Kino Club
Conflicts & Resolutions, by Richard Yanas, portrays an encounter between two figures who could be both twin and doppleganger at the same time. The landscape and changing light set a scene within the conflict unfolds. Resolution or renunciation, you decide. Conflicts & Resolutions by Richard Yanas (2006) digital video 3:36
Hustle and Flow
Last week, Denver Nuggets forward Carmelo Anthony was named the Western Conference Player of the Month, joining Alex English and Fat Lever as one of only three Nuggets to be honored with the award. On Sunday night, Anthony reminded San Antonio that April is still his month, scoring 30 points in a raucous Nuggets victory…
On the Street: Ipod Party, Spurs Collapse (of course), and The House that Grinds…
On the Street: The Spurs Lose (Of Course), Ipod Party, the House That Grinds… Some have Fiesta fever. Some have Spurs playoff fever. Some have both. I pity the fool who has neither. Ipod Party Like most Friday nights this one began slowly for me. Soon enough I headed over to the NeoAztlan ipod party…
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“Black Gold” by Jason Stout (2007)
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“Black Gold” by Jason Stout (2007)
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My Security Slanket By: Kiko Martinez Imagine yourself wrapped up in a blanket like a tamale, lying on the couch watching the second of a back-to-back episode of your favorite show, Roseanne (Consider: the fatter the Roseanne, the better the episode), on the Oxygen channel (only for Roseanne!) one lazy Sunday afternoon. You’re warm and…
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Full Media Text Home Music Sports Media Arts Places People & Politics Food Reader’s Picks As a wee, round-faced pipsqueak growing up in San Antonio, I had a strange conception of media. It wasn’t until I was embarrassingly old that I grasped that newspaper and magazine articles weren’t conjured out of binary code by some…
Spittin’ Game
The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle arcade game should’ve stayed in my second-grade memories, apparently. Turns out most of my recollections of the game center around fighting in real life over who got to be Michelangelo, and with good reason: The actual game is pretty crappy. You will probably remember this as a classic for the…
The Omniboire
Photo courtesy Tom Maack via Wikimedia Commons With apologies in advance to women of the cloth, it’s difficult to dispute that many San Antonians of a certain age and upbringing were terrorized by nuns. But I submit here that many more innocents around the world have been traumatized by a different order, that of the…
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Full Media Text Home Music Sports Media Arts Places People & Politics Food Reader’s Picks As a wee, round-faced pipsqueak growing up in San Antonio, I had a strange conception of media. It wasn’t until I was embarrassingly old that I grasped that newspaper and magazine articles weren’t conjured out of binary code by some…
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The Omniboire
Photo courtesy Tom Maack via Wikimedia Commons With apologies in advance to women of the cloth, it’s difficult to dispute that many San Antonians of a certain age and upbringing were terrorized by nuns. But I submit here that many more innocents around the world have been traumatized by a different order, that of the…
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Full Media Text Home Music Sports Media Arts Places People & Politics Food Reader’s Picks As a wee, round-faced pipsqueak growing up in San Antonio, I had a strange conception of media. It wasn’t until I was embarrassingly old that I grasped that newspaper and magazine articles weren’t conjured out of binary code by…
The Say-Town Lowdown
Two Sundays ago on the morning news show Face the Nation, Dick Cheney, in between his lies and half-truths, referred to embattled U.S. Attorney General (and closeted Mexican American) Alberto Gonzales as ‘Al,’ which is as gringoized a version you can make of the very Spanish, y muy elegante, “Alberto.” I mention this because, like…
Aural Pleasure
