Does Chunky Diesel go well with carne asada? Is Girl Scout Cookies a good cannabis pairing for kale tamales?
Mas…When just any weed won’t do, call Chris Garcia, Weed Sommelier
COMIC SAENZ
In Michoacan, Abono Punzo makes art from copper waste (video)
Mexican Handcraft Masters/COPPER from Mariano Rentería Garnica shows Abono Punzo and his crew hard at work making beautiful, functional artifacts from waste copper in Santa Clara del Cobre, Michoacan.
My mom is a ‘Chankla Abuser’ (Manic Hispanic NSFW video plus lyrics)
Making good on their threat to release a new song every week, So Cal homies Manic Hispanic ask you to consider this ode to Mexican moms everywhere: Chankla Abuser. [Barely audible F-bomb.]
Confused? ¡Mira los lyrics!:
Mas…My mom is a ‘Chankla Abuser’ (Manic Hispanic NSFW video plus lyrics)
At Toloache in Manhattan, ‘Grasshopper Tacos’ are a big hit (video)
The New York City mini restaurant chain Toloache recommends three orders of Tacos de Chapulines for a party of 10. Your mileage may vary. [Video by Keziah Tutu for Pavement Pieces.]
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That time when a Nazi dude ordered from the taco truck (NSFW video)
Director Darren Bachynski turned Charlie Demers’ live comedy routine about a Nazi’s trip to a taco truck into a cartoon video. [NSFW F-bomb.]
Manic Hispanic: ‘We Are the Mas Chingones’ (video plus NSFW lyrics)
Mas Chingones is the latest new musica (new song every week for new LP Back In Brown) from Manic Hispanic — the guys are “vatos locos brown and down.” [Some NSFW adult language.]
Mira los lyrics:
Mas…Manic Hispanic: ‘We Are the Mas Chingones’ (video plus NSFW lyrics)
LatinoUSA Audio: “How I Made It” is Yesika Salgado’s love poem to L.A.
Yesika Salgado dissects “What I Know,” a poem from her book about family, love and loss, and the city she calls home. [Audio from our friends at NPR’s Latino USA.]
Mas…LatinoUSA Audio: “How I Made It” is Yesika Salgado’s love poem to L.A.
Manic Hispanic’s love song for the president: ‘Naranjo’ (NSFW video)
Hardcore SoCal homies Manic Hispanic reserved a special color for the president – orange – and a pet name – something about “pendejo” – in this brand new video. [NSFW in Spanglish.]
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Mas…Manic Hispanic’s love song for the president: ‘Naranjo’ (NSFW video)
Mozart’s music sounds chingon when it’s performed Banda style! (video)
They say Sinaloa’s style of Banda is influenced by its history of German immigration. What would Austrian Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart think about this arrangement of his Sonata #13 from Eine Kleine Nachtmusik? [Music by Alan Jovan Espinoza Aguilera.]
Hebrew homies Jaquann and Luis get munchies, make matzo balls (NSFW video)
On Passover (“Pesach” in Hebrew), los Judios eat “bitter herbs” to remember “the bitterness of slavery in Egypt.” In this video, Hebrew homeboys Jaquann and Luis start out with a sweeter herb and then have to satisfy their munchies with matzo balls. Passover starts Friday night a little after 4:20 — sundown, to be exact. (NSFW drugs and language. Yes, we re-run this video every year.)
VIDEO: Excuse me, Mr. Mariachi, but it’s ‘Taco Tuesday’
That time El Mariachi met El Taquero on Taco Tuesday. [Video by Dylan Carrow.]
He’s the one guy you don’t want to babysit: ‘Irresponsible Tío’! (video)
Sure, blood is thicker than water, but when it comes to watching the kids, you better think twice about Irresponsible Tío.
First Person: I took a telescope around L.A. so folks could see the moon
Alex Gorosh took a telescope around the streets of Los Angeles to give strangers a close-up peep of the moon.
‘Cuerdas en la vida’: Cut the ties that bind in order to be free (video)
Film-festival favorite Cuerdas en la vida – Ropes in Life reminds us that we are in charge of our own freedom. This Jalisco-born stop-motion video has a killer concept, startling models/marionettes, amazing live action and sound integration, plus pinpoint pacing. [Directed by Gerardo González Pérez.]
Bang Data’s new music video is puro ‘Loco’ (NSFW)
Life is crazy and it’s hard to keep it together, but we must persist for the children. Bang Data’s new music video is puro Loco. That’s why it’s also the title track from Oakland-based alternative band’s third studio album. [NSFW F-bomb.]
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In Miami, this San Diego homie keeps it real at ‘The Taco Stand’ (video)
Lookin good in Miami! San Diego pocho Fernando Mendez keeps it real at The Taco Stand, 313 NW 25th St., where, apparently “raza” means “squad.” The taqueria has 5 stars on Yelp!
