho beans.
Little Pedro and the Street Singers explain ‘Spanish America’ (video)
In “Spanish America”, supposed kid singers explain how tortillas are corn bread and frijoles are what’s for lunch:
From the Children’s Record Guild 78, released circa early 1950s. With David Pfeffer as Pedro, also with Sally Sweetland, Earl Rogers, Lee Sweetland, Denise Alexander and David Anderson. Music by Miguel Sandoval. Story by L. Paris.
Can this burrito get to Super Burrito in Rockaway Beach? (video)
As near as we can tell from this minute-long video, Super Burrito is coming soon to Rockaway Beach, Queens, on the south shore of Lon Gisland.
Rockaway Beach? That’s where the Ramones used to party:
Mas…Can this burrito get to Super Burrito in Rockaway Beach? (video)
London’s Mestizo Mexican Market: Serapes, calacas, y salsas (video)
Stuck in London without a rebozo? Salsa-less in Soho? Caught without a calaca? Stop by the Mestizo Mexican Market — next door to Mestizo Restaurant & Tequila Bar on Hampstead Road in Kings Cross — for all your arte, comida, y ropas requirements.
Cutty Flam’s latest prom punk rola “Runaway” is EZ 2 dance 2 (audio)
POCHO amigos Cutty Flam, the alt.rock.band from your black-and-white-retro future, asked us a pregunta on the Twitter:
Do you want a new Prom Punk Rola to dance with your Angel Baby?
Why, yes we do! Here is the latest from these local faves: Runaway. Now send the Angel Baby, por fa.
Speedy-bi Speedy-bo, die schnellste Maus von Mexiko! (lyrics, videos)
With Germany’s Angela Merkel the new leader of the “Free World,” we thought it was time to brush up on our German, so we asked Mexico’s Fastest Mouse, Speedy Gonzales, for help. Take it away, Speedy el Maus!
Übergrosser gelber Sombrero, weisser Poncho, weisse Hose und ein rotes Halstuch. Das ist Speedy Gonzales, Die schnellste Maus von Mexiko.
Dank seiner ungeheuren Schnelligkeit überlistet er seine Hauptgegner, den tollpatschigen Kater Sylvester und die glücklose Ente Duffy Duck noch und nöcher. "Arriba! Arriba! Andale! Andale!" ruft er mit seinem übertrieben starken mexikanischen Akzent und zischt ab wie eine Rakete.
Mira los lyrics:
Mas…Speedy-bi Speedy-bo, die schnellste Maus von Mexiko! (lyrics, videos)
Around Our Town: Where to go, what to do on Mother’s Day weekend
BRUNCH: Nothing makes for a mellow mom like the All You Can Drink Micheladas Mother’s Day Brunch at stylish Bar Racho at the Ritchie Valens Hilton on East Olmos Boulevard.
Executive Jefe Gustaco Naranjero once again promises his extensive buffet featuring a soft and hard taco station, the always-popular Holy Habanero salsa challenge and the spectacular Flan Fountain.
New this year is the Fusion Fiesta featuring creations like the Banh Mi Burrito, the Tamales de Lox and the Philly Cheesesteak Chimichangas. Don’t miss the free giveaway of the new mini Tapatio espray bottles for when you absolutely, positively need to spice stuff up.
Mas…Around Our Town: Where to go, what to do on Mother’s Day weekend
These are tacos al pastor, en estilo Boricua (video)
Check out the tacos al pastor at Uikú de Boriken, Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico (Boricua).
POCHO Rock History: The Blendells ‘La La La La La’ (video)
In 1964, East Los Angeles pochos The Blendells had a hit with a Latin-tinged cover of Stevie Wonder’s La La La La La.
So you want to turn avocados into guacamole? Watch this video!
Hey kids! Here’s a video about how to make guacamole, with your host and chef Tio Choko.
Looks legit! Tacos al pastor in Copenhagen, Denmark (video)
When you’re serving up tacos al pastor in the meat packing district (Kødbye) of old town Copenhagen, Denmark, they’ve got to be delicioso, amiright? These look legit. Also that word “Kødbye” means brown, so it’s all good. [Video by Gabriel Miranda.]
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Mas…Looks legit! Tacos al pastor in Copenhagen, Denmark (video)
Nam nam? Spanish ‘Tapas’ magazine features Trump on cover (photo)
¿Cuáles son los platos favoritos de los amos del mundo? ¿Y del presidente @realDonaldTrump? Averígualo en el nuevo número de @TapasMagazine. pic.twitter.com/cyuybb1kCa
— Tapas Magazine (@TapasMagazine) May 3, 2017
Bananas. Ham? Baloney? Salami at the bottom? We haven’t seen an actual print copy. Have you?
