THIS WEEK!! Tomás "Taco Shop Poets" Riley & William "Tex[t]-Mex" Nericcio Invade Southwestern College | Thursday, March 11 @ 11am, 12am, & 6:30pm

Three chances to catch our act.... Tomás "Taco Shop Poets" Riley and William "Tex[t]-Mex" Nericcio Invade Southwestern College on Thursday, March 11, 2010 at 11am, 12am, & 6:30pm


,

Click the poster above for a bigger image; if it's too big, try this one... San Diego City Beat has a blurb on the gig here;

Yet Another Chapter in the History of Racialized Representation in Comics

source. Most curious here? The way sign-systems from Africa, the American Southwest, Central America and more (?) fuse together here in for this cinematic promotion. More on the film here from IMDB.com; a good piece on the serial here.

Eyegiene: Pondering the Findings of Neurocinema

I am going to have to track down Peter Carlsen and MindSign Neuromarketing for my Eyegiene project; very cool (and deliciously sinister for Orwell-channeling types!). Kudos to Scott Brown @ Wired Magazine for bringing this to my eyes.

How to Make it in America: Tompkins Square Park, Luis Guzman & Victor Rasuk and more {HBO}

Luis Guzman and Victor Rasuk Interview

#7, Hispanic Books Category @ AMAZON.COM

Just a quick thank you to Amazon lurkers and shoppers who have helped bring Tex[t]-Mex back up the ranks!

New OK GO Video! Very Cool

Narcos, Narcos Everywhere...

Black and Brown Gettin' Down: Forest Whitaker's OUR FAMILY WEDDING

Another chapter in the history of racialized representation in the Americas; from a new Heritage Auctions posting here.

HASTA LOS GATOS Kicking Ass and Taking Names: Maria Félix and White Skin Editions

click each box for the skinny!

Zoot Suit "Mexican" Impersonators from Japan! Yikes!

Pappy's Golden Age Blog features a story today by Robert Bellum and Adolphe Barreaux from the the 40s featuring Mexican-impersonating Japanese thugs! A festival of ethno-intrigue for cultural studies mavens and American Studies fetishists! It's the second comic story in the posting so be sure to scroll down...

Surprise, Surprise.... Tea Party Hate/Anti-Mexican/Anti-Immigrant Festivals AND The Failure of the Border Wall Project

Latina Barbies, Cheap at Half the Price

Thanks to our Boston reporter, Daphne Strassmann, for the link--hit Barbie for the skinny.

Glenn Ford, Chicano with Rita Hayworth in The Loves of Carmen

A new Rita Hayworth auction poster from Heritage--I am joking about Glenn Ford but the convergence of semiotics, physiognomy, race, and ethnicity in this poster is bracing!