Mavs release new commercial warning: “Don’t Have A Little Spurs Fan With A Dog Collar”
*The video was listed as “private” as of 7:30 pm on Monday night.* DIRECTV’s current ad campaign highlights the supposed perils a father faces when failing to switch to DIRECTV. It goes like this: Frustration at cable causes anger causes daughter to pick up dad’s bad habits causes teenage misbehavior causes expulsion from school causes…
Mavs outlast Spurs’ late surge; Jason Terry still sucks
After playing more than 30 minutes of uninspired basketball against the hosting Dallas Mavericks on Sunday night, the San Antonio Spurs’ second team found their mojo. James Anderson, Matt Bonner, Danny Green, Gary Neal, and Tiago Splitter rallied together, making 10 of their first 13 shots to begin the fourth quarter erasing an 18-point deficit…
Artpace reunion in New York
On January 21, artists, curators, and supporters gathered in New York to celebrate the 17th anniversary of Artpace, the “international laboratory for the creation and advancement of contemporary art” founded by the late, great artist, collector, and philanthropist Linda Pace in 1995. The invitation for the party, where we asked Artpace alums to share a…
San Antonio’s Big Brothers Big Sisters celebrates National Mentoring Month
Big Brothers Big Sisters is the oldest, largest and most effective youth mentoring organization in the United States, and we have our very own branch in San Antonio. Big Brothers Big Sisters South Texas (BBBSST) is one of the hardest working nonprofits I know. They face an ever increasing need to provide mentors for children…
Mario looks good in 3D, despite some missed opportunities
The Nintendo 3DS may not have had the the best launch in gaming history, but Nintendo has been quick to bolster their sales despite posting record losses. The famous plumber might have missed day 1 of their new portable, but Super Mario 3D Land did well to hit the shelves soon after. Intermingling elements from…
Moon Is Beautiful This Time of Year by Don Mathis
I wondered, when I read this story, about the narrator’s tone. He didn’t seem upset, really. More exasperated. Or resigned. Or something not quite either of those. Is there a pettiness here? I think there is (I mean, he wanted her to outlive him so he wouldn’t have to live alone)! And of course the…
Re-vote for Pedro
It’s been 7½ years since Napoleon Dynamite became a cult classic when it hit theaters in August 2004. Now, Napoleon, Pedro, Kip, Uncle Rico and the rest of the original characters are back for a brand new adventure in small-town Idaho– and this time they’re cartoons! The new animated series Napoleon Dynamite joined Fox’s Sunday…
Perry’s Texas approval drops after presidential run
Texas seems to agree: Gov. Rick Perry’s time in the national spotlight was both cringe-worthy and embarrassing. A new poll commissioned by the major Texas dailies, including the San Antonio Express-News, puts Perry’s Texas approval rating at an all-time low of 40 percent following his bumbling presidential bid – even below Obama’s 43 percent approval…
Cedar Conspiracy: from God to Big Pharma to TOMS
Right now, my eyes are puffy. I’m delusional from allergy medicine, my throat caked in harsh mucus, my nose whistling from the small pinpoint hole that’s slowly seeping what oxygen I can muster into my lungs. Basically, my face feels like it’s being raped by Slimer from Ghostbusters. Rape – such a strong word to attribute…
Review: Sans Souci Dance Film Festival
The lights go out, and suddenly a woman enters the stage of the Ruth Taylor Recital Hall at Trinity University. She wears the white skirt typical of Veracruz, Mexico. Searching the audience with her eyes, she confronts a spectator with a strange stare filled with judgment. Breaking off her gaze, she begins moving about, dancing the…
Argentina’s ‘Chinese Tale’ (Un cuento chino) screening this Friday
Sebastián Borensztein’s Un cuento chino (A Chinese Tale), which won Argentina’s Academy 2011 award for Best Picture, Actor, and Actress, will be screening at 7 p.m. Friday, January 27 at Instituto Cultural de México (600 Hemisfair Plaza). The movie, starred by Ricardo Darín (last seen in San Antonio in the Oscar-winning The Secret In Their…
