Straining for the High Notes
If your dinner diva doesn’t shine, try a lunchtime encore at La Scala
The Bar Tab
The Afterburner 6515 SW Military Dr 673-3700 Beer: $2.75 No, it’s not a place to bring your mother, your kids, or any date you’d hope to impress. But if you’re looking to hang out with the guys, it’s between 2 p.m. and 2 a.m., and you’re not too far from Lackland Air Force Base, there…
Poor Little Factory Girl
Warning: The following paragraph may be the most insensitive ever written. It’s no easy task to empathize with a person who came from a great deal of money, squandered it, and refused to get a “real job,” as it were. Overcoming drug addiction is another thing entirely, but still, Edie Sedgwick was as much the…
The Queque
Imagine the hue of the Queque’s flattered blush when we logged on to MySpace Saturday morning to discover a friend request from THE Rick Moody, author of The Ice Storm. Now imagine the even deeper shade of red, a manifestation of our pure fury, when a friend of the Queque directed us to Express-News columnist…
Sound and the Fury
Bells of St. Mary’s The next week shapes up as a big one for the White Rabbit. In addition to hosting the odious but extremely popular Chris “Don’t Call Me Vin” Daughtry on February 27, they’ll bring in alt-rock heroes Sparta the following night. Sparta formed when El Paso’s At the Drive-In disintegrated in 2001…
Pain-free Polluting
As Helotes’s 80-foot burning mulch mountain gasps toward an inarticulate conclusion, new federal reporting standards regarding the amount of toxic pollution being released — or, rather, the toxic pollution being released that you will know about — are just warming up. The new U.S. Environmental Protection Agency rule governing how facilities report the release of…
The Oscars: You Can Grouch if You Want To
One could go on for hours and hours and still have plenty to say about how perverted the Academy Awards are, and how, at the end of the day, the statues handed out represent not accomplishment, but rather successful awards-season campaigns. However, this would be a waste of breath that I might actually need sometime…
Poor Little Factory Girl
He’s not there: Ignore the musician (Hayden Christensen) to the right of Ms. Sedgwick (Sienna Miller). Courtesy photo. Factory Girl Dir. George Hickenlooper; writ. Aaron Richard Golub, Captain Mauzner; feat. Sienna Miller, Guy Pearce, Hayden Christensen, Jimmy Fallon, Mena Suvari (R) Warning: The following paragraph may be the most insensitive ever written. It’s no easy…
The Queque
Imagine the hue of the Queque’s flattered blush when we logged on to MySpace Saturday morning to discover a friend request from THE Rick Moody, author of The Ice Storm. Now imagine the even deeper shade of red, a manifestation of our pure fury, when a friend of the Queque directed us to Express-News columnist…
Blacked-Out Sabbath
Taking Back Sunday: Just don’t ask about Adam Lazzara’s marbles. Courtesy photo. Taking Back Sunday 7pm Tue, Feb 27 $25 Sunset Station (Lonestar Pavilion) 1174 E. Commerce 222-9481 Taking Back Sunday is a lot of things. A melodic hardcore band, for one. A rock cliché, for two, as lead singer Adam Lazzara is, let’s just…
Pain-free Polluting
As Helotes’s 80-foot burning mulch mountain gasps toward an inarticulate conclusion, new federal reporting standards regarding the amount of toxic pollution being released — or, rather, the toxic pollution being released that you will know about — are just warming up. The new U.S. Environmental Protection Agency rule governing how facilities report the release of…
The Oscars: You Can Grouch if You Want To
One could go on for hours and hours and still have plenty to say about how perverted the Academy Awards are, and how, at the end of the day, the statues handed out represent not accomplishment, but rather successful awards-season campaigns. However, this would be a waste of breath that I might actually need sometime…
Spy vs. Spy
