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I’m MAD about SDCC because I saw Sergio Aragones (photo,toon,video)
Here he is, my old amigo, comics legend Sergio Aragones, at SDCC Sunday.
He is the world’s fastest and funniest cartoonist, and a really nice guy!
Mas…I’m MAD about SDCC because I saw Sergio Aragones (photo,toon,video)
‘How Tequila Is Made,’ ‘Maguey, Plant of 1000 Uses’ (videos)
Tequila — real tequila — can only be made from the blue agave. This short British documentary explains the process.
But wait, there’s more. How about the 1952 Ralph Adams documentary Maguey: Plant of a Thousand Uses:
Mas…‘How Tequila Is Made,’ ‘Maguey, Plant of 1000 Uses’ (videos)
The Champs rock ‘Tequila’ on American Bandstand
This clip from American Bandstand is so old everyone is in black and white, including a 20-something Dick Clark. Dick presents a gold record (1,000,000 45 RPM singles sold) and introduces The Champs and their hit Tequila.
We featured the back story on this tune in our series Unsung Heroes of Hispanic History Month:
The rise and fall of a Homies vending empire (NSFW video)
David Gonzalez’ East Los-styled cholos and hynas Homies toys were a big hit for a while in New York-based vending machines, and then not so much. [NSFW adult language.]
VICE explains:
Mas…The rise and fall of a Homies vending empire (NSFW video)
Sister Rosetta Tharpe: I ain’t gonna study war no more (music video)
The people who count things and make lists say there are over three dozen wars going on right now. Some “experts” insist this is inevitable, but others offer a different vision. One opposing point of view comes from a dead dude we know as Isaiah:
Mas…Sister Rosetta Tharpe: I ain’t gonna study war no more (music video)
Kap G: Cops pull me over for no reason? ‘F– la policia’ (music video)
Kap G is just cruisin’ round town when the cops pull him over and jack him up and all his friends. There’s a song for that: F____ la policia. [NSFW adult language.]
Small-town Oaxaca mayor marries crocodile princess for fish (video)
Brides can often get a bit snappy on their big day – and one Mexican crocodile is no exception. She’s marrying the mayor of a Pacific coast fishing town in a traditional ceremony.
The fishermen of the town of San Pedro Huamelula, Oaxaca, believe the crocodile is a princess, and a wedding ritual will bring plenty of fish for them to catch along the Pacific coast. And then there’s the part when the mayor talks about the parade of “morenos” bearing croc statues.
South Carolina’s Live5 CBS reports:
Mas…Small-town Oaxaca mayor marries crocodile princess for fish (video)
Legend of Chicano Soul Greg Esparza: ’96 Tears’ (video)
You know him from Cannibal and the Headhuters and Thee Midniters: Pochas y pochos, please welcome the singer who is a legend of Chicano Soul, Los Angeles homie Greg Esparza, with the ? and the Mysterians hit, 96 Tears! On Twitter he’s OverSoulMessage.
PREVIOUSLY ON ? AND THE MYSTERIANS:
A message from your local cable/internet provider (NSFW video)
Your local cable and internet provider wants to make a few things clear. [NSFW language.]
Scary kid immigrants from Japan: ‘Emoji Among Us’ (video)
They entered our God-Blessed America via smartphones and social media, and now these pint-sized Japanese are everywhere. Were these yellow-skinned child-like emo pictograms invited? Do they even have documents, bro?
Mas…Scary kid immigrants from Japan: ‘Emoji Among Us’ (video)
Cold war chills Rio Grande Valley town as raspa rebellion heats up
(PNS reporting from EDINBURG, TX) Eddie’s Raspas, the sunny yellow shack out on Sprague, used to be the place to be on a scorching Valley afternoon.
“People would come from all around and say, ‘Eddie, which of your five delicious flavors shall I have today?’” Eddie Cardenas recalled fondly. “It was great.”
Until six weeks ago, that is, when an electric-blue trailer moved in across the street.
Cardenas said that newcomer Chuy’s Famous Raspas is stealing his business, and shaming the shaved ice industry as a whole.
“It’s trashy,” he said, speaking over the pop music coming from the nearby trailer. “You give people so many flavor options, they feel paralyzed! Now I’m hearing whispers about burritos and Frito pies? It’s war, I’m telling you.
