AltWeeklies Wire
So Close to the Alamo, So Far from Godnew
Them vaunted Tennessee volunteers of our high-school Alamobotomies are Rachel Jennings' kin. And as kinfolk go, she knows that each time they "hem and haw" about their heroism, they're just covering up shit.
San Antonio Current |
B.V. Olguin |
03-04-2009 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
'Watchmen' Star Jackie Earle Haley on Rorschach, Living in San Antonio, and Being a Badassnew
While Watchmen director Zack Snyder’s credentials or Matthew Goode’s accent as ubermensch ex-hero Ozymandias provoked staggering amounts of internet bitching, the casting of Jackie Earle Haley generated nothing but fanboy praise, adulation, and high hopes for the adaptation that many decried as impossible.
San Antonio Current |
Chuck Kerr |
03-04-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Diane Cibrian: Active Consensus Builder, or Political Strong-Arm?new
In her two years on the San Antonio City Council, Diane Cibrian has established a reputation for wanting to be involved in every aspect of the municipal government process. Her advocates say that it reflects her zeal to bring about positive change in the community. Her detractors grumble that she has boundary issues.
San Antonio Current |
Gilbert Garcia |
02-04-2009 |
Politics
Tags: San Antonio, Diane Cibrian
Nobunny Loves Us: Punk Matters (shorter. faster. louder.)new
Nobunny plays what amounts to the mutant child of the Ramones, the New York Dolls, and Jay Reatard, burned at the stake and raised from the dead to declare war on the living.
San Antonio Current |
Mitch Clem |
01-21-2009 |
Concerts
Inside San Antonio's Growing Surveillance Economynew
The NSA's new Texas Cryptology Center, a data-mining center, is one component of a growing local surveillance industry
San Antonio Current |
Greg M. Schwartz |
12-03-2008 |
Business & Labor
San Antonio's Best-loved Burgersnew
Soldiering through the city to profile 25 burgers.
San Antonio Current |
Staff |
09-17-2008 |
Food+Drink
A-list Indie Tours are Once Again Dissing San Antonionew
For a brief shining moment, San Antonio was the hotspot for indie music in Texas. It was a glorious time, when local alt-rock fans didn't have to drive at least an hour to see their favorite bands.
San Antonio Current |
Johnston Farrow |
09-17-2008 |
Concerts
San Antonio's Bicyclists Talk About Why They Ridenew
As $4 gallons of gas become the new normal, alternative transportation modes will continue to grow in popularity, if not outright necessity. So if you, too -- for Global Warming, or your kids' college saving fund, or just a nice ass -- are wavering over the gas pedal, maybe you'll find your final bit of inspiration here.
San Antonio Current |
Mark Jones |
05-28-2008 |
Transportation
In Texas, Grassroots Homesteaders Tighten Ranks to Fight Urban Encroachmentnew
The mobilization of what may best be called the Hill Country Militia is an event with water at its heart -- but there are also prized historic roads and farmhouses and ranches threatened by development-driven eminent-domain seizures and an increasing awareness of the value of the region's ecosystem, cedars and all.
San Antonio Current |
Greg Harman |
05-14-2008 |
Housing & Development
Green Presidential Candidate Kat Swift Throws a Lasso in the Ringnew
San Antonio's newest perennial candidate is using her Minervan powers to shake down the last few uncommitted primary voters to save the world from anti-human, corporo-fascist domination.
San Antonio Current |
Greg Harman |
05-07-2008 |
Politics
Activists Combat Corporate Media With Alternativesnew
As newspapers lose readers and consumption of mainstream media continues to decline, independent media -- often run by volunteers -- is sprouting all over America.
Illinois Times |
Joan Villa |
05-23-2005 |
Media
Seductress of the Saintsnew
Sandra Camille Bridewell told her seatmate on a plane that she was a missionary in need of assistance. In fact, she is a swindler, known in Dallas as the Black Widow, who gains the confidence of the generous by pretending to be a super-spiritual minister with a hotline to Jesus.
Dallas Observer |
Glenna Whitley |
12-13-2004 |
Crime & Justice
