POCHO’s Associate Naranjero Gustavo ¡Ask A Mexican! Arellano dons traditional garb to esplain How REAL Mexicans Should Celebrate Cinco de Mayo.
Mas…Ask A Mexican: How should Mexicans celebrate Cinco de Mayo? (video)
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WAR (the OG band): ‘Cinco de Mayo’ (1981 complete)
This 1981 single from WAR was the first time many non-Latinos heard of Cinco de Mayo. This photo shows the original guys at the Sunset Grill (7439 Sunset, next to their offices (Far Out Productions) at 7417 Sunset. The Guitar Center swallowed up 7417 a while back.
L-R: Charles Miller (sax, RIP), Lonnie Jordan (keyboards, the only original member in the new so-called WAR), Howard Scott (guitar, Lowrider Band), Harold Brown (drums, Lowrider Band), BB Dickerson (bass, Lowrider Band), Lee Oskar (harmonica, Lowrider Band). Not pictured, Papa Dee (RIP, percussion).
[DISCLOSURE: I was WAR’s National Director of Album Promotion for a while and ate so often at the Sunset Grill (like in the Eagles song) I could run a tab.]
@SaraChicaD gets her Cinco de Mayo ¡Grito! on (videos)
It’s time again for Cinco de Mayo, the holiday whose popularity no one really understands, except for the beer companies.
But now you can celebrate by getting your Grito on with the ¡Grito! app. Get it here.
What is the ¡Grito! app? It’s an app a native Texan and lover of her Mexican heritage Kathryn Gonzales made in order to celebrate — not mock — the culture of Gritos.
The app lets you play gritos at appropriate times, teaches about the history of gritos, and even lets you create your own. Here’s one I made for everyday usage:
Win free tickets to Thursday’s rockin’ DTLA Cincléctico show
When Cinco de Mayo gets eclectic it’s CINCLÉCTICO!
Two of our fave “eclectic” local bandas are on Thursday’s CINCLÉCTICO bill at the Regent Theater downtown — rocksteady/ska superstars The Delirians and retro-soundtrack rockers Cutty Flam — and a good time is guaranteed for all.
What’s more, we’re giving out two sets of freebie tix to randomly selected entrants who can CORRECTLY answer this question before midnight Wednesday PDT:
Mas…Win free tickets to Thursday’s rockin’ DTLA Cincléctico show
Cinco de Mayo is an American holiday — and we’ve got video proof!
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!
BBC Video: That time Germany offered to help Mexico invade the U.S.
As the disputes that led to World War One were building, Germany tried to enlist Mexico’s help against the U.S.A. It didn’t turn out like the Germans hoped, and the repercussions of the Kaiser’s overture are still felt today, especially at the border.
Happy May Day 2016 from the Workers of the World (video, lyrics)
Enjoy the Internacional, the world-wide (Get it? It’s international!) anthem of those red commie cabrones in Cuba and Venezuela and China and North Korea (and lurking in secretive Sanders cells here in the Homeland but the lamestream media sheeple won’t tell you that).
Tomorrow, May 1, is May Day AKA International Workers’ Day, when the communist comrades sing this stirring appeal, with its hummable melody and a vague vision of making the future great again that’s hard to disagree with, except maybe the LUCHA FINAL aspect.
Mas…Happy May Day 2016 from the Workers of the World (video, lyrics)
Video Shocker! Rapists, criminals at work in California vineyards
Detras Del Muro – Behind The Wall from Kiara Ramirez reveals the shocking truth about the immigrant workers in Northern California vineyards.
Chicano Batman: Her lipstick’s black and she no longer smiles (video)
Her lipstick is black, and she no longer smiles at all. It’s a sad story and a new music video from SoCal pochos Chicano Batman.
