AltWeeklies Wire
Good Times, Great Oldies
Bonnaroo 2012 brings out a few old friends.
YES! Weekly |
Ryan Snyder |
06-19-2012 |
Concerts
Tags: Bonnaroo, Bonnaroo 2012
Retired FBI agent: Kalvin Michael Smith deserves new trial
The latest chapter in the ongoing saga surrounding the brutal 1995 beating a store clerk has culminated with a respected retired FBI assistant director calling for a new trial for Kalvin Michael Smith, the man convicted of the crime almost 15 years ago.
YES! Weekly |
Jordan Green |
06-19-2012 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: Jill Marker, Kalvin Michael Smith
The Beach Boys: 'That's Why God Made the Radio'new

There's two ways you can look at the Brian Wilson-produced Beach Boys' 50th anniversary reunion, the first in 16 years that finds Wilson joining original surviving members.
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
06-19-2012 |
Reviews
Bristol Palin shines as a small-town bigot on 'Life's a Tripp'new

This is a reality series about Sarah Palin’s daughter — the one who got pregnant at 17 and is raising young son Tripp as a single mom.
San Antonio Current |
Dean Robbins |
06-19-2012 |
TV
Not So Young Gunsnew

I'm staring into the face of Marshal Wyatt Earp. It's not exactly as I remember him back when I was a 10-year-old would-be cowboy and Wyatt was on television every Tuesday night.
Jackson Free Press |
Joe Atkins |
06-19-2012 |
TV
Tags: The Virginian, Cowboys and Aliens
Green Party of Texas hopes to create viable alternativenew

David Collins walked to the front of the Hill Country cabin with a green toga draped over shirt, tie and slacks, a throwback, he said, to mankind's first republic: the Roman Senate.
San Antonio Current |
Michael Barajas |
06-19-2012 |
Politics
Tags: Texas green party
Rock of Ages is good only for the nostalgianew

While the soundtrack may have your toes tapping, director Adam Shankman's staging is slapdash and silly, as if he was assembling a hair band-themed amusement park ride.
Tags: Rock of Ages
Rock of Ages is a predictable ’80s-fueled musicalnew

Hitting the screen by way of a team of scriptwriters that includes the original stage production's Chris D'Arienzo, Rock of Ages presents a fairy-tale version of Los Angeles' heavy metal scene circa 1987.
Charleston City Paper |
Isaac Weeks |
06-19-2012 |
Reviews
This is Your Brain On ... Ideologynew

Exploring the psychology of politics, author Chris Mooney finds Liberal and Conservative brains function differently.
Savage Tongues create new electricitynew

Five years ago, Alex Goss was treading water as a guitarist and singer with an alt-rock act called Golden Palace, a riffy garage band with punkish grunge leanings. But these days, as the lead singer and bassist with Savage Tongues, he's far more mature, confident, and professional.
Charleston City Paper |
T. Ballard Lesemann |
06-19-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Savage Tongues
San Antonio's high dropout rates at the root of city's 'brain drain'new

Recent weeks have seen increasing talk from local leaders about education and San Antonio's economic future.
San Antonio Current |
Heywood Sanders |
06-19-2012 |
Education
Juanes: 'MTV Unplugged'new

The whole point of MTV's live concert series is to strip down pop songs to a natural, acoustic format that showcases the songwriting itself, rather than studio production.
San Antonio Current |
Agustín Gurza |
06-19-2012 |
Reviews
Shmu: 'Discipline/Communication'new

He has no mouth and must whisper. This is the impression one might get from hearing Discipline/Communication, the debut LP from Sam Chown, one half of the eccentric Austin rock duo Zorch.
San Antonio Current |
Adam Villela Coronado |
06-19-2012 |
Reviews
School’s in: Alice Cooper defiling a new generation
Alice Cooper hates you, he hates your music and he especially hates golf.
YES! Weekly |
Ryan Snyder |
06-19-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Alice Cooper, bonaroo
Turn and Drawnew

Hollywood's all a-quiver ... about archery.
Orlando Weekly |
William Goss |
06-19-2012 |
Movies
Tags: Archery Movies