American Coup

American Coup

Arizona’s WOTAN guy in Washington DC Revolution or Ridiculous? Today was a surreal day. It started normal enough, Payan was watching the vote for our next President from Washington DC, and I was streaming a Selpioli workshop from La Paz, Bolivia. Next thing we...
CA Lockdown: Over!

CA Lockdown: Over!

The California Lockdown is over! For LA, the lockdown was extended until May 15, which was yesterday. But I was too caught up in this week’s Dreamocracy In America to write about it. Our guest was the fabulous Sandra Lilia Velasquez, lead singer of Pistolera! To...

CA Lockdown – Day 35

I’m excited to interview one of my cultural heroes! El Vez: The original Tiger King Dreamocracy in America’s star-spangled guest is Robert Lopez! Known as El Vez (the Mexican Elvis) and co-founder of the legendary punk group The Zeros, Lopez joins us for a...

CA Lockdown – Day 22

Puro Pocha Power! We had a fabulous and historic episode today on Dreamocracy In America with the infamous Border Brujo himself, Guillermo Gomez Peña, founder of La Pocha Nostra. Almost as exciting as having Guillermo on the show, were all the folks who tuned in from...

CA Lockdown – Day 21

It’s a Puro Pocha Party today! I have a long history with performance art legend Guillermo Gomez Peña. First exhibiting our video art together for the Vigo international film festival in Spain. The show was put together by Latino film scholar and former UCLA...