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AG Ken Paxton Loses Final Attempt to Appeal Felony Charges: “We need to make Texas decent again. Great start.” – Chat Eaton Wednesday Was (Kinda, Sorta, Maybe, Not Really?) Indigenous Peoples Day in San Antonio: “Brown people an afterthought by those in power in S.A.? I’m surprised.” – Paulina Martinez San Antonio Police Union Says Officers Wearing Pro-Trump Hats On Duty Got “Caught Up In the Moment”: “Not okay. There is a reason you can’t show political preference while in uniform. We all need to feel protected by an unbiased police and military.” – Kelly Leigh “They didn’t endorse anyone they accepted hats and shook the hand of a presidential candidate chances are they love America let’s be honest if it were a “stronger together” killary hat no one would have batted an eye. They can’t have an opinion because we need Unbiased police force really? Cause if you support trump you’re a racist? Smh. Come on people.” – Emilio Rodriguez • Send your thoughts, comments, kudos or tips to letters@sacurrent.com
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COVER Nina Díaz’s much-anticipated debut solo album solidifies the Girl in a Coma frontwoman’s place as a legit songwriting force. But, as we explore in this week’s feature, Díaz’s solo debut has been about more than finding her own, distinct voice – it was part of her recovery. In this week’s issue, we write about how Díaz’s latest metamorphosis led to not only her eclectic, exhilarating new sound, but may very well have saved her and the band she grew up with. Cover photo by Josh Huskin Art direction by Sarah Flood-Baumann
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Letting It Out How Nina Díaz’s latest reincarnation saved her – and Girl in a Coma
‘Involuntary Connection’ Can Border Patrol agents shoot and kill unarmed kids in Mexico’s border lands? Speed Bump San Antonio still doesn’t know how to fix its rideshare problem
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For women across the country, Donald Trump’s self-described “locker room banter” was so appalling it caused them to start publicly sharing their own stories of sexual harassment and assault. But for a dozen or so San Antonio police officers, Trump’s recently-revealed comments about women – that, because he’s a rich and powerful man, he can “grab them by the pussy” – were benign enough for them to sport Trump’s signature “Make America Great Again” baseball caps while smiling and posing for photos with the GOP presidential candidate – while on duty, in violation of city policy. Shortly after his fundraising swing through San Antonio last week, Trump posted a 25-second video to his Twitter feed showing him with what appear to be members of the San Antonio Police Department’s motorcycle unit, which escorted Trump to the San Antonio airport tarmac. In the video, some of the officers grip and grin with the candidate, snapping photos with their cell phones and giving a thumbs up as he heads to his plane. The camera then pans to the officers as they walk away from Trump, with this text flashing across the screen: “WE WILL MAKE AMERICA SAFE & GREAT AGAIN, TOGETHER!” Hours after Trump tweeted the video, San Antonio Police Chief William McManus put out a statement
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saying the officers would be “disciplined appropriately” for violating city rules that bar employees from participating in political activity while on the job. “SAPD officers are charged with protecting the entire community,” McManus said. “The officers displayed poor judgment. I expect them to know better than to give the appearance of endorsing a candidate while on duty and in uniform, regardless of the political campaign or the candidate.” San Antonio City Attorney Andy Segovia sent the Trump campaign a letter asking it to take down the video, calling it a “calculated political maneuver.” Mayor Ivy Taylor meanwhile tweeted that she was “disappointed” in the officers’ lack of judgment. “Police must be above politics & serve everyone equally,” she wrote. “Everything they do should send that message and today’s actions did not.” Some worried about the message the video might send to the community those officers are tasked with protecting and policing. Johnathan-David Jones, a local Black Lives Matter activist, cited the mayor’s recent efforts to address lingering distrust between local police and communities of color in the wake of the bitter passage of a police union contract last month that, despite activists’ and even some politicians’ urging, failed to include any police reforms. Those efforts, he argued, are only undermined when the community sees
Can Border Patrol agents shoot and kill unarmed kids in Mexico’s border lands?
