AltWeeklies Wire
A PUNK REBEL'S DEFENSE OF THE PIT BULLnew
Christine Rebel always liked dogs, but her love of pit bulls became an obsession after she met Farrah Fawcett. Not the Charlie’s Angel, but Rebel’s own four-legged angel, the same who, on one occasion, resisted a bath, prompting “Scallops” (Rebel’s roommate) to make a desperate phone call.
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
05-09-2013 |
Animal Issues
In Texas, Juvenile Sex Offenders Get Virtual Life Sentencenew
Texas is one of at least 10 states that put children found guilty in juvenile courts on public sex-offender registries.
San Antonio Current |
Michael Barajas |
05-09-2013 |
Crime & Justice
Har Mar Superstar Will be Bigger Than Ron Jeremy, But Not the Way You Thinknew
In a 2004 piece, London’s The Independent was quick to point out that Har Mar Superstar (Sean Tillman, also known from his Sean Na Na project) almost resembles porn star Ron Jeremy, and Wikipedia went as far as to say the two have only “one notable physical dissimilarity.”
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
04-18-2013 |
Profiles & Interviews
SOLAR FLARE BETWEEN CPS AND LOCAL INDUSTRYnew
A report this year from the Edison Electric Institute, a trade group of investor-owned utilities, spells out how rooftop solar could lay waste to the utilities’ century-old business model.
San Antonio Current |
Michael Barajas |
04-18-2013 |
Energy
Treated to Deathnew
Big Pharma's troubling history of pushing drugs on foster kids, and how a Texas girl may have died from it.
San Antonio Current |
Michael Barajas |
04-10-2013 |
Drugs
Tags: pharmaceuticals, medications
Fire in the Skynew
The sour side of life in the South Texas fracklands.
San Antonio Current |
Michael Barajas |
03-29-2013 |
Environment
Tags: fracking
Luminaria 2013 brings ecstatic changesnew
Luminaria, San Antonio's version of the Nuit Blanche (White Night) art event that started began in Paris in the 1982, is happening again this Saturday, March 9 in its sixth annual iteration.
San Antonio Current |
Scott Andrews |
03-06-2013 |
Art
Lamar Smith chimes in on immigration… again.new
Low-risk, non-violent immigrants released from Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention centers?! Cue the outrage from Congressman Lamar Smith in 3, 2…
San Antonio Current |
Michael Barajas |
03-06-2013 |
Immigration
Civil rights group complains of exorbitant charging for records at the Bexar County jailnew
At 8 p.m. on August 21, 2012, Thomas Reed Taylor turned himself in to the Bexar County jail, opting for time served on outstanding drunk driving and misdemeanor drug possession warrants in lieu of fines he couldn't pay.
San Antonio Current |
Michael Barajas |
03-06-2013 |
Civil Liberties
Mother Mother, one of the hottest bands from the Great White Northnew
While U.S.-based press on Mother Mother, who open for AWOLNATION at the White Rabbit March 9, might be slim, our neighbors to the north increasingly appreciate the band’s genre-bending rock.
San Antonio Current |
Callie Enlow |
03-06-2013 |
Profiles & Interviews
The SXSW spillovers have begunnew
The flood of day parties, showcases, and other artist appearances have begun pouring in for this year's South by Southwest, and so, naturally, has news of which of those artists will trickle down to SA.
San Antonio Current |
J.D. Swerzenski |
03-06-2013 |
Music
State of the San Antonionew
Mayor Julián Castro had big shoes to fill delivering his State of the City speech last week –– namely, his own.
San Antonio Current |
Michael Barajas |
03-06-2013 |
Commentary
A Guide to SXSW Film 2013new
Even if you don't have $650 to buy a film badge (which would allow you to enjoy nine days of movies and five days of panels and Q & A sessions), you can still take advantage of this year's screenings and premieres at Austin's South by Southwest.
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
03-06-2013 |
Movies
Cheapskate's Guide to SXSWnew
It's SXSW's worst kept secret: you don't need those pesky wristbands, badges, or money in your pocket to get in on the action.
San Antonio Current |
J.D. Swerzenski |
03-06-2013 |
Music
Tags: Tegan and Sara
The Great Imposternew
How digital-age con Gemase Simmons preyed on young fame-hungry victims for years.
San Antonio Current |
Michael Barajas |
02-21-2013 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: Gemase Simmons