Chris Cooper, left, and Ryan Phillipe star as cat-and-mouse FBI agents in Breach. Courtesy photo. Breach Dir. Billy Ray; writ. Adam Mazer, William Rotko, Billy Ray; feat. Chris Cooper, Ryan Phillippe, Laura Linney, Caroline Dhavernas (PG-13) Thirty years ago, when two superpowers stood on the brink of mutual annihilation, few could imagine that, if civilization…
The Queque
Imagine the hue of the Queque’s flattered blush when we logged on to MySpace Saturday morning to discover a friend request from THE Rick Moody, author of The Ice Storm. Now imagine the even deeper shade of red, a manifestation of our pure fury, when a friend of the Queque directed us to Express-News columnist…
Best Bet
The Drams: a power-pop response to Slobberbone’s murder ballads. Courtesy photo. The Drams 9:30pm Fri, Feb 23 Casbeers 1719 Blanco Rd. 732-3511 Grand designs just aren’t a part of Brent Best’s vocabulary. Anyone who followed the career of his late Dallas-based alt-country band, Slobberbone, would be hard-pressed to discern any kind of plan. The shows…
Pain-free Polluting
As Helotes’s 80-foot burning mulch mountain gasps toward an inarticulate conclusion, new federal reporting standards regarding the amount of toxic pollution being released — or, rather, the toxic pollution being released that you will know about — are just warming up. The new U.S. Environmental Protection Agency rule governing how facilities report the release of…
The Oscars: You Can Grouch if You Want To
And the nominees are: Abigail Breslin in Little Miss Sunshine, Babel director Alejandro González Iñárritu, Helen Mirren in The Queen, and Forest Whitaker in The Last King of Scotland. Courtesy photos. One could go on for hours and hours and still have plenty to say about how perverted the Academy Awards are, and how, at…
The Oscars: You Can Grouch If You Want To
And the nominees are: Abigail Breslin in Little Miss Sunshine, Babel director Alejandro González Iñárritu, Helen Mirren in The Queen, and Forest Whitaker in The Last King of Scotland. Courtesy photos. One could go on for hours and hours and still have plenty to say about how perverted the Academy Awards are, and how, at…
Pain-free Polluting
As Helotes’s 80-foot burning mulch mountain gasps toward an inarticulate conclusion, new federal reporting standards regarding the amount of toxic pollution being released — or, rather, the toxic pollution being released that you will know about — are just warming up. The new U.S. Environmental Protection Agency rule governing how facilities report the release of…
Hustle and Flow
After finishing up their annual chemistry-building Rodeo Road Trip with a ho-hum 4-4 record, the San Antonio Spurs now set their sights on the remaining NBA regular season grind and another run at that elusive fourth championship. The not-so-blockbuster trade that hoops pundits were clamoring for finally arrived in a deal that sent San Antonio…
The Mashup
NEW YORK — George W. Bush claims that Iran has been shipping weapons, including bombs used against U.S. military convoys, to Shiite militias in Iraq. I believe him. Iranian leaders would be idiots to sit out a war whose outcome will affect them for decades to come. Bush denies that he’s about to go to…
The Oscars: You Can Grouch if You Want To
And the nominees are: Abigail Breslin in Little Miss Sunshine, Babel director Alejandro González Iñárritu, Helen Mirren in The Queen, and Forest Whitaker in The Last King of Scotland. Courtesy photos. One could go on for hours and hours and still have plenty to say about how perverted the Academy Awards are, and how, at…
League of Exploited Eentlemen
The superheroes of the Marvel comic-book universe are just like any other guys when it comes time to decompress after a hard day at work. Well, except that, instead of meeting at the local watering hole to bitch about life over their favorite brews, they gather at Four Freedoms Plaza — the headquarters of the…
“An Ice Cube’s Chance in the Mojave Desert at High Noon”
