Second Saturday recap
It had been awhile since I’ve stopped by the South Flores Arts District to check out Second Saturday and although I didn’t get to check out what one9zero6 or Fl!ght galleries had to offer, I did walk over to Gallista Gallery and came across some awesome pieces. I didn’t get the name of this piece,…
Red, White, and Bruised
The Alamo City Rollergirls hit the track this Sunday in a long-awaited, dirty derby doubleheader at The Rollercade. Dubbed “Red, White, and Bruised,” Sunday’s matchup was the first ACRG bout in two months — the league took off the months of May and June but ACRG’s travel team, Las Tejanas, traveled to Fayetteville, Arkansas,…
Second Saturday recap
It had been awhile since I’ve stopped by the South Flores Arts District to check out Second Saturday and although I didn’t get to check out what one9zero6 or Fl!ght galleries had to offer, I did walk over to Gallista Gallery and came across some awesome pieces. I didn’t get the name of this piece,…
Red, White, and Bruised
The Alamo City Rollergirls hit the track this Sunday in a long-awaited, dirty derby doubleheader at The Rollercade. Dubbed “Red, White, and Bruised,” Sunday’s matchup was the first ACRG bout in two months — the league took off the months of May and June but ACRG’s travel team, Las Tejanas, traveled to Fayetteville, Arkansas, to…
Bonding over brocc
I had meant to include info about this workshop in my original story on urban gardening that ran last week. There is so much cool stuff happening around on the ‘greens circuit’ that i often wish i could grow my durga arms and recover the pre-abused brain of younger days to adequately drape myself over…
On the Street
“Back From the Grave” Letters (to the On the Street Penthouse Suite) #1 On the Street Foreign Correspondents from Bolivia Rux and Bear Report In (From…Brazil!) Hola Amigos y Familia – We just finished a short audio-slideshow that will be published on The World’s website next week to accompany Ru’s radio story about the Doctor’s…
A Fine Calamity
SA native Sara Radle is familiar to locals for her work with the band Lucy Loves Schroeder and familiar to nationals for her participation in The Rentals, but Radle (now based in Los Angeles) will make a rare onstage return to the Alamo City on Tuesday, July 15 with a gig at Rock Bottom Tattoo…
Bonding over brocc
I had meant to include info about this workshop in my original story on urban gardening that ran last week. There is so much cool stuff happening around on the ‘greens circuit’ that i often wish i could grow my durga arms and recover the pre-abused brain of younger days to adequately drape myself over…
On the Street
“Back From the Grave” Letters (to the On the Street Penthouse Suite) #1 On the Street Foreign Correspondents from Bolivia Rux and Bear Report In (From…Brazil!) Hola Amigos y Familia – We just finished a short audio-slideshow that will be published on The World’s website next week to accompany Ru’s radio story about the Doctor’s…
A Fine Calamity
SA native Sara Radle is familiar to locals for her work with the band Lucy Loves Schroeder and familiar to nationals for her participation in The Rentals, but Radle (now based in Los Angeles) will make a rare onstage return to the Alamo City on Tuesday, July 15 with a gig at Rock Bottom Tattoo…
Police porridge hot
The Police Executive Research Forum’s report on SAPD’s use-of-force behaviors isn’t War and Peace, but it is over 90 pages and fairly saturated with statistics and other vital data that residents would be well served to explore. As I editorialized in this week’s MashUp, I believe that after a sorry handling and release of the…
Police porridge hot
The Police Executive Research Forum’s report on SAPD’s use-of-force behaviors isn’t War and Peace, but it is over 90 pages and fairly saturated with statistics and other vital data that residents would be well served to explore. As I editorialized in this week’s MashUp, I believe that after a sorry handling and release of the…
Cactus Pear Music Festival
Release Date: 2008-07-09 Cactus Pear Margaritas once served as inspiration for CPMF artistic director Stephanie Sant’Ambrogio as she sought to fill the summer void of classical music in South Texas. Now in its 12th season, the festival includes masterpieces of the chamber music world and scintillating modern compositions. $20/22 singles, 7:30pm July 10, 12, 17,…
Edwin McCain w. Hogleg & Megatits in Outerspace
Release Date: 2008-07-09 Platinum-selling artist Edwin McCain recently took a rare break to record an album of vintage R&B and classic Southern tracks, reveling in the experience of recording songs penned by others. Nobody’s Fault But Mine was recorded in the spirit of a live album, paying homage to the original performances. The album hit…
South Texas Rockfest: Queensrÿche, Jet Boy, Dokken, Skid Row, & more
