LATIN AMERICA, MEXICO, MUSIC, POLITICS, VIDEO

MEXICO’S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION 2018: MEMES AND ODDITIES #3 – Ricky Riquín Canallín

The video below is a remix/mash-up of comments made by three of the four presidential candidates in the second debate a few weeks ago in Tijuana. The refrain of the “song” is sung by leading candidate Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) and means “Richie Rich Little Swine.” It’s a reference to second-place candidate Ricardo Anaya’s alleged […]

Read more
ART, LATIN AMERICA, MEXICO, MUSIC, TRANSLATION, VIDEO

MEXICO’S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION 2018: MEMES AND ODDITIES #2 – La Niña Bien

This video clip went kind of viral a couple of months ago. A young fresa (stuck-up) woman from Guadalajara makes the outrageous confession that she is going to vote for the leftist presidential frontrunner Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) despite being a niña bien (rich girl) from a conservative, Catholic family who always votes for the right-wing […]

Read more
Line 3 (Olive)

Station / Estación # 127: Potrero

I headed north up to Potrero today after a seven or eight minute slumber that I hoped would put just about the right amount of pep in my proverbial step for the visit. However, upon arrival I found there was still something lacking from my anatomical plexus. I thought ‘it’s nothing a couple of street […]

Read more