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Russia is sending their best: Trololo Guy to sing at inauguration (video)
(PNS reporting from Москва) Stepping in to fill an entertainment lineup devoid of anyone artistic, famous, or beloved, Donald Trump backer Vladimir Putin is sending his country’s top singer to perform at next week’s Inauguration Ball.
Mas…Russia is sending their best: Trololo Guy to sing at inauguration (video)
Video: Peep this ‘Thai-Mex Street Food’ – in the Philippines!
It’s Thai food! It’s Mexican food! It’s in the Philippines! Step right up for your pad thai nachos at El Phante Thai-Mex Street Food, #12 1st Street, Kapitolyo, Pasig, Philippines. You can’t miss it: It’s the only place that has a logo showing an elephant wearing a sombrero.
But if you do, here’s a map so you don’t get lost:
Mas…Video: Peep this ‘Thai-Mex Street Food’ – in the Philippines!
They say this taquero has the best food truck in New York (video)
Is this taco truck The Best Food Truck in NYC?
New York’s Vendy Awards are local Oscars for food, especially for food trucks. Meet Felix, the owner of 2016 Vendy Award winner Tacos El Rancho in Brooklyn. [Video by Columbia University journalism grad student Belén Smole.]
…and that’s how they make tortillas in Mexico City, D.F. (video)
Ritual ordinario mixes the sounds of Mexican streets with visuals of the process of making, baking, and selling tortillas. This video was shot and the ambient audio recorded in Mercado Cartagena in Mexico City, D.F. [Video by Ricardo Martinez Roa.]
Unclear on the concept? Two vids for Tink-A-Tāko Mexican Food & Bar
Tink-A-Tāko? TAY-KOH? What the heck is a tāko? Is it a San Antonio accent thing? Here’s a second Tink-A-Tako commercial with the same pronunciation:
Mas…Unclear on the concept? Two vids for Tink-A-Tāko Mexican Food & Bar
What are they smoking? Israeli bands want to ‘Legal Eyes’ it (video)
Two top Israeli bands — HaDag Nahash (snake fish) and Infected Mushroom — have One Love: Marijuana. In Legal Eyes, an animated, live-action mashup, they invoke marijuana mavens Snoop Dogg*, Bob Marley*, and Barack Obama.* [NSFW adult lyrics, “drug” use.]
* Animated versions of.
Chipotle to sell cannabis in California, Colorado, Oregon
(PNS reporting from DENVER) Chipotle Mexican Grill is planning to introduce cannabis-based comida in California, Colorado and Oregon later this year, PNS has learned. The decision follows recreational marijuana’s legalization in the Golden State, which now joins its two neighbors on America’s High Frontier.
The new vegan/vegetarian product — dubbed Mota Al Pastor — will replace the reviled Sofrita tofu-based mock meat mezcla that has insulted palates since the chain’s opening. Mota al Pastor will be served in burritos, in tacos, and as a topping for nachos.
Mas…Chipotle to sell cannabis in California, Colorado, Oregon
In Oaxaca, the Zapotecs include a third gender: Muxes (video)
In the indigenous communities around the town of Juchitán de Zaragoza, Oaxaca, the world is not divided simply into males and females. The local Zapotec people have made room for a third category, they call Muxes – men who consider themselves women and live in a socially-sanctioned limbo between the two genders. [Video by Ivan Olita.]
The Pocho Ocho craziest cosas we found in our 2017 Rosca de Reyes
Today is Three Kings Day, Dia de Los Reyes Magos, AKA Epiphany, the day when Los Tres Reyes dropped by the manger to gift up the original Anchor Baby, El Baby Jesus.
Check out the Pocho Ocho Craziest Things we found in the Rosca de Reyes here at the POCHO world headquarters:
8. Rosca’s Chicken and Waffles
7. Rockettes seeking asylum
6. 300-puund Яusski hacker
Mas…The Pocho Ocho craziest cosas we found in our 2017 Rosca de Reyes
Electronic news delivery: Can it be done? (1934 toon)
Television Newspaper: Rather than: ‘Can it be done?’ we might ask: ‘When will it be done?’ Can it be Done? syndicated comic, Scoops magazine UK (1934/1935). Toon via Atomic Flash.
