My mom lit Shabbat candles every Friday night. She always closed her eyes and asked God to bless our grandparents, our parents, our aunts, our uncles, our brothers and sisters, our cousins and our friends. And right in there with friends and families and sisters and cousins she asked God to bless “our beloved teachers.” This video shows why.
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Al Madrigal schools Jon Stewart on the George W. Bush Library (video)
The Daily Show’s Senior Latino Correspondent Al Madrigal reports that the new George W. Bush Presidential Library lets you see if you are a better “decider” than the former president. [Disclosure: Al Madrigal is also POCHO’s Migrant Editor.]
LOLS: Siri talks to Google Voice who talks to Siri who talks to… (video)
A student at Pratt in New York set up a text-to-speech-to-text loop and the results are amazing and funny. We’ll let Michael Silber explain:
PROCESS
- I recorded the audio of Siri reading a selection of text.
- I placed a call to myself and played the Siri audio recording into my Google Voice voicemail.
- I instructed Siri to read the new Google Voice transcription, including any errors, and recorded a new audio clip.
- I placed a call to myself and played the new Siri audio recording back into my Google Voice voicemail.
— I repeated these steps for 50 iterations.
Mas…LOLS: Siri talks to Google Voice who talks to Siri who talks to… (video)
How Gov. Schwarzenegger terminated Mexican alien problems (video)
Following a successful career battling aliens on screen, Arnold Schwarzenegger was elected and reelected as Governator of Califas This video looks back at how he handled aliens on the Golden Estate’s border with Mexico in 2007.
The Guzman Show: Tio Lucho discovers el Feosbook (NSFW video)
Life with the Guzman family was already crazy, and then masked uncle Tio Lucho learned about Facebook in his ESL class. Will the Internets ever be the same? (NSFW language.)
Chilling Spanish documentary video: ‘When scarecrows go bad’
Chilling black and white documentary footage from Spain shows how a thoughtful gesture by a scarecrow becomes the scarecrow’s literal undoing. But oh mama, could this really be The End?
Flans: You’re not the boss of me AKA ‘No controles’ (video)
Ivonne, Ilse and Mimí of Flans aren’t about to let you run their lives. Even in 1985, ain’t nobody got time for that!
Wash, rinse, repeat: ‘Lavado en seco – dry cleaning’ (video)
Stubborn stains need extra attention, and these two amigas in a Madrid lavanderia know just what to do. Make sure to watch until the very end! Video by Nacho Nava.
Midnight MJ Video: Dragnet 4/20 ‘Greenboy – Prescription for Death’
LAPD’s top detective duo has a tough case to crack — who is distributing high-strength designer medical marijuana Larry in the Sky With Diamonds? (NSFW adult language and drug use.)
Backstage at lucha libre in Bolivia with Landshapes’ ‘In Limbo’ (video)
British synth-pop band Landshapes shot the music video for their new song In Limbo backstage at lucha libre in Bolivia. There’s a great writeup of the shoot here.
Meanwhile, what’s up with those cholitas all dressed up in Bolivan bowler hats? This video explains:
Mas…Backstage at lucha libre in Bolivia with Landshapes’ ‘In Limbo’ (video)
1. Cook sauce 2. Drown eggs 3. Breakfast taco 4. Nom nom (video)
First prepare the sauce, then cook the sauce, then add the eggs, then fill up that breakfast taco! Florida college student Constanza Gallardo makes Huevos Ahogados — drowned eggs — for her Mexican Breakfast.
Al Madrigal: Aliens vs Senators – The Path to Presidentship (video)
The Daily Show’s Senior Latino Correspondent Al Madrigal explains to Jon Stewart the tough but fair conditions Latinos will impose on Republicans hoping to one day win back the White House. [Disclosure: Al Madrigal is also POCHO’s Migrant Editor.]
Eligio El Nene wants you to know: ‘En America Se Habla Ingles’ (video)
Eligio The Kid and his super hero squad of Extranjeros realize that in America, one needs to speak English. I’m so sorry you don’t know what I say!
Immigration Reform 2013: Where exactly is the ‘reform’ part? (video)
The long-anticipated “comprehensive immigration reform bill” is set to be introduced to the public by a bi-partisan group of legislators today.
What exactly is the “Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act of 2013?”
The compromise proposal won’t cover all the people here without legal status, for one thing, nor will it create a lasting change — reform — of the immigration system.
What it will do, though, is line the pockets of security contractors via $3 billion dollars for “border security.”
Mas…Immigration Reform 2013: Where exactly is the ‘reform’ part? (video)
Elise Roedenbeck’s ‘MiJA Weekly’ Tax Day Espectacular 4.15.13 (video)
Happy Tax Day, pochos! This week on MiJA I discuss the near conclusion of back-room negotiations on immigration “reform” and delve deep into the heart of the Internets to discover Barbies of the World. You think Mexican Barbie is bad — Peruvian Barbie comes with an anchor baby (and she’s not the worst of them!)
Mas…Elise Roedenbeck’s ‘MiJA Weekly’ Tax Day Espectacular 4.15.13 (video)
Don’t mess w/ Texas! ‘ThumbSnatchers from the Moon Cocoon’ (video)
Guns don’t kill people, opposable thumbs that pull triggers on guns kill people. And that’s why our Alien Overlords have returned to end our evil ways — by ending our evil thumbs. But the invading Thumb Snatchers from the Moon Cocoon (stupid lunar Daleks with green blood) didn’t reckon on Texas Sheriff Huckiss. The law in Texas doesn’t give much slack to illegal aliens.