Mas…Cold war chills Rio Grande Valley town as raspa rebellion heats up
The Mexican Juligans twang a tribute to ‘Parral’ (music video)
Twangy Chilangos The Mexican Juligans name-check places all over the country in a rock en español video inspired by classic cowboy movies. And they especially love Parral, Chihuahua.
Mas…The Mexican Juligans twang a tribute to ‘Parral’ (music video)
What if Latinos said the same kind of things Anglos say? (NSFW video)
What if? [NSFW pinche adult language, guey!]
Uncle Sam’s migracorrido ‘La Bestia (The Death Train)’ (music, lyrics)
From Central America comes this ballad that’s fast rising the Latin American charts. It’s all about the dangerous Death Train that Central American drug war refugees ride on their way across Mexico enroute to El Norte. In Spanish they call the train The Beast — La Bestia.
And who is the man behind this music? It’s a name we all love, but who knew he could sing!? This track comes from Uncle Sam, who hired an ad agency to make a hit record.
Mas…Uncle Sam’s migracorrido ‘La Bestia (The Death Train)’ (music, lyrics)
Hate Letter of the Day: Dear Lala, you racist hypocrite
Mexicans and Anglo Americans are exactly alike. You are just as racist Mejicanoh, oh wait, I mean, Chicano… Meixcan American… I forget, you don’t consider yourselves Mexican… or do you. You MeCHA Aztlanersss get me all confused. Or wait, you don’t consider yourselves Latino but rather.. MESSICAN!
ANYWAYS… so, as I was saying, you share the same RACIST views, in fact, you’re no different than right wing Caucasian Americans, whom at least are upfront about their racism and xenophobia, you’re more aligned with Liberal Democrats whom subversively are racist.
Mas...Hate Letter of the Day: Dear Lala, you racist hypocrite
45 years ago, the USA fake-landed on the Moon (video)
The United States faked a Moon landing 45 years ago today. FUSION Space Cadet Elise Roedenbeck reports. [Roedenbeck patrols several quadrants of the Twitterverse on the Federation Star Cruiser Buttronica.)
Bar band Beatlemania, Cuba-style: ‘Hey Yude’ (video)
There’s lots of rum at this Camaguey, Cuba resort hotel bar and nothing goes better with rum than that Lennon y McCartney favorite, Hey Yude.
No, ancient Peruvians didn’t have alien DNA because science
Pochos, we have the sad.
When we reported in February that the famous ancient elongated skulls of Paracas, Peru contained alien DNA, we thought it was all scientific and stuff.
Here’s what we wrote.
Mas…No, ancient Peruvians didn’t have alien DNA because science
Friday Night Lights in Tijuana means Lucha Libre (video)
A gringo goes to Tijuana to meet the men, both tecnicos and rudos, behind in the masks of lucha libre.
Pocho Ocho top Spanglish text message abbreviations
An Australian company has compiled the Top 100 get message abbreviations they use in Oz (photo) and we realized the list from way way overseas totally leaves out the abbreviations we pochos use.
Here are the Pocho Ocho most popular Spanglish text message abbreviations:
8. FTP: Fuck That Puto
7. ADM: Ay Dios Mio
6. NMG: No Mames Guey
Donkey see, donkey do at Otumba’s annual Burro Fair (video)
Historic Otumba, in the State of Mexico, was filled with ass-loving fans at the Feria del Burro (donkey fair) earlier this year.
Mas…Donkey see, donkey do at Otumba’s annual Burro Fair (video)
Brazil street musician just kills it with ‘Sultans of Swing’ (video)
Dire Straits’ hit Sultans of Swing filled the air in Sao Paolo, Brazil, last week. This guy rocks!
Proper Pronunciation for Pochos: ‘How to say fajita’ (video)
Today’s word is fajita, (/fəˈhiːtə/; Spanish: [faˈxita]), commonly referring to any grilled meat served as a taco on a flour or corn tortilla in Tex-Mex cuisine. It’s a difficult word to pronounce properly, so listen closely.
PREVIOUSLY ON PROPER PRONUNCIATION:
Mas…Proper Pronunciation for Pochos: ‘How to say fajita’ (video)
If you think you worked hard today, watch these guys! (video)
Four guys with picks and shovels dig a water well in Oaxaca in this 2008 video. The temperature approached 100°, according to the uploader. It’s amazing to watch how hard these guys work, and the techniques they use to turn a hole in the ground into a working well.
Here’s what it says on YouTube:
Mas…If you think you worked hard today, watch these guys! (video)