Inclement ‘Weather’ There are few songwriters today who can craft pop lyrics as literate or beguiling in their simplicity as Fountains of Wayne’s Adam Schlesinger. Remember the Oscar-nominated song “That Thing You Do” from the terrible Tom Hanks movie of the same name? Well, that was him. Elvis Costello could have written that, but it…
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Full Media Text Home Music Sports Media Arts Places People & Politics Food Reader’s Picks As a wee, round-faced pipsqueak growing up in San Antonio, I had a strange conception of media. It wasn’t until I was embarrassingly old that I grasped that newspaper and magazine articles weren’t conjured out of binary code by…
Framed
Who would have thought, back in the ’80s, that the company that gave us Superman and Batman would someday be home to Harvey Pekar comics? But here we are, with DC Comics publishing the post-big-screen incarnation of American Splendor, the first four issues of which are compiled in the new Another Day. Happily, fame and…
Aural Pleasure
Traffic and Weather Fountains of Wayne (Virgin) Inclement ‘Weather’ There are few songwriters today who can craft pop lyrics as literate or beguiling in their simplicity as Fountains of Wayne’s Adam Schlesinger. Remember the Oscar-nominated song “That Thing You Do” from the terrible Tom Hanks movie of the same name? Well, that was him. Elvis…
The Art Capades
The Three Aethers at the Center of the Sphere By appointment Through Apr 27 Three Walls 106D Blue Star, Building B 212-7185 The Best Things in Life are Free (with Purchase) By appointment Through May 7 Fl!ght Gallery 1906 S. Flores 276-2586 Turnitoff.tv/ As long as modern wo/man has existed, we’ve sought ways to escape…
Do right woman
It’s not every week that music fans get to share a room with a truly legendary performer. It’s even more rare, when those concerts happen, that the artist isn’t overshadowed by the legend: either slavishly trying to please the crowd by cramming a career into 90 minutes or simply not stacking up in comparison to…
About a Mexican
LOS FAVORITOS DEL MEXICANO Favorite Mexican beer? I don’t drink beer, I’m pure tequila. It would be a tie between Cazadores and Corralejo. Favorite Mexican dish? Aguachile. It’s a seafood dish from the state of Sinaloa. It’s basically ceviche, but 30 times more spicy and sour. Favorite Mexican song? “Carabina 30-30.” That is an old…
Do right woman
It’s not every week that music fans get to share a room with a truly legendary performer. It’s even more rare, when those concerts happen, that the artist isn’t overshadowed by the legend: either slavishly trying to please the crowd by cramming a career into 90 minutes or simply not stacking up in comparison to…
Public Axis
Last week I found myself yelling at Kerry Hibbs, public-affairs coordinator for AT&T in Austin. It was cathartic, and pointless. A week earlier, Hibbs had emailed a letter to the editor from former San Antonio mayor Howard Peak — now executive director of state and local government affairs for AT&T — assuring public-access producers that…
Do right woman
It’s not every week that music fans get to share a room with a truly legendary performer. It’s even more rare, when those concerts happen, that the artist isn’t overshadowed by the legend: either slavishly trying to please the crowd by cramming a career into 90 minutes or simply not stacking up in comparison to…
Public Axis
Last week I found myself yelling at Kerry Hibbs, public-affairs coordinator for AT&T in Austin. It was cathartic, and pointless. A week earlier, Hibbs had emailed a letter to the editor from former San Antonio mayor Howard Peak — now executive director of state and local government affairs for AT&T — assuring public-access producers that…
Do right woman
It’s not every week that music fans get to share a room with a truly legendary performer. It’s even more rare, when those concerts happen, that the artist isn’t overshadowed by the legend: either slavishly trying to please the crowd by cramming a career into 90 minutes or simply not stacking up in comparison to…
Public Axis
Last week I found myself yelling at Kerry Hibbs, public-affairs coordinator for AT&T in Austin. It was cathartic, and pointless. A week earlier, Hibbs had emailed a letter to the editor from former San Antonio mayor Howard Peak — now executive director of state and local government affairs for AT&T — assuring public-access producers that…
Born in east L.A.