The accused: Theodore Streater will defend himself in court against what he describes as systemic corruption in the Bexar County legal system. Photo by Dave Maass. For the last two years Theodore Streater’s life has been one long, nasty case of déjà vu. In 2001, after nearly five years in jail in California, after proclaiming…
Hustle and Flow
After finishing up their annual chemistry-building Rodeo Road Trip with a ho-hum 4-4 record, the San Antonio Spurs now set their sights on the remaining NBA regular season grind and another run at that elusive fourth championship. The not-so-blockbuster trade that hoops pundits were clamoring for finally arrived in a deal that sent San Antonio…
The Mashup
NEW YORK — George W. Bush claims that Iran has been shipping weapons, including bombs used against U.S. military convoys, to Shiite militias in Iraq. I believe him. Iranian leaders would be idiots to sit out a war whose outcome will affect them for decades to come. Bush denies that he’s about to go to…
League of Exploited Eentlemen
The superheroes of the Marvel comic-book universe are just like any other guys when it comes time to decompress after a hard day at work. Well, except that, instead of meeting at the local watering hole to bitch about life over their favorite brews, they gather at Four Freedoms Plaza — the headquarters of the…
League of Exploited Gentlemen
Illustration by Chuck Kerr. The superheroes of the Marvel comic-book universe are just like any other guys when it comes time to decompress after a hard day at work. Well, except that, instead of meeting at the local watering hole to bitch about life over their favorite brews, they gather at Four Freedoms Plaza —…
Game Theory
Can you tell our readers a bit about yourself? My name is Sergeant STAR, which stands for Strong, Trained And Ready. I’m an artificial-intelligence agent created for the U.S. Army to provide you with information about Army life. I don’t want to waste our readers’ time with one-sided propaganda. Do you promise to answer my…
Home on the Range – A former New Yorker’s guide to the Texas adjustment
“Did they feed you?” These were the words I used to greet my old amigo as he concluded palm pressing and mild flirting at the tail end of his lecture to the journalism students at the University of Texas. I knew these would be the most thoughtful and warming words to a pensive Jewish New…
Aural Pleasure
Norwegian Would Norwegian pop-rocker Sondre Lerche (say it with me: Sawn-druh Lair-kay) wears his influences like badges of honor. While last year’s charming jazz-pop cocktail Duper Sessions mixed equal parts Chet Baker and Burt Bacharach, his newest, Phantom Punch, is a smoothie blend of XTC, A-Ha, and Elvis Costello, with whom Lerche toured in 2005.…
Game Theory
Can you tell our readers a bit about yourself? My name is Sergeant STAR, which stands for Strong, Trained And Ready. I’m an artificial-intelligence agent created for the U.S. Army to provide you with information about Army life. I don’t want to waste our readers’ time with one-sided propaganda. Do you promise to answer my…
The Bar Tab
No, it’s not a place to bring your mother, your kids, or any date you’d hope to impress. But if you’re looking to hang out with the guys, it’s between 2 p.m. and 2 a.m., and you’re not too far from Lackland Air Force Base, there is a place you can go. The Afterburner. “To…
Game Theory
Sergeant STAR works for the Army, punk, so don’t try to push him off message. Can you tell our readers a bit about yourself? My name is Sergeant STAR, which stands for Strong, Trained And Ready. I’m an artificial-intelligence agent created for the U.S. Army to provide you with information about Army life. I don’t…
Aural Pleasure
Norwegian Would Norwegian pop-rocker Sondre Lerche (say it with me: Sawn-druh Lair-kay) wears his influences like badges of honor. While last year’s charming jazz-pop cocktail Duper Sessions mixed equal parts Chet Baker and Burt Bacharach, his newest, Phantom Punch, is a smoothie blend of XTC, A-Ha, and Elvis Costello, with whom Lerche toured in 2005.…
