Someone give El Chavo a digital video camera. His photo essays are visual pans of East LA's identity while the cutlines tie in an image with a thought that's insightful, satirical, reflective and rebellious. A current example is his recent post on Blogging LA for his Eastside 101 series (Vatos for Dummies?) explores the OddFellows Cemetery.
On a previous post I stated that El Chavo is more than a 99 cent store version of Gustavo Arellano --to which El Chavo corrected me and said "the 99 cent version is fine by me". Recently, a higher authority has dubbed El Chavo the premier blogger for L.A.'s Chicanos.
Extras:
LA Fusion in Drawing up the the playful heart of hybrid L.A that looks at Shizu Salamando. [Daniel Hernandez]
The premier Chicana blogger says 'good riddance' Dynes resigns, the Compact stays [Loteria Chicana]
Two year anniversary means make a 'best of' list. [The Great Taco Hunt]
Ride in third person, Militant, Ride Another 'two-wheeled solo reconnaissance mission' [Militant Angeleno]
A year ago: I still say it's time for Chicano Art History to be reassigned + Previous Latino/Asian Art Fusion.
VIVA EL CHAVO!
Posted by: Militant Angeleno | August 17, 2007 at 05:20 PM
Lies, Lies, it's all Lies!
Posted by: EL CHAVO! | August 17, 2007 at 06:19 PM
Know your lingo, View: CHAVO! is la segunda version of me! But I agree more with Daniel's characterization.
Posted by: Gustavo Arellano | August 17, 2007 at 08:30 PM
It was stated in the initial post that El Chavo 'isn't just the 99 Cent store version of Arellano" to which El Chavo himself considered any comparision to your work complimentary.
This is what I like about all this blogging –– both LA Weekly/Intersection's Daniel Hernandez and OCWeekly/Ask A Mexican syndicated columnist Gustavo Arellano are discovered to be fans of El Chavo, a Lincoln Heights blogger getting stories from inside the Eastside.
Posted by: e@v | August 17, 2007 at 09:07 PM
If el Chavo is the premier Chicano blogger, who is the premier Chicana blogger in LA?
Posted by: cindylu | August 20, 2007 at 04:31 PM
cindylu:
Meeeeeeeeeeeeee!
j/k
!viva loteria chicana!
Posted by: urban memo | August 20, 2007 at 07:51 PM
I said it right there. The national Chicana blogger is Cindy with her educated posts with a distinct POV that centers on the new layers of being Chicano/a.
Posted by: e@v | August 20, 2007 at 08:01 PM
add the latinourbanforum.com
Latina/o Urban Forum/a> to the discussion on what constitutes "the" Latina/o Experience(s).
Posted by: Metro_Vaquero | August 22, 2007 at 02:57 PM