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Follow the Simple Instructions
Release Date: 2007-03-14 “Winter Tomatoes (and other non-seasonal nonsense).” That’s the title of the book I think I’ve been writing for years without knowing it, but don’t look for it at your local Half-Price Books any time soon. Too little time, too much data. The topic raised its head again at an unlikely place recently…
Reading Between the Pixels
Texas Biennial 2007 Noon-5pm Thu-Sun Through Apr 15 Free Dougherty Arts Center 1110 Barton Springs Rd. Okay Mountain 1312 E. Cesar Chavez St. Site 1808 1808 E. Cesar Chavez St. Bolm Studios 5305 Bolm Rd. #12 (512) 385-1670 Texasbiennial.com I suppose a biennial by definition celebrates what has already been consecrated, but one of the…
Aural Pleasure
There will never be a shortage of singers interested in interpreting the Great American Songbook. But vocalists with the right combination of nuance, authenticity, emotional commitment, and pipes — they get rarer with each passing year. That’s why when a gifted stylist like Maude Maggart comes along and dedicates herself to songs composed nearly two…
The Mashup
From the Editor Like the sun moving through the man-made canyons of the urban landscape, the shift in Capitol Hill’s ruling demigods has dramatically changed the appearance of the political field, casting former golden boys in deep shadows. The politically motivated firing of eight federal prosecutors has grown into a major scandal that may bring…
Reading Between the Pixels
Texas Biennial 2007 Noon-5pm Thu-Sun Through Apr 15 Free Dougherty Arts Center 1110 Barton Springs Rd. Okay Mountain 1312 E. Cesar Chavez St. Site 1808 1808 E. Cesar Chavez St. Bolm Studios 5305 Bolm Rd. #12 (512) 385-1670 Texasbiennial.com I suppose a biennial by definition celebrates what has already been consecrated, but one of the…
The Mashup
From the Editor Like the sun moving through the man-made canyons of the urban landscape, the shift in Capitol Hill’s ruling demigods has dramatically changed the appearance of the political field, casting former golden boys in deep shadows. The politically motivated firing of eight federal prosecutors has grown into a major scandal that may bring…
Reading Between the Pixels
Snapshots from the 2007 Texas Biennial, left to right, top to bottom: Noah Simblist’s manifesto, in a portable-container installation at Site 1808; Tom Matthews’s chair spiral, also at Site 1808; large-scale photographs by Michele Grinstead and Nancy O’Connor, on view at the Dougherty Arts Center; Gary Sweeney’s Put-in-Cup portraits of JFK and Jackie in the…
Aural Pleasure
There will never be a shortage of singers interested in interpreting the Great American Songbook. But vocalists with the right combination of nuance, authenticity, emotional commitment, and pipes — they get rarer with each passing year. That’s why when a gifted stylist like Maude Maggart comes along and dedicates herself to songs composed nearly two…
Straight Shooter
Obviously, very few people are reading comics these days. When the press discovered that two bloggers hired by John Edwards’s campaign had made semi-offensive remarks about the Catholic church, it was a national news story. When Garth Ennis, one of the biggest names in comics, writes a book in which the Antichrist throws back a…
Aural Pleasure
There will never be a shortage of singers interested in interpreting the Great American Songbook. But vocalists with the right combination of nuance, authenticity, emotional commitment, and pipes — they get rarer with each passing year. That’s why when a gifted stylist like Maude Maggart comes along and dedicates herself to songs composed nearly two…
Straight Shooter
Obviously, very few people are reading comics these days. When the press discovered that two bloggers hired by John Edwards’s campaign had made semi-offensive remarks about the Catholic church, it was a national news story. When Garth Ennis, one of the biggest names in comics, writes a book in which the Antichrist throws back a…
Aural Pleasure
There will never be a shortage of singers interested in interpreting the Great American Songbook. But vocalists with the right combination of nuance, authenticity, emotional commitment, and pipes — they get rarer with each passing year. That’s why when a gifted stylist like Maude Maggart comes along and dedicates herself to songs composed nearly two…
Straight Shooter
Obviously, very few people are reading comics these days. When the press discovered that two bloggers hired by John Edwards’s campaign had made semi-offensive remarks about the Catholic church, it was a national news story. When Garth Ennis, one of the biggest names in comics, writes a book in which the Antichrist throws back a…
All Ears
If you’re reading this, it means (I hope) that you’re not in a car driving north to Austin. Why not? What, do you hate live music? Then again, maybe you are driving north, and one of your music-loving buddies is in the passenger seat, reading these words aloud as you make your last-minute South by…
The Sea Around Her
