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Sal and Isela’s song for a farmworker: ‘Sudor (Sweat)’ (video)
It’s hard work, but somebody’s got to do it. Califas balladeers Sal and Isela tell the story of a farmworker in Sudor (Sweat).
Mira los lyrics:
Mas…Sal and Isela’s song for a farmworker: ‘Sudor (Sweat)’ (video)
Another toon from Chicago’s anti-Trump demonstration
Last week, when Chicago students organized to protest a Donald Trump campaign rally, some demonstrators carried big prints of this image, by Carlos Barbarena. Our Spanish isn’t perfect, but apparently Carlos was making a point about the Donald and his hair.
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Artisanal organic Oaxaca mezcal? Take my dinero please (video)
Alberto Martinez, an agave farmer and mezcal distiller in Oaxaca, makes his traditional liquor the old fashioned way. Nikki Vargas (photo) has the story.
El Vez live at the Tiki Oasis: He’s going to ‘Aztlan’ (videos, toon)
The Tiki Oasis, San Diego, Califas 2014: El Vez is going to Aztlan — that’s where he wants to be. “The Mexican Elvis” (real name Robert Lopez) is from Chula Vista, Califas, so he’s already there. POCHO world headquarters — in East Los — tambien!
Here’s the studio version, from his album Gracias Land:
Mas…El Vez live at the Tiki Oasis: He’s going to ‘Aztlan’ (videos, toon)
Carry your assault rifle ammo magazine in a TACO® (video)
Need a professional grade tactical pouch for your assault rifle ammunition magazine, knife, scope or multitool? Do you like Cordura™ and polymers? Have we got a TACO® for you! Made in America!
Versifying in Texas: Rossy Evelin Lima is a poet on a mission (video)
Rossy Evelin Lima is an award-winning Mexican poet and linguist. She spoke at TEDxMcallen last year about her experience as an immigrant writer in the U.S. Her website is is here.
Dear Donald: Here’s my audition tape for your Internet video
Remember how Donald Trump or somebody like him put out a casting call for a Latina to play the Donald’s executive assistant in an internet video?
SoCal actor Diana Burbano sent in this audition tape.
Ethical issues? Ask your doctor if MORALAX® is right for you (video)
Are you having issues with ethical problems at work? Trouble reconciling a decent and moral life with actual reality? Stuck in world where your conscience and scruples are keeping you down? Ask your doctor if MORALAX® is right for you.
MORALAX® is brought to you by the makers of COCKBLOK® — Stop those ignorant cat-calls now! (video).
AAA Fresno Grizzlies (aka Fresno Tacos) celebrate ‘Three Amigos’
Triple-A baseball team the Fresno Grizzlies will celebrate the 30th anniversary of the hit comedy Three Amigos with special caps and jerseys this summer. Last year, the Grizzlies became the Fresno Tacos for just one night.
The Major League Baseball website has the story:
Mas…AAA Fresno Grizzlies (aka Fresno Tacos) celebrate ‘Three Amigos’
Profe ‘Memo’ Nericcio sits in chair, goes to Laredo’s Mami Chula (videos)
POCHO amigo and contributor William A. “Memo” Nericcio is a professor of English and Comparative Literature at San Diego State University. The school him sat down in the red chair and shot this video, and we’re glad they did.
Did you know that Memo LITERALLY WROTE THE BOOK on our hero Speedy Gonzales?
And since it’s #TBT Throwback Thursday, let’s go back to 2010 when Memo kicked off his blog with a video of his visit to Mami Chula Drive-Thru Beer Run in Laredo, Texas:
Mas…Profe ‘Memo’ Nericcio sits in chair, goes to Laredo’s Mami Chula (videos)
Costa Rica man freaks out at concept of ‘too much’ Lizano Sauce
(PNS reporting from PAVAS, COSTA RICA) Jose Valdez slipped into an existential crisis Tuesday after he spent the majority of his lunch hour at a neighborhood soda staring at his untouched bowl of rice and deeply debating whether he could physically add more Salsa Lizano to his already drenched platter.
The crisis began when Valdez, 21, uncorked the plastic bottle of Costa Rica’s famous, tangy, vegetable poop-colored condiment and realized he could no longer even see the white Uncle Ben’s rice served with his casado dish, which featured other culinary innovations such as beans and breaded fish. At that point, Valdez, with his hand visibly shaking as he gripped the Lizano bottle, had what he referred to as an epiphany-like “Diay, Mae” moment.
Mas…Costa Rica man freaks out at concept of ‘too much’ Lizano Sauce
Hey Vato! Chuy and Angie discuss modern gender roles (NSFW video)
Hey Vato’s Chuy is hungry so asks his sister Angie to make some food, because that’s what women do, right? Angie is not in complete agreement. [NSFW adult language.]
