Street Credibility
Houston Street Bistro a quiet alternative to River Walk madness
SPECIAL SCREENING
La Perla Dir. Emilio Fernández; writ. Fernández, John Steinbeck (novel); feat. Pedro Armendáriz, María Elena Marqués, Fernando Wagner, Gilberto González, Charles Rooner (NR) La Perla is part of the Instituto de Mexico’s new “Highlights of Mexican Classical Movies” series, which takes A scene from Emilio Fernández’ La Perla. place every Sunday in June. Movies…
DJ SKOOL
Two Supa Brotha Scientists take the art of turntablism to San Antonio’s public libraries The last time DJ Jester tried teaching the basics of turntablism, he got schooled by one of his disciples. It was about four years ago and Jester, aka the Filipino Fist, was a member of a local crew known as the…
MY NAME IS…
Prefuse 73 comes clean with anti-bling The Atlanta native is, after all, a musician and producer made both portable and prolific by advances in technology and a contraction of the travel time needed to take in the scope of the global village. To boot, he is a 20-something in 2003, of a generation that…
ONE MAN’S TRASH…NEXT MAN’S TREASURE
DJ Scuba Gooding Sr. and MC MiC Dagger (Double CD, Prhymemates) “Our plans with all Prhymemates releases are to offer the consumer a high-quality, independently made album, and reward them with a high-quality mix tape for being open enough to check out something new,” says Steve Balser, aka DJ Scuba Gooding Sr., who is…
ETHICS UNLEASHED
Mayor Garza touts Ethics Code revisions as step in right direction “All city officials and employees are stewards of the public trust. They have a responsibility to the citizens of San Antonio to enforce the City Charter and the associated ordinances and codes,” reads the new statement of purpose to be included in the document.…
SOUND AND THE FURY
a week on the scene RAM ON After shutting its doors for more than two weeks, punk-rock mecca Taco Land re-opened on Saturday, May 31 and celebrated the return of 70-year-old owner Ram Ayala to prime bartending form. The club temporarily closed last month while Ayala recuperated from a heart attack Ram Ayala gives…
PROOF OF LIFE — OR DEATH
Decoding Government You’re standing at the counter at el Departamento de Migración in Nuevo Laredo, and the man in uniform wants to see your birth certificate before issuing a turista pass into México’s interior. Your spouse died and you need to prove it by producing a death certificate to collect the millions of dollars he…
ALL EARS
OBSCURE ENOUGH TO BE POPULAR Obscure how? Well, listen to the melodies on Hail to the Thief (EMI) – which strangely is not a political record, so back the hell off. You know full well Thom Yorke can write a memorable succession of notes, but instead he’d rather string the tones together like flowers on…
ASSAULT WITH A DEADLY LEGISLATURE
The Edwards Aquifer takes hits from all sides About a year ago, rumors circulated that developer interests would try to undermine the EAA’s power. Instead of enlisting Traffic zips past an Edwards Aquifer Recharge Zone sign on southbound U.S. 281 just north of the city. In the distance, a Chevron gas station services drivers…
FREEFORMANCE ART
Two artists take their spray paint to the streets of San Antonio “We are basically performance artists, but we call ourselves freeform artists,” says Flores, who, together with Salinas, comprises Carlos “Niko” Flores and Cristina Salinas create their unique brand of artwork in Market Square within the confines of the special booth they created.…
ARTIFACTS
news and notes from the san antonio art scene Among new shows this First Friday, the Bower Gallery presents “Snowbirds and Streetfights,” a collaborative installation by George Ferrandi of Brooklyn, Snowbirds and Streetfights, 4×6 inches, ink and collage on paper, 2003 New York, and John Orth of Gainesville, Florida. Drawings, paintings, and plaster forms…
STRANGERS OFF A TRAIN
Man on the Train begins with a headache and ends with more than one failure of heart. Suffering from a migraine as he arrives alone in a town on the edge of the French Alps, Milan seeks Jean Rochefort (as Manesquier, left) and director Patrice Leconte (right) in Man on the Train. relief in…
NEW REVIEWS
BLUE CAR Despite intimations of genuine creativity, “Memory of Trees” is the kind of sappy, self-indulgent effusion that often passes for poetry. When its adolescent author, Megan Denny (Bruckner), recites it to her high school AP English class, the boy behind her sneers: “Boo-hoo-hoo!” Blue Car is itself forever on the verge of plunging into…
Armchair Cinephile
PERVERTS, DRUNKS, AND NAZIS The Pianist (Universal) Bitter Moon (New Line) Death and the Maiden (New Line) Cheers (Paramount) Frasier (Paramount) I was talking to a woman the other day who knew she wanted to see The Pianist (still in some theaters but fresh out on DVD from Universal), but couldn’t quite bring herself to…
STILL PLAYING
Anger Management Dir. Peter Segal; writ. David Dorfman; feat. Jack Nicholson, Adam Sandler, Marisa Tomei, Luis Guzmán, John Turturro (PG-13) The director of Nutty Professor II: The Klumps, brings us this season’s dumb-and-dumberered down version of Punch-Drunk Love, in which Sandler is oddly less volatile than in any of his other films. No coincidence is…
