Are you doing anything this weekend? Maybe you’d like to see how art happens. More than three dozen artists are
Author: elrichiboy
Calexico at Tricky Falls April 19
Calexico, the band that should have been named Juarpaso, plays at Tricky Falls this Thursday. Here they are with a
The Long Goodbye
The U.S. Census Bureau’s population estimates are out for El Paso County, and the years long trend of flatlined population
It’s All In The Spin
Here’s the headline and lede of a story on KVIA: El Paso makes top 125 list of best places to
Tales From the Morgue
From a May 10, 2012, article in the El Paso Times* written by Cindy Ramirez: The city’s November bond issue
Correction: The Recent City Council Vote To Raise Your Taxes
Recently I wrote that City Council, by increasing El Paso Electric’s Street Rental Fee, cut the reduction to our electric
El Feis
I don’t understand the Facebook controversy. Did anyone think that Facebook wasn’t selling your information? Did you think it was
El Paso is Unique
Marketers like to talk about a product’s Unique Selling Proposition; that is, the things that differentiate a product from other
Sunday Matinee: God of War
Here’s a cool Chinese Ming dynasty era war movie, in Mandarin (Cantonese?) with English subtitles, so you can watch it
The City’s Filmmaker Program: Built to Fail
Tuesday City Council voted to give up to $30,000 to local filmmakers for projects produced in El Paso. Of course,
The City’s Filmmaker Program
This from KVIA: The El Paso City Council voted to create a local Filmmaker Program. The city will award $30,000
Waiting Room
I’m sitting in a waiting room at the Hospital de la Familia, one floor up and a hundred yards from
Champions League Today
Barcelona hosts Roma at 12:45. I think I’m going to La Esquina de Chihuahuas to watch the game and maybe
Special City Council Meetings? Updated
I just heard (on the livestream of the City Council’s regular meeting) that videos of the El Paso City Council
Sunday Matinee: Beyond Mombassa
Like last week’s trip to 1954 Machu Pichu, here’s a time travelogue to Kenya in 1956. Starring Cornel Wilde and
Special Feature: Daughter of God
Here’s a trippy, tender, messed up, Keanu flick. It was originally released as Exposed to much less than stellar reviews,
Last Week, City Council Raised Your Taxes
As I mentioned last week, but this time from the El Paso Inc.: The price that El Paso Electric must
Sunday Matinee: Secret of the Incas
Here’s Charlton Heston as Indiana Jones. No, really. Sort of. 1954, with Nicole Murray as a sexy Romanian Cold War
Local Film Short: Nacido de Nuevo
El Paso’s nascent film scene is happening right under our noses. Here’s an award-winning short from Los Angeles filmmaker Evan
Mo’ Taxes
Since 1987, the County of El Paso has been getting a quarter of the sales tax collected in the city.