YungBlu has written a ‘Letter to Donald Trump’ (music video)
Dear Don: You’ve got mail — Inland Empire (Califas) rapper YungBlu’s Letter to Donald Trump. And if you’re having trouble getting the message, Donald, YungBlu is on Facebook, the web and the Twitter.
All I wanted was a quinceañera – instead I turned white (video)
POCHO’s Elise Valderrama is a Peruvian-American who moved to Florida as kid. That’s where she learned it’s not so easy being white.
Mexclusive Sneak Peak: ‘Cochina’ (Chapter 1) by Jaime Martinez
Author Jaime Martinez’s COCHINA (Amazon link) tells the story of “…sisters Marisol, Josephina and Lola, who have have defied every odd except one. Each of the beautiful women has achieved various levels of success that pulled them out of the projects into lavish living. Unfortunately, issues with men that reach all the way back to their teen years threaten to tear them apart. Secrets, envy and dishonesty nearly destroy them, but when dark deeds come to light and romances fizzle, their only solace is found in each other.”
Chapter One:
LOLA
Should auld acquaintance be forgot
Mas…Mexclusive Sneak Peak: ‘Cochina’ (Chapter 1) by Jaime Martinez
Los Salvajes (The Savages): ‘Downpressor Sh1tstem’ (NSFW music video)
O.C. Chican@ activists-artists-musicians Salvajes’ new music video Downpressor Shitstem has a message: “Stand up for your rights and f___ the police!” [NSFW. language.]
San Diego: This carnitas/torta/waffle is ‘available to everyone’ (photo)
This Bruxie chicken and waffles restaurant — near the college home of the Aztecs, the campus of San Diego State University — wants you to know their Aztec Meal Deal Carnitas “Torta” is “Available to Everyone!”
Also, you can double down on the waffle thang with waffle fries.
A musical reminder from Alice Bag: “‘No!’ means ‘No!'” (video, lyrics)
L.A. punk pioneer Alice Bag (plus friends Allison Wolfe and Rhea Tepp) want to remind the boys that No Means No.
Check out the lyrics:
Mas…A musical reminder from Alice Bag: “‘No!’ means ‘No!’” (video, lyrics)
Kid Frost: He fought for ‘La Raza,’ he’s now fighting cancer (video)
Let’s all thank L.A. homie Arturo Molina Jr. — you may know him as Kid Frost — for keeping it real since the 1990’s epic La Raza. And please let’s everybody send some pocho power vibes his way to help him fight a cancer diagnosis. [Adult language, situations, NSFW]
Mas…Kid Frost: He fought for ‘La Raza,’ he’s now fighting cancer (video)
In bid for hillbilly vote, The Donald announces ‘Trump Acres’ (video)
Former Arkansas First Lady Hillary Clinton can’t compete with Country Donald when it comes to Dixie appeal! Watch as he announces his newest self-branded resort — Trump Acres.
The Gunfather – Padre Pistolas – is Mexico’s pistol-packing priest (video)
That’s why they call him the Gunfather.
Mexican priest Jesus Alfredo Gallegos Lara packed a Colt .45 pistol beneath his vestments Saturday as he celebrated mass at a church in Chucandiro, Michoacan.
Mas…The Gunfather – Padre Pistolas – is Mexico’s pistol-packing priest (video)
Live from the backseat of a lowrider: Xenia Rubinos ‘Just Like I’ (video)
Not only is she singing her alternative butt off, but she’s also playing her Fender bass in the back seat of a lowrider with her drummer. Clearly, Xenia Rubinos is Just Like I. [NSFW stealth F-bomb,]
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Mas…Live from the backseat of a lowrider: Xenia Rubinos ‘Just Like I’ (video)
Arturo’s BBQ – the food truck – is the Fresh Grill of Bel Air (video)
Mis amigos Ricardo and Arturo are feeding a lot of hungry people at Arturo’s BBQ on the south side of Mulholland Drive east of the 405 Freeway in Upper Bel Air.
Their six-month-old upscale food truck, parked around the corner from American Jewish University, serves grilled tri-tip, baby back ribs, chicken, half-pound hamburguesas, salmon, and burritos, tacos, tortas, and even ceviche. We visited one morning last week — before the lunch rush started — to see wassup. [Disclosure: They have insisted on treating me to lunch. Twice.]
Mas…Arturo’s BBQ – the food truck – is the Fresh Grill of Bel Air (video)
Brazilian artist’s not-so-holy statues called ‘blasphemous’ (photos)
Artist Ana Smile has people all offended in Brazil, but she thinks they need to just chill.
Mas…Brazilian artist’s not-so-holy statues called ‘blasphemous’ (photos)
NASA astronaut Scott Kelly makes a chicken taco – in space! (video)
It’s not easy, making a chicken taco while floating weightlessly in the International Space Station, but NASA astronaut Scott Kelly is determined.
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Mas…NASA astronaut Scott Kelly makes a chicken taco – in space! (video)






