Tara Pohlmeyer Assistant News Director With election season in full swing in San Marcos, the first debates on Thursday gave candidates for city council place three, four and mayor a chance to separate themselves from their opponents. Below is a summary of the stances candidates took on issues brought up by the San Marcos Area Board of Realtors: City Council Place 3 Mike Davis Owner of 3D Welding […]
By Caleb Ryan-Davis KTSW Sports Shortly before 3:00 p.m. CDT, the Texas Rangers Organization announced that Ron Washington will be stepping down as the manager of the Texas Rangers to attend to personal matters. Bench coach Tim Bogar has been appointed the interim manager for the remainder of the 2014 season. Washington, who had spent eight seasons with the Rangers said in a statement on Friday that "Today, I have […]
On the final Tuesday episode of Other Side Drive for the semester, Daniel and Rick sat down with two out of the five members of Genuine Leather. Genuine Leather, a band out of Austin, is really starting to make a name for itself. KUTX Austin recently chose Genuine Leather's song, “The Enemy,” as their song of the day. Pop Press International did a story on the band which stated, “Genuine Leather […]
Other Side Drive Producer: Shannon Williams Editor: Adam M. Cook Download the Ogden Payne Interview here. Austin MC Ogden Payne and his producer, hype-man and audio engineer Issac Haze dropped by Other Side Drive to talk summertime, life lessons and the current state of Austin hip hop. So what is going on in Austin’s hip hop scene, you ask? Well according to Ogden the scene is still small but making […]
Munipal court employees had the day off on Friday, April 18. Governmental services, which include the San Marcos Municipal Court were closed on April 18, for Good Friday. All other city of San Marcos offices remained open. Good Friday, a celebration two days before Easter Sunday, to commemorate the crusifiction and death of Jesus Christ in the Christian community. Good Friday is considered a state holiday in 14 states, but is […]
By Jordan Gass-Poore' Native Portlander Michael Johnson makes his feature debut with The Wilderness of James, which made its world premiere during this year's SXSW. The drama, based on a short story by Johnson, follows teenager James (Australian newcomer and fellow hyphenated last namer Kodi Smit-McPhee) a few months after his father's death. He struggles to find a way to cope with his feelings and, after visiting a therapist (Danny […]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qc4BImjPHYY An interview with Miniature Tigers in the middle of downtown Austin between sets for KTSW.
By Jordan Gass-Poore' I spoke with some of the cast of Austin-shot movie Two Step during SXSW 2014, including stars Skyy Moore, James Landry Hebert (my fellow French last namer) and recent Austin transplant Beth Broderick of Sabrina, the Teenage Witch fame, which I would watch religiously on ABC's TGIF (remember that?) as a child. I also interviewed former and current Austinites, Two Step star Ashley Spillers and the movie's writer/director […]
By Jordan Gass-Poore' Award-winning investigative journalist and author Anabel Hernandez spoke with me briefly during this year's SXSW about covering the narcotics trade in Mexico. Hernandez was at the festival for her work with the documentary The Legend of Shorty, which attempts to find former Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" (Shorty) Guzman. Last month, authorities captured Guzman, who had been on the run for years.
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