Beauty-school Drop-in
Welcome to September, that superheated and interminable transition between summer and … late summer. While many students are preparing for college life in San Antonio, others are called to a less-traveled path, via which they will train to be the professional aestheticians in our lives. Jokes about beauty-school dropouts aside, the business takes itself, and…
Public Fun
Although San Antonio is home to five major colleges and universities and a rack of community colleges, it doesn’t really feel like a college town — in part because most of the campuses are flung far and wide. But from Trinity University’s lectures series (Ken Burns and Vicente Fox are coming this year) to St.…
We are the Champions
One of the best-selling shirts in the St. Mary’s University bookstore reads: St. Mary’s Football — Still Undefeated. But the popular jersey is just a forlorn reminder that St. Mary’s doesn’t have a football team. Sadly, with the exception of Trinity University, no other college or university in the Alamo City does, either. So get…
We are the Champions
One of the best-selling shirts in the St. Mary’s University bookstore reads: St. Mary’s Football — Still Undefeated. But the popular jersey is just a forlorn reminder that St. Mary’s doesn’t have a football team. Sadly, with the exception of Trinity University, no other college or university in the Alamo City does, either. So get…
Armchair Cinephile, Cine-Mini
PICK OF THE WEEK: Lord of the Rings Trilogy(Limited Edition) (New Line): You knew it would happen — the original theatrical cuts are now packaged together with the ginormous “DVD Extended Versions,” as they should have been in the first place. For fanatics, each set boasts a new documentary with even more unseen footage. If,…
Four for the Road
If your desire is to drink a beer while watching football or playing a game of pool, the no-frills atmosphere of Fatso’s Sports Garden, 1704 Bandera Road, should be your bar of choice. St. Mary’s University students are regularly seen at Fatso’s and are saluted by a St. Mary’s banner proudly displayed on the wall.…
Armchair Cinephile, Cine-Mini
PICK OF THE WEEK: Lord of the Rings Trilogy(Limited Edition) (New Line): You knew it would happen — the original theatrical cuts are now packaged together with the ginormous “DVD Extended Versions,” as they should have been in the first place. For fanatics, each set boasts a new documentary with even more unseen footage. If,…
Four for the Road
Enjoy a drink at Fatso’s Sports Garden. If your desire is to drink a beer while watching football or playing a game of pool, the no-frills atmosphere of Fatso’s Sports Garden, 1704 Bandera Road, should be your bar of choice. St. Mary’s University students are regularly seen at Fatso’s and are saluted by a St.…
Four for the Road
If your desire is to drink a beer while watching football or playing a game of pool, the no-frills atmosphere of Fatso’s Sports Garden, 1704 Bandera Road, should be your bar of choice. St. Mary’s University students are regularly seen at Fatso’s and are saluted by a St. Mary’s banner proudly displayed on the wall.…
Say Goodbye to that Hangover Hang-up
It’s no secret that college students like to have a good time. And by “have a good time,” I mean the keggers, mixers, and other debauched fests that are part of the “college experience.” But don’t let good times be a distraction from the real reason you packed up and left home for the best…
Tune In, Turn On, On-air
Any on-air personality will tell you that becoming a radio professional is the result of practice and on the job experience. A radio newbie usually gets his first break running overnight broadcasts and putting together airchecks before graduating to a daytime slot, so it’s perfectly logical for students to get some experience under their belts…
HPV 101
The human papillomavirus, HPV, has become the mostcommon STD in the United States; at least 50 percent of people who are sexually active will be infected with HPV, which can cause genital warts, cervical, vulvar, and vaginal cancers. HPV is responsible for 70 percent of cervical cancer, and each year, 10,000 women are expected to…
Tune In, Turn On, On-air
KRTU 91.7 Music Director Aaron Prado spins jazz from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. for Trinity University. Any on-air personality will tell you that becoming a radio professional is the result of practice and on the job experience. A radio newbie usually gets his first break running overnight broadcasts and putting together airchecks before graduating to a…
HPV 101
The human papillomavirus, HPV, has become the most common STD in the United States; at least 50 percent of people who are sexually active will be infected with HPV, which can cause genital warts, cervical, vulvar, and vaginal cancers. HPV is responsible for 70 percent of cervical cancer, and each year, 10,000 women are expected…
Tune In, Turn On, On-air
KRTU 91.7 Music Director Aaron Prado spins jazz from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. for Trinity University. Any on-air personality will tell you that becoming a radio professional is the result of practice and on the job experience. A radio newbie usually gets his first break running overnight broadcasts and putting together airchecks before graduating to a…
Tune In, Turn On, On-air
