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TUNE IN TONIGHT (Thursday at 7 pm Pacific Time) for the “All #TEJANO Show’ that highlights Texas movers and shakers in books, music, movies, film, television shows and more…. Click here to tune in>>> http://tunein.com/station/?StationId=235787

We begin our show with Cecilia Garcia Akers who is the daughter of “thee” Mexican American Civil Rights advocate (and healer) via Dr. Hector P. Garcia who is the founder of the American G.I. Forum. He never took “no” for an answer and fought for Mexican American / Chicanos who served in the Armed Forces when they were denied equal rights. The Longoria Affair was an issue that created a political storm with Mexican American burial rights getting the better end of the situation and after Garcia stepped in to help his widow. Cecilia is writing a book about her father and you get to hear about those special moments when she saw her father in action!

Next, actor Joseph JT Chingon Campos gives us an update on new film being worked on in Texas with regard to our heroes and charras / vaqueros. Hector Galan is working on film we all will enjoy seeing!

Upon demand by those who have always wanted to know how to write a movie script about their lives, we have award winning Israel Marquez who will explain to my listeners how he creates his scripts. What better than to learn from an award winning … up and coming independent film maker? At the end of the interview, he goes back to how Robert Rodriguez Robert Rodriguez inspired him to become a film director and maker, and he gives us an update to film he is working on with regard to Alex Ruiz.

Last but not least … it is no secret that AJ Castillo is taking Texas by storm with his Tejano #Conjunto music — particular in the club scenes. Find out why Esteban Jordan was his No. 1 influence regarding Tex Mex Accordion music! Find out why AJ Castillo has the future generation of music lovers digging Tejano music in the club scene again!

#Texas #ChicanoMOvement #ChicanoPower #Chicana

By Lidia Herrera August 21, 2015

Empty bookshelves frame the small office while boxes, filled with old videocassette tapes, lie on the floor next to a desk, covered with scattered newspapers on top. This is it, the last moments Tatcho Mindiola sits in his office as the Director of Mexican-American Studies.

As the director of the CMAS for 43 years, his determination overcame obstacles in order to make the center successful for future students.

“With his leadership, focus, and vision (and) the support of faculty and the community, he has been able to develop, one of the most important centers for the study of Mexican American Studies in Texas,” history professor Guadalupe San Miguel said.

Mindiola first came to UH as a student after serving seven years in the Army. In 1962, days before the new semester started, he was given his discharge papers and spent the next six and a half years finishing his degree in business.

Unsatisfied, he returned to school to complete a masters in Sociology at UH and a doctorate in Sociology at Brown University.

In 1974, he returned to Houston to accept a joint appointment in Sociology and Mexican American Studies. Six years later, he accepted the position as Director of the Center of Mexican American Studies— not knowing the impact he would leave behind years later.

“Very early on, the department pursued an effort to get funding from the state which lead to provide fellowships, money for our College Career Day, and helped encourage more Latino students to attend UH,” said CMAS Associate Director Lorenzo Cano. “Our efforts have been a valuable catalyzed of making the campus a Hispanic serving constitution.”

Mindiola’s efforts for improving the CMAS was influenced by his involvement as a student in the League of Mexican American Students (LMAS), which was later changed to Mexican American Youth Organization (MAYO) and the Racia Unida political party during the Chicano movement.

“I think his motivation came from that Chicano movement in the late 60’s when (he was part of) the first group of Mexican Americans who attended the University throughout the country,” San Miguel said. “They began to realize that that the University could be utilized to promote an understanding of Mexicans in the U.S. by using the knowledge and skills you obtain in the program.”

Mindiola’s persistent determination and hard work lead the center to develop a minor in Mexican American Studies, a visiting scholar’s program, research and graduate fellowships, leadership training, community services and a recruitment and retention component.

“One of his greatest accomplishments is that CMAS is still a strong and vital center after 40 years,” said Associate Professor and Director of History Monica Perales. “Of course, many students have passed through its programs. These many individual’s success stories will be his greatest legacy.”

