New single by Third Root: “Bendición/Down in SA”
Third Root’s Easy Lee and Mexican Stepgrandfather. Fusing rhymes regarding the struggles of Afro-Chicano culture with beats ranging from funk guitar riffs to mariachi horns and conjunto accordion, Third Root is the collaboration of Easy Lee (Mojoe) and Marco Cervantes (Mexican Stepgrandfather). They’ve released their newest single, “Bendición/Down in SA,” off their upcoming full-length album…
Flash Flash by Gary Muenster
Today we have a six worder. It’s by Gary Muenster. Check out more six-word stories @ Six Word Stories (they’re certainly not all winners). Submit your genius-in-six-words: flashfiction@sacurrent.com. Oh, and this story has nothing to do with the game yesterday, I’m sure. —Lyle Rosdahl Living legend loses luster, longing lost. — Lyle Rosdahl, a…
Board of Education upset: but who is Marisa Perez?
Who the hell is Marisa B. Perez? Recovering from Texas’ Tuesday political primaries this week, we got virtually the same response from every Bexar County Democrat we asked: No idea. Perez’s race for the State Board of Education’s District 3 seat proved one of Tuesday’s biggest upsets, beating out well-liked, well-endorsed incumbent Michael Soto, a…
Interview with newest ‘American Idol’ champ Phillip Phillips
On May 23, singer Phillip Phillips was named the winner of Season 11 of American Idol. The following day, Phillips, 21, spoke to me about his future career in the music industry. As you know, winning American Idol doesn’t come with automatic success in the music industry. What do you hope this win will do…
‘Lightning’ targets Sheriff Amadeo Ortiz for supposed DWI
R.G. Griffing’s a shit-slinger. His frenetic, Drudge Report-esque San Antonio Lightning pushes a heavy dose of flashy headlines mixed with hard-right commentary (recently, he’s also taken up the cause of ex-COSA telecommunication’s manager John Foddrill). But Griffing gets downright giddy when he spots a fight. Last year he found one in District 9 Councilwoman Elisa…
June First Friday preview
Blue Star Contemporary Art Center opens three new shows for the summer season. “San Antonio Painters,” curated by Barbara MacAdam, Deputy Editor of ARTnews magazine, presents works by Andrew Anderson, Roberta Buckles, Marcus Garza, Carmen Cartiness Johnson, Elizabeth McDonald, Sammy Velasquez, Sandy Whitby and Rachel Ziegler. The “Texas Sculpture Group Interior Exhibition” presents works by Jerolyn Bahm-Colombik, Jill…
Fruit Sacrifice: bicycle poets tonight
You may have seen a peculiar group of bikers on the Hays Street bridge incanting words of power about two weeks ago. Today’s bicycle poetry event is at the Delivery Market at 310 E Houston Street, beginning 6:45 pm. They’re a fairly small group of young writers, but are open to seeing more company. Here’s the…
Free HIV testing Saturdays
Know your status? Free HIV testing is now available Saturdays from 11 a.m. — 3 p.m. at SAAF, the San Antonio AIDS Foundation. So, if you’ve been holding off getting tested because you can’t make it to a clinic during business hours, you’ve run out of excuses. Just do it. You’ve got nothing to lose…
Guest View: Rep. Quico Canseco pushing for a lawless U.S. border
By Scott Nicol Last month the Pew Hispanic Center reported that net migration from Mexico into the United States has dropped to zero, with roughly the same number of Mexican citizens heading south across the border as north. Just a few days earlier, HR 1505, the misnamed National Security and Federal Lands Protection Act, hit…
Shook Ones
Manu Ginobili had just nailed a buzzer beater to end the first quarter of the Western Conference Finals. The Spurs now headed into the second quarter with a six-point lead against the Oklahoma City Thunder and the cheers inside the AT&T Center were deafening. After the arena lighthouse replayed Manu’s triple, the raucous applause echoed…