Ollin 10pm Wed, April 25 The Cove 10pm Thu, Apr 26 Limelight 2pm Fri, Apr 27 Market Square 12pm Apr 28 King William Fair 10pm Apr 28 Salúte The new EP by Los Angeles collective Ollin opens with the sound of a shifting radio dial. The found-sound conceit, which owes something to the opening of…
Letters to the Editor
mail ON THE COVER Readers voted; critics typed; computers tallied, and the results are in! 66 pages of the Best of SA. Cover photo by Justin Parr. MAIL Turn it off Thank you very much for your excellent editorial on the abominable coverage of `the Virginia Tech` incident. `The MashUp, April 18-24.` On Wednesday night…
Spittin’ Game
The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle arcade game should’ve stayed in my second-grade memories, apparently. Turns out most of my recollections of the game center around fighting in real life over who got to be Michelangelo, and with good reason: The actual game is pretty crappy. You will probably remember this as a classic for the…
About a Mexican
LOS FAVORITOS DEL MEXICANO Favorite Mexican beer? I don’t drink beer, I’m pure tequila. It would be a tie between Cazadores and Corralejo. Favorite Mexican dish? Aguachile. It’s a seafood dish from the state of Sinaloa. It’s basically ceviche, but 30 times more spicy and sour. Favorite Mexican song? “Carabina 30-30.” That is an old…
Spittin’ Game
The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle arcade game should’ve stayed in my second-grade memories, apparently. Turns out most of my recollections of the game center around fighting in real life over who got to be Michelangelo, and with good reason: The actual game is pretty crappy. You will probably remember this as a classic for the…
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The Queque
Senator Dan Patrick (R-Houston) has already proved himself the most nauseating freshman of the 80th Legislature by sponsoring a remarkable array of far-right sludge, including a pro-life measure to pay pregnant women $500 to give their babies up for adoption in lieu of abortion. Last Thursday he proved himself unscrupulous as well as hypocritical, when…
Public Axis
Last week I found myself yelling at Kerry Hibbs, public-affairs coordinator for AT&T in Austin. It was cathartic, and pointless. A week earlier, Hibbs had emailed a letter to the editor from former San Antonio mayor Howard Peak — now executive director of state and local government affairs for AT&T — assuring public-access producers that…
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Full Media Text Music Sports Media Arts Places People& Politics Food As a wee, round-faced pipsqueak growing up in San Antonio, I had a strange conception of media. It wasn’t until I was embarrassingly old that I grasped that newspaper and magazine articles weren’t conjured out of binary code by some room-sized, Hitchhiker’s Guide-worthy super-computer…
The Queque
Senator Dan Patrick (R-Houston) has already proved himself the most nauseating freshman of the 80th Legislature by sponsoring a remarkable array of far-right sludge, including a pro-life measure to pay pregnant women $500 to give their babies up for adoption in lieu of abortion. Last Thursday he proved himself unscrupulous as well as hypocritical, when…
The Mashup
(Psssst. Think for a minute about what you love best about this city that we all share. Now hold onto that thought for a paragraph.) Welcome to the Current’s annual Best of San Antonio issue! It’s a fantastic issue, crammed full of superior SA, thanks to all of you who took time to vote. Chances…
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Full Media Text Music Sports Media Arts Places People& Politics Food As a wee, round-faced pipsqueak growing up in San Antonio, I had a strange conception of media. It wasn’t until I was embarrassingly old that I grasped that newspaper and magazine articles weren’t conjured out of binary code by some room-sized, Hitchhiker’s Guide-worthy super-computer…
The Queque
Senator Dan Patrick (R-Houston) has already proved himself the most nauseating freshman of the 80th Legislature by sponsoring a remarkable array of far-right sludge, including a pro-life measure to pay pregnant women $500 to give their babies up for adoption in lieu of abortion. Last Thursday he proved himself unscrupulous as well as hypocritical, when…
