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Manu Chao recorded El Viento (The Wind) five years ago in front of Arizona Racist Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s infamous “tent city” prison, but the tapes were unreleased until now.
In this new music video, the Arizona footage is paired with scenes of would-be Honduran migrants maimed on the infamous “Beast” train (La Bestia) that runs through Mexico en route to El Norte.
NDLON (National Day Laborers Organizing Network) explains:
Mas…Manu Chao ‘El Viento’: ‘Beast’ train mangles limbs, lives (video)
The Hey Vato! homies have a change of heart about the tacos they get from the Taco Lady. Or is that heartburn?
Mas…Hey Vato! If loving tacos is wrong, I don’t wanna be right (video)
In a universe far away, they call the sportsball spectator stand up/get down trick The Mexican Wave. Here in Pocholandia, it’s just The Wave. Maybe that was you doing The Wave on MLB opening day or on the final night of March Madness; maybe you Waved on the couch at home.
But do you know where The Wave originated, and why it’s now known internationally as The Mexican Wave? Watch y learn:
Mas…Sportsball Fans: The strange history of ‘The (Mexican) Wave’ (video)
Young luchadora wannabe Frida (check her eyebrows) has trouble finding success in the ring – until she finds herself and becomes The Flying Tomato.
Everybody loves corn – including this Japanese perro.
By BERNADETTE RIVERO
Technically, the word I should have used above, in the headline, is “Manipulates.” As in, “Safely Manipulate Your Balls When You Celebrate!”
That’s what the Federal Drug Administration advises this season, anyway. (Screen capture, above.)
But I’m a writer who has spent a lifetime in both advertising and journalism, and I know the value of good clickbait when I have it in my hands.
Er… Line of sight. Sorry, I’m distracted by the FDA advising me to fondle one’s nether regions for Easter.
Mas…The Easter Story: Why advertising to Hispanics sucks balls* [Updated]
POCHO loves hometown favorite salsa picante Huy Fong Sriracha, we cannot lie. We like Tapatio and Cholula and Valentina, sure, but the garlicky sweet red sauce from Irwinwindale, CA is special. That’s why we were intrigued by this video visit to a chile-loving town in Southeast Asia – Si Racha, Thailand.
PREVIOUSLY ON SALSA:
Mas…Welcome to Si Racha, Thailand, home of that sauce (video)
POCHO’s Associate Naranjero Gustavo ¡Ask A Mexican! Arellano answers the pregunta “What part of ‘illegal’ don’t Mexicans understand?” with his own question for pinches Know Nothing gabachos.
Mas…Ask A Mexican: What part of ‘illegal’ don’t you understand?
On Passover (“Pesach” in Hebrew), los Judios eat “bitter herbs” to remember “the bitterness of slavery in Egypt.” In this video, Hebrew homeboys Jaquann and Luis start out with a sweeter herb and then have to satisfy their munchies with matzo balls. Passover starts at sundown tonight. (NSFW drugs and language.)
In 1950, photographer Gisèle Freund began a two-week visit to Mexico – and stayed for two years.
In Mexico City, Freund hooked up with artistic power couple Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera. Her black-and-white photographs of the pair are now available in the newly published Frida Kahlo: The Gisèle Freund Photographs.
Global warming — and an early warm Spring — means a bountiful spaghetti harvest in Switzerland’s pasta-growing regions near the border with Italy. The BBC reports.
Wassup foo? Felipe Esparza say it’s Taco Tuesday! [NSFW adult language.]
Mas…Wassup foo? Felipe Esparza says it’s ‘Taco Tuesday’ (NSFW)
Are Avocados from Mexico the Bible’s Forbidden Fruit?
East Los vatos Smiley and Chuy still have a soft spot for Selena, who died on March 31, 1995. Or is it Salinas?
Is that an avocado in your pantalones or are you just happy to see me?
Milwaukee Brewers fans can hit a home run this season at Miller Park with every order of Inside The Park Nachos.
ESPN reports:
Mas…Finally! Deep-fried nachos on a stick come to Milwaukee (video)
Why does San Diego think its burritos are California’s best? It’s because they have French fries inside, at least according to the Zagat restaurant guide people.
Los Cenzontles (The Mockingbirds) sing The Dreamer, composed by Eugene Rodriguez and Jackson Browne, in a just-released video by Emiliano Rodriguez. [Click on CC for English/Spanish captions.]
PREVIOUSLY ON LOS CENZONTLES:
Mas…Los Cenzontles (The Mockingbirds): ‘The Dreamer’ (music video)
The “legendary” El Maco at McDonalds in OZ will feed your inner Mexican, as long as he or she wants two all-beef patties, sour cream and “taco sauce.” [Mustache, charro outfit and sombrero not included. Not available at McDonalds stores near any actual Mexicans. Your bigote may vary.]
¿Me encanto?
Mas…McDonalds (Australia) helps you feed your ‘Inner Mexican’ (video)
Thank God they found them!
How did they manage? What are the odds?
Mas…Breaking Ñews: White women found in Indianapolis (photo)
You say you want to understand Chican@ Feminist Theory? We have just what you’ve been looking for.
Huh? Video creator Rafael Solorzano explains
Ani from Confessions of a Foodie (@afotogirl on the Twitter) demonstrates the best way to clean nopales.
But what then? How do you cook nopales? Our Tia Lencha has the answer:
Mas…How do you clean nopales? And how does Tia Lencha cook them?
Dear Architects of Our Future: I’m hungry, but don’t want to leave the house, and I certainly don’t want to interact with any human beings. Is there an app and service that can get me food delivery without any people involved? There is? And it’s Seamless?
They stand outside the immigration detention centers and sing to their loved ones inside: Los Jornaleros del Norte (Day Laborers of the North) offer a Serenata. [Video via NDLON, the National Day Laborers Organizing Network.]
PREVIOUSLY ON LOS JORNALEROS DEL NORTE:
Mas…Los Jornaleros del Norte: Serenade for the Undocumented (video)
What’s it like to come out of the closet as an undocumented immigrant? POCHO amigo Julio Salgado and friends explain.
Now that poor Turkey, the sick man of Europe, is under the control of an egomaniacal historically ignorant Ottoman wannabe, it’s comforting to look back on the glory days of Turkish cinema with 1974’s Karate Girl.
We love Karate Girl’s film making genius since we discovered this excerpt — the “best death scene ever”:
Mas…Video: Best (and longest) death scene ever in the history of cinema?
Everyone’s favorite alt.neo.electro.fusion.cumbia.mariachi conjunto, Mariachi El Bronx, burned down the house on Conan O’Brien with Wildfires.