Though most books transform their writers, few leave lasting effects on readers. Fewer still, regardless of sales, can be said to have changed the world. The Origin of Species, The Communist Manifesto, Uncle Tom’s Cabin, The Jungle, and The Gulag Archipelago each sundered the path of history into before and after. So, too, did Silent…
Money Talks
When Dwayne McKnight, aka Fast Money, meditates on his future in the rap game, there’s always a countdown ticking in the back of his mind. Sure, there are images of lounging on BET’s 106 & Park couch and talking up his latest release, but the countdown — local hip-hop parlance for San Antonio by way…
Love in the Time of Covert Ops
The School of the Americas 8pm Thu-Sat $10 adult; $6 senior Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center 1301 Guadalupe 271-3151 Guadalupeculturalarts.org Ernesto “Che” Guevara is an icon: his image haunts dorm-room walls, coffee mugs, finger puppets (yes, hasta siempre, finger puppets) and the ubiquitous T-shirts that pop up in unlikely places (such as a record store in…
Value Vino – Great wines for under $15
According to Gourmet magazine, one in every four bottles of wine sold in the U.S. is produced by E.& J. Gallo Winery. Even accounting for the slipperiness of statistics (Does a jug count as a single bottle?), this is a startling number. And while it’s true that there are some very good wines being bottled…
The Queque
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The Aesthetics of Sustainability
Harvesting Water By appt. Through Mar 25 Cactus Bra 106C Blue Star 226-6688 Art converges with social activism in Harvesting Water, Stacy’s Berlfein’s Cactus Bra installation, in which the audience is encouraged to create and sell their own artworks alongside Berlfein’s images. Money raised from the show will be sent to the Indian grassroots organization…
Follow the Simple Instructions
Drink 200 Navarro, Ste. 100 (enter on Market Street) 858-5949 7am-3pm & 5pm-2am Mon-Fri; 9am-2am Sat; 9am-3pm Sun Credit cards Food: $9-$17 Accessible “Winter Tomatoes (and other non-seasonal nonsense).” That’s the title of the book I think I’ve been writing for years without knowing it, but don’t look for it at your local Half-Price Books…
The Queque
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Reading Between the Pixels
Texas Biennial 2007 Noon-5pm Thu-Sun Through Apr 15 Free Dougherty Arts Center 1110 Barton Springs Rd. Okay Mountain 1312 E. Cesar Chavez St. Site 1808 1808 E. Cesar Chavez St. Bolm Studios 5305 Bolm Rd. #12 (512) 385-1670 Texasbiennial.com I suppose a biennial by definition celebrates what has already been consecrated, but one of the…
Follow the Simple Instructions
Robert Tatum and Kati McAllister chat over drinks at Drink. Photo by Antonio Padilla. Drink 200 Navarro, Ste. 100 (enter on Market Street) 858-5949 7am-3pm & 5pm-2am Mon-Fri; 9am-2am Sat; 9am-3pm Sun Credit cards Food: $9-$17 Accessible “Winter Tomatoes (and other non-seasonal nonsense).” That’s the title of the book I think I’ve been writing for years…
The Queque
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Reading Between the Pixels
Texas Biennial 2007 Noon-5pm Thu-Sun Through Apr 15 Free Dougherty Arts Center 1110 Barton Springs Rd. Okay Mountain 1312 E. Cesar Chavez St. Site 1808 1808 E. Cesar Chavez St. Bolm Studios 5305 Bolm Rd. #12 (512) 385-1670 Texasbiennial.com I suppose a biennial by definition celebrates what has already been consecrated, but one of the…
Follow the Simple Instructions
Robert Tatum and Kati McAllister chat over drinks at Drink. Photo by Antonio Padilla. Drink 200 Navarro, Ste. 100 (enter on Market Street) 858-5949 7am-3pm & 5pm-2am Mon-Fri; 9am-2am Sat; 9am-3pm Sun Credit cards Food: $9-$17 Accessible “Winter Tomatoes (and other non-seasonal nonsense).” That’s the title of the book I think I’ve been writing for…
The Queque
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Reading Between the Pixels
Texas Biennial 2007 Noon-5pm Thu-Sun Through Apr 15 Free Dougherty Arts Center 1110 Barton Springs Rd. Okay Mountain 1312 E. Cesar Chavez St. Site 1808 1808 E. Cesar Chavez St. Bolm Studios 5305 Bolm Rd. #12 (512) 385-1670 Texasbiennial.com I suppose a biennial by definition celebrates what has already been consecrated, but one of the…
The Mashup
From the Editor Like the sun moving through the man-made canyons of the urban landscape, the shift in Capitol Hill’s ruling demigods has dramatically changed the appearance of the political field, casting former golden boys in deep shadows. The politically motivated firing of eight federal prosecutors has grown into a major scandal that may bring…
The Queque
The Queque has always had this fantasy in which three commanding, height-weight-proportionate Democratic statesmen were sprawled out before us, promising to sustain our electoral arousal all the way through the presidential primaries, which state reps Trey Martinez Fischer, D-San Antonio, Helen Giddings, D-DeSoto, and Roberto Alonzo, D-Dallas, are trying to bump up on Texas’s calendar.…
Reading Between the Pixels
