Juanita Ca$h: ‘Fuego del Amor (Ring of Fire)’ (audio)
“What would it sound like if Johnny Cash had an illegitimate daughter raised in Juarez?” asks the Juanita Ca$h Facebook page. “Juanita Ca$h has come to take her revenge on her father’s music: Blasphemous, boisterous, psychedelic cumbia versions of her daddy’s classic songs.”
Uhm, huh?
Attack of the Three-Headed GOP Kaiju Monster from Hell (toon)
PREVIOUSLY ON CHICANO PUNK ROCK ARTESANO:
Mas…Attack of the Three-Headed GOP Kaiju Monster from Hell (toon)
Barack and Richard: ‘Happy (Black) Presidents Day!’ (toon, video)
Remember the time this 2008 toon somehow turned into a 2009 cover illustration for The New Yorker?
Mas…Barack and Richard: ‘Happy (Black) Presidents Day!’ (toon, video)
SPONSORED: Wrap yourself in the legacy of Justice Antonin Scalia
Antonin Scalia was the King of Judicial Jiggery-Pokery — until he was taken from us at the mean old age of 74.
His spirited defense of torture, based on something he saw Jack Bauer do on television’s 24, was truly his finest hour.
Mas…SPONSORED: Wrap yourself in the legacy of Justice Antonin Scalia
From Dreams to Trash: ‘El Sueño Americano’ (photos)
These photographs document the personal effects of migrants apprehended in the desert by U.S. Border Patrol agents which were subsequently seized and surrendered during processing at a U.S. Customs and Border Patrol facility in southern Arizona.
Life and death on the streets: ‘Los Angeles 1991’ (NSFW video)
Race relations in Los Angeles, 1991 are far from ideal. When Mexican-American Eladio goes to avenge the death of his older brother at the hands of a Korean-American merchant, he soon discovers that he’s not the only one with a reason to kill today. [NSFW adult language, F-bombs; graphic violence.]
Mas…Life and death on the streets: ‘Los Angeles 1991’ (NSFW video)
Hey Vato! It’s ‘A Cholo Valentine’ (NSFW video)
As Vatos Smiley and Chuy search for the true meaning of Valentine’s Day — and the place of amor in this troubled world — Smiley’s sister Angie sets them straight on how VDay REALLY works. [F-bomb.]
Pocho Ocho top activists’ pickup lines for Valentine’s Day
Love is in the air for Valentine’s Day, along with cries for immigration reform, equal economic opportunity and an end to pervasive systemic racism.
Is there a way for the politically active pocha or pocho, Chicano, Chicana, Chican@ and/or Latinx to get lucky AND make the world a better place?
Yes, there is, in our list of the Pocho Ocho top activist pickup lines you can use this Valentine’s Day:
8. What do we want? A quiet romantic dinner for two! When do we want it? Friday night — what do you think — 8-ish?
7. What’s a nice girl like you doing in a MEChA like this?
6. Is that a GMO-free organic sustainably-raised earth-friendly heirloom local family farm non-corporate elote in your pocket or are you just happy to see me?
Mas…Pocho Ocho top activists’ pickup lines for Valentine’s Day
Tia Lencha’s Cocina: Hot and Sexy Aphrodisiac Valentine’s Day Salsa
I’m Elena Maria Celina Carrillo Martinez de los Angeles Delgadillo Trujillo…Lopez. But you can call me Lencha.
Today my son is in his room reading his Naruto muñequito books, so I can chare with you my special recipe for Valentime’s Day.
M’ijo don’t like it when I talk about sexy things because me and his daddy are divorce because his daddy like to stick his weene ebrywhere.
M’ijo usually checks my espelling but oh gwell. Since I have a little gwhile, I give you the recipe for Aphrodisiac Salsa.
Mas…Tia Lencha’s Cocina: Hot and Sexy Aphrodisiac Valentine’s Day Salsa
Hey, baby, que paso? I thought I was your only vato (❤️ Day video)
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San Antonio Valentine’s Day Shout Out!
“Hey, baby – que paso? I thought I was your only vato!” The Texas Tornados perform in a 1992 BBC video at the Gruene Hall, in Gruene, Texas.
Want to sing along? We’ve got lyrics!
Mas…Hey, baby, que paso? I thought I was your only vato (❤️ Day video)
‘Chupacabra’ sightings in San Diego prompt pet warnings (video)
Sightings of creatures resembling the legendary chupacabra could mean bad news for area pets, according to KGTV Channel 10 ABC News.
