AltWeeklies Wire
Bruce Springsteen Lets Loose on 'Magic'new
It has the garage-band fervor of The River, amplified by a higher level of literary sophistication, and abetted by Springsteen's rare willingness to let his jangle-pop flag fly.
San Antonio Current |
Gilbert Garcia |
10-17-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: magic, Bruce Springsteen
Cafe Tacuba's 'Sino' Tops the Band's Albumsnew
When Cafe Tacuba came out of nowhere (Mexico City, to be exact) in 1992, few realized that we were witnessing the arrival of the New Messiahs of Spanish-language rock.
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
10-17-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Cafe Tacuba, Sino
Joe Ely Does Some Reflectingnew
This year he's released a pair of albums on his Rack'Em label, Happy Songs From Rattlesnake Gulch and Silver City. The two discs are in some sense the soundtrack to his new book, Bonfire of Roadmaps, which compiles his musings from a life spent on the road, beginning when he was 17.
San Antonio Current |
Chris Parler |
10-17-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Joe Ely
Using Mitt Romney's Presidential Run as History Lessonnew
The tremendous political and military power that Joseph Smith built during his lifetime fueled a rabid anti-Mormonism that many observers believe is Romney's greatest political obstacle, a topic that Christing explores in his documentary.
San Antonio Current |
Elaine Wolff |
10-17-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Brothers Affleck on 'Gone Baby Gone'new
First-time director Ben and lil' bro Casey dish on fame and family.
San Antonio Current |
Cole Haddon |
10-17-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Ben Affleck, Gone Baby Gone
ENDA Endrun Enrages Transgendered Communitynew
Attempt to slice "T" from LGBT workplace protections bill lands lawmakers and lobbyists in hot water.
San Antonio Current |
Greg Harman |
10-11-2007 |
LGBT
Tags: gay & lesbian issues
Lyle Lovett Works Hard to Pleasenew
It's hard not to expect a lot of Lovett's new work -- he hasn't released one since 2003.
San Antonio Current |
John DeFore |
10-10-2007 |
Reviews
PJ Harvey Swaps Bluesy Guitar for a Tack Pianonew
White Chalk will be a disappointment to many Harvey fans, because it dispenses with electric guitar, bluesy aggression, and the kind of sexually assertive body music that marked career highlights such as Stories From the City, Stories From the Sea and Rid of Me.
San Antonio Current |
Gilbert Garcia |
10-10-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: PJ Harvey, White Chalk
International Accordion Festival Squeezes San Antonionew
The accordion is like a rare flower that only grows in a very specific climate. Wherever the accordion thrives, you find the same conditions: an unlikely mix of wildly disparate cultures that somehow landed in the same spot, and restless, innovative musicians.
San Antonio Current |
Gilbert Garcia |
10-10-2007 |
Concerts
'Dexter' Killsnew
The show isn't perfect, but it's damn good, and the paradox of the citizen serial killer is executed with enough zest to keep me happy for another season or two.
San Antonio Current |
Luke Baumgarten |
10-10-2007 |
TV
Tags: TV
Tilda Swinton, Gangstanew
Director Tony Gilroy pulled in George Clooney, Tom Wilkinson, Sydney Pollack, and Swinton -- not exactly the chopped liver of the film world -- to bring the required tension to a somewhat dull script for Michael Clayton.
San Antonio Current |
Ashley Lindstrom |
10-10-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Michael Clayton, Tony Gilroy
John August on His Directorial Debutnew
The acclaimed screenwriter talks about switching roles for The Nines.
San Antonio Current |
Brian Villalobos |
10-10-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: John August, The Nines
Loud and PROUD-FMnew
PROUD-FM, the first and only commercial LGBT radio station in the world, hopes to reach beyond its core audience to anyone with an open mind and willing to experience something no other radio station has done in the history of the medium.
San Antonio Current |
Kiko Martinez |
10-10-2007 |
Media
Tags: radio
Clear Channel Embraces the Pinknew
New York radio personalities Ryan Jay and Caroline Hand recently signed a deal with Clear Channel Radio to become the first nationally syndicated radio talk show targeted at the LGBT community.
San Antonio Current |
Mat Wolff |
10-10-2007 |
Media
Tags: radio
Between the Buried and Me Find Cohesion in Kitchen-Sink Arrangementsnew
The collision of punk, hardcore, and extreme metal has sent factions splintering in every direction and the Buried & Me's latest release, Colors reunites them all.
San Antonio Current |
Chri Parker |
10-03-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Between the Buried and Me, Colors
