Mozcar de la Hoya

Forgetting politics for a blessed second, I just found out something from a co-worker of mine that struck me as curious, even bordering surreal, namely that Morrissey has a huge following, HUGE, amongst Mexican-Americans in Los Angeles. To the degree that you'll go into a bar playing mostly Mexican music, but Morrissey will inevitably surface in the mix. Which explains his song "First in the Gang to Die", his song devoted to the eponymous Hector, which starts un-Morrissey-like with "Los Angeles, you want to rock!" He apparently is returning the love, wearing belts with Mexican flag buckles, and calling himself Mozcar de la Hoya. Granted, this is probably only fascinating to me, as one of a handful of die-hard Morrissey fans, but it almost makes me LIKE living in LA....