Ask the Chef: SA Edition
A few weeks ago in this space, some of you may have read the question sent in by Produce Curious, a reader who’s somewhat new to town and wanted to know where he could hook up with some farm-fresh produce in San Antonio. I had to confess that I live thousands of miles away in…
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Full Media Text Home Music Sports Media Arts Places People& Politics Food Reader’s Picks As a wee, round-faced pipsqueak growing up in San Antonio, I had a strange conception of media. It wasn’t until I was embarrassingly old that I grasped that newspaper and magazine articles weren’t conjured out of binary code by some room-sized,…
Do right woman
It’s not every week that music fans get to share a room with a truly legendary performer. It’s even more rare, when those concerts happen, that the artist isn’t overshadowed by the legend: either slavishly trying to please the crowd by cramming a career into 90 minutes or simply not stacking up in comparison to…
Ask the Chef: SA Edition
Chef Boy Ari: Smiling on the inside. Courtesy photo. A few weeks ago in this space, some of you may have read the question sent in by Produce Curious, a reader who’s somewhat new to town and wanted to know where he could hook up with some farm-fresh produce in San Antonio. I had to…
Sports
Best Sporting- Goods Store 1. Academy Sports and Outdoors Academy.com 2. Soccer Locker USA 6487 Blanco, 349-5021 3. Bass Pro Shop 9806 IH-10 West, 877-5770, Basspro.com Current readers voiced their opinion loudly on this one. Your one-stop-shop for camping, fishing, hunting, and athletic equipment for every sport imaginable, Academy is a godsend for…
Places
Stand in the place where you live … Now I hop on my moped. The scooter isn’t supposed to go above 35 mph, so usually I stay off the highways. Unless I make a wrong turn, and in that case I hang on real tight and try to keep it steady. (My front column is…
People and Politics
There’s a joke about cities in Texas that comes courtesy of environmental lawyer Enrique Valdivia (president of the two big Edwards Aquifer protection groups in town, as well as other nice-guy distinctions). “Dallas is the Little New York, Houston is the Little LA, and San Antonio is the Big Poteet.” (The Current would like to…
Music
Saustex Media impresario and local punk legend Jeff Smith recently made the valid point that for all the sadness accompanying the 2005 murder of Taco Land owner Ram Ayala, the tragic loss spurred the music community to develop. The brutal circumstances surrounding Ayala’s death merely drove home the point that the local music scene could…
Media
As a wee, round-faced pipsqueak growing up in San Antonio, I had a strange conception of media. It wasn’t until I was embarrassingly old that I grasped that newspaper and magazine articles weren’t conjured out of binary code by some room-sized, Hitchhiker’s Guide-worthy super-computer (although sometimes it would seem so). Even as a writer for…
Food
Oh, you should hear the gnashing of teeth, the wailing and moaning, when Best of San Antonio time rolls around. The source of pain: to chain or not to chain? No one seems happy, least of all the voters, when Pizza Hut wins “Best Pizza.” But there it is: If we don’t specify “local,” inevitably…
Arts
Sometimes the Best Of SA critic is a spider, spinning a web of pretty but ephemeral words, hoping to snag at least one butterfly that she can show off to readers: See, this bug is a truly spectacular bug, and it grew from larval form right here in the Alamo City! Never you mind the…
Arts
Best Gallery Show 1. Bettie Ward The Marvelous Hysterical, Southwest School of Art & Craft 2. Mike Esparza The Bijou 3. Casting a New Light Southwest School of Art & Craft The always-polished Southwest School of Art & Craft scored twice in this category, once with their Fotoseptiembre group show, and…
Food
Best Burger 1. Chris Madrid’s 1900 Blanco, 735-3552 2. Chester’s Hamburger Co. Multiple locations 3. The Cove 606 W. Cypress, 227-2683, Thecove.us It isn’t the beef — standard-issue, pounded flat, heavily salted and peppered — that makes this family-run hometown eatery a fixture on best-burger lists, but the toppings: a slow-moving lava…