Game Theory
Can you tell our readers a bit about yourself? My name is Sergeant STAR, which stands for Strong, Trained And Ready. I’m an artificial-intelligence agent created for the U.S. Army to provide you with information about Army life. I don’t want to waste our readers’ time with one-sided propaganda. Do you promise to answer my…
The Bar Tab
The Afterburner 6515 SW Military Dr 673-3700 Beer: $2.75 No, it’s not a place to bring your mother, your kids, or any date you’d hope to impress. But if you’re looking to hang out with the guys, it’s between 2 p.m. and 2 a.m., and you’re not too far from Lackland Air Force Base, there…
That’s a Wrap
Hidy-ho good neighbors. Some of you may recall my personally promising to relinquish the Academy Awards talk — and I detest breaking my vows to you — but dammit, this is for an excellent cause. Instead of sitting home this Sunday night in your jammies, throwing socks at your television set every time some undeserving…
Aural Pleasure
Norwegian Would Norwegian pop-rocker Sondre Lerche (say it with me: Sawn-druh Lair-kay) wears his influences like badges of honor. While last year’s charming jazz-pop cocktail Duper Sessions mixed equal parts Chet Baker and Burt Bacharach, his newest, Phantom Punch, is a smoothie blend of XTC, A-Ha, and Elvis Costello, with whom Lerche toured in 2005.…
Not your Papa’s Haydn
Bernhard Heiden’s Concerto for Trumpet and Wind Orchestra Performed by the San Antonio Wind Symphony 7:30pm Sun, Feb 25 University United Methodist Church 5084 De Zavala Think of all the popular music out there with smooth rhythms and bland melodies, rocking along to an utterly predictable finish. Compare that to the atonal discord of avant-garde…
The Fast Foodie
On the front door to the Little Café is a small, interesting sign: “No donuts served here.” That might seem odd if the Broadway location was not the former home to first Dunkin’ Donuts and then River City Donuts. Conversions of former chain restaurants can be amusing. Next door, a former Whataburger is now a…
Poor Little Factory Girl
Factory Girl Dir. George Hickenlooper; writ. Aaron Richard Golub, Captain Mauzner; feat. Sienna Miller, Guy Pearce, Hayden Christensen, Jimmy Fallon, Mena Suvari (R) Warning: The following paragraph may be the most insensitive ever written. It’s no easy task to empathize with a person who came from a great deal of money, squandered it, and refused…
Not your Papa’s Haydn
Bernhard Heiden’s Concerto for Trumpet and Wind Orchestra Performed by the San Antonio Wind Symphony 7:30pm Sun, Feb 25 University United Methodist Church 5084 De Zavala Think of all the popular music out there with smooth rhythms and bland melodies, rocking along to an utterly predictable finish. Compare that to the atonal discord of avant-garde…
Blacked-Out Sabbath
Taking Back Sunday 7pm Tue, Feb 27 $25 Sunset Station (Lonestar Pavilion) 1174 E. Commerce 222-9481 Taking Back Sunday is a lot of things. A melodic hardcore band, for one. A rock cliché, for two, as lead singer Adam Lazzara is, let’s just say, unpredictable — and, OK, maybe unstable (though he is supposedly getting…
Not your Papa’s Haydn
Trumpeter John Carroll. Courtesy photo. Bernhard Heiden’s Concerto for Trumpet and Wind Orchestra Performed by the San Antonio Wind Symphony 7:30pm Sun, Feb 25 University United Methodist Church 5084 De Zavala Think of all the popular music out there with smooth rhythms and bland melodies, rocking along to an utterly predictable finish. Compare that to…
The Fast Foodie
The Little Café on Broadway 8238 Broadway 824-9484 On the front door to the Little Café is a small, interesting sign: “No donuts served here.” That might seem odd if the Broadway location was not the former home to first Dunkin’ Donuts and then River City Donuts. Conversions of former chain restaurants can be amusing.…
Spy vs. Spy
