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 La Pocha's Profile |
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Frontier Arts & Hybrid Kulture |
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| Age: | 99 years old |
| Sex: | Female |
| Location: | Texas |
| Country: |  United States |
| Height: | 0' 0" |
| Zodiac: |  Virgo (Aug 23 - Sep 22) |
| Last Login: | May 20, 2008 (580 days back) |
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About Me |
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Pocha y Payan on national TV this weekend!Saludos, Everybody,Our irreverent project Aztec Gold with Lou Chalibre will be featured on national television this weekend on American Latino TV. Visit www.AmericanLatino.tv/wheretowatch for a list of the more than 100 cities airing the show. Here's a handy breakdown: San Antonio Sat., 5/10 @ 11:30 am on WOAI 4 San Diego/Tijuana Sun. 5/11 @ 1:00 pm on XDTV 13 Los Angeles Sat., 5/10 @ 3:00 am & SUN., 5/11 @ 4:00 PM on KABC 7 San Francisco Bay Area Sun., 5/11 @ 3:00 pm on FOX 2 New York Sun., 5/11 @ 4:00 pm on WWOR 9 Tucson Sun., 5/11 @ 1:00 pm on KWBA 58 Chicago Sun., 5/11 @ 11:30 pm on WPWR 50 Be on the watch for more Aztec Gold segments this summer, and heads up to our Eurocompañer@s: keep an eye out for Lou Chalibre on France's Canal + this fall! Are you ready for the Gold Rush? -- Victor Payan and Pocha Peña AZTEC GOLD on AMERICAN LATINO TV Airing Week of 05/05/08 - 05/11/08 Rerun Week of 06/23/08 - 06/29/08 We ride with professional stuntman Alex Flores who’s revving up the motorcycle stunt world; In this installment of Latinos OnLine we visit www.aztecgoldtv.com, an irreverent online show tackling serious multicultural topics with a touch of satire; We get decorating tips from interior designer and author of “Latin Style,” Juan Carlos; We visit Barrio Antiguo, a family-owned store out of Houston, Texas specializing in vintage Mexican imports; and we discuss the business of beauty with Latin American pageant queens. ************************************************************ ** Pocha is a proud member of the For more info on this dynamic group, visit www.calacapress.com AND http://www.calacapress.com/calacavision/ * A NEW Chican@ media site * ************************************************************ ** POCHA ON THE AIRWAVES & IN PRINTTo hear a special KPFK radio interview with La Pocha and the Director General of Bolivia commenting on and playing clips from the film OUR BRAND IS CRISIS visit the Uprising Radio Show site: http://uprisingradio.org/home/?p=351 A link to Pocha's interview about "I am Orange County", a documentary made by Latino youth in The OC: http://uprisingradio.org/home/?p=494 ** OC WEEKLY article by Gustavo Arellano -- http://www.ocweekly.com/culture/arts/attack-of-the-pochos/20 738/ ** My La Prensa article about The Centro Boycott -- http://www.laprensa-sandiego.org/archieve/july08-05/graphics .htm ** MORE articles to be posted soon.. ** You are Bettie Page Girl next door with a wild streak You're a famous beauty - with a unique look And the people who like you are cultish about it What Famous Pinup Are You? |
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My Interests |
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Art, books, cinema, opera, Lucha Libre, muralism, sufi mystics, travel, knitting, poetry, sewing, writing, raw fooding, swimming, photography, tightlacing, road trips, history, retro fashion & decor. ************************************************************ ** * EAST SIDE STORY is available on video! * The film I did with Carlos Portugal finally went to video. You can actually BUY a copy now, or rent to view. Eeeet feels good to see one's hard work and passion flower forth so brightly. I want to share the joy, so view the flick's clip below ;-j... ************************************************************ ** * POCHA luvs --- Keep On Crossin' ! * *** To Order Keep On Crossin' patch - $10 - Click Here ***