Media
Best Blogger 1. Sean Paul Kelley The Agonist, Agonist.org/user/sean_paul 2. (Tie) Dave Maass Chisme Libre, Sacurrent.com Stephen Walker The Walker Report, Walkerreport.blogspot.com Stephen Walker, Balcones Heights councilman and consummate red-light camera watchdog, posted for the 1,000th time on the “pulse of San Antonio’s” Walker Report this month! Dave Maass,…
Music
Best Rock Band 1. Los #3 Dinners Number3dinners.com 2. Dog Men Poets Dogmenpoets.com 3. Skunkweed Skunkweed.com Dog Men Poets’ loyal crowd always comes out in big numbers for Best-of votes, but the Poets couldn’t quite match a large turnout for veteran rockers Los #3 Dinners, a band once praised (in its previous…
People and Politics
Phil Hardberger Person of the Year 1. Phil Hardberger Mayor of San Antonio 2. Ciro Rodriguez Representative, U.S. District 23 3. Kinky Friedman Personality and gubernatorial candidate We love that you love politicians and would-be politicos, too, readers. (You might’ve picked fallen Idol Haley Scarnato, after all). Hardberger’s full-steam-ahead approach to downtown…
Places
Best Car Wash 1. Wash Tub Multiple locations, Washtub.com 2. The Cove 606 W. Cypress, 227-2683, Thecove.us 3. Waterworks Waterworkscarwash.com When it comes to keeping cars clean, the majority of Current readers turn to homegrown chain the Wash Tub. Boasting a number of locations throughout Say-Town, the Wash Tub offers its car-cleaning…
Letters to the Editor
mail ON THE COVER Haley Scarnato’s American Idol run is over, but it was grand while it lasted. Story. Cover illustration by James Yamasaki. MAIL Your recent guest column, “Public Access Fight Brewing,” `The Say-Town Lowdown, April 11-17` may have given some readers the mistaken impression that AT&T does not want to provide PEG (public,…
Letters to the Editor
mail ON THE COVER Haley Scarnato’s American Idol run is over, but it was grand while it lasted. Story. Cover illustration by James Yamasaki. MAIL Your recent guest column, “Public Access Fight Brewing,” `The Say-Town Lowdown, April 11-17` may have given some readers the mistaken impression that AT&T does not want to provide PEG (public,…
Free Will Astrology
By: Rob Brezsny ARIES (March 21-April 19): “I was the wife of Vlajko Stojiljkovic, deceased, who was indicted at the Hague War Crimes Tribunal. First, I assure you that the indictment was politically motivated and utterly without merit. Secondly, I need to transfer our vast fortune out of the country. The funds are in…
The Omniboire
Photo courtesy Tom Maack via Wikimedia Commons With apologies in advance to women of the cloth, it’s difficult to dispute that many San Antonians of a certain age and upbringing were terrorized by nuns. But I submit here that many more innocents around the world have been traumatized by a different order, that of the…
The Omniboire
Photo courtesy Tom Maack via Wikimedia Commons With apologies in advance to women of the cloth, it’s difficult to dispute that many San Antonians of a certain age and upbringing were terrorized by nuns. But I submit here that many more innocents around the world have been traumatized by a different order, that of the…
The Bar Tab
Art Full Text Music Sports Media Arts Places People& Politics Food Sometimes the Best Of SA critic is a spider, spinning a web of pretty but ephemeral words, hoping to snag at least one butterfly that she can show off to readers: See, this bug is a truly spectacular bug, and it grew from larval…
The Bar Tab
Art Full Text Music Sports Media Arts Places People& Politics Food Sometimes the Best Of SA critic is a spider, spinning a web of pretty but ephemeral words, hoping to snag at least one butterfly that she can show off to readers: See, this bug is a truly spectacular bug, and it grew from larval…
The Bar Tab
Art Full Text Music Sports Media Arts Places People& Politics Food Sometimes the Best Of SA critic is a spider, spinning a web of pretty but ephemeral words, hoping to snag at least one butterfly that she can show off to readers: See, this bug is a truly spectacular bug, and it grew from larval…
The Bar Tab
