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The Coachella art scene, home made by The Date Farmers (video)

by CECI NAIPAZ UNPIP May 10, 2012 Cartoons
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East of Los Angeles via Interstate 10 lies the Coachella Valley, home of the desert oasis of Palm Springs, a famed music festival and acres of stately date palms. On the wrong side of tracks, in the town of Coachella, there’s a group of Chicano artists who call themselves The Date Farmers. They make art [...]

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Hey Vato! Will new rims make my life better? (NSFW video)

by Comic Saenz May 9, 2012 Cultura
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Chuy’s car might look a whole lot better with new rims, but is that really the way to improve one’s life, or to score with the ladies? Smiley offers an alternative approach to the existential question. (NSFW language.)

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Blonde Mexican dissident seeks asylum in Chinese restaurant

by JUAN POCHO DE LEON May 9, 2012 El Now
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(PNS reporting from GUADALAJARA) Blonde Mexican dissident Pablo Rubio holed up in a Chinese restaurant here after eluding taunting neighbors who say he can’t be Mexican since he is fair-haired and light-skinned. Rubio was spirited away from his home in a car trunk at noon yesterday by friends who convinced suspicious local gang members the getaway [...]

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Taqueria bomber’s twisted plot terrorizes Taco Tuesday (video)

by GUSTACO NARANJERO May 8, 2012 Cultura
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There’s terrible trouble in the hood when a shiny new taco cart opens up just across the way from the funky old place. What to do? Taco! Taco! Taco! was the 2009 winner of the HBO/New York International Latino Film Festival Short Film Competition. From John Estrada.

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Only 1 in 7 believe in impending Mayan Apocalypse Doomsday 2012

by APU CALYPSO May 8, 2012 Doomsday Countdown
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Only 1 in 7 people has faced up to the fact that the world will end soon and maybe in December, according to a new poll released by Reuters. “Whether they think it will come to an end through the hands of God, or a natural disaster or a political event, whatever the reason, one [...]

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Latino open call stereotypecasting, sign in please (video)

by ESPIKE CHONES May 7, 2012 Cultura
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When actors show up for an open casting “cattle call,” it’s all, “Can you do that line over, but a little more Latin-sounding this time?” Actors: Has this been your experience? Comment below!  

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Ñewsweek: MEChA makeover, French tribe in Puebla, MX, Hey Vato!

by Comic Saenz May 6, 2012 El Now
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It’s so last century, the new generation of Chicano students say, and the hard-to-pronounce-and-explain name for venerable activist organization M.E.Ch.A has to change! POCHO covered the explosive debate and published your reader comments in this week’s biggest story. And history came alive as anthropologists discovered a previously-lost tribe of Frenchman living in caves near the [...]

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Pan-Latino underground club in Queens: Welcome to Metal Kingdom

by Comic Saenz May 5, 2012 Cultura
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Hey! It’s a Cinco de Mayo Sabado Pochonte video shoutout to the heavy metal head banger pochos in New York City — no banda for you! Welcome to Metal Kingdom is a short documentary on an underground Pan-Latino heavy metal club in Queens, NY. Filmed, directed and produced by Denise R. Gaberman. (NSFW language, etc.)

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Cinco de Mayo installation art in Beverly Hills (video and photos)

by Comic Saenz May 5, 2012 Cultura
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Ramiro Gomez is an installation artist who makes the invisible visible by inserting cardboard versions of usually-overlooked Mexican laborers into actual settings. Last night he emailed: Fresh piece I just installed this afternoon on the westbound corner of Mountain Drive and Sunset Boulevard in Beverly Hills. If you’re driving around that part of town, stop [...]

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Cinco de Mayo is an American holiday — and we’ve got videos!

by QUESO QUESAM May 5, 2012 Cultura
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QUESTION: How can you tell when Cinco de Mayo has turned into a totally American holiday? ANSWER: When gabachos from Tennessee start making rap videos about it in broken Spanglish! Dear Hootie (AKA Hoochie) and the Brofish: Orale! For your Only in Los Angeles moment, check out a local news video about Cinco de Mayo [...]

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