AltWeeklies Wire
Tara Hollis vs. Bobby Jindalnew
Tara Hollis is a "conservative Democrat" who's aiming to unseat Gov. Bobby Jindal this fall. But can a political unknown get the support of the state Democratic Party?
Why I'm Glad My Kids Aren't Normalnew
My twin sons aren't like other kids.
Creative Loafing (Tampa) |
Catherine Durkin Robinson |
06-20-2011 |
Commentary
Say Goodnight, Mickeynew
The sad demise of a hallowed Disney tradition: Grad Nite.
Creative Loafing (Tampa) |
Catherine Durkin Robinson |
06-20-2011 |
Commentary
Monkeying with the Constitutionnew
Jeremy Alford on how the "small-government" pols in Baton Rouge want to add (and add and add) to the Louisiana state Constitution.
Gambit |
Jeremy Alford |
06-20-2011 |
Policy Issues
Pretentiousness the True Leading Role in The Art of Getting Bynew
While one could argue about where the line between brilliance and bullshit starts to blur with films like Richard Linklater’s 2001 mindbender Waking Life, Darren Aronofsky’s 2006 mystical sci-fi drama The Fountain, or anything from the conceptual mind of director Terrence Malick, the creative weight they carry should be considered when deciding whether you ultimately deem the work profound or phony.
San Antonio Current |
Steven G. Kellman |
06-20-2011 |
Reviews
Chilly Gonzales: The Unspeakable Chilly Gonzalesnew
After setting a world record for the longest performance by a solo artist and starring in a quirky feature film, Canadian emcee Jason Charles Beck, aka Chilly Gonzales, returns from the laboratory with what his PR team calls "the planet's first all-orchestral rap album."
San Antonio Current |
M. Solis |
06-20-2011 |
Reviews
SMOD: SMODnew
While he was producing Amadou & Mariam's brilliant Dimanche à Bamakoem, Manu Chao got to meet Sam, the son of the legendary Malian couple.
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
06-20-2011 |
Reviews
Brad Marchand, from Coast cover to Cup holdernew
Before Brad Marchand became the latest Halifax hockey hero to win Lord Stanley's beer bong, he was profiled by Stephen Kimber in a March 2008 Coast cover story.
The Coast, Halifax's Weekly |
Kyle Shaw |
06-20-2011 |
Sports
The End is Nearnew
The world was supposed to end on May 21st. But what if the world is already dead?
Creative Loafing (Tampa) |
Catherine Durkin Robinson |
06-20-2011 |
Commentary
Suzanna Choffel: Steady Eye, Shaky Bownew
What if Nelly Furtado recorded jazzy pop instead of club music, Adele learned how to write more than three types of songs, and Zero 7 weren't so damn boring?
San Antonio Current |
Adam Coronado |
06-20-2011 |
Reviews
Accordion Babes will Demand Your Complete Surrendernew
Since 2008, a group of international female accordion players has been publishing a photo calendar of themselves in pin-up style and touring on the strength of a CD mix included within it.
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
06-20-2011 |
Music
Tags: Amber Lee Baker, Accordion Babes
A Scorching Odyssey of Death and Rebirthnew
The opening sequence in Incendies is a stunning piece of poetic filmmaking: A desert in the Middle East framed in the window of a barracks where a dozen young Muslim conscripts readied for combat are having their heads shaved. Radiohead’s haunting “You and Whose Army?” quietly plays as the camera zooms in on a child soldier who refuses to blink.
San Antonio Current |
Gregg Barrios |
06-20-2011 |
Reviews
No Such Thing as Free Roadsnew
There are countless ways to price roads, and tolls are far from the most useful.
NOW Magazine |
Wayne Roberts |
06-20-2011 |
Transportation
Tags: Highway Funding, Toll Roads
J.J. Abrams Aims High With Super 8, and Nearly Arrivesnew
As much as filmmaker J.J. Abrams (Star Trek) would have liked for his nostalgic sci-fi Super 8 to convey as much enchantment as a Steven Spielberg-directed masterpiece like E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial or Close Encounters of the Third Kind, it doesn’t quite reach that ambitious goal.
San Antonio Current |
Kiko Martinez |
06-20-2011 |
Reviews
Apple Joining Google, Amazon in the Cloudnew
Last week Apple Inc.’s Steve Jobs made news again, announcing the dawn of iCloud at Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference.
San Antonio Current |
Deanne Cuellar |
06-20-2011 |
Tech
