Happy Chanukah the Hip Hop Hoodíos! The Jewish Festival of Lights begins at sunset tonight and ends at sunset on December 5: Ocho noches, ocho kandelikas.
Mas…Hip Hop Hoodíos light ‘Ocho Kandelikas’ for Chanukah (video)
Happy Chanukah the Hip Hop Hoodíos! The Jewish Festival of Lights begins at sunset tonight and ends at sunset on December 5: Ocho noches, ocho kandelikas.
Mas…Hip Hop Hoodíos light ‘Ocho Kandelikas’ for Chanukah (video)
Ooops, we’re being heteronormative with “mujeres” in the headline. Pochas y pochos! You too can have hair and makeup like the esteemed feminist and artist including the iconic monobrow (AKA unibrow) and mustache (AKA bigote.)
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Mas…Mujeres: How to do your hair and makeup like Frida Kahlo (video)
Boricua golf great Chi-Chi Rodriguez was trying to break a pane of glass 20 yards away on a recent taping for the Golf Channel. And while he hit the target, the glass didn’t break and the golf ball bounced back straight to his cojones for an amazing Ball in One!
Mas…Golf great Chi-Chi Rodriguez hits a rare ‘ball in one’ (video)
What the heck is going on in Brazil? Two crop circles in one day?
Two crop circles have appeared near the town of Ipuaçu in the state of Santa Catarina, Brazil. Local UFO researchers are convinced they are not man-made and have put up a $20,000 reward for anyone who can prove they faked them.
(PNS reporting from MEXICO, DF) Dead Mexican feminist artist and icon Frida Kahlo has finally come to her senses and visited a cosmetologist here to clean up her act.
Check out the old Frida and compare with the new shiny, happy Frida:
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Illustrations via ColorLines.com
Our MiJA, Elise Roedenbeck, knows it’s tough out there getting a job, especially for new grads. And when prospective employers want you to work for free so they can “try you out,” it can seem like modern-day slavery. Elise is here to help and also available for consultation (at her day rate) on the Twitter, where they call her @Buttronica.
It was on this day in 1971 that right-wing conspirators assassinated the democratically-elected president of the small Latin American country of San Marcos and replaced him with a military dictator. Howard Cosell reports.
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Mas…Pocho History 101: El Presidente de San Marcos is killed (video)
Not now, Mom — I’m saving the world!
(Photo by whatdoesthefawkessay.)
No, it’s not the Son of Jan Brewja. It’s the perfectly lovely (traditional Mexican) tune Son de la bruja (sound of/song of the witch) arranged by Jose Luis Hurtado, in magical 6/8 time. The Quinteto Latino is Diane Grubbe, Kyle Bruckmann, Leslie Tagorda, Shawn Jones, Armando Castellano. Shot at the Latin American Classical Musical Festival at the Old First Church, October 19, San Francisco.
Slippery, slimey, fish-smelling, piranha-looking scissors.
POCHO’s Subcommandanta del Ñews, Sara Inés Calderón (@SaraChicaD on the Twitter), wants to know why Latinos shame each other over culture.
This TV commercial from McDonald’s in South Africa promotes a “Mexican burger” with “fiery jalapeño” hot sauce. Cactuses and sombreros not included. No burros were harmed in the making of this commercial.
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Mas…Mickey D’s in South Africa has a ‘Mexican burger’ for you (video)
Mississippi? The chupacabras are strong in this one. W-LOX-TV reports.
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Mas…Was El Chupacabra spotted in Picayune, Mississippi? (video)
Argentinian actress and speech coach Guadalupe “Lupita” Gutierrez shows how to speak with an American accent. At least, that’s what she thinks… [Video by Natalia Abelleyra.]
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Mas…Secrets of the Stars: How to master the American accent (video)
In Chile, white-collar businessmen like to start their days with Cafés con Piernas — coffee with legs — at a local mashup of Hooters and Starbucks.
Bern, Switzerland band Pizza Prostata wishes a good afternoon to Innuendo.. The band, aside from using random Spanish words as lyrics, specializes in “great songs, badly played, but with passion.“
Someone — maybe you — will watch this weird stop motion animation Dias De Los Muertos by Scott Renk and say, “Some people have too much time on their hands” to which we say, “Here’s to the crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels, the troublemakers, the round pegs in the square holes… the ones who see things differently…”
José Pulido created these Star Wars drawings in the style of the Day of the Dead art: Link – via Boing Boing
Mas…Star Wars meets Dia de Los Muertos in these drawings (toons)
So cute it hurts — a little girl from Miami makes a birthday video for her dad. Thanks for the besitos!
