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Saturday, February 12, 2011
Eyegiene: The Televisual Age of Sex and Race: Reproducing Comparison: Scoptophilic, Mexstatic Me...
Eyegiene: The Televisual Age of Sex and Race: Reproducing Comparison: Scoptophilic, Mexstatic Me...: "More on the Michigan lecture here.... click to enlarge Assorted Images/Words for the Michigan Lecture! Don't Peek.... ok, go ahead... ..."
Wednesday, February 09, 2011
Mextasy: Mextasy! At the University of Michigan! The Second Week of March! Details to Follow...
William A. Nericcio (yours truly!) reading from
sections of the forthcoming book Eyegiene...
Scoptophilic Meditations on the
Naked Eye, Sabotage, and Televisual Subjectivities, Circa 2011
@ the University of Michigan
... coming in March
an updated flyer appears here...
I want to take the time here to thank all of the groups, departments, centers, etc that are responsible for my three day residency in the land of the Wolverines! These include:
Click the images for links to these rad, cool cohorts...
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| Latina/o Studies at the University of Michigan |
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| Comparative Literature at the University of Michigan |
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| Screen Arts and Cultures at the University of Michigan |
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| The Department of English Language and Literature @ the University of Michigan |
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| Latin American and Caribbean Studies @ the University of Michigan |
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| The Program in American Culture @ the University of Michigan |
Tuesday, February 08, 2011
MEXICAN JOE by Jim Reeves
Marc García-Martínez is in the house with a guest posting.....
Of MEXICAN JOE and Other Thoughts
Marc García-Martínez
Mi estimado catedrático Nericcio... Feliz Año Nuevo to you and the family! You know I would not be contacting you if I did not have another worthy-of-consideration hackneyed chingadera to lay on ya. First of all, have you (or anyone else in our intrepid cadre from the municipal and academic communities) ever come up with the phrase “¡Eye-caramba!”? I think it sits fittingly with your cool “Eyegiene” neologism. Let me know if it works for you! Second and more important, I came across this an old gabacho corrido memorializing some renowned licentious behavior of a true Latino ne'er-do-well, tax cheat, poor dancin’ man, and all-around frontera Lothario by the name of “Joe.” A true work of subcultural art, to be sure, so go ahead and check out this command performance by none other than that zany Texas ambassador of twang, Jim Reeves—and the lyrics to this cansado y estúpido corrido.
Let us know what you think., Marc G-M
MEXICAN JOE
South of the border, hey, I know a lad,
He's got more fun than anybody's had,
Don't got no worry, don't got no dough,
Everybody's wondering 'bout Mexican Joe.
In old Mexico, they call him the Rhumba King,
Leads all the women around on a string,
When they go out, they get a million thrills,
But the lovely senoritas wind up with the bills.
Dancin', romancin',
Always on the go,
Sun shinin' down on Mexican Joe
He makes the night spots all along the bay,
People want to see him when he comes their way,
He spreads so much joy everywhere he goes,
Everyone shouts "Viva la Mexican Joe."
He likes to gamble, at poker he's an ace,
He's always lucky with the cards that got a face,
At winning the money, he is sure a whiz,
But when they win they don't collect
'cause they don't know where he is.
Dancin', romancin',
Always on the go,
Sun shinin' down on Mexican Joe
He don't got no income tax 'cause he don't got no dough,
Still he gets along just fine, how we'll never know,
He's got everything he wants, a girl, a drink, a song,
If we use his formula, we surely can't go wrong.
His favorite playground is anywhere there's girls,
He's got that somethin' that sets their hearts a-whirl,
It couldn't be his money 'cause he ain't got a peso,
But when he wants a kiss all he's got to do is say so
He spreads so much joy everywhere he goes,
Everyone shouts "Viva la Mexican Joe."
Of MEXICAN JOE and Other Thoughts
Marc García-Martínez
Mi estimado catedrático Nericcio... Feliz Año Nuevo to you and the family! You know I would not be contacting you if I did not have another worthy-of-consideration hackneyed chingadera to lay on ya. First of all, have you (or anyone else in our intrepid cadre from the municipal and academic communities) ever come up with the phrase “¡Eye-caramba!”? I think it sits fittingly with your cool “Eyegiene” neologism. Let me know if it works for you! Second and more important, I came across this an old gabacho corrido memorializing some renowned licentious behavior of a true Latino ne'er-do-well, tax cheat, poor dancin’ man, and all-around frontera Lothario by the name of “Joe.” A true work of subcultural art, to be sure, so go ahead and check out this command performance by none other than that zany Texas ambassador of twang, Jim Reeves—and the lyrics to this cansado y estúpido corrido.
Let us know what you think., Marc G-M
MEXICAN JOE
South of the border, hey, I know a lad,
He's got more fun than anybody's had,
Don't got no worry, don't got no dough,
Everybody's wondering 'bout Mexican Joe.
In old Mexico, they call him the Rhumba King,
Leads all the women around on a string,
When they go out, they get a million thrills,
But the lovely senoritas wind up with the bills.
Dancin', romancin',
Always on the go,
Sun shinin' down on Mexican Joe
He makes the night spots all along the bay,
People want to see him when he comes their way,
He spreads so much joy everywhere he goes,
Everyone shouts "Viva la Mexican Joe."
He likes to gamble, at poker he's an ace,
He's always lucky with the cards that got a face,
At winning the money, he is sure a whiz,
But when they win they don't collect
'cause they don't know where he is.
Dancin', romancin',
Always on the go,
Sun shinin' down on Mexican Joe
He don't got no income tax 'cause he don't got no dough,
Still he gets along just fine, how we'll never know,
He's got everything he wants, a girl, a drink, a song,
If we use his formula, we surely can't go wrong.
His favorite playground is anywhere there's girls,
He's got that somethin' that sets their hearts a-whirl,
It couldn't be his money 'cause he ain't got a peso,
But when he wants a kiss all he's got to do is say so
He spreads so much joy everywhere he goes,
Everyone shouts "Viva la Mexican Joe."
WHY BRACEROS, from 1959; and CYBRACEROS, 1997 by Alex Rivera
I am in the debt of music/cultural studies wunderkind Josh Kun for posting a link to this 1959 documentary on the Bracero program this morning on Facebook; the film, basically propaganda meant to allay the fears of Americans regarding an influx of invading seasonal Mexican fieldworkers shows how fickle immigration POLICY can be when it comes to business interests:
and, next, this--a brilliant short film by Alex Rivera, Cybraceros, from 1997, that posits the future of Mexican immigration and farmwork in America:
and, next, this--a brilliant short film by Alex Rivera, Cybraceros, from 1997, that posits the future of Mexican immigration and farmwork in America:
Monday, February 07, 2011
Mira nomás. From Britain but made in Taiwan.
by Daphne Santana Strassmann
East Coast Correspondent | The Tex[t]-Mex Gallerblog
Mexicans got an apology (sort of) from Top Gear's Britons. But now? Guanabee tells us that the Top Gear slur scandal, got the Taiwanese Animation treatment (just like Al Gore). Eso!
Here's another take on the growing controversy:
East Coast Correspondent | The Tex[t]-Mex Gallerblog
Mexicans got an apology (sort of) from Top Gear's Britons. But now? Guanabee tells us that the Top Gear slur scandal, got the Taiwanese Animation treatment (just like Al Gore). Eso!
Here's another take on the growing controversy:
Año Uña
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