New Promotional Poster & Prints for the Mextasy/Textmex Exhibition/Lectures at the University of Washington in Seattle | February 28, 2013

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¡Caray! A Lyrical and Sonic testimonio Chicano desde Cheech n' Chong

A Chicano, of Course, Behind the Genius of Pulp Fiction | Outing Tarantino's Debt to Aztlan

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Tommy Chong, of Cheech and Chong Fame, Films a PSA for PROP 19

Cheech and Chong! Back Together and On Tour

Chicanodom's Martin and Lewis have healed the grief and are back out on tour--info on them and more is available through their myspace site--just click their handsome veterano mugs below!

Cheech and Chong, Laredo 1973

One of the first albums I ever bought was Los Cocinos by Cheech & Chong at Santos Grocery Store in Riverdrive Mall in 1974--the album came out in 1973. I was 13 years old and a 7nth-grader at St. Augustine High School which, in those days, was down by the Rio Grande downtown. At lunchtime, we would walk on over from the school to the mall to hang out, eat lunch, and try to stay out of trouble.

One of the mysteries of the 16-year odyssey that ended up embodied in Tex[t]-Mex is the invisibility of Cheech and Chong in that volume--next to Speedy Gonzales, they really are the best known "Mexicans" or mass cultural Chicanos on the planet. Here's a little bit of their work from Cheech & Chong's Next Movie--note their signifying play with "Mexican-American" and "Chicano" figuration:



More on this to come in these pages soon!