Everything but the kitchen sink
The Cove takes eclecticism in every direction
Sound and the Fury
James McMurtry will be at the Floore Country Store, 9pm Friday, January 30. a week on the scene Cameo Appearance The Cameo Theater in St. Paul’s Square, which reopened in recent months, has had a much-needed makeover since its short-lived days as the inconsistent dance club Space. On January 23, the venue brought the…
Warm Play
Starsailor: New album includes two tracks produced by Phil Spector (courtesy photo) Starsailor joins the ranks of nice, sensitive, so-very-English bands Remember when British rockers were debauched and dangerous? John Bonham pleasuring groupies with a live red snapper, Sid Vicious ending his girlfriend’s existence with a hunting knife to the gut, Liam Gallagher head-butting…
Kinky Hybrid
I first encountered Kinky while in Monterrey a couple of summers ago. They stole the show from headliners Plastilina Mosh, another regional act who had limited, mostly positive, exposure in the States. Unfortunately, Mosh’s experimental sound – so catchy and compelling on CD – translated into a lackluster, lethargic, and altogether forgettable performance; Kinky,…
Stingdom Come
Sting: a well-respected man (courtesy photo) No one has ever encapsulated Sting’s place in popular culture better than Hansel, the pseudo-Zen, nature-boy supermodel played by Owen Wilson in the 2001 comedy Zoolander. In an awards show biographical montage, Hansel cites Richard Gere as one of his heroes and follows by paying tribute to the…
FCC Public Hearing Media mosh pit
FCC hearing brings’em out in droves Two hours into its public hearing on local control of the radio and TV airwaves, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Michael Powell declared that the microphone was open for public comment, “since it seems to be open anyway.” Powell responded to a boisterous crowd of 500 who had arrived as…
Film With a Vermeer Pedigree
Colin Firth and Scarlett Johansson look pensive in the period romance, Girl with a Pearl Earring. (courtesy photo) Solemn, almost silent, cinema tells the story behind a precious painting Who has not walked through a museum imagining the back stories to works hung on the walls? Tracy Chevalier does it for a living, and…
Cancel This Date
Topher Grace and Kate Bosworth clap excitedly – Bosworth’s the lucky winner of a celebrity date in Win a Date with Ted Hamilton! (courtesy photo) Win a Date with Tad Hamilton! Dir. Robert Luketic; writ. Victor Levin; feat. Kate Bosworth, Josh Duhamel, Topher Grace (PG-13) There’s more chemistry in grape Kool-Aid than in Win…
Small Screen
Documentarian Joseph Tocares, a native of San Antonio, produced, wrote, & directed American Experience, “Remember the Alamo,” which airs on KLRN at 9pm on Feb. 2 and 1am on Feb. 4. (Photo by Eunice Laffey) Remember the Alamo Dir. and writ. Joseph Tovares (Unrated) Screens at 9pm on Feb. 2 and 1am on Feb.…
RECENT REVIEWS
RECENT REVIEWS 21 Grams, Along Came Polly, Big Fish, Cheaper By The Dozen, Cold Mountain, The Cooler, Elf, House of Sand and Fog, In America, The Last Samurai, Mona Lisa Smile, Monster, Paycheck, Peter Pan, Something’s Gotta Give, Stuck On You, and all the rest… 21 Grams Dir. Alejandro González Iñárritu; writ. Guillermo Arriaga; feat.…
Armchair Cinephile
Documentary round-up It has been an increasingly exciting time for documentaries in theatrical release lately, which naturally means things are heating up on the DVD front, too. This month sees two recent docs, Spellbound and Capturing the Friedmans, that are already well known to moviegoers. The former is giddy and the latter gutwrenching, but…
Everything But the Kitchen Sink
Lisa Asvestas, co-owner of The Cove, shows off one of her most popular dishes, the Lisa Special – two grilled tilapia tacos topped with cilantro coleslaw and a spicy poblano cream sauce and served with a baby spinach salad on the side. (Photos by Mark Greenberg) The Cove takes eclecticism in every direction To…
Declaration of Independence
Earl Forester spent four years in federal prison for a “challenge to paper money,” which to prosecutors translated to mean conspiracy and fraud. (Photo by Mark Greenberg) The Republic of Texas has an unusual reason why George Bush shouldn’t be president – and it’s as good as any From a prison near Wichita Falls,…
Sins of the Flesh
The exterior of Chatman’s Chicken – home of the juiciest fried chicken in San Antonio. (Photo by Laura McKenzie) Chatman’s Chicken tempts with fried delights You have to go for the first bite: a sensously surprising burst of hot grease that will convince you that this is the best fried chicken you have eaten…
Resolutions of Grandeur
Gay and Lesbian Community Center board members Nathan Javine (left) and Michael Weaver. (Photo by Mark Greenberg) The Gay and Lesbian Community Center plans for the future As January draws to a close, most people are abandoning their New Year’s resolutions. But the new Board of the Gay and Lesbian Community Center of San…
Two-Tone Army
The Toasters: America’s greatest ambassadors of ska (courtesy photo) The Toasters keep the ska faith for 23 years and counting For a cultural nano-second, ska music was hot. Between 1995 and 1998, a so-called Third Wave explosion of American ska resulted in bands scurrying to hire trombone players, and record companies throwing contracts at…
