
Wednesday, April 08, 2009
You Know Where You Will Be on April 13nth!

Labels:
Gustavo Arellano,
lucha libre,
luchador,
Tex[t]-Mex Readings
Priceless Mexican Noir

I am looking for the front cover of this! A priceless gift to me from Kevin Gossett! Gracias Gracias
update!
David O. García sends in this research:
From: "David O. Garcia"
To: "Bill Nericcio"
Subject: Some info on the author of your detective book..
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 2009 10:59:06 -0400
Bill,
I did some research and found (Willis) Todhunter Ballard 1903-1980 bio on an ancestry site, and he wrote a series of mysteries under pseudonym Sam McNeil with heroes Tony Costaine/Bert McCall. Here is a link to his bio.
Here are the Tony Costaine/Bert McCall books
Death Takes an Option, Gold Medal Books, 1958.
* Third on a Seesaw, Gold Medal Books, 1959.
* Two Guns for Hire, Gold Medal Books, 1959.
* Hot Dam, Gold Medal Books, 1960.
* The Death Ride, Gold Medal Books, 1960.
* Mexican Slay Ride, Gold Medal Books, 1962.
* The Spy Catchers, Gold Medal Books, 1965.
There are some covers online. Also I'm not sure the title of your book, but Mexican Slay Ride seems the obvious choice.
Amazon lists the title 'Mexican Slay Ride' but no cover image. Maybe you can get that vato from califas to spring for one.
Later,
David
NOT the Orson Welles from TOUCH OF EVIL; Still Classic!
Mexicans at the Portal of Fantasy: Ricardo Montalbán
Me and Gustavo Arellano were on the radio yesterday talking about Latinos/as and Cop Shows on TV; one of his questions threw me--regarding Latinos/as on cop shows that were good! I riffed some rant about not looking to TV for good Ethnic Studies archetypes. What I should have said is what we need more of is "Mexicans" in non-Ethnic roles. Ricardo Montalbán's role on TV's Fantasy Island was as a gatekeeper of dreams, a warden of potential pleasure... that's it! No sombrero, no bandito glint, no steenken badges. Who would have thought schlock TV from Aaron Spelling would have given us cutting edge, post-Textmextian semiotic ruminations on "Mexican" subjectivity! More visual candy here!
Of course, a smart-ass and write in something about Mexicans and the fetish for midgets re-valorized by Herve Villechaize--but he was French!
Christopher Walken, Chicano
Labels:
rio yañez
"Chicano" Image Search...
There's Just Not Time in the Day to Critique Everything Flying in Over the Transom

NSFW.
Click to read the whole tale (though my link will drop you medias res)--needless to say, the vision of Mexico herein contained is both predictable and curious. The artist, Josh Lesnick, is not without talent, and the perambulations of his imagination, colored by hallucinations of Mexico and Mexicans deserve a chapter in a future edition of Tex[t]-Mex. An example? Click around the comic--you'll dig the pages where a sombrero works as a viagra-like semiotic libido-enhancer. Or maybe not!
Tuesday, April 07, 2009
Loco Josh Kun Again from the NY Times on Los Pikadientes de TJ
Gustavo Arellano and Bill Nericcio on the Radio TODAY!!!!

or do a direct MP3 download here.



Labels:
Gustavo Arellano,
southland
Uncharted Waters of Speedy Gonzales
Gustavo Arellano sends in this taunting challenge from Tejas!
My response!? I don't have time as I have to do your pinche radio show! ¡Zas!
From: "Gustavo Arellano"
To:
I am SHOCKED you have yet to pontificate on the following cartoon, especially in light of its wonderful parable of la frontera!
Desde Dallas,
Gustavo
My response!? I don't have time as I have to do your pinche radio show! ¡Zas!
Loco Josh Kun Zaps in a Linkaso Concerning the Death of Speedy Gonzales
"Mexican" Minuteman Founder in Illinois on the Loose!

My sis writes in with a link to Wonkette:
You tell em, hermana! You tell them!
Subject: Wonkette : Anonymous Racist Freeper Is Actually… R
epublican Candidate To Replace Rahm
From: Josie Nericcio
To: Bill Nericcio
Another self-hating minority. Why do we have to suffer because of their poor self image? Have some self respect, for Pedro's sake!
Geez!
Josie Nericcio
Labels:
Self-loathing "Mexicans"
Monday, April 06, 2009
Gabo Sighting

East Coast correspondent Daphne Strassmann sends in this link to an update on Colombia's nobel laureate who is doing just fine thank you very much!
Los Lobos: Kiko
updated | original posting October 17, 2008 | video link updated 6 April 2009.
Holy Lacunae, Batman--how could the Tex[t]-Mex Galleryblog live and breathe without a sampling of SoCal legend band, Los Lobos! Omission corrected!
Holy Lacunae, Batman--how could the Tex[t]-Mex Galleryblog live and breathe without a sampling of SoCal legend band, Los Lobos! Omission corrected!
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