Men are less likely than women to convict a man accused of raping his intimate partner, and are comparatively less sympathetic towards victims than defendants, UTSA psychologist Kellie Lynch found in recent research. Lynch and four colleagues recruited over 280 adult U.S. citizens, enlisted and surveyed with online tools, to find out how jury-eligible Americans…
On the second day of early voting, both candidates vying to represent Texas in as U.S. senators dropped by San Antonio to help close the deal. Incumbent Republican Ted Cruz and John Cornyn, the state’s other Republican senator, made a 10 a.m. appearance at the Buckhorn Saloon and Museum downtown, a day after Cruz’s Houston…
Released just three years ago, Live! 8-24-1979 is almost definitive proof that whichever parallel-reality America The B-52s swooped in from is clearly the superior one. Eisenhower-era cheese — beehive hairdos, tiki and hot-rod culture, etc. — was reappropriated and weaponized by punks who watched at least as many beach-party movies as biker-gang flicks (“Rock Lobster”)…
With the floods in Texas destroying homes and displacing victims, a local tattoo shop is stepping up to help young victims find some relief. Platinum Tattoos & Body Piercings is offering free tattoos worth up to $60 in exchange for a $20 toy donation. The donations will benefit victims of the recent Texas floods, as…
A Florida man has been arrested after a woman said he groped her during a flight from Houston to Albuquerque. The woman said she fell asleep during the Sunday flight and was awakened by a man seated behind her. She said the man had reached from behind and grabbed her breast. Authorities identified the man…
A record rush of first-day early voting in Bexar County may be a positive for Democrats, who frequently have trouble delivering people to the polls, experts said. But they question whether that energy can be sustained — and whether the early turnout numbers will light a fire under Republicans. “A really good turnout would seem…
Car Seat Headrest, the lo-fi indie rock project of young songwriter Will Toledo is returning to San Antonio for a show at the Paper Tiger on Saturday, March 2, 2019, and we’re more than just a little stoked about it. Since 2010, Toledo — who has now recruited a full band to support the project…
Even if you somehow haven’t owned a television in the last 30 years (or had parents that sheltered you growing up), you could surely still point out Bart Simpson in a cartoon family lineup. The longest-running American sitcom of all time, The Simpsons has now extended its impact into the realm of metal with the…
U.S. Senator Ted Cruz may have had President Donald Trump campaign for him in Houston on Monday, but Democratic candidate Beto O’Rourke has much better support. Intocable will perform a free concert at a Beto rally at Cowboys Dancehall on Tuesday, October 23 at 7 p.m. The congressman’s campaign announced Monday that the norteño group,…
U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro and state Sen. Jose Menéndez are demanding Bexar County fix problems that plagued some polling places on the first day of early voting. In front of a West Side polling place, the Democratic lawmakers said they were alarmed by a lack of staff to handle lines at the site and a computer…
Chances are if you’ve been invited to your friends “contemporary” church in the last two or three decades, the band most likely was playing something that Chris Tomlin has written. The Grand Saline-born Texan has written as many Christian hits as Britney Spears has secular pop singles. It’s a lot, but when millions of people…
Trio Modern Mediterranean is opening their doors on Tuesday, October 23 for an exclusive preview. The offer free dinner from 5 to 7 p.m. to military, veterans, first responders, and USAA employees. The location at 8620 Fredericksburg Road is the third for the company, which also has outposts at Highway 151 and Potranco and The Forum Shopping…
Calling all wiener dogs! Retama Park Race Track is bringing a quirky event to the San Antonio-area this Saturday, October 27. In the spirit of Oktoberfest, “Dachtoberfest” will take over the Selma race track from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Dachshunds, often referred to as “wiener dogs,” will race on the track with proceeds of…
