San Antonio

H-town...It's Crunk

Linda Pace, RIP

Here Come the Irish

This Just In: Tattoos Make You Look Like a Bad Ass

The Houston Aeros, Penalty Killers

Chicken-Fried Steak and Eggs at Little Hip's

Aeros-Rampage: Fourteen Goals Later, Houston Gets the Win

Keep On Truckin'

Two Tons of Steel has gone from cover band to kings of the Texas dance hall

“Clay Across Texas: San Antonio”

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Texas Traveler: Tex-Mex in San Antone

Photo by Robb WalshMy old friend Bud Kennedy from the Fort Worth Star-Telegram e-mailed me this morning. Since his favorite Tex-Mex joint in San Antonio, Karam's, is out of business, he wanted some suggestions on where to go in San Antonio for old-fashioned enchiladas. I told him that Blanco Cafe wa ... More >>

Duran Duran Still On... for Now

Although Duran Duran drummer Roger Taylor is battling a pernicious ear infection that makes travel impossible, forcing the '80s icons to cancel last night's show in San Antonio and tonight's in Dallas, the band's publicist says Friday's show at Verizon Wireless Theater is still on. For ... More >>

Evolution Vs. Science, The Deathmatch: Part 1

We're semi-liveblogging the Scopes Monkey Trial of the 21st Century -- today's meeting of the State Board of Education, which is discussing science standards. Here's the first report:Board member Barbara Cargill of The Woodlands said she "loves high school students." She really loves them when they ... More >>

A Politician's Blog Actually Worth Reading

Every politician these days is doing The Twitter, or having some unpaid intern blog for them. It's great if you're looking for the latest in boilerplate rhetoric.And then there's Texas State Rep. Trey Martinez Fischer, a Democrat from San Antonio.Check out his blog, Poli-Tex.Here's a note to former ... More >>

Grabbing for the (Public's) Gold

Voters would decide if Olympic efforts get up to $100 million in state subsidies

10th Grade Cutie Makes Good on Power-Ballad Promise

Fresh off harassing teen metal bands and Lemmy-fying suburban ice cream shops, Friendswood freak-punks 10th Grade Cutie booked time in a San Antonio studio for a demo session. This new track, "Flying on the Wings of Love (In Space)" was recorded in less than an hour and features singer Rex ... More >>

Snowbyrd

Snowbyrd performs Thursday, December 21 at Rudyard's, 2010 Waugh, 713-521-0521. Dirty Leg also performs.

Buttercup

Buttercup appears at Friday, September 29, at Rudyard's, 2010 Waugh. Moonlight Towers also appears. 713-521-0521.

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Mission San Francisco de la Espada

Texas Burger Binge

Our food critic reports on the state of the Texas burger -- and recommends 18 you need to try immediately

Road Signs

Or, how I became the most wanted man in Texas

Beer Run

Brew up some support at the Shiner Beer B.A.S.H.

Nailed by the Cops

A fashionable burglar gets nabbed

Los Super 7

Heard It on the X

He Won't Back Down

The mayor was threatened -- or maybe he wasn't

When Life Gives You Lemons...

Activists push for a law to keep homebuyers from getting squeezed

The Texas Traveler: San Antonio's Fiesta

(Note: We're starting a new occasional feature on travel suggestions within Texas for these economic times when you put off that two-week jaunt to Tahiti. Today: The Fiesta in San Antonio -- Not just a supermarket!)The economic downturn may have dented your vacation budget, but gas prices are below ... More >>

Lonesome Onry and Mean: Another Record Store Day at Cactus Music

Cactus Music and the Record Ranch is having another Record Store Day Saturday, with a lineup of events that borders on serious party happening. The highlight of the day will be a live appearance by red-hot San Antonio band The Krayolas (above). San Antonio's oldest and most respected rockero outfit ... More >>

Aftermath: The Krayolas at Cactus Music

Photos by Chris Gray The coolest band in Houston this weekend couldn't find a club or venue to play. Not at night, anyway - San Antonio's the Krayolas did manage to play Dan Electro's during Saturday afternoon's live broadcast of KPFT's Joe's Roadhouse, and Cactus Music an hour or two thereafter. If ... More >>

Snackshot: The Lone Star State

This week's old school Snackshot comes to us courtesy of Samantha Bales and the good folks at Lone Star Beer. From the photographer's description: "peace. love. & lone star."

Aeros Breaking Out Of Their Funk, Maybe

Photo by Jason Villenanueva/Houston Aeros​Last Wednesday, the Houston Aeros lost a tough 1-0 game to the Lake Erie Monsters at Toyota Center. It was disappointing not only because of the loss, but because it dropped the team below the .500 mark on the young season.Worse, the team appeared to be l ... More >>

How Do Get Your Tortillas Fluffy?

