Sep 25 – Oct 1, 2013

Sep 25 - Oct 1, 2013 / Vol. 27 / No. 38

Justin Timberlake: 'The 20/20 Experience 2 of 2'

1. Jan. 8, 2001, the American Music Awards. Power pop couple Justin Timberlake and Britney Spears debut from the limo in all-denim matching outfits, the type your sex-offender Canadian uncle and his vaguely legal girlfriend wear every year to Thanksgiving. 2. Oct. 1, 2013. JT releases his second album of the year, The 20/20 Experience…

5 Things You Have to Do This Week

1.‘Lethal Beauty: Samurai Weapons and Armor’ Arising from battles between the powerful Minamoto, Taira, Fujiwara and Tachibana clans, samurai warriors played an integral role in feudal Japan, serving under warlords and landowners and following bushido, a code of conduct emphasizing honor, courage and immunity from the fear of death. Contrasting “the deadliness of samurai weapons…

Getting (Witch)Crafty: 10 Cheap and Easy Halloween Decorations

1. Glow Stick Balloon Ghosts Read More 2. Chicken Wire and Glow-in-the-Dark Paint Ghosts Read More 3. Bat Mobile Read More 4. Cheesecloth Spiderwebs Read More 5. Masked Portraits Read More CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE 6. Magnetic Spiders Read More 7. Dry Ice Pumpkin Read More 8. Creepy Specimen Jars Read More 9. Apple Tea…

Sen. Donna Campbell’s Anti-Abortion Law Defense Gets Big Laughs

If you didn’t know it, you’d think state Sen. Donna Campbell (R-New Braunfels) was a comedian considering the laughs she received when defending Texas’ controversial anti-abortion law. Sen. Donna Campbell (R- New Braunfels) sits on a panel about abortion care in Texas with other legislators at the Texas Tribune Festival. Photo by Mary Tuma At…

WATCH: Behind the Scenes Footage of Breaking Bad’s Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul Drinking Beers and Reading the Series Finale Script For the First Time

Sad that Breaking Bad is over? Us too. But we’ve got something pretty juicy to make you feel better. Come November 26, Sony will release a mammoth Breaking Bad box set (Pre-Order Here: http://amzn.to/19MBh3Y)  featuring the complete series, endless extras and a two-hour documentary about BrBa. Check out the teaser below, released today by Sony, in which series…

10 Free Events Happening This Week 9/30-10/6

1.) Free Beer Tasting Wednesday, Oct. 2, 7 p.m.-9p.m. You know what tastes better when it’s free? Everything, especially beer. This is the perfect event to taste a variety of beer that will be sure to wet you whistle! Who has brewed the beer for this thirst-quenching event? Well, we can answer that for you;…

Lunchtime Links: The Return of Big Tex, Coping With Breaking Bad Withdrawal, San Antonio as Seen From Space, Texas Sued by Planned Parenthood + More

1. Texas Monthly contributor Matthew Diffee imagines his dream rebuilding of Big Tex in “Big Tex, My Big Tex.” 2. Greatest Hits from the Ted Cruz Filibuster 3. 35 Adorable Things To Get You Through Your “Breaking Bad” Withdrawal 4. 25 Pumpkin Desserts To Eat This Fall 5. San Antonio + Austin as seen from space. 6. The Daily Mail…

SA Music Awards: Video Preview of The Mix Showcase

Showtimes at the SA Music Awards showcase at The Mix on Sat., Sept. 28, are as follows: DJ Smoak in between sets 10:15pm: Garrett T. Capps 11pm: The In & Outlaws Midnight: Joe Buck Yourself! 1am-2am: The Hawks (of Holy Rosary) Go to the next page to see The In & Outlaws. Go to the…

SA Music Awards: Video Preview of Nightrocker Showcase

Showtimes for the SA Music Awards showcase at Nightrocker on Sat., September 28, are as follows: 8pm: Soul Defender Sound System 10pm: Langton Drive 11pm: Bite Lip Bleed Midnight: Nickshan 1am-2am: Spies Like Us Go to the next page to see Bite Lip Bleed. Go to the next page to see Nickshan Go to the…

SA Music Awards: Video preview of Boneshakers showcase

Showtimes for the SA Music Awards showcase on Saturday, September 28 at Boneshakers are as follows: 10pm Bright Like The Sun 11pm The Grasshopper Lies Heavy Midnight: Crown 1am-2am: Lonely Horse Go to the next page to see/hear The Grasshopper Lies Heavy. Go to the next page to see/hear Lonely Horse.