Pocho Palabra with @SaraChicaD ‘Supposebly’ (video)
POCHO’s Subcommandanta del Ñews Sara Inés Calderón (@SaraChicaD on Twitter) doesn’t care what the rulebooks say. She’s going to keep on saying “supposedbly.”
Pocho Palabra with @SaraChicaD ‘Irregardless’ (video)
POCHO’s Subcommandanta del Ñews Sara Inés Calderón (@SaraChicaD on Twitter) doesn’t care what the rulebooks say. She’s going to keep on saying “irregardless.”
Men’s catcalls: What is up with that? (video by @SaraChicaD)
POCHO’s Subcommandanta del Ñews Sara Inés Calderón (@SaraChicaD on Twitter) demonstrates and analyzes some of the cat-calls she’s been getting from random men. What are these guys up to, anyhow?
Annette Funicello sings to Don Diego in old ‘Zorro’ TV show (video)
Don Diego de la Vega (AKA Zorro) listens from the balcony of the hacienda as teenage Annette Funicello sings Lonely Guitar. This clip comes from the 1959 TV episode called The Missing Father later distributed by Disney on VHS as The Mystery of Don Cabrillo. RIP.
Sr. Montecostes: Animated musical gory surrealistic beautiful video
From Argentina comes this day-glo mandala-meets-CGI-bloody-knife-wielding origami-looking creature feature with a techno-cumbia-sorta soundtrack by Mati Zundel and lyrics we can’t figure out. Sr. Montecostes is by Luis Suarez.
La Santa Cecilia: ‘El Hielo (ICE)’ is loose on the streets (music video)
East Los band La Santa Cecilia is out with a new song and video about la MIGRA, AKA ICE AKA Immigration and Customs Enforcement AKA El Hielo. Here are the lyrics in English and Spanish courtesy NotOneMoreDeportation.com:
Mas…La Santa Cecilia: ‘El Hielo (ICE)’ is loose on the streets (music video)
Notice of Corporate Counsel: Sanchez Bros Attorney-at-Law
This legal notice designating an Attorney of Record is herewith, hereby and homeboy published, April 9 2013, March 15 2012, May 29 2012, and August 31 2012 pursuant the requirements of the Aztlan Judicical Unity Act (AJUA) of 1997.
For any y all legal matters pertaining to Pochismo, Inc., DBA POCHO and POCHO DOT COM, please contact
Attorney-At-Law Sanchez Bros, Pocho City, CA @ 408-POCHO-28.
Elise Roedenbeck’s ‘MiJA Weekly’ A Lovin’ Tribute 4.08.13 (video)
This week on MiJA, AP drops the term “illegal” and I drop some phat moves while paying tribute to the late Roger Ebert. Don’t forget, Tuesday April 9 is Equal Pay Day. Pocha power activate!
Cristela Alonzo is from the Mexican part of Texas, i.e. Texas (video)
Texas Mexican Cristela Alzonzo represents (old school Nintendo style) in this Comedy Time Latino clip from 2009. She has also lied on her resume.
Kelly Miller’s 35th birthday party in Bondi: To Mexico with love (video)
Kelly Miller lives in Bondi, Australia, a suburb of Sydney, famous for Bondi Beach and “bondi blue,” a Steve Jobs iMac color.
Kelly has never been to Mexico and has no “Mexican heritage,” but she wants to visit. In February, she used Facebook to organize a “Made In Mexico” 35th birthday bash that somehow involved Bob Esponja. How did she do as a Mexican wannabe? (Don’t be hatin’ on her for the piñata mishap after all those jello shots.)
Mas…Kelly Miller’s 35th birthday party in Bondi: To Mexico with love (video)
Elise Roedenbeck’s ‘MiJA Weekly’ Easter Spirit Special 4.01.13 (video)
This week on MiJA, I get into the Easter spirit while Google pisses a bunch of people off. Also, I don my pink rubber gloves and prove that you’re never too young for senior moments.
Happy Easter!
Life of Brian: ‘Always look on the bright side of life!’ (video + lyrics)
We’re with Brian: “If life seems jolly rotten, there’s something you’ve forgotten!” Happy Easter from all the Pochodores! (NSFW because they sing “shit.”)
Sing along with these handy lyrics (and guitar chords):
Mas…Life of Brian: ‘Always look on the bright side of life!’ (video + lyrics)
Sad? Depressed? It’s time to ‘Ask Your Doctor About Tacos’ (video)
Tacos: the only antidepressant specifically formulated to be freaking delicious!
What a girl’s makeup means: The Chola Eyebrows Edition (video)
Our new friend Aury Martinez is back with an educational video about the art and craft of eye makeup and its role in maintaining group identity while simultaneously celebrating individual personality, and other deep shit like that. (Totally NSFW language.) Aury’s on Twitter.
He starts out sketchy, then he turns into ‘Quite A Character’ (video)
“This is my draw…. Is a rebel guy that want to be a real portrait, and not a cartoon, but I don’t listen his petition, I only play with him and I bother him. Then my character avenge. | Éste es mi dibujo…. Es un chico rebelde que quiere ser un retrato real, y no una caricatura, pero yo no escucho su petición, solo juego con él y lo molesto. Luego mi personaje se venga.”
— Neyra Reyes
Sarah Silverman is so totally not a racist (video)
Sarah Silverman is so totally not a racist.