Texas Biennial 2007 Noon-5pm Thu-Sun Through Apr 15 Free Dougherty Arts Center 1110 Barton Springs Rd. Okay Mountain 1312 E. Cesar Chavez St. Site 1808 1808 E. Cesar Chavez St. Bolm Studios 5305 Bolm Rd. #12 (512) 385-1670 Texasbiennial.com I suppose a biennial by definition celebrates what has already been consecrated, but one of the…
Clothes-Minded – Fashion Deconstruction
I was not the only woman who brought her mother to the Fiber Artists of San Antonio annual fundraiser on Saturday. The Omni Hotel ballroom was stocked with Women of a Certain Age in brightly appliquéd capes and quilted jackets and Red Hat Society matrons in their signature plumage. Grandmothers sold luncheon tables to support…
The Queque
The Queque has always had this fantasy in which three commanding, height-weight-proportionate Democratic statesmen were sprawled out before us, promising to sustain our electoral arousal all the way through the presidential primaries, which state reps Trey Martinez Fischer, D-San Antonio, Helen Giddings, D-DeSoto, and Roberto Alonzo, D-Dallas, are trying to bump up on Texas’s calendar.…
Reading Between the Pixels
Texas Biennial 2007 Noon-5pm Thu-Sun Through Apr 15 Free Dougherty Arts Center 1110 Barton Springs Rd. Okay Mountain 1312 E. Cesar Chavez St. Site 1808 1808 E. Cesar Chavez St. Bolm Studios 5305 Bolm Rd. #12 (512) 385-1670 Texasbiennial.com I suppose a biennial by definition celebrates what has already been consecrated, but one of the…
The Aesthetics of Sustainability
Art converges with social activism in Harvesting Water, Stacy’s Berlfein’s Cactus Bra installation, in which the audience is encouraged to create and sell their own artworks alongside Berlfein’s images. Money raised from the show will be sent to the Indian grassroots organization Seva Mandir, which helps villages near the impoverished cities of Rajasthan and Udaipur…
Reading Between the Pixels
Texas Biennial 2007 Noon-5pm Thu-Sun Through Apr 15 Free Dougherty Arts Center 1110 Barton Springs Rd. Okay Mountain 1312 E. Cesar Chavez St. Site 1808 1808 E. Cesar Chavez St. Bolm Studios 5305 Bolm Rd. #12 (512) 385-1670 Texasbiennial.com I suppose a biennial by definition celebrates what has already been consecrated, but one of the…
The Aesthetics of Sustainability
Harvesting water By appt. Through Mar 25 Cactus Bra 106C Blue Star 226-6688 Art converges with social activism in Harvesting Water, Stacy’s Berlfein’s Cactus Bra installation, in which the audience is encouraged to create and sell their own artworks alongside Berlfein’s images. Money raised from the show will be sent to the Indian grassroots organization…
The Mashup
From the Editor Like the sun moving through the man-made canyons of the urban landscape, the shift in Capitol Hill’s ruling demigods has dramatically changed the appearance of the political field, casting former golden boys in deep shadows. The politically motivated firing of eight federal prosecutors has grown into a major scandal that may bring…
Kiddie Klink Kare: A Day at the Capitol
keli The news team retreated to the foggy climes of the state Capitol today, to feed on the carcass of a news scandal that the Texas Observer felled last month, the Texas Youth Commission’s sex-abuse and cover-up scandal. A joint committee on the TYC’s operation and management discussed but a small failing of a state…
Dirty words other than lethal injection
austin2 Today, I was a special guest (i.e. not on the program, but scheduled myself in anyway) at the Alternative Spring Break, persented annually by the Texas Students Against the Death Penalty. I’m blogging from Austin. I probably should’ve mentioned it to y’all earlier, given our avid readers in Austin a heads up, but seeing…
Kiddie Klink Kare: A Day at the Capitol
keli The news team retreated to the foggy climes of the state Capitol today, to feed on the carcass of a news scandal that the Texas Observer felled last month, the Texas Youth Commission’s sex-abuse and cover-up scandal. A joint committee on the TYC’s operation and management discussed but a small failing of a state agency…
Dirty words other than lethal injection
austin2 Today, I was a special guest (i.e. not on the program, but scheduled myself in anyway) at the Alternative Spring Break, persented annually by the Texas Students Against the Death Penalty. I’m blogging from Austin. I probably should’ve mentioned it to y’all earlier, given our avid readers in Austin a heads up, but seeing…
The Fast Foodie
Web House Cafe and Bar 517 E. Woodlawn 320-4280 The Gab House I love a buffet like the Arden-Ohman Orchestra loves a parade. The Chinese smorgasbord, the all-you-can-eat curry, the Sizzler salad bar. In Japanese it’s called tabehodai. Like an undisciplined mutt, I’ll gorge until grub’s flowing out my nose. So when Current news editor…
The Bar Tab
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times,” wrote Charles Dickens in the opening sentence of his novel A Tale of Two Cities. Though Dickens was referring to the French Revolution, in more ways than one this phrase fits my experience at Silo Bar the other weekend. Silo Bar is in…
Value Vino