In 2010, a U.S. Border Patrol agent, surveying the borderlands between El Paso, Texas and Juarez, Mexico, shot and killed an unarmed Mexican teenager. The bullet crossed the border—agent Jesus Mesa Jr. was standing in Texas when he shot Sergio Hernandez, who was crouching on Mexican soil, in the face. Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court finally agreed to hear arguments to decide if Hernandez’ parents are allowed to sue Mesa in U.S. court for killing their son, even though the 15-year-old boy never touched U.S. soil. Lawyers for the Hernandez parents say that constitutional protections should be extended to Mexican citizens, like their son, along the border regions heavily patrolled by trigger-happy U.S. agents. If the court sides with the Hernandez’, lawmakers would need to map out some type of boundary of protection extending into Mexican borderlands. This request is similar, they said, to the rights given to foreign prisoners at Guantanamo Bay, who are protected by U.S. law despite being detained in Cuba. According to the family’s lawsuit, Hernandez and his teenage friends were playing what sounds like a border-town version of ‘chicken’ on the day he was killed, daring each other to run up and touch the barbed-wire border fence—then sprint back. Mesa believed they were trying to hop the border, and tried to detain one of them. Then, according to court documents, he shot Hernandez in the face. The next day, the FBI said Mesa shot Hernandez in self-defense—alleging that the
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local cops, on the job and in uniform, supporting a candidate who’s blamed activists for police killings and has suggested he might even direct his future attorney general to investigate the Black Lives Matter movement. “Flaunting, smiling, shaking hands with a politician who has open disregard for communities of color – how are we supposed to feel protected by police when we see that happen?” Jones said. Others worried about the impact open police support of a candidate caught describing how he felt empowered to sexually assault women might have on victims of sexual assault. The National Institute of Justice says that the majority of victims of sexual assault do not report it to the police. Patricia Castillo, who regularly encounters survivors in her work at the local nonprofit PEACE Initiative, fears the officers’ actions only exacerbate that problem. “Do survivors of sexual assault have a chance with this fanboy behavior,” she asked. Still, San Antonio police union president Mike Helle doesn’t seem all that concerned. “Dignitaries and celebrities often visit San Antonio and treat our police officers with great kindness, respect, and courtesy,” he said in a prepared statement Tuesday night. “Frankly, the officers were most likely caught up in the moment and did not consider the political nature of their actions.”
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group of teens threw rocks at the armed agent when he tried to detain their friend. A cell phone video recorded at the time, however, shows otherwise. After years of pushing for justice, the Hernandez family finally got their case in front of the federal Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. But the court, most recently known for repeatedly blocking President Obama’s immigration reform measures, ruled against Hernandez on the simple grounds that he died on Mexican soil. Specifically, the court decided, he had no “significant voluntary connection” to the U.S. It seems Mesa’s bullet wasn’t enough of a connection for the Fifth Circuit. The Supreme Court waited a year before moving on the case, which will be heard in oral arguments later this year.The National Institute of Justice says that the majority of victims of sexual assault do not report it to the police. Patricia Castillo, who regularly encounters survivors in her work at the local nonprofit PEACE Initiative, fears the officers’ actions only exacerbate that problem. “Do survivors of sexual assault have a chance with this fanboy behavior,” she asked. Still, San Antonio police union president Mike Helle doesn’t seem all that concerned. “Dignitaries and celebrities often visit San Antonio and treat our police officers with great kindness, respect, and courtesy,” he said in a prepared statement Tuesday night. “Frankly, the officers were most likely caught up in the moment and did not consider the political nature of their actions.”
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With the city’s fragile, temporary contract with rideshare companies weeks from expiration, city council members appeared eager Wednesday to hear the police department’s new proposal for citywide transportation rules. The San Antonio Police Department, working with the city manager’s office, had been tasked with crafting a new contract with the rideshares (or, transportation network companies, TNCs, in council-speak) and rewriting the city’s dated ordinance on “vehicles for hire.” But nearly three hours after the afternoon council session began, city council members and transportation advocates appeared underwhelmed by the vague—and familiar—suggestions made by SAPD Assistant Director Steve Baum. “I thought we were going to have a robust effort to know who’s driving these cars,” said District 9 Councilman Joe Krier. Krier, with at least four other council members, said their concerns were largely unchanged since