Any on-air personality will tell you that becoming a radio professional is the result of practice and on the job experience Any on-air personality will tell you that becoming a radio professional is the result of practice and on the job experience. A radio newbie usually gets his first break running overnight broadcasts and putting…
If Mario won’t come to A&M …
Within the next five years, expect another four-year public university to increase higher-education access in a city that’s falling behind most other major Texas metropolises. Only 23 percent of San Antonio’s population hold bachelor’s degrees, but Texas A&M University-San Antonio, which is slated to begin classes on the South Side by 2009, will allow students…
Tune In, Turn On, On-air
KRTU 91.7 Music Director Aaron Prado spins jazz from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. for Trinity University. Any on-air personality will tell you that becoming a radio professional is the result of practice and on the job experience. A radio newbie usually gets his first break running overnight broadcasts and putting together airchecks before graduating to a…
If Mario won’t come to A&M …
Within the next five years, expect another four-year public university to increase higher-education access in a city that’s falling behind most other major Texas metropolises. Only 23 percent of San Antonio’s population hold bachelor’s degrees, but Texas A&M University-San Antonio, which is slated to begin classes on the South Side by 2009, will allow students…
If Mario won’t come to A&M …
Within the next five years,expect another four-year public university to increase higher-education access in a city that’s falling behind most other major Texas metropolises. Only 23 percent of San Antonio’s population hold bachelor’s degrees, but Texas A&M University-San Antonio, which is slated to begin classes on the South Side by 2009, will allow students in…
If Mario won’t come to A&M …
Within the next five years, expect another four-year public university to increase higher-education access in a city that’s falling behind most other major Texas metropolises. Only 23 percent of San Antonio’s population hold bachelor’s degrees, but Texas A&M University-San Antonio, which is slated to begin classes on the South Side by 2009, will allow students…
If Mario won’t come to A&M …
Within the next five years, expect another four-year public university to increase higher-education access in a city that’s falling behind most other major Texas metropolises. Only 23 percent of San Antonio’s population hold bachelor’s degrees, but Texas A&M University-San Antonio, which is slated to begin classes on the South Side by 2009, will allow students…
If Mario won’t come to A&M …
Within the next five years, expect another four-year public university to increase higher-education access in a city that’s falling behind most other major Texas metropolises. Only 23 percent of San Antonio’s population hold bachelor’s degrees, but Texas A&M University-San Antonio, which is slated to begin classes on the South Side by 2009, will allow students…
Skip the Fortune Cookies, Please
Deck Irwin Tang is one of those authors who incurs controversy with every key stroke, from How I Became a Black Man and Other Metamorphoses, his well-received short-story collection based on growing up in College Station, to his social history of the Aggie bonfire disaster to his blistering commentary about Shaquille O’Neal’s racist taunting of…
Home Soil
“What a relief.” That was the way the King William Association responded in the July edition of its monthly newsletter to the City’s announcement that asbestos was not detected on the planned Eagleland Hike-and-Bike trail along the San Antonio River. That relief was short-lived. Last month, the Environmental Protection Agency revealed that it found elevated…
The ‘Doll’drums
So, it’s fairly widely accepted, thanks to cinematicconvention — and perhaps, the occasional individual experience — that your average college-age American girl will inevitably and enthusiastically stumble all over herself to win the cultured attentions of your average male college-age European foreign-exchange student. With 2002’s L’Auberge Espagnole (The Spanish Apartment), a coming-of-age (read: sleeping-around) tale…
Straight Shooter
Dear DC Comics, Dear DC Comics, Martian Manhunter’s head looks like a wiener. I’m sure you put this title through countless board meetings and focus groups — surely somebody’s mentioned this before. We’re told in this issue that the original, non-phallic Manhunter we know and love (OK, tolerate) has been a liar. Apparently, the Manhunter…
Skip the Fortune Cookies, Please
Deck Come down to Chinatown, Shaq: Author Irwin Tang. Irwin Tang is one of those authors who incurs controversy with every key stroke, from How I Became a Black Man and Other Metamorphoses, his well-received short-story collection based on growing up in College Station, to his social history of the Aggie bonfire disaster to his…
Home Soil
“What a relief.” That was the way the King William Association responded in the July edition of its monthly newsletter to the City’s announcement that asbestos was not detected on the planned Eagleland Hike-and-Bike trail along the San Antonio River. That relief was short-lived. Last month, the Environmental Protection Agency revealed that it found elevated…
The ‘Doll’drums