Mindiola’s retirement announcement was a surprise to both faculty and students who have seen him change the center over the years.

“I never wanted him to retire and it saddens me to see him step down because he has always supported my research efforts,” San Miguel said. “He’s been a good mentor and provided me with guidance, but I know he will be around,”

Mindiola’s struggles and success with the CMAS has greatly changed UH, but his influence on the community, faculty and students will live on through his work.

Mindiola’s plans are to read, write, and rest as he begins his journey of completing his book, “Race Talk in Mexican American Cantina,” and completing other projects.

“I wish I was just now taking over,” Mindiola said. “I would’ve moved aggressively to get Mexican American Studies as a major, but the new director has the capacity to take the (center) into a new level. I think the university has just begin to scratch its greatest (success).”

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Source: http://thedailycougar.com/2015/08/21/retiring-mexican-american-studies-director-helped-cultivate-cultural-conversations/

 

Stay tuned to find out more on tonight’s “All ‪Woman Show” that highlights women in movies, film, television shows and more…. the Que Onda Show to air on the Chicano Radio Network at 7pm Pacific Time every Thursday night! Click here to tune in>>> http://tunein.com/station/?StationId=235787

We begin our show with  Liliana Patricia Solis​ who is a Tejana, Chicana Activist and U.S. Army​ Veteran who is acting in the 2nd season of From Dusk Till Dawn the Television Series that is aired on Robert Rodriguez​’s El Rey Network​. She will be in the pilot episode airing on August 25, 2015 and you will continue to see Lilian throughout the season. You will also see Liliana on HBO’s The Leftovers throughout the entire season and set to premier on October 4, 2015. [For the record you can see both season 1 of From Dusk Till Dawn Television Series, and season 1 of HBO​ The Leftovers​ on Netflix!]   Liliana also begins filming with American Crime​ later this month.

A little more about Liliana .. she is an up and coming #Texas Actress / Dancer and Model. She grew up in a small country town in Atascosa, Tx barefoot and climbing trees. She found her passion for dance when she was fortunate enough to study under the great Teresa Champion and her Dance Academy. Her passion for the art of Flamenco and the rhythm of the castanettes. Accompanied by the late great El Curro, her passion turned into a genuine love of dance. Also an athlete, she was discovered at a local mall at the age of 12 and started print modeling for a major department store. She continued to modeling through out high school while continuing her love of dance.  After high school, she balanced college life and a newly found love for the medical field. But a life changing event sent her down a different path. In 1994 she joined the US ARMY where she was a Corrections Officer and Combat Medic. But PTSD had a different plan for her. A sexual assault survivor, she overcame prescription addiction and alcoholism. Born Patricia Solis, she is a #SURVIVOR of life. And now in her “second act” of life, she is pursuing her life long dream of acting. Only 3 months in and she’s appeared in Season 2 of Robert Rodriguez​  From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series​ as well as HBO’s The Leftovers. She remains an activist for Chicano Civil Rights as well as an avid Animal Rights Activist.

Our second guest is the lovely Lourdes Colon​ who is the CEO of Starangel Film Productions​, Inc. StarAngel Film Productions is a new production company with a completed film under its banner. When Lourdes Colon and Chris La Voy​ decided to open up a production company they did so with an idea that films move, touch, and inspire the world.

Lourdes Colon​ is an actress with an impressive resume already under her belt. She knew that she wanted to make a difference for the world and she always thought that she would do this through her acting. Lourdes and Chris created SFP with this ideology at its heart.

While Create Option C The Documentary​ was the company’s first film, the company already has two more documentaries in different stages of development. Create Option C is an award winning documentary about actress Lourdes Colon’s journey with cancer to include (not limited to) receiving Los Angeles Women’s International Film Festival award, Burbank International Film Festival and more.

Second Chance (a working title) is another personal documentary of Kristina Colon (Lourdes and Chris’ youngest daughter) and her rise from her own near death experience to a fully realized life. Naturally is a documentary that explores the various ways that people have cured themselves from a wide range of life threatening ailments using only natural methods to heal themselves.  StarAngel Film Productions is also working on two narrative films in early development.

