It is important that one pronounce “Chicano” properly, is it not, Sir?
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Mas…12-second educational video: How to say ‘Chicano’ in English
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Mexican immigrants wash Chicago’s glass houses in ‘Paraíso’ (video)
Dangling from ropes on the sides of Chicago’s tallest skyscrapers, a crew of immigrant Mexican window washers faces death every working day. That’s why they embrace life. They’re both Paradise (Paraíso.) [Spanish with English subtitles.]
Brazil team preps for next Winter Olympics (video)
While the rest of the world focuses on Carnaval in Brazil, and the upcoming World Cup, dedicated Brazilian athletes have begun training for the next Winter Games.
How to dance to Norteño wearing pointy boots, Stetson (video)
Botas picudas? Check! Cowboy hat? Check! Norteno music? Check! Let’s dance, but not too much. A minimalist dance.
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Mas…How to dance to Norteño wearing pointy boots, Stetson (video)
John Vargas looks like a Mexican who could disembowel you (video)
Standup comic John Vargas looks Mexican (whatever that means) but he talks funny. [NSFW language.]
To live outside the law you must be honest: ‘Border Stories’ (video)
“To live outside the law you must be honest,” Bob Dylan wrote. For two guys crossing into the U.S. from Mexico without papers, that’s easier said than done.
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Mas…To live outside the law you must be honest: ‘Border Stories’ (video)
How popcorn (hecho en Peru circa 4700 BCE) pops [video]
Popcorn — palomitas de maíz — was discovered-invented-perfected in Peru circa 4700 BCE, the very first domesticated corn product. Watch how the corn pops, up close and personal.
Chilango hipsters turn trash into music: Orquesta Basura (video)
In Mexico City, the cool kids are making their own instruments — and music — out of discarded items with the Orquesta Basura.
Damn werewolves! Brazilian city sets 9PM curfew (video)
The Brazilian city of Sao Goncalo dos Campos, in the Metropolitan Region of Feira de Santana, set 9 PM curfew last month. Damn werewolves.
Even the government officials are taking it seriously. Apparently, for the last two weeks there’s been a curfew in the town; no one is to be outside after 9 PM. It started when a man identified only as “Pingo” described seeing a five-foot-tall black monster, which ran at him; Pingo turned and fled, escaping (he said) only by the narrowest of margins. At first, the other villagers made fun of him — until others had similar encounters. Locals are calling it a “werewolf….”
Pac-Man puppets in Mexico are ‘Victorioso!’ (video)
What does Pac-Man say? In Mexico, Pac-Man says “Juaca Juaca,” of course.
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Grandmother: What a big beatbox you have! (video)
When this Mexican abuelita gets to beatboxing, no one is safe!
Search and email aren’t free when ‘Google comes to collect’ (video)
Oh, sure! Google is the best place to search and Google’s Gmail service certainly rocks and stuff but all that Googliciousness isn’t free, tu sabes. Tonight, Google comes to collect. [Video by Heather Fink.]
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Mas…Search and email aren’t free when ‘Google comes to collect’ (video)
Paco De Lucia: ‘Tico Tico’ (video)
Famed Spanish flamenco guitarist Paco De Lucia just shreds in this version of the classic Tico Tico. RIP.
Everything is possible ‘En Tus Brazos’ (video)
He was El Rey de Tango until the tragic accident. Will he ever dance again?
The man who turned into an ‘Elefante’ (video)
That awkward moment when you turn into an elephant. I hate when that happens! [Spanish with English captions.]
Melania Benítez hasn’t cut her hair for 20 years (video)
Melania Benítez hasn’t cut her hair for 20 years and now it’s eight feet long!
La joven hace 20 años que no se lo corta porque dice que una vez que se lo cortó se arrepintió porque según dice no le quedaba bien y desde entonces optó por dejárselo crecer.
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Mas…Melania Benítez hasn’t cut her hair for 20 years (video)
Will the wolves survive? (Yellowstone, Los Lobos videos)
The survival of the wolves is a critical for Yellowstone National Park
…and Los Lobos:
Mas…Will the wolves survive? (Yellowstone, Los Lobos videos)
Popular Kids: It doesn’t get any better (video)
A special PSA for popular high school kids who are on top of the world: enjoy it, because it won’t last.
It doesn’t get better.
Take note, be warned and good luck!
No joke! Kid gets la chancla after pranking his mom (NSFW video)
Rico thinks it would be funny to turn on his web cam and tell his mother he got his girlfriend pregnant. Mom thinks Rico needs la chancla. [NSFW adult language.]
