Victor Payan

Special Mother’s Day tips from Danny Trejo (video)

by La Pocha May 13, 2012 Cultura
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Machete star Danny Trejo shares some useful life lessons he learned from his mom, who joins him in this video.

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Great Musical Pochos: Oingo Boingo’s ‘Vatos’ Hernandez, John Avila

by Victor Payan May 7, 2012 Cultura
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Before Danny Elfman made a career out of providing surreal soundscapes for Tim Burton’s movies, he led the legendary New Wave band Oingo Boingo, which featured two key Pocho members, Johnny “Vatos” Hernandez on drums and John Avila on bass. Boingo popularized Day of the Dead iconography and copped the SoCal cholo aesthetic long before [...]

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Lost tribe of Frenchmen discovered living in cave near Puebla, MX

by Victor Payan May 5, 2012 Cultura
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(PNS reporting from PUEBLA, MEXICO) Mexican researchers are baffled by the discovery of a lost tribe of Frenchmen living in an artfully-decorated cave in the foothills of Mt. Popocatépetl in the state of Puebla.  The Frenchmen, found by a group of hikers, are believed to be descended from a military patrol that went missing in 1862, during the [...]

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Güera, token chihuahua, celebrates Cinco de Mayo (video)

by Victor Payan May 3, 2012 Cultura
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Güera, the internally-colonized chihuahua, celebrates Cinco de Mayo in this clip from Los Rasquachis, by Ernesto Cuevas and Lori Rodriguez.

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Great Pochos in Music: Crazy Horse’s Ralph Molina, Poncho Sampedro

by Victor Payan April 10, 2012 Cultura
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For what it’s worth, although Canadian Neil Young first hooked up with the core players who would become Crazy Horse in 1968, it wasn’t until the addition of Spanish-American guitarist Frank “Poncho” Sampedro in 1975 that the band cemented the ragged sound that would seal their legacy as the godfathers of grunge. Young, Pocho Rican drummer [...]

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National organization revokes Zimmerman’s Latino credentials

by Trey Buchet March 30, 2012 El Now
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(PNS reporting from LA FLORIDA) The Latino Alliance of Chicanos, Hispanics, Andeans, Nuyoricans, Central and Latin Americans (LACHANCLA) issued a statement today revoking the Latino credentials of alleged Trayvon Martin killer George Zimmerman. “The so-called Mr. Zimmerman’s behavior is totally un-Latino, and we have no choice but to revoke his Latinidad,” said LACHANCLA spokesman Shawn [...]

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Ground Control to Major Juan (song for a Latino astronaut)

by Victor Payan March 27, 2012 Cultura
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Astronaut José Hernández is not getting much love from the GOP. Party lawyers insist the Democratic candidate for U.S. Congress needs to show his space papers before he can call himself an “astronaut.” MR. POCHO doesn’t play that. He commissioned this song and music video to honor Astronaut José Hernández, an American hero. The complete [...]

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Is Tucson book ban based on vendetta against Latina spelling champ?

by Victor Payan March 14, 2012 El Now
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A TV interview with Arizona Mexican-American Studies opponent John Huppenthal suggests that his Hate State movement is a twisted vendetta stemming from his Tucson childhood — when a Latina student named Stella Peralta trounced him week after week in spelling bees. In the January interview, AZ school chief Huppenthal also said Latino students are capable [...]

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POCHO Presents: The Mockupy A Billboard Challenge!

by Victor Payan March 13, 2012 El Now
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While POCHO can appreciate the spirit of the KPCC billboard Occupy Makeover, we would never advocate defacing private property.  We are, however, in favor or turning commerce into art!  To that end, we are issuing the first Mockupy A Billboard Challenge. Send us photos of your favorite billboard digitally “Mockupied” (See Shepard Fairey example below), [...]

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Great Pochos in Music: Black Flag’s Ron Reyes, ROBO and Dez Cadena

by Victor Payan March 10, 2012 Cultura
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Formed in 1976, Hermosa Beach hardcore band Black Flag busted out as one of the earliest and angriest voices from the SoCal punk scene. Known for intensely fast and aggressive playing, Black Flag earned its notoriety with several influential Pocho members in the band, including Colombian-born drummer ROBO (Julio Roberto Valverde Valencia) and two early [...]

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