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Campo: 'Campo'new
Although it’s billed as his solo debut, Uruguayan producer Juan Campodónico is far from alone on Campo, the latest chapter in the cinematic world of Bajofondo...
San Antonio Current |
Bryan Rindfuss |
05-28-2012 |
Reviews
'Wings': Made-in-SA Academy Award winner still thrillsnew
The same qualities that sent movie moguls to southern California in the second decade of the 20th century — plentiful sunshine, cheap land and labor, varied landscapes — also made South Texas a promising mecca for cinema.
San Antonio Current |
Steven G. Kellman |
05-28-2012 |
Reviews
Paul & Linda McCartney: 'RAM'new
More Pet Sounds than Sgt. Pepper's, RAM was unjustly panned by critics upon its original release in 1971.
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
05-28-2012 |
Reviews
Anatomy of a Wrongful Texas Executionnew
Until the day Texas executed him in 1989, Carlos DeLuna insisted another Carlos stabbed and killed 24-year-old Wanda Lopez at a Corpus Christi gas station in February 1983. At trial, prosecutors dismissed the idea, calling the other Carlos "a phantom" that didn't exist.
San Antonio Current |
Michael Barajas |
05-28-2012 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: execution, Carlos DeLuna
'Texas Music Scene' gets its duenew
It's a simple, remarkably straightforward idea that's already been tried successfully once. "It's like Austin City Limits circa its beginning in 1976," said Tom Hoitsma, creator of Texas Music Scene, a weekly public-television music show dedicated to Texas musicians.
San Antonio Current |
Chris Parker |
05-24-2012 |
TV
Spurs 'grind hard' back to the Western Finalsnew
About this time last summer, things were looking pretty bleak for the Spurs. After a historic first-round collapse against the Memphis Grizzlies that accentuated San Antonio's flaws, even All-Star quarterback Tony Parker couldn't mask his disappointment.
San Antonio Current |
M. Solis |
05-24-2012 |
Sports
Garbage: 'Not Your Kind of People'new
The opening chords of the latest album from Shirley Manson and Co. — released on the band’s own label — sound like the most epic Megaman game ever to hit your Nintendo.
San Antonio Current |
James Bosquez |
05-24-2012 |
Reviews
Value Vino: Central Market vs. Costconew
Used to be that the local wine market was controlled largely by one player, Gabriel's. Yes, there were specialty outlets, and they continue to come and go.
San Antonio Current |
Ron Bechtol |
05-23-2012 |
Food+Drink
'Dark Shadows' on losing end of newest Tim Burton, Johnny Depp collaborationnew
No matter if your family is as wholesome as the Cleavers from Leave it to Beaver or weirdly eccentric a la the Addams Family — kin, for better or worse, is eternal.
San Antonio Current |
Kiko Martínez |
05-18-2012 |
Reviews
Fill your head with candy, Pac-Man, and Crumbnew
The summer months should be a time to seek out necessary shade and cool off with a hot new book title.
San Antonio Current |
Roberto Ontiveros |
05-17-2012 |
Nonfiction
Rather than a supergroup, Kill Devil Hill is the real dealnew
The word "supergroup" gets applied so readily and so reflexively, especially in the world of hard rock and heavy metal, that it's pretty easy to distrust instinctively. That's why Rex Brown doesn't use it.
San Antonio Current |
Leonard Pierce |
05-17-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Dwayne Verheyden: Most likely to steal the show (again)new
Next time anyone tells you conjunto is dead or just a regional thing, just say two words: Dwayne Verheyden.
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
05-17-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Helton's 'Drugs' doesn't demand destruction or redemptionnew
Books about drug use appear regularly on publisher's lists, and whether written as fiction or biography, their plots usually follow a pattern that culminates in the message laid down ages ago by Sunday preachers: I've sinned, seen the darkness of hell, but now surrender to the light.
San Antonio Current |
Scott Andrews |
05-17-2012 |
Fiction
Pep Squad: 'Get Outrageous'new
Overdosed on retro-futurism? Pep Squad is not for you.
San Antonio Current |
Adam Villela Coronado |
05-17-2012 |
Reviews
The Texas Weather: 'The Fall, The Winter'new
Nick Mery may have a rep for being his own biggest fan, but The Fall, The Winter (the album title was changed from the original Pluck) demonstrates his willingness to let someone else take the reins.
San Antonio Current |
Adam Villela Coronado |
05-17-2012 |
Reviews