San Antonians seeking to beat the crowds at the polls on Election Day have the option of voting early. From Monday, October 22, through Friday, November 2, registered voters can go to any polling location across the Alamo City. Polls will be open 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. on weekdays, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.…
Before opening Chisme, chef Mara Serna was part of several lauded kitchens including The Monterey, and Houston’s Goro & Gun and Foreign Correspondents. And almost as long ago, she brought a fideo pop-up to San Antonio named E’Chingon in 2014. E’Chingon is back Mondays and Tuesdays at Chisme from 5 to 11 p.m. with $5 margaritas…
Early voting starts today for Texans. But according to a new study, a whole bunch of us just don’t care. Texas placed 41st in a new study ranking the 50 states plus the District of Columbia in order of political engagement. Not surprisingly, D.C. topped the list, curated by personal finance site WalletHub, while New…
Recent flooding in the Central Texas area has left Austin in a bind. The City of Austin issued an alert to residents early this morning with instructions to boil water before use as “historic flood waters flowing into our water supply lakes contain very high levels of silt that makes it challenging for the water…
Using one of your political opponent’s tricks only works if you master the trick first. Case in point: Sen. Ted Cruz’s attempt at using Facebook Live, a favorite tool of Rep. Beto O’Rourke, his rival in Texas’ surprisingly tight senate race. During a Facebook Live interview last week with conservative talk radio personality Mark Davis, the…
One of the soundtrack essentials of Christian youth retreats everywhere, Switchfoot nudged the sheltered kids of the ’90s into the unholy universe of Green Day, Weezer and Blink-182, and whatever non-christian beginner band you were drawn to on MTV2. Driven by moderate chord progressions that suggested some edge without raising eyebrows from helicopter parents, the…
Hailing from Ontario, Canada, Silverstein has been a well-known name in the punk and hardcore world since the early 2000s. Not just because of their solid songwriting and musicianship, but because of their sheer longevity in the genre. For a group that survived the god-awful label of “screamo” (seriously, what was that?), Silverstein managed to…
Anyone who claims to be a fan of rock ‘n’ roll has definitely heard of these two eminent bands. (Well, anyone who isn’t a poser, that is.) And if said person lives in the Alamo City, then they’ll be excited to hear that Disturbed and Three Days Grace will be stopping by for a visit…
Like getting boozy while shopping? Well, you may want to head over to The Shops at La Cantera. First it was dogs, now it’s alcohol. A recently-announced policy from the shopping center will allow visitors to drink alcoholic beverages as they shop. The policy has technically been in effect since the summer, but senior general…
If you blink, you might miss most of Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas, but no matter, because we’ve reached the halfway point to Fiesta. Next year’s party with a purpose is slated for April 18 through 28, so we’re now within six months from larger-than-life hats, bedazzled chanclas, chicken on a stick and stacked cups. This…
I don’t know what the hell’s in the water in Minnesota, which has continuously birthed dope indie rappers. Seriously — like, Sims and Dessa from Doomtree, or Astronautalis, Brother Ali and then the legendary Slug from Atmosphere. Rhymesayers, the heavyweight indie rap label that houses the likes of Aesop Rock and Blueprint, is also based…
Months after announcing plans for a second location, Papa’s Burgers has shared where exactly their newest outpost will be located. Though management had previously teased that the second location would be in the Sea World area, an announcement earlier this week reveals that Papa’s 2.0 will take over the building Sazon Mexican Cafe is currently…
During a CNN town hall on Thursday night, U.S. Senate candidate Beto O’Rourke said that he hasn’t changed his mind: he would still vote to impeach President Donald Trump. O’Rourke is aware that the incumbent Senator Ted Cruz has tried to use the El Paso congressman’s stance on impeaching Trump as a way to turn…
Chaz Bear (previously Bundick), better known as Toro Y Moi, since 2001 has incorporated electronics and channeled a wider swath of stylistic influences — from indie rock and ’60s baroque pop to ’80s R&B, French house, and underground hip-hop — into his own solo music. Eventually, the songwriter and producer has become famous for his…
