viva cinco de mayo

in honor of the holiday of mexico's ndependence and because the 5th of may is also a holiday here in california [there's an enormous block party going on right now, i can hear the bands and the crowds each time i go out to the garden] and because mexican culture is also californian culture, hell u.s. culture, i present one of the great songs by the l.a. band the plugz from the repo man [1984] soundtrack, 'el clavo y la cruz'. not that the tune is representative of mexican Independence but it is a proof that even way back 26 years ago how the spanish language, mexican music, hispanic culture in general and at large, mix right well with english and punk rock and you name it. culture is what we make right here and right now, right. damn! i dig this song.