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Semiotic Xicanosmosis: Remarkable 1960s Tourism Poster from Mexico Anticipates the Entire Pop Surrealism Movement in the United States and Abroad!

Marty Robbins, Breaking Bad Finale, Felina and More

I will probably come back to this soon to grapple with it in more detail, but I wanted to point out that Breaking Bad's conclusion is totally suffused with Tex[t]-Mextian intrigue, beginning with the Marty Robbin's ballad El Paso that provides the foundation (if not a total foreshadowing) of the final episode Felina's events.  Here's a good recap of last night's final episode--filled with spoilers (you were warned!!!).



Here are the lyrics for the Robbins classic and a couple of cool streaming versions of the song, below, one recorded live in Australia:

EL PASO

Out in the West Texas town of El Paso
I fell in love with a Mexican girl.
Night-time would find me in Rosa's cantina;
Music would play and Felina would whirl.

Blacker than night were the eyes of Felina,
Wicked and evil while casting a spell.
My love was deep for this Mexican maiden;
I was in love but in vain, I could tell.

One night a wild young cowboy came in,
Wild as the West Texas wind.
Dashing and daring,
A drink he was sharing
With wicked Felina,
The girl that I loved.

So in anger I

Challenged his right for the love of this maiden.
Down went his hand for the gun that he wore.
My challenge was answered in less than a heart-beat;
The handsome young stranger lay dead on the floor.

Just for a moment I stood there in silence,
Shocked by the FOUL EVIL deed I had done.
Many thoughts raced through my mind as I stood there;
I had but one chance and that was to run.

Out through the back door of Rosa's I ran,
Out where the horses were tied.
I caught a good one.
It looked like it could run.
Up on its back
And away I did ride,

Just as fast as I

Could from the West Texas town of El Paso
Out to the bad-lands of New Mexico.

Back in El Paso my life would be worthless.
Everything's gone in life; nothing is left.
It's been so long since I've seen the young maiden
My love is stronger than my fear of death.

I saddled up and away I did go,
Riding alone in the dark.
Maybe tomorrow
A bullet may find me.
Tonight nothing's worse than this
Pain in my heart.

And at last here I

Am on the hill overlooking El Paso;
I can see Rosa's cantina below.
My love is strong and it pushes me onward.
Down off the hill to Felina I go.

Off to my right I see five mounted cowboys;
Off to my left ride a dozen or more.
Shouting and shooting I can't let them catch me.
I have to make it to Rosa's back door.

Something is dreadfully wrong for I feel
A deep burning pain in my side.
Though I am trying
To stay in the saddle,
I'm getting weary,
Unable to ride.

But my love for

Felina is strong and I rise where I've fallen,
Though I am weary I can't stop to rest.
I see the white puff of smoke from the rifle.
I feel the bullet go deep in my chest.

From out of nowhere Felina has found me,
Kissing my cheek as she kneels by my side.
Cradled by two loving arms that I'll die for,
One little kiss and Felina, good-bye. 

{more below the two videos}







addenda: check out UCSD profe Curtis Marez' piece on Breaking Bad in Critical Inquiry online.

Public Demand is High for the Nomination of Ted Cruz, Tex[t]-Mex Galleryblog Pendejo of the Year for 2013!

Pocho.com is on the scene with a useful Venn diagram

MACHETE KILLS Exploding Onto the Screen October 11, 2013

MACHETE KILLS marketing is breaking out all over the place--the film's tumblr site is out of control! Hit the image for the linkazo!