San Francisco’s Deafheaven will ride into town on Tuesday on a squall of feedback. The band whose music draws comparisons to black metal, shoegaze and post-rock – yet somehow manages to sound distinct from all three – is touring behind a new album that may rank as its most ambitious yet. Ordinary Corrupt Human Love,…
Holy fucking shit, you guys. Behemoth is on tour with a stop in the Alamo City alongside Wolves in The Throne Room and motherfucking At the Gates. Now, Polish blackmetal heavy-hitters Behemoth and atmospheric/melodic-blackmetal dudes Wolves in The Throne Room are definitely something to be excited about but At the Gates, though. AT THE GATES…
Polls may suggest evangelicals are unwavering in their support of President Trump, but an event scheduled for Monday in San Antonio looks to upset that assumption. The Vote Common Good bus tour is hitting 31 cities this fall, urging people of faith to help push swing districts into Democratic hands. Its organizers are counting on…
More than 40 lawmakers, led by San Antonio-Austin U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett, sent a letter urging President Trump to impose sanctions on Saudi Arabia over the death of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. The letter calls for sanctions under the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act, requires presidents to decide within 120 days whether to impose sanctions requested by Congress. Doggett…
Originally formed in Houston in 1995, Blue October grabbed the attention of Kid Rock’s former manager early in their career and eventually signed to Universal Records, launching the band into the deep pools of mainstream rock. While the Texas boys have a heavy mainstream radio rock sound, traces remain of Americana and even post-rock –…
There are plenty of people who consider Paul Simon the best American songwriter of his generation. I would disagree with that for a number of reasons — chief among them being the existence of Bob Dylan — but it’s hard to argue the man’s genius, as a solo artist and (especially) as the driving force…
Turns out San Antonians aren’t the only ones to recognize that our city once reigned as a premier tour stop for nearly every leather-and-studs-wearing metal band. Penn State Historian Gregory Peek will preside over a panel discussing the ’70s-’80s era when KISS-FM and concert promoter Stone City Attractions helped break bands like Judas Priest, Iron…
A Houston-area man is receiving threats online after he shared a video of a Walmart employee telling him to speak English because “we’re in Texas.” Joel Aparicio told the Houston Chronicle that he was shopping at a Walmart in Pasadena when he tried using the self-checkout lane. The machine wasn’t working, so he asked an…
Four-time All-Star DeMar DeRozan delivered in his Spurs debut, pacing San Antonio with 28 points, 4 rebounds, and 4 assists in a 112-108 opening night victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves. Despite an off shooting night, LaMarcus Aldridge contributed a workmanlike 21 points and 19 rebounds and combined with Rudy Gay’s 18 points and 7 rebounds,…
No matter how tender the turkey or fluffy the mashed potatoes, Thanksgiving dinner is probably not going very well if there is a government official unconscious in the living room with spinal fluid draining from his ears. Nevertheless, grab a fork (or other sharp utensil) and pull up a chair for The Oath, a savagely…
While a mere mention of hospitals, examinations and even routine check-ups can be enough to scare the bejesus out of many of us, others get truly turned on by a variety of “medical fetishes” that go far beyond childhood games of “playing doctor.” In his article “Sexual Healing: A Brief Examination of Medical Fetishism,” British…
There will be more bubble tea in the Broadway corridor with the opening of Kung Fu Tea’s second location in San Antonio. The New York-based franchise will host its grand opening on Saturday and Sunday with a buy-one-get-one-free promotion of Kung Fu milk tea and passion fruit green tea. The new location is found at 5231…
There will be special artist-specific treats available when Mala Luna returns to San Antonio for a third time this Halloween weekend (October 27 and 28). Big Daddy’s Eats & Treats, known for their outlandish raspa creations, has partnered with the festival to create two rapper-inspired treats available exclusively at Nelson Wolff Stadium during the event.…
