Hollywood and Silicon Valley agree: ‘We dig diversity!’ (photo)
[Photo via Paul Coelho. Thanks!]
El Chupacabra corpse found floating in Paraguay? (video)
Is this a video of the legendary goat-sucking El Chupacabra – or what’s left of the critter – floating dead in a river in Paraguay?
The decomposed body of a humanoid figure has washed up in a stream in Paraguay – and terrified locals believe it to be mythical vampire-like creature Chupacabra.
Mas…El Chupacabra corpse found floating in Paraguay? (video)
La Santa Cecilia: “I Won’t Cry for You” live on Conan (video)
La Marisoul and La Santa Cecilia rock their new single I Won’t Cry for You on Conan.
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‘Taco Cannon’ offers speedy delivery at hockey games (video)
Forget those slow-ass taco copters – so very 2012! What we need is a Taco Cannon!
Rockapella live: ‘Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?’
The rock + a capella vocal ensemble Rockapella sing their greatest hit, the theme song for Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? in this new video.
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So Frida Kahlo: This Halloween you’re going as a boy? (1924 photos)
The many faces of Frida Kahlo include a somber Frida, all of 17, in a three-piece suit.
Mas…So Frida Kahlo: This Halloween you’re going as a boy? (1924 photos)
Lalo Alcaraz: This year, for DDLM, my altar is ‘Muertos Crossing’ (photos)
This year, for my Dia de Los Muertos altar at the Grand Park (Downtown LA) ofrenda/celebration, I built a new variation on one of my favorite motifs. Check out this photo gallery to see how the Muertos Crossing piece came together. Just click on the skeletor niño to get started….
Mas…Lalo Alcaraz: This year, for DDLM, my altar is ‘Muertos Crossing’ (photos)
In the Pacific NW, these are not the droids you’re looking for (toons)
Artist Scott Erickson re-imagines Star Wars iconography in the style of the natives of the Pacific Northwest:
ALLIANCE=REBELLION : ALKI TUM TUM
We each live out our lives, as an amalgam of intertwined narratives, rooted both in chance and intention, influenced heavily by our environment. The Northwest’s distinctive sense of place, stems significantly from the visual gifts of the Indigenous Tribes of the Pacific Northwest Coast. Juxtaposed against a modernizing landscape, their sacred icons are pervasive as rain, depicting narratives as much from long ago, as they are from right here and now.
Mas…In the Pacific NW, these are not the droids you’re looking for (toons)
Corpus Christi’s Selena Museum: Memories and a surprise (photos)
The Selena Museum in Corpus Christi is a shrine to the famed singer Selena, the pride of Tejas.
I was there Wednesday, and it evoked many memories of a brilliant career cut short.
Mas…Corpus Christi’s Selena Museum: Memories and a surprise (photos)
Como Cocinar Zats: How to catch and cook worms (video)
If you’ve been looking for info on how they catch, cook and eat worms in Chiapas, you are in luck! Como Cocinar Zats is the how-to video you’ve been looking for! You’re welcome.
Terrifying Trump masks are Halloween hit for Mexican firm (video)
Orders were flooding in to the Caretas REV factory Wednesday (Grupo REV; Ghoulish Productions, Caretas REV, Plásticos y Vinilos REV, Todo Para Halloween, Monster House, La Karpa de la Parka) for latex masks depicting Donald Trump.
No Halloween costume yet? Here’s a good idea! (photo)
West Los Angeles supermarket Bristol Farms (formerly the Westwood Ho) has a good idea for those trying to figure out who they’ll be this Halloween.
QDEP/RIP Jose Guerrero, El Maestro de Chicago (toon)
The Chicago Reader shared an excellent obituary of artist Jose Guerrero.
Lalo Alcaraz: My Excellent Texalent ‘Bordertown’ Adventure (photos)
(TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20 2015 – TEXAS, USA) I’m “on tour” in South Texas, down along the border, screening episodes of the animated series Bordertown, which debuts next year on FOX.
It’s exotic! The indigenous cuisine served ^^^ at the Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, in McAllen, is like nothing I’ve previously encountered – it’s “quirky.” And I was surrounded by crackers; barrels not so much.
Mas…Lalo Alcaraz: My Excellent Texalent ‘Bordertown’ Adventure (photos)
Los Cenzontles: We’re up and down, like a swing ‘El Columpio’ (video)
Los Cenzontles (the Mockingbirds) offer up the traditional ranchera El Columpio. Life, they lament, is up and down, back and forth, like a seesaw or a swing. Lucina Rodriguez and Fabiola Trujillo sing accompanied by Eugene Rodriguez and Emiliano Rodriguez. Video by Tudor Stanley.
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Chiapas drought reveals 16th-century church (video)
It’s dry in Mexico, too, but it’s not all bad. Low waters in a Chipas reservoir have revealed a sunken treasure. Discovery.com reports:
It’s “Frida’s World” – we just live in it (toon)
There’s more Junco Canché on Instagram.
LatinoUSA: Do the Cubans still run Miami? (audio)
Cuban culture has dominated Latino Miami ever since Cubans arrived after Castro’s revolution 50 years ago. But recently, other Latin Americans have been moving in, and some are asking if Cuban immigrants get preferential treatment. Maria Murriel and Maria Hinojosa report for LatinoUSA.
Attention, West Coast: El Niño is coming – are you prepared? (photos)
Meteorologists expect epic rains for the West Coast this winter as powerful storm elements gather strength in and over the Pacific Ocean.
Also, El Niño is coming!
Are you ready, West Coast pochas y pochos? Are you ready for El Niño? Don’t be a Gloomy Gus like this negative neighbor:
Mas…Attention, West Coast: El Niño is coming – are you prepared? (photos)
POCHO El Pastor: ¿Who would Jesus deport?
Don’t you just love being awakened at the crack of dawn on a Saturday morning with a knock on the door from your cheerful neighborhood congregation?
If you are from the southeast Los Angeles area that might have been me (dispensa for the madrugada). One thing I’ve learned is that faith, politics and culture are intrinsically woven together for many of us.
If the Jesus of the Bible were among us today, I would what He would think of the ‘MURICA! version of His teachings, and I’d like to ask Him a simple question, “Who would You deport”?
We’re no experts but something is wrong in ‘Fruta+Chile’ (video)
Are you sure this is how you do it? We love our mango con chile especially, but this looks wrong. [Fruta+Chile is by MMNTO.]
Historical Hallucinations? History + Hipsters = Hipstory (toons)
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[/one_half_last]Israeli artist Amit Shimoni reimagines historical figures as hipsters.
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Mas…Historical Hallucinations? History + Hipsters = Hipstory (toons)