AltWeeklies Wire
Surveyor Stakes and Costly Mistakes at the Bordernew
I've been on the road for a week, visiting with residents who make their home on El Rio and considering how U.S. Homeland Security plans to wall the border will change la frontera.
San Antonio Current |
Greg Harman |
03-05-2008 |
Immigration
John McCain's $25 Million Mannew
The leader of an immigration-reform group "has raised $25 million for the campaign from one group he didn't identify," according to the Wall Street Journal. I'm all for political activism and free speech, but I want to know who is bankrolling efforts to alter our immigration laws; Lionel Sosa should reveal the donor.
San Antonio Current |
Joe Solis |
03-05-2008 |
Commentary
I'm Will Ferrell?new
The SNL alum and Semi-Pro star on fame, his alternate-universe job, and why he sucks (or did) at coordinating art appraisals.
San Antonio Current |
Brian Villalobos |
02-27-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Kent Alterman, Semi-Pro
Close Shavernew
How the pride of Waco survived his honky-tonk heart attack.
San Antonio Current |
Chris Parker |
02-27-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Billy Joe Shaver
Obama Talks Substance; Media Yawnsnew
It doesn't take long on the campaign trail before you realize that the same members of the press who raise concerns about a lack of substance swiftly grow bored with policy minutiae and prefer to dwell on the horse race.
San Antonio Current |
Gilbert Garcia |
02-27-2008 |
Commentary
Grappling With the Border Wallnew
A major policy shift is underway on the Texas border. Following the failure of Congress and the Bush administration to forge new immigration policies, those looking north have only the face of Homeland Security to judge us by. That face is the Wall.
San Antonio Current |
Greg Harman |
02-27-2008 |
Immigration
Hillary: Up Close and Impersonal?new
Whatever a flagging campaign looks like, it surely bears no resemblance to the wave of adulation Hillary Clinton stirred in San Antonio last week.
San Antonio Current |
Gilbert Garcia |
02-20-2008 |
Politics
Popular Sciencenew
Twelve years after the song "Popular" briefly gave them MTV popularity, Nada Surf is reaching a smaller, grassroots audience but has broadened its artistic canvas considerably.
San Antonio Current |
Francesca Camillo |
02-20-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
AT&T is in Da Housenew
Congressman Charlie Gonzalez opposes immunity for the spook-friendly telecom, but isn't so hot on a new Net Neutrality bill.
San Antonio Current |
James Shannon |
02-20-2008 |
Media
Vampire Weekend Creates Afro-Pop for the Ivy Leaguenew
Despite its convoluted heritage (or maybe because of it -- hey, those are some good genes!), Vampire Weekend sounds remarkably fresh and fun instead of painfully derivative.
San Antonio Current |
Chuck Kerr |
02-20-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Vampire Weekend
Diffident Divanew
Joan Carroll is San Antonio's reluctant vocal virtuoso.
San Antonio Current |
Gilbert Garcia |
02-20-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Joan Carroll
Of Analogies and Alpha Dogsnew
Charlie Bartlett, fittingly, feels like a first film. It's flecked throughout with a decent store of genuine laughs and sweet, budding-romance moments, but these are offset too frequently by painfully conventional bits and notably odd directorial choices.
San Antonio Current |
Brian Villalobos |
02-20-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Charlie Bartlett, John Poll
Let Us Cast the First Stonenew
For a show so tied to the possibility of a demonstrative God, Eli Stone has curiously little magic.
San Antonio Current |
Luke Baumgarten |
02-20-2008 |
TV
MyToons, Our Toonsnew
Fresh off a deal with YouTube, San Antonio-based MyToons.com is leading the online animation revolution.
San Antonio Current |
Brian Villalobos |
02-20-2008 |
Tech
Tags: computers & technology
Buttercup's Strong Finishnew
When Buttercup plotted their three-EPs-in-a-year crusade to bring extreme productivity back to music, The Head Sits Upside Down on the Top of the Head was conceived as the weird finale.
San Antonio Current |
Gilbert Garcia |
02-13-2008 |
Reviews