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Mas…No joke! Kid gets la chancla after pranking his mom (NSFW video)
UFO/OVNI hovers over park in the Yucatan — what is it? (video)
The video shows the bright object hovering over Los Almedros II Park in Ciudad Caucel, in the Yucutan.
A putative UFO was recorded on video on 11 February 2014. The videographer adds that it was recorded at 22:00 hours on that day, adding: “I’m not saying it’s a spaceship, but it is an unidentified flying object.”
Mas…UFO/OVNI hovers over park in the Yucatan — what is it? (video)
Gustavo Arellano tells radio about all about tacos (video)
Sonali Kolhatkar of Uprising Radio asks Gustavo Arellano about his book Taco USA: How Mexican Food Conquered America and Gus is full of answers.
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Mas…Gustavo Arellano tells radio about all about tacos (video)
Mariachis do Avicii’s ‘Wake Me Up’ (video)
It’s one thing to like pop music, quite another to love mariachi pop music.
We thought this mariachi take on “Wake Me Up” by Aviccii was a good exception.
Watch, share and enjoy!
Mariachi image via anja_johnson
It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s Hispanic Superman! (Vine video)
Cold outside? Snow on the ground? Tied to the train tracks as a locomotive approaches? No worries? No makes! Hispanic Superman Rudy Mancuso is on the job! [Remember: The Vine videos need you to click on the top left of the image to hear the sound.]
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Mas…It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s Hispanic Superman! (Vine video)
In Ojai, garbage man Manuel Sanchez delivers joy (video)
Garbage/trash/recyclable truck driver Manuel Sanchez, in Ojai, California, has a fan in young Daniel, an autistic boy on his route. Daniel likes to watch the truck’s weekly, predictable routine. But no one was happier than Daniel when Sanchez got out of his truck with a surprise.
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Mas…In Ojai, garbage man Manuel Sanchez delivers joy (video)
A message from the President of the United States (videos)
Ladies and gentlemen, please rise as we welcome the President of the United States.
AND FROM THE BLACK PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES:
Mas…A message from the President of the United States (videos)
How to get a V-Day hyna hookup — cholo style (NSFW video)
A card? Balloons? Flowers? What exactly do you need to hook up with a hot hyna for Valentine’s Day, cholo style? [NSFW adult humor.]
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Mas…How to get a V-Day hyna hookup — cholo style (NSFW video)
Classic Elise @Buttronica Roedenbeck: ‘Mija Weekly Valentine’ (video)
It’s Valentine’s Day with Elise Roedenbeck (AKA @Buttronica on the Twitter) in this 2013 episode of Mija Weekly! Fall in love all over again with drones, skimpy outfits, GOP immigrant-haters and learn the true meaning of Valentine’s Day. And, says Elise, try not to go into a diabetic coma.
Where is Elise now, you ask?
Mas…Classic Elise @Buttronica Roedenbeck: ‘Mija Weekly Valentine’ (video)
RealLifeStarter: Raise money to help your ‘kids’ get real (video)
Check out RealLifeStarter, a new crowdfunding web site that allows you to bribe adult children into finally giving up their unrealistic, “creative” dreams.
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Mas…RealLifeStarter: Raise money to help your ‘kids’ get real (video)
V-Day Movie Super-cut: Loving you is easy ’cause you’re beautiful
Loving you…is easy ’cause you’re beautiful, as this “super-cut” of creepy movie kisses shows. La la la la la la la.
Don’t let this happen to you! ‘Valentine’s Day Hangover’ (video)
“If you can’t be with the one you love, love the one you’re with” may be good advice, but can there be too much of a good thing? Happy Valentime’s Day to all the lovers!
Colombia hipsters take off their pants for freedom (video)
Do you pochos know the Post hoc ergo propter hoc logical fallacy? It’s an argument — a false one — that asserts that if one event follows another, the first event caused the second.
Thank God it’s a fallacy. Two weeks ago POCHO’s Subcommandanta del Ñews Sara Inés Calderón was in Colombia. And then, over the weekend, Colombian hipsters were marching down the streets of Medellin in their chonies.
Who is America’s Next Serial Killer? Jesus from Cuba? (NSFW video)
The competition is heating up and Americans are glued to their big screen TVs to see who will be America’s Next Serial Killer. We’re betting on Jesus Marin. [NSFW adult language.]