Ask A Chola is cutting edge surrealist comedy from the heart of Southern Califas. If we view the current cultural landscape as a text, Ask A Chola is a refreshingly postmodern semiotic analysis of this text. If you enjoy Borat, the Ali G Show, and the Colbert Report, you might also like Ask A Chola. Were they alive today, André Breton and Guy Debord would watch Ask A Chola videos.
Website
AskAChola.com
Influences
Stephen Colbert, Sacha Baron Cohen, Andy Kaufman, Christopher Guest, Ricky Gervais, Larry David, David Sedaris, Conan O’Brien, surrealism, dadaism, postmodernism, semiotics, Situationist International, Guy Debord, détournement, La Société du Spectacle, "reality", hyperreality, magic realism, camp, kitsch, pop art, Andy Warhol
Members
Chola
TV Shows
Let's Paint TV with John Kilduff
New podcast drops soon! Check my blog to see my work so far!
Films
What about MAGAZINE appearances?
Revista Replicante (February 2008)
Tu Ciudad Los Angeles (March 2007)
Latina (February 2007) - people have told me I’m in it but I still haven’t seen it. If you have this issue of the mag, could you scan me the page I’m on? Por favor?
Albums
coming soon, a RAP album!
Ask A Chola VIP's Interests
General
Chola culture, philosophy, mythology, Joseph Campbell, anthropology, power, cultural critique, linguistics, language, semiotics, art, going to museums, history, art history, historical revisionism, cholacentricity, cholacentrism, the sphinx, graffiti, tagging, stencils, guerrilla art, environmentalism, Greenpeace, global warming, Al Gore, dolphins, cetaceans, anarchy, sudoku, frozen yogurt, haikus, Prius, Cali, Califas, California, Los Angeles, East Los, East LA, Aztlan, Mexico, immigration, Tijuana, TJ, Tijuas, the border, hybridity, Latin America, Cuba, revolution, Subcomandante Marcos, Delegado Zero, Zapatistas, EZLN, Chiapas, telenovelas, current affairs, the news, the media machine, fighting censorship, magic, Frida Kahlo, horchata, Salsa Verde Doritos, animals, coyotes, wolves, dogs, furries, pirates, Spanish, Espanol, Spanglish, memes, prairie dogs, cable access television, new media, Apple/Mac computers, Mac Cosmetics, eyeliner, lipliner, Old English text, Japan, Sanrio, Kuromi, pop culture, death, vintage phones, vintage electronics, vintage anything, Moscato, Port, Riesling, all dessert wines, Italian and Argentine soccer players, kitsch, children's programming and educational television from the 70's and 80's, greenscreening, indie/independent film, DIY, do it yourself, and much more
Music
Electronic music, gangsta rap from Los Angeles/Tijuana/Brazil and other parts of Latin America, Bach, regional Latin American music, old skool break beats, disco, Italo Disco, house, deep house, funk, gay music in general, Pink Floyd, Manu Chao, Nortec Collective, Latinsizer, Maria Daniela y su Sonido Lasser, La Mala Rodriguez, Beck, Rage Against the Machine, Control Machete, Cypress Hill, Psycho Realm, Akwid, Cali Life Style, Lil' Rob, Immortal Technique, Mano Negra, Austin TV, The Pinker Tones, Kinky, Instituto Mexicano del Sonido, Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass, Dimitri From Paris, Miguel Migs, Latin jazz, Afro-Cuban, Iyesa, Rumba, Guaguanco, Bata, Bembe, Afro-Brazilian, Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil, Tom Zé, Tropicalia, Forró, Samba, Bossa Nova, Marisa Monte, Brazilectro, Thievery Corporation, Latin alternative, trip hop, smooth jazz, The Chemical Brothers, The Dust Brothers, Elliott Smith, Ben Harper, The Pixies, Amy Winehouse, Lily Allen, Lady Sovereign, Peaches, Cansei de Ser Sexy, The White Stripes, The Brian Jonestown Massacre, The Flaming Lips, psychedelic rock, Menudo, Bat for Lashes, hyphy shit, Los Super Elegantes, The Sex Pistols, Brujeria, Beirut, Bon Iver, Olivia Newton John, ELO, Chromeo, MGMT, Le Peuple de l'Herbe, The Raveonettes, Boards of Canada, Vampire Weekend, Feist
Deep down, underneath the bandana, I'm actually emo....