the last regulation discussion in June. Most asked that the city make all rideshare drivers go through a FBI background check, since it’s clear the current contract’s voluntary check hasn’t convinced many to sign up. “Is there any way we can get 100 percent involvement in background checks?” Asked District 10 Councilman Mike Gallagher. “Or, in the meantime, we need something on the app that can warn users that ‘you have a bad guy picking you up’.” Uber has been especially resistant to cities’ requests to run fingerprint background checks on their drivers, claiming that their private second-party background check program is far more stringent than the FBI’s. This is the main reason Uber fled Austin earlier this year. But many say Uber’s checks ignore aliases and any crime committed more than seven years ago—hiding charges for drunk driving, assault, and even murder. Plus, they completely ignore any crimes committed in a handful of states. The system’s downfall was underscored in the case of a Houston Uber driver accused of sexually assaulting a passenger last year. The FBI background check would have found the driver’s 14-year stint in prison for drug charges, and quickly bar him from obtaining the necessary taxi
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permit. Uber’s program, however, missed the charge. Houston has since mandated FBI checks for all rideshare drivers. Of course, Uber is threatening a dramatic exit. Despite San Antonio council members’ months-old request for hard data on rideshare in the city, Baum said that he only had numbers of how many trips Lyft and Uber conducted over the year to and from the airport—he couldn’t say how many drivers the companies employ. While the city has a cap on the number of working taxicabs, the number of rideshare cars allowed on the road is limitless. District 3 Councilwoman Rebecca Viagran put it simply: “I think that does a disservice to all of San Antonio.” The only substantial suggestion made by Baum was to require both taxis and rideshare cars be charged with identical fees ($1.50) to pick up a passenger at the airport. It could be a sign that SAPD is still tangled in negotiations with Uber and Lyft— waiting for their stamp of approval before sharing specifics. San Antonio’s relationship with rideshares has been particularly rocky—joining a growing list of other cities who’ve battled TNCs after they elbowed their way into the local market. Uber and Lyft, the country’s rideshare pioneers, both arrived in San Antonio in early 2014. But the city’s attempt to stick these companies with stricter regulations prompted both of them to drop their San Antonio service just over a year later. Rattled by the loss of rideshare, one of the more reliable forms of transportation in the sprawling city, city council scrambled to lure the companies back. That meant backpedalling on regulatory standards they were originally sworn to—sparking upset among taxi drivers and citizens who expected the city to be less of a pushover. Regardless, both Lyft and Uber returned to San Antonio last October, after the council relaxed background-check regulations in a pilot program. Over the past year, reports of sexual abuse and trespassing by Uber drivers made headlines— and local newspapers’ requests for basic driver data from both Uber and Lyft sparked multiple lawsuits from the companies.
Baum’s suggestions came after SAPD met with the city’s Transportation Advisory Board last week, where members proposed changes to the current rules regarding taxi regulation, in hopes of “leveling the playing field” with the loosely-regulated rideshare apps. The transportation board’s most forward-thinking ideas—that taxis could transition to a smartphone fare-collection app and have temporary price surges, like Uber—seemed to trouble Baum the most. “How would taxis communicate flex rates to consumers?” he asked. “We don’t want people making street negotiations” – because that never happens with taxis or anything. Councilwoman Viagran pointed out that it shouldn’t be any different from how rideshare apps work. In fact, one local cab company has already put this plan in motion. Last week, the parent company of Yellow Cab San Antonio unveiled a ride-hailing app similar to Uber or Lyft. But unlike the transportation board’s request, it doesn’t come with surge pricing, Baum did present one chunk of significant data that compared the number of trips taxis and rideshare vehicles made to the airport in the past year. The findings: As rideshare trips rose during the summer, taxi rides dipped. By September, however, taxi trips returned to their original numbers—despite a consistent rise in rideshare trips. Baum said this shows that these apps are not taking business away from the long-established taxi companies. “That’s completely false,” said Robert Gonzales, owner of National Cab and taxi driver of 36 years. “We’re working up to 17 hours a day to keep up with their driver’s part-time jobs.” Gonzales attended the council session with a group local taxi drivers, tired of the city’s inability to allow them the same rights as rideshare drivers. “All we ask for is a little bit of justice,” said Alberto Flores, who’s driven a cab for 23 years. “The lobbyists, the companies, they can put food on their table at night. They can take relaxing breaks. We cannot.” The council is expected to vote on the final rendition of the proposed regulations sometime next month.
