by unapocha | May 16, 2020 | Dreamocracy, Quarantine Life
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...
by unapocha | Apr 23, 2020 | Quarantine Life
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...
by unapocha | Apr 10, 2020 | Quarantine Life
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...
by unapocha | Apr 9, 2020 | Quarantine Life
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...
by unapocha | Apr 3, 2020 | Quarantine Life
Today we launch our weekly Dreamocracy in America videocast! Why the obsession with De Toqueville? As mentioned in our Creative Capital presentation, Alexis de Tocqueville came to the U.S, in 1831 to study our prisons and as a result analysed the political and social...