Glam masters-slash-punk pioneers New York Dolls storming San Antonio
New York Dolls w. Mötley Crüe and Poison $39.50-$95 7pm Thursday, June 9 AT&T Center One AT&T Center (800) 745-3000 attcenter.com It’s frequently not the most successful bands that have the most lasting impact. Case in point, the New York Dolls. They were a crucial act in the development of both punk and glam…
Endangered Species Act has kept the water flowing in South Texas and won’t stop the oil, either
Imagine you’re flying 20,000 feet above a tempestuous sea, fiddling with a stalling engine. As you walk the wing and hunch over the engine, you’re dropping tools and tossing out obstinate nuts and bolts that twinkle briefly in the sun as they fall below and out of sight. As perhaps the most defining force on…
Glam masters-slash-punk pioneers New York Dolls storming San Antonio
New York Dolls w. Mötley Crüe and Poison $39.50-$95 7pm Thursday, June 9 AT&T Center One AT&T Center (800) 745-3000 attcenter.com It’s frequently not the most successful bands that have the most lasting impact. Case in point, the New York Dolls. They were a crucial act in the development of both punk and glam…
Tommy Lee Q&A: “I’m definitely not a Nazi. No fucking way.”
By Enrique Lopetegui elopetegui@sacurrent.com Mötley Crüe is celebrating 30 years of rock and roll with Poison and the New York Dolls. The show is Thursday, June 9 at AT&T Center (7pm, $25-$95 plus fees, attcenter.com). A few days ago, drummer Tommy Lee spoke to the Current on the phone from Dallas. Tommy Lee (right) with…
TPR Cinema Tuesdays: Jean-Luc Godard’s “Breathless” (1960)
$10-$12, 7:30pm Tuesday, June 7, Santikos Bijou, 4522 Fredericksburg, (800) 622-8977
Interview with Meyer & Gosselaar of ‘Franklin & Bash’
While they admit to not being nearly as cocky as their title characters in the new TV series Franklin & Bash on TNT, actors Breckin Meyer (Road Trip) and Mark-Paul Gosselaar (TV’s Saved by the Bell) are looking forward to a debut season where they can let loose and have a little fun. In Franklin…
“PINS” by J Jacen De la Garza
Introduction Our first story of June, “PINS,” is a one about luck and ends shimmery and happy. But it has a darker side to it. The power and sway money has over the characters’ lives suggests that everything will not be O.K. Sadly the burden of finances can cripple a relationship, sometimes to the point…
Critic’s Pick: The Double Hour (La doppia ora)
The Double Hour (La doppia ora) Dir. Giuseppe Capotondi; writ. Alessandro Fabbri, Ludovica Rampoldi, Stefano Sardo; feat. Kseniya Rappoport, Filippo Timi. (not yet rated) Early in this movie, the clock marks 23:23; we’re told that’s a “double hour,” and that you’re supposed to make a wish. “Does it work?” asks Sonia (Rappoport, a Slovenian…
Supreme Court justices urge lawmakers to pass legal aid funds
As many as 75,000 poor Texans will be cut off from basic legal services under the Lege’s current funding scheme, according to Texas Supreme Court Chief Justice Wallace B. Jefferson and Justice Nathan L. Hecht. In a letter sent out yesterday, the justices pleaded with lawmakers to pass some $20 million for legal aid programs…
Hyland O’Brien, student at SAY Sí, takes national art award at Carnegie Hall
We keep telling you that arts ed in SA is the tops. Seems the word has gone out nationwide. This just in from SAY Sí, one of our favorite city arts education programs- High school visual arts student Hyland O’Brien has received the prestigious American Visions Medal for her sculpture through The Scholastic Art &…
Deftones’ Abe Cunningham: the Current Q&A
By Enrique Lopetegui elopetegui@sacurrent.com On April 2010, Deftones released Diamond Eyes, their first album without bassist Chi Chang, who was seriously injured in a car accident in November 2008. The band will headline a June 3 concert at the AT&T Center that includes Le Butcherettes and the Dillinger Escape Plan. A few days ago, the…
Black Flag wants your best insect snuff film still
