Your favorite band brings it back to El Paso this Tuesday, at the Sunset Parlor.
City of Dust: Pie Town, New Mexico
Pie Town, New Mexico In the pinon-juniper woodland west of Socorro, New Mexico, just east of the Arizona line, is
A Bar On Both Sides of the Border?
Maybe it’s just a PR stunt. From Mexico News Daily: They haven’t any permits yet but a Scottish brewery that
Tonight! Bravos versus Chivas!
Tonight over there at the stadium in Juarez, our hometown Juarez Bravos are taking on the Guadalajara Chivas as part
City Council is Helpless
In this week’s El Paso Inc., Mayor Dee Margo explains why the property tax increase isn’t his fault. Dee Margo
This Land Is Your Land . . . No, Not Yours
Here’s a comment I received last night, in its entirety. I tried busking in downtown El Paso today for the
Thanks But No Thanks
Tonight I sent an email to my City Representative. Another reader complained that the security guards at San Jacinto Plaza
Movie Night: Virtuosity
There are more movies available than I can show one day a week. So I’m expanding my movie offerings. Welcome
Music Video: Frontera Bugalú
Here’s a new (?) video I just found on El Feis. Everybody’s favorite ex-El Paso band, Frontera Bugalú. It’s righteous.
You Got My Vote
Watch this video on YouTube I walked into the house this week and thought I had passed through a portal
Music Video: Amalia Mondragon at Dave’s Pawn Shop
Here’s a video by local talent Amalia Mondragon. Watch this video on YouTube Amalia describes herself as a chuqueña, from
The Local Economy is Booming. For Contractors.
Good news, sports fans. The El Paso economy is growing, according to this story in the El Paso Inc. “As
Sunday Matinee: The Vikings
Here’s the 1958 classic The Vikings, starring Kirk Douglas, Tony Curtis, Ernest Borgnine, and Janet Leigh. Watch this video on
City of Dust: Vaughn, New Mexico
Cross Road Blues Back around 2013, Vaughn, New Mexico was probably best known for its police force, which consisted of
Lucha Libre in Cd. Juarez on Sunday
Here’s something for y’all jaded by the usual fare. This Sunday, August 8, there’s a big lucha libre match in
Friday Short: The Fisherman
Here’s an award-winning, multi-cultural, intergalactic, sci-fi short. Watch this video on YouTube Twenty minutes, with a couple of commercial breaks.
Tarahumara Drug Runners
This is a great story about an international humanitarian tragedy, out of Texas Monthly. Mexican cartels, meanwhile, recognized an opportunity
How Bad Are Things, Really?
We’re got a mayor who gets elected by promising to “hold the line on taxes,” and his first month in
We Should Have Elected This Guy
From an El Paso Inc. interview: Q: People say El Paso’s taxes are among the highest in the nation, though
Support the Voice of Reason
El Chuqueño has been agitating for sensible government since 2012. We’ve gone through a lot of changes since then, and
El Paso Theme Song?
I love El Paso. I never thought we had to throw billions of dollars at it to make El Paso