Bosnian Rainbows, the first post-The Mars Volta project from Omar Rodríguez-López, unveiled the video for second single “Turtle Neck.” It is a stop-motion work directed by Rodríguez-López featuring the band (which includes Teri Gender Bender from Le Butcherettes, Deantoni Parks and Nikki Kasper) in their travels around the world. The self-titled album will be...
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On March 12, The Mars Volta’s Omar Rodríguez López premiered Los Chidos, his second feature as a film director. It is being marketed as a comedy, but he calls it “a fable.” Don’t think Aesop, though: Rodríguez López’s fables include parents abusing their sons and daughters, a woman taking shit from her man and...
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¡Ask a Mexican! ASK A MEXICAN: Dear Mexican: Like many Americans, I’ve heard about the “Fast and Furious” scandal in which our own ATF was shown to be guilty and corrupt of... By Gustavo Arellano 5/19/2013
Chris Perez, husband of slain Tejana icon Selena, tells of romance, suffering Arts & Culture: In one of the final chapters of his book To Selena, With Love (out March 6), Selena's widower Chris Perez mentions that Abraham Quintanilla, his former father-in-law, once... By Enrique Lopetegui 3/7/2012
'The Flu Season' Arts & Culture: A quarter of the way through The Flu Season, Will Eno’s 2003 absurdist exercise set in a psychiatric hospital, patients in the TV room watch a report on how an entire family fell through early-winter ice and died. Skating on a thin dramatic surface, the pla By Steven G. Kellman 5/17/2013
New Cove Bar is the Latest to Step Up Craft Brew Offerings in SA Nightlife: Believe it or not, The Cove co-owner Lisa Asvestas was once a Coors Light drinker. “Seriously, Coors Light,” she said with a hint of contrition... By Michael Barajas 5/15/2013
La Santa Cecilia: '30 Días' Aural Pleasure Review: If you’re going to put out an EP, make sure it’s as good as La Santa Cecilia’s latest. Eight freaking singles, each one stronger than the next, by the... By Enrique Lopetegui 4/24/2013
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