SA Music Awards – Leon

Showtimes for the SA Music Awards showcase on Sat., Sept. 28 at Leon, is as follows: 10pm: Hans Frank “El Gallo” 11pm: Melissa Ludwig Band Midnight: El Campo 1am-2am: Backwater Blvd Go to the next page to see the Melissa Ludwig band. Go to the next page to see El Campo. Go to the next…

SA Music Awards: Video Preview of the Guadalupe Showcase

Showtimes for the SA Music Awards Saturday, Sep. 28 showcase at the Guadalupe Theatre is as follows: 7pm: Los De Esta Noche 8pm: Jai Roots & The Herb-N-Cafe Project 9pm: Juanito Castillo 10pm: Los Nahuatlatos Go to the next page to see/hear Jai Roots. Go to the next page to see Juanito Castillo. Go to…

SA Music Awards: Audio/Video Preview of the 502 Bar Showcase

  Showtimes for the SA Music Awards showcase on Saturday, Sep. 28 at 502 Bar is as follows: 10pm: Broken Buffalo 11pm: Blowing Trees Midnight: Buttercup 1am-2am: Last Nighters Go to the next page to see/hear Blowing Trees. Go to the next page to see/hear Buttercup. Go to the next page to see/hear Last Nighters.

SA Music Awards: Audio/Video Preview of the Aztec Showcase

  Showtimes for the Diego Bernal-Ernest Gonzales release party for Atonement is as follows: 9pm: DJ Solo Serve 10pm: DJ Sonora vs DJ Rivera 10:30pm: Chisme 11pm: DJ Sonora vs DJ Rivera 11:30pm: Third Root Midnight: DJ Sonora vs DJ Rivera 12:30am: Ernest Gonzales and Diego Bernal 1am-2am: DJ Jester The Filipino Fist Go to…

Bonehead Quote(s) of the Week: The Elisa Chan Senate hopeful edition

Elisa Chan wants to take her roadshow all the way up to the Texas Capitol. In a release today, Chan announced she’s officially vying to unseat state Sen. Donna Campbell (R-New Braunfels), a Tea Party conservative that makes Chan’s bizarre anti-LGBT views look milquetoast. But Chan’s stepping up her game. In a campaign announcement released this…

Where to Fill Your Growler During Drink Beer Day

Saturday’s Drink Beer Day (no, seriously), so here’s a list of places around town to fill up your growler with wonderful, delicious beer. Alamo Drafthouse Westlakes/Park North/Stone Oak: Fill up your growler even if you’re not watching a movie. Call ahead for details, but the prices usually range from $14/$30 for refills. Whole Foods Market-Vineyard,…

Reproductive Rights Groups File Suit Against Anti-Abortion Law

Update: According to the Center for Reproductive Rights, a trial date and time for the lawsuit against House Bill 2 has been set for Monday, Oct. 21 at 9 a.m. CT. The lawsuit was filed in the Western Division of U.S. District Court in Austin. Reproductive rights groups formally began their legal attempt to challenge controversial anti-abortion legislation…

Where to Eat During Sunday’s Siclovia

You’ll work up a mighty appetite while playing in the streets this Sunday, so be sure to check out the food vendors available. The main food area willbe at the BMX Park on Broadway and 12th St. Other food vendors include McDonald’s, Whataburger, La Hacienda and Kettle King. The Chow Train Chela’s Tacos Say.She.Ate The…

Shot of the Week: Jameson Picklebacks

For pickle lovers. Before we start, a sidebar: The one time I tried taking a pickleback outside 1604, the enthused bartender tried to sell us on McCormick’s vodka. No, sir. We passed on that offer. While the history of the pickleback is a bit murky, The New York Times’ Tom Cecchini credited its creation to…

Song of the Week: R. Kelly’s “Genius”

R. Kelly “Genius” (from Black Panties, November 11) (RCA/Sony) Shoutout to R. Kelly for naming the tracks on his new album like an R&B sextape–see “Poetic Sex,” “Throw Money on You” and “Fuckin’ with the Lights On.” But at this point, maybe an official, unurinated sextape soundtrack is the last frontier for a man with…