Breach Dir. Billy Ray; writ. Adam Mazer, William Rotko, Billy Ray; feat. Chris Cooper, Ryan Phillippe, Laura Linney, Caroline Dhavernas (PG-13) Thirty years ago, when two superpowers stood on the brink of mutual annihilation, few could imagine that, if civilization somehow survived, anyone would ever yearn to return to that sorry period. Yet the current…
The Art Capades
Welcome to the Art Capades: Museum Edition. Next episode we’ll return to some of the outstanding shows currently gracing local galleries, but this time around we’re pausing to admire the work of the well-funded, starting with one of the wellest-funded of all, the Museum of Fine Arts Houston, which recently opened the painting equivalent of…
Blacked-Out Sabbath
Taking Back Sunday: Just don’t ask about Adam Lazzara’s marbles. Courtesy photo. Taking Back Sunday 7pm Tue, Feb 27 $25 Sunset Station (Lonestar Pavilion) 1174 E. Commerce 222-9481 Taking Back Sunday is a lot of things. A melodic hardcore band, for one. A rock cliché, for two, as lead singer Adam Lazzara is, let’s just…
The Art Capades
Robert Indiana: The Mother of Us All 10am-4pm Tues, Wed, Fri; 10am-9pm Thu; 10am-5pm Sat; Noon-5pm Sun Free McNay Art Museum 6000 N. New Braunfels 824-5368 Mcnayart.org Masterpieces of French Painting 10am-5pm Tue, Wed; 10am-9pm Thu; 10am-7pm Fri-Sat; 12:15-7pm Sun $15-18 Adult; $6.50-8 Thu Museum of Fine Arts Houston 1001 Bissonnet, Houston (713) 639-7300 Mfah.org…
Children of the Rice
Some of the hottest food on earth: rice soup with ground-pork balls and an array of condiments. Photo by Chef Boy Ari. Mention “Bhutan” here in Thailand, and women will comment how handsome the new king of Bhutan is. Last summer, when he was still the crown prince, he came to help celebrate the Thai…
The Oscars: You Can Grouch if You Want To
One could go on for hours and hours and still have plenty to say about how perverted the Academy Awards are, and how, at the end of the day, the statues handed out represent not accomplishment, but rather successful awards-season campaigns. However, this would be a waste of breath that I might actually need sometime…
The Mashup
NEW YORK — George W. Bush claims that Iran has been shipping weapons, including bombs used against U.S. military convoys, to Shiite militias in Iraq. I believe him. Iranian leaders would be idiots to sit out a war whose outcome will affect them for decades to come. Bush denies that he’s about to go to…
The Art Capades
Jules Bastien-Lepage’s 1879 painting “Joan of Arc.” Courtesy image. Robert Indiana: The Mother of Us All 10am-4pm Tues, Wed, Fri; 10am-9pm Thu; 10am-5pm Sat; Noon-5pm Sun Free McNay Art Museum 6000 N. New Braunfels 824-5368 Mcnayart.org Masterpieces of French Painting 10am-5pm Tue, Wed; 10am-9pm Thu; 10am-7pm Fri-Sat; 12:15-7pm Sun $15-18 Adult; $6.50-8 Thu Museum of…
Best Bet
The Drams 9:30pm Fri, Feb 23 Casbeers 1719 Blanco Rd. 732-3511 Grand designs just aren’t a part of Brent Best’s vocabulary. Anyone who followed the career of his late Dallas-based alt-country band, Slobberbone, would be hard-pressed to discern any kind of plan. The shows were fun, the musical mix of traditional country with loud, sloppy…
The Art Capades
Jules Bastien-Lepage’s 1879 painting “Joan of Arc.” Courtesy image. Robert Indiana: The Mother of Us All 10am-4pm Tues, Wed, Fri; 10am-9pm Thu; 10am-5pm Sat; Noon-5pm Sun Free McNay Art Museum 6000 N. New Braunfels 824-5368 Mcnayart.org Masterpieces of French Painting 10am-5pm Tue, Wed; 10am-9pm Thu; 10am-7pm Fri-Sat; 12:15-7pm Sun $15-18 Adult; $6.50-8 Thu Museum of…
Straining for the High Notes
La Scala 2177 NW Military Hwy 366-1515 11am-10pm Sun-Thu; 11am-11pm Fri & Sat Evening entrées: $14.25-$36 Credit cards Accessible Some restaurants simply soldier along without the benefit (or the curse) of critical attention. Word of mouth, habit, familiarity (and fear of the unfamiliar) are all factors; setting frequently triumphs over substance … and occasionally the…