Art Full Text Music Sports Media Arts Places People& Politics Food Sometimes the Best Of SA critic is a spider, spinning a web of pretty but ephemeral words, hoping to snag at least one butterfly that she can show off to readers: See, this bug is a truly spectacular bug, and it grew from larval…
The Bar Tab
Full Music Text Music Sports Media Arts Places People& Politics Food Best Tribute to a Recently Deceased Legend Suzy Bravo and the Soul Revue When James Brown passed away last Christmas, Suzy Bravo knew someone had to organize a proper San Antonio send-off for the Godfather of Soul. After a few days passed, she realized…
The Bar Tab
Full Music Text Music Sports Media Arts Places People& Politis Food Best Tribute to a Recently Deceased Legend Suzy Bravo and the Soul Revue When James Brown passed away last Christmas, Suzy Bravo knew someone had to organize a proper San Antonio send-off for the Godfather of Soul. After a few days passed, she realized…
The Bar Tab
Full Music Text Music Sports Media Arts Places People& Politis Food Best Tribute to a Recently Deceased Legend Suzy Bravo and the Soul Revue When James Brown passed away last Christmas, Suzy Bravo knew someone had to organize a proper San Antonio send-off for the Godfather of Soul. After a few days passed, she realized…
Super-Estrella
Jade Esteban Estrada as Oscar Wilde. Courtesy photo. ICONS: The Lesbian and Gay History of the World, Vol. 1 7:30pm Wed Apr 4 $12 general; $10 student, senior Metropolitan Community Church of San Antonio 611 E. Myrtle 857-4233 Getjaded.com On January 20, the Silver Dollar Saloon hosted an event that general manager Skyler Blue called…
The Art Capades
An installation view of Katja Strunz’s metal sculptures. International Artist-In-Residence 07.1 Noon-5pm Wed-Sun; noon-8pm Thu Through May 13 Free Artpace 445 N. Main 212-4900 Artpace.org What works as art these days? I can’t go with “everything is art,” because then of course “nothing is art” would also be true, and while that’s probably an exhilarating…
Planting, Sowing, Reaping a Lifeline
The cast of Uprooted: The Katrina Project warming up for Friday’s premiere at Jump-Start. Photo by Justin Parr. Uprooted: The Katrina Project 8 pm Fri, Mar 30 & Sat, Mar 31 $12 general; $9 student, senior 8 pm Thu, Mar 29, free preview for Katrina Evacuees Jump-Start Theatre 108 Blue Star 227-5867 Jump-start.org The winds have…
Hustle and Flow
With the Final Four brackets set, March Madness is hitting a crescendo of excitement. The San Antonio Spurs have used this month to create a little hoops frenzy of their own, streaking to an impressive 13 straight victories before dropping two in a row. On March 23, the Spurs engaged in a rematch of the…
The Say-Town Lowdown
Concerned about slow fire-department response times, especially in newer neighborhoods? Frightened by talk of putting tolls on lots of major highways around San Antonio? What you need is a little more understanding and some context. So like most professors, I’ll give you some reading assignments. But to make it easy on you, there will be…
Little César
Top: Rita and César Chávez making their First Communion. Above: Rita Chávez Medina today. 11th Annual César E. Chávez March for Justice Sat 11am assembly and program Plaza Avenida Guadalupe (1321 El Paso) 1pm March to the Alamo Sachavezfoundation.org Senator Robert F. Kennedy called him “one of the heroic figures of our time.” Author Rudolfo…
The Fast Foodie
Big Kahuna’s 741 W. Ashby 733-8473 Hours vary This critic was spellbound by the TV show Gidget growing up — perhaps the only black, inner-city tweener planning her summer vacation around Sally Field’s exploits at the beach. So I know to expect a shaman-from-the-sea when someone/thing is called “big kahuna” … And the Viet-boho new…
The Queque
Because the biweekly Texas Observer only has a meager circulation of 8,000 readers, the Queque thought it’d repeat something found in its latest edition about the hip-hop record label that helped with the Queque’s early-onset puberty. (We were in a parking lot after a junior-high dance. Some teenagers drove up blasting the Beastie Boys’ “Brass…
The Bar Tab
