Yo, you might’ve read about my recent appearance on the Desmadre podcast in the New York Times, The Wall Street Journal or the Missed Connections pages on Craigslist.
I thought I’d provide a little annotation for the nation.
:01-6:20 California, Arizona and Texas
About “LATINX”
I rock with the spirit of redefinition but, in this case, not the letter. I find it aesthetically clumsy. First, the definition is unclear. Are you talking trans? Are you using gender neutral language so as to bring down the patriarchy? Are you a marketer selling me a barrio box? Second, its pronunciation is varied, unclear and phonetically harsh. Third, as it stands, using the term unwittingly marries you to a host of other political and philosophical commitments that I don’t rock with.
The Difference between California and Texas Latinos from Flama.
The homie Henry Pacheco co-wrote this:
Sammy mentions Foos Gone Wild. Here’s a piece LA Taco recently wrote about them.
Jesus gets heady and mentions how the internets harkend the death of local culture. This was the premise of the Thomas Friedman’s 2005 book, The World is Flat.
6:21-9:34 Bookworm in the Barrio
*I talk a little about Bassett, Ca and its connection to El Paso, Texas.
*During the interview. I put 10 and 2 and mistakenly claimed Bassett’s namesake was the founder of Bassett Furniture. Turns out it was a lumber empire.
*Early 90’s LA gang violence in the SGV as reported by the LA Times.
*Currently, my hometown is under the largest and longest gang injunction in the US.
*I reference the history of Mexican-American being corporally punished for speaking Spanish in Texas and Arizona.
*Recent Pew numbers of Latinos in the US who are English primary or dominant.
9:35-11:16 Mun2 w/ the Most
*Mun2 flagship show was The Roof. The Roof gave us Julissa.
*Off the Roof was a daily video mix magazine. We did 180 episodes.
11:17-19:00 Holy Hip Hop, Batman.
MA Philosophy Talbot School of Theology.
At Oxy, I had the same room as Obama. Story here:
This is an altar call:
19:20 Viva Bassett, China & Mexico
There I am in Tiananmen in 2000.
The backpack path: TJ, Mazatlan, Puerto Vallarta, Leon, Guanajauto, DF, Oaxaca City, San Jose Del Pacifico, Zipolite, San Cristobal de las Casas, Palenque, Peten, Antigua, Lago Atitlan, Cancun, Isla Mujeres and Playa del Carmen.
2004-2009 Latin Rap
Jesus and I met years back when he directed the video for the homies Reazn and Strae.
That’s right what we write is righteous/
So wrong So long/
They tried to good night us/
We fight for freedom but freedom don’t like us/
It’s on so strong/
What could unite us?/
Us
Peep LATIN BEAST TV IG PAGE
29:35 WORK
Get hip to STUDS TERKEL.
The branded campaign I reference in the interview.
Greetings Carlos,
I hope this note finds you well. This is Jimmy “Jimbotimes” who’s connected to you on Twitter. After checking out your blog, I’m wondering if you’d be interested in submitting a guest post to my blog, once again with the idea being to connect and spread more awareness for the emerging Latino voices in media and on. My email is at the link.
You’ve got my best!
J.T.