AltWeeklies Wire
Small Presses Push On, Despite Economic Hardshipsnew
“I regularly get these pathetic letters from kids all over Texas asking if Wings Press can donate books to their classrooms or libraries. ... I give away a lot of books, but those letters I just forward to Rick Perry.”
San Antonio Current |
Roberto Ontiveros |
06-09-2011 |
Books
Endangered Species Act Has Kept the Water Flowing in Texas, and it Won't Stop the Oilnew
Despite all the political huffing you hear coming from Texas these days, the federal Endangered Species Act has actually been an economic boon to Texas.
San Antonio Current |
Greg Harman |
06-09-2011 |
Environment
Mexican Journalists Chronicle Lives of Two Who Died at San Fernando Slaughternew
The small town of San Fernando, situated just 90 miles south of Brownsville in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas, emerged as a symbol of the ferocious drug war gripping Mexico in late August 2010 when authorities stumbled upon the bodies of 72 South- and Central-American immigrants who had been bound, blindfolded, and methodically executed by gunmen on the outskirts of an abandoned ranch.
San Antonio Current |
Michael Barajas |
06-09-2011 |
Movies
Woody Allen Tries Paris, and It Tastes goodnew
Allen revisits the droll premise of A Twenties Memory with Midnight in Paris, an unremittingly delightful demonstration that the past is never past or even what we think it was.
San Antonio Current |
Steven Kellman |
06-09-2011 |
Reviews
Hype or Hope?new
A report on the outcomes of a Louisville housing project raises tough questions.
LEO Weekly |
Anne Marshall |
06-09-2011 |
Housing & Development
Tags: HOPE VI
Rick Perry for President? Let's Hope Notnew
Before folks outside Texas (which is still a state, although Perry has threatened secession) get too excited about the notion of our own Goodhair getting to the White House, heed this warning from the Lone Star State.
San Antonio Current |
Vince Leibowitz |
06-09-2011 |
Elections
Fucked Up: David Comes to Lifenew
If hardcore is the music of male aggression -- which, let's be honest, it totally is -- then Fucked Up discovers hidden multitudes of feeling within it.
Tucson Weekly |
Sean Bottai |
06-09-2011 |
Reviews
Tags: fucked up
HIV: Too Many Positivesnew
African Americans have reason to be concerned about the AIDS virus. While black Americans currently make up 14 percent of the nation’s population, they represent 65 percent of the newly reported AIDS cases.
Illinois Times |
Jolonda Young |
06-09-2011 |
Science
Insult to Injurynew
Man says he was harassed by Colorado Springs police officers for having his service dog with him.
Colorado Springs Independent |
J. Adrian Stanley |
06-09-2011 |
Civil Liberties
Rustic Routenew
Mumford & Sons take uncommercial approach to commercial success.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Tom Lanham |
06-09-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Marcus Mumford
Sarah Jarosz: Follow Me Downnew
Barely twenty years old, Texas-born Sarah Jarosz has such a good handle on this Americana thing, she sounds better than some folks twice her age.
East Bay Express |
Mark Keresman |
06-08-2011 |
Reviews
Tags: Sarah Jarosz
The Donkeys: Born With Stripesnew
California's rich musical history gives San Diego's The Donkeys plenty to draw from, and stylistically, Born With Stripes is a sampler plate, touching on sunny pop, beach rock, slacker alternative, psychedelic jams and alt-country.
Tucson Weekly |
Eric Swedlund |
06-08-2011 |
Reviews
Midnight in Paris is an Examination of Nostalgianew
Woody Allen's latest, Midnight in Paris, is an amusing fantasy with a slight but charming hook.
Charleston City Paper |
Felicia Feaster |
06-08-2011 |
Reviews
Heavy Metal Parking Lot: ´16 perfect minutes´new
The scene was the parking lot of the Capitol Centre in Landover, Md. before a Judas Priest/Dokken double bill in the heyday of hair metal, and the piece that resulted is basically a series of interviews with wasted teenage tailgaters that is at once disturbing, revealing and hilarious.
YES! Weekly |
Brian Clarey |
06-08-2011 |
Reviews
John Edwards Indicted on Six Felony Countsnew
A federal grand jury indicted former senator and two-time presidential candidate John Edwards last week on six felony counts.
YES! Weekly |
Keith T. Barber |
06-08-2011 |
Politics