This is how they make a basic, everyday burrito in Art School (videos)
For David Tang’s and Justin Ye’s final stop-motion project at [school unknown] they made this Fantasy Burrito.
It would go great with this fantasy stop-motion guacamole, we’re so sure:
Mas…This is how they make a basic, everyday burrito in Art School (videos)
Tired of standing over a hot comal, flipping tortillas? We’ve got robots!
A middle class Anglo family, tired of Mom’s home cooking, join la revolución with the help of an electric tortilla toaster.
Mas…Tired of standing over a hot comal, flipping tortillas? We’ve got robots!
New generation defends San Diego’s Barrio Logan, Chicano Park (video)
It’s been five decades since San Diego’s Barrio Logan activists (like POCHO fave Chunky Sanchez) fought for Chicano Park. Now a new generation is stepping up to make sure this vital community resource thrives. One of them is POCHO’s Chicano Punk Rock Artesano Joaquin “Junco” Canché who is concerned with the effects of gentrification. (His segment starts at 5:35.) [Video by Voice of San Diego.]
Video Recipe: Delicious crispy cricket tacos (tacos de grillos)
Would you eat tacos made from crickets (grillos)? How about grasshoppers (chapulines)? Why not? Don’t be squeamish. Crickets are kosher, you know!
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Mas…Video Recipe: Delicious crispy cricket tacos (tacos de grillos)
The Mexican Standoff made a video about the border wall, ‘El Muro’ (video)
DREAMers from SoCal’s alt Mex music scene teamed up as The Mexican Standoff to record El Muro because they have feels about Trump’s wall. They never say his name, however.
On YouTube they explain:
Mas…The Mexican Standoff made a video about the border wall, ‘El Muro’ (video)
WATCH: Mexicans + African-Americans + Gabachos: Mississipi ❤️ ‘hot tamales’
First, Mexicans from just over the border brought tamales to the fertile Mississippi Delta. African-Americans soon realized the Mexicans had a good thing going in these little, corn-husk-wrapped magical meat pies.
And, sure enough, area whites realized the masa miracles weren’t just for people of color anymore. And that’s why Mississippi loves tamales.
Yes, we know proper Spanish means it is one tamal, two tamales. But we’re not proper Spanish speakers or proper anything, actually.
Chillest music vid ever: Mexican national anthem on ICE 45 RPM record
During the 1990s, when Luis Echeverría Álvarez was president of Mexico, technicians recorded a presentation of Mexicanos, al grito de guerra, the Mexican national anthem. In 2014, artist Iván Abreu “pressed” the anthem onto a 7-inch 45-RPM record made of ice. Listen before it melts! Or maybe listen WHILE it melts, starting about two minutes in.
WATCH: Migration is Beautiful – The Monarch Butterfly Story
Migration is Beautiful: The Monarch Butterfly Story, from Marina Valle, supports
the California Endowment Defend DACA and Immigration Awareness Campaigns.
This is your official guide to chile pepper hotness (infographic)
[image via PICTOLINE. All rights reserved.]
Ex-Mex Prez Vicente Fox disses Trump on Bill Maher (NSFW video)
Former Mexican presidente Vicente Fox, no angel himself, tells Bill Maher that he speaks for 120 million Mexicans who Trump insulted. And he doesn’t mince words. [NSFW video.]
#WeCallBS! POCHO readers #STANDwithEMMA (photos)
We asked POCHO readers — on Twitter and IG and Facebook — to send in selfies with the Lalo Alcaraz EMMA GONZALEZ poster (she approves, by the way — see below) and here is what we got.
This is how they make ‘Mexican brown rice’ in Pakistan (video)
Here’s a video recipe for “Mexican Brown Rice” from Pakistani recipes on Vimeo. The long thin grains look like basmati brown rice, BTW, which is delicious. There are some weird ingredients in the recipe, however, like lemon juice. What do you think?
Chris Rock: Forget gun control, we need bullet control! (NSFW video)
Comic and actor Chris Rock has a modest proposal: What if bullets cost $5000 each? [NSFW F-bombs.]
When is a taco not a taco? What does the Icelandic chef say? (video)
This Seafood Taco in a Nordic Style LOOKS LIKE A TACO but except for the fish, there is not one ingredient you’d see in a taco in your neighborhood. The “tortilla” is made from rye flour, the “skyr sauce” is some kind of Icelandic yogurt, and the fennel and watercress are not your abuelita’s pico de gallo. All in all, it might be delish. But is it a taco? Discuss. [EDITOR’s NOTE: Canadians have craftily rebranded “rapeseed oil.” We North Americans call it “Canola” eh.]