Release Date: 2008-07-09 Share sweat and knock elbows with your fellow rockers at the three-day South Texas Rockfest, where you can bring your hog to Javelina Harley Davidson’s spacious 50 acres and enjoy a packed lineup of bands including Queensryche, Tesla, UFO, L.A. Guns, and Skid Row. Three-day VIP tickets are limited and going fast.…
Beppe Gambetta
Release Date: 2008-07-09 Beppe Gambetta is one of Europe’s premier guitar stylists, and his distinctive sound is a multi-cultural tapestry of traditional, original, and classical music influences. He’s played with greats like Doc Watson and Norman Blake, and has been a guest on NPR’s “All Things Considered.” Only 50 tickets will be sold for this…
Dog Men Poets CD Release Party
Release Date: 2008-07-09 After taking several slots in the Current’s 2008 music awards, Dog Men Poets are back with a new album, Perspective: Vol 1. Sounds of Survival. The collective is known for their poetic rock, hip-hop accents, and a touch of funk, and are throwing the party to thank their supporters and street team.…
Kill Hannah, Innerparty System, The Metric Droid, & White Tie Affair
Release Date: 2008-07-09 Kill Hannah brings their sonically seducing vocals and unique goth-punk fashion style to Scout Bar, joined on their “Hope For The Hopeless” tour by Pennsylvanian techno-rockers Innerpartysystem. Kill Hannah’s got a glitzy mix of gothic tendencies and fashionably crunchy modern rock, and Innerpartysystem is set to blow up on the East Coast…
Earth, Wind, & Fire
Release Date: 2008-07-09 Earth, Wind & Fire mastermind Maurice White was born and raised in Memphis, but he never had much in common with the gritty soul music produced at Stax Records by close friends such as Booker T. Jones. White gravitated to slicker fare, and in that sense he was a perfect black-pop artist…
Willing but not Abel
Checking in at Earl’s new outpost
Gonzo too soon
Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson Director: Alex Gibney Screenwriter: Alex Gibney Cast: Jann Wenner, Jimmy Carter, Johnny Depp Release Date: 2008-07-09 Website: http://www.magpictures.com/profile.aspx?id=76b59739-db32-404b-b85c-bfe2d1819c2a Rated: R Genre: Documentary Before the impassioned, inventive invective of Keith Olbermann, there was Hunter S. Thompson, master of intemperate defamation. About Richard Nixon, he wrote: “He…
Perspective Vol. 1: Sounds of Survival
Perspective Vol. 1: Sounds of Survival Composer: Dog Men Poets Conductor: Dog Men Poets Label: self-released Release Date: 2008-07-09 Rated: NONE Media: CD Length: LP Format: Album Genre: Funk On the back cover of their new CD, Dog Men Poets list the artists who inspired each of the disc’s 10 tracks. The roster, which runs…
Jim
Jim Composer: Jamie Lidell Conductor: Jamie Lidell Label: Warp Release Date: 2008-07-09 Rated: NONE Media: CD Length: LP Format: Album Genre: R & B British producer-turned-singer Jamie Lidell champions R&B and light funk that play up the genres’ feel-good effervescence at the expense of their sexual urgency. Although his music is occasionally the sonic equivalent…
Children of Huang Shi
Children of Huang Shi Director: Roger Spottiswoode Screenwriter: Roger Spottiswoode Cast: Radha Mitchell, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Chow Yun Fat, Michelle Yeoh Release Date: 2008-07-09 Website: http://www.childrenofhuangshi.com/ Rated: R Genre: Drama For all of its lush scenery and high production values, The Children of Huang Shi is enfeebled by the stiff performance of its leading man…
Peter Murphy
Release Date: 2008-07-09 Peter Murphy’s dubbed the “Godfather of Goth” for good reason — the English singer broke through the gloomy London scene as a dark king in the ’70s and ’80s with his seminal band Bauhaus. His high cheekbones and deep voice likened him to a macabre version of David Bowie, furthered by his…
Dear Uncle Mat
Please read my entire question before jumping to conclusions and judgment. I want to know if it is OK to date a married man if he is separated from his wife. She is dating a new guy and though they do not get along, they have agreed that they should move on and begin dating…
Elephant’s memory
Downtown Fort Stockton is buzzing. Rick Noriega, the Democratic Party’s nominee for the United States Senate, is dropping by this lazy West Texas town for a Wednesday afternoon eat-and-greet at Zero Stone Park, right behind the historic Pecos County Courthouse. It’s a rare visit from a senatorial candidate, but it’s not what has this community…
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19): “The only way to get a difficult feeling to go away is simply to love yourself for it,” says author Christiane Northrup. “If you think you’re stupid, then love yourself for feeling that way. It’s a paradox, but it works. To heal, you must … shine the light of compassion on…
Planning for an abuse-free PD
There’s a funny little stratagem employed ever so often in the cat-and-mouse game played out day by day between the press and the press-acuted. Suppose I have the latest on a federal plan to pump up the gas tax to pay for daily Botox injections for the most stately members of Congress — specifically the…
¡Ask a Mexican!