Movies
René Viénet’s Can Dialectics Break Bricks?, This is Spinal Tap, Scared Straight, Fight Club, Waiting for Guffman, Mi Vida Loca, Blood In Blood Out (Bound By Honor), American Me, Edward James Olmos, V for Vendetta, Amores Perros, Cidade de Deus, Star Wars, Como Agua Para Chocolate, Blue Velvet, Wild at Heart, Inland Empire, David Lynch, Silence of the Lambs, An Inconvenient Truth, documentary film, Michael Moore, Tim Burton, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, P.T. Anderson, Boogie Nights, Punch-Drunk Love, Magnolia, Heathers, Office Space, El Laberinto del Fauno, La Science des rêves, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, Spellbound, Destino, Short Circuit 2
Television
The Colbert Report, Da Ali G Show, Ugly Betty, Arrested Development, The Office (BBC, NBC one is great, too), Curb Your Enthusiasm, Extras, The Thick of It, Charlie Brooker, Wonder Showzen, Tom Goes To The Mayor, Tim and Eric's Awesome Show, Little Britain, Reno 911, LATV, MTV Tr3s, Rokamole, Operacion Repo, Mun2, C-Span, PBS, cable news, Late Night with Conan O'Brien, Upright Citizens Brigade, Mr. Show, The Ben Stiller Show, Looney Tunes, Warner Brothers cartoons especially Tweety Pie and Speedy Gonzales, telenovelas, Batman (60s), Let's Paint TV, Sundance, The Sarah Silverman Program, Flight of the Conchords, when I'm feeling depressed I like to watch crime scene investigation shows on A&E and Court TV, Masterminds, Lockup: Extended Stay
Books
La Société du Spectacle by Guy Debord, Chuck Palahniuk, Joseph Campbell, Noam Chomsky, Subcomandante Marcos, Civil Disobedience by Henry David Thoreau, David Sedaris, Beat poetry, haiku, Richard Dawkins, The God Delusion, The Satanic Bible, "Are you there, God? It's me, Margaret.", Dr. Seuss, "Catching the Big Fish: Meditation, Consciousness and Creativity" by David Lynch, "He's Just Not That Into You", Naomi Klein "The Shock Doctrine", André Breton
Heroes
Subcomandante Marcos, Che Guevara, Darth Vader, the Phantom of the Opera, Al Gore, Dr. Evil, Stephen Colbert, Amy Sedaris, Zach de la Rocha, David Lynch
WARNING: The opinions and sentiments expressed on this profile do not necessarily reflect those of the owner of this account. In the pursuit of cutting edge comedy and satire the Chola was born. Having said that, prepare to die, bitch.
Stuff I Dislike:
censorship, Larry the Cable Guy, Carlos Mencia, the idiot masses who follow them, people who are driven solely by money, corporate bitches, people who think it is unpatriotic to think critically, linear thought, "reality", people who get sidetracked by rational thought, pandering
Who I'd like to meet: Subcomandante Marcos (Delegado Zero). Manu Chao. Mick Jagger. David Lynch. Stephen Colbert. The Unabomber. People who think I'm funny and people who don't so I can cut them. Women who kick ass. All kinds of artists to join my Chola Collective/La Colectiva Chola!
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Qvo to the homegirl Chola. I thought i was the only blogger putting it down for the homies in Califas. I guess i am wrong. Nice meeting you homegirl, maybe I will see you a firme blogging event or something, you know esa. But the OC is doing well. Keep L.A. firme for me.