Metallica’s ‘Through the Never’ Opens in 3D IMAX

In the new IMAX documentary Metallica: Through the Never, the hybrid project combines a standard heavy metal concert movie with a narrative about a young roadie named Trip (Dane DeHaan) who is caught up in an intense riot outside the arena when he is sent on an important errand. While on tour promoting the film,…

Rockbot Hits SA

Rockbot’s mobile interface. (Courtesy) A new music service has hit town. The Bend Sports Bar (7730 Bandera) has started using Rockbot, a mobile jukebox app, which helps guests pick songs, vote on upcoming music, interact with other bar-goers, share on social media, and review bar specials. The service recently partnered with Miller Lite to create…

New Restaurant in the Works for Two Step Owners

Fans of Two Step Restaurant & Cantina will be happy to know that chef Steve Warner and wife Adrienne Munoz are working on a new concept, Tiu Steppi’s Osteria. While no opening date has been set, the pair is hoping to open the doors at the new restaurant (9910 West Loop 1604, just a shimmy…

Undocumented Immigration May Be On The Rise, Report Finds

Among the top six states with the highest number of undocumented populations, Texas was the only to experience an unwavering increase and no decrease from 2007-2011, according to a new report released this week by the Pew Research Hispanic Trends Project. A Pew Study finds the undocumented immigrant population could be on the rise. Courtesy…

Minnie’s Tavern Opens Curbside Window

You can still check out the window lunch service Friday. Much like Miley Cyrus, chef Andrew Weissman seems to subscribe to the “Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop” mantra.  No, he’s not donning tiny blonde pigtails or twerking (as far as we know), but Weissman opened the curbside window at Minnie’s Tavern (328 E Josephine) off Avenue…

Green Continues Cooking Classes

Learn how to whip up Green’s specialties at home. (Courtesy) Green Vegetarian Cuisine executive Chef Mike and bakery Chef CeCe will be teaching us how to cook healthy again during two cooking classes in October. For the first class they’ll teach guests how to cook vegan dishes using squash at 6:30 p.m. Oct. 17 at…

Barrilla Chairman to Gays: “They can always go eat someone else’s pasta”

SA Current to Barrilla Chairman, “Central Market/HEB/TJs makes really great pasta, so thanks, but not thanks.” The America Blog first reported on the Barilla chairman’s derogatory comments. Guido Barilla expressed anti-gay sentiments by saying the company preferred “traditional families” and “I would never do (a commercial) with a homosexual family, not for lack of respect but…

10 Things You Have To Do This Weekend

1. Super Xicana Power Hour San Antonio’s Xicana superstars Mari Chingas (Marisela Barrera) and Sweet Jane (Jane Madrigal) will host a Super Xicana Power Hour monthly on Corpus Christi Community Radio. Barrera is a performance artist whose work embodies a hybrid of cultural performance including story sharing, public experiments and mixed media. Madrigal is an…

DOJ Allowed to Intervene In Texas Districting Case

The U.S. can now intervene in a challenge to Texas’ redistricting maps, a federal court in San Antonio ruled. The decision comes after Attorney General Eric Holder pledged his support to fight against the state’s effort to maintain election maps previously deemed unfair. Attorney General Eric Holder. Photo courtesy of Commons Wikimedia Texas’ 2011 redistricting…

Alamo Beer Co. Celebrates 10 Years of Brewing

The beer’s not old enough to drink itself…(Courtesy) It’s been 10 years since Eugene Simor began brewing his German-style beer out of Real Ale Brewing’s facilities in Blanco. Grab a cold one with your friends and ALAMO beer to celebrate 10 years of the locally brewed ALAMO Golden Ale at 5 p.m., Oct. 1 at…

Jimmy Johns Offers $1 Sandwiches

They’re freaky fast. (Courtesy)   We’ve all heard the commercials, and considering the amount of JJs that have popped up over SA in the last year or so, it’s clearly become a fast food sammich favorite. That being said, San Antonio and New Braunfels-area Jimmy Johns will celebrate Customer Appreciation Day with $1 sandwiches from…

10 FREE EVENTS HAPPENING IN SAN ANTONIO THIS WEEK: 9/23 – 9/29

1.)Super Xicana Power Hour Thursday, Sept. 26 1 p.m. Super Xicanas are taking to the airwaves! “The Super Xicana Power Hour” is a radio show broadcast once a week on Corpus Christi Community Radio featuring live music, enlivened interviews with Super Xicana Dignitaries, and the uncensored opinions on contemporary issues. “The Super Xicana Power Hour…

