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Pink Floyd: The Dark Side of the Moon (Deluxe Experience version/remastered)new
Current photographer Steven Gilmore is out of his mind — he thinks 1983's The Final Cut is Floyd's best album (that's what years of pure, unadulterated socialism does to your ears).
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
10-06-2011 |
Reviews
Thenewno2: EP002new
This four-track EP from Dhani Harrison’s band is an English mélange of folk, electronica, hip-hop, and indie rock.
San Antonio Current |
Veronica Salinas |
10-06-2011 |
Reviews
Living in the Material World, Scorsese’s Tribute to George Harrisonnew
When you tick off George Harrison’s achievements, those successes seem impressive enough
San Antonio Current |
Dean Robbins |
10-06-2011 |
Reviews
Amateur Hournew
Under the “Basic Information” section of Johnny Luna’s Facebook page, I can only assume the San Antonio filmmaker is being facetious when he describes himself as a “comedian, locksmith, husband, father, musician, film maker [sic]” and then goes on to admit he “suck[s] at all of them.”
San Antonio Current |
Kiko Martinez |
10-06-2011 |
Reviews
Charleston Ballet Theatre Accused of Using Works Without Permissionnew
The Charleston Ballet Theatre is celebrating the launch of its 25th season, a major milestone for a company that's struggled with budget cuts in recent years. They're touting a shining silver anniversary season and a fresh new home in Mt. Pleasant, yet out of the public eye, the company has been dealing with claims of improper use of copyrighted material by international choreographers Eddy Toussaint and Jiri Kylian.
Charleston City Paper |
Erica Jackson Curran and Gervase Caycedo |
10-06-2011 |
Performance
Laura Dern Finds Intermittent Serenity in Enlightenednew
Laura Dern joins the list of brilliant actresses (Edie Falco, Laura Linney, Toni Collette) who have made cable TV an exciting place to be.
San Antonio Current |
Sa Current News Team |
10-06-2011 |
TV
Critic’s Diss: Restlessnew
Morose loner (newcomer Henry Hopper, son of Dennis) who likes to attend funerals and converse with his imaginary WWII kamikaze pilot ghost friend, meets quirky, terminally ill girl (The Kids Are All Right’s Mia Wasikowska) in director Gus Van Sant’s latest, which is just as relentlessly whimsical and calculated as it sounds.
San Antonio Current |
Justin Strout |
10-06-2011 |
Reviews
Higher Ground: Vera Farmiga Shines in Spirited Directorial Debutnew
Based on the novel This Dark World: A Memoir of Salvation Found and Lost by Carolyn S. Briggs (who also co-wrote the script), Higher Ground is the unusual type of screen gem that will both piss off and captivate religious freaks and non-believers alike.
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
10-06-2011 |
Reviews
A Rather Regal Peter S. Beaglenew
The World Fantasy Lifetime Achiever and The Last Unicorn author settles into Oakland.
East Bay Express |
Stefanie Kalem |
10-06-2011 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Zoe Boekbinder Releases Darling Specimensnew
Zoe Boekbinder's second solo album, Darling Specimens, is an intriguing mix of acoustic folk and electronic pop songs, from an Oakland-based musician who was once half of the theatrical folk act Vermillion Lies.
East Bay Express |
Stuart Thornton |
10-06-2011 |
Reviews
Elvis Presley's Young Man With the Big Beatnew
lvis Presley had been stirring up regional success for a year and half with his sides for Sun Records in Memphis when, on January 10, 1956, two days following his 21st birthday, RCA Victor Records took him into its Nashville studio where he cut a blues-imbued song titled "Heartbreak Hotel."
East Bay Express |
Lee Hildebrand |
10-06-2011 |
Reviews
George Clooney's New Election Thriller, The Ides of Marchnew
Three years into the Obama presidency, Clooney makes a movie about a Democratic candidate whose high-minded oratory belies someone who, when pressed, surrenders his ideals for the sake of political expedience and self-preservation.
Fighting robots and Spielberg's daddy issues in Real Steelnew
After a while, the fighting scenes feel like a reward you get every 10 minutes for sitting through the movie's incessantly sappiness.
Young lovers and Rip City in Gus Van Sant's Restlessnew
This is a love story that doesn't put too much in its lovers' way, even though it does put a time limit on it.
Tags: Restless, Gus Van Sant
Five words with Lizz Wrightnew
Lizz Wright came into the world as the daughter of a pastor in small-town Georgia. The family business led her to a love of gospel music, which flowered into a love of singing.
INDY Week |
Ashley Melzer |
10-06-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
