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This DF family has been making piñatas for generations (video)
Hugo Mena and his family make and sell piñatas in Mexico City, a family tradition for generations
Ramen vegan tacos with wasabi mayo? Reply hazy try again (video)
Just a few easy ingredients and a strong stomach are all you need to make and enjoy these fantastic fusion vegan fandangos! Or not.
Start with a block of dried ramen noodles dipped in vegan egg-like goop, stew them in ramen juice, cut them into circles, fold them like tacos, then fill these little impersonators with fake chicken, bean sprouts, corn, cebollitas, wasabi (falso) mayonnaise. There you have it. Whatever.
DEPLORABLES! Gay Latino at a right wing press conference (video)
Look! It’s crooked Hillary libtard propaganda from a sinner. Shameless!
Or, as Media Matters, who made this video explains:
Mas…DEPLORABLES! Gay Latino at a right wing press conference (video)
Anup Bajracharya makes chicken tacos (video)
San Francisco’s Anup Bajracharya has his own Nepali take on homemade chicken tacos, and we like what we see — ginger, orange juice — except for the flour tortillas. of course. 😉 Nepali tacos on every corner!
Unsung Heroes of Hispanic Heritage Month: Berkowitz the tailor
They were ordinary people living ordinary lives, until one singular sensation of circumstance conspired with fate to make them UNSUNG HEROES OF HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH.
In 1978, a young Chicano actor from Montebello, CA went to tailor Yossi F. Berkowitz to try on a new suit custom-made for his starring role in a Los Angeles play. Right away, he noticed that the coat sleeves were too long.
“No problem,” said Berkowitz, a long-time shop owner in nearby Boyle Heights. “Just bend them at the elbow and hold them out in front of you. See, now it’s fine.”
Mas…Unsung Heroes of Hispanic Heritage Month: Berkowitz the tailor
Neil Young vs the Dakota Access Pipeline: ‘Indian Givers’ (video,lyrics)
OG activist Neil Young stands up for the Standing Rock Sioux and against the Dakota Access Pipeline in this new song and video — Indian Givers.
The lyrics include the story of Dale “Happy” American Horse Jr., a Native activist who was busted after chaining himself to a digger machine at the site.
Mira los lyrics:
Mas…Neil Young vs the Dakota Access Pipeline: ‘Indian Givers’ (video,lyrics)
He made a new GIF about L.A. every day for a month (video)
Artist James Curran explains the method behind his madness in creating LAGifAThon:
In July I spent a month in Los Angeles where I animated a new GIF every day for 30 days inspired by something that happened during my stay.
See all the looping GIFs on Twitter, Tumblr and Instagram with #LAGifathon or follow me to keep up with the next Gifathon, coming soon…
Talk and Sing Like a Mexican Pirate Day: ‘Santy Anno’ (music video)
It’s International Talk Sing Like A Pirate Day and we’re please to present not only a “sea shanty” about being a pirate, but one about the Mexican-American war of the 1850s. It’s even in Wikipedia! This video of Santy Anno has music by Forebitter and Lord Cavendish manga-influenced artwork assembled by uploader LordDrakoArakis, probably not his real name.
Here’s the some of what Wikipedia says about this traditional song:
Mas…Talk and Sing Like a Mexican Pirate Day: ‘Santy Anno’ (music video)
Pocho Ocho Top GOP Picks for Latinx Heritage Month 2017
“Hispanic” Heritage Month, the officially-approved celebration of Latinx and their contributions to the United Estates of America, started Thursday.
Donald Trump’s GOP has proposed their own list of praise-worthy Hispanix for next year’s fiesta — assuming Trump wins — and POCHO has gotten a sneak peek at their nominations.
Peep this Mexclusive list of the Pocho Ocho Top GOP Picks for Latinx Heritage Month 2017:
8. The Frito Bandito
7. The Taco Bell Chihuahua
6. The Chevy No Va
Hey, Trump! Come down to my barrio and say that again
On the first day of class, I always inform my university students that I hold two PhDs — one from a premier research institution, UC Berkeley, and the other from one of the toughest neighborhoods in the country, East Los Angeles’ Ramona Gardens housing project or Big Hazard projects (named after the notorious gang).
While I’ve relied on my research and analytic skills to criticize Donald Trump, as the Republican presidential nominee, I’ve also depended on my street smarts to deconstruct his extremist politics and erratic behavior. While political foes, pundits, cable news anchors and journalists are bewildered by Trump, I grew up with his type: Wannabe tough guy, bully and hustler. To deal with Trump, we must view him through these typologies, among others, such as xenophobe, racist, money-grubber and liar.
