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We gotta know the product

Tue, 21 May 2013 10:59:29 -0400

We gotta know the product

Tater gator

Mon, 20 May 2013 11:11:44 -0400

Tater gator

Curry makes curry. Jennifer made bean salad

Sat, 18 May 2013 18:12:43 -0400

Curry makes curry. Jennifer made bean salad

Una pequeña muestra de las fotografías del Espectacular de...

Fri, 17 May 2013 23:42:20 -0400

Blue Demon

La familia Solar

El Santo

La Briosa

Tinieblas, Alushe y Tinieblas Jr.

Una pequeña muestra de las fotografías del Espectacular de lucha libre de Lourdes Grobet.

Dog mouth sunset

Thu, 16 May 2013 20:43:00 -0400

Dog mouth sunset

youthquakeroats: doyourwardance: fuckyeahsuperheroines: mecham...

Wed, 15 May 2013 19:55:22 -0400

youthquakeroats:

doyourwardance:

fuckyeahsuperheroines:

mechamelissa:

butcherbilly:

The Post-Punk / New Wave Super Friends by Butcher Billy

Who are your heroes?

OH MY GOD

It’s like everything I love together at last.

I want to eat them all. #Conchas

Sun, 12 May 2013 14:52:11 -0400

I want to eat them all. #Conchas

It’s interesting to see what tropes you acquire in life, then being reminded of them when you...

Sat, 11 May 2013 15:05:06 -0400

It’s interesting to see what tropes you acquire in life, then being reminded of them when you hear them in songs or see them in movies. It makes me feel like in finding myself in pieces scattered in boxes.

Fresh like a fox

Fri, 10 May 2013 09:20:10 -0400

Fresh like a fox

Disney tried to copyright “Dia de los Muertos”

Wed, 08 May 2013 20:16:02 -0400

Disney tried to copyright “Dia de los Muertos”

thinkmexican: 5 Things We Can Do to Reclaim Cinco de Mayo It’s...

Tue, 07 May 2013 16:36:30 -0400

thinkmexican:

5 Things We Can Do to Reclaim Cinco de Mayo

It’s pretty much official. In the United States, Cinco de Mayo has become the Mexican version of St. Patrick’s Day.

Multi-national corporations like Budweiser and Kraft have effectively turned it into a pseudo-ethnic holiday used as another excuse to get drunk and consume. La Batalla de Puebla is hardly mentioned, including by many Mexicans.

Still fresh in our community’s collective memory, however, is a time before corporations even seemed to care about Mexicans and our traditions and when Cinco de Mayo was a day of community and cultural affirmation.

Kids would dress up as china poblanas and charros, folklórico and danza azteca groups would perform, grills would be ablaze and maybe a parade and a car show would entertain families on this day.

Of course, these traditions are very much alive and are still observed every year in our communities — as the photo above from West St. Paul’s Cinco de Mayo event shows.

The big difference is that today there are entire events posing as Cinco de Mayo festivals but which are actually corporate festivals held to promote products and brands.

Can we take back from multinationals something that has belonged to us for decades?

Can we reclaim Cinco de Mayo as a day that celebrates Mexico’s heroic victory for democracy and freedom over French imperialism in the La Batalla de Puebla?

Of course we can!

Here are 5 things we can do to make it happen:

1. Support events hosted by and for the benefit of local non-profits and community based organizations.

2. Don’t go to corporate Cinco de Mayo events. No matter how much free shit they give away.

3. Remind white people Cinco de Mayo celebrates the killing of white people!

4. Know the history of Cinco de Mayo and La Batalla de Puebla.

5. Promote Mexico making Cinco de Mayo a national holiday, removing the silly claim it’s only celebrated in the US.

Photo: A dancer marches in the Cinco de Mayo parade Saturday, May 4, 2013 in St. Paul, Minnesota. Credit: MPR Photo, Nikki Tundel.

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Moved back into the red room, Scott left his instakilt.

Sun, 05 May 2013 13:32:05 -0400

Moved back into the red room, Scott left his instakilt.

Pizza and death to smoochy w @epeal

Sat, 04 May 2013 21:49:14 -0400

Pizza and death to smoochy w @epeal

I’m playing a show in a hotel, that’s a boat, in the...

Thu, 02 May 2013 21:46:33 -0400

I’m playing a show in a hotel, that’s a boat, in the landlocked city of Worcester

He’s going to tell everyone to lighten up

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 19:50:39 -0400

He’s going to tell everyone to lighten up

Guess who’s back on the road on a dumb bike. It’s...

Sun, 28 Apr 2013 11:45:00 -0400

Guess who’s back on the road on a dumb bike. It’s buster.

Buster notices I’m riding no brakes and he disproves

Spring picnic with @epeal

Sat, 27 Apr 2013 15:29:32 -0400

Spring picnic with @epeal

I like Tom Waits because it reminds me of New Orleans.

Sat, 27 Apr 2013 13:25:49 -0400

I like Tom Waits because it reminds me of New Orleans.

Inside my mind

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 16:31:22 -0400

Inside my mind

Buster made a friend, and a girl chased them around

Sun, 21 Apr 2013 15:25:17 -0400

Buster made a friend, and a girl chased them around