According to Gourmet magazine, one in every four bottles of wine sold in the U.S. is produced by E.& J. Gallo Winery. Even accounting for the slipperiness of statistics (Does a jug count as a single bottle?), this is a startling number. And while it’s true that there are some very good wines being bottled…
The Sea Around Her
The Gentle Subversive: Rachel Carson, Silent Spring, and the Rise of the Environmental Movement By Mark Hamilton Lytle Oxford University Press $23, 176 pages Though most books transform their writers, few leave lasting effects on readers. Fewer still, regardless of sales, can be said to have changed the world. The Origin of Species, The Communist…
Profits During Wartime
SA false-claims attorney Glenn Grossenbacher Our streets are a mess, we’re told. “San Antonio is one big block of broken asphalt,” in the words of one local commentator. Cracks and potholes are “everywhere.” And the bill to fix them all is staggering — a total of $2 billion in street needs. So the $300 million…
Straight Shooter
Obviously, very few people are reading comics these days. When the press discovered that two bloggers hired by John Edwards’s campaign had made semi-offensive remarks about the Catholic church, it was a national news story. When Garth Ennis, one of the biggest names in comics, writes a book in which the Antichrist throws back a…
Aural Pleasure
There will never be a shortage of singers interested in interpreting the Great American Songbook. But vocalists with the right combination of nuance, authenticity, emotional commitment, and pipes — they get rarer with each passing year. That’s why when a gifted stylist like Maude Maggart comes along and dedicates herself to songs composed nearly two…
The Aesthetics of Sustainability
Art converges with social activism in Harvesting Water, Stacy’s Berlfein’s Cactus Bra installation, in which the audience is encouraged to create and sell their own artworks alongside Berlfein’s images. Money raised from the show will be sent to the Indian grassroots organization Seva Mandir, which helps villages near the impoverished cities of Rajasthan and Udaipur…
The Queque
The Queque has always had this fantasy in which three commanding, height-weight-proportionate Democratic statesmen were sprawled out before us, promising to sustain our electoral arousal all the way through the presidential primaries, which state reps Trey Martinez Fischer, D-San Antonio, Helen Giddings, D-DeSoto, and Roberto Alonzo, D-Dallas, are trying to bump up on Texas’s calendar.…
Straight Shooter
Obviously, very few people are reading comics these days. When the press discovered that two bloggers hired by John Edwards’s campaign had made semi-offensive remarks about the Catholic church, it was a national news story. When Garth Ennis, one of the biggest names in comics, writes a book in which the Antichrist throws back a…
All Ears
If you’re reading this, it means (I hope) that you’re not in a car driving north to Austin. Why not? What, do you hate live music? Then again, maybe you are driving north, and one of your music-loving buddies is in the passenger seat, reading these words aloud as you make your last-minute South by…
The Aesthetics of Sustainability
Harvesting water By appt. Through Mar 25 Cactus Bra 106C Blue Star 226-6688 Art converges with social activism in Harvesting Water, Stacy’s Berlfein’s Cactus Bra installation, in which the audience is encouraged to create and sell their own artworks alongside Berlfein’s images. Money raised from the show will be sent to the Indian grassroots organization…
The Queque
The Queque has always had this fantasy in which three commanding, height-weight-proportionate Democratic statesmen were sprawled out before us, promising to sustain our electoral arousal all the way through the presidential primaries, which state reps Trey Martinez Fischer, D-San Antonio, Helen Giddings, D-DeSoto, and Roberto Alonzo, D-Dallas, are trying to bump up on Texas’s calendar.…
The Sea Around Her
Though most books transform their writers, few leave lasting effects on readers. Fewer still, regardless of sales, can be said to have changed the world. The Origin of Species, The Communist Manifesto, Uncle Tom’s Cabin, The Jungle, and The Gulag Archipelago each sundered the path of history into before and after. So, too, did Silent…
Money Talks
When Dwayne McKnight, aka Fast Money, meditates on his future in the rap game, there’s always a countdown ticking in the back of his mind. Sure, there are images of lounging on BET’s 106 & Park couch and talking up his latest release, but the countdown — local hip-hop parlance for San Antonio by way…
The Aesthetics of Sustainability
Stacy Berlfein tries “art as a healing force” with Harvesting Water. Courtesy photo Harvesting Water By appt. Through Mar 25 Cactus Bra 106C Blue Star 226-6688 Art converges with social activism in Harvesting Water, Stacy’s Berlfein’s Cactus Bra installation, in which the audience is encouraged to create and sell their own artworks alongside Berlfein’s images. Money…
The Queque