Our third guest on the Que Onda Show highlights the Venezuelan beauty via Fanny Véliz​, who is an award winning Film Director of Homebound. In addition to being a filmmaker, Fanny is an actress and producer. In this show, she tells our listener how she uses TUGG as a platform in order for more people to see her movie in the theaters. Homebound features well known Chicano actor Enrique Castillo​ ( Blood In Blood Out Movie​, Weeds​, etc.) in Fanny’s movie and is depicted as a Veteran of the Armed Forces who owns his own business and is dying of cancer.   Homebound is the story of Richard Lynn, a successful young man who returns to his small hometown, El Campo, Texas. He has to help his father Gilberto who’s ill with cancer, run the family business, a dilapidated bar. Richard Lynn, accidentally falls in love for the first time with Sofia,  a Venezuelan immigrant who speaks very little English.

As Richard Lynn befriends Sofia’s son, and is reminded of the friendships and culture of his hometown, he learns more about his father’s illness, the truth about his mother’s passing and their plans for him when he inherits it all. His secret desire to burn down the bar, which he blames for his mother’s death, surfaces as he questions everything, his past, his future, and his understanding of family.

The film is heartwarming, with inspiring performances, unexpected twists and a passionate ending that will delight audiences around the world.

Last but certainly not least, we end our one hour show with Cindy Vela​, a beautiful Chicana model, saxophonist and actress. This year you can see Cindy Vela in a movie La Guapa created by filmmaker Kenneth Castillo​. La Guapa is set in a small urban Latino neighborhood in the U.S. where loyalty to family is the utmost importance. The main character, La Guapa, is forced into becoming a murderer-for-hire by her ex-husband in order to gain back custody of their 10-year-old daughter, but it’s a losing game: with every ‘hit,’ she gets closer to her goal but emotionally farther away from her daughter.

Born and raised in Brownsville, Texas, Cindy Vela is an actress, model and alto saxophonist.  Vela attended the The University of Texas at Brownsville​ and became lead saxophonist in both the top jazz and concert bands.  She participated at national and international concerts and competitions in the U.S. and Mexico and was even given the opportunity to open shows for legends Tito Puente​, Celia Cruz​ and @Jose Feliciano.

It was in college that Cindy started modeling and appearing in local commercials, yet she continued her schooling and received a Bachelor of Arts in Music Education. She went on to become a middle school band director and helped her students win various awards, all while teaching them the importance of education and the arts.

Vela moved to Los Angeles to continue the work she had started in entertainment. As a print model, Cindy can be seen on covers and spreads for magazines and in international print ads for major companies, some of which include Bio Ionic, Wells Fargo, O.P.I. and Kellogg’s Special K boxes. In Los Angeles, Vela met esteemed fashion designer, Ximena Valero, and it started a great collaboration between the two. Cindy was quickly asked to become a fit model and a runway model for Valero’s fashion shows and was named the “Face of Ximena Valero​ Fashion.”

As an actress, Cindy has appeared on stage, television and film. Stage works include Father of the Bride, Let the Eagle Fly and The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit, the latter of which was written and produced by award winning author Ray Bradbury (Fahrenheit 451).  Cindy worked on a pilot with directors Robert Ben Garant and Tomas Lennon of Reno 911 and she later played the title role of Desdemona in the award winning film ‘Desdemona: A Love Story’.  Cindy created controversy with an internet video called ‘Exhibit B-5’ aka ‘Girl Dies’ directed by Project Greenlight winner Kyle Rankin which had millions searching for answers to her life and identity. To help answer questions, Vela had a sit down interview for MSNBC’s Caught on Camera and Israeli’s Channel 10 TV.

This year, Cindy, can be seen in Kenneth Castillo​’s urban Latino film called ‘La Guapa’, an aspirational coming-of-age story inspired by true events called ‘Endgame’ with Rico Rodriguez and Efren Ramirez and on the comedy film ‘It’s Gawd!’ with Tommy Chong, Rebecca Stewart and Luke Perry.