The Oscars: You Can Grouch if You Want To
One could go on for hours and hours and still have plenty to say about how perverted the Academy Awards are, and how, at the end of the day, the statues handed out represent not accomplishment, but rather successful awards-season campaigns. However, this would be a waste of breath that I might actually need sometime…
The Mashup
The Cup Add to My Profile | More Videos NEW YORK — George W. Bush claims that Iran has been shipping weapons, including bombs used against U.S. military convoys, to Shiite militias in Iraq. I believe him. Iranian leaders would be idiots to sit out a war whose outcome will affect them for decades to…
Pale Rider
Search for comedian Jim Gaffigan on YouTube and you’ll quickly see the effect of Viacom’s recent demand that the video-sharing site remove more than 100,000 clips from MTV, VH1 and Comedy Central. Gaffigan’s most recent standup act, Beyond the Pale, which has aired on Comedy Central, is one of the many videos you can no…
Children of the Rice
Mention “Bhutan” here in Thailand, and women will comment how handsome the new king of Bhutan is. Last summer, when he was still the crown prince, he came to help celebrate the Thai king’s 60 years on the throne. Prince Jigme made quite an impression as he continued the long friendship between the only two…
Pale Rider
Jim Gaffigan: Beyond the Pale 8pm & 10:30pm Sat, Feb 24 Charline McCombs Empire Theatre 226 N. St. Mary’s 226-2121 Majesticempire.com Search for comedian Jim Gaffigan on YouTube and you’ll quickly see the effect of Viacom’s recent demand that the video-sharing site remove more than 100,000 clips from MTV, VH1 and Comedy Central. Gaffigan’s most…
Straining for the High Notes
Filet Mignon and Tres Leches cake from La Scala. Photo by Antonia Padilla. La Scala 2177 NW Military Hwy 366-1515 11am-10pm Sun-Thu; 11am-11pm Fri & Sat Evening entrées: $14.25-$36 Credit cards Accessible Some restaurants simply soldier along without the benefit (or the curse) of critical attention. Word of mouth, habit, familiarity (and fear of the…
The Oscars: You Can Grouch if You Want To
One could go on for hours and hours and still have plenty to say about how perverted the Academy Awards are, and how, at the end of the day, the statues handed out represent not accomplishment, but rather successful awards-season campaigns. However, this would be a waste of breath that I might actually need sometime…
The Mashup
The Cup Add to My Profile | More Videos NEW YORK — George W. Bush claims that Iran has been shipping weapons, including bombs used against U.S. military convoys, to Shiite militias in Iraq. I believe him. Iranian leaders would be idiots to sit out a war whose outcome will affect them for decades to…
Pale Rider
Comedian Jim Gaffigan: proud to be pale and conflict-free. Courtesy photo. Jim Gaffigan: Beyond the Pale 8pm & 10:30pm Sat, Feb 24 Charline McCombs Empire Theatre 226 N. St. Mary’s 226-2121 Majesticempire.com Search for comedian Jim Gaffigan on YouTube and you’ll quickly see the effect of Viacom’s recent demand that the video-sharing site remove more…
Children of the Rice
Some of the hottest food on earth: rice soup with ground-pork balls and an array of condiments. Photo courtesy Chef Boy Ari Mention “Bhutan” here in Thailand, and women will comment how handsome the new king of Bhutan is. Last summer, when he was still the crown prince, he came to help celebrate the Thai…
That’s a Wrap
Hidy-ho good neighbors. Some of you may recall my personally promising to relinquish the Academy Awards talk — and I detest breaking my vows to you — but dammit, this is for an excellent cause. Instead of sitting home this Sunday night in your jammies, throwing socks at your television set every time some undeserving…
The Say-Town Lowdown – Guest Column
I love my bulletin board. It’s the old-fashioned cork kind, and located outside my office door in Laurie Auditorium on Trinity University’s campus. I like to use thumbtacks and paper to post my ideas so those who come to performances can not only see my thoughts if they like, but touch them, too. Right now,…