Friends from Espagnole reunite for Dolls 5 years later, but Xavier (third from left) is still a smug prick. So, it’s fairly widely accepted, thanks to cinematicconvention — and perhaps, the occasional individual experience — that your average college-age American girl will inevitably and enthusiastically stumble all over herself to win the cultured attentions of…
Straight Shooter
Dear DC Comics, Dear DC Comics, Martian Manhunter’s head looks like a wiener. I’m sure you put this title through countless board meetings and focus groups — surely somebody’s mentioned this before. We’re told in this issue that the original, non-phallic Manhunter we know and love (OK, tolerate) has been a liar. Apparently, the Manhunter…
Katrina’s lessons fall on deaf ears
Katrina’s winds shredded through the Gulf South like a giant scythe, but it was the flood in New Orleans that jolted the national psyche, leaving the deepest memory. The flood turned the Big Easy into a disaster zone, leaving in its wake the image of a Third-World backwater. When has the persona of a city…
Katrina’s Lessons Fall on Deaf Ears
One year after a hurricane destroyed a major U.S. city, Congress plays politics as usual with oil, money, and the environment Katrina’s winds shredded through the Gulf South like a giant scythe, but it was the flood in New Orleans that jolted the national psyche, leaving the deepest memory. The flood turned the Big Easy…
All World
Team LeBronze, aka team USA, overcame a sluggish start and opened the 2006 FIBA World Championships with a solid 111-100 hoops victory over Puerto Rico this weekend in Japan Team LeBronze, aka team USA, overcame a sluggish start and opened the 2006 FIBA World Championships with a solid 111-100 hoops victory over Puerto Rico this…
Home Soil
The Environmental Protection Agency has found elevated levels of asbestos near the old Big Tex Grain Co. “What a relief.” That was the way the King William Association responded in the July edition of its monthly newsletter to the City’s announcement that asbestos was not detected on the planned Eagleland Hike-and-Bike trail along the San…
I Will Buy You a New Life
The P.O.V. documentary Waging a Living (airing on PBS Tuesday,August 29, at 10 p.m.) would be more aptly titled “It’s Hard Out Here for a Single Mom.” Filmed over three years in California and the northeast, this is exactly the kind of feature that keeps young people (read: moi) scared shitless of starting a family.…
Straight Shooter
Dear DC Comics, Dear DC Comics, Martian Manhunter’s head looks like a wiener. I’m sure you put this title through countless board meetings and focus groups — surely somebody’s mentioned this before. We’re told in this issue that the original, non-phallic Manhunter we know and love (OK, tolerate) has been a liar. Apparently, the Manhunter…
Katrina’s lessons fall on deaf ears
Katrina’s winds shredded through the Gulf South like a giant scythe, but it was the flood in New Orleans that jolted the national psyche, leaving the deepest memory. The flood turned the Big Easy into a disaster zone, leaving in its wake the image of a Third-World backwater. When has the persona of a city…
The Real McCoy
In 1960, John Coltrane finally broke away from the revolutionary Miles Davis Quintet to form his own group. He’d been wanting to explore new directions and work with other musicians, among them a young pianist from Philly whose compositions were already in Coltrane’s repertoire. McCoy Tyner, who had known Coltrane since age 17, had attracted…
All World
Team LeBronze, aka team USA, overcame a sluggish start and opened the 2006 FIBA World Championships with a solid 111-100 hoops victory over Puerto Rico this weekend in Japan Team LeBronze, aka team USA, overcame a sluggish start and opened the 2006 FIBA World Championships with a solid 111-100 hoops victory over Puerto Rico this…
The Tobin Library (Reception Desk)
There are plenty of reasons to change the name of a building, and most* of them are politically motivated (see: Lenin, then Stalin). But despite the City’s politicking to satisfy a charitable organization’s request to have the Oakwell Branch Library re-named to honor the late Robert L.B. Tobin, it looks like the San Antonio Public…
I Will Buy You a New Life
The P.O.V. documentary Waging a Living (airing on PBS Tuesday, August 29, at 10 p.m.) would be more aptly titled “It’s Hard Out Here for a Single Mom.” Filmed over three years in California and the northeast, this is exactly the kind of feature that keeps young people (read: moi) scared shitless of starting a…
Straight Shooter
Dear DC Comics, Dear DC Comics, Martian Manhunter’s head looks like a wiener. I’m sure you put this title through countless board meetings and focus groups — surely somebody’s mentioned this before. We’re told in this issue that the original, non-phallic Manhunter we know and love (OK, tolerate) has been a liar. Apparently, the Manhunter…
The Real McCoy
In 1960, John Coltrane finally broke away from the revolutionary Miles Davis Quintet to form his own group. He’d been wanting to explore new directions and work with other musicians, among them a young pianist from Philly whose compositions were already in Coltrane’s repertoire. McCoy Tyner, who had known Coltrane since age 17, had attracted…
Katrina’s lessons fall on deaf ears
Katrina’s winds shredded through the Gulf South like a giant scythe, but it was the flood in New Orleans that jolted the national psyche, leaving the deepest memory. The flood turned the Big Easy into a disaster zone, leaving in its wake the image of a Third-World backwater. When has the persona of a city…