Dear Mexican: What’s the fascination Mexicans have with Elvis? — Good Roceando Tonight Dear Gabacho: Your question is spot-on, but it’s taken a while for Elvis to achieve icon status amongst Mexicans. As recounted in Eric Zolov’s 1999 book, Refried Elvis: The Rise of the Mexican Counterculture, the King largely sparked the roots of rock…
Too darn hot
Pitch some woo The entire City of San Antonio is having a Home Alone summer. With the Mayor away, assaults on the collective household abound, many of them advanced PR trench-warfare style: late afternoon before the weekend. First the breakup between SA’s elected leaders and AT&T’s God Pod, which announced its imminent and done-deal departure…
Clothes-minded
Welcome to week two of the Wardrobe Refashion Challenge, in which we’ve vowed not to buy any new manufactured clothes for two months, instead relying on renovated, recycled, vintage, or handcrafted items to appease all our fashion needs. This week we have a little craft project, suitable for both guys and girls, to breathe fresh…
Court of last resort
At certain CVB-approved times of the year, HemisFair Park is still very much an integral part of San Antonio. Turnout for the annual Texas Folklife Festival and other sporadic events ensures that, on occasion, HemisFair Park retains its status as a 40-year-old San Antonio landmark. Most of the time, however, HemisFair Park is what it…
Vinos Sin Ley
It was the label that first got to me. Make that labels, plural. Not only are these labels intensely graphic and eye-grabbing, but they are also extremely complete. The winemaker is listed on the front. The graphic designer is credited. The growing region and grape varietal are featured prominently … in fact, it’s the grape…
Amuse-BOUCHE
In case you, Foodie, can’t tear yourself away from SA’s mushrooming wining/dining options, Contemporary Art Month is coming to you, and … check it … you’re already late for the rendezvous! Café Paladar hosted a reception July 7 featuring new works on paper by spiral-mad artist Nemo, but you can always find a little Nemo…
Last Words
 
Hot rod daddies
Hidden away on the outskirts of town, the Hanging Tree Saloon at first glance looks like a backdrop for the Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Upon closer inspection, however, it is abundantly clear that something else is going on. Hot-rod Fords and Chevys line the gravel driveway, and rockabilly greasers and dolled-up gals come out of the…
THE SOUND & THE FURY
According to Dog Men Poets frontman Michael Brouillet, the eclectic quartet’s new CD, Perspective Vol. 1: Sounds of Survival `see review`, represented plenty of firsts for the band: The first time that Brouillet wrote a set of DMP songs on his own; the group’s first studio collaboration with Mingo Fishtrap’s Roger Blevins; and the first…
Bahama mama
While some soon-to-be mothers might react to raging hormones by strapping in their bellies for a bumpy ride on an emotional rollercoaster, Latin Grammy-award nominee and former telenovela superstar Thalía decided to take all of her pent-up frustration and exhaustion and use it more proactively during the final months of her pregnancy late last year.…
Thoroughly modern marble
“Wow, this is cool!” exclaimed one 8-year-old critic of the San Antonio Museum of Art’s recently reopened Greek and Roman Galleries, and it’s hard to argue with either the verdict or the turn of phrase. Housed in what must have originally seemed a cathedral for beer, the Roman Gallery is cool to its core: a…
CDs Nuts
Feed the Animals Girl Talk (Illegal Art) Defying all logic, AD/HD-friendly DJ Greg Gillis managed to find a few songs he didn’t use on his sample-crazy breakthrough Night Ripper. Even more unbelievably, the unholy casserole of everything from ringtone rap to art rock hasn’t gotten old yet. Feed the Animals, released as a donation-soliciting download…
ARTIFACTS
