A call to end East Side violence
“My brother wasn’t part of any gang,” said Charles English. “But they shot him down, shot him seven times with an AK-47.” At a vigil honoring victims of East Side violence Sunday, English and family members donned T-shirts imprinted with the face of Douglas Ray English, a U.S. Air Force vet killed in a wave…
Historic video: Flaco and Santiago Jr. reunite
It took them 30 years, but they did it: at least for one night, Flaco Jiménez and Santiago Jiménez Jr., two of the greatest living legends of conjunto, officially ended their long on-and-off feud with a stirring performance at the 31st annual Tejano Conjunto Festival Sunday night at Rosedale Park. The long-awaited reunion took place…
Video: Max Baca and Dwayne Verheyden getting ready for Sunday
On Tuesday, we caught bajo sexto master Max Baca practicing at home with Dutch accordion wiz kid Dwayne Verheyden. They performed these two Flaco Jiménez classics ahead of today’s performance at the Tejano Conjunto Festival. Here’s the complete schedule for the TCF grand finale, which, at the end of Flaco Jiménez’s set, will include a performance…
Video: La Santa Cecilia’s “Chicle” at the Tejano Conjunto Festival
This is the beginning of another great performance by LA’s La Santa Cecilia in San Antonio. Here’s Tejano Conjunto Festival director Juan Tejeda introducing LSC at the Teatro Guadalupe on Wednesday, May 16. Related Stories
Eulogy by Allyson Whipple
Allyson Whipple, author of “Eulogy,” here explores the idea of relationships. The dichotomous nature of how people interrelate, especially in the inevitable moral strain of an extramarital affair, is the essence of humanity. I always think of the old man and his dog in Albert Camus’ The Stranger. The old man is mean to the…
Wentworth sues Jones for defamation in state Senate race
Elizabeth Ames Jones’ take on Jeff Wentworth: Wentworth’s take on Jones… We’ve already had state Sen. Jeff Wentworth label former railroad commissioner Elizabeth Ames Jones a clueless puppet (no seriously, a marionette to be exact) steered by shady lobbyists. Meanwhile Jones has hit back accusing Wentworth of serious “ethical lapses” while in office, even…
Ameyali: Festival of Rights at the Korova, 5/19/12
Ameyali: Festival of Rights feat. Bombasta, Los Nahuatlatos, Calmeca, Mexican Stepgrandfather, Saakred $10 8pm Sat, May 19 The Korova 107 E Martin (512) 844-4107 (832) 290-0162
Donna Summer, Queen of Disco, dead at 63
Donna Summer, known in her heyday as “The Queen of Disco,” died of breast cancer at her Key West, Florida home, on May 17. She was 63. Even for those of us who hated disco, Donna Summers was special. She was the sexiest voice and presence in the genre, but also a tremendous singer who…
Video: La Santa Cecilia at the Tejano Conjunto Festival, 5/16/12
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A&M-SA slow to respond to threats made in Tower of Hope debacle, Sissy Bradford charges
With the school year winding down, there’s one lesser-heard story from Texas A&M-SA’s “tower fight” that still deserves an airing. And it hinges on the experience of adjunct criminology professor Sissy Bradford, who challenged the constitutionality of placing crosses on the Tower of Hope at the entrance to Texas A&M-SA. While the short-lived conflict was…
2012 Tejano Conjunto Festival workshops
Accordion tuning, maintenance, and repair workshop $40 9am-10:30am Sat, May 19 Guadalupe Theater 1301 Guadalupe (210) 271-3151 guadalupeculturalarts.org Workshop by Tim Schofield, Hohner Accordion Repair and Parts Supervisor. Button Accordion and Bajo Sexto Workshops $40 10:30am-12:30pm Sat, May 19 Guadalupe Theatre 1301 Guadalupe (210) 271-3151 guadalupeculturalarts.org Workshop by master button accordion and bajo sexto…
2012 Conjunto Music Hall of Fame inductees
(photo courtesy of Ramón Hernández) Salomé Gutiérrez A songwriter and recording entrepreneur who recorded many of the greats in his small home studio. Flaco Jiménez, Salvador García, Eddie “Lalo” Torres, and Toby Torres are a few of the legends he worked with. Gutiérrez is also the owner of San Antonio Music Publishing and Del Bravo…
The Beatles’ restored ‘Yellow Submarine’ comes to SA
The Beatles’ acclaimed animated movie Yellow Submarine (1968), newly restored and with 5.1 Dolby sound, will be shown in San Antonio for two days only: 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, May 17 and Tuesday, May 22 at selected Santikos theaters (see info below). The film, which was restored frame-by-frame, will be out on DVD and Blu-ray…
Third Root’s new single: “Three Shots”
Third Root, the collaboration between Easy Lee (Mojoe) and Marco Cervantes (Mexican Stepgrandfather) has released “Three Shots,” the new single off their upcoming full-length album. The song, produced by DJ Ninja, features Cooley High on keyboards and Apaso and R.E.L. (Chisme). “With ‘Three Shots’ we collaborated with Apaso and R.E.L., who represent a larger body…
