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Quarterlife Crisisnew
A portrait of contemporary twentysomethings (and an orgy of self-reference), quarterlife is a failed network pilot that found new life on the internet as not just a web-ivision show, but also a real-life social-networking website (quarterlife.com).
San Antonio Current |
Luke Baumgarten |
11-28-2007 |
TV
Tags: TV
MAD Magazine Heads to the Librarynew
If only they'd had crystal balls, the juvenile delinquents who read MAD Magazine in the '50s could have blown the ever-lovin' minds of the moms who begged them to stop: "Ma," they'd taunt, "Someday this stuff is gonna be bound up in hardback and shelved in college libraries!"
San Antonio Current |
John DeFore |
11-28-2007 |
Books
Smells Like Andy Warholnew
Warhol posthumously joins the ranks of socialites, pop stars, and Muppet royalty with his all-new fragrance "Silver Factory," the first in a series of Warhol-inspired perfumes by New York's Bond no. 9.
San Antonio Current |
Jennifer Herrera |
11-28-2007 |
Shopping
Tags: shopping
Cru Beaujolaisnew
White zinfandel was nearly the death of the one, the true, the real red grape -- and yet in the end was perhaps its savior.
San Antonio Current |
Ron Bechtol |
11-28-2007 |
Food+Drink
The Alicia Keys Conundrum Continuesnew
Keys' air of confidence and preternaturally soulful rasp initially distracted us from the fact that her songwriting lagged far behind her performing ability.
San Antonio Current |
Gilbert Garcia |
11-21-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Alicia Keys, As I Am
Piracy Warsnew
New Congressional legislation stirs debate about illegal file-sharing on campus.
San Antonio Current |
Gilbert Garcia |
11-21-2007 |
Music
Zemeckis, Computers: 1; Critic: 0new
Boy, was I prepared to hate the sword-and-sandals out of this movie.
San Antonio Current |
Brian Villalobos |
11-21-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Beowulf, Robert Zemeckis
'Enchanted' is the Blandest of Them Allnew
It would be a sight quicker -- and doubtless more gracious as well -- to discuss what generally works in Disney's Enchanted than to dwell on all that doesn't.
San Antonio Current |
Brian Villalobos |
11-21-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Enchanted, Kevin Lima
Uncle Brian's Turkey-Day Bashnew
A guide to nine of the biggest "turkeys" American cinema has to offer, and an answer to the awake-at-night question, "Is Ishtar really all that terrible?"
San Antonio Current |
Brian Villalobos |
11-21-2007 |
Reviews
Give Thanks for Soda Cakenew
If you were reared south of the Mason-Dixon line, you've more than likely heard of the soda-pop cake. Includes recipes for Dr Pepper and 7Up cakes.
San Antonio Current |
Burgin Streetman |
11-21-2007 |
Food+Drink
Rev. Barry W. Lynn Stumps for the Constitution's Establishment Clausenew
The executive director of Americans United for Separation of Church and State has supported vigorous national debate on a host of Religious Right pet initiatives, and he continues with his book Piety & Politics.
San Antonio Current |
Elaine Wolff |
11-21-2007 |
Religion
Tags: religion
Gloria Rios, Queen of Rocanrolnew
Where was Gloria Rios when I needed her ... When all I had was Freddy Fender to turn to for a South Texas, Spanish-language rock pioneer?
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
11-14-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Gloria Rios
Taking the Sting Out of the '80s Biggest Rock Bandnew
The Police are to pop music what Sandy Koufax is to baseball, Rocky Marciano is to boxing, and Jim Brown is to football.
San Antonio Current |
Gilbert Garcia |
11-14-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: police
The Orange Box: Worth the Moneynew
This may be the best deal in video games since Wii Sports: Five games that could've easily been sold in at least three different $60 packages bundled together with no crappy filler. Table Tennis also reviewed.
San Antonio Current |
Jeremy Martin |
11-14-2007 |
Video Games
Tags: video games
Dud 'in the Time of Cholera'new
Someone do us a favor and stop assigning director Mike Newell (Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire) to beloved book adaptations.
San Antonio Current |
Ashley Lindstrom |
11-14-2007 |
Reviews