Artifacts neglected to pass along some exciting public-art news that the San Antonio River Foundation announced in June: Four of the seven artists SARF selected to prettify bridges and underpasses along the Museum Reach of the San Antonio River Improvements project are hometown folk. Stuart Allen, Rolando Briseño, Mark Schlesinger, and George Schroeder are joined…
Teen dreams
While it seems most high-school dramas captured on camera these days are of teens plagued with puppy-love problems, dreaded essay assignments, and acne, some local teen stars are jumping behind the lens during those awkward, angst-filled years to create award-winning films. This weekend the Josiah Youth Media Festival honors those young filmmakers by screening their…
CAM 2008: ‘Equivocal Topographies,’ ‘Story’, and ‘Binocular Rivalry’
Click for complete CAM Calendar In Equivocal Topographies, a show of work by Constance Lowe and Beverly Penn on view at Southwest School of Art & Craft, Penn’s exquisite wall pieces are made of dried plants cast in bronze. With its inherent implications of sturdiness, the metal belies the delicate nature of the flora that…
CRITICAL Darling
This week’s slight box-office offerings — not that we’re, uh, knocking Meet Dave — should cause you no pangs of grief, not when you’ve got the “From Russia With Love: Russian Film Review” starting up at the Instituto Cultural de México, and Josiah at Urban-15, which is discussed in detail over there. “From Russia With…
Dance dance revolution
Walking into the tiny Three Walls Gallery under the influence of artist-provocateur Cruz Ortiz is like coming across the giddy streetside aftermath of an exuberant, dance-infected, meta-political demonstration. Lining the walls are placards and flags suitable for waving, some even attached to poles, in a surprisingly copacetic subdued palette of Argentinian blue and soft green.…
It’s a (Mad) man’s world
Mad Men (AMC, Season 1 on DVD now; Season 2 premieres 9pm Sunday, July 27) So it’s the ’60s. No. Not those ’60s. Not LSD and free love on Haight Street in 1967, but the ‘60s that happened seven years earlier. Right. Alcoholism and clandestine adultery on Madison Avenue in 1960. Dial it in there.…
This little Lite of mine
The theme animating RADIANT: Works Inspired by the Lite Brite presents a dilemma; combining contemporary art and a famously retro kiddie toy could make for a tediously high-concept mélange of gimmickry and nostalgia. RADIANT, however, largely avoids these pitfalls through its diversity, humor, and investigative energy. And while color and light abound, RADIANT contains a…
Love to Hate
 
Pole-dancing at Armageddon
Screw Robert Frost: He told us the world would end in either fire or ice, but Victor Gischler suggests a far more awesome possibility. In his latest novel, civilization — that tacit agreement among humans not to murder, sodomize, and deep-fry one another (too often) — comes to a bloody, screaming halt with a war…
Spittin’ Game
The Incredible Hulk (Sega) PS3 $59.99 Is it OK to pretend to destroy New York City again? In this loose movie tie-in you’re actually rewarded with special achievements for knocking down landmarks like Trump Tower, the Empire State building, and the UN headquarters, an idea that seems way too awesome for the post-9/11 world. Unfortunately,…
You’ve been tagged!
Not so fast, little Jimmy. Before you even think of vandalizing that wall with your spray paints and your gang symbols, how’s about you sit a spell while councilman John G. Clamp reads the anti-graffiti book Graffiti in Tahiti. (If the book cover provides any insight, it focuses on a tough talkin’, taggin’ shark ……
You’ve been tagged!
Not so fast, little Jimmy. Before you even think of vandalizing that wall with your spray paints and your gang symbols, how’s about you sit a spell while councilman John G. Clamp reads the anti-graffiti book Graffiti in Tahiti. (If the book cover provides any insight, it focuses on a tough talkin’, taggin’ shark ……
