Scared in India

Scary San Anto

In the spirit of Halloween, here is a video to learn more about some creepy places around San Antonio, watch it – if you dare! buahahahaha!

Chicanito Art

 
I am not sure if this qualifies as Chicano art, but this is my son’s 3rd grade Social Studies Project (you can click on it for a bigger picture).  It is a model of a “Suburban Community” that he named “Turtwig Cove” (he is a big Pokemon fan, and Turtwig is one of the little [...]

¡Ay Chispas!

 
Above is some artwork by our good friend Luis Guerrero, these incredible pieces are located at the Institute of Texan Cultures here in San Antonio TX.  As some of you may know our song ¡Ay Chispas! … (Listen here) …came about when Juan saw the name of Luis’ metal art studio by the same name.  I [...]

Las Coronas

We recently played for a fundraiser for a young cancer patient.  It was a lot of fun, Los Tovares also performed that night.  I got to meet two of the Tovares’ in the band.  they told us the story behind their band which I found fascinating.  He said that Los Tovares have been around for over 30 [...]

Singer Shortage

We played at a festival recently where I saw a Tejano band perform.  As they were setting up, I was like, “whaaat?”, when I saw the lead singer hook up a “harmonizer”.  It is a machine that allows you to sing and harmonize at the same time (that way you don’t need anyone else to sing with you!)  Hmmmm.  [...]

A Migrant’s Masterpiece

Click to hear ”El Corrido de Arzobispo Patricio Flores” (in Spanish) by your trulies Los Padrinos.
I was honored to attend the screening of the documentary about our beloved Archbishop Patrick Flores, directed by Hector Galán. It was a powerful story.  It has a very uplifting message, amid all the challenges the Archbishop faced growing up (racism, discrimination, hardships) he never [...]