AltWeeklies Wire
Make Scotch Your Holiday Adventure (No Cinammon Required)new
This is the time of the year that spirits writers go all silly about cider this, mulled that, and cinnamon sticks (not to mention nutmeg, allspice, cloves) in everything.
San Antonio Current |
Ron Bechtol |
11-16-2011 |
Food+Drink
The Apoca-Listnew
AKA The "We're Fucked" Index.
San Antonio Current |
Greg Harman |
11-16-2011 |
Commentary
ICE Policies Leave Overburdened Foster-Care System in their Wakenew
A sustained federal crackdown made 2011 a banner year for deportations. A record 397,000 undocumented immigrants were sent packing. And while the Obama administration cheers that more than half of those deported were convicted of crimes, advocates warn of a troubling by-product of rising immigration enforcement: children left behind as natural-born citizens absorbed by the foster-care system.
San Antonio Current |
Michael Barajas |
11-16-2011 |
Immigration
The QueQue: State Centers for the Disabled: ‘Still Deplorable’, Bank Transfer Day a Boon for RBCUnew
A settlement between the state of Texas and the U.S. Department of Justice in 2009 should have at least started showing signs of improvement at 13 State Supported Living Centers, home to hundreds of residents with severe developmental disabilities.
San Antonio Current |
SA Current News Team |
11-10-2011 |
Economy
Ban the Can Public Vote has Rhetoric Rising in New Braunfelsnew
A petition drive pushed by a coalition of New Braunfels businesses that sued the city in September over a ban on disposable containers on the Guadalupe and Comal rivers inside city limits has pushed the matter to the public.
San Antonio Current |
http://sacurrent.com/news/ban-the-can-public-vote-has-rhetoric-rising-in-new-braunfels-1.1229011 |
11-10-2011 |
Economy
In Memory of the Alameda’s Local-Artist Shows?new
Well, I owe myself five dollars. I had bet against Museo Alameda opening another show. But last Wednesday we received a newsletter announcing the new exhibition, “Día de los Muertos: Mexican Tradition,” on view November 2 through December 3.
San Antonio Current |
Scott Andrews |
11-10-2011 |
Art
Richard Lewis: Patron Saint of Neurotic Cannibalsnew
Most comedians are neurotic alcoholics (recovering or enabling) who must manage a host of insecurities while devouring their own egos for material while sinking periodically into the oblivion of depression as they try to keep hold of the dream of popular recognition.
San Antonio Current |
Jay Whitecotton |
11-10-2011 |
Comedy
How Arts Viewing Strategies Help Make Sense of the NBA Lockoutnew
One of the first things an art educator tells a first-time viewer of modern art is to relax and embrace the vulnerability of the experience. Don’t let that feeling of uncomfortableness or absence of resolution dissuade you from interacting with the work.
San Antonio Current |
Ryan Sachetta |
11-10-2011 |
Sports
Bashing the Unabashed Contradiction that is Morrisseynew
Stephen Patrick Morrissey has been frustrating fans of over-warm New Wave smarm since his earliest work with The Cult’s Billy Duffy in that bloodless post-punk band called The Nosebleeds.
San Antonio Current |
Roberto Ontiveros |
11-10-2011 |
Music
Jenn Alva (Girl In A Coma) on The Smiths Box Setnew
"You've Got Everything Now." You would if a complete box set of every Smiths album is your ultimate ambition.
San Antonio Current |
Jenn Alva |
11-10-2011 |
Reviews
Bryan Hamilton's Trials with Modernitynew
Producer Bryan Hamilton sleeps on the floor. He has no job and only a few months left in his unemployment benefits. But he's optimistic.
San Antonio Current |
Adam Villela Coronado |
11-10-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Memory of a Melody: Things That Make You Screamnew
San Antonio has never had a dearth of talent, but few bands have possessed the potential to break into national or international consciousness the way Memory of a Melody does.
San Antonio Current |
Gonzalo E. Pozo |
11-10-2011 |
Reviews
Florence + The Machine: Ceremonialsnew
With her stunning 2009 debut, Lungs, Florence Welch proved she had the pipes, the songs, and enough musicians around her to give you explosions and silences.
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
11-10-2011 |
Reviews
U2: Achtung Baby (20th Anniversary Edition)new
Achtung Baby, described by Bono as "the sound of four men chopping down The Joshua Tree," was U2's first great reinvention, and their message to the '90s: "We're not going anywhere."
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
11-10-2011 |
Reviews
Paranoid Visions of the Apocalypsenew
Fresh rain oozing with yellow oil, dead birds plummeting from the sky, and the sudden apparition of a tornado funnel on a sunshiny day — Curtis LaForche (Michael Shannon) is haunted by visions that point either to imminent disaster or else to incipient mental illness. "Is anyone seeing this?"
San Antonio Current |
Steven G. Kellman |
11-10-2011 |
Reviews
