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Mexican Los Angeles: ‘Pico y Sepulveda’ – the music video

January 23, 2025February 1, 2012 by COMIC SAENZ

The lyrics in this wack video feature many of the most famous Spanish-named streets of L.A.

“Who was this Sepulveda guy?” you may ask. Don Francisco Sepulveda used to own the Rancho San Vicente y Santa Monica. That’s the area of West L.A. from UCLA to the Pacific. So who was the intersecting Señor Pico? Pio Pico was the last governor of Mexican Alta California.

Peggy Lee sings ‘Mañana (is good enough for me)’ 1950

February 4, 2025January 28, 2012 by COMIC SAENZ

For whatever it’s worth, Mañana is probably the only Spanish word many Anglos knew in the 1950s. Sombrero-topped, sarape-wrapped, siesta-taking mañana. Peggy Lee sings it this 1950 TV clip. Her record of this song (she wrote it) was Number 1 in 1948. That’s right, your abuelita was born when all of America was singing this.

Mas…Peggy Lee sings ‘Mañana (is good enough for me)’ 1950

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