implacable, PhD

Congrats @implacable for write up in New York Times on @rockarchivola , archive on Rock Angelino! Mentions of other great archives including the inspo for @rockarchivola , @veteranas_and_rucas ! 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 Link to article in his bio! 📸 by me 😁

Sorry for the dork AF camera angle, but I'm here documenting the start of the 2019-2020 academic year, which I am quite excited about. I am honored to be teaching one class on the History of Mexican Migration for the USC History Department. Also, as part of my post-doc appointment, I will be teaching a course entitled, "Race and Racism in the Americas," for the American Studies & Ethnicity Department. In addition to the political, social, economic conditions, there will be plenty of readings about what flows across borders: art, culture, film, literature, and of course music. In my syllabus you'll see the work of @ernestoyerena a photo of Animo Theater's Bracero Mariachi Opera, my own photo of the 2006 immigrant march, and the artwork of the Los Olvidados 1993 demo. PS: Come visit me! I'll be on campus on Tuesday & Thursdays.

Repost from @implacable . Such a fantastic experience presenting at a historical conference in Las Vegas. Our panel examined the use of creative projects in undergraduate teaching, from assigning zines in my large lecture to @sfinbarr on innovative uses of material objects, to @implacable on public writing a Wikipedia. I’m so inspired by these incredible educators and our brilliant discussant @jessaquita . Thanks to everyone who came out to support and share their experiences in the classroom. #historymatters #pedagogy #ahapcb2019 #undergraduateteaching #pedagogy #phdlife #academia #collegelife

#timetravelers Gracias a el profe Jorge @implacable for having #illegalinterns share a few stories. Q&A below Posted @withrepost • @rockarchivola It was a true honor and a lot of fun to moderate the panel with the “Illegal Interns,” today at the closing day of the NALIP summit as the co-creators reflected about the beginnings and the legacies of the show in their 30th anniversary. It was amazing to hear how four Mexican American teenagers started a TV show in the most unlikeliest of places with the least amount of TV equipment: a no-frills public access studio in City Terrace. Yet, from there they recorded hundreds of TV hours about music, art, politics, and spoken word. The content of these Spanglish everything-goes shows went on to erased language, geographic, ethnic, and classist barriers in greater Southern California. Moreover, it paved the way for generations of Latinas/os in the media business who got their first media experience collaborating with Illegal Interns. Will there be a 30-year anniversary event, tocada, tardeada? 🤔 Well stay tuned! Thanks to Efrain, Flavio, Oscar, and Richard for the invitation and for trusting me with moderating and Q&A duties. I got to ask questions to the “Illegal Interns” that my 17 y.o self —who avidly watched the show while twisting and turning the TV antenna— would have only dreamed about! #nalip #nalip2019 Thanks for the photos: @blanca_mxli and @edmo72 #eastlos #buenavision #publicaccess #uhf #kjla #latv #consafos #nalip

It was a true honor and a lot of fun to moderate the panel with the “Illegal Interns,” today at the closing day of the NALIP summit as the co-creators reflected about the beginnings and the legacies of the show in their 30th anniversary. It was amazing to hear how four Mexican American teenagers started a TV show in the most unlikeliest of places with the least amount of TV equipment: a no-frills public access studio in City Terrace. Yet, from there they recorded hundreds of TV hours about music, art, politics, and spoken word. The content of these Spanglish everything-goes shows went on to erased language, geographic, ethnic, and classist barriers in greater Southern California. Moreover, it paved the way for generations of Latinas/os in the media business who got their first media experience collaborating with Illegal Interns. Will there be a 30-year anniversary event, tocada, tardeada? 🤔 Well stay tuned! Thanks to Efrain, Flavio, Oscar, and Richard for the invitation and for trusting me with moderating and Q&A duties. I got to ask questions to the “Illegal Interns” that my 17 y.o self —who avidly watched the show while twisting and turning the TV antenna— would have only dreamed about! #illegalinterns #nalip #nalip2019 Thanks for the photos: @blanca_mxli and @edmo72

🔥 GRACIAS LOS ÁNGELES! GRACIAS PANTEON, GRACIAS DUB 8 , GRACIAS WILTERN !! WE 🖤 YOU. . 📸 @implacable

Feliz Cumpleaños Almis!!