Hollywood producer’s Twitter feed highlights sexism in scripts
Film producer Ross Putman’s new Twitter feed @FemScriptIntros shares the lines from film scripts where female characters are introduced. To protect the innocent(?), Putman has changed all their names to JANE. The excerpts speak volumes about how “The Industry” thinks about women. Unlike all the women, it’s not a pretty picture.
Here is his Twitter feed in real time:
Mas…Hollywood producer’s Twitter feed highlights sexism in scripts
#TBT Video: When Donald Trump met ‘The Honeymooners’
Since it’s #TBT Throwback Thursday, we thought you’d enjoy the time Donald Trump appeared on TV’s The Honeymooners.
Pocho Ocho Top Facts You Need to Know About New Hampshire
Donald Trump’s and Bernie Sanders’ stunning victories Tuesday don’t make sense unless you know the hidden history of the state of New Hampshire.
That’s the reason we researched and compiled the Pocho Ocho Top Facts You Need to Know About New Hampshire:
8. New HAMpshire is known for its “HAM aroma” which inspired the hit song My Sharona
7. Coincidence or conspiracy? The ham-smelling state’s namesake [old] Hampshire, on England’s southern coast across the channel from France, smells like CHEESE
6. New Hampshire is very white. How white is it? New Hampshire is so white it makes the OSCARS look like a #BlackLivesMatter rally
Mas…Pocho Ocho Top Facts You Need to Know About New Hampshire
Pinche ‘Sangron’ – How can I miss you if you won’t andale? (video)
Tapia Corel and Jim Rhodes — Partners ‘N Crime from LA’s San Fernando Valley — sing a sad corrido, the tale of a lover who is nothing but trouble. [The Spanglish lyrics may be NSFW in a work situation where people who understand Spanglish are also uptight pendejos.]
Saddest song ever! Lalo Guerrero sings “There’s No Tortillas” (video)
The great Lalo Guerrero can hardly sing for all the weeping as he performs There’s No Tortillas. And who can blame him?
Here’s our favorite (non parody) Lalo Guerrero song — he calls it a “boogie woogie jitterbug”:
Mas…Saddest song ever! Lalo Guerrero sings “There’s No Tortillas” (video)
An OVNI/UFO came to town — but thankfully didn’t harm us (toons)
A spaceship came to town — thankfully they didn’t harm us.
Mas…An OVNI/UFO came to town — but thankfully didn’t harm us (toons)
Enjoy ‘Mexican Crazy Bread’ at the Doha, Qatar Marriott (video)
You can make Mexican Crazy Bread yourself, whatever it is, just like in this “street food” recipe video, or stop by the Doha Marriott Hotel any Thursday for #DIYStreetFoodDoha. The hotel is located on Ras Abu Aboud Street, Building 2, Street 920, Zone 28, Doha. It’s unclear if the Marriott makes their Mexican bread with any leftover chicken, really. Crazy not included.
Bernardo Sanchez, Bernie Sanders’ Mexican bro, y Larry David (videos)
Un mensaje importante de Bernardo Sánchez, Bernie Sanders’ Mexican hermano. He’s Catholic. He’s Jewish. He’s a Cashjew. He’s NSFW.
And what would Bernie TV be without Larry David’s SNL sketch Bern Your Enthusiasm:
Mas…Bernardo Sanchez, Bernie Sanders’ Mexican bro, y Larry David (videos)
Coloring book from El Rey Del Art: Frida bot, taco dreams, luchador
The Big Fancy Coloring Book offers something special for odd grownups, peculiar kids, and lovers of absurd drawings of tacos, Frida Kahlo and/or Chiquita Banana and/or Carmen Miranda, luchadores and armadillos. It’s the latest creative product from our mysterious amigo, The Painter of Arizona Light, whose Internet spokespern is known as El Rey Del Art (so-called self portrait, above).
We’ve secured especial permission to share four of El Rey’s droppings here:
Mas…Coloring book from El Rey Del Art: Frida bot, taco dreams, luchador
Valentine’s Day love song to a ‘Queen’ – with sousaphone (music video)
Chilean-American rapper Dazer teams up with Erin Kim — a contestant on NBC’s The Voice — for a multicultural love song to a Queen. We especially dig Grindz on sousaphone, a marching band tuba that wraps around the body. And check out MacArthur Park in the background where they left that cake out in the rain.
Mira los lyrics (en Español y Ingles):
Mas…Valentine’s Day love song to a ‘Queen’ – with sousaphone (music video)