Artificial borders of body and mind and spirit must be crossed off the list. For every star-crossed, cross-bearing, cross-platform, cross-dressing, cross-country, cross-walker at the crossroads of culture, the time has come to cross. KEEP ON CROSSIN'!!! ************************************************************ ** |
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I'd like to meet:Funloving, fearless folk, who make their dreams real, and other Siamese luvers. * Sisi kat * |
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Music:Far too many to list...from Debussy...to the Vandals...vintage torch & twang...soothing folk & bossa nova...spacey ambient...Latin melodies...60's Andean...South American pop...indiginous voice...singing nuns...tropical ska & imaginative beats...Mingus...rockabilly...y muchos...muchos mas. * Featured Video * RadioLab vs Wildboy - a recut of a classic Syd & Marty Kroft series which stars chicana opera diva Yvonne Regalado Martin as "Cindy"... |
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Movies:Apocalypse Now, No Movie, The Red Balloon, Salt of the Earth, Santa Sangre, Hiroshima Mon Amour, The Perfumed Nightmare, Mercano El Marciano, Pretty Vacant, Frontierlandia, La Dolce Vida, Belle de Jour, Contempt, Amorres Perros, Los Compadres Mendoza, Dick, La Negra Angustius, Brothers Quay, How Green Was My Valley, Battle of Algiers, Pequeños Gigantes, Motercycle Diaries, Bicycle Thief, Faster Pussycat, Cabaretera genre, all Luchador & Santo films...also... "Dishonored Lady" starring Hedy Lamar... y "Quien Mato A La LLamita Blanca" by Rodrigo Bellot... ...which fills me with nostalgia for Bolivian good times ;-j ...and THE NAKED COSMOS - the new series by Gilbert Hernandez: http://www.brightredrocket.com/nakedcosmos/ |
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Television:AZTEC GOLD with Lou Chalibre http://www.aztecgoldtv.com |
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Books:Educating Hearts and Minds, The Brothers Karamazov, Piaget, Sartre, Jung, Confessions of a Mask, The Arts of Beauty, Indiginous Thought and Letters, Stitch'n Bitch, The Gift by Hafiz, Man's search for Meaning (both authors), The Rothchilds, Greek & Hopi writings, anything by Los Bros Hernandez, Beatniks, Gloria Anzaldua, Harjo, Lost Books of the Bible, and volumes of historical, esoteric, occult and metaphysical perspectives...Currently reading "What Marie Antoinette wore to the Revolution" and "The Four Hour Work Week" |
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Heroes:Jesus, 3 Marias, Cesar Chavez, Matilde Landetta, Artaud, Gronk, Sisi, Dolores Huerta, Ida Lupino, Danzantes, Apollinaire & Anne his muse, Louise Brooks, Simone de Bouviour, Assatta Shakur, Las Berets, Jodorowsky, Tommie Camarillo, Adela Sarmiento, Archivists, Lola Montez and the cast/crew of Salt of the Earth! CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFO ABOUT SALT OF THE EARTH AND the incomparable Miss Yvonne Regalado (former Elvette, Syd & Marty Krofft star, and opera soprano who performed with Kronos Quartet). Here she is in her classic camp episode of "Bigfoot & Wildboy" -- kitsch TV at its BEST... |
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My Background and Lifestyle |
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| MaritalStatus: | Married |
| Hometown: | Santa Ana, CA |
| Education: | Grad / professional school |
| Occupation: | imagineer |
My Pictures |
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My Blog |
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CineFestival Clips |
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| CineFestival 2008 was a hit! www.cinefestivalsa.orgSAN ANTONIO, TX CineFestival en San Antonio, the nation's longest running Latino film festival, has wrapped up for its 30th anniversary celebration... Posted by La Pocha on Sat, 10 May 2008 09:07:00 PST |
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Minute-Mensos: remembering when "The Minutemen" was a band |
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| Engaging the nu MinuteMen at Chicano Park Hola Compaer@s,Been sick as a dawg after an intense film festival, and shooting video in Califas y Arizona. Now that I'm finally crawling out of my sic-bed... Posted by La Pocha on Mon, 05 May 2008 12:58:00 PST |