There for photo from our (almost) award winning section “Wassup (Latin-American) rockers!” Here’s su servibar in the middle of the much missed Luis Güereña(left) and Teca García (right) of Tijuana No! after an interview for Caracol Puccini at KPFK 90.7 FM sometime in 1995 or so. Hosted by Natalie Stawsky and Carly Bracuto, Caracol Puccini was the first rock latinoamericano radio show on KPFK that started broadcasting in late 1993. Stawnsky and Bracuto came from the Buenos Aires underground scene, which was also politically radicalized at the time. Hence, they preferred to used nicknames on the radio, rather than their legal names. For the show, Stawsky was dinamita and I really can’t remember Bracuto’s nickname. I truly liked their show, so I offered to be their “intern,” which really meant to be there bugging them and asking them how to turn the knobs on the radio console. Since there were times that I was on the air, they asked me to come up with my own nickname or they’d find one for me. At the time, I really like Guadalajara’s Cuca and their “Implacable” track, so I opted to be known as Implacable during my few very contributions at Caracol Puccini and that is how I ended up with my nickname. #themoreyouknowandshootingstar Caracol Puccini stayed on the Pacifica Radio airwaves until 1997 or so. But it soon was joined by “Travel Tips for Aztlán,” hosted by Mark Torres@mexicanspitfire1 . For over two decades now, Travel Tips has become a staple of community radio and that every weekend continues to broadcast on KPFK every Saturday from 10pm until midnight. Now if I could only find that taped interview with Güereña and Teca….

Jorge N. Leal! #PopCon

LOVE THE TITLE OF THIS ROUNDTABLE PANEL 🎶💖🎶 #PopCon

[Photo caption: re-enacting my tocada flyer printing days at Kinko’s. #kidswillneverknow 😅] ¿Y qué creen? This week marks the two-year anniversary of this Instagram Account! I am truly elated that the Rock Archivo LÁ has so many complices, collaborators, coautores, secuaces. I know so many descriptions for you all. ¿Y eso? Because I refuse to call you, the reader, the contributor, the commenter, and yes even the lurker, a follower. We are not “followers.” I understand all of us part of an inclusive and collective of people attentive and in charge of our own interests in music, cultures, geographies, history y un etc, etc más. The Rock Archivo LÁ isn't the most creative name (y a veces el nombre es lo de menos) but definitely a descriptive handle for what the purpose is: to collect and to share the multiple and transnational histories of Latinas/os/xs in Los Ángeles who had, have, and will continue to create, play, listen enjoy rock latinoamericano de aquí y allá in LÁ and beyond and how through this music culture, we have create our own places, space, and histories aquí y allá y más allá. For me the music, the flyers, the maps, the “ephemeral forums,” the fashion, and even the chisme and conflicts are important and crucial for us to understand our histories, struggles, power, and creativity as people with long and enduring presence in LÁ and Latinoamérica. I do wish I had more time to work on posts, but there are only so many hours in the day. Nonetheless, rest assured that there are other initiatives in the works within the Rock Archivo LÁ to be able to collect and preserve more material IRL, make more of the archives more accessible and long-lasting, and also to highlight current artists and other archivists and cultural producers doing solid work in the present. Pero mientras, starting this week there’s giveaway planned that involves a couple records (ok, un vinyl and a CD or two). Stay posted for details! Lo más importante de este TLDR post: Thank you! ¡Gracias infinitas! For reading, liking, commenting and also thanks to so many of you that you have kindly shared, re-shared your photos, flyers, videos, and most importantly your own stories and histories.

Ecatepunk 2003: Aquí el des-organizador de esa cuenta de IG de gira de fin de semana en el otrora DF y sus alrededores con @almalafatijuana (center, the dork with the glasses.) Como pueden ver teníamos una relación amor/odio muy propia del manager y grupo de artistas. #OkNo Pero es que fueron shows muy fuertes en Naucalpan, Ecatepec, visita al Chopo y el centro de la ahora CDMX. Tanto así que —casi— me estoy animando a abandonar este archivo y volver a mis funciones de manager y repretranzante de grupos. JK! #Imstickingwiththisbeingahistorianfornow In Almalafa legacy news, Omar and Isaac are #Alurista nephews, the pioneering Chicano poet who co-wrote the Plan de Santa Bárbara. Furthermore, Omar "Negro" the lead singer of Almalafa has a daughter who is now an emerging hip-hop MC who is making moves between San Diego and Atlanta. Follow @eprodigysd to check out her work!