The Los Angeles Times reports that two more $6,000 King brass sousaphones (marching band tubas) have been burgled from an LA county high school this week, in an extended run of thefts over recent months blamed on "the popularity of Mexican banda music."

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Daniel-Xavier-Xibille-Friedmann/100000249934007 Daniel Xavier Xibille Friedman

    This is the kinda headline that makes me love BoingBoing

  • Kevin Pierce

    I blame Glee and their pointy-boots episode.

  • niktemadur

    Curious, since Banda along with Northern Polka (Corridos) were Gangsta before there was Hip-Hop.