First of all, when I got this email (subject line: Black Flag Launches Search for Largest Bug!) I thought it was, like, the hardcore band Black Flag gone bug hunting. Black Flag and big bugs didn’t seem so outrageous: maybe they had hooked up with biology professor Greg Graffin (of Bad Religion fame) and found…
David Robinson advocates for ThriveWell’s DIVA program
After confessing to a friend I’d never heard of the DIVA program at ThriveWell Cancer Foundation, I was invited to attend their first big luncheon where David Robinson was to be keynote speaker. My thought was ‘what better way to hear about a program that helps cancer patients, than from one of San Antonio’s most…
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19): The film *The Men Who Stare at Goats* tells the story of the U.S. army’s efforts to harness psychic powers for military purposes. It’s not entirely a work of the imagination. In fact, there’s substantial evidence that such a program actually existed. As the movie begins, a caption on the screen…
‘Meowmorphosis’: Existentialism, transformation and kittens
I have been thinking a lot about transformation lately, especially the kind of transformation we undergo when we realize that some things are simply out of our hands. There’s a sweet peace that comes with that realization but there’s also a certain kind of heartache that lingers. We stop struggling against our own dreams, but…
¡ASK A MEXICAN! featuring a question from a San Antonio reader
Dear Mexican: I’m new to the San Antonio area and am enjoying exploring the many wonderful aspects of its history and culture. One thing has become incredibly bothersome to me, though: the plight of pet overpopulation. With so many resources that are available for spay/neuter assistance, I’m not certain as to why this continues to be a…
Current 25: Chuck Ramirez (1962-2010)
Local art legend Chuck Ramirez died November 6, 2010, after a bicycle accident down the street from where he lived in one half of the little duplex that houses Sala Diaz. The SA designer and artist was known for his sculpture and large format photographic prints celebrating the ephemera of life: chocolate, the remains of…
Current 25: Some of San Antonio’s most indelible foodie moments
Farm to Market Before there was Central Market, there was Farm to Market on Austin Highway, a pioneering specialty store that started with high-quality produce in October of ’83. Debra Auden did her first bread there with owner Phil Dyer, and when chef Cathy Tarosovic arrived in 1990 the bakery and deli/takeout operation blossomed. Dyer…
Current 25: Linda Pace (1945-2007)
1991-1995
Current 25: Votes for a living city
2001-2005
Current 25: Fickle AT&T comes and goes
1991-1995
¡ASK A MEXICAN! featuring a question from a San Antonio reader
Dear Mexican: I’m new to the San Antonio area and am enjoying exploring the many wonderful aspects of its history and culture. One thing has become incredibly bothersome to me, though: the plight of pet overpopulation. With so many resources that are available for spay/neuter assistance, I’m not certain as to why this continues to be a…
Current 25: 25 years of memories submitted by our readers
President George W. Bush hosted the presidents of six Latin American nations including Mexico and Colombia here in 1992. For several days San Antonio was going to be featured on the network news. It was going to be the most publicity the city had gotten since 1984 when a local baboon’s heart was transplanted into…
Current 25: After a wild start, lean years, the ‘Current’ grows up … but not too much
(and a guide to all our 25th Anniversary stories)
Current 25: SeaWorld and Highway 151
1986-1990
Current 25: The Cisneros Effect
1996-2000
Current 25: Where will San Antonio be in the next 25 years?
Corporate lobbying, deregulation, and privatization of America’s social programs created the right mix for the perfect storm. What would people have done differently knowing that tectonic shifts, solar flares, and a massive reversal of the Earth’s polar fields would disrupt telecommunications worldwide? Supermarkets, bank systems, and unshielded networks collapsed within hours. After three days, food…
