Ode to LA: The Sister City of Your Best Nightmares
Ode to LA: The Sister City of Your Best Nightmares
By Oscar Barajas I live in Los Angeles, which I find to be a weird city. It is a slow moving competitive city where no one is proud of being […]
The Long Haired Man Who Saved Me (It’s not who you think)
By Oscar Barajas It was the awful year of 1989, and I was getting ready to transition to junior high school. It all weighed heavily on my mind, because the […]
Counting The Signs That I Am Turning Into My Father
My friend Richard and I have known each other since middle school, and we have been friends since he was MEChA royalty and I was part of the Ecology Club. […]
East LA Gentrification: Not Even Subcomandante Marcos Is Safe
I am a prideful beast and sometimes I allow it to get the better of me. Sometimes I start one-sided rivalries after I feel I have received a raw deal. […]
The Rise & Fall Of East LA’s Best Unknown Band, The Mexicats
Sometimes the stars that burn the brightest, also burn the fastest. Such was not the case with The Mexicats, a band some friends and I started back in the 1990s. […]
