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Sometimes homies Los Lobos sound like they are John Cougar Mellencamp’s or Tom Petty’s brothers from another mother. This is one of those times. These all-American stars sing all-American stories, like One Time, One Night in America. Respect.
Mira los lyrics:
Mas…Los Lobos: ‘One Time, One Night in America’ (July 4 video, lyrics)
Do you know the history of Juneteenth?
Schoolhouse Rock and The Roots explain. (From black-ish, Season 4.)
The complete I am a slave song:
Mas…Via black-ish: Schoolhouse Rock, The Roots on Juneteenth: ‘I am a slave’
I drew this cartoon last week after Native Americans refused to let South Dakota Gov. Kathy Noem open highways through their sovereign territory.
POCHO Jefe-in-Chief Lalo Alcaraz tells our friend Abelardo de La Pena, Jr. (LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes) what it’s like to be named a finalist for the uber-prestigious Pulitzer Prize, discusses his childhood growing up on the border, and his mission to put Latinos on TV and the big screen.
Mas…WATCH: Cinco de Mayo at Home with POCHO Jefe-in-Chief Lalo Alcaraz
Enjoy the Internacional, the world-wide (Get it? It’s international!) anthem of those commie cabrones in Russia and Cuba and Venezuela and China and North Korea (and lurking in secretive anti-lockdown cells here in the Homeland but the lamestream media won’t tell you that).
Today, May 1, is May Day AKA International Workers’ Day, when the comrades sing this stirring appeal, with its hummable melody and a vague vision of making the future great again that’s hard to disagree with, except maybe the LUCHA FINAL aspect.
Mas…Happy May Day 2020 from the Workers of the World (video, lyrics)
POCHO contributor Ricardo Cate directs and stars in this just-released music video Lockdown Reservation Quarantine Blues. You think you’ve got it bad? Ricardo and the fam have to Pow Wow from Home! Music by Adrian Wall.
Lalo’s latest editorial cartoon, “CORONATION”, not only delivers a powerful visual indictment of our deluded self-crowned moron monarch, but comes with a bonus track: a 2-minute time lapse video.
Every Passover for the last 2500 years, los Judios eat “bitter herbs” to remember “the bitterness of slavery in Egypt.” In this classic video, Hebrew homeboys Jaquann and Luis begin their prep with a sweeter herb and then feed their munchies with matzo balls. Passover starts at sundown Wednesday, April 8, 2020. (NSFW drugs and language.)
Our favorite mariachi, Vanessa Del Fierro, has a big Texas voice and incredible emotional depth. As the leader of Mariachi Las Coronelas, she’s brought her San Antonio crew crossover popularity with an eclectic mix of traditional tunes and surprise pop favorites.
She’s been teasing this video on her Facebook for a while and now we have it!
She sent us this email last night:
Mas…Vanessa Del Fierro: ‘Con Este Tequila, I Will Forget You Tonight’ (video y lyrics)
Sing along with MY CORONA — the karaoke video that’s gone viral!
Regina Rodríguez-Martin, aka blogger Chicana on the Edge, read and reviewed Jeanine Cummins American Dirt as a public service.
Her review starts like this:
Three weeks ago I got an email announcing a new book club for women over 50, and the first novel they were going to read was Jeanine Cummins’ American Dirt. The novel focuses on a Mexican woman’s journey from her home in Acapulco to the U.S, crossing without papers in extremely dangerous ways.
Then I read about the book’s big controversy. Latinos were angry about the red carpet treatment given to this book written by a white woman because Mexican Americans telling similar stories don’t get nearly as much attention from publishers. The most scathing review was written by Myriam Gurba (and I urge you to read it). I would usually pass on a book like this.
Mas…Chicana on the Edge Reviews ‘American Dirt’ by Jeanine Cummins (video)
As Vatos Smiley and Chuy search for the true meaning of Valentine’s Day — and the place of amor in this troubled world — Smiley’s sister Angie sets them straight on how VDay REALLY works. [NSFW F-bomb.]
Fifty-four 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…54 Years Ago in East Los: ‘Happy New Year Baby’ from The Sisters
What happens when your neighborhood gets gentrified?
Mas…From San Antonio: Don’t gentrify my barrio or my bar! (video)
Punk pocha pioneer Alice Bag has a NSFW message for the haters: You will Nazi any gifts under your tree this year.
Mas…Punk pocha pioneer Alice Bag presents: ‘No Xmas gifts for Nazis’ (NSFW video)
It’s an unreleased single from 1947, they say, with a melody by Mel Torme and lyrics by Robert Wells. Doris Day sings for all of us — your kisses are sweet, querido, but they’re not Tacos, Enchiladas, and Beans.
Mira los lyrics:
Mas…WATCH: Doris Day totally digs you, dude – almost as much as “Tacos, Enchiladas, and Beans”
Eydie Gormé (and Los Panchos) made Sabor A Mí a huge international hit in 1964.
Mas…‘Sabor A Mí’: David Lawrence sings his mom’s hit his way (video)
When Hell is full, pinche dead turkeys will stalk the living. THANKSGIVING opens today at a theater near you. (Violent, gory and maybe some side boob.)
As of today, November 25, my nationally-syndicated daily comic strip La Cucaracha is 17 years old!
Mas…¡Orale! La Cucaracha is 17 years old today! (toon and video)
Twenty-five years ago today, Proposition 187, the “Save Our State” initiative, was approved by the voters of California.
Mas…Daniel D. Portado Introduces ‘Hispanics for Wilson’ (video)
