They’re one part Mexico, one part California and rolled in Arabia where SIZE MATTERS.
Mas…Saudi Arabia’s FireGrill Mex Kitchen Speed Eating Contest (video)
Nancy Sanchez y Marisa Ronstadt: Love as big as the ‘Ocean’ (audio)
Los Angeles singer-songwriter Nancy Sanchez’ new album release American Novio includes this perky love song, Ocean, which features sweet harmonies from (Linda’s cousin) Marisa Ronstadt. Check it out.
Hipster ‘Palm Pies’ or culturally-appropriated empanadas? (video)
In the second episode of Welcome to the Northside, a Denver hipster brings his Palm Pie food cart to the hood, but our hero Mikey Gonzales is skeptical.
Gonzales, a Chicano young professional, just bought a house in this gentrifying neighborhood, but still finds himself searching for home.
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Quick-thinking tourist snaps photo of MR. POCHO in Puerto Vallarta
What was Our Fearless Leader MR. POCHO doing in Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico on Tuesday? We can’t tell, but it was NOT COLLUSION and NO GLOWING ORBS were involved.
We CAN say this:
Mas…Quick-thinking tourist snaps photo of MR. POCHO in Puerto Vallarta
Soup_or_Sara: ‘I stitched my favorite conversation starter’ (photo)
Reddit user soup_or_sara has the right idea!
Mariachi Entertainment System: ‘Hopelessly Devoted to You’ (video)
The classic oldie from Olivia Newton John and Grease gets a new sound and new look from Mariachi Entertainment System. MES’ Kickstarter is here.
Gentrification: Stop complaining, STFU, and GTFO (NSFW video)
The Latino Comedy Project has selflessly written, produced, and uploaded Gentrification Explained, just so you’ll understand why you need to STFU and GTFO. [NSFW language.]
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Mas…Gentrification: Stop complaining, STFU, and GTFO (NSFW video)
L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti: Hey, Trump! Not in my backyard! (NPR audio)
Maria Hinojosa of NPR’s LatinoUSA talks with Los Angeles Alcalde Eric Garcetti.
The mayor’s message for President Trump? YOU ARE NOT THE BOSS OF ME!
Mas…L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti: Hey, Trump! Not in my backyard! (NPR audio)
In the midst of so much inequality: Ode to the Class of 2017
Delivered to graduating seniors and their families at Pomona College’s Class Day
It’s great to be here today
to recognize you all in this way
I want to be here fully in celebration
but I can’t without first naming some realizations
I offer these reflections
with all humility
in the lessons you’ve taught me, class of 2017
Please know, I didn’t set out to rhyme
that’s just how the words flowed this time
The severity of the issues remain
I just speak them with little academic refrain
Mas…In the midst of so much inequality: Ode to the Class of 2017
Tacos are for everyone – paisas, gueros, y morenos tambien (video)
The tacos at Taqueria El Califa in Mexico City are for everyone – paisas, gueros y morenos tambien. All together now: WORLD PEACE AND TACO GREASE!
Coming soon! Wipe your butt with Trump papel higiénico, help migrants
Guanajuato, MX attorney Antonio Battaglia says Trump toilet paper will be in stores before the end of the year, and 30% of the profits will go to groups that support migrants, according to CNN Mexican affiliate Expansion.
The lawyer registered the trademark in 2015.
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Mas…Coming soon! Wipe your butt with Trump papel higiénico, help migrants
Goldie Han Solo, 4, eulogized at tearful funeral: ‘She always smiled’
(PNS reporting from PALOS VERDES, CA) Beloved aquatic family member Goldie Han Solo was remembered for her cheerful demeanor and active lifestyle at a tearful funeral ceremony in the Solo family’s back yard here Tuesday.
Goldie, believed to be four years old (photo), apparently died of asphyxiation and/or dehydration after she leaped from her fishbowl Monday night around 11:37 PM. That’s when a small earthquake (3.5 Richter) shook this suburban Los Angeles community, according to the U.S. Geological Service.
Her teeny, shiny body was discovered on the floor of Reyna Solo’s bedroom at 7 AM Tuesday by family member Gilda Solis-Chihuahua Solo, who awakened 8-year-old Reyna with loud whimpering and assertive licking. Reyna and Gilda, a Canine-American, had both slept through the temblor; Goldie, not so much.
Reyna attempted mouth-to-mouth resuscitation but Goldie was already stiff and dry, swimming in that fish pond in the sky.
Mas…Goldie Han Solo, 4, eulogized at tearful funeral: ‘She always smiled’
This may be the prettiest tamales video ever
Evenuelto en Hojas in Quintana Roo specializes in tamales made with amor, and atole. How can you go wrong? [Video by Mariana de la Rosa.]
Making tacos de lengua at Tacos Rocha in Nuevo León, MX
In this pilot for a web series called Micro Bites spotlighting “unusual” Mexican dishes, we watch the preparation of beef tongue tacos. Eduardo Ramirez takes us along for tacos de lengua at Tacos Rocha, in Sabinas Hidalgo, Nuevo León, in northeast Mexico, an hour south of Laredo. Flour or corn, with a side of borracho beans.
Little Pedro and the Street Singers explain ‘Spanish America’ (video)
In “Spanish America”, supposed kid singers explain how tortillas are corn bread and frijoles are what’s for lunch:
From the Children’s Record Guild 78, released circa early 1950s. With David Pfeffer as Pedro, also with Sally Sweetland, Earl Rogers, Lee Sweetland, Denise Alexander and David Anderson. Music by Miguel Sandoval. Story by L. Paris.
‘Trumpon Sangron’ Version II by Partners ‘N Crime (audio and lyrics)
Singing, songwriting Partners ‘N Crime explain:
Mas…‘Trumpon Sangron’ Version II by Partners ‘N Crime (audio and lyrics)
