A video glimpse of 2nd Saturday

This was on 9/11/10.
Undoubtedly the happiest 9/11 I've had in years.
And that really is Vincent Valdez & co.s new band's first rehearsal. EVER.
Lots of good stuff that night!
Forgive the roughness — I'm still teaching myself how to edit video.

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THIS THURSDAY, Sept 16, a San Anto documentary airs!

Laura Varela, an El Paso-born, San Antonio-based artist and filmmaker (also of Luminaria 2009, "EnlightTents" fame at Alamo Plaza), has screened her extraordinary documentary, As long As I Remember: American Veteranos, in festivals and libraries and community centers like...well, a campaigning soldier. This Thursday night, el 16 de Septiembre, the documentary — which documents three San Anto artists who are all Vietnam veterans, and documents the challenges and triumphs they and other veterans face back home — will be broadcast on PBS nationwide, including on our own KLRN. Please tune in to this important and arresting tribute to san Anto vets.Also! Before or after, check out this conversation we had with Varela about the process, the mission, and the mess ...

Slideshow: Second Saturday in SoFlo

Warning: This slideshow contains photographs of artwork with explicit content.

The Sound of Curves

Thur, Sep 9

P-A-R-T-Y with Bryson's "Freaky Girl" track

It's officially the weekend. I'm using wi-fi on a plane to NYC for work-related research*.
All is right with the world. Enjoy this track after checking out this week's cover article on local hip-hop baller in waiting, Bryson. That's right. Just Bryson.

Here's a link to Bryson and Carlos Herrera's collaboration, "Freaky Girl." perfect for getting your weekend started:
http://www.reverbnation.com/artist/artist_songs/902342

Thanks to Carlos for sharing the link.

*That's a code I like to use for "drinking in public at 4 a.m."
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Resident Evil: Afterlife review

Ali Larter (left) and Milla Jovovich star in Screen Gems' action horror RESIDENT EVIL: AFTERLIFE. Photo By: RAFY. � 2010 Constantin Film International GmbH & Davis Films/Impact Pictures Inc. All rights reserved.

Our go-to guy for all things campy, horrific, and/or zombie, Stephen Jones, caught Resident Evil: Afterlife in 3D last night and couldn't resist writing about it.

My Sweet Alice

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Daddy's Home Premiers in San Antonio

Daddy's Home
Dir: Justin Price; writ.: Christina Trevino; feat.: Christina Trevino, C.H. Morris, Sebastian Trevino, Daniela Espinosa

Valley natives, you may want to check out low-budget thriller Daddy's Home, now playing on a limited run at the Santikos Rialto Theater Sept. 10-16. Writer, producer, and star Christina Trevino set and filmed her movie in and around McAllen, Texas.
Horror fan or not, you gotta love the moxie of Trevino and her crew, who boast of the film's $4,000 budget. "Even El Mariachi had $7,000," they note on the Daddy's Home Facebook page. Indeed, for that money they managed to shoot in hi-def, and could only provide us a screener in Blu-ray format. Fortunately, they were kin ...

No TPR Cinema Tuesday today

Summer lives! We just heard from director Nathan Cone that Texas Public Radio is delaying the last evening of their popular Cinema Tuesday summer screenings by one evening. The culprit: power outage at the Bijou Cinema. And I thought this was perfect movie-watching weather.

All reservations for tonight's TPR screening (of Oscar-nominated short documentaries) will be honored tomorrow.
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Happy (belated) Monday: Band of Heathens live

I hope you all had a non-laborious Labor Day. Today the music and screens inbox yielded this live performance by Band of Heathens, performing "Free Again," a political protest song about the BP oil spill wrapped up in a laid-back good-times N'awlins piano shuffle.

Band of Heathens plays San Antonio on Sept. 24-25 at Lone Star Beer's Bash at the Brewery.

Sleepercar made a pit stop in San Antonio and their entire trailer was stolen.
Not cool. They managed to play their set anyway, but are hoping and praying (or just really, really hoping) that they track down some of their gear. Here's a list of what's missing:
-1961 Pelham Blue Les Paul Junior (SG Shape) w/ case stenciled SPARTA
-Blonde Fender Esquire black stripe across body, hotel key screwed into body w/ case stenciled SLEEPERCAR
-2008 White Gibson Firebird w/ case
-2001 Les Paul Wine Red Flame Top w/ case stenciled Sparta
-Fender Stratocaster Sunburst w/ case
-Epiphone Sherato ...

Cee-lo's "Fuck You" video, officially

Does Cee-lo Green have the magic touch or what?

Check out the production on the new video forhis internet sensation "Fuck You."

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