Elaine Wolff, Editor
Elaine relocated from Minnesota to Texas in pursuit
of a bold
scheme to mate blunt Midwestern taciturnity with charming Southern
disingenuousness to create a new human (bless her heart) both polite
and truthful. She has had some difficulty suppressing the gene for
cussing, but nonetheless has managed to produce some award-winning art
and media criticism. Elaine is a St. Mary’s University
graduate (and a former editor of
The Rattler), a UT
Law School dropout, and a veteran of Austin’s KO.OP Radio,
where she developed her passion for journalism based on art and
politics — two vital subjects that go together like
… Midwesterners and Texans.
Chuck Kerr,
Editorial Designer
Chuck has been playing the drums since age 5, and talking since age 6.
After studying abroad in London, and a brief stint at Clown College, he
formed his own straight-ahead jazz group, the Chuck Kerr Quartet.
Playing music by night and designing the
Current by
day, he doesn’t sleep much these days — but feels
fortunate to be making a living doing things he’d probably do
for free anyway. When he grows up, he wants to be Spider-Man.
Jeremy Martin,
Associate Editor, Media
Jeremy Martin wasn't born outside of Lubbock, Texas – home of religious intolerance and bovine poopoo stench (assuming these are two separate things) – but he got there as soon as he could. Unfortunately, procrastination and constant car trouble delayed his exodus for about 23 years. During that time, he somehow picked up a degree in creative writing and journalism from Texas Tech (evidence suggests he won it in a knife fight) and married WAY out of his league thanks to a very misleading profile on an online dating site. Between there and here, he's babysat a police scanner and school board members for a small paper you probably haven't read in a town you've definitely never heard of, and written various culture pieces for The Austin Chronicle, The Houston Press, The Dallas Observer, and The San Francisco Weekly. Odds are, you haven't read any of those stories either, so get to Googling. His actual presence at the Current was anticipated by his regular columns – "Straight Shooter," "Spittin' Game," and "CDs Nuts" -- which have been credited for bringing San Antonio a caliber of sophistication not seen since Ozzy Osbourne whipped it out at the Alamo.
Sarah Fisch, Associate Editor, Arts
Born and bred in San Anto, Sarah has just come home after living in New York City for eight years. While she was in New York she got a B.A. from the New School, wrote nine kids' books, contributed to McSweeney's Internet Tendency, did stand-up comedy, trapped a live 'possum in Brooklyn once, and barely survived. Here in San Antonio, Sarah intends to write for the Current, catch up on tacos, and enjoy games she plays with her niece and nephews, which include Fashion Ghost and Stern Soviet Lady Says 'No! Don't Let the People Down.' Sarah's turn-ons include Shark Week, recreational Judaism, Southern and Russian literature, and good art. Sarah's turn-offs include molten lava, bad writing, and people who won't shut up about Burning Man.
Sarah's last name is pronounced "fish".
Gilbert Garcia, Associate Editor, Music
Gilbert is a native of Brownsville, Texas, who spent his formative
years honing his math nerdiness by calculating baseball statistics in
his head. He received a bachelor’s degree in government from
Harvard University and a master’s in Journalism from the
University of Texas. He has worked as a music editor/staff writer for
the
Dallas Observer, Phoenix New Times, and the
San
Antonio Current, and won several awards for his features.
“The Tao of Esteban” was included in the Da Capo
Press anthology
Best Music Writing: 2001. He has
also released two CDs of original music with the Memphis band Mea
Culpa.
Nicole Chavez,
Associate Editor, Listings
From fashion shows and First Friday to live bands and poetry slams
… if it’s happening, I want to know about it. The
Current’s
a scenester, so let me know what you’re doing and get listed.
A native New Mexican, I left a state with four seasons for the South
Texas heat and St. Mary’s University, where I was a member of
the school’s Division II National Championship Softball team.
Four years and an English Communications degree later, I landed up at
the
Current in 2004. I’ve worked in
radio, delivered papers, and been a collegiate Sports Information
Director. I’m also a music groupie, so after hours
you’ll probably catch me out on the local music scene.
Greg Harman, Staff
Writer
From radwaste salt domes under New Mexico’s deserts to the
ravaged oil patch of West Texas and the lingering fallout of Agent
Orange exposure in Mississippi, Greg Harman has been writing about the
state of our environment since his high-school fanzine days. After
several years studying the watering holes between Texas and Wyoming,
Harman finagled an English degree out of Texas Wesleyan University in
Fort Worth and began accepting honest pay for wedding words on
flickering screens … a long way from his Kaczynskiesque
Greyhound-station scribbling days. Since then, he has been the state
Sierra Club’s darling of the year, winked at by the
Association of Alternative Newsweeklies, and most recently honored by
the Houston Press Club. He plans to quit the news-writing business just
as soon as victimization and despair cease to be a natural outflow of
economic progress. He wants you to be happy and not drive so
blinkin’ fast.
Jaime Monzon,
Web AdministratorJaime's main passion was always music. He has played in the local music scene for the last 10 years with bands such as Drughoney, FIN, and his current band Ledaswan. Promoting these bands required a website and that's where he discovered his other passion. After building sites for different bands, he decided to go to The Art Institute to further his knowledge. He graduated in June, happened to see the posting for the San Antonio Current, and knew that was where he wanted to be. You can catch him playing with his band Ledaswan often in various clubs throughout SA.
