The Gipsy Kings burn it up in this version of the traditional song about that nasty Cockroach (La Cucaracha) who is a mota-smoking fool, doncha know.
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Mas…The Gipsy Kings: ‘La Cucaracha – Marijuana Que Fumar’ (video, lyrics)
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When just any weed won’t do, call Chris Garcia, Weed Sommelier
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
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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I am the fifth generation of my family in Los Angeles (video)
I am the fifth generation of my family in El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles. This is my story.
Mas…I am the fifth generation of my family in Los Angeles (video)
Is this ‘new’ PLANET J really new or something else entirely? (video)
A delegation to newly-discovered PLANET J says the humanoids inhabitants are obviously different from us, but they are very kind. They all live together in harmony despite their differences. Same as it ever was?
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)
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.]
Women’s History Video: To shave or not to shave is ‘A Prickly Subject’
A Prickly Subject is a poetic account of a woman who is grappling with the decision of whether or not she should embrace her body hair in public. [Video by Helen Plumb.]
VIDEO: How to humanely wrap your elephant seal like a burrito in a wet towel
Wrapping your elephant seal in a “burrito wrap” is much easier if you wet the towels first. Also, don’t sit on his flippers. [Video by Stan Jensen.]
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)
I smoked weed before it was legal: 1 Chicano, BD (before dispensaries)
By John Edward Rangel
Smoking cannabis became a regular form of medication for me when I was 15 years old. That was in 1977. Back then the U.S.A. was still reeling from the Vietnam War, Watergate and something the media referred to as “The Generation Gap” (we called it arguing with our parents).
These were trying, confusing times (much like now), and for a teenaged Chicano in East L.A. who had to deal with the added effects of institutionalized rascism (big white cops called us “Pancho” and beat us with gusto) it was sometimes overwhelming. Getting numb helped me cope.
Almost every adult I knew medicated on something.
Mas…I smoked weed before it was legal: 1 Chicano, BD (before dispensaries)
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.
COCO’s Miguel (Anthony Gonzalez) sings ‘Remember Me’ to L.A. City Council (video)
Voice of COCO’s Miguel, Anthony Gonzalez, backed by Mariachi Divas, performed Remember Me for a packed audience in the chambers of the L.A. City Council on Coco Day, Tuesday.
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.
I stand with Emma! #GunControlNow #WeCallBS #StandWiththeKids (video, toon, poster, free print-quality PDF download)
***REPOSTED FROM FEB. 18 DUE TO POPULAR DEMAND***
“They say that tougher gun laws do not decrease gun violence. We call BS!
They say a good guy with a gun stops a bad guy with a gun. We call BS!
They say guns are just tools like knives and are as dangerous as cars. We call BS!”
Stoneman Douglas massacre survivor Emma Gonzalez called on Trump and Congressional death-complicit GOP legislators/enablers to tighten gun restrictions in an impassioned speech at an anti-gun rally in Fort Lauderdale Saturday (video below).
We stand with Emma, and we are happy to make this illustration available for free as a high-resolution PDF file for printing placards and posters.
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.
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.]