The Real McCoy
Some of McCoy Tyner’s favorite things: pianos, jazz, and a minimum of friends. In 1960, John Coltrane finally broke away from the revolutionary Miles Davis Quintet to form his own group. He’d been wanting to explore new directions and work with other musicians, among them a young pianist from Philly whose compositions were already in…
All World
Team LeBronze, aka team USA, overcame a sluggish start and opened the 2006 FIBA World Championships with a solid 111-100 hoops victory over Puerto Rico this weekend in Japan Team LeBronze, aka team USA, overcame a sluggish start and opened the 2006 FIBA World Championships with a solid 111-100 hoops victory over Puerto Rico this…
The Tobin Library (Reception Desk)
There are plenty of reasons to change the name of a building, and most* of them are politically motivated (see: Lenin, then Stalin). But despite the City’s politicking to satisfy a charitable organization’s request to have the Oakwell Branch Library re-named to honor the late Robert L.B. Tobin, it looks like the San Antonio Public…
I Will Buy You a New Life
Jerry Longoria lives in a single-room-occupancy hotel and works as a security officer in San Francisco. The P.O.V. documentary Waging a Living (airing on PBS Tuesday, August 29, at 10 p.m.) would be more aptly titled “It’s Hard Out Here for a Single Mom.” Filmed over three years in California and the northeast, this is…
Straight Shooter
Dear DC Comics, Dear DC Comics, Martian Manhunter’s head looks like a wiener. I’m sure you put this title through countless board meetings and focus groups — surely somebody’s mentioned this before. We’re told in this issue that the original, non-phallic Manhunter we know and love (OK, tolerate) has been a liar. Apparently, the Manhunter…
After Sunset – Mi Tierra Es Su Tierra
Once upon a recent Friday afternoon at that hideous corporate hour of 3 o’clock, when freedom beckons from a mere two hours away (but the distance feels like an eternity), the invitation popped up on my computer screen. We were being summoned by Sonya and Ariane to Mi Tierra that night to celebrate Once De…
Katrina’s lessons fall on deaf ears
Katrina’s winds shredded through the Gulf South like a giant scythe, but it was the flood in New Orleans that jolted the national psyche, leaving the deepest memory. The flood turned the Big Easy into a disaster zone, leaving in its wake the image of a Third-World backwater. When has the persona of a city…
After Sunset – Mi Tierra Es Su Tierra
Once upon a recent Friday afternoon at that hideous corporate hour of 3 o’clock, when freedom beckons from a mere two hours away (but the distance feels like an eternity), the invitation popped up on my computer screen. We were being summoned by Sonya and Ariane to Mi Tierra that night to celebrate Once De…
Skip the Fortune Cookies, Please
Deck Irwin Tang is one of those authors who incurs controversy with every key stroke, from How I Became a Black Man and Other Metamorphoses, his well-received short-story collection based on growing up in College Station, to his social history of the Aggie bonfire disaster to his blistering Irwin Tang: author appearance 4pm Sat, Aug…
The Tobin Library (Reception Desk)
Robert L.B. Tobin There are plenty of reasons to change the name of a building, and most* of them are politically motivated (see: Lenin, then Stalin). But despite the City’s politicking to satisfy a charitable organization’s request to have the Oakwell Branch Library re-named to honor the late Robert L.B. Tobin, it looks like the…
Armchair Cinephile
Shortly after I filed my most-recent documentary-centric column, I got the announcement: Docurama, the label (obviously) devoted to nonfiction film, was set to unveil two new treasure chests of goodies for those cinephiles with a taste for reality. After receiving press releases about some other new titles (more about those shortly), it started to seem…
Straight Shooter
Dear DC Comics, Dear DC Comics, Martian Manhunter’s head looks like a wiener. I’m sure you put this title through countless board meetings and focus groups — surely somebody’s mentioned this before. We’re told in this issue that the original, non-phallic Manhunter we know and love (OK, tolerate) has been a liar. Apparently, the Manhunter…
After Sunset – Mi Tierra Es Su Tierra
Once upon a recent Friday afternoon at that hideous corporate hour of 3 o’clock, when freedom beckons from a mere two hours away (but the distance feels like an eternity), the invitation popped up on my computer screen. We were being summoned by Sonya and Ariane to Mi Tierra that night to celebrate Once De…
Katrina’s lessons fall on deaf ears
One year after a hurricane destroyed a major U.S. city, Congress plays politics as usual with oil, money, and the environment Katrina’s winds shredded through the Gulf South like a giant scythe, but it was the flood in New Orleans that jolted the national psyche, leaving the deepest memory. The flood turned the Big Easy…
After Sunset – Mi Tierra Es Su Tierra
Once upon a recent Friday afternoon at that hideous corporate hour of 3 o’clock, when freedom beckons from a mere two hours away (but the distance feels like an eternity), the invitation popped up on my computer screen. We were being summoned by Sonya and Ariane to Mi Tierra that night to celebrate Once De…