We like these entries in the #MyOREOCreation Twitter contest! (toons)
POCHO amiga Bernadette Rivero — top cookie at Cortez Brothers, a creative broadcast production company — shared two concepts for the #MyOreoCreation contest on the Twitter.
We asked her what was up with that. Here’s what she emailed back:
Mas…We like these entries in the #MyOREOCreation Twitter contest! (toons)
Party too much on Cinco de Mayo? This workout is for you! (video)
Feeling stuffed and disgustingly fat after Cinco de Mayo? All those tacos, chips, salsa, cerveza, y tequila add up! We recommend crunches. [Video by Adam Rozanski.]
I have been awaiting Anthony Bourdain’s “Parts Unknown” all my life
I have been waiting for something like Anthony Bourdain’s Parts Unknown all my life.
Really.
The CNN season premiere April 30 was a watershed moment for Chicanos and Mexican Americans.
Here’s what I Tweeted the night I saw it:
The show asked people like me what it’s like to be who we are and I never thought anyone would ever care enough to ask. @PartsUnknownCNN
— dolores quintana (@doloresquintana) May 1, 2017
Mas…I have been awaiting Anthony Bourdain’s “Parts Unknown” all my life
L.A. OGs WAR (the ORIGINAL band): ‘Cinco de Mayo’ (1981 complete)
This 1981 single from WAR was the first time many non-Latinos heard of Cinco de Mayo. This photo shows the original guys at the Sunset Grill (7439 Sunset, next to their offices (Far Out Productions) at 7417 Sunset. The Guitar Center swallowed up 7417 a while back.
L-R: Charles Miller (sax, RIP), Lonnie Jordan (keyboards, the only original member in the new so-called WAR), Howard Scott (guitar, Lowrider Band), Harold Brown (drums, Lowrider Band), BB Dickerson (bass, Lowrider Band), Lee Oskar (harmonica, Lowrider Band). Not pictured, Papa Dee (RIP, percussion).
Mas…L.A. OGs WAR (the ORIGINAL band): ‘Cinco de Mayo’ (1981 complete)
Orale! All your Cinco de Mayo memes in one click-bait listicle! (toons)
We scraped the dark corners of the Internets to bring you these classic Cinco de Mayo graphic memes, and boy do we need a shower!
Please like and share!
Willy Wonka:
Matrix Morpheus:
Mas…Orale! All your Cinco de Mayo memes in one click-bait listicle! (toons)
Tia Lencha’s Cocina: Cinco de Mayo fruity virgin Micheladas for ju
Hola! Is Tia Lencha here.
I going to help ju make a new drink for Cinco de Mayo. Is fruity and a virgin. Ju know, with no beers. Get jur mind out of the trash can, cochinos!
I think of the new drink when mijo ask me to taste my watermelons michelada. I think to myself, what if he like it? Will he want to drink beers? I don’t want him to be like mijo’s daddy who drink beers and fall asleep in the tub with his chonies wet with his own pee pee (thas urine for ju pochos). So I make mijo a drink, one that is virgin, and he taste it and he like it, and I taste it and I like it.
Mas…Tia Lencha’s Cocina: Cinco de Mayo fruity virgin Micheladas for ju
Happy Star Wars Day: May the Fourth Be With You! (toons y videos)
A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, POCHO Jefe-in-Chief Lalo Alcaraz brought Star Wars into the La Cucaracha universe. And the Fourth was with him…and with you!
Mas…Happy Star Wars Day: May the Fourth Be With You! (toons y videos)
Joseph Campbell: Everyone ❤️ ‘Star Wars’ because myths (video)
Star Wars creator George Lucas re-imagined universal myths, and that’s why the films resonate with audiences, according to Bill Moyer’s 1988 interview with The Power of Myth author Joseph Campbell.
Mas…Joseph Campbell: Everyone ❤️ ‘Star Wars’ because myths (video)
Los Cenzontles cover Dylan’s ‘Hey, Mr. Tambourine Man’ (audio)
Raza roots collective Los Cenzontles strip Bob Dylan’s Hey, Mr. Tambourine Man back to the basics (the lyrics) and then build it back up en estilo Latino. That’s Eugene Rodriguez, vocals, Lucina Rodriguez and Fabiola Trujillo, chorus, Emiliano Rodriguez, bass, Carlos Caro, bongo, shaker, guiro, tambourine, and Silvestre Martinez, cajon, congas.
DID YOU KNOW?
Bruce Langhorne, Bob Dylan’s long-time guitarist, and the inspiration for Mr. Tambourine Man, died recently.
Mas…Los Cenzontles cover Dylan’s ‘Hey, Mr. Tambourine Man’ (audio)