Nothing Says Christmas and Santa Claus Better than René Cardona's SANTA CLAUS (1959)! "Mexicans," the Devil, and Mucho Mas More!

More on René Cardona's masterpiece here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Claus_(1959_film). Info on its Mystery Science Theatre treatment is here: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0655448/

 Here is a streaming view of the film in its entirety:


 Here is a streaming view of the entire MST3000 treatment:

Homework con Drama: Long Live the Telenovela!

I make no secret of my eternal addiction to Telenovelas. So imagine how delightful it was to see this homework assignment. "So I had to do a Spanish assignment to show I can speak the language- everyone else did a song.... I made this." Wrote Julie Bryan on Reddit. 

 Via: Gawker.com

A new print for sale at the Mextasy/Eyegiene Tictail Shoppe! Lupe Velez!

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New Posting!

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— William Nericcio (@eyegiene) December 1, 2013

New Backsplash for the Tex[t]-Mex Galleryblog! One of the New Prints Available on the Mextasy/Eyegiene/Textmex Tictail Outlet Mall...

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A Thanksgiving Thank You to the Readers, Lurkers, Visitors, and Accidental Guests of the Tex[t]-Mex Galleryblog

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Thanks and Happy Thanksgiving!

I have been doing this blog de desmadres since 2007 and the regular visitor will have noticed a dearth of updates of late. Some of that has to do with the evolution of the blogosphere. Blogger, god love it, just has not made it as easy to post as Tumblr and Facebook, so a fair number of posts that used to go here now show up on the Facebook book page for Tex[t]-Mex or the Eyegiene tumblr (set up to support and be a resource for my new book Eyegiene: Permutations of Subjectivity in the Televisual Age of Sex and Race).

And, of course, there's the fabulous competition that have now far and away surpassed the scope of this venture--the amazing Pocho.com run by Lalo Alcaraz y su crew, Gustavo Arellano with Ask-a-Mexican and the OC Weekly (the rag he edits like William Randolph Hearst's lovechild fathered with Che Guevara and Lupe Velez) and the equally outrageous Latino Rebels--and I can't forget Sara Ines Calderon's internet universe nor the NewsTaco crew. This nefariously talented cabal of sites and people are more on top of things than I can be toiling away in my day job as a lit prof, so at some point, I just gave up trying.

Despite the passing of time, however, I intend to keep this beast alive, if only to support the evolving life of my original book with the University of Texas Press--Tex[t]-Mex: Seductive Hallucinations of the "Mexican" in America. Now in its latest incarnation as a traveling museum exhibition called Mextasy, Tex[t]-Mex, the blog, will always be there for you intrepid visitor, seeking answers to the mysteries of Mexicans, Mexican-Americans, Latinas/os and other strange brown beasts prowling the corridors of this (sometimes) beautiful planet!

¡Gracias!

Read about the evolution of Tex[t]-Mex to Mextasy in a piece I just published in Frederick Aldama's new edited anthology Latinos and Narrative Media: Participation and Portrayal with Palgrave with the gnarly title "Tex[t]-Mex, Seductive Hallucinations of the 'Mexican' in America, 2.0 or 'Narcissus Mexicanus': A Diary Chronicling the Transmogrifying Metamorphosis of a Mexican American’s Neurosis from Psyche to Book to Museum and on to the Internet."

TEXTMEX, MEXTASY, EYEGIENE Lecture today @ UCLA | Tuesday, November 19, 2013 at 4pm | GRATIS

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Breaking News! Sex Sells! Sexy Latinas Sell!!! STOP THE PRESSES ;-)

Bordertown! New Animated Series from Fox and Seth McFarlane--Lalo Alcaraz on the list of Writers! Links to the Story from the LA TIMES and CARTOON BREW

Don't Panic Amigos. The End is not Near

UPDATED POSTER!!! From Tex[t]-Mex to Mextasy to Eyegiene--Public Lecture at UCLA Chicano Research Center!

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Thursday, November 19, 2013 @ UCLA--more details to follow:

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New Santo Poster Auction!!! Santo vs. The Vice Mafia (Peliculas Latinoamericanas S.A., 1971). Mexican One Sheet (27" X 37"). ... via Heritage Auctions

auction link here

Diego Luna's CHAVEZ! Official Trailer

The Votes Are In! Rep. Pete Sessions (R-Texas) Unanimously Elected OCTOBER 2013 PENDEJO OF THE MONTH! "I Can't Even Look at You Edition"

Texas politicos just love the notoriety that comes with being a Tex[t]-Mex Galleryblog PENDEJO OF THE MONTH--witness the pendejoness of Pete Sessions (bizarre caucasian bestiary candidate numero uno) who in a meeting with President Obama over the recent budget meltdown mouthed words of infamy (and classlessness) at the "leader of the free world." Sessions comment? "I cannot even stand to look at you".... which would be funny if it wasnt old school racist logic fueling the fires of his utterance.

More on the debacle from the Daily Kos.  and from the Huffington Post and from everyone.

Feliz Cumpleaños Celia y Gracías a Google

Without apology, here at Tex[t]Mex we express fawning adoration for epic Latina screen sirens.  These women hold an indelible place in the world's entertainment history, in spite of constant discrimination, and alienation from their own heritages. Today Google made our day by dedicating a Google Doodle to the powerhouse singer Celia Cruz. Take a look:

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