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Waiter at Mexican restaurant feeds man with no hands (photo, video)
Facebook member Reginald Widener was chowing down on some Mexican food in suburban Atlanta Sunday when something extraordinary happened. A photo and caption from his Facebook page tell the story:
We also grabbed this video:
Mas…Waiter at Mexican restaurant feeds man with no hands (photo, video)
Kosher for Passover nachos, and rice and beans (video, audio)
The Jewish celebration of Passover is a week-long Feast of Unleavened Bread, or “matzo” in Hebrew. Most Jews stick to matzo and avoid regular bread, wheat products, rice, corn, and beans. This may change, though, since an 800-year-old religious ban on rice and beans was just overturned.
Ingenious cooks over the centuries have found ways to make the most of matzo, by using sheets of softened matzo in place of lasagna noodles, for example, or transforming matzo crumbs into soup dumplings — so-called matzo balls. But what if you want a spicier treat, like nachos? Not to worry! This video from NBC’s TODAY SHOW has the recipe.
The rabbis’ rice and beans reprieve made NPR’s Maria Godoy a happy Hispanic:
Mas…Kosher for Passover nachos, and rice and beans (video, audio)
Meet Cassandra – Mexico’s big gay luchador (video)
Cassandra is the “Queen of the Ring,” a champion wrestler in drag – not that there’s anything wrong with that.
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Gourmet kosher Mexican food makes Judíos happy in WLA (video)
Katsuji Tanabe, of MexiKosher, MR POCHO’s favorite Japanese-Mexican-American West Los Angeles kosher chef, is now serving hamburguesas made from a special blend of three cuts of beef. With beef bacon. And soy “cheese.” West Los represent!
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Mas…Gourmet kosher Mexican food makes Judíos happy in WLA (video)
Can fish skin ‘leather’ zapatos save endangered reptiles? (video)
A shoe manufacturing firm in Leon, Guanajuato, says that “leather” made from fish skin is a viable alternative to leather made from the skin of endangered reptiles. We’re just wondering if there are enough suitable fish for the production lines to scale.
I’m sorry — you’re making what? ‘Mexican eggplant tacos’? (video)
Rekha Kakkar makes “Mexican eggplant tacos” and you can too (if you have barbecue sauce, lechuga and store-bought taco shells).
This is our #2 go-to recipe for ‘Awesome Mexican Beef Curry’ (video)
The Good Food channel on YouTube video offers our SECOND favorite “Mexican curry” recipe. We like this older “Mexican curry” video better because we can understand what the guy is saying.
Los Cenzontles: Randy Newman’s “Memo to My Son” (video, lyrics)
Los Cenzontles cover Randy Newman’s Memo To My Son.
Mira los lyrics:
Mas…Los Cenzontles: Randy Newman’s “Memo to My Son” (video, lyrics)
Trump Space Enterprises presents ‘Make Space Great Again’ (video)
Captain’s Blog. StarDate 2016.04.21:
We’ve arrived in the Bozo Sector where I shall begin my campaign to make space great again.
4/20 Music Video: Tawny River and ‘Aye, Marijuana! ¡Mira la luna!’
It’s a love song, tu sabes, from Tawny River. This guy just totally loves this gal named Mary Jane, and she makes him feel like he’s walking on the Moon!
Hope Sandoval and the Warm Inventions: ‘Isn’t it True’ (music video)
MR POCHO’s imaginary girlfriend, East Los Angel Hope Sandoval (formerly of Mazzy Star) just released this new music video Isn’t it True. We’re in love all over again. Hope: Look in your OTHER mailbox on Facebook. ❤️
In Toronto, a Veracruz chef makes Tacos de Rajas Poblanos (video)
Elia Herrera is the executive chef of Los Colibrís in Toronto, an upscale Mexican restaurant that features cuisine from her home state of Veracruz.
Watch how she makes tacos de Rajas Poblanos — with chicken, corn, onions, poblano peppers, panela cheese, milk and handmade flour or corn tortillas, as she explains the unique mezcla of ideas and cultures which define her life and her love of food.