The Queque has always had this fantasy in which three commanding, height-weight-proportionate Democratic statesmen were sprawled out before us, promising to sustain our electoral arousal all the way through the presidential primaries, which state reps Trey Martinez Fischer, D-San Antonio, Helen Giddings, D-DeSoto, and Roberto Alonzo, D-Dallas, are trying to bump up on Texas’s calendar.…
Love in the Time of Covert Ops
The School of the Americas 8pm Thu-Sat $10 adult; $6 senior Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center 1301 Guadalupe 271-3151 Guadalupeculturalarts.org Ernesto “Che” Guevara is an icon: his image haunts dorm-room walls, coffee mugs, finger puppets (yes, hasta siempre, finger puppets) and the ubiquitous T-shirts that pop up in unlikely places (such as a record store in…
Value Vino – Great wines for under $15
According to Gourmet magazine, one in every four bottles of wine sold in the U.S. is produced by E.& J. Gallo Winery. Even accounting for the slipperiness of statistics (Does a jug count as a single bottle?), this is a startling number. And while it’s true that there are some very good wines being bottled…
Love in the Time of Covert Ops
Rodney Garza as Che Guevara in The School of the Americas. Courtesy photo The School of the Americas 8pm Thu-Sat $10 adult; $6 senior Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center 1301 Guadalupe 271-3151 Guadalupeculturalarts.org Ernesto “Che” Guevara is an icon: his image haunts dorm-room walls, coffee mugs, finger puppets (yes, hasta siempre, finger puppets) and the ubiquitous…
New Anti-Toll Slang
Click for larger image For starters, no one’s called it “the Trans-Texas Catastrophe” since Granny Strayhorn’s failed bid for governor. And the word “boondoggle,” as it applies to the Trans-Texas Corridor network of superhighways and railroads, is going the way of “bling” and its wearying Urban Dictionary variations (“bling blung” … “bling bling silver spring”).…
The Aesthetics of Sustainability
Harvesting Water By appt. Through Mar 25 Cactus Bra 106C Blue Star 226-6688 Art converges with social activism in Harvesting Water, Stacy’s Berlfein’s Cactus Bra installation, in which the audience is encouraged to create and sell their own artworks alongside Berlfein’s images. Money raised from the show will be sent to the Indian grassroots organization…
Follow the Simple Instructions
Drink 200 Navarro, Ste. 100 (enter on Market Street) 858-5949 7am-3pm & 5pm-2am Mon-Fri; 9am-2am Sat; 9am-3pm Sun Credit cards Food: $9-$17 Accessible “Winter Tomatoes (and other non-seasonal nonsense).” That’s the title of the book I think I’ve been writing for years without knowing it, but don’t look for it at your local Half-Price Books…
That’s a Wrap
… And three cups of coffee later, I’m finally capable of writing something coherent (well, semi-coherent). Explanation: Just got back in from an exhausting, exhilarating run at the SXSW Film Festival — saw some good movies; some bad ones, too. And, oh, readers, I’ve brought back so many goodies for you! Wait … Yet-to-be-transcribed interviews…
Reading Between the Pixels
Snapshots from the 2007 Texas Biennial, left to right, top to bottom: Noah Simblist’s manifesto, in a portable-container installation at Site 1808; Tom Matthews’s chair spiral, also at Site 1808; large-scale photographs by Michele Grinstead and Nancy O’Connor, on view at the Dougherty Arts Center; Gary Sweeney’s Put-in-Cup portraits of JFK and Jackie in the…
The Mashup
From the Editor Like the sun moving through the man-made canyons of the urban landscape, the shift in Capitol Hill’s ruling demigods has dramatically changed the appearance of the political field, casting former golden boys in deep shadows. The politically motivated firing of eight federal prosecutors has grown into a major scandal that may bring…
Reading Between the Pixels
Texas Biennial 2007 Noon-5pm Thu-Sun Through Apr 15 Free Dougherty Arts Center 1110 Barton Springs Rd. Okay Mountain 1312 E. Cesar Chavez St. Site 1808 1808 E. Cesar Chavez St. Bolm Studios 5305 Bolm Rd. #12 (512) 385-1670 Texasbiennial.com I suppose a biennial by definition celebrates what has already been consecrated, but one of the…
Follow the Simple Instructions
Robert Tatum and Kati McAllister chat over drinks at Drink. Photo by Antonio Padilla. Drink 200 Navarro, Ste. 100 (enter on Market Street) 858-5949 7am-3pm & 5pm-2am Mon-Fri; 9am-2am Sat; 9am-3pm Sun Credit cards Food: $9-$17 Accessible “Winter Tomatoes (and other non-seasonal nonsense).” That’s the title of the book I think I’ve been writing for years…
That’s a Wrap
… And three cups of coffee later, I’m finally capable of writing something coherent (well, semi-coherent). Explanation: Just got back in from an exhausting, exhilarating run at the SXSW Film Festival — saw some good movies; some bad ones, too. And, oh, readers, I’ve brought back so many goodies for you! Wait … Yet-to-be-transcribed interviews…
Aural Pleasure
There will never be a shortage of singers interested in interpreting the Great American Songbook. But vocalists with the right combination of nuance, authenticity, emotional commitment, and pipes — they get rarer with each passing year. That’s why when a gifted stylist like Maude Maggart comes along and dedicates herself to songs composed nearly two…
