TUNE IN tonight Thursday eve at 7 pm Pacific Time for some key #Chicano-led events in California, Texas and Arizona (also known as the Aztlan U.S.A).

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Our 1st guest on the Que Onda show will be Antonio Pelayo. Have you noticed how some in the art community don’t see tattoo artwork as “fine art”? It’s gonna take a California Chicano to change things up as tattoo art was accomplished with much respect and reverence with regard to our Aztec ancestors. Chicano curator and artist via Antonio Pelayo is changing art paradigms as he and Exodus Events are creating a fine art tattoo exhibit via TATUaje. Over 100 tattoo artists will be at this event you don’t want to miss. Our very own hero, Danny Trejo is hosting the event this upcoming September 12, 2015 at the Plaza De La Raza in Los Angeles.

This multicultural event dedicated to the tattoo and the amazing culture that surrounds it. Tatuaje is a 21+ only event and will feature a tattoo themed art exhibit, live concert, live tattooing, live body painting, hot rods, and pin up girls. Partial event proceeds benefit our good friends at Plaza De La Raza, a cultural center for the arts and education

Hosted by Danny Trejo & Bernadette Macias and with a Special Guest Appearance Tatu Baby. The Master of ceremony actor Mike Flores.

Musical Performances
The Walking Phoenixes
LP3 & The Tragedy
The Blackouts

Our 2nd guest is Maximo Anguiano who is an independent writer, creative, public intellectual, mobilizer, and scholar. As a progressive and agent for change, he has been able to use words and the arts to influence populations of people from various walks of life. He has recently written an original play entitled, “The Oppression of the Oppressed” which highlights the harsh realities of the prison industrial complex in modern-day America.

Through rare experiences of volunteering, speaking, and mentoring men of color in prisons, in addition to my formal studies, Maximo has been able to obtain a better grasp of the prison industrial complex. Additionally, several real events have inspired him to write this play including a letter to society by Ray Jasper, the forced confession of Hakim Crampton, and much more. This play is intended to create awareness on mass incarceration in the United States. Key themes of the play are the war on drugs, mental health of prisoners/inmates, disproportionality of Blacks/Latinos incarcerated, solitary confinement, prison culture, capital punishment, socioeconomics, privatization, and more. The play is also entirely based on true events.

The play culminates years of Maximo’s own hard work; however this production would not be possible without the help of people and organizations like those listening to this message. This is truly a grassroots initiative.

We cordially invite you to a stage-reading of the play on Saturday, September 19th 2015 in San Antonio, TX. Information on the show is as follows:

Date—Saturday, September 19th 2015
Time—3:00-5:00PM
Location—Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center’s Museo Guadalupe, 723 S. Brazos St., San Antonio TX. 78207

The reading will be coupled with an art exhibit by Mel Casas entitled, “Getting The Big Picture.” Additionally, after the reading, there will be an opportunity for Q&A with the playwright, community members, and justice-based organizations The script is still in working format in order to obtain feedback, however the style & writing is gripping, gritty, and genuine. Any other questions can be directed to the playwright, Maximo Anguiano. I hope that you will consider this opportunity. I may be reached at 517.262.4571.

Our 3rd guest is Sergio Alfredo Guerrero, who is you the curator of Guerrero Music Archives and he is also part of the board of directors for the Texas Music Museum. You will hear rich Mexican American history with regard to Mexican American musicians and record labels owned by Mexican Americans from Sergio Alfredo Guerrero.

I will have to have him back as a guest on the show because he has tons of information regarding raza in Tejas. Personally I did not know there were so many record labels owned by us until I spoke with Sergio. The TEXAS MUSIC MUSEUM is a treasury containing a unique historical collection that tells the story of the musicians who made Austin the Live Music Capital of the World! More importantly, one can attend this museum with free admission, but if you want to donate to this cause – your gifts are tax deductible!

Our 4th guest is the XIXA band! We want to end our show with psychedelic rock andd roll cumbia and with excitement and rhythm. Band members of XIXA (formerly known as Chicha Dust) are: Brian Lopez, Gabriel Sullivan, Jason Urman, Geoff Hidalgo, Efren Cruz Chavez, and Winston Watson.

On Friday September 4th, on the stage of Hotel Congress’s HoCo Fest, Chicha Dust will be born again as XIXA (pronounced “SEEK-suh”). Tucson’s favorite cumbia band isn’t going away – on the contrary, they are finally bringing it all home. Four years ago, inspired by the sounds of Peruvian cumbia – known as “chicha” – Brian Lopez and Gabriel Sullivan founded Chicha Dust. The band dedicated itself to the exploration of hard edge, guitar-driven cumbia popular in the Amazon and on the streets of Lima.

Surprisingly – or not – the musical roots of Tucson and Peru have much in common. Both are guitar heavy and mix genres from Brazil, Colombia, the Andes, surfing beaches, British rock, and psychedelic jams. After a few years of getting deep into the world of Peruvian cumbia, the band is now writing its own material, cranking their amplifiers louder than ever, and letting their Tucson roots show.

XIXA has a bit less chicha – and bit more desert dust. The material is all original, and reflects the band members’ various loves and backgrounds – but never straying far away from the infectious sounds of cumbia the band is known for. The next few months will be busy for XIXA. Barbès Records (home of the ‘Roots of Chicha’) will release XIXA’s first EP, Shift and Shadow, worldwide in early November, followed by a full-length album, Bloodline, to be released in February 2016. Both will be available on vinyl.

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