Hispanic survival at Texas ‘Christian’ college: White wash (video)
Why did Samantha Granado cover herself with white wash and post the video online? Here’s the explanation she shared on Vimeo:
I was inspired by the idea of an institutional critique based on my personal experience as a Hispanic female student at TCU. My performance was documented as a short film in which emphasizes the emotional and physical transformation I have endured these past years within the “TCU bubble,” an environment that prevents minorities from feeling included and embraced within the community.
Ex Mex President Fox eats truck tacos, beats Trump piñata (video)
Mexican President Vicente Fox beat a Donald Trump piñata after eating at a taco truck last week in Los Angeles. “Tacos will make America great,” Fox said.
Business Insider has the story:
During an appearance on El Show de Piolín in Los Angeles, former Mexican President Vicente Fox found a new way to demonstrate his often-stated criticisms of Donald Trump: Beating a piñata of the Republican presidential candidate.
Mas…Ex Mex President Fox eats truck tacos, beats Trump piñata (video)
Surveillance Video: Mexican invaders jump border wall (GIF)
Mexicans are invading America — crossing the border wall in their taco trucks. Recent surveillance video catches these ill eagles in action.
Tamaleros on every corner are a good idea, too (videos)
See the guy with the tamales in the hot box on wheels? He’s well-known in San Pedro, home of the Port of Los Angeles, on the south side of the City of Angels. This vato — The Tamale Guy — even has his own reviews (good ones!) on Yelp:
Legalizing street vendors like the Tamale Guy is one of the key elements of the Manifesto of The Taco Truck Party, announced on POCHO last week by our Associate Naranjero Gustavo ¡Ask a Mexican! Arellano.
Via our friends at LatinoLA.com, here’s an academic analysis of the issues involved:
Why the City of Los Angeles Should Legalize Street Vending
Street entrepreneurs should not be criminalized
By Vanessa Alcantar and Robert D. Flores Jr.
“¡Tamales! ¡Tamales! ¡Tamales!”
Growing up in the East L.A. and Pico Union neighborhoods of Los Angeles, this shouting is something everybody in the neighborhood is accustomed to because it provides a sense of home. To everyone in our households, this is the cue to scour through the house for cash and hurry outside to catch the tamale lady in time before she takes off.
Taco trucks on every corner? America reacts (video)
Americans are united in their reaction to the imminent threat of #tacotrucksoneverycorner if Hillary Clinton is elected. We saw it on the Internets, so it must be true!
Google tests drone delivery of burritos at Virginia Tech (video)
The future arrived in Blacksburg, Virginia, Monday as Google tested its small-package drone delivery system, lowering Chipotle Mexican Grill burritos in boxes to clipboard-carrying engineers on the Virginia Tech campus.
The #GoogleDronesOnEveryCorner test flight program appeared successful, making ten uneventful drops.
The Roanoke Times reports:
Mas…Google tests drone delivery of burritos at Virginia Tech (video)
Gigantic 30-ton meteorite unearthed in Argentina (video)
It came from Outer Espace and landed in Gancedo, Argentina, 674 miles north of Buenos Aires, 4000 years ago. And now the 30-ton meteorite is seeing the light of day.
Mas…Gigantic 30-ton meteorite unearthed in Argentina (video)
Brooklyn loves this taquero, and he loves Brooklyn back (video)
A Mexican immigrant brings a taco truck to Brooklyn, helps the neighborhood, has fun, and makes money. It’s the American Dream!
The secret to a perfect body? Try GENETICS™ (video)
You’ve tried a dozen different diets, you’ve exercised until you could barely walk, and yet the pounds and the inches stick around like bad karma or that weird kid Rob from ninth grade who stalks you on Facebook. What exactly is the secret to a perfect body? It’s simple: GENETICS™
Los Cenzontles: It takes ‘Every Kind of People’ (music video)
He was just an ordinary guy, but he had an extraordinary day. Los Cenzontles (The Mockingbirds) re-imagine Robert Palmer’s Every Kind of People.
PREVIOUSLY ON LOS CENZONTLES:
Mas…Los Cenzontles: It takes ‘Every Kind of People’ (music video)
RIP Bobby Chacon, Pacoima’s World Champion (toon)
Former Super Featherweight and Featherweight World Boxing Champion Bobby Chacon died September 7. The Pacoima-born sensation was only 64 and suffered from boxing-induced dementia.