AltWeeklies Wire
Ketchum Voters Will Decide on Power Shiftnew
A referendum on the Tuesday, Nov. 8, ballot in Ketchum, Idaho's famed resort town, will give voters the chance to adopt a new form of government at City Hall and, in the process, completely overhaul the City Council. The current mayor is lobbying hard against the change, but as it turns out, he was in favor of the policy change before he was so staunchly opposed to it.
Boise Weekly |
Michael Ames |
11-03-2011 |
Elections
Are the Charges Against John Edwards Legitimate, or Politically Motivated?new
Edwards' defense team says the indictment accuses their client of breaking a law that doesn't exist. The trial is set to open in January.
INDY Week |
Ned Barnett |
11-03-2011 |
Policy Issues
The Making of a Police Scandalnew
In a case tinged with race and sex, confidential investigative reports reveal that a small cadre of San Leandro cops ginned up explosive charges against one of their own.
East Bay Express |
Steven Tavares |
11-03-2011 |
Crime & Justice
The QueQue: Racist Gun Instructor Shame-Free and Other Storiesnew
Hill Country gun instructor Crockett Keller has become Texas’ latest racist heard ’round the country. “Attention. Be a victor not a victim,” begins his advert for concealed handgun courses before taking an abrupt racist, xenophobic turn – a rant that’s now become a YouTube sensation.
San Antonio Current |
SA Current News Team |
11-03-2011 |
Commentary
Bond Package Projects Coming Out of Woodwork for a Share of Anticipated $596 millionnew
There’s this quiet, almost collective groan out of City Hall when talk turns to our largest-ever bond package starting to take shape. Everyone’s got their hands out, palms up, seeking cash just a month after city officials wrapped marathon budget sessions — sessions filled with community groups and organizations pleading for funds. Hoping to ride Mayor Julian Castro’s framework-for-the-future plan, those who packed a series of bond committee hearings over the past month insist their projects — from refurbished baseball diamonds to multi-million-dollar redevelopments deals — are “SA2020-aligned” in cult-like fashion. “Everybody’s eying this thing like it’s a fucking ATM,” quipped one city official.
San Antonio Current |
Michael Barajas |
11-03-2011 |
Policy Issues
The Apoca-Listnew
AKA The "We're Fucked" Index
San Antonio Current |
Greg Harman |
11-03-2011 |
Commentary
NPR vs Lisa Simeone: politics, opera, and Occupynew
While musing on this week’s review of “The Orient Expressed,” the large survey show now at the McNay that focuses on the congruence of Japanese and Western art known as Japanisme, a recent quote by music critic Lisa Simeone — recently punished by National Public Radio for her involvement in the Occupy DC protests — jumped to my attention.
San Antonio Current |
Scott Andrews |
11-03-2011 |
Art
How Warships and the Floating World Led us to Art Nouveaunew
While politicians and pundits continue to rail about the need to secure our border to the south, offering helpful suggestions like an alligator-infested moat paired with a big, big fence, perhaps we should all just stop for a moment and remember that other gate we left wide open.
San Antonio Current |
Scott Andrews |
11-03-2011 |
Art
Tags: art nouveau, border control
Guadalupe Helps Keep Day of the Dead Thrivingnew
The day of the dead — which has one foot in ancient Aztec culture and another in the exploitation of Misfits T-shirts — is all about being alive. At its most secular dia de los muertos, with its sugar skulls, sweet day of the dead bread, and those colorful paper offerings to the underworld, may easily be written off by the uninitiated as about as spiritual as that Tim Burton claymation movie Corpse Bride.
San Antonio Current |
Roberto Ontiveros |
11-03-2011 |
Art
Remembering the Remarkable Mr. Starckenew
We lost a genuine San Antonio original with the passing of 90-year-old author, Broadway producer, New Age lecturer, confidante to stars and scalawags alike, world traveler, bon vivant and raconteur sans pareil Walter Starcke on October 25, 2011.
San Antonio Current |
William Jack Sibley |
11-03-2011 |
Commentary
The New Terrordome: Why Public Enemy Still Mattersnew
Things have cooled somewhat for Public Enemy, the self-proclaimed “Prophets of Rage.” They made five albums post-2000, all of which failed to match the impact of their first turn-of-the-’90s dynasty.
San Antonio Current |
Adam Villela Coronado |
11-03-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Gospel According to Kirk Franklinnew
I know, I know. The Christian music scene has made great advancements in the area of production, the religious albums sound great and now go toe-to-toe with the seculars, and blah blah blah.
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
11-03-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
White Denim: Takes Places in Your Work Space EPnew
Standard EP recipe: Add album rejects, studio scraps, perhaps one or two über-experimental tracks, stir for 15-30 minutes, and serve quickly to fans impatient for the next full-length.
San Antonio Current |
J.D. Swerzenski |
11-03-2011 |
Reviews
Tom Waits: Bad As Menew
On his latest release, Tom Waits channels both prison junkies and disabled vets bitterly spouting out their frustrations and temptations.
San Antonio Current |
Jay Whitecotton |
11-03-2011 |
Reviews
Justice: Audio, Video, Disconew
Like the Strokes in 2001, Justice's 2007 arrival signified a paradigm shift in their genre.
San Antonio Current |
Adam Villela Coronado |
11-03-2011 |
Reviews
