Los Cenzontles (The Mockingbirds) and David Hidalgo of Los Lobos team up for a fresh Chicano version of Robert Palmer’s Every Kinda People.
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Cultura
It’s Not News to Us
The 1491s: Hell, no! My culture is not your Halloween costume (video)
N8V jokesters The 1491s go to a Halloween party, and you won’t believe what happens next! [NSFW F-BOMB.]
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Mas…The 1491s: Hell, no! My culture is not your Halloween costume (video)
Freaky Frightful Friday #FFF: The Ahuizotl (toons)
Today’s featured creature is the ahuízotl. In the Florentine Codex, written years after the Conquista, it is described as an amphibious, medium-sized dog with a dark pelt, hands like a monkey, and a long tail with a human-like hand at the end.
Food Network 60 second video: How to make ‘chocolate tacos’
They’re really half-moon shaped taco-folded ice cream sandwiches but we’re not complaining.
STIX NIX HICKS PICKS (POCHO.com 1999)
(PNS reporting from HOLLYWOOD) Latino media crix nix the new prime-time fall tele sked in latest minority tubthump, claiming the nets are ignoring a whammo part of the aud by nixing topline talent of color. They also accuse not only webs, but percenteries, individual percenters, reps, prexies and veeps for the lack of color in the ranks of exex, scribblers, scripters, scribes, helmers and thesps.
Worst taco recipe ever has thyme, mustard, sugar, and pickles (video)
In Lyon, France, the folks at Bnin claim to make tacos with mustard, ketchup, thyme, sugar, mayonnaise, pickled cucumbers, “pomme frites” and “sandwich cheese” then wrap them up in flour tortillas like a burrito and toast them in a panini press. Unclear on the concept, don’t you think?
Their ingredients:
- Taco bread or tortillas
- 250 g chicken breast
- French fries
- Sandwich cheese
Mas…Worst taco recipe ever has thyme, mustard, sugar, and pickles (video)
Mississippi Mojado: A Mexican immigrant opens a ‘Taco Shop’ (video)
He crossed the river several times to find work in the United States — and got sent to jail or sent back. Now Zacatecas native Pedro Leyva is a citizen and a business owner of The Taco Shop in his adopted town of Oxford, Mississippi.
Link via pocho Profe Chastillez.
Que spooky! Mira ‘Los Jinetes en el Cielo/Ghost Riders in the Sky’
The surf guitar cowboy classic Ghost Riders in the Sky/Jinetes en el Cielo lives to ride again in this new version by Los Baby’s.
Christopher Columbus Was A Murderous Moron (video)
Turns out Christopher Columbus wasn’t brave, he was just really bad at math. Adam Ruins Everything explains.
Burning Spear: ‘Christopher Columbus is a damn blasted liar’ (video)
I and I all I know
I and I all I say
I and I reconsider
I and I see upfully that
Christopher Columbus is a damn blasted liar
Christopher Columbus is a damn blasted liar
Yes Jah
Mas…Burning Spear: ‘Christopher Columbus is a damn blasted liar’ (video)
The border is a river and there’s a ‘Ferryman at the Wall’ (video)
Originally proposed as an international peace park with Mexico, Big Bend, Texas has a unique relationship with its southern neighbor. For the past 40 years, Mike Davidson — the Ferryman at the Wall — has been ferrying tourists across the Rio Grande for a little taste of Mexican life. He’d like to keep it that way, but some orange pendejo wants to build a great big border wall to divide the park.
Freaky Frightful Friday #FFF: The Nahual (toons)
The nahual is a human who can shapeshift or manifest in the form of an animal.
Tacos de guisado? Don’t mind if I stew! (video)
These tacos de guisado — in a restaurant? at home? — sure look delicious. We’ve asked video creator Miriam Rdz for more information. Tengo hambre!
Cocina Para Chicos: How to make a ‘Baby Taco’ (video)
When you’re cooking for kids, what’s a dish your niñas y niños will be sure to like? Consider the Baby Taco. [Video by Nan Moróco]
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Social Justice Kittens 2018 Calendar contains 12 woke months! (toon)
Artist Shawn Tejaratchi’s Social Justice Kitten Calendar has a fresh kitty for every month and a slogan to keep you woke.
Here are four months’ pix:
Mas…Social Justice Kittens 2018 Calendar contains 12 woke months! (toon)
I shot ‘The Arrow’ into the air, it fell to Earth, I knew not where (video)
Be careful where you shoot! The Arrow is by Spaniard Emilio Yebra.
Mexico City After Dark: The Search for El Trompo (video)
After the sun sets, Chilangos walk the darkened streets of Mexico D.F. in search of …. El Trompo! [Video by Urban Plane Media.]
Wassup, Frida Kahlo? Nada! Just chillin’ with my squad (toon)
[Creator Unknown! If you know who made this, tell us so we can share.]
Viva Manteca! Lard: It’s what’s for dinner (and trendy oils cause cancer)
Hey, Millennials, you need more lard in your diet. And beef tallow. What? Animal fats are good for you and trendy oils can cause cancer!
That’s the pitch from Coast Packing Company which we found by following Ernest Miller’s Tweet up there ^^^ with the tacos.
Here’s a screencap featuring manteca and tacos from their website (click on the image to embiggen):
Mas…Viva Manteca! Lard: It’s what’s for dinner (and trendy oils cause cancer)
#TBT ThrowBackThursday: When Yugo-Mex ruled (audio, video)
In the mid-’60s, Mexican mariachi music ruled the airwaves in Yugoslavia. Singers sported charro suits and sombreros, typical mariachi garb, with typically Slavic names. Public Radio International has the story:
Here’s a video example:
Mas…#TBT ThrowBackThursday: When Yugo-Mex ruled (audio, video)
Got Leche? Ask your doctor if UFO cow nipple is right for you! (video)
We asked Google Translate for help with the title of this video –らくのうマザーズＣＭ らくのう牛乳 牛乳ビーム編.
Here’s what we got back: “Ramones no Mothers CM Dairy milk milk milk beam.” The text under the video? “Milk is poured directly from the UFO into the cup which the children have! What? I express taste direct delivery.”
So now you know, too.
