On the Street
High culture, low culture, and no culture all co-existing uneasily in another installment of On the Street. As always, read at your own risk. On the Street It’s only fitting that when the city of San Antonio is out on the streets that I’m stuck behind a book studying. Perhaps that’s how it should be…
Goliad Needs You (Again)
There will be a uranium mining teach-in down in Goliad this Saturday. It promises to shed more light on UEC’s efforts to mine uranium from shallow water drinking aquifers downriver from San Antonio. That would place it in prime cattle country and upriver from the oysters, shrimp, and wading birds of San Antonio Bay, fellas.…
Goliad Needs You (Again)
There will be a uranium mining teach-in down in Goliad this Saturday. It promises to shed more light on UEC’s efforts to mine uranium from shallow water drinking aquifers downriver from San Antonio. That would place it in prime cattle country and upriver from the oysters, shrimp, and wading birds of San Antonio Bay, fellas.…
Dirty Penny, Broken Teeth, Sister Devastation, & Eden Burning
Release Date: 2008-04-23 Austinites Broken Teeth bring a slew of AC/DC-fueled, bluesy yet fierce riffs to the Alamo City — this is Texas cock rock at its finest. Frontman Jason McMaster has been revered on the SA scene since the days when his thrash-metal outfit Watchtower played at Showcase, going on to form Texas sleaze…
Heaven and Hell Masked Ball
Release Date: 2008-04-23 It’s a night for dress-up much like Ann Rice’s infamous Vampire Ball. Well, maybe not that dark. DJs Hans 242 and Nblackoasis tag team four different decks for pure pleasure with dark retro, EBM, and industrial grooves. Naughty playroom featuring texSWITCH and free giveaways from Metropolis Records. No cover if you dress…
Fiestapalooza
Release Date: 2008-04-23 It’s rock, hardcore, metal, and mayhem with BMX, skateboard, and roller derby exhibitions, “blood” wrestling, and more. Twenty bands from South Texas take the stage, including Joey Belladonna from Anthrax, and No Ballads. Tickets available at Pigstagg Records & Video, 8035 Culebra, and Craker Box Palace, 622 Hildebrand. $10/presale, $30/gate, 1pm, Rosedale…
Lucha Libre ArtSlam!
Release Date: 2008-04-23 That spandex Luchador mask that you bought on a drunken whim a couple of years back will finally see the light on April 26th during Fiesta 2008’s finale. Deadbeat Hero, The Prhymemates, and Drunken Monkey Promotions have teamed up to throw down LUCHA LIBRE ARTSLAM!, a momentous art and music event with a…
Fiesta Jazz Festival feat. Rufus Reid
Release Date: 2008-04-23 An official Fiesta event, the St. Mary’s University Fiesta Jazz Festival is one of the city’s oldest and most notable jazz traditions. Legendary bassist Rufus Reid takes the stage with world-renowned pianist Steve Allee and Brazilian trap drummer Duduka Da Fonseca for an 8:30 p.m. performance Friday in addition to a mid-day…
Fiesta Blues Heritage Series
Release Date: 2008-04-23 The great blues revival of the early ’80s, sparked by Stevie Ray Vaughan, came with a price. From that point on, blues clubs were inundated with bands that felt the need to schlock up the 12-bar form with rock cliches. This syndrome was brilliantly depicted in the movie Ghost World, when Steve…
Texas Takeover II w. Lokey, Angerkill, Deadpool, Shrapnel, & more
Release Date: 2008-04-23 The second installment in a series of four, Texas Takeover II promises an all-out assault on the senses in a grand display of Texas metal. Top-notch local veterans combine for the impressive bill, featuring a hard-driving blend of thrash, progressive, and death metal by Deadpool, the blistering and aggressive Lokey live set,…
Fiesta: A Taste of the Northside
Release Date: 2008-04-23 Delightful and delectable! Food tastings from 30 local restaurants complemented by wine and beer selections from 40 international labels flavor the 9th Annual A Taste of the Northside! The tastings are accompanied by live music from three different stages and a Texas-sized silent auction. The only official Fiesta event held on SA’s…
The Killers of Comedy