The Mashup
From the Editor Like the sun moving through the man-made canyons of the urban landscape, the shift in Capitol Hill’s ruling demigods has dramatically changed the appearance of the political field, casting former golden boys in deep shadows. The politically motivated firing of eight federal prosecutors has grown into a major scandal that may bring…
Reading Between the Pixels
Texas Biennial 2007 Noon-5pm Thu-Sun Through Apr 15 Free Dougherty Arts Center 1110 Barton Springs Rd. Okay Mountain 1312 E. Cesar Chavez St. Site 1808 1808 E. Cesar Chavez St. Bolm Studios 5305 Bolm Rd. #12 (512) 385-1670 Texasbiennial.com I suppose a biennial by definition celebrates what has already been consecrated, but one of the…
Follow the Simple Instructions
Robert Tatum and Kati McAllister chat over drinks at Drink. Photo by Antonio Padilla. Drink 200 Navarro, Ste. 100 (enter on Market Street) 858-5949 7am-3pm & 5pm-2am Mon-Fri; 9am-2am Sat; 9am-3pm Sun Credit cards Food: $9-$17 Accessible “Winter Tomatoes (and other non-seasonal nonsense).” That’s the title of the book I think I’ve been writing for…
A Lesson In Surveillance
The Soviet bloc was a curious place. Officials were so curious about what I, a harmless American, was doing during five months in Soviet Georgia that they opened my mail, searched my room, shadowed my steps, and recruited informers to report on my activities (I learned this from one of the informers). Among members of…
Aural Pleasure
Maude Maggart Live Maude Maggart (Self-released) In the Mood There will never be a shortage of singers interested in interpreting the Great American Songbook. But vocalists with the right combination of nuance, authenticity, emotional commitment, and pipes — they get rarer with each passing year. That’s why when a gifted stylist like Maude Maggart comes…
The Mashup
From the Editor Like the sun moving through the man-made canyons of the urban landscape, the shift in Capitol Hill’s ruling demigods has dramatically changed the appearance of the political field, casting former golden boys in deep shadows. The politically motivated firing of eight federal prosecutors has grown into a major scandal that may bring…
Reading Between the Pixels
Texas Biennial 2007 Noon-5pm Thu-Sun Through Apr 15 Free Dougherty Arts Center 1110 Barton Springs Rd. Okay Mountain 1312 E. Cesar Chavez St. Site 1808 1808 E. Cesar Chavez St. Bolm Studios 5305 Bolm Rd. #12 (512) 385-1670 Texasbiennial.com I suppose a biennial by definition celebrates what has already been consecrated, but one of the…
The Mashup
From the Editor Like the sun moving through the man-made canyons of the urban landscape, the shift in Capitol Hill’s ruling demigods has dramatically changed the appearance of the political field, casting former golden boys in deep shadows. The politically motivated firing of eight federal prosecutors has grown into a major scandal that may bring…
A Lesson In Surveillance
Captain Gerd Weisler (Ulrich Mühe) spies on a playwright in The Lives of Others. Courtesy photo. The Lives of Others (Das Leben der Anderen) Writ. & dir. Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck; feat. Martina Gedeck, Ulrich Mühe, Sebastian Koch, Ulrich Tukur (R) The Soviet bloc was a curious place. Officials were so curious about what I,…
Sound and the Fury
SXSWilling and Ready Buttercup, SA’s favorite art-pop quartet, will get maximum mileage out of SXSW with three Austin gigs this week: an official SXSW showcase at the Co-Op Bar (400 E. 6th St.) on Wednesday, March 14; a blowout hosted by Saustex Media honcho (and Hickoids frontman) Jeff Smith at Hole in the Wall (2538…
The Mashup
From the Editor Like the sun moving through the man-made canyons of the urban landscape, the shift in Capitol Hill’s ruling demigods has dramatically changed the appearance of the political field, casting former golden boys in deep shadows. The politically motivated firing of eight federal prosecutors has grown into a major scandal that may bring…
Reading Between the Pixels
Texas Biennial 2007 Noon-5pm Thu-Sun Through Apr 15 Free Dougherty Arts Center 1110 Barton Springs Rd. Okay Mountain 1312 E. Cesar Chavez St. Site 1808 1808 E. Cesar Chavez St. Bolm Studios 5305 Bolm Rd. #12 (512) 385-1670 Texasbiennial.com I suppose a biennial by definition celebrates what has already been consecrated, but one of the…
Bunny Love
Is it because movies begin with screenplays and screenplays begin with writers that “a writer’s life” became a standard movie genre? And is it because producers treat their cameras better than their writers that what shows up on screen is often a tormented life? Miss Potter lacks the angst of films about Franz Kafka, Arthur…
All Ears
Iggy Pop reunites with The Stooges for their new release The Weirdness and their SXSW show Saturday at Stubb’s BBQ. Courtesy photo If you’re reading this, it means (I hope) that you’re not in a car driving north to Austin. Why not? What, do you hate live music? Then again, maybe you are driving north, and…
Love the message. Not so sure about the messenger.
