Schoolhouse Rock 1977: The Great American Melting Pot
We live in the land of immigrants and a Great American Melting Pot — where any kid can grow up to be president, or that’s what they wanted you to think in 1977. [Schoolhouse Rock. Music and lyrics by Lynn Ahrens. Vocals by Lori Lieberman. ABC-TV.]
Flying over the sacred lands of the Navajo Nation (video)
The Navajo Nation is a stunning aerial tour of southwest scenery by Cancun-based photographer and videographer Agata Lanz Faura
Enjoy “un viaje aéreo por las tierras sagradas de los pieles rojas,” she writes. “Monument valley, Mexican Hat, Archies, son algunos de los paisajes, que representan parte del hermoso y enigmatico wild west.”
You can’t go wrong with Mariachi Flor de Toloache and ‘Tequila’ (video)
New York City’s Mariachi Flor de Toloache — live in Memphis — take a request for a song everybody loves, Tequila, the 1958 golden oldie by The Champs.
Japanese fans made this Donald Trumpトランプ２０１６commercial
トランプ２０１６ Donald Trumpu for World President 2016, the J-Pop way! So kawaii!
Yanga: African slave who rebelled in Spanish ‘Mexico’ (video)
Gaspar Yanga was stolen from West Africa to work as a slave on a Spanish plantation in colonial “Mexico.” But not for long.
So you say you want to build a wall… (toon)
[Original chile pepper photo here. Gracias!]
These Trump paintings were made with dog poop (video)
If the medium is the message, these portraits of Donald Trump by NYC street artist Hanksy — shown at a street fair Saturday — communicated the message load and clear.
Hopeful candidates begin election year Hispandering (audio)
As the election cycle heats up, hopeful candidates try to gain Hispanic/Latino support, but we won’t get fooled again.
POCHO Jefe-in-Chief Lalo Alcaraz and POCHO Associate Naranjero Gustavo ¡Ask a Mexican! Arellano spill the Hispandering beans on Maria Hinojosa’s Latino USA.
Mas…Hopeful candidates begin election year Hispandering (audio)
Los Cenzontles: ELO’s “I can’t get it out of my head” (video)
Electric Light Orchestra’s I can’t get it out of my head is the lastest pop music cover from Los Cenzontles (The Mockingbirds).
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Mas…Los Cenzontles: ELO’s “I can’t get it out of my head” (video)
Another evening at home, another ‘Mexican Dinner’ (video)
It was just another evening, just another Mexican Dinner with la familia, until the son decided it was time to make an announcement that would rock the house.
Abusive guy says ‘He’s So Sorry’ – Alice Bag says ‘No no no!'(video)
Punk pioneer and East Los homegirl Alice Bag will not excuse the leader of the pack when it comes to domestic abuse — even if he says He’s So Sorry.
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Mas…Abusive guy says ‘He’s So Sorry’ – Alice Bag says ‘No no no!'(video)
Pocho Ocho best ways to tell if someone is a member of ‘LA RAZA’
You know that “Mexican Judge,” Gonzalo P. Curiel? He can’t be impartial in the Trump University fraud case because he’s a member of that militant Mexican cabal known as LA RAZA.
And he’s not the only one! After all, you can’t have a conspiracy with only one conspirator, amirite?
There might even be card-carrying members of LA RAZA in your neighborhood, at your job, talking about you in Spanish at the next table over, or ohmygod in your kids’ schools!
Be aware and be prepared, America.
Here are the Pocho Ocho Best Ways to Tell if Someone Is A Member Of LA RAZA:
8. Nopal en la frente
7. MEChA meeting
6. No era penal
Mas…Pocho Ocho best ways to tell if someone is a member of ‘LA RAZA’
Hey Vato! Profe. Jaime Escalante teaches more than math (video)
Math teacher Jaime Escalante teaches Hey Vato’s Chuy and Smiley a lot more than just mathematics in this lost scene from Stand and Deliver.
New from Nintendo: Super Mario Bros. vs ‘La Frontera’ (toon)
[Isabel Ann Castro is the QueenOfTacosTX on the Instagram. You can see more arte like this live and in person at the Digital Aztlan show at Berkeley’s Something Else Gallery.]