Skip the Fortune Cookies, Please
Deck Irwin Tang is one of those authors who incurs controversy with every key stroke, from How I Became a Black Man and Other Metamorphoses, his well-received short-story collection based on growing up in College Station, to his social history of the Aggie bonfire disaster to his blistering Irwin Tang: author appearance 4pm Sat, Aug…
Warranted Warrants
British bobbies barely had time to slap cuffs on 24 men suspected of plotting to blow up airliners headed to the United States before the arrests became politicized in this country. House Speaker Dennis Hastert (through his communications director) castigated Democrats for trying to deny the Bush administration the surveillance tools that “saved the day”…
That’s a Wrap
Oh, man. Remember Nick Nolte? Wow. Seems like the last, best Nolte-centric image I’ve got in my head is that of embattled coach Pete Bell drop-punting a basketball into the stands, and thus offending Bobby Knight, in Blue Chips (an underrated film, and your one-stop ticket to Anfernee Hardaway in “Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon”).…
Passionate Curator
It’s the sort of happy coincidence that might have occurred in an earlier genre of fiction without remark or irony: Rene Paul Barilleaux, formerly with the Mississippi Museum of Art where he curated Passionate Observer: The Photographs by Eudora Welty, c It’s the sort of happy coincidence that might have occurred in an earlier genre…
After Sunset – Mi Tierra Es Su Tierra
Mariachis: awkward laughter only encourages them. Once upon a recent Friday afternoon at that hideous corporate hour of 3 o’clock, when freedom beckons from a mere two hours away (but the distance feels like an eternity), the invitation popped up on my computer screen. We were being summoned by Sonya and Ariane to Mi Tierra…
Katrina’s lessons fall on deaf ears
One year after a hurricane destroyed a major U.S. city, Congress plays politics as usual with oil, money, and the environment Katrina’s winds shredded through the Gulf South like a giant scythe, but it was the flood in New Orleans that jolted the national psyche, leaving the deepest memory. The flood turned the Big Easy…
After Sunset – Mi Tierra Es Su Tierra
Mariachis: awkward laughter only encourages them. Once upon a recent Friday afternoon at that hideous corporate hour of 3 o’clock, when freedom beckons from a mere two hours away (but the distance feels like an eternity), the invitation popped up on my computer screen. We were being summoned by Sonya and Ariane to Mi Tierra…
The Green Goddess – Changing the World One Shopper at a Time
Let me define myself as a major consumer Let me define myself as a major consumer. I am a parent to small children and a menagerie of strays; I own a home and I love to shop. I probably could be diagnosed with ADD, so I lose interest pretty quickly. As I ponder my two-car…
When Size Does –
Samples of a few of the 14 tapas available at Café Paladar: (clockwise from bottom) Barbecued lamb quesadilla with pickled red onions; Cabo Wabo prawns; Gulf Coast Baja ceviche; and oysters Mari Esther. David vs. Goliath. From a PR standpoint, it doesn’t hurt to be the underdog. “We’ve received lots of support from the local…
That’s a Wrap
Oh, man. Remember Nick Nolte? Wow. Seems like the last, best Nolte-centric image I’ve got in my head is that of embattled coach Pete Bell drop-punting a basketball into the stands, and thus offending Bobby Knight, in Blue Chips (an underrated film, and your one-stop ticket to Anfernee Hardaway in “Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon”).…
Culture – Finding the Sweet Spot
It’s late-ish on a Friday evening at Sage — the intimate, halcyon sidecar pasted like a classy goiter on the front of the Fairmount Hotel — and a silver-haired gentleman, attired smartly in a cream-and-burgundy ensemble, is trying to impart one of the secrets of serious vocal performance: making your sound system work for you.…
Devotee
When they were in their prime (1978-82), Devo were generally written off as a novelty act, a one-joke cartoon that didn’t know when to quit. A generation later, removed from the baggage of the early MTV era, the Akron spuds look infinitely better. For one thing, their early material rocked hard in the most tortured…
Devotee
When they were in their prime (1978-82), Devo were generally written off as a novelty act, a one-joke cartoon that didn’t know when to quit. A generation later, removed from the baggage of the early MTV era, the Akron spuds look infinitely better. For one thing, their early material rocked hard in the most tortured…
The Green Goddess – Changing the World One Shopper at a Time
Let me define myself as a major consumer Let me define myself as a major consumer. I am a parent to small children and a menagerie of strays; I own a home and I love to shop. I probably could be diagnosed with ADD, so I lose interest pretty quickly. As I ponder my two-car…
The Katrina Ritual Meal
Not home for the anniversary? A Crescent City doctor suggests a communal reunion dinner. You may, as a relocated NewOrleanian (or a friend or family member of one or more), be at a loss for how to commemorate the upcoming one-year anniversary of the Katrina tragedy, August 29, 2006. I have faith that each person…
That’s a Wrap