 

FREE ADMISSION at Efrain Gutierrez Taller De Arte, Cine, Musica Y Comida for a Book-Signing and Viewing of the Documentary: “The Men Of Company E” that is about the toughest Chicano Fighting Soldiers of World War II!

Date:  Wednesday, August 19, 2015

Time:  6 pm – 9 pm

Address:  3403 S Flores, San Antonion, TX 78204

On tonight’s Que Onda Show line up at 7 pm (Pacific Time) Click here to tune in>>> http://tunein.com/station/?StationId=235787 ! Marco E. López, is an accomplished lawyer and is now writing a book about the work he did with Cesar Chavez. The title of his book will be “My Walk With Cesar.”  Tonight you will hear Cesar Chavez’s lawyer put to death once and for all the rumors about Cesar Chavez and how the evil doers twisted his good works around. Marco sets the record straight. In addition, Marco continued good works and has succeeded in key lawsuits against our government with border patrol excessive police force.   Marco was born in Arizona, started school in Texas, and raised in Bakersfield, California. Received a B.A. from San José State College, a J.D. from Boalt Hall Law School (Berkeley Law). Studied public international law at the Hague World Court Academy. Upon receiving his law degree worked for one of the first ALRB members, LeRoy Chatfield. Upon leaving state employment became a volunteer attorney for the UFW in Delano and soon thereafter was made house counsel and then general counsel, by Cesar Chávez. After leaving the UFW set up his own practice doing primarily civil litigation and civil rights law. High profile cases include Navarro/Fajardo v. Los Angeles County, where after two appeals to the Ninth District Court of Appeals, new case law was made requiring police agencies to prioritize 911 domestic violence calls. Also, the case of Carrillo v. United States of America in which he represented a 12-year-old Mexican boy who was shot by a US Border Patrolman while standing on Mexican soil. That case was the first of its type where the US was found liable for excessive use of force. During the last year has co- edited a progressive, bilingual community newspaper in conservative north San Diego County (www.alianzanorthcounty.com).

In the second part of the show, you will hear about the deported veterans who were DRAFTED and died without medical VA benefits, and could not return to our nation because they were “undocumented” (even though they were drafted and served in our Nation’s Armed Forces). You will hear for yourselves from Hector Barajas Varela how deported vets are drafted for writing bad checks even though they served our Country with an “Honorable Discharge!” The most egregious thing I hate hearing is when a person is DRAFTED yet deported.

Tonight’s program is more of a serious show … and it hurts a little to the heart to hear unfortunate truths. It was hard for me to swallow and breathe when Hector (tonight’s interviewee) said his 10 year old daughter would be his strength during his moments of weepiness) because forced family separation is a hard pill to swallow – particularly when the mother of their daughter was diagnosed with MS. Typically I like to finish the program with music, but the messages in tonight’s show were too important to cut short. Find out how you can help the deported veterans tonight as I make a call to Chicano artists and anyone who can donate a van in order for Hector Barajas Varela to carry out his operations in this important mission.

I hope you enjoy listening to the Que Onda Show where I catalog Chicano heroes and / or Chicano stories. Often times, I get told by people: “Where are our Chicano heroes at?” Y todo … and well… it’s time to document and point to a location where our heroes can be found … from a wide range of Chicanos and backgrounds here in the Great Southwest (and the rest of the Nation).

 

You SO do not want to miss tonight’s Que Onda Show to be aired on the Chicano Radio Network at 7:00 pm Pacific Time [9:00 pm Texas Time or 8:00 pm New Mex time] Click here to tune in>>> http://tunein.com/station/?StationId=235787

Tonight’s Que Onda Show line up at 7 pm (Pacific Time) we will feature the writer of Blood In Blood Out Movie​ via Jimmy Santiago Baca​.  You get to hear for yourselves how Jimmy is working on a Blood In Blood Out 2!  Find out from Jimmy how the drug culture is bad for raza, what his views are on the legalization of marijuana, immigration and the likes of Donald Trump!