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It’s mid September at the 4,000-seat Sandia Ampitheater in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and Nina Díaz and her solo band are a few hours away from opening for Cyndi Lauper. Nina had just stepped out to the parking lot to retrieve something she needed for her simple show wardrobe, when someone knocked on her dressing room door. Nina’s drummer – and, for the last two years, boyfriend – Jorge González answered the knock at the dressing room door. It was Cyndi Lauper, asking if Nina would sing “Girls Just Want to Have Fun” with her on stage that night. Jorge relayed the message when Nina got back. He says she responded in an unimpressed, matter-of-fact way, “OK, let’s go,” even though she couldn’t remember all the lyrics. “Oh, no problem… If I had to sing one of your songs I’d need the lyrics too,” Nina recalled Lauper telling her. She stumbled a couple of times during soundcheck, but it went well. After her own opening set, Nina was determined to memorize the song. She practiced Lauper’s 1983 hit for an hour, listening to the song countless times. She missed most of Lauper’s set, but when the time came to join her onstage, she was ready. Or sort of. Lauper decided on a slowed-down version that night, and she wanted Nina to sing the intro. Nina thought to
herself, Just get that first verse right. She sang the first line, and the crowd thundered. “I felt it all through my body, and I hadn’t felt that in a long time. At the end I had this natural high.” “Nina had no idea she’d sing with Cyndi, who just threw her in the water,” Jorge said. “And Nina kept her head up, like she always does.” Well, not always. Three years ago, Nina was a mess. She drank too much and was using meth, like on the night of January 9, 2013. Nina was recording a demo for “January 9th,” a song that would become one of the many highlights from her debut solo album, The Beat is Dead, when her drug-induced paranoia hit bottom. Nina thought someone was outside, watching her through the window. Something finally spooked her (she says she “felt this big, like, push”), dropped her guitar and ran to her mother’s room, screaming, “I think there’s someone outside my window!” Of course, nobody was there. Looking back on it later, she thinks maybe it was the spirit of her dead grandparents trying to warn her, “telling me to take care of myself and take care of my music, or I would die.” Or get caught. One night, an acquaintance casually told Phanie Díaz, Nina’s sister (and bassist for both Girl in A Coma and
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Besides her own resiliency, the fact that Nina is surrounded by love at home and on tour didn’t hurt in her recovery. Entering her North Side house, where she lives with her mother María, adoptive father (Margo Gonzales, whom she calls “my real dad”) and brother Nick, is almost like entering a Chicano pop culture museum. There are the dolls hanging from a carport, a basketball double-shot arcade and a pool table in the living room, pictures of Selena, Girl in a Coma, family, an old piano, and old concert flyers everywhere. The house includes two separate rehearsal rooms, one for GIAC/ Fea and one for Nina. The voice of Michael Hutchence regularly rings through the house. “I start my day watching INXS videos. Or Queen,” Nina says. “It calms me. There’s something about [Hutchence] that makes me want to get out of bed and do my stuff.” Underneath the little TV blasting INXS videos, there’s a little altar featuring a picture of Radha-Krishna, incense and candles. They’re the remnants of her time hanging out at the local Hare Krishna temple, which she attended during her early stages of sobriety. She says she “got spiritually lost for a moment,” so she’s been trying to get back into chanting her Krishna mantras. “I just kind of got beat up mentally, going through a lot of different emotions and I got stuck and lost.” Taped on one side of the altar are three handwritten pages beginning with “Dearest Daughter” and ending with a heartfelt request that makes a reference to Girl in a Coma’s latest album: “While I realize this is a lot to ask, just keep me with you for all your days… and do your best to trust me on this one last thing… I’ll always be with you to make sure you are always happy and safe… that’s all ‘the rest.’ I’ll take care of the ‘Exits’ part. Love XO.” The letter was given to her by Stuart Lederer, an Austin-based guitarist with the 1992-93 lineup of the Flesh Eaters, who passed away in 2015. “He was my rock ’n’ roll dad, in a way,” Nina says. When Lederer died, he left her guitars and amps and this letter. Nina walks around the house wearing gray sweat pants, yellow socks, no shoes, and a David Bowie T-shirt. She adores the man, and even her little longhaired chihuahua mix is named Ziggy (the other two four-legged members of the family are a friendly poodle named Ralph and the intimidating Nash, a massive outdoor beast that looks like he could could eat your feet). Father Margo and boyfriend Jorge are in the house, and, as usual, you can feel the good vibes. Yes, Nina had plenty of love and support at home, but she credits her bandmates (Jenn Alva and sister Phanie from GIAC, and bassist Austin Valentine, guitarist Travis Vela, keyboardist Johnny Shrink and drummer Jorge González with her solo band) with keeping her down-to-earth on the road and in the studio. In public, everyone talked about how supportive Jenn and Phanie were upon finding out Nina wanted to go solo. Truth is, things didn’t go so smoothly at first. “It’s hard to explain the relationship with the [GIAC] girls,” Nina says. “People think, ‘Oh, they’re sisters, they love each other.’ That’s true, but it’s also true that in any sacurrent.com • October 19-25, 2016 • CURRENT 19