Día de Los Halloweenos- Mashed-up Mexification

Not too long ago, Walt Disney Corporation muy unsuccessfully attempted to trademark "Día De Los Muertos." Pues si! It should have made sense that this venerable holiday, with all its significant traditions, does not belong to a company. Lately though, I have noticed the slight trend to throw in a dash of Día de Los Muertos con el Halloween. Check out this merchandise in the Pottery Barn Holiday/Halloween selection. {http://bit.ly/18FAiRZ}

Almost fifteen years ago Martha Stewart became the ambassador of monochromatic and elegant productions for all events (It's a good thing). Her trend spread quickly to the "majors," (Christmas and Thanksgiving), and retailers, like Pottery Barn took notice. Then came Easter, Saint Valentine's day, and finally: Halloween. So keep an eye out friends, and if you see more Día de Los Muertos creeping into the orange and black holiday, tell us: Is it intrusion or inclusion?

Photos via: Pottery Barn Catalogue

Mexy Excitement (and Latina/o Hijinks) Your Way Cometh, Adrian College, Michigan, and the Midwest!!!!! The MEXTASY Exhibition September 2013

Streaming video updates below | August 25, 2013

The rumors I started are true--nurturing my wanderlusting Tejano fetish for the American Midwest (where even Cleveland or Columbus shimmer on the horizon of my consciousness like Reykjavic or Paris do for others), I have set my sights again on Michigan (sorry Ann Arbor, no Wolverine desmadres this time) and the balmy climes of Adrian at a college there called, you guessed it, Adrian College. Located near the financially infamous (of late) Motor City of Detroit, Adrian is known for fences. That's right! Fences--and whilst this gives your border-rat textmex blogger some pause (especially with the all the neo-fascist fervor for border walls these days), I am going to hold my tongue for the moment as the fine liberal arts college is also know for something much more important--social justice.

Here's wikipedia on Adrian: "In the late 19th century through early 20th century Adrian was known as the 'fence capital of the world,' when J. Wallace Page invented the first successful wire fence. Throughout this period, Adrian was one of the first fencing manufacturers in the world and its fences were shipped as far as New York, Berlin, Asia, and Africa." Working in Adrian's favor is the denouement of this microhistory where J. Wallace Page's company  sponsors "the highly successful Page Fence Giants Black baseball team." But Adrian is also known for Adrian College, according to USA TODAY, the "#1 Up-and-Coming College in the Midwest" and I am thrilled to bring my Tejano/Califas-drenched exhibition and lectures to Adrian's shores! The other great thing about Adrian College? It's a thriving abolitionist-era institution of higher ed!

So how will it go down? Adrian College's Shipman Library has installed the full Mextasy exhibit (Mextasy: Seductive Hallucinations of Latina/o Mannequins Prowling the American Unconscious) in its Heritage Room on the main Adrian College campus. The exhibition will be housed there from August 26 to September 13, 2013. Students and the community can see the exhibit anytime the library is open with Shipman Library regular hours running Monday through Thursday, 8am-1pm; Friday, 8am-5pm; Saturdays, 10am-5pm; and Sundays from 12pm-11pm.

more below the posterlink 

Get your own signed, numbered poster print here at the Mextasy semiotic shack!

There will be two major media-rich presentations associated with the Mextasy extravaganza. There will be a community lecture entitled  "Compulsively Desirable, Utterly Loathsome: Mexican and Latina/o Bodies in the 21st Century" on Wednesday, September 11, 2013, in Jones 110, 7:00pm–8:00pm. And there will be a campus lecture as well Thursday, September 12, 2013, entitled "Disrupting the Optical Hegemony of Stereotypes Now: Tex[t]-Mex, Eyegiene, and the Visual Dynamics of a Technosexual Tomorrow" in a room to be announced, 12:00pm–1pm.  A big gracias goes out to the Mextasy event sponsors: The Office of the Vice President and Dean of Academic Affairs, Modern Languages and Cultures, Collegium II, ALPHA/Fin-Com, Institute for Ethics, Student Life, Multicultural Programs, Department of English, and the Institute for Creativity. 

An even bigger thank you and abrazo goes out to Professor Aïda Valenzuela, without whose imagination, vision, and drive, this event would never have happened!

EXTRAS

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a video and a cartoon for the Adrian College Lectures!