​The recipe I gave for flour tortillas in The Tex-Mex Cookbook called for flour, lard, water and salt. I think this is pretty much the standard Houston flour tortilla recipe. The tortillas come out pretty good. But they aren't like the fluffy tortillas they eat in San Antonio. After eating th ... More >>

Tejano Ain't Dead; Chingo Bling Puts On His "Lentes"; Flatline Rides For His Block; And The 210 Mic Pass

​How can something be claimed dead when it still has life, when it's still living in speakers, iPods, as well as the hearts and souls of red-blooded American music lovers across the country? When it's still being passed on to younger generations? In the track "Pimpin' Ain't No Illusion," Pimp ... More >>

Dope House Records Invades San Antonio

Photos by Rolando RodriguezCarolyn Rodriguez moves the Fiesta crowd.​ If you know anything about San Antonio's annual Fiesta celebration, you know it's a two-week excuse to show up three hours late to work hung over and throw up in your company's restroom a few times throughout the day without ... More >>

Dmetrius Alexander, Young & Recessioned: You're Just A Set Of Keywords In A Search Engine

​Today's Installment of Young & Recessioned features Dmetrius Alexander, a 26-year-old from San Antonio that found the only thing worse than being unemployed in Houston for ten months is searching for jobs online. I went to St. Mary's University in San Antonio. I always wanted to get into busi ... More >>

Teenage Werewolves: A City's Shame

The above clip is not from The Onion; it may be from the files of Teens Pulling Pranks On Reporters.At any rate, you owe it to yourself to watch these marvelous four minutes from a San Antonio news station.And then read the comments that the clip brought forth from Gawker, after the jump.

The Best Taco in America?

cogdogblog​A few months ago, I was watching TV at a ridiculously late hour when I became hooked on a food network program chronicling Bon Appetit's Best Dishes in America. I watched as they named the best steak and the best pizza. Finally, they came to the best taco in America. I watched anxio ... More >>

More Consolidation For Chronicle And San Antonio

The Chron-Express News​Hearst's unending efforts to make the Houston Chronicle and the San Antonio Express-News one and the same continue apace.The latest memo appoints several editors to oversee matters at both papers, and offers tips on how the two can share coverage.Chron editors Laura Goldberg ... More >>

Girls, Birth Rights and More Girls!

The Chron-Express News​Hearst's unending efforts to make the Houston Chronicle and the San Antonio Express-News one and the same continue apace.The latest memo appoints several editors to oversee matters at both papers, and offers tips on how the two can share coverage.Chron editors Laura Goldberg ... More >>

Last Night: Hacienda At Under The Volcano

Photos by Jason Wolter​Hacienda Under the Volcano November 4, 2010 How long did it take Hacienda to warm up and find the rock groove Thursday night? About two drum beats. For a bunch of peaceful, soft-spoken, just-grateful-to-be-here guys who have been touring non-stop all year, the rising ... More >>

PSA: Board Games And Loaded Guns Don't Mix

Did he go to the St. James Place Infirmary?​By now everybody's heard of the Keep Austin Weird campaign, and most of us are probably also aware of the copycat campaigns in other Texas cities, like Keep Dallas Pretentious and Keep Houston Crunk, or Trill, or Ugly, or whatever. (We can't seem to ... More >>

Road Trip: Kountry Bakery

​The American interstate highway system was designed for many purposes: to link metropolitan areas as directly as possible; to aid in military transport in case of war; and to connect to major border crossings with Canada and Mexico (just to name a few). Nothing could be finer if your sole pur ... More >>

San Antonio Director Taps Houston Rappers For Powderkids

​San Antonio independent film director Buddy Calvo of Machina Cinema is all about his city. He films movies in his city and uses local city talent to make those movies, but when it comes to his flicks' soundtracks ... let's just say they couldn't be any more Houston. Such was the case with Ca ... More >>

"Blizzard of Pollen" Hitting Hill Country

Keep Austin pollen-free!!​If you have plans on visiting Austin or the Hill Country any time soon, you better hope you're not allergic to Mountain Cedar: The area is getting hit with massive amounts of the pollen, an expert says. "In all my life, I have never seen so much Mountain Cedar pollen ... More >>

Wilber Adalid Rodriguez: Homeless Man Murders Another Over National "Honor"

Some things are better left unargued​You'd hope that San Antonio residents Wilber Adalid Rodriguez and Jose Antonio Rodriguez would find a way to get along. As the old blues song goes, they were both poor boys a long ways from home: the 24-year-old Wilber hails from El Salvador, while Jose, 28 ... More >>

Hearst & H-E-B: A Beautiful Friendship

How Hearst approaches stories about H-E-B​A San Antonio blog has broken an interesting piece of news about the San Antonio Express-News, the sister paper to the Houston Chronicle (a relationship that gets closer and closer as budget cuts force consolidation). The Plaza de Armas story is behin ... More >>

Why Did Every Mexican's Great-Grandfather Fight Under Pancho Villa?

And why don't Mexicans spay or neuter their pets?

Brown Coffee Company: Texas Firm Hilariously Defends Anti-Gay Tweet

Brown Coffee Company, a San Antonio outfit we've raved about in the past is in hot water over a tweet sent out on the company's account. In the wake of New York's decision to legalize gay marriage, the account (now taken down) posted this: ​ It seems clear enough, and outrage soon followed. ... More >>

Chefing Shows Come to Texas

Guess who's not coming to town!​The big food TV news from over the weekend came from San Antonio (of all places), where it was revealed that Top Chef is currently filming. The news broke when a local blogger spotted Gail Simmons and Tom Colicchio in a San Antonio bar, then promptly got into a ... More >>

Girl in a Coma on Fans Making Up Lyrics and 12 Hours in a Van

Girl in a Coma performs at Cactus Saturday as part of the Rocks Off sponsored in-store concert series.​Rocks Off told you yesterday about our sponsorship of the Cactus In-Store series of concerts. We caught up with Girl in a Coma's percussionist Phanie Diaz who'll be in town for the second ti ... More >>

Somehow, Red Bull Has Become Very Important To Underground Rap In Texas

​A white guy, two black guys and a Mexican walk into a club. Harharhar. This coming Wednesday, February 1, Warehouse Live will host the inaugural show of the Red Bull Skooled tour. (If you've any concerns about the validity of the relationship Red Bull has rap, you're encouraged to read th ... More >>