El Charro de Oro Sebastien de La Cruz sings The Star Spangled Banner at the NBA finals in 2013. This stunning performance wowed the fans and pissed off the haters. Screw the haters.
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The Blasters’ Dave Alvin: ‘Hey, Baby, It’s the Fourth of July’ (video)
Roots rock singer/guitar slinger and East Los homie (Downey) Dave Alvin sings a classic ode to America, folky roots, broken hearts, independence and Mexican kids shooting fireworks. Hey, baby, it’s the Fourth of July!
Dear Dad: I know you’re disappointed I’m dating a woman (video)
This Cannot Be from Irene Diaz is a poignant tale of love found, family and love lost.
Her YouTube page explains it this way:
Mas…Dear Dad: I know you’re disappointed I’m dating a woman (video)
Something fishy going on with pescadillas – fried tuna tacos (video)
Maybe you don’t want hotdogs and hamburgers and micheladas and carne asada and elotes on July 4. It’s OK. We’re here to help with a short video on How to Make Mexican Pescadillas (or Fried Tuna Tacos) from Spicie Foodie.
Here’s their recipe:
Mas…Something fishy going on with pescadillas – fried tuna tacos (video)
Webcam video: Stunning double rainbow forms over Mexico City
Mexico City got a treat Tuesday when a double rainbow formed over Santa Fe in the western part of the city. A webcam on top of the Hotel Presidente InterContinental captured the arc’s formation as the sun returned following a rainstorm.
Two guys hit the trucks for ‘Taco Bout Tacos in Austin’ (video)
Kevin Lee and buddy Joseph Hur take a taco truck tour of Austin (Capital Taco and Con Madre Kitchen) and now they’re all Taco Bout Tacos. [Video by Tiffany Shim.]
Pinche pocha wakes up from surgery talking like a bloody Brit (video)
A ruca Tejana named Lisa Alamia had jaw surgery and emerged from the operation with a British accent.
It’s a rare but documented medical condition called foreign accent syndrome that typically occurs after people emerge from comas and other brain trauma.
This pinche pocha claims that the only foreign country she’s ever been to is Mexico — and we don’t mean San Antonio. Lisa doesn’t even watch Downton Abbey, let alone eat fish and chips.
Mas…Pinche pocha wakes up from surgery talking like a bloody Brit (video)
Deported moms in Tijuana long for families, work for reform (video)
In Dreaming in Tijuana deported mothers fight for immigration reform in the United States. The anguish of family separation has turned them into activists who promote the U.S. Latino vote from the Mexican side of the world’s “most transited” border. [Video via Univision.]
President Trump presents his new, yuuuge border wall (video)
“It’s the best wall ever,” says President Trump. “It’s amazing! No more mariachis interrupting your dinner!”
Words of the prophet are written on the subway wall (videos)
The words of the prophet are written on the subway wall — in this case the Carroll Street F/G stop in Brooklyn.
Mas…Words of the prophet are written on the subway wall (videos)
Philosophy for kids: English y Espanol in El Paso and Juarez (video)
Philosophy for Children in the Borderlands is an educational program in El Paso, TX and Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, designed to lead children in philosophical discussions related to the ethics and philosophy of the borderlands region. The El Paso Herald Post has the story:
Mas…Philosophy for kids: English y Espanol in El Paso and Juarez (video)
De Alba Bakery makes tamales, donuts y rosca de reyes (videos)
How do the three Texas locations (McAllen, Mission, Pharr) of De Alba Bakery de La Familia make tamales, donuts and rosca de reyes?
Glad you asked! We’ve got (three) videos:
Tamales (two kinds:)
Mas…De Alba Bakery makes tamales, donuts y rosca de reyes (videos)
Depeche Mode’s “Personal Jesus” is now “Mexican Whorehouse”
Now it all makes sense! Depeche Mode’s music video for Personal Jesus takes on new life as Mexican Whorehouse with literal lyrics by MereHay
Los Cenzontles Do The Pogues: A Pair of Brown Eyes (music video)
The Cenzontles (The Mockingbirds) reimagine a night at the pub in A Pair of Brown Eyes from Irish band The Pogues.
Here’s The Pogues’ original:
Mas…Los Cenzontles Do The Pogues: A Pair of Brown Eyes (music video)
Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera: ‘A Father’s Day Tale’ (video)
Poet Laureate of the United States 2015-2017, Juan Felipe Herrera, tells a story and plays a song for Father’s Day.