Have it your way at Burger King in Spain: ‘Mexican Crispy’ (video)
In España, when the boys hang out at Burger King and talk shop, they have it their way: Mexican Crispy. Also Nuevos King Nuggets. Not huevos, you pervs. Nuevos.
My name is Vero and I’m a Mexican-American (video)
Vero Higareda made this video for a class she’s taking at University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. Like so many others, she has been told that she doesn’t look Mexican.
How greedy miners poisoned a city: ‘El Corrido Del Rio Sonora’ (videos)
Michael J. and Peter D. Ronstadt — of Ronstadt Generations — perform their song El Corrido Del Rio Sonora, about the 2014 Buena Vista Mine Spill in Cananea, Sonora, Mexico. The spill released copper sulphate acid that flowed down the Rio Bacanuchi to the Rio Sonora.
The river supplies water for the capital city of Hermosillo. There is still no agreement on damages nor have there been any efforts to take remedial and preventative measures for the future.
Mas…How greedy miners poisoned a city: ‘El Corrido Del Rio Sonora’ (videos)
‘The New Che of Havana’ is a skater and tattoo artist (video)
If Comrade Fidel were alive today, he’d be turning over in his grave. Wait. Let’s try that again. If Comrade CHE were alive today…
In The New Che of Havana, skateboarder and tattoo artist Che Alejandro, faces an uncertain future as unprecedented change transforms Cuban society.
Smell of blood money? Red crabs swarm off coast of Panama (video)
Last April, a research team studying biodiversity at the Hannibal Bank Seamount off the coast of Panama captured something unexpected — unique video of thousands of red crabs swarming in low-oxygen waters just above the seafloor. What do you think: Are they attracted by the smell of all that hidden blood money?
Bienvenidos a Mexico DF, ‘La Ciudad de los Perros’ (video)
In Mexico City, it’s a dog’s life. La Ciudad de los Perros is a video by Efrén (Freddy) del Rosal
ZUBI to the rescue if you hate Mexicans and that taco emoji (video)
Advertising agency ZUBI (in Florida, of course) steps up for the minority of “Latinos” and “Hispanics” who aren’t Mexican — and people who hate tacos. Because “Latino emotions,” tu sabes, are different and require special emoji.
Mas…ZUBI to the rescue if you hate Mexicans and that taco emoji (video)
Benji, in the United Kingdom, makes a ‘Mexican-inspired curry’ (video)
We’ll let Cooking With Benji tell the story:
Mexican food is great and curries are also great of all types from all sorts of places. Fajitas are also delicious, this recipe is a modification of a a fajita recipe with the secret ingredient of creme fraiche to make a cool but spicy and smooth curry.
Mas…Benji, in the United Kingdom, makes a ‘Mexican-inspired curry’ (video)
Star Trek Native America: The Prime Directive (mostly SFW video)
What happens when indigenous Star Fleet Captain James T. Kirk violates the Prime Directive? Will he create an alternative universe? (Caution: one “adult” word.) Let’s tune in….
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Trump taco: Lotsa of tongue (lengua), poquito sesos (brains) [video]
A Cuauhtemoc, Chihuahua, MX taqueria famous for its politically-inspired tacos has named a taco for Donald Trump.
Owner Humberto Erives-Beto explained Sunday that he was inspired by Trump’s controversial remarks.
“I just made it as most of the world considers him – with lots of tongue, very little brains and I put a bit of pig’s trompita,” said Beto, owner of Taqueria El Tio Beto. (Trompita = snout.)
Hola, Saudi Arabia! You call, we deliver: Mexican Plate صحن الوليمة (video)
Pretty much 90 seconds of hey that looks delish but Mexican Plate huh? What exactly are we looking at?
You might want to write that phone number down — 0545123610:
Mas…Hola, Saudi Arabia! You call, we deliver: Mexican Plate صحن الوليمة (video)