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Happy Year of the Rat! |
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| ** Happy Chinese New Year! **It's the year of the Raton. Orale! We're Monkeys so we're psyched ;-)2007 Year In ReviewAfter starting the year with a whirlwind January wedding in San Diego, we went o... Posted by La Pocha on Sun, 17 Feb 2008 08:31:00 PST |
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A mini-pocha film festival |
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| ** A mini Pocha Film Festival **Highlighting some of the films I've produced or collaborated on...Trick or Tweet - A fun short, recent awardwinner at the 48-Hour film fest and shot by my film student... Posted by La Pocha on Thu, 31 Jan 2008 08:57:00 PST |
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Domestic Splendor ;-P |
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| Our Texas Chateau is featured online:All the unpacking and fussin' about the house have paid off. Apartment Therapy featured our home several times and Payan's office is now on the Blik website as a ... Posted by La Pocha on Sun, 17 Feb 2008 08:22:00 PST |
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* Pocha’s Crafts on Etsy * |
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| ** Mexican Revolution pillows on Etsy **After many midnite sewing sessions the first batch of my art pillows are up on Etsy. Pop by and check them out. I'll be posting more items soon. www.pochar... Posted by La Pocha on Sun, 09 Dec 2007 01:35:00 PST |
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* Pocha's CV * |
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| * I'm currently working on a documentary about Chicano Park in San Diego, the largest collection of outdoor murals in the world. My film will detail the history of the park's founding and its upcomin... Posted by La Pocha on Thu, 05 Oct 2006 08:25:00 PST |
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3 questions about La Pocha...answered! |
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| A big Thank You to writer/art-ivist Consuelo for re-connecting me to these answers...1. Why did you choose to give yourself the name 'Pocha?'I was dealing with the reality of not "fitting" into cultur... Posted by La Pocha on Fri, 24 Aug 2007 01:40:00 PST |
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* Tagged * |
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| RULES OF THE GAME:1. Each player starts with 8 random facts/habits about themselves.2. People who are tagged need to write their own blog about their 8 things and post these rules.3. At the end of you... Posted by La Pocha on Mon, 20 Aug 2007 02:47:00 PST |
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Centro Boycott over! |
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| As many of you know. Vic & I have been dilegently working on resolving the Boycott of the Centro Cultural de La Raza in San Diego. A lot of our time and resources over the past two years (7 for the ... Posted by La Pocha on Sat, 04 Aug 2007 09:33:00 PST |
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My Friends |
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Aztec Gold, Angel, Gronk, Yvonne, lalo alcaraz, CALACALANDIA, Yvette, Chican@ Art Magazine, Ma, iRoxy!, Ask a Mexican, Del Zamora, The Great Wall of Chinga, PROYECTO PACHUCO, QUINAZO, The NEW Centro Cultural de La Raza, saas, Blood and Candy, MISS LINDA, Mel, pilbuen, mama ana, Short & Saucy, Minerva, Badass Pictures, Sunlit Doorway, Rubio, Acamonchi Art Studio, David Zamora Casas, Alfredo de Batuc, Abelejo, DeAnne, Nosotros los de la Saya, Luna Tierra Sol, Cafe Gallo, Pocholandia, Fighting Cholitas, Jump-Start Performance Co., PURO PEDO MAGAZINE, Charles De Goal, el gunckel!, Overtime Theater, Angel, Xcano Films ("shicano"), Huitzilin, TheInfinityLab, Magli G, The She-Devil/La Diabla, afro, EASTSIDE LUV Wine Bar y QUEso, sdlt, Christine, EVONNE, Teatro Izcalli, El Colacion, In the Company of Sistas, Celina, Joleen, La Poeta CV
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