Release Date: 2008-04-23 With a bill of comics made famous by Howard Stern and introduced to the Alamo City by Kidd Chris on the airwaves of the now-defunct 102.7 KROCK, The Killers of Comedy show promises an outrageous dose of hardcore East Coast comedy. The all-star lineup includes The Reverend Bob Levy, once dubbed the…
Best of SA 2008
It’s Best of SA, and the regular stuff will be back next week For now please enjoy these Best of 2008 stories. You Turn Me On Working-class Heroes
Best of SA 2008
It’s Best of SA, and the regular stuff will be back next week For now please enjoy these Best of 2008 stories. Vice and Virtue Part 1 Vice and Virtue Part 2 You’ve Been Served
Best of SA 2008
It’s Best of SA, and the regular stuff will be back next week For now please enjoy these Best of 2008 stories. Mini Me Our Bodies, Our Selves Special Places Shop Till You Drop
Best of SA 2008
It’s Best of SA, and the regular stuff will be back next week For now please enjoy this Best of 2008 story. You Turn Me On
Iron Man
Iron Man Tuesday, April 29th 7:30pm at Santikos Palladium 17703 W. IH-10 We are out of passes for this screening
Vice and Virtue
Best Ladies’ Night Cowboys Dance Hall, Thursdays 3030 NE Loop 410 @ I35 (210) 646-5370 cowboysdancehall.com “Ladies’ Night” sounds like cheap drinks and no cover, and that’s exactly the schtick at Cowboys, supplemented by $1,000 balloon drop for the women. But the $7 cover for gents doesn’t deter the guys — rather, the outskirts of…
Mini Me
Nicest Pet-care Services PetsMart Multiple locations petsmart.com PetSmart also won Best Pet-toy Shop. The first thing I noticed about this place was that I actually got to go in. I got to go! No sitting in the car, per the usual. Or, more likely, given what my people say is the danger of leaving me…
Vice and Virtue
Nicest Lingerie Shop Victoria’s Secret Multiple locations, victoriassecret.com Oh ladies, we couldn’t agree with you more on this one. As lace-loving lingerie fans ourselves, we rejoice at the store’s semi-annual sales, held each year in January and May, plus we’re addicted to the Secret Garden collection of body-care products. Shades of Love got some love,…
Best of 2008 FAQ’s
Why are there so many more readers’ picks this year? The Current’s critics get to flip our thumbs up and down all year long. Best of SA gives you the opportunity to tell your fellow residents what you think — in a collective, quasi-democratic fashion. Our goal is to create a fairly comprehensive guide to…
Our Bodies, Our Selves
Best Massage Therapist Michelle Jimenez, MAJR Massage Therapy 414 W. Mistletoe (210) 508-2277 majrmassage.com Michelle Jimenez (who also dabbles in belly-dancing) is a licensed massage therapist who has been trained in Swedish massage and can work out any muscle in need of soothing. Her specialties include deep-tissue massage, trigger-point therapy, and myofascial release. And if…
Hooker Legacy Spoils Gallery Bid
Rev. Seymour Perkins will continue to be a regular fixture of the East Hackberry community for at least the next eight months or so, despite a local judge’s rejection of his attorney’s request for a new trial. It was just a few weeks ago that CPS crews shut off gas to the home of this…
Dear Uncle Mat
Dear Readers, Welcome to half-way through your Fiesta week. Hopefully you’ve avoided alcohol poisoning, arrest, calling in sick to work, and bad sex decisions so far. I realize that by Wednesday I am too late for some of you, but for the rest I have a bit of a “dos and don’ts” list for the…
You Turn Me On
Best local radio talk-show host Lisle & Hahn 99.5 KISS FM Morning’s talk-radio horse race kinked about on the fringes this year, but the undisputed SA-debased middle-school humorists can keep their gleaming throne (and bristled throne cleaner) for another year: Lisle & Hahn reign supreme and kiss their lucky stars and bars that Kidd Chris…
Big Tex update
“There were no real screaming-high levels,” said EPA On-Scene Coordinator Eric Delgado of the results from February’s Big Tex sampling, but they did confirm the 2006 preliminary tests that showed worrisomely high levels of amphibole-asbestos contamination on the Southtown site, which processed tremolite-asbestos-laden vermiculite from Libby, Montana, for almost three decades. EPA used the most…
¡Ask a Mexican!