An 18-year-old man shot and killed by a San Antonio police officer early Wednesday morning was unarmed and not the target. Though Chief William McManus originally said the officer “used deadly force” on the victim, identified as Charles Roundtree, after seeing a gun in his waistband, the chief has since clarified that the bullet was…
Blow the dust off those VHS tapes, call out for pizza, and settle down with a clutch of your best gorehound buds. Halloween is almost here and it’s time to gorge on horror movies. The San Antonio Beer Festival and Dismember The Alamo are both going down on Saturday, so we’ve drawn up some ideal…
The Sierra Club has trained its sights on a pair of Texas Republicans locked in competitive midterm races. The environmental group is targeting social media and ad buys in its new “Fossil Fools” campaign against Sen. Ted Cruz and U.S. Rep. Will Hurd, citing their records of siding with polluters over health and the environment. Cruz…
Launched last year by the creative minds behind CHIFLADAzine, La Liga Zine, St. Sucia and Yes Ma’am, the San Anto Zine Fest aims to organize and uplift the Alamo City’s burgeoning zine community while welcoming like-minded DIY publications from across the U.S. For its second edition, SAZF has partnered with the San Antonio Public Library…
Love just seems to follow Sen. Ted Cruz everywhere he goes. A new video posted to Twitter shows women trailing the Texas Republican through an airport to confront him over his vote to approve Supreme Court justice Brett Kavanaugh. Cruz tells the women Kavanaugh’s appointment was a “victory for women in America.” “You think putting a…
Former child star/Wooing songbird/guitarist Rachel Trachtenburg is all grown up. One-third of the Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players, six-year-old Rachel Trachtenburg often stole the show with her too-big drum kit and backup vocals to her mother, Tina (of Mother Pigeon fame) and playwright/composer father Jason, as they sang odes to the strangers they met from family…
Adapted from Alison Bechdel’s graphic novel/memoir of the same name, Fun Home chronicles Bechdel’s attempt to navigate her sexuality and her father’s untimely death while also grappling with the revelation that the man she thought she knew had troubling secrets roiling just under the surface. The heady material doesn’t pull its punches, and it’s hard…
Oh, yes, poppy, lo-fi, garage, surf punk has been on the rise for a minute, and Wavves played a big role in bringing the sound back into vogue the last few years. Formed in 2008, the group’s sound continues to evolve like any band would, but it retains that kitschy pop vibe that we’ve fallen…
In 2009, Avenida Guadalupe Association Executive Director Gabriel Quintero Velasquez launched Una Noche en la Gloria as a multidisciplinary extravaganza designed to “promote San Antonio’s underserved creative micro-entrepreneurs.” Billed as an “ambitious economic development strategy converging visual art, fashion and the performance-art world,” the free outdoor event takes shape each year in an arts-forward block…
To kick off its 2018-2019 season, Ballet San Antonio retells a tale as old as time. Featuring a new prequel to the story choreographed by Bruce Wells, the ballet recounts the unlikely romance between Belle and her Beast in two acts with a series of divertissement, pas de deux and solos that will be sure…
This week’s Big Spoon Podcast guest is Tristan Maldonado, owner of Hops & Vines Distributing. We talk about his background and he shares tips on how to have the best time at this Saturday’s San Antonio Beer Festival. Listen on iTunes or SoundCloud below: So many restaurants, so little time. Find out the latest San…
If you missed King Tuff at the three-day grand opening of Paper Tiger back in 2015, ya missed out, bud. The garage-glam rocker put on one of the most memorable shows the St. Mary’s Strip has ever seen, a perfect christening for the beginning of what would be one of the most-played venues in San…
If you listened to rock radio or attended concerts here during the ’70s and ’80s, you know San Antonio was once considered the “Heavy Metal Capital of the World.” But did you know that era’s now the subject of academic study? Turns out Penn State prof Gregory Peek is conducting extensive research on S.A.’s hard…
