Watch: Secrets of the Mexican torta de milanesa (aka Cubana)
The secretive Mexican torta dealer (tortatraficante) and taco connoisseur Milanexa shares the recipe for his world-famous Cuban Torta.
I Skyped to Peru to discuss racism with high school students
A few weeks ago, my aunt asked me to do a Skype Q&A with her high school students in Peru. She teaches a course on race and racial profiling and she thought it would be interesting to show her class my stand-up comedy dealing with racism then discuss the differences between American and South American racism.
However, the timing could not have been more biting. Just prior to my Skype call, news of yet another black man, Alton Sterling, slaughtered by police officers, began to circulate.
My aunt said to me, “the kids have a hard time understanding American racial profiling, for instance, why do cops target black people?”
Mas…I Skyped to Peru to discuss racism with high school students
Watch: We found the perfect phone for filming police brutality
Planning to video some police brutality? Do you need extra battery life because the popo are out of control? Police badge number recognition? Instant posting to Facebook? Jerrod Carmichael has the perfect phone for you!
Trump crowned with ‘Ring of Fire’ y Johnny Cash (toon, audio)

I fell into a burnin’ ring of fire
I went down, down, down
And the flames went higher
And it burns, burns, burns
The ring of fire, the ring of fire
I fell into a burnin’ ring of fire
I went down, down, down
And the flames went higher
And it burns, burns, burns
The ring of fire, the ring of fire
Johnny Cash somehow manages a version of Ring of Fire en Español:
Mas…Trump crowned with ‘Ring of Fire’ y Johnny Cash (toon, audio)
They say they want ‘America Back’ but WTF do they mean? (video)
They say it’s only a “teaser” for America Back by Jill Solbule but we think this one-minute music video is perfect just as it is. [NSFW F-bomb.]
Abstenganse de molestar! We are not pendejos! (photo)
“It’s Proselyte Week here in Orange Aztlán,” POCHO’s anonymous Orange County photographic contributor emailed Wednesday. He put this sign on the front door of his Anaheim townhouse.
“Person after person is coming to ask whether we’ve found Jesus (“¿Ya se les extravió Jesús otra vez?! Qué descuidados son los cristianos con su salvador…”), to try and tell us Trump is more than just a bloviating human camote, to sell crappy chocolates for dubious fundraising efforts, etc. This sign has only been up for a few hours, but so far no one has knocked.”
Here I am, POCHO Jefe-in-Chief @LaloAlcaraz, at #SDCC 2016

LALO ALCARAZ SD COMICCON SCHEDULE
San Diego International ComicCon starts tonight, but tomorrow is the Historic! First! Ever! Chicano Comic Art panel at #SDCC! Join us! Also, ChicanoCon is in effect Saturday at BorderX Brewery in Logan Heights. See you there!
THURSDAY
Chicano Comic and Public Art in San Diego, Thursday, 7/21/16, 6-7PM, Room: 25ABCA Panel discussion on San Diego’s vibrant popular arts scene in Barrio Logan, SDSU and UCSD. Discussions on Chicano comics and strips, public murals, Chicano superheros, magic and mythology. Moderated by Peruvian muralist and Chicano Park curator Mario Torrero, with me, Lalo Alcaraz, Border X gallery owner David BorderX and POCHO’s Chicano Punk Rock Artesano Junco Canché.
Mas…Here I am, POCHO Jefe-in-Chief @LaloAlcaraz, at #SDCC 2016
Tacocat live video: Consuela’s “Psychedelic Quinceañera”
Seattle’s Tacocat explains why Consuela is skipping school today. Long story short: She’s attending a Psychedelic Quinceañera instead.
Mira los lyrics:
Mas…Tacocat live video: Consuela’s “Psychedelic Quinceañera”
Trumpanzee: He’ll sell you snake oil and rip off your face (toon)
You can see more like this (and buy prints) at ArtofMarkBryan.com
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Mas…Trumpanzee: He’ll sell you snake oil and rip off your face (toon)
Marga Gomez: My awkward phone call with Ms. Bagina (video)
New York-based actor, writer, director, and comic Marga Gomez didn’t quite know what to say when the next telemarketing phone call she had to make was to a woman named Bagina.