6 Ways to Get your Grub/Drink On This Week

Friday, September 27: The San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo isn’t for another few months, but you can get your fix of boots and ’cue at the Bar-B-Que Cook-Off & Festival. The fest kicks off with the Ace in the Hole casino night, followed by food from over 300 teams, shopping, mutton bustin’ and music…

Op-Ed: VISA Could Derail the Affordable Care Act

On October 1st, the healthcare exchanges established by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare, will open on the internet. The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office estimates that by 2023, 24 million Americans will purchase their required health insurance through these exchanges. However, nearly 15.5 percent of households in the San Antonio area, and nearly…

Just Happens to be LGBT: The NDO’s lasting impression

LGBT San Antonians have much to be thankful for. With the San Antonio City Council’s non-discrimination ordinance (NDO) passed, we can rely on the knowledge that our city has our back when it comes to equal protection under the law. Aside from some religious exemptions, no one in the city can deny gay, lesbian or…

Savage Love: Clueless

I’m a 23-year-old homo who came out one year ago. Life has done good and bad things to me. Good things include success in the intelligence lottery, a full ride to college, and now a job with a six-figure income. Sadly, I find that my place in life is different from the place occupied by…

Kimura Introduces SA to Ramen Mania, With Mixed Results

I’ve consumed buckets of noodles in Asian restaurants over the years, but I somehow missed out on the collegiate ramen regimen. Before heading to Kimura, chef Michael Sohocki’s ode to the slurping set, a training session with packaged products seemed only fair—in every way; though the noodles themselves were usually decent, the pre-fab, chemical-enhanced broths…

State Agency Responds to Report Criticizing Eagle Ford Shale Fracking Regulation

A “toxic mix of irresponsible industry operators and negligent regulators,” as well as suffering families, marks hydraulic fracturing or “fracking” in the Eagle Ford Shale, according to a newly released critical report by national environmental non-profit group, Earthworks’ Oil and Gas Accountability Project. The study, titled “Reckless Endangerment While Fracking the Eagle Ford,” slams state…

You Me at Six Preview New Album at the White Rabbit

It’s no secret where the band’s from, as if frontman Josh Franceschi’s thick accent wasn’t clue enough. Or maybe it’s their teasing about American quirks—like our gun laws—with a hint of jest. You Me at Six, a pop punk band whose fifth studio album comes out next year, holds mother country England dear to their…

Free Will Astrology

ARIES (March 21-April 19): I’ve got a good feeling about your relationship with intimacy in the coming weeks. Judging from the astrological omens, I think you will have a good instinct about how to drum up interesting fun with your most important allies. You’ll just naturally know what to do to make your collaborative efforts…

Music Awards Showcase: Americana and folk at Leon

The Americana/folk showcase at Leon (formerly known as Revolution Room) unites the Current’s 2010 Best Americana Artist/Album winner Melissa Ludwig, indie/country mixmasters El Campo (formerly known as Pillow Talk), New Braunfels’ Southern soulmen Backwater Blvd and Hans Frank “El Gallo,” the one-man project by the former Glambilly frontman. For Ludwig, it will be her first…

Music Awards Showcase: The Guadalupe

For the Current’s first-ever event organized in conjunction with the historic Teatro Guadalupe, three young but well-established bands and a 24-year-old veteran some consider a genius will co-headline the Current’s Latin alternative night. Here they are: Los Nahuatlatos: “We fuse everything,” is the band’s motto. And they do, with a stirring blend of huapango, skajunto…

Stone Oak Pub Crawl: From wine bars to dive bars

Copa Wine Bar (19141 Stone Oak Pkwy) My drinking companion for the evening, Shirley, and I stare at the menu for what in restaurant server time must seem like half a day. The menu is so expansive I check the bottom of the page for a code key, a compass or perhaps a series of…

Music Awards Showcase: Rockabilly, Texas Twang and Rock at The Mix

One-man band Joe Buck Yourself!, former guitarist for Th’ Legendary Shack Shakers, is one bad motherfucker; The In & Outlaws are a bunch of hillbillies that can rock; Garrett T. Capps is another one-man machine that can either electrify you, embrace you with acoustic folk-country, or surprise you with the new rockabilly one-man show he’ll…

