Seriously, New York City needs to screen Nacho Libre for our cops. That’s the implication of today’s news that an immigrant arrested in May while wearing a mask at a protest march was just vindicated in court. The case has been covered by the Spanish-language paper El Diario, but ignored by the mainstream media. That’s [...]
Read MoreI’m doing some work in Mexico and just got back from buying a comb at the Wal-Mart in San Luis Potosi. A report in the US press recently noted that Mexico Wal-mart, which I think is that country’s largest employer, uses merchandise baggers who work for no salary, no wages, no benefits: nothing except tips. [...]
Read MoreAs roosters go, this one looks too slender and callow to be an adult. I think he’s an adolescent. Let’s say that in chicken bio-time, one month equals eight human years. We’re looking at a teenager. He’s a Chicken Little. A minor.
Not only that, he’s got those nasty razor contraptions under his feet. He’s involved [...]
Kooler than Kahlo? “Whorehouse: Pseudo-journalists at a good price” Zócalo, July 2007
Did Frida Kahlo have spinal bifida? Does correctly guessing the Mexican left’s future lie in parsing its gusto for Canal-Street-style trinkets? Tune in, folks — below.
First, Frida’s medical problems. A New York Times story today about the artist’s current exhibit at Mexico [...]
Last week I was lucky to be doing some business in Chicago during the city’s annual blues festival. At a Jazz Record Mart party on Sunday morning – where bands played inside the store – I spotted what appears to be a new trend: old blues musicians dressed as Texans. Or, more precisely, Texicans. [...]
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