Diary of Dave Maass Blue Star Brewery. Friday, March 9, 2007 6:15 p.m. I’m in a mood. I don’t fucking want to be here on this fucking stakeout. I want to be home, resting after a shitty day at work. The only thing I want to do before I put my feet up and tune…
Texas Coup d’etat
Lines in the Sand: Congressional Redistricting in Texas and the Downfall of Tom Delay by Steve Bickerstaff 2007, University of Texas Press $34.95, 472 pages Steve Bickerstaff Book Signing Thu April 5, 5pm The Twig Book Shop 5005 Broadway St. 826-6411 Tom DeLay did not invent gerrymandering. Elbridge Gerry, Democratic governor of Massachusetts from 1810-12,…
Buffet Bliss & Blah
Chicken tandoori surrounded by (clockwise from top) naan, cauliflower and peas, tikka masala, goat curry, and steamed rice. Photo by Antonia Padilla. Spice Café 8515 Starcrest @ Loop 410 946-1309 11:30am-10pm Sun; 11am-10pm Mon-Thu; 11am-10:30pm Fri & Sat Cash only Price range: Buffets $6-$7.99; entrées $4.50-$7.99 Bathrooms not accessible In 2001, Robin Cook, Tony Blair’s…
The Mashup
From the Editor Two rumors have been circulating about the soon-to-be-released findings regarding the City’s performing-arts needs. One, possibly started by me, is that one of the sites recommended for a comprehensive performing-arts center is along the banks of the San Antonio River just south of the San Antonio Museum of Art. The land is…
Spittin’ Game
Crackdown Xbox 360 $59.99 Indigo Prophecy Xbox Price varies (from $13.25 at Amazon.com) So let’s get this out of the way: This is the game that comes with the chance to download the Halo 3 beta when it’s released. Crackdown is probably worth your money on its own, though. In a sort of Reese’s Peanut…
Aural Pleasure
We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank Modest Mouse (Epic) Choppy Seas Modest Mouse frontman Isaac Brock’s appeal has always depended on the sense that he’s slightly unhinged. His most striking vocals have been glorious rants, rabid-dog tantrums that only intermittently intersect with standard concepts of pitch and melody. Much to the dismay of…
Sound and the Fury
Bombasta’s Roberto Livar. Courtesy photo. Hail Cesar For the second consecutive year, activist Latino-funk ensemble Bombasta will supply the polyrhythms at SA’s annual Cesar E. Chavez March for Justice. The Saturday, March 31 march, which celebrates the 80th birthday of the late, pioneering labor leader, will end at the Alamo, and Bombasta is scheduled to…
All Ears
Rickie Lee Jones. Courtesy photo. One of the most lovely surprises of this year’s SXSW was that, after it became clear that Rickie Lee Jones was playing only new songs at the Direct TV taping I caught, I found myself not minding one bit. All the more surprising because I hadn’t heard the songs, just…
Indie-Pop Pharmacy
Druggist reflects on the success of its debut album. Photo by Denise Blaz “Where can I throw this away,” I ask Blake Cormier, lead singer of indie-rock band Druggist, referring to my empty water cup. “Right here,” Cormier says pointing to the trashcan. “Yes, help yourself. You can take anything you want in there, we…
Beached Tale
The Tattoo By Chris McKinney Soho Press $12, 248 pages When I read, I hunt for unforgettable passages. And by unforgettable, I don’t mean words that automatically etch themselves into my brain. My memory doesn’t work like that. Instead, I mean I’m hungry for passages that I won’t let myself forget, that I’ll want to…
Framed
Paul Pope’s Caped Crusader goes retro in Batman Year 100. Courtesy image. More Batman comics hit the stands each year than any sane person would ever read, but the soft spot I’ve always had for the character leads me to watch for those that try something different with him. The new Batman Year 100 (DC)…
Phone call of the week: SA small-minded, sexist
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Phone call of the week: SA small-minded, sexist
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Big Tex Moving Day?
The Big Tex Warehouse on the site where asbestos-contaminated vermiculite was processed. Last week, closing down the Blue Star Art Silos south of the Blue Star Complex was still a rumor. And the Current’s most receptive source was a thin Rasta in Tony Parker’s home jersey standing above the San Antonio River, on the northeast…
