Amarillo by Ana Pérez López considers the banana, a fruit that has been part of our cultural history for centuries and is now threatened by extinction through monocropping and a looming epidemic. López is an MFA candidate at CalArts.
Freaky Frightful Friday #FFF: The Chaneque (toon)
Mexico has its share of stories about the little people known as chaneque (Nahuatl) and alux (Maya).
Their appearance varies; sometimes they look like children, other times they have animal-like or deformed extremities, or are reported wearing traditional garb native to the area.
Miami Latina running for Congress took a trip on a UFO (video)
Three tall, blonde-haired space aliens kidnapped her and took her for a ride in their UFO, which was controlled by quartz rocks, she said. Now Republican entrepreneur Bettina Rodriguez Aguilera (pictured with non-alien tall blonde — we think) is seeking the GOP nomination for Florida’s 27th Congressional District.
Mas…Miami Latina running for Congress took a trip on a UFO (video)
Pork People Present: A Puerto Rican’s Michoacan-style carnitas
The National Pork Board wants you to eat more of “the other white meat” and got Puerto Rico-born, Miami-based, Asian-gastropub-owning chef José Mendín to share how he makes Michoacan-style pork carnitas. We’re surprised by his use of condensed milk in the recipe, but that shows why we’re not a five-time James Beard Award nominee and he is!
Asian Mex food chain partners with Google for burritos by drone (video)
Oz-based taqueria chain Guzman y Gomez sells Mexican food on the other side of the world. Project Wing, a subsidiary of Alphabet (Google’s parent company), is working on local delivery drone copters. It was a match made in heaven. Read more at Guzman y Gomez’ website.
Before America went crazy, Uncle Sam welcomed immigrants (audio)
Before World War II, the American government cranked up the propaganda machine to WELCOME immigrants with a Sunday afternoon radio program from the INS called I’m An American. Sara Laskow reports for NPR’s All Things Considered.
Here’s the show with immigration posterboy and refugee from the Nazis Albert Einstein:
Mas…Before America went crazy, Uncle Sam welcomed immigrants (audio)
N.J. teacher says ‘Speak American’; Students say: ‘Adios!’ (video)
Students walked out of class after an ignorant high school teacher in New Jersey told a Latina student to “speak American” last week.
Schoolhouse Mock! Music Video: I am a slave, yes I’m only a slave
From the The Roots and crew at black-ish, this Schoolhouse Rock! inspired video celebrates our proud Southern Confederate Heritage through the eyes of a slave.
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Mas…Schoolhouse Mock! Music Video: I am a slave, yes I’m only a slave
Los Cenzontles, David Hidalgo: Robert Palmer’s “Every Kinda People”
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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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.