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relationship, family or business – and in GIAC we have both – a lot of stuff may come up.” As the youngest in the trio (28, and they’ve been together since Nina was 13), she had to get used to Jenn and Phanie constantly trying to look out for her. “They do it because they love you, but sometimes you just need a little bit of space to figure things out.” So she broke the news to them and there was no way back — Nina was going solo. “The girls were afraid,” said Nina. “‘Oh, is she going to leave GIAC now’?” There were some arguments, but within the first year Jenn and Phanie had started Fea, which Nina says “relieved a lot of pressure.” She didn’t feel any need to hurry up and rush her own album. As she puts it, they were now all “learning a lot of stuff doing [our own thing].” Jenn, who plays bass for Girl in a Coma and Fea, says that at first, she and Phanie “weren’t into the idea” of taking a break. They loved playing together, and felt they still had so much more to do. “It took a little bit of time for us to understand it all, but it also gave us the opportunity to do Fea, a project we always wanted to do,” Jenn says. “All in all, it turned into this mega-positive thing.” With Fea shining in its own right (forget about “punk,” “riot grrrl” and all that nonsense — Fea is a full-fledged rock ’n’ roll band, plain and simple, and a very good one at that) and a new album by Girl in a Coma on the horizon, the question is: How will the band sound now that all its members have evolved as separate artists? Clearly the enthusiasm is still there. “We’ve already been writing new GIAC songs, and each one of them is just ridiculous,” Jenn says. “Nina’s grown tremendously as a writer. Before that, she was into abstract stories but now she’s much more direct, and whereas in the past, we only allowed our energies to be as one GIAC unit, now each one of us have our own little attitude and confidence.” Nina has a similar view. While she’s proud of Girl in a Coma’s past work, she says, “I haven’t felt for them what I feel for my solo album.” More solo work will probably come in the future, she says, but these first songs are special. “This is the one where I’m really letting it out.” “Maybe it’s because I wasn’t really there before,” she says. Now that she is there, she says she envisions the new Girl in a Coma having a renewed, striking edge – or “that extra alt vive,” as she puts it, “like Stone Temple Pilot’s Tiny Music or the Breeders’ Last Splash. Or the Pixies.” Being outside the band made her realize its strengths and full potential, she says. “I see a very strong future for GIAC.” Jenn agrees that Nina’s fight for sobriety saved not only herself but the band they grew up with. “The whole thing could’ve gone sour so easily,” Jenn says. “Luckily, we’re sisters and always watching out for each other.”
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> She teased us with “January 9,” a power ballad, opened the album with the Michael Hutchence-inspired “Trick Candle” and its explosive video, and is already collecting rave reviews of “Rebirth,” a fiery, unusual cumbiareggae hybrid that Elle magazine chose as one of the “10 Best New Songs of October 2016" (an honor shared with Lady Gaga’s “Perfect Illusion” and Kings of Leon’s “Wolf,” among others). The Beat is Dead, due out October 28 (co-produced by Nina and Manuel Calderón at the famed Sonic Ranch Studios in Tornillo, Texas), takes Nina out from her alt/punk Girlin-a-Coma comfort zone to give us an eclectic, exhilarating electroacoustic trip – a two-part journey, in fact, filled with both hits and deeper, more contemplative tracks. Here, Nina dissects some of the album’s many highlights. “Rebirth” It’s a mantra-like song, just looking at myself in the mirror saying, “I hate you for what you did, but now I have to forgive you.” “January 9” I wrote it on January 9, 2013. My grandma passed away on Jan 9 1998, and when I wrote that song that’s when I had a crazy night when I felt my grandpa and grandma’s presence. It’s another song about forgiveness, me asking them for forgiveness, letting them know that I still ask for their help when I feel I cannot do something. When I say “I don’t want to be the bad one that you find,” it means I don’t want to be someone they’re ashamed of. “Screaming Without a Sound” I wanted to have a Depeche Mode/industrial kind of vibe to talk about [what you feel] when you’re caught up in your addictions. You want to confide in someone, you want to tell them what you’re going through, but when you try they just don’t listen to you. “Dig” I believe in reincarnation, that you choose to come back [to the material world]. That’s why
I’m working so hard to fulfill what I can while I’m in this body and this life, so if I choose to come back to this world I don’t necessarily have to face a lot of my own demons or people who want to do wrong to me. “For You” I wrote it when I was going to the [Hare Krishna] temple a lