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The Iron Ladynew
Tory termagant meets thrilling thespian.
East Bay Express |
Kelly Vance |
01-11-2012 |
Reviews
House of Low Culture: Poisoned Soilnew
The latest release from former ISIS member Aaron Turner's new project begins with a piercing drone that segues into gorgeous analog synth and chant-like vocals before moving into Spaghetti Western guitar territory that is destroyed by a smattering of static and distorted vocals.
San Antonio Current |
Marcus Rubio |
01-11-2012 |
Reviews
Steven R. Smith: Old Sketenew
Multi-instrumentalist, musician, and printmaker Steven R. Smith's fifteenth solo album (from a staggeringly extensive discography of almost 40 releases) presents the artist at his most raw and vital
San Antonio Current |
James Woodard |
01-11-2012 |
Reviews
Earth isn't always what we try to make of itnew
Land is not necessarily rural, and despite urbanist claims, place need not be a built environment or opportunity for development. "Land Portrait," curated by Brian R. Jobe, brings works by 11 artists of the Culture Laboratory Collective to UTSA Satellite Space that consider land as something much more familiar: known through collective memory or daily habit, but often strangely other.
San Antonio Current |
Scott Andrews |
01-11-2012 |
Art
'The Finder' delivers hero juicenew
The Finder (7pm Thursday, Fox)
If I had a dime for every pilot that failed at being simultaneously exciting, funny, sexy, and poignant, I’d be able to finance my own series.
San Antonio Current |
Dean Robbins |
01-11-2012 |
TV
Stubborn, Wide-Spread HIV in San Antonionew
When the Texas Department of State Health Services released updates to their 2010 study on HIV/AIDS just before Christmas last year, something seemed amiss.
San Antonio Current |
Scott Andrews |
01-11-2012 |
Health
Triumph in the Skynew
Santa Rosa's James Goodwin, former Tuskegee Airmen pilot, reconciles his feelings about the historic WWII flying squadron.
North Bay Bohemian |
Rachel Dovey |
01-11-2012 |
History
Smart Wines from 2011 ... for 2012new
Although it has always seemed a little like cheating, recapping an entire year is useful for critics feeling the end-of-year time crunch.
San Antonio Current |
Ron Bechtol |
01-11-2012 |
Food+Drink
Oakland Police Arrest Protesters for 'Lynching'new
Oakland police invoke a provocatively named law that doesn't mean what you think it means.
East Bay Express |
Susie Cagle |
01-11-2012 |
#OCCUPY
Tags: #OCCUPY, Occupy Oakland
Bus Stopped?new
The iconic campaign bus is no longer full of newspaper reporters writing for the folks back home. Are the political-junkie websites filling the void?
Boston Phoenix |
David S. Bernstein |
01-11-2012 |
Media
Tags: Election 2012, Campaign Coverage
Critic's Diss: 'The Iron Lady'new
Call it Oscar grubbing if you want, but it's not Meryl Streep's fault that she's so damn talented. Well, technically, it kind of is.
San Antonio Current |
Kiko Martínez |
01-11-2012 |
Reviews
Rise of the Republican Socialists
It comes down to a simple explanation: Everything has changed, but not the Democrats. They've always been slower than the GOP to recognize the shifting winds of American politics, slower to respond, inept when they try.
Texas Gets Pass to Enforce 'Empowering' Pre-Abortion Sonogram Lawnew
In the past, appellate court's Chief Judge Edith Jones has supported Supreme Court review of Roe v. Wade.
The Texas Observer |
Patrick Michels |
01-11-2012 |
The War on Women
Out of the Tents and Into the Chambersnew
Some members of Occupy Oakland are increasingly confronting city officials and demanding change.
East Bay Express |
Susie Cagle |
01-11-2012 |
#OCCUPY
Tags: #OCCUPY, Occupy Oakland
Characters can't leave the room in Polanski's latest, Carnagenew
For God's sake, why don't the Cowans just leave? The answer lies in the fact that, for his whole career, Roman Polanski has been interested in domestic interiors and how they take hold of his characters.
Tags: Roman Polanski, Carnage