We also feature a Chicano Artist via Israel Rico​ who is showing his Mexica Rock art in a San Antone Gallery and how he ties in Azteca Chicano messaging into his Rock artwork!  Last but certainly not least we end with some #Rock En Espanol performed by Nomada​ via Mario Sepulveda​, Oscar Rock​ and Oscar Colosio​!!  You get to hear their chingon song “Donde Estas” right here with Que Ondaaaa.  You get to hear from Mario what influences are brought into NOMADA’s music!

#ChicanoMovement #ChicanoPower

 

 

 

Saturday August 1, 2015

Marigold the Matador is Kenneth Castillo’s 7th feature film and was shot in 7 days with 3 lead actors, 5 crew and No Script. It is a tale about a single mother, a schizophrenic homeless man and an 11-year old matador and how there worlds intersect.

Please help fund this movie by going to:

http://www.seedandspark.com/studio/marigold-matador-1

Total value raised : $2,303
Wishlist total : $23,300

https://www.facebook.com/kenneth.castillo.5030

 

July 30, 2015 If the current rate of Latino involvement in the media were to play out as it has, it would take 60 years for Latinos in lead film roles to match their share of the U.S. population. It would take 100 years to do the same in TV. But even at that point, the Latino population would have already doubled.

Put more bluntly, if U.S. Latinos annexed themselves and founded their own country, they would comprise the 14th-largest economy in the world, with $1.6 trillion in buying power.

Latinos make up 17 percent of the population. And they’re young, about a decade younger than the average White American. They tune into radio more regularly. They buy movie tickets more often.

Read more – http://www.nationaljournal.com/next-america/population-2043/latinos-are-everywhere-except-on-tv-what-s-going-on-20150729

Barrio Hollywood residents won!!!
Baldenegro, Salomon R – (baldenes)
To Salomon R. Baldenegro
Jul 19 at 12:09 PM

Estimadas/os: This is a follow-up to my recent e-mail describing the events, re: Barrio Hollywood and the attempt to lessen the impact of Barrio Hollywood residents in favor of outsiders, and asked for your support of Barrio Hollywood residents.

Long story short: Barrio Hollywood residents won!!!! The bylaw change that would allow only Barrio Hollywood residents to vote in Barrio Hollywood Neighborhood Association matters won overwhelmingly—69-13. The details are below. To put things in perspective, it’s important to know that:

1. The attempt to dilute the voting power of Barrio Hollywood residents did not originate in Barrio Hollywood. This attack on Hollywood was orchestrated by outside political forces who want to do to Barrio Hollywood what was done to the downtown barrios during the so called “Urban Renewal” (which really was a “Mexican Removal”) campaign in the 1960s: destroy its cultural-historical memory, run the current residents out and gentrify the area and thus destroy the political viability and activism of the west side.

2. This attack on the west side is rooted in the El Rio Coalition-II beating back the plan promoted by the Ward One City Councilmember and the Mayor to convert the historic El Rio/Trini Alvarez Golf Course into a complex of high-rise condos and apartment buildings and commercial establishments, which would have permanently and irreversibly changed the character of Barrios Hollywood and El Rio, including the local Hollywood businesses.

Consider the following:

A. The City offered the 108-acre El Rio/Trini Alvarez Golf Course to Grand Canyon University (GCU), who only would have needed about 20 acres.

B. In offering El Rio/Trini Alvarez Golf Course to GCU, the City committed to rezone Barrios Hollywood and El Rio to allow the building of high-rise condos and apartment buildings and commercial establishments on what is now the golf course.

See the excerpt below of the City of Tucson document we obtained via court order, after the City of Tucson, in violation of state law, refused to release it.

The fact is that by stopping the destruction of El Rio/Trini Alvarez Golf Course, the El Rio Coalition-II helped the Barrio Hollywood businesses. The commercial establishments the City wanted to bring in would have drawn business from the local Hollywood businesses and maybe even driven some out of business.

