CLAVE AT THE CARVER: ACHÉ MEETS ORALÉ
Aché: from the Yoruba word for positive energy and power. To master drummer Bobby Sanabria, aché describes the fusion of Afro-Cuban and jazz rhythms, New York by way of West Bobby Sanabria Africa and Puerto Rico, in a Young Lords-Soul Power sort of way. Under his direction, these two genres are more akin to…
THE AURAL ARTS
A generation apart, two San Antonio painters make the transition into sound Nine out of 10 pop culture historians agree: Punk killed stadium rock, and it was a mercy killing. But even punk, as a genre, was built upon pre-established formalities – the hook, the refrain, acceptable Digital musician and artist James Cobb sits…
SHOW TIMES
FRI 5/30 – THU 6/4 These show times are provided by the theaters and are subject to change. The Current includes show times submitted by press deadline, and is not responsible for the changes in the ever-morphing film industry. All times are p.m. unless otherwise indicated. DOWNTOWN AMC RIVERCENTER 9 Rivercenter Mall, third floor, 558-9988…
ALL EARS
ARTSY AGGRESSORS Ah, the cleansing power of noise! Within minutes of hitting “play” on Band Red (SpinART) by Kaito, my ear canals had been scoured clean of all the breathy melodicism on those Nick Drake records I’ve been spending so much time with lately. The band used a big ol’ Brillo pad of fuzzy distortion…
SAN ANTONIO: CHIHULYAN CITY
The lobby of the Bellagio casino in Las Vegas makes guests feel they are swimming under psychedelic jellyfish. That is because the ceiling has been Chihulyed. Dale Chihuly is a master of large-scale glass sculpture. He does things with glass that seem to defy the laws Pale Green Seaform Set with Green Lip Wraps, 4…
ARTIFACTS
news and notes from the san antonio art scene As we enter the dreaded dog days of summer, many sweaty San Antonians hunker down in the relative comfort of their air-conditioned homes and pray for Contemporary Art Month to will Op-art paintings by Julian Stanczak are on display at the McNay through August 24.…
CARS AND ROBBERY
So: After the epic highway chase/fight scene in Matrix Reloaded, in which both good and bad guys just happen to be zooming around in brand-new Caddies, you thought you had seen Three stars of The Italian Job: Mark Wahlberg, Charlize Theron, and the Mini Cooper. the most extravagant car commercial the silver screen had…
NEW REVIEWS
Bruce Almighty Carrey plays Bruce Nolan, only the second person in history to register a complaint with The Man Upstairs and God’s girlfriend is Jennifer Anniston in Bruce Almighty. receive a personal response. Any similarity between the two ends here, however. While the Bible’s Job was the unwilling guinea pig in a grueling, heaven-approved…
Armchair Cinephile
DOCUMENTARIES AND NEAR-DOCS Chulas Fronteras (Brazos Films) Jai Été au Bal (Brazos Films) Standing in the Shadows of Motown (Artisan) Bloody Sunday (Paramount) Hell House (Plexifilm) Bounce: Behind the Velvet Rope (Wellspring) 25th Hour (Touchstone) Dance for Camera (First Run Features) These days, purveyors of Tex-Mex music are used to being taken seriously by at…
STILL PLAYING
AGENT CODY BANKS Dir. Harold Zwart; writ. Ashley Edward Miller; feat. Frankie Muniz, Hilary Duff, Angie Harmon (PG) Teenaged CIA operative Cody Banks has all the concerns common to adolescence, and some that aren’t so common – his mission is to woo a foxy girl so he can learn more about her scientist father, who…
HOT SAUCE
The West Side Sound celebrates 17 years as an offshoot of the Southwest’s greatest horn section When you really break it down, there are three great rhythm-and-blues horn sections in America. Which you prefer probably depends on your regional bias. Along the West Coast, there is the Tower of Power. In the mid-South, there is…
BAND SEEKS LABEL
The Jerry Fuentes Jr. Band’s single, ‘Sold Me Out,’ is getting Top 40 radio play on stations like Mix 96.1, but what about the money? Jerry Fuentes Jr. currently resides in the music industry Twilight Zone. The high rollers in recording adore Fuentes, flying the JFJ Band to New York to showcase in front of…