Digital Destiny: New Media and the Future of Democracy By Jeff Chester New Press 2007 $24.95, 304 pages As a semi-activist during college in the late ‘80s and early ‘90s, I was shocked to learn that good political viewpoints do not necessarily translate into positive social energy. I’ve met insensitive bullies with awesome political views,…
Reading Between the Pixels
Texas Biennial 2007 Noon-5pm Thu-Sun Through Apr 15 Free Dougherty Arts Center 1110 Barton Springs Rd. Okay Mountain 1312 E. Cesar Chavez St. Site 1808 1808 E. Cesar Chavez St. Bolm Studios 5305 Bolm Rd. #12 (512) 385-1670 Texasbiennial.com I suppose a biennial by definition celebrates what has already been consecrated, but one of the…
Bunny Love
Renée Zellweger as the strong-willed creator of a mischievous bunny in Miss Potter. Courtesy photo. Miss Potter Dir. Chris Noonan; writ. Richard Maltby Jr.; feat. Renée Zellweger, Ewan McGregor, Emily Watson, Barbara Flynn (G) Is it because movies begin with screenplays and screenplays begin with writers that “a writer’s life” became a standard movie genre? And…
Money Talks
Fast Money: Readying a debut CD called The South’s Newest Find Vol. I. Courtesy photo. When Dwayne McKnight, aka Fast Money, meditates on his future in the rap game, there’s always a countdown ticking in the back of his mind. Sure, there are images of lounging on BET’s 106 & Park couch and talking up his…
A Lesson In Surveillance
The Lives of Others (Das Leben der Anderen) Writ. & dir. Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck; feat. Martina Gedeck, Ulrich Mühe, Sebastian Koch, Ulrich Tukur (R) The Soviet bloc was a curious place. Officials were so curious about what I, a harmless American, was doing during five months in Soviet Georgia that they opened my mail,…
Reading Between the Pixels
Texas Biennial 2007 Noon-5pm Thu-Sun Through Apr 15 Free Dougherty Arts Center 1110 Barton Springs Rd. Okay Mountain 1312 E. Cesar Chavez St. Site 1808 1808 E. Cesar Chavez St. Bolm Studios 5305 Bolm Rd. #12 (512) 385-1670 Texasbiennial.com I suppose a biennial by definition celebrates what has already been consecrated, but one of the…
Misplaced Martyrdom
Stelios (Michael Fassbender) shrugs off a shrapnel attack in Zack Snyder’s adaptation of Frank Miller’s and Lynn Varley’s 300. Courtesy photo. 300 Dir. Zack Snyder; writ. Snyder, Kurt Johnstad, Michael Gordon, based on the graphic novel by Frank Miller; feat. Gerard Butler, Lena Headey, Dominic West, David Wenham, Vincent Regan, Rodrigo Santoro (R) In Premiere…
The Bar Tab
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times,” wrote Charles Dickens in the opening sentence of his novel A Tale of Two Cities. Though Dickens was referring to the French Revolution, in more ways than one this phrase fits my experience at Silo Bar the other weekend. Silo Bar is in…
Bunny Love
Miss Potter Dir. Chris Noonan; writ. Richard Maltby Jr.; feat. Renée Zellweger, Ewan McGregor, Emily Watson, Barbara Flynn (G) Is it because movies begin with screenplays and screenplays begin with writers that “a writer’s life” became a standard movie genre? And is it because producers treat their cameras better than their writers that what shows…
Reading Between the Pixels
Texas Biennial 2007 Noon-5pm Thu-Sun Through Apr 15 Free Dougherty Arts Center 1110 Barton Springs Rd. Okay Mountain 1312 E. Cesar Chavez St. Site 1808 1808 E. Cesar Chavez St. Bolm Studios 5305 Bolm Rd. #12 (512) 385-1670 Texasbiennial.com I suppose a biennial by definition celebrates what has already been consecrated, but one of the…
Pardon My French
French twist: Gina Torres and Chris Rock co-star as Brenda and Richard Cooper in I Think I Love My Wife. Courtesy photo. I Think I Love My Wife, a poignant revisiting of French film Chloe in the Afternoon, hits the box office this week. The Current caught up with the renaissance man behind the movie,…
The Fast Foodie
Web House Cafe and Bar 517 E. Woodlawn 320-4280 The Gab House I love a buffet like the Arden-Ohman Orchestra loves a parade. The Chinese smorgasbord, the all-you-can-eat curry, the Sizzler salad bar. In Japanese it’s called tabehodai. Like an undisciplined mutt, I’ll gorge until grub’s flowing out my nose. So when Current news editor…
Misplaced Martyrdom
300 Dir. Zack Snyder; writ. Snyder, Kurt Johnstad, Michael Gordon, based on the graphic novel by Frank Miller; feat. Gerard Butler, Lena Headey, Dominic West, David Wenham, Vincent Regan, Rodrigo Santoro (R) In Premiere magazine, director Zack Snyder said that he hopes his film 300, a flashy retelling of the Battle of Thermopylae, will set…
Reading Between the Pixels
