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"...Another ACL coup, this one in español: Long Beach-born, Tijuana-raised, Mexico City-dwelling llorona Julieta Venegas. Pianist, punk, and pop..."
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Sept. 19, 2003 Music Feature
The Gatekeeper
"...a quarter-mile from the border. (He was born in Tijuana.) Frey’s drama has many edges and little moments that..."
July 18, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
A Man Apart
"...an eye toward initiating a brand-new drug pipeline from Tijuana to L.A. Eventually he crosses swords with Vetter and..."
April 4, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
SXSW Picks and Sleepers
"...the trippy, breezy Nautilis ("20,000 Leagues Under the Beat?"), Tijuana-based Murcof/Leaf (whose remix work includes the Kronos Quartet), the..."
March 14, 2003 Music Feature
SXSW Picks and Sleepers
"...beyond. Mining prog-jazz avant-core moon rocks the way the Tijuana Brass might bust a move if they were scoring..."
March 14, 2003 Music Feature
Yuppie Pricks
SXSW records
"...the "fat parade of ho's" that is your average Tijuana donkey show. Musically, Initial Public Offering is rudimentary but..."
March 7, 2003 Music Review by Christopher Gray
Short Third-Degree Sessions
Jesse Sublett gets personal with four of Bouchercon 2002's featured authors.
"...Guzmán, heir to a drug lord's empire, alive from Tijuana on the border to the California state capital in..."
Oct. 18, 2002 Books Feature by Jesse Sublett
Latin Beat
"...the Nortec Collective led the last border revolution, the Tijuana crew dosing ravers with funky Norteño techno. Two refugees..."
Oct. 18, 2002 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez
100% Texan
Kevin Fowler is among the brightest of the Young Texas rising stars.
"...reason: Willie Nelson sings on "All the Tequila in Tijuana." Kevin raves about the experience...."
Aug. 9, 2002 Music Feature by Margaret Moser
Extreme Days
"...their manhood with a zany Tabasco-chugging contest. (I suppose Tijuana donkey shows were out of the question.) When word..."
Oct. 5, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Full Exposure: Lily Burana's "Strip City'
From Anchorage, Alaska, to New Jersey to Tijuana, Mexico, Lily Burana takes her readers inside the glitziest and seediest strip clubs in the nation in Strip City: A Stripper's Farewell Journey Across America. But Burana, who will be at BookPeople on Monday, October 1, at 7pm, is also armed with a good deal of feminist theory, research, and unflinching opinions about the sex-worker trade.
"...by stripping. From Anchorage, Alaska, to New Jersey to Tijuana, Mexico, the author takes her readers inside the glitziest..."
Sept. 28, 2001 Books Feature by Amanda Eyre Ward
Sara Smile
Those teeth, those lips, those songs -- the one and only Sara Hickman
"...babysitter putting on my dad's Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass record and dancing. And I was laughing and..."
May 11, 2001 Music Feature by Margaret Moser
Kitten With a Whip
John Waters must have loved this movie.
"...Stratton's Chrysler for a trip to a doctor in Tijuana. It all winds up in a free-for-all at a..."
Feb. 9, 2001 Screens Review by Jerry Renshaw
The Inspiration of Jesus Chavez
Why a top-ranked boxer, jailed once and deported twice, became the subject of a documentary and a Fighter for the American Dream
"...was issued his green card following a hearing in Tijuana...."
Feb. 9, 2001 Screens Feature by Belinda Acosta
In His Corner
Marcy Garriott's first documentary, Split Decision, follows the vigilant struggles of Jesus "El Matador" Chavez, who continues to be punished for a crime he has already paid for. Prior to the film's release in Austin this Friday, February 9, Garriott shares her reflections on the film and on her role as a filmmaker and activist.
"...was issued his green card following a hearing in Tijuana.]..."
Feb. 9, 2001 Screens Feature by Belinda Acosta
Traffic
"...actor as The One, but Benicio Del Toro's scruffy Tijuana cop is, frankly, a revelation. Del Toro has shone..."
Jan. 5, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Rock en Tijuana
The border city of Tijuana gives birth to the bastard genre of Norteño and Electronica, Nortec.
"...in the high metal wall that divides their city, Tijuana, from the United States. On the U.S. side, three..."
Nov. 3, 2000 Music Feature by Melissa Sattley
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"...Information there leads her to a “pink house” in Tijuana, where she enlists in the world’s oldest profession (wouldn’t..."
Nov. 3, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Take the A-Train
Mike Clark-Madison discusses 10 years covering light rail, and urges voters to support it.
"...measures (like the San Diego Trolley's 20-mile run to Tijuana), to serve the bulk of places people actually want..."
Oct. 13, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison
The Austin Chronicle Margarita Crawl
Bigger Isn't Always Better
"...Most lore says the drink was either invented in Tijuana by Danny Herrera in the late Thirties, in Ciudad..."
Aug. 25, 2000 Food Feature by Wes Marshall
Vallejo Reviewed
"...the subtle, percussive Latin mulch of "Someday" doesn't evoke Tijuana's favorite son overtly, "La Famila" obviously traces its musical..."
Aug. 18, 2000 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez
Total Entertainment Package
Rockin' out with Austin's Latin-metal crossover darlings
"...he thought, why not turn them into Herb Alpert's Tijuana Brass? By all accounts, papa Vallejo was always something..."
Aug. 18, 2000 Music Feature by Andy Langer
Him Write Funny
"If somebody hates me," David Sedaris confesses in an interview with Sarah Hepola, "I just go to pieces. I mean, it doesn't really seem fair that I've made my career making fun of people, and if someone makes fun of me, I fall apart. But that's the way it is."
"...would have to be like a medical school in Tijuana or something...."
June 16, 2000 Books Feature by Sarah Hepola
Between Worlds
Cine las Americas Festival of New Latin American Cinema
"...from her humble Mexican village to the brothels of Tijuana, guided the entire time by her beloved saints."..."
April 21, 2000 Screens Feature
How You Became a Criminal
An interview with Canadian documentary filmmaker Ron Mann about his newest film, Grass.
"...to use certain music -- for example, Herb Alpert's Tijuana Brass, "Tijuana Taxi" song, I could not use. He..."
March 10, 2000 Screens Feature by Nick Barbaro
Santitos
"...Information there leads her to a “pink house” in Tijuana, where she enlists in the world’s oldest profession (wouldn’t..."
Jan. 28, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Bigger, Better, Smarter
San Diego is everything Austin wants to be: livable, transit-oriented, pedestrian-friendly, and downtown-centric. But will tools that worked in the nation's largest border and military base town translate to Central Texas?
"...colonias of San Ysidro -- basically a suburb of Tijuana -- which is politically connected to the rest of..."
Jan. 14, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison
Mule Conversations
"...Man Next Door? They got that record out called Tijuana Moon. You know that one? That's a good one...."
April 23, 1999 Music Feature by Jody Denberg
Texas Platters
Surfin' Senorita
"...a "Taste of Honey," bub. To devotees of the Tijuana Temple, the thought of covering Herculean Herb is akin..."
March 5, 1999 Music Review
Dancing About Architecture
"...rockers, and Surfin' Senorita, a tribute album to the Tijuana Brass, features no less than five Austin acts (Sandblasters,..."