1. Humphrey Bogart and Alfonso Bedoya light up the screen in a scene from TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRES

2. Classic SPEEDY GONZALES antics from CANNERY WOE

 

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last promo posters--as with most images here, click to enlarge

Beware "Diana the Huntress": Female Vigilante Avenging Violence Against Women in Ciudad Juarez!

click the image for the story--more here!

New Poster, New Look for the Eyegiene/Mextasy Online Shoppe--Mexican Calendar Girl Homage/Mextasy

new look and poster over at the eyegiene/mextasy online shoppe! http://t.co/eY52crJTRS pic.twitter.com/73RiKJb8Yd

— William Nericcio (@eyegiene) August 30, 2013

Policing the Mextasy! A New Print for the Adrian College Exhibition, August 26, 2013 to September 12

get your own copy, signed and numbered, sans the logo here:

http://eyegiene.tictail.com/product/policing-the-mextasy

Pre-Halloween Textmex Treat: Vampire Edition | Tales of the Ghost Rider: "A Thirst for Blood" | via Pappy's Golden Age Comics Blogzine

One of the best comics blogs on the internets, Pappy's Golden Age Comics Blogzine keeps on churning out wonders from the history of graphic narrative. This one's a hoot, featuring a rich güera vampiress by the name of Isabella de Alva Riacomba, a Latina (Creole?) vixen out for riches, blood, revenge, and more blood--hit the image above to read the whole sordid tale.

Danny Trejo in Robert Rodriguez's MACHETE KILLS! Official Trailer

Soldaderas

The Swarthy Need Not Apply!!!! Another Chapter in the History of Racialized Loathing in the Americas, NO MORENOS/AS EDITION (via LATINO REBELS)

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Tex[t]-Mex, Mextasy, Eyegiene Exhibition/Performance @ Adrian College--William Anthony Nericcio, Guillermo Nericcio García, y Mucho Mas More...

Wicked Desmadres Your Way Cometh! 

SEDUCTIVE HALLUCINATIONS OF LATINA/O MANNEQUINS PROWLING THE AMERICAN UNCONSCIOUS

WILLIAM ANTHONY NERICCIO & GUILLERMO NERICCIO GARCÍA

Mextasy Exhibition | The Heritage Room | Adrian College | Shipman Library
August 26 to September 13, 2013

Mextasy: Seductive Hallucinations of Latina/o Mannequins Prowling the American Unconscious, an outrageous traveling exhibition of Mexican stereotypes and cutting-edge Latina/o Art and Photography invades Adrian College, Adrian, Michigan opening August 26, 2013. Students and the community can see the exhibit anytime the library is open. Shipman Library hours are: Monday through Thursday, 8am-1pm; Friday, 8am-5pm; Saturdays, 10am-5pm; and Sundays from 12pm-11pm.

 Tex[t]-Mex/Mextasy Lectures! | Jones Hall & Valade Hall | Adrian College

There will be two major media-rich presentations by our guest(s) associated with the Mextasy extravaganza:

1. A community lecture entitled “Compulsively Desirable, Utterly Loathsome: Mexican & Latina/o Bodies in the 21st Century” on Wednesday, September 11, 2013, in Jones Hall 110 from 7:00 to 8:30pm.

2. There will be a campus lecture entitled “Disrupting the Visual Hegemony of Stereotypes Now: Tex[t]-Mex, Eyegiene, and the Optical Dynamics of a Technosexual Tomorrow” on Thursday, September 12, 2013, in Knight Auditorium, Valade Hall, from 12:00 to 1:30pm.

Mextasy @ Adrian College Sponsors: The Office of the Vice President and Dean of Academic Affairs, Adrian College; Modern Languages and Cultures; Collegium II; A.L.P.H.A, Multicultural Programs; The Department of English; and The Institute for Creativity. An even bigger thank you and abrazo goes out to Professor Aïda Valenzuela, without whose imagination, vision, and drive, this event never would have happened!