Lucha libre is no longer just for men, as Marcela and her friends explain to the BBC.
Radical Housekeeper: A short story
She’s up at 5:45 in the morning to make her kids and husband breakfast and lunch for the day; waiting to make her own meals last. She pulls out the tortillas fresh off the comal because she doesn’t believe in store bought shit. She’s authentic, raw and loyal to her traditions. She slips into her outfit and watches a little bit of the news as she waits for her ride, even though she can’t quite understand what the news lady is saying in English. Someone honks outside and she grabs her bags, jacket and rushes out the door. She fights her tired eyes on the car ride for the next forty-five minutes and instead pretends to be interested in what her co-worker/companion has to say. What are the latest chismes? “Cindi from work left her husband and child. She ran off with another man and they say that guy is three times her age and we are all sure Cindi is only in it for the papeles….”
Who knew? Donald El Pato is one of ‘The Three Gay Caballeros’ (video)
Donald El Pato goes South of the Border as The Three Caballeros sing, dance, and welcome you to Mexico. Sombrero? Check! Serape? Check. ¡Ay, caramba! ¡Hola, Jalisco! (What does that even mean?)
Every day is taco day when you freeze your tacos in a bag (video)
Here’s an idea: Make your ground beef tacos ahead of time, put ’em in a bag, suck the air out, freeze the bag o’ tacos and reheat when needed. Tacos In A Bag demonstrates.
Hola! Aloha! Why so much Mexican food in small town Hawaii? (video)
Today we remember Rudy Martinez, a Mexican-American from San Diego who became the first Latino casualty of the Second World War when the Japanese sunk his ship, the U.S.S. Utah, in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii 75 years ago today, December 7, 1941.
Martinez’ story inspired us to search for “Mexican” AND “Hawaii” and we found this video from Kapa’a High School on the (Garden) island of Kauai. The kids wanted to know why their small town of 10,000 — a community with just one Starbucks — was lucky enough to have nine Mexican restaurants.
Tish Hinojosa: He was from ‘The West Side of Town’ (video, lyrics)
Folk/country singer songwriter Tish Hinojosa sings a song about a pilgrim’s progress in America — a Mexican pilgrim in Texas. Felipe, the father, lived in San Antonio, on The West Side of Town. That’s were Felipe met Maria…
Los lyrics:
Mas…Tish Hinojosa: He was from ‘The West Side of Town’ (video, lyrics)
Never forget! Aztlan was ‘Stolen at Gunpoint’ (NSFW video, lyrics)
In 1998, LA’s Kid Frost (Arturo Molina, Jr) and Mexican punk rappers Tijuana No teamed up for a history lesson about the so-called border imposed on Aztlan by the force of arms. SPOILER: We’re gonna get it back! [NSFW F-bombs.]
Mira los lyrics:
Mas…Never forget! Aztlan was ‘Stolen at Gunpoint’ (NSFW video, lyrics)
Boyle Heights’ The Tracks want you to ‘Go Out Tonight’ (video, lyrics)
Go Out Tonight is the debut release from Boyle Heights band The Tracks. The noir-looking video — with visuals from the 1961 film The Exiles — sets a contrasting stage for the band’s poppy high energy sound and escapist lyrics:
Mas…Boyle Heights’ The Tracks want you to ‘Go Out Tonight’ (video, lyrics)
At the Trump Grill, one customer gets served first (CCCP toon)
War gets served first, then libraries, the arts, education, and healthcare get leftovers, if there are any.
MX archaeologists find wind god temple under supermarket (video)
Archaelogoists have found a circular platform dedicated to wind god Ehecatl-Quetzalcoatl and eight sets of human remains under the site of a demolished supermarket in the Tlatelolco area of Mexico City.
Mas…MX archaeologists find wind god temple under supermarket (video)
Tonia Jo Hall shout out to Natives: ‘She’s that kind of woman’ (video)
Tonia Jo Hall has some words of encouragement in She’s that kind of woman. “Shout out to all the beautiful strong native women,” she writes:
Mas…Tonia Jo Hall shout out to Natives: ‘She’s that kind of woman’ (video)
Student Video: ‘Making tamales with Yamelith’ (and her mom)
We bet this looks familiar! Yamelith made tamales with her mom over the Thanksgiving weekend and shared her experience in this student video, uploaded by the Charles W. Harris School in Phoenix, AZ.
New issue out! ‘Furious Twitter Egg, the Magazine for Idiots’ (toon)
Mexicano collects 1000 pairs of sneakers, opens a sneaker store (video)
Roberto Pelayo aka El Niño is one of the world’s top sneakerheads, with a collection of over 1000 pairs. He started out as a collector is Mexico City; now he buys and sells for himself and his retail operations, Globstore.
The Circle of Life: “Nhazé” means “seed” in Zapotec (video)
The word “Nazhé” means “seed” in the Mexican Zapotec indigenous language and inspired this short animation about the cyclical nature of life and death. [Video by Chilango artist Fafer Reyes.]
On #GivingTuesday, Los Pochodores endorse these causes
It’s #GivingTuesday 2016, when all good pochos y pochas should donate dinero to the non-profit organization of her/his choice.
Here’s where Los Pochodores are sending money this year:
From France: Creamed potatoes, red onions, and cheese ‘tacos’ (video)
Home fries, red onions, cream sauce and Pont-L’Evêque cheese are the stars of this one-minute recipe video for “tacos” from Elle&Vire, a diary conglomerate in France’s Normandy region. But this begs the critical tortilla-based question: Corn or wheat? Also note that they call tortillas “galettes fajitas,” which translates as fajita pancakes. Unclear on the concept, n’est-ce pas? On the other hand, since they want you to heat the assembled dish on a griddle at 400° for five minutes, and then fold it up, it’s actually a potato quesadilla. Or something.
It’s CyberCholo Monday: Buy my 2017 Cartoon Calendar, please!
Today is CyberCholo Monday at the Lalo Alcaraz Cartoon Studio Empire, and that means I am doing my annual plug for my hilarious and historical date-packed cartoon calendar.
This is possibly the 20th Cartoon Calendar I have made, but I have so much fun making it that I’ve lost track of how many there have been.
Mas…It’s CyberCholo Monday: Buy my 2017 Cartoon Calendar, please!
For Cyber Monday (or not): Happy Hipster Holidays! (photos)
Tired of the same old same old Nativity with the holy homeless Jewish family and the animals in a manger and Los Tres Reyes Magos? So 2000 years ago, am I right?
What you need is the new Hipster Nativity Set, an actual product, available from ModerNativity.com for $129 plus taxes and shipping.
Mas…For Cyber Monday (or not): Happy Hipster Holidays! (photos)