Schoolhouse Rock 1977: The Great American Melting Pot
We live in the land of immigrants and a Great American Melting Pot — where any kid can grow up to be president, or that’s what they wanted you to think in 1977. [Schoolhouse Rock. Music and lyrics by Lynn Ahrens. Vocals by Lori Lieberman. ABC-TV.]
Flying over the sacred lands of the Navajo Nation (video)
The Navajo Nation is a stunning aerial tour of southwest scenery by Cancun-based photographer and videographer Agata Lanz Faura
Enjoy “un viaje aéreo por las tierras sagradas de los pieles rojas,” she writes. “Monument valley, Mexican Hat, Archies, son algunos de los paisajes, que representan parte del hermoso y enigmatico wild west.”
You can’t go wrong with Mariachi Flor de Toloache and ‘Tequila’ (video)
New York City’s Mariachi Flor de Toloache — live in Memphis — take a request for a song everybody loves, Tequila, the 1958 golden oldie by The Champs.
Japanese fans made this Donald Trumpトランプ２０１６commercial
トランプ２０１６ Donald Trumpu for World President 2016, the J-Pop way! So kawaii!
Yanga: African slave who rebelled in Spanish ‘Mexico’ (video)
Gaspar Yanga was stolen from West Africa to work as a slave on a Spanish plantation in colonial “Mexico.” But not for long.
These Trump paintings were made with dog poop (video)
If the medium is the message, these portraits of Donald Trump by NYC street artist Hanksy — shown at a street fair Saturday — communicated the message load and clear.
Los Cenzontles: ELO’s “I can’t get it out of my head” (video)
Electric Light Orchestra’s I can’t get it out of my head is the lastest pop music cover from Los Cenzontles (The Mockingbirds).
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Mas…Los Cenzontles: ELO’s “I can’t get it out of my head” (video)
Another evening at home, another ‘Mexican Dinner’ (video)
It was just another evening, just another Mexican Dinner with la familia, until the son decided it was time to make an announcement that would rock the house.
Abusive guy says ‘He’s So Sorry’ – Alice Bag says ‘No no no!'(video)
Punk pioneer and East Los homegirl Alice Bag will not excuse the leader of the pack when it comes to domestic abuse — even if he says He’s So Sorry.
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Mas…Abusive guy says ‘He’s So Sorry’ – Alice Bag says ‘No no no!'(video)
Hey Vato! Profe. Jaime Escalante teaches more than math (video)
Math teacher Jaime Escalante teaches Hey Vato’s Chuy and Smiley a lot more than just mathematics in this lost scene from Stand and Deliver.
This is Nadine’s report on the ‘Mexican Mole Lizard’ (video)
Did you know the Mexican Mole Lizard has front legs that it uses to dig borrows? It’s also a carnivore that likes to chow down on ants and termites. Nadine’s short video explains it all.
Young Junco Canché had some issues with deadlines (video)
A year ago, before cartoonist Junco Canché joined POCHO as our Chicano Punk Rock Artesano, he was having some issues with deadlines. He’s all good now. [NSFW in Spanish.]
Taco Tuesday Music Video: ‘Mexican Hippic Sauce’ (Vegan Mix)
Belgium’s “anti-rock/ex-noisy-surf-band” The Poneymen are cooking up vegan Mexican Hippic Sauce with sombreros. That’s all we can really tell you, as our high school French didn’t cover situations like this. Horses reading horse-porn magazines, mon Dieu! [FYI: “Hippic” means “having to do with horses.”]
Don’t try this at home: How to make an ‘Obsidian Heart’ (video)
It looks easy if you know how. Mexico City master jeweler José Luis Gonzalez Bautista fashions a silver setting for an Obsidian Heart. [Video by robertopotamo.] Need some silver work? Go straight to Plaza San Jacinto 3B, San Ángel, 01000 Álvaro Obregón, DF, México.
Mexican farmer built pyramid because space aliens from Orion (videos)
Raymundo Corona built a stone pyramid on his farm near the Mexico-U.S. border on orders from a tall alien from the Constellation Orion named Herulayka, who had honey-colored eyes and white hair, like many Orionians, except for those other Orionians with honey-colored hair and white eyes, not that there’s anything wrong with that.
Mas…Mexican farmer built pyramid because space aliens from Orion (videos)
Finally a legit recipe video for ‘Mexican Street Corn’ aka elotes
No pinche RONCO appliance this time, just a grill, corn on the cob, and all the fixings. Yay! As always, street not included, and bring your own Tajin.
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Mas…Finally a legit recipe video for ‘Mexican Street Corn’ aka elotes