Extra sweet Los Tres Reyes Magos cartoons en Español
¡Feliz Dia de Los Magos! And Epiphany. And Dia de Los Tres Reyes.
En Ingles for you pochos: The first documented case of stage names…And what do you guys think of ‘Melchior, Gaspar, and Balthazar’? It just feels like ‘Hugo, Paco, and Luis’ lack punch.”
Joan Miró art, Federico García Lorca words: The Sleepwalker (video)
A surrealist journey through colors and shapes inspired by the poem Romance Sonámbulo by Federico García Lorca. Visual poetry in the rhythm of fantastic dreams and passionate nights inspired by the biomorphism of Joan Miró. [short film by Theodore Ushev.]
Mas…Joan Miró art, Federico García Lorca words: The Sleepwalker (video)
Watch: Are these the cheesiest tacos in NYC (Brooklyn, actually)?
The Guadalupe Inn in Brooklyn is all about the Queso Fundido.
Houston: We have tacos! (‘Tacos en el espacio’) [video]
Houston: We’ve got tacos — in space!
What is it? Huge 3-fingered ‘alien’ hand found in Peru (videos, photos)
First the Peruvians found an elongated unearthly skull. And now comes an astonishing new discovery: A strange, huge, 3-fingered hand.
Less that two months after the revelation of the discovery in Peru of a tiny humanoid head comes another strange finding that is less humanoid and more alien-like. The hand has only three long fingers – no thumb – and has other strange characteristics that make its identity difficult. Does it belong to an alien who can no longer give its buddies a high-three? Are elongated fingers a sign the being also had an elongated skull?
Mas…What is it? Huge 3-fingered ‘alien’ hand found in Peru (videos, photos)
Los Villalobos: ‘Auld Lang Syne, El Corrido Del Año’ (video)
Have A Corrido New Year!
51 Years Ago in East Los: ‘Happy New Year Baby’ from The Sisters
Fifty-one years go – 1965 – big hair and girl groups were what all the cool kids dug in East Los Angeles.
Sisters Rosella, Ersi, and Mary Arvizu believed they could be the next Supremes — even before there were Supremes. They called themselves The Sisters.
Mark Guerrero, son of Chicano music legend Lalo Guerrero, tells the story:
Mas…51 Years Ago in East Los: ‘Happy New Year Baby’ from The Sisters
‘Highland Park’: Binge-watch all the episodes right here! (NSFW videos)
Have you been watching Highland Park on the YouTube? We’ve got all the episodes right here for your binge-watching convenience. You can start with this trailer (above), or dive right in (below). [NSFW. Adult situations, language.]
In Episode 1, Los Angeles locals Juanita and Diego had a holy vision in Highland Park. Who knew Tonantzin, Aztec mother goddess, had a cousin named Concepción?
Mas…‘Highland Park’: Binge-watch all the episodes right here! (NSFW videos)
On New Year’s Eve: Hotel Vijai Paradise Mexican Dinner ௹250 rupees
A delicious Mexican New Year Dinner Buffet is a mere ௹250 (rupees) (~$3.67) at Hotel Vijai Paradise, a government classified two-star business class hotel with two banquet halls and bar located in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India. Try the “Mexican Spicy Chicken (Gravy)”!
Here’s the complete menu:
Mas…On New Year’s Eve: Hotel Vijai Paradise Mexican Dinner ௹250 rupees
A star is born…and then: ‘Forgotten Heroes’ (video)
Stars are born … and then they fade. Forgotten Heroes by Pudim is a short film made for Comic Con Brazil, produced by Stink São Paulo.
Is this the worst taqueria video of 2016? Spoiler: It’s from France
Is this the worst online taqueria video of 2016? Spoiler: No tacos were filmed in the making of this O’tacos video. P.S.: It’s from France.
It looks like O’tacos offers a “Philly” taco (suspiciously burrito-looking) which includes provolone cheese and grilled onions. How do they say “cheesesteak” in France?
Mas…Is this the worst taqueria video of 2016? Spoiler: It’s from France












