Go read this cartoon that was featured in The Guardian. Of course, supporting a vibrant arts community would never work
Category: Art
Southern Rock
Like the Allman Brothers and Lynard Skynard had a baby raised by wolves. Check it out.
DÍA DE SAN RICARDO
Today, April 3, is the Día de San Ricardo, the patron saint of truck drivers, according to ElTestigoFiel. Tradition dictates
El Paso in the Guardian
Lately El Paso has been in the news for all the wrong reasons. But here’s something nice. Here’s a story
I Knew Them When . . .
I found the models for Cimi’s Segundo Barrio mural. I bet they don’t even know that they’re famous.
Flawed Gods: Myths of Mothers and Other Monsters at the Glassbox
Austin Savage is kind of a genius. His latest production is a collection of short plays adapted by local writers
Still Lives: Taos
Photographs by Richard Baron / Stories by John Mulhouse From 2011 to 2013, Richard Baron traveled throughout New Mexico photographing
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
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,
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
RIP Chalo
Seminal punk rock drummer and El Paso native Charlie Quintana passed away last week in Cancun, Mexico. From the Los
“You Can’t Go Home Again”
From Thomas Wolfe’s novel about the time preceding the stock market crash of 1929: “But he spoke at length about
Plan B
Here’s a video from Vice.com and Nike, celebrating Chicano culture and the Cortez. The contributions of Los Angeles’s Chicanos to
“Women Aren’t Nags. We’re Just Fed Up.”
My wife told me to post this story. I don’t know why. “What bothers me the most about having any
Peter Dinklage on Passion
Here’s the speech Tyrion Lannister gave to Bennington College’s Class of 2012. Check it out.
U2 on YouTube in El Paso
Here’s a music video with sparse oblique references to our fair city. I’ve got Tony Lama, Asarco, and freeway signs.
“What Happened to Texas Music?”
I saw it happening but I didn’t know what it was. From Fort Worth Weekly: A New York guy killed
Elroop
I’m thinking about marketing myself as a lifestyle brand. You know. Like Gwyneth Paltrow. From the New York Post: Gwyneth