Oh, man. Remember Nick Nolte? Wow. Seems like the last, best Nolte-centric image I’ve got in my head is that of embattled coach Pete Bell drop-punting a basketball into the stands, and thus offending Bobby Knight, in Blue Chips (an underrated film, and your one-stop ticket to Anfernee Hardaway in “Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon”).…
Culture – Finding the Sweet Spot
It’s late-ish on a Friday evening at Sage — the intimate, halcyon sidecar pasted like a classy goiter on the front of the Fairmount Hotel — and a silver-haired gentleman, attired smartly in a cream-and-burgundy ensemble, is trying to impart one of the secrets of serious vocal performance: making your sound system work for you.…
CD Spotlight 08-23-06
“It’s the little things that separate the good from the great.” That’s what Austin singer-songwriter Bob Schneider asserts on The Californian, and this album is as good a demonstration of that maxim as any. Schneider is an affable, good-looking guy, and a dedicated craftsman, but compared with his best Texas-rooted singer-songwriter peers, he always falls…
Devotee
When they were in their prime (1978-82), Devo were generally written off as a novelty act, a one-joke cartoon that didn’t know when to quit. A generation later, removed from the baggage of the early MTV era, the Akron spuds look infinitely better. For one thing, their early material rocked hard in the most tortured…
Passionate Curator
“Delegate, Jackson, 1936,” by Eudora Welty It’s the sort of happy coincidence that might have occurred in an earlier genre of fiction without remark or irony: Rene Paul Barilleaux, formerly with the Mississippi Museum of Art where he curated Passionate Observer: The Photographs by Eudora Welty, currently on tour at the San Antonio Museum of…
All You Can Eat
If it’s true that the stomach offers a high-speed tollway to the heart, you’re destined to adore Barbecue: A Texas Love Story, the New Braunfels-born cinematic tribute to one of Texas’s favorite foodstuffs If it’s true that the stomach offers a high-speed tollway to the heart, you’re destined to adore Barbecue: A Texas Love Story,…
Reclaiming the Garden of Eden
Coyotes have returned to Olmos Basin, millions of American Snout Nose butterflies are on the wing, and, just north of the McCullough-Hildebrand intersection, an opportunistic palm tree has planted itself next to a telephone pole. Each is a striking reflection of the integration of the natural and human landscapes, a weave so tight that it…
Culture – Finding the Sweet Spot
It’s late-ish on a Friday evening at Sage — the intimate, halcyon sidecar pasted like a classy goiter on the front of the Fairmount Hotel — and a silver-haired gentleman, attired smartly in a cream-and-burgundy ensemble, is trying to impart one of the secrets of serious vocal performance: making your sound system work for you.…
Kno W Whe
Nick Nolte is a crazy sonuvabitch. No, really. That’s not a joke. It’s not an exaggeration. It’s not a smear on his character because, say, he was a total douche in an interview. The guy is literally crazy. To promote Peaceful Warrior, a filmic adaptation of Dan Millman’s 30-year-old, qausi-factual Way of the Peaceful Warrior,…
Devotee
When they were in their prime (1978-82), Devo were generally written off as a novelty act, a one-joke cartoon that didn’t know when to quit. A generation later, removed from the baggage of the early MTV era, the Akron spuds look infinitely better. For one thing, their early material rocked hard in the most tortured…
Outdoorsy, SA-style
People often ask me why I moved from New York City to San Antonio People often ask me why I moved from New York City to San Antonio. I tell them it was a lifestyle choice. It’s a lazy lifestyle, where people work less and make less money but also pay less for everything, like…
All You Can Eat
If it’s true that the stomach offers a high-speed tollway to the heart, you’re destined to adore Barbecue: A Texas Love Story, the New Braunfels-born cinematic tribute to one of Texas’s favorite foodstuffs If it’s true that the stomach offers a high-speed tollway to the heart, you’re destined to adore Barbecue: A Texas Love Story,…
Reclaiming the Garden of Eden
Coyotes have returned to Olmos Basin, millions of American Snout Nose butterflies are on the wing, and, just north of the McCullough-Hildebrand intersection, an opportunistic palm tree has planted itself next to a telephone pole. Each is a striking reflection of the integration of the natural and human landscapes, a weave so tight that it…
Culture – Finding the Sweet Spot
It’s late-ish on a Friday evening at Sage — the intimate, halcyon sidecar pasted like a classy goiter on the front of the Fairmount Hotel — and a silver-haired gentleman, attired smartly in a cream-and-burgundy ensemble, is trying to impart one of the secrets of serious vocal performance: making your sound system work for you.…
The ‘Doll’drums
So, it’s fairly widely accepted, thanks to cinematicconvention — and perhaps, the occasional individual experience — that your average college-age American girl will inevitably and enthusiastically stumble all over herself to win the cultured attentions of your average male college-age European foreign-exchange student. With 2002’s L’Auberge Espagnole (The Spanish Apartment), a coming-of-age (read: sleeping-around) tale…
Devotee