Watch: Pregnant mujer crossing border gives birth to ‘Alien’
Locked in the back of a van, desperate migrants must cross the Mexican border into the U.S. before one of them gives birth to an illegal alien. The Birth of an Alien (El Nacimiento de un Extranjero) is from Sumiko Braun.
The Funky Aztecs live 1991: Name the homies in ‘Barrioism’
POCHO amigo Gary J. Baca introduces pioneer Northern California Chicano rappers the Funky Aztecs to the cameras on Viacom public access TV’s New World Videos. In Barrioism, the impossibly young homies list all the vatos in the neighborhood. The video list of personalities is from 1991. Does it still sound familiar?
Señor Lingus: Come for the food and stay for the mariachis (video)
At Señor Lingus — the Mexican restaurant chain with live music — you’ll come for the food and stay for the mariachis! Check your Yelper Pages for a Señor Lingus in a shopping mall near you.
Pocho Ocho most alarming symptoms of RNC Treasonnaires’ Disease
(PNS reporting from CLEVELAND) Jailhouse emergency wards here are filling up with RNC delegates placed on 72-hour mental health holds following “disturbing the peace” arrests.
Clevelanders have been swamping 911 with reports of out-of-town Republicans incoherently screaming, “acting all hatey ‘n’ shit,” and/or “dreaming impossible dreams” after being ordered to cease and desist.
“If the cops don’t immediately drop whatever they’re doing and investigate Michelle Obama’s ‘connection in ISIS who gives her steroids,’ for example,” one ER intake psychiatrist told PNS Sunday, “these GOP loconauts accuse the police of treason. That’s why we’re calling the mass derangement syndrome Treasonnaires’ Disease.”
How can YOU tell if a delegate to the Republican National Convention might be suffering from Treasonnaires’ Disease?
Here are the Pocho Ocho Most Alarming Symptoms:
8. PARANOIA: Scared of real-life encounters with “those Negro actors” who starred in The Cleveland Show.
7. ACTING OUT/ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR: “Open carries” an AR-15, drinks Heinz 57 and huffs WD-40.
6. VIOLENT VERBAL OUTBURSTS: “Who let Obama in my mama jama’s ding dong?” one patient asked, over and over. Bless his sweet heart.
Mas…Pocho Ocho most alarming symptoms of RNC Treasonnaires’ Disease
Ask your doctor if Slapping NDN Medicine Man is right for you (video)
When the White Man’s medicine isn’t working,it’s time to see the Slapping Medicine Man. Video by The 1491s.
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Mas…Ask your doctor if Slapping NDN Medicine Man is right for you (video)
Texans in trucks ambush Fort Bliss soldiers with Mexican MREs (video)
In El Paso, mechanized squads of senior citizens sneak up on soldiers and offer them exotic foreign “Meals, Ready-To-Eat” with origins South of the Border. These metal-encased MREs are called “burritos,” according to the truck people. And the Fort Bliss soldiers like them!
Mas…Texans in trucks ambush Fort Bliss soldiers with Mexican MREs (video)
‘Study Abroad’ gringa is slow to realize she’s really in Califas
Tip from ex-Facebook friend breaks bad news
(PNS reporting from SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA) A “Study Abroad” student received some upsetting news last week when she realized nothing around her looked like the Lonely Planet guidebook she was carrying.
Becky Miller, a 21-year old geography major from Louisville, KY, was scheduled to spend three months in San Jose studying Spanish as a student with Veritas University. Her plans are now very much in doubt after she blew most of her savings in central California on San Jose Shark hockey games and visiting the Winchester Mystery Mansion.
Mas…‘Study Abroad’ gringa is slow to realize she’s really in Califas
DTTX (Bobby Ramirez) and LSOB: ‘Sunday Afternoon’ (1990 video)
Our thoughts and prayers go out to Inland Empire hiphop pioneer DTTX aka Bobby Rivera of Lighter Shade of Brown LSOB. Sunday Afternoon is from Brown & Proud, 1990














