“See. Up, down…up, down…pick up, pico.” Dago, one of Colombia’s mobile DJs was defining the term “pico.” It’s slang for the tonearm or “pick-up arm” you raise and lower to cue a record, and, by extension, it has come to mean a… read more >>
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Two From Colombia: Satan’s Sandwich + the Great Joe Arroyo
In the latest Congressional budget mash up, I heard one faction describe the compromise as ‘a sugar coated Satan’s Sandwich’ (Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, a Missouri Dem)! Ah, such linguistic succulence. Diabolical culinary rhetoric reminded me of my favorite hellish street food, Columbia’s… read more >>