C. Further evidence that the City did not intend to protect neither Barrio Hollywood nor the Hollywood businesses is found in the City’s February 22, 2013 communication to GCU. In enticing GCU to take over El Rio/Trini Alvarez Golf Course, the City devoted 660 words to the section entitled “Nearby Services and Amenities.”

In that entire section, neither Barrio Hollywood nor Barrio Hollywood businesses are mentioned…not even once!

The ONLY business mentioned by name and promoted by the City is the supermarket chain Albertson’s, which is not in Hollywood.

But in that official document the City promotes:

* “Tucson’s vibrant downtown which has a great variety of restaurants (with several new ones poised to open), shopping…” and

* “…the 4th Avenue Retail District” and its stores and restaurants, and

* The University-area Main Gate Square, “…home to upscale restaurants.”

Reading the City’s enticement letter to GCU, one can get the impression that there are no restaurants or other commercial establishments in Barrio Hollywood!

The City is in no uncertain terms advising GCU to direct its students, faculty, and staff to completely bypass Barrio Hollywood businesses in favor of downtown, Fourth Ave., and UA businesses!

Barrio Hollywood is one of Tucson’s oldest neighborhoods, and the El Rio/Trini Alvarez Golf Course sits right in the heart of Barrio Hollywood. But Barrio Hollywood is not mentioned—not even once!—in the City’s letter to GCU.

But neighborhoods that are mentioned and promoted are: El Presidio Neighborhood, Barrio Historico, and Armory Park neighborhood.

The City also promotes “…the popular bi-annual 4th Avenue Street Fair.”

But Barrio Hollywood’s 13-year-old Fiesta Grande, which attracts 50,000 people a year, is not mentioned by the City, as if it does not exist.

Obviously, the plan to turn El Rio/Trini Alvarez Golf Course over to the developers was an attack on Barrios Hollywood and El Rio and on the Barrio Hollywood businesses. Given the facts, no other explanation or conclusion is possible.

So you can read it in its entirety and in full context, the City document cited here is Attached. This document was part of the secret dealings the City had with GCU. We obtained the document via court order, after the City of Tucson, in violation of state law, refused to release it, and we sued.

Conclusion

Those who claim that the plan to destroy the historic El Rio/Trini Alvarez Golf Course was designed to help Barrio Hollywood—its families, residents, businesses—have been lied to and misled and are therefore woefully ignorant of the facts. The politicos behind the plan to destroy El Rio Golf Course and Barrios Hollywood and El Rio and the politicos’ groupies know the facts and are outright lying.

The Election:

In my last e-mail I noted that a special meeting for July 16th at 6:00 pm was set to discuss and vote on the proposed bylaw changes.

There was an outstanding turnout at the July 16 meeting—both of Hollywood residents and supporters. Thank You! to the many of you who went to show support. There were over 100 people at the meeting, the overwhelming majority Hollywood residents.

Approximately 50 people, mostly young people, many from Hollywood, held a march through the barrio before the meeting, carrying signs saying things like: “Hollywood is our barrio!” … “Take back our barrio! … “Barrio Unity!”

Forty-five (45) years ago, in 1970, under the auspices of “El Rio for the People!,” I and many of you marched through Hollywood to the same place (what is now El Rio Neighborhood Center) carrying signs with similar messages. It was moving and inspiring to see young people take charge of their destiny and stand up for their barrio—just as we did in the 1970s.

Here are the official results of the July 16, 2013 Barrio Hollywood Neighborhood Association vote:

Proposal 2, which would allow only Barrio Hollywood residents to vote in Barrio Hollywood Neighborhood Association matters, won resoundingly by a vote of 69-13. The vote for Proposal 2 would have been greater, but the person who chaired the meeting delayed the vote so long that many people had to leave before they could vote.

The Barrio Hollywood residents who organized last night’s turnout deserve our gratitude and our respect. They did an outstanding job of organizing—talking to their neighbors, explaining the issues and the history of the Barrio Hollywood Neighborhood Association, etc. Ceci and I are proud to have worked with them.