In a lengthy interview with Rolling Stone published Tuesday, former San Antonio mayor Julián Castro once again said he’s seriously considering running for president in 2020. It’s no secret that Castro has been eyeing the White House, especially during his visits to battleground states like Nevada, Florida, Arizona and Iowa to campaign for Democrats as the…
The San Antonio Beer Festival is an undertaking. It’s 445-plus beers. It’s more than 6,500 people. It’s two city parks worth of wall-to-wall brews hailing from across the Lone Star State and beyond. It’s a marathon, not a sprint, that tests even the pros. That’s why we’ve gathered some tips from beer lovers, beer writers…
Can there be such a thing as too much good beer? Turns out, maybe so. Even though craft beer consumption is growing, 165 U.S. craft breweries closed last year — an increase of nearly 70 percent from the prior year. And the San Antonio area has seen casualties with last year’s shuttering of Branchline Brewing…
Blow the dust off those VHS tapes, call out for pizza, and settle down with a clutch of your best gorehound buds. Halloween is almost here and it’s time to gorge on horror movies. The San Antonio Beer Festival and Dismember The Alamo are both going down on Saturday, so we’ve drawn up some ideal…
On the heels of ACL wrapping up, Mala Luna Music Festival is about to return for the third annual weekend celebration of music and culture, including two new headliners to complete the music lineup. On top of already having major headlining rap sensation Cardi B, organizers booked 2 Chainz and Young Thug for the festival,…
On the heels of their latest release Mindfucker, “Space Lord” singer Dave Wyndorf and friends, aka Monster Magnet, just announced a North American tour. The tour kicked off in Toronto in September and wraps up in Boston, but not before touching down in San Antonio this Friday for a performance at Paper Tiger. “Can’t wait…
If you’re worried about your Wolverine blades slicing up your car’s dashboard or your lightsaber getting wedged under the brake pedal, consider having someone else drive you to Alamo City Comic Con at the Alamodome. VIA Metropolitan Transit is offering to take Comic Con fans round-trip – from the bus operator’s park-and-ride location at 151 Crossroads…
Formed in 2010 from sister-brother duo Jax Anderson and Seth Anderson, a.k.a. Syblyng, Flint Eastwood has been described as spaghetti-western, which sure, I guess. But, to us, they sound sort of Pvris and Florence and the Machine. Sort of electronic pop with enough “indie” textures and dynamic to avoid sliding fully into bubble-gum pop. Yeah,…
The names of the countless unarmed black men and boys whose lives have ended at the hands of white police officers in the name of law enforcement have reverberated across the nation in recent years. Eric Garner, Michael Brown, Tamir Rice, Philando Castile, Freddie Grey, Alton Sterling, Walter Scott and many others — the list…
An 18-year-old man was shot and killed by a San Antonio police officer early Wednesday morning. Police were called to a West Side home around 1 a.m. on Wednesday for an assault on a person who had been “selling something” at the door. Police chief William McManus said people inside the house had cussed and…
True appreciators of horror films have long been attracted to the genre as much for its humor as for its more grizzly aspects. The overused and thus hilariously predictable tropes, the (sometimes) cheesy special effects — the macabre, as it turns out, can be pretty darn funny. It’s sort of like how Halloween, for all…
Can there be such a thing as too much good beer? Turns out, maybe so. Even though craft beer consumption is growing, 165 U.S. craft breweries closed last year — an increase of nearly 70 percent from the prior year. And the San Antonio area has seen casualties with last year’s shuttering of Branchline Brewing and…
U.S. Rep. Beto O’Rourke threw off his gloves for his second, and likely final, debate with Sen. Ted Cruz, even borrowing President Trump’s “Lying Ted” nickname for his opponent. The aggressive tone was a shift for the El Paso Democrat, who’s declined to air attack ads and largely avoids direct smears while campaigning. But recent…
Editor’s Note: Jade Esteban Estrada is the writer of Glitter Political, a series of articles detailing San Antonio’s elections. After a few minutes with San Antonio’s poet laureate, Octavio Quintanilla, I already feel like I’m deep into a creative writing masterclass. As I sip my outsize espresso at Halcyon at the Blue Star Arts Complex,…