The Holy (Text)Book: Former SBOE Chair Don McLeroy’s Strange Return

A perennial laughingstock of the nation, the Texas State Board of Education isn’t helping its—or the state’s—image as a politicized machine that churns out backwards, anti-science education to the young, impressionable minds of the future. In its latest round of nonsensical, regressive debate, the Board spent four hours of taxpayer time hearing arguments over whether…

Use Your Noodles: A guide to mein, udon, woon sen and fun

I hate to break this to you, but Marco Polo did not kick-start the pasta industry in Italy by bringing back dried macaroni from China. That story was dreamt up in the mid-1900s by an American pasta manufacturing group perhaps intent on giving spaghetti a more exotic backstory. The debunking of the Polo myth in…

‘The Book of Mormon’: A heaven-sent satire

“You’ve seen the play … now read the book. ” So chirps an advertisement for Mormonism in—of all places—the Playbill for The Book of Mormon, the gleeful satire now playing for a two-week stint at the Majestic downtown. But what the ad gets wrong—disastrously—is that The Book of Mormon isn’t a play at all, but…

Boozy Deals: Liberty Bar’s Monday Night Wine

Turns out Mondays are made for drinking. Though I’ve never had a hard rule on AM imbibing (hello, this is what brunch was created for), drinking on a Monday was always a bit taboo. Mondays are a clean slate: We’re going to eat better, get up early and go for a run, not waste time…

Music Awards Showcase: Punk y mas at Nightrocker Live

This is supposed to be the punk, ska and reggae showcase, and you will get just that with Bite Lip Bleed (who released their Settle for a Funeral debut EP this year) and Spies Like Us. But there’s more: eclectic Egshan never went anywhere, but they’re “back” in full force after frontman Nick Pacheo (Nick…

Music Awards Showcase: Indie rock and pop at 502 Bar

The indie-rock/pop night at 502 offers four of the best local bands (two heavyweights, two up-and-coming) in what’s arguably the best sounding venue in town. You can’t write the modern history of our local music scene without mentioning Buttercup and Blowing Trees, while newcomers Last Nighters and Broken Buffalo (the latter with members coming from…

‘Glee’ Swept by Beatlemania on Season 5

Glee is returning for its fifth season this Thursday and taking on songs by the biggest, most influential band ever—the Beatles. The show will be devoting two episodes to the Fab Four: Thursday’s premiere, “Love, Love, Love,” followed by “Tina In The Sky With Diamonds” on October 3. Covering the Beatles is tough for anyone—just…

Banned Books Week Celebrates Censorship

This week, censored reading gets celebrated. In response to the growing number of books restricted in schools, libraries and bookstores, “Banned Books Week” (Sept. 22-28) was created in 1982 as a pushback to the censorship and a way to support the free expression of ideas. More than three decades later we’re still restricting access to…

50 Shades of Wine is a Thing Now

Two sexy options to choose from. (Courtesy) Housewife-turned-author, E L James of “50 Shades of Grey” fame has released a pair of wines available for purchase through www.fiftyshadeswine.com, Red Satin and White Silk. I wonder if Christian would keep these in his cellar? Fans of bondage and poorly written erotica can order the California wines…

ESPN Magazine Names Spurs Second Best Sports Franchise of 2013

It’s been 97 days since Game 6, that cruel evening in June which stole the summer spirit away from many a die-hard Spurs fan. Kawhi Leonard and Danny Green carried on, joining Nevil Shed to share their skills with San Antonio’s next generation of ballers at basketball camp. Tony Parker and Boris Diaw completed a…

Totino’s Takeover Truck visits SA

The truck featured here in Atlanta. (Courtesy) Um, in stoner and teenage food news, Totino’s is rolling into SA with its Takeover Tour. Spots include the Lady Bird Johnson Skate Park (10700 Nacogdoches) 4-7 p.m. on Thursday, September 26; Silverado 16 (11505 W Loop 1604), 5-7 p.m. on Friday, September 27; HEB Plus! (6238 N…

Readers’ Picks: Favorite pizza places

Last week, we asked readers who they think makes the best pizza in town. Next time you’re in the mood for a slice of pie, check out this list for the best places to score some dough. Barbaro, 2720 McCullough. Big Lou’s Pizza, 2048 S WW White. Central Park Pizza, 136 E Main Plaza. Dough…


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