Pot-head: Devo’s Mark Mouthersbaugh When they were in their prime (1978-82), Devo were generally written off as a novelty act, a one-joke cartoon that didn’t know when to quit. A generation later, removed from the baggage of the early MTV era, the Akron spuds look infinitely better. For one thing, their early material rocked hard…
Straight Shooter
Dear DC Comics, Dear DC Comics, Martian Manhunter’s head looks like a wiener. I’m sure you put this title through countless board meetings and focus groups — surely somebody’s mentioned this before. We’re told in this issue that the original, non-phallic Manhunter we know and love (OK, tolerate) has been a liar. Apparently, the Manhunter…
All You Can Eat
If it’s true that the stomach offers a high-speed tollway to the heart, you’re destined to adore Barbecue: A Texas Love Story, the New Braunfels-born cinematic tribute to one of Texas’s favorite foodstuffs. The documentary, narrated by former Guv’ner Ann Richards and featuring such tony Texans as Dan Rather, kicks off the Texas Independent Filmmakers…
Reclaiming the Garden of Eden
Coyotes have returned to Olmos Basin, millions of American Snout Nose butterflies are on the wing, and, just north of the McCullough-Hildebrand intersection, an opportunistic palm tree has planted itself next to a telephone pole. Each is a striking reflection of the integration of the natural and human landscapes, a weave so tight that it…
Culture – Finding the Sweet Spot
It’s late-ish on a Friday evening at Sage — the intimate, halcyon sidecar pasted like a classy goiter on the front of the Fairmount Hotel — and a silver-haired gentleman, attired smartly in a cream-and-burgundy ensemble, is trying to impart one of the secrets of serious vocal performance: making your sound system work for you.…
I Will Buy You a New Life
The P.O.V. documentary Waging a Living (airing on PBS Tuesday, August 29, at 10 p.m.) would be more aptly titled “It’s Hard Out Here for a Single Mom.” Filmed over three years in California and the northeast, this is exactly the kind of feature that keeps young people (read: moi) scared shitless of starting a…
CD Spotlight – Bob Schneider
The Californian, Bob Schneider (Shockorama Records) “It’s the little things that separate the good from the great.” That’s what Austin singer-songwriter Bob Schneider asserts on The Californian, and this album is as good a demonstration of that maxim as any. Schneider is an affable, good-looking guy, and a dedicated craftsman, but compared with his best…
Counterpoint- The (very) thin (and porous) red line
What would an arts-funding season be without a little controversy surrounding our favorite political arts organization, the Esperanza Peace & Justice Center From The Editor What would an arts-funding season be without a little controversy surrounding our favorite political arts organization, the Esperanza Peace & Justice Center? On August 17, the Express-News reported that a…
All You Can Eat (08-23-06)
If it’s true that the stomach offers a high-speed tollway to the heart, you’re destined to adore Barbecue: A Texas Love Story, the New Braunfels-born cinematic tribute to one of Texas’s favorite foodstuffs. The documentary, narrated by former Guv’ner Ann Richards and featuring such tony Texans as Dan Rather, kicks off the Texas Independent Filmmakers…
Reclaiming the Garden of Eden
Coyotes have returned to Olmos Basin, millions of American Snout Nose butterflies are on the wing, and, just north of the McCullough-Hildebrand intersection, an opportunistic palm tree has planted itself next to a telephone pole. Each is a striking reflection of the integration of the natural and human landscapes, a weave so tight that it…
When Size Does –
David vs. Goliath. From a PR standpoint, it doesn’t hurt to be the underdog. “We’ve received lots of support from the local community,” says chef-owner Brian West of the fight to keep the name he had picked for his fledgling restaurant. Café Mariposa, it seems, was too close for the comfort of giant retailer Neiman…
Home Soil
“What a relief.” That was the way the King William Association responded in the July edition of its monthly newsletter to the City’s announcement that asbestos was not detected on the planned Eagleland Hike-and-Bike trail along the San Antonio River. That relief was short-lived. Last month, the Environmental Protection Agency revealed that it found elevated…
Sound and the Fury – 08-23-06
Wilco and the Kings Two of the most exciting rock shows to come to San Antonio in a tortoise’s age were both announced in the last week, and they’re both coming to the same venue: Sunset Station’s Lonestar Pavilion. In order of importance, we’ll deal first with Wilco, the gold standard for restlessly inventive pop…
Counterpoint- The (very) thin (and porous) red line
From The Editor What would an arts-funding season be without a little controversy surrounding our favorite political arts organization, the Esperanza Peace & Justice Center? On August 17, the Express-News reported that a feud was on between Esperanza and its north-central neighbor, the Reform congregation Temple Beth-El, over Esperanza’s championing of the Palestinian viewpoint in…
The Bar Tab
The eyes of Texas – or at least those of Texan drinkers – are upon you, San Antonio. From the observation deck of the 750-feet-tall Tower of the Americas in HemisFair Park, drunkards and teetotalers alike can contemplate your wide expanses of asphalt, your thinning tree cover, your West- and Southside masses yearning to breathe…