Special paperback edition Dear Readers: The paperback version of my book is out in stores now, cheap enough so that even a Guatemalan can afford it. Buy, por favor! Now, on to the preguntas … Dear Mexican: Lately, I’ve been hearing how punks and metalheads in Mexico are trying to beat up emos because it’s…
Working-class Heroes
Favorite Roller Derby Player Tonya Hurting, Prim Reapers Antonia Padilla Readers responded passionately in this category and we applaud your support of a league that’s just 2 years old. Tonya Hurting of the Prim Reapers claimed top honors, and it seems it’s just another accolade to…
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19): The U.S. government is spending over $500,000 per minute on the war in Iraq. Meanwhile, Exxon Mobil is raking in about $73,000 of profit per minute. Is there any connection? Though I have my suspicions, I don’t know for sure. I do know that the coming weeks will be an excellent…
Shop Till You Drop
Best Bookstore Half-Price Books Multiple locations halfpricebooks.com At its finest, this 36-year-old Dallas-born chain feels like a neighborhood bookstore — especially the locally beloved outpost on lower Broadway. The well-arranged combination of gently used detective novels and literary classics and bargain-priced new titles naturally blunts any corporate atmosphere, and Half-Price attracts and hires the bookstore…
You’ve Been Served
Best Korean BBQ Ilsong Garden 6905 Blanco (210) 366-4508 The Queen of Korean has more on her mind than that country’s sweetly saucy barbecue these days, at least from the look of the menu with its many Japanese specialties — sushi included. Islong filet mingon and Chef Young’s beef tenderloin shishkabob occupy pride of place…
Hooker Legacy Spoils Gallery Bid
Rev. Seymour Perkins will continue to be a regular fixture of the East Hackberry community for at least the next eight months or so, despite a local judge’s rejection of his attorney’s request for a new trial. It was just a few weeks ago that CPS crews shut off gas to the home of this controversial…
Special Places
Most Beautiful Cemetery Mission Burial Park 1700 SE Military Dr. (210) 924-4242 obit.missionparks.com Greg Harman I’m not one to get weepy in a cemetery. Shamefully, I even lugged off a coveted granite cross in my more expressive years. But a quiet drive past a single row of…
Big Tex update
“There were no real screaming-high levels,” said EPA On-Scene Coordinator Eric Delgado of the results from February’s Big Tex sampling, but they did confirm the 2006 preliminary tests that showed worrisomely high levels of amphibole-asbestos contamination on the Southtown site, which processed tremolite-asbestos-laden vermiculite from Libby, Montana, for almost three decades. EPA used the most…
May 10 Venue Tax coverage
Welcome to SAN ANTONIO http://www2.sacurrent.com/news/story.asp?id=68481 The proposed PAC is music to local performance groups http://sacurrent.com/news/story.asp?id=68552 Visitor tax: clarification http://www2.sacurrent.com/blog/story.asp?id=68523 Paying the PAC Man http://www2.sacurrent.com/news/story.asp?id=68588
Say Hey Willie
Even though he never made any effort to look (or sound) youthful, it’s still a bit jolting to consider that Willie Nelson turns 75 next week. To put things in perspective, the Lone Star State’s greatest living music icon was born two years before Elvis Presley, and while Presley went out as a bloated wreck…
Say Hey Willie
Even though he never made any effort to look (or sound) youthful, it’s still a bit jolting to consider that Willie Nelson turns 75 next week. To put things in perspective, the Lone Star State’s greatest living music icon was born two years before Elvis Presley, and while Presley went out as a bloated wreck…