Thanks to Latina.com for the link.
A niña goes to the cemetery to tend her mom’s grave for Dia de Los Muertos, and gets sucked underground into the Land of the Dead. Will she ever be the same?
Jarina De Marco reinvents Screamin’ Jay Hawkins’ I Put A Spell On You, santeria style, in Spanglish. [NSFW language, F-bomb.]
Contrast and compare with the original Screamin’ Jay version:
Mas…Jarina De Marco for Halloween: ‘I Put A Spell on You’ (NSFW video)
In retrospect, she should never have opened that buried box of Loteria cards she found at the beach. But it’s too late now!
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Mas…The movie audience yelled ‘Girl, don’t open that Loteria box!’ (video)
Here’s an idea. Let’s decide what is the best food in each of the United Estates and make a big infographic.
What? Is that the voice of (Day of the) Dead Steve Jobs? What’s that, Steve? There’s a map for that?
Coming in at Numero Tres is a puro Califas burrito, known to non-locals as a “Misson Burrito.” Yes, I’m on a mission — I want a carne asada burrito ahorita:
New Mexico gets in the Top Ten with a stacked enchilada with green (Hatch, natch) chile:
Mas…There’s a map for that: Best foods in every state (infographic)
What should I do for Halloween? Do you have any costume suggestions? I am out of ideas.
Unhappy Hyna in South Carolina
Dear Hyna:
South Carolina? Oh, Dios Mio, you have to get out of there pronto! But until you do, I think I can help you with some Halloween costume ideas. It’s one of my fave holidays — I put on my red pumps and go out and get a little crazy. Virgins just wanna have fun, tu sabes?
And I’ve worn a bunch of different costumes over the years, like this astronaut outfit in the pic. Or see if my other photos offer a look that’s right for you!
Your BV, Mary
Mas…Dear Virgin Mary: What should I wear for Halloween? (photos)
Kids! Shorties! Juniors! Little mocosos! They’re ours to play with, especially on Halloween, right?
Mas…Scandal! Kids in Halloween costumes they don’t understand (photos)
We missed Brown and Proud when the San Francisco band Los Mocosos released this tune in 1998 — 15 pinche years ago! That’s why it’s on repeat today.
Thanks to Texano78704 for the tip:
They were ordinary people living ordinary lives, until one singular sensation of circumstance conspired with fate to make them UNSUNG HEROES OF HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH.
(Hollywood, Dec. 23, 1958) Singing cowboy Gene Autry‘s Challenge Records signed hard-drinking rockabilly singer/piano-player Shep E. Devereaux to produce four sides. Devereaux, originally from New Orleans, booked the Flores Trio (Danny Flores on saxophone and keyboards, Gene Alden on drums, and lead guitarist Buddy Bruce) to back him up.
They recorded three rockabilly numbers and an up-tempo mostly-instrumental track composed by Flores, a song jokingly called “Chingate.”
The song’s lyrics consisted of just that one cussword, repeated three times and featured a blistering sax solo by Flores.
Mas…Unsung Heroes of Hispanic Heritage Month: Shep E. Devereaux
FOODIE FIESTA: It’s cross-cultural cuisine fusion this weekend in the Downtown Rancho Pocho Historical District as Marco Pollo on East Olmos Boulevard offers culinary explorers a trip around the world with spaghetti tacos, eggroll rellenos, carne asada pho and kimchee pupusas.
Enjoy the all you-can-eat buffet and pitchers of Mexican Bellinis (beer and peach juice) at special Dia de La Raza/Columbus Day prices.
Mention this scribe, Chale Knickerbocker, for a sweet dessert surprise. Hint: I’m a Flan Boi!
Mas…Around Our Town: Where to go, what to do Columbus Day Weekend
Henry Phillips, who grew up in New Jersey and got once beaned by a rock his brother threw, prepares Henry’s Anytime Chili for One, but first he needs to convert from metric, and then down-size the family-sized recipe because he’s only making dinner for himself. That involves dividing by seven, which is easier said than done. [NSFW language.]
A case of Bud Light, a big red bottle of Valentina salsa and a bag of gigantic chicharrones mean party time in Andrews, TX for three hungry and thirsty Texicans.
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