Texas Biennial 2007 Noon-5pm Thu-Sun Through Apr 15 Free Dougherty Arts Center 1110 Barton Springs Rd. Okay Mountain 1312 E. Cesar Chavez St. Site 1808 1808 E. Cesar Chavez St. Bolm Studios 5305 Bolm Rd. #12 (512) 385-1670 Texasbiennial.com I suppose a biennial by definition celebrates what has already been consecrated, but one of the…
Straight Shooter
Chronicles of Wormwood Avatar Writer: Garth Ennis Art: Jacen Burrows $3.99, 32 pages Obviously, very few people are reading comics these days. When the press discovered that two bloggers hired by John Edwards’s campaign had made semi-offensive remarks about the Catholic church, it was a national news story. When Garth Ennis, one of the biggest…
Value Vino – Great wines for under $15
Great Boutique Wines You Can Buy Online By Catherine Fallis, Robert M. Cohen Silverback Books $12.50, 248 pages According to Gourmet magazine, one in every four bottles of wine sold in the U.S. is produced by E.& J. Gallo Winery. Even accounting for the slipperiness of statistics (Does a jug count as a single bottle?),…
Misplaced Martyrdom
Stelios (Michael Fassbender) shrugs off a shrapnel attack in Zack Snyder’s adaptation of Frank Miller’s and Lynn Varley’s 300. 300 Dir. Zack Snyder; writ. Snyder, Kurt Johnstad, Michael Gordon, based on the graphic novel by Frank Miller; feat. Gerard Butler, Lena Headey, Dominic West, David Wenham, Vincent Regan, Rodrigo Santoro (R) In Premiere magazine, director…
Reading Between the Pixels
Snapshots from the 2007 Texas Biennial, left to right, top to bottom: Noah Simblist’s manifesto, in a portable-container installation at Site 1808; Tom Matthews’s chair spiral, also at Site 1808; large-scale photographs by Michele Grinstead and Nancy O’Connor, on view at the Dougherty Arts Center; Gary Sweeney’s Put-in-Cup portraits of JFK and Jackie in the…
Clothes-Minded – Fashion Deconstruction
I was not the only woman who brought her mother to the Fiber Artists of San Antonio annual fundraiser on Saturday. The Omni Hotel ballroom was stocked with Women of a Certain Age in brightly appliquéd capes and quilted jackets and Red Hat Society matrons in their signature plumage. Grandmothers sold luncheon tables to support…
Follow the Simple Instructions
Robert Tatum and Kati McAllister chat over drinks at Drink. Photo by Antonio Padilla. Drink 200 Navarro, Ste. 100 (enter on Market Street) 858-5949 7am-3pm & 5pm-2am Mon-Fri; 9am-2am Sat; 9am-3pm Sun Credit cards Food: $9-$17 Accessible “Winter Tomatoes (and other non-seasonal nonsense).” That’s the title of the book I think I’ve been writing for…
Pardon My French
I Think I Love My Wife, a poignant revisiting of French film Chloe in the Afternoon, hits the box office this week. The Current caught up with the renaissance man behind the movie, comedian and filmmaker, Chris Rock, just in time for the film’s release. Writer, producer, director, star. What didn’t you do? If…
Aural Pleasure
There will never be a shortage of singers interested in interpreting the Great American Songbook. But vocalists with the right combination of nuance, authenticity, emotional commitment, and pipes — they get rarer with each passing year. That’s why when a gifted stylist like Maude Maggart comes along and dedicates herself to songs composed nearly two…
Clothes-Minded – Fashion Deconstruction
I was not the only woman who brought her mother to the Fiber Artists of San Antonio annual fundraiser on Saturday. The Omni Hotel ballroom was stocked with Women of a Certain Age in brightly appliquéd capes and quilted jackets and Red Hat Society matrons in their signature plumage. Grandmothers sold luncheon tables to support…
The Say-Town Lowdown – Guest Column
Our streets are a mess, we’re told. “San Antonio is one big block of broken asphalt,” in the words of one local commentator. Cracks and potholes are “everywhere.” And the bill to fix them all is staggering — a total of $2 billion in street needs. So the $300 million for streets in the proposed…
Straight Shooter
Obviously, very few people are reading comics these days. When the press discovered that two bloggers hired by John Edwards’s campaign had made semi-offensive remarks about the Catholic church, it was a national news story. When Garth Ennis, one of the biggest names in comics, writes a book in which the Antichrist throws back a…
Aural Pleasure
There will never be a shortage of singers interested in interpreting the Great American Songbook. But vocalists with the right combination of nuance, authenticity, emotional commitment, and pipes — they get rarer with each passing year. That’s why when a gifted stylist like Maude Maggart comes along and dedicates herself to songs composed nearly two…