Shooter Jennings is a throwback to a time when outlaw country artists were fiercely independent, nobly authentic and called bullshit where they saw it. Here’s a dude who shoots straight and ain’t buying into your tired, prudish, ass-backward tropes that peg country musicians as champions of the willfully ignorant masses. The son of country music…
Texas has some of the harshest voter ID laws in the country, and it doesn’t exactly make things easy for folks wanting to register. Now, with midterms fast approaching, a new report warns the state also is among the most aggressive about dropping voters from its rolls — possibly even some who shouldn’t be removed. Voter…
After a brutal preseason marked by injuries to Dejounte Murray and Lonnie Walker IV, the Spurs tip off their regular season with an opening-night showdown against Karl-Anthony Towns and the Minnesota Timberwolves. Towns signed a $190 million contract extension last month that will make him the highest paid Latino in league history. For San Antonio,…
Q: I have a secret: For the past three months, I’ve been attending a local Jacks club (a men-only masturbation event). As someone recovering from sexual abuse, I find the party to be safe, therapeutic, and just sexy fun. I feel like I need this! Unfortunately, I spotted one of my employees at last week’s…
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Humraaz is a word in the Urdu language. Its literal meaning is “secret sharer.” It refers to a confidante, a person in whom you have full trust and to whom you can confess your core feelings. Is there such a character in your life? If so, seek him or her out…
New Jersey indie rock/punk trio Screaming Females – which, incidentally, would make a great name for the biography of a certain recently appointed Supreme Court Justice – has honed and refined its sound over the course of seven LPs and countless shows. On its first several albums, the group explored an everything-including-the-kitchen-sink sound, adorning its…
Organized by McNay Prints and Drawings Curator Lyle Williams, the Tricentennial exhibition series “100 Years of Printmaking in San Antonio” smartly illustrates the seemingly endless possibilities and myriad subgenres of the medium. Having recently highlighted the quiet, poetic work of old-school master Kent Rush, the series wraps up on a decidedly noisy, new-school note with…
The internationally acclaimed New Chinese Acrobats preserve the art of ancient Chinese traditions of performance alongside modern acrobatic acts, tied together by virtuosic performers and innovative staging. Arts San Antonio brings the troupe to the perfect setting — the gilded proscenium of the Majestic Theatre — for a performance featuring a series of ensemble and…
Mole is a thick, rich and aromatic Mexican sauce that, though it comes in many varieties (from the traditional to the more playful), often combines chocolate with various spices and chilies to create a complex flavor and texture profile. It has indigenous roots and, as indigenous-inspired Mexican recipes grow increasingly popular, the delectable stuff, long…
Following recent data breaches to the tune of 50 million (thanks, Facebook!) and 500,000 users (you too, Google!), Computerworld Executive Editor Ken Mingis tackled the concept of “surveillance capitalism” in an online video summing up our digital reality as such: “Data breaches have become so common, and so frequent, that when companies like Facebook or…
The San Antonio Beer Festival is an undertaking. It’s 445-plus beers. It’s more than 6,500 people. It’s two city parks worth of wall-to-wall brews hailing from across the Lone Star State and beyond. It’s a marathon, not a sprint, that tests even the pros. That’s why we’ve gathered some tips from beer lovers, beer writers…
First released in 2014, Houston Rap Tapes is an insightful journey through the history — largely told by those who have been firsthand witnesses and/or important participants — of the vibrant and influential HTX hip-hop scene. It features oral histories and interviews with folks like Bun B., Willie D., Paul Wall, Z-Ro, Big Mike, DJ DMD, K-Rino,…
The Alamo City’s answer to illuminated nighttime festivals in Europe — Paris’ Nuit Blanche and Madrid’s La Noche en Blanco in particular — Luminaria has done considerable shape-shifting since its 2008 launch via former San Antonio Mayor Phil Hardberger. Under the direction of curator Kathy Armstrong since 2015, the ambitious, multidisciplinary undertaking has weathered storms…