The Oscars: You Can Grouch if You Want To
One could go on for hours and hours and still have plenty to say about how perverted the Academy Awards are, and how, at the end of the day, the statues handed out represent not accomplishment, but rather successful awards-season campaigns. However, this would be a waste of breath that I might actually need sometime…
That’s a Wrap
Hidy-ho good neighbors. Some of you may recall my personally promising to relinquish the Academy Awards talk — and I detest breaking my vows to you — but dammit, this is for an excellent cause. Instead of sitting home this Sunday night in your jammies, throwing socks at your television set every time some undeserving…
Straining for the High Notes
La Scala 2177 NW Military Hwy 366-1515 11am-10pm Sun-Thu; 11am-11pm Fri & Sat Evening entrées: $14.25-$36 Credit cards Accessible Some restaurants simply soldier along without the benefit (or the curse) of critical attention. Word of mouth, habit, familiarity (and fear of the unfamiliar) are all factors; setting frequently triumphs over substance … and occasionally the…
Aural Pleasure
Norwegian Would Phantom Punch Sondre Lerche (Astralwerks) Norwegian pop-rocker Sondre Lerche (say it with me: Sawn-druh Lair-kay) wears his influences like badges of honor. While last year’s charming jazz-pop cocktail Duper Sessions mixed equal parts Chet Baker and Burt Bacharach, his newest, Phantom Punch, is a smoothie blend of XTC, A-Ha, and Elvis Costello, with…
The Queque
Imagine the hue of the Queque’s flattered blush when we logged on to MySpace Saturday morning to discover a friend request from THE Rick Moody, author of The Ice Storm. Now imagine the even deeper shade of red, a manifestation of our pure fury, when a friend of the Queque directed us to Express-News columnist…
The Oscars: You Can Grouch if You Want To
One could go on for hours and hours and still have plenty to say about how perverted the Academy Awards are, and how, at the end of the day, the statues handed out represent not accomplishment, but rather successful awards-season campaigns. However, this would be a waste of breath that I might actually need sometime…
Poor Little Factory Girl
Warning: The following paragraph may be the most insensitive ever written. It’s no easy task to empathize with a person who came from a great deal of money, squandered it, and refused to get a “real job,” as it were. Overcoming drug addiction is another thing entirely, but still, Edie Sedgwick was as much the…
The Queque
Imagine the hue of the Queque’s flattered blush when we logged on to MySpace Saturday morning to discover a friend request from THE Rick Moody, author of The Ice Storm. Now imagine the even deeper shade of red, a manifestation of our pure fury, when a friend of the Queque directed us to Express-News columnist…
Sound and the Fury
Bells of St. Mary’s The next week shapes up as a big one for the White Rabbit. In addition to hosting the odious but extremely popular Chris “Don’t Call Me Vin” Daughtry on February 27, they’ll bring in alt-rock heroes Sparta the following night. Sparta formed when El Paso’s At the Drive-In disintegrated in 2001…
The Queque
Imagine the hue of the Queque’s flattered blush when we logged on to MySpace Saturday morning to discover a friend request from THE Rick Moody, author of The Ice Storm. Now imagine the even deeper shade of red, a manifestation of our pure fury, when a friend of the Queque directed us to Express-News columnist…
The Oscars: You Can Grouch if You Want To
One could go on for hours and hours and still have plenty to say about how perverted the Academy Awards are, and how, at the end of the day, the statues handed out represent not accomplishment, but rather successful awards-season campaigns. However, this would be a waste of breath that I might actually need sometime…