That’s a Wrap
Oh, man. Remember Nick Nolte? Wow. Seems like the last, best Nolte-centric image I’ve got in my head is that of embattled coach Pete Bell drop-punting a basketball into the stands, and thus offending Bobby Knight, in Blue Chips (an underrated film, and your one-stop ticket to Anfernee Hardaway in “Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon”).…
The Katrina Ritual Meal
You may, as a relocated NewOrleanian (or a friend or family member of one or more), be at a loss for how to commemorate the upcoming one-year anniversary of the Katrina tragedy, August 29, 2006. I have faith that each person and family, in time, will find its own way to observe the date. But…
Home Soil
The Environmental Protection Agency has found elevated levels of asbestos near the old Big Tex Grain Co. “What a relief.” That was the way the King William Association responded in the July edition of its monthly newsletter to the City’s announcement that asbestos was not detected on the planned Eagleland Hike-and-Bike trail along the San…
Sound and the Fury (08-23-06)
Wilco and the Kings Two of the most exciting rock shows to come to San Antonio in a tortoise’s age were both announced in the last week, and they’re both coming to the same venue: Sunset Station’s Lonestar Pavilion. In order of importance, we’ll deal first with Wilco, the gold standard for restlessly inventive pop…
Counterpoint- The (Very) Thin (and Porous) Red Line
From The Editor What would an arts-funding season be without a little controversy surrounding our favorite political arts organization, the Esperanza Peace & Justice Center? On August 17, the Express-News reported that a feud was on between Esperanza and its north-central neighbor, the Reform congregation Temple Beth-El, over Esperanza’s championing of the Palestinian viewpoint in…
The Bar Tab
The eyes of Texas — or at least those of Texan drinkers — are upon you, San Antonio. From the observation deck of the 750-feet-tall Tower of the Americas in HemisFair Park, drunkards and teetotalers alike can contemplate your wide expanses of asphalt, your thinning tree cover, your West- and Southside masses yearning to breathe…
Skip the Fortune Cookies, Please
Deck Irwin Tang is one of those authors who incurs controversy with every key stroke, from How I Became a Black Man and Other Metamorphoses, his well-received short-story collection based on growing up in College Station, to his social history of the Aggie bonfire disaster to his blistering Irwin Tang: Author Appearance 4pm Sat, Aug…
The Bar Tab
The eyes of Texas — or at least those of Texan drinkers — are upon you, San Antonio. From the observation deck of the 750-feet-tall Tower of the Americas in HemisFair Park, drunkards and teetotalers alike can contemplate your wide expanses of asphalt, your thinning tree cover, your West- and Southside masses yearning to breathe…
The Tobin Library (Reception Desk)
There are plenty of reasons to change the name of a building, and most* of them are politically motivated (see: Lenin, then Stalin). But despite the City’s politicking to satisfy a charitable organization’s request to have the Oakwell Branch Library re-named to honor the late Robert L.B. Tobin, it looks like the San Antonio Public…
Skip the Fortune Cookies, Please
Deck Irwin Tang is one of those authors who incurs controversy with every key stroke, from How I Became a Black Man and Other Metamorphoses, his well-received short-story collection based on growing up in College Station, to his social history of the Aggie bonfire disaster to his blistering commentary about Shaquille O’Neal’s racist taunting of…
Culture – Finding the Sweet Spot
It’s late-ish on a Friday evening at Sage — the intimate, halcyon sidecar pasted like a classy goiter on the front of the Fairmount Hotel — and a silver-haired gentleman, attired smartly in a cream-and-burgundy ensemble, is trying to impart one of the secrets of serious vocal performance: making your sound system work for you.…
Kno W Whe
“I know nothing except the fact of my ignorance.” — Nick Nolte does Socrates. Nick Nolte is a crazy sonuvabitch. No, really. That’s not a joke. It’s not an exaggeration. It’s not a smear on his character because, say, he was a total douche in an interview. The guy is literally crazy. To promote Peaceful…
Straight Shooter
Dear DC Comics, Dear DC Comics, Martian Manhunter’s head looks like a wiener. I’m sure you put this title through countless board meetings and focus groups — surely somebody’s mentioned this before. We’re told in this issue that the original, non-phallic Manhunter we know and love (OK, tolerate) has been a liar. Apparently, the Manhunter…
The Bar Tab
The eyes of Texas — or at least those of Texan drinkers — are upon you, San Antonio. From the observation deck of the 750-feet-tall Tower of the Americas in HemisFair Park, drunkards and teetotalers alike can contemplate your wide expanses of asphalt, your thinning tree cover, your West- and Southside masses yearning to breathe…
Warranted Warrants
British bobbies barely had time to slap cuffs on 24 men suspected of plotting to blow up airliners headed to the United States before the arrests became politicized in this country. House Speaker Dennis Hastert (through his communications director) castigated Democrats for trying to deny the Bush administration the surveillance tools that “saved the day”…