Make no mistake: the political forces behind the attack on Hollywood will come up with another plan of attack. Thus, your continued support is important. Those who have targeted Barrio Hollywood—and other neighborhoods—need to see that our neighborhoods and barrios have broad support.

Salomon

Here’s the excerpt of the City of Tucson document of March, 2013 that would allow the conversion of the El Rio/Trini Alvarez Golf Course into a complex of high-rise condos and apartment buildings and commercial establishments (this document was obtained via court order, after the City of Tucson, in violation of state law, refused to release it):

SITE

A. Ownership

El Rio Golf Course is owned and operated by the City of Tucson and is located at 1400 W. Speedway Tucson, AZ 85745

B. Size

The size of the property is 108 acres

C. Entitlements/Zoning

The site is currently zoned R-1. R-1 Zoning, per the City of Tucson Land Use Code 2.3.4.1, provides for urban, low density, single-family, residential development, together with elementary or secondary schools, parks, and other public services necessary for a satisfactory urban residential environment.

Should GCU choose this site, it will need to be rezoned to OCR-1 or PAD. OCR-1 Zoning, per the City of Tucson Land Use Code, provides for high-rise development that serves the community and region located in major activity centers or at transit centers. A mixture of development types is encouraged, including office, commercial, and high-density residential uses.

“ …It’s great what Robert Rodriguez does but we need 10 or 15 Robert Rodriguez’s out there in order for us to make a dent in this [Hollywood movie] business!”  -Kenneth Castillo, Film Director

 

 

AIRED ON THE CHICANO RADIO NETWORK U.S.A. tonight at 7:00 p.m. (Pacific Time):

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On the Que Onda show with host DeeDee Garcia Blase we will have the comic book creator via Fernando Balderas Rodriguez who created the very first Aztec super hero in his comic book series. You heard correctly … we have our own Chicano Comic Book Hero via Aztec of the City by one of our own Mexican-American / Chicano writer via Fernando. Castillo created our hero before DC Comics developed their own “Aztec” super hero when their version eventually flopped. Therefore it is up to us, mi gente, to promote our own via Aztec of the City. It will be a matter of time before the likes of Universal Studios picks up Aztec of the City, and at least you can say … “I heard about Aztec of the City and Fernando via the Que Onda Show with DeeDee Blasé on the Chicano Radio Network!” Es la verdad because our population and our economic power is pointing things that direction. We will get there.

 

Next on the Que Onda Show we have the amazing film director via Kenneth Castillo who I predict will go down in Mexican-American / Chicano history as one of the greats in film making, too! (Be sure to friend Kenneth Castillo before he maxes out with 5000 friends now because I see him the way I saw Robert Rodriguez when he first came out with Desperado the Movie featuring Antonio Banderas, Salma Hayek and Danny Trejo). Castillo  is an incredible film director where he is working on his 7th film where his stories are heart warming with superb camera angles. Here is a glimpse of Castillo work featuring Danny Trejo Danny Trejo in his COUNTERPUNCH film that you can buy via Amazon for as low as $2.99!  Counterpunch is a movie directed by Kenneth Castillo based on a true story featuring a Chicano favorite via Danny Trejo and is now available for renting or purchase through Amazon (click here).   The movie also features Steven Bauer and Alvaro Orlando and is about a young boxer, Emilio, from the wrong side of the tracks with big dreams of winning the Golden Gloves boxing championship, finds himself at a cross roads after being locked up.  I also give a special shout out to Latin Heat Entertainment’s Bel Hernandez for sharing and promoting the Counterpunch trailer on her page which is where I first learned about this movie.

 

 

And last but NOT least we have Charlie Beatle Vasquez of Brother Bones Band who will introduce some of his original Bluesy music! Charlie will also tell us what an honor it was to work with Rosie and the Originals who created a Chicano hit song via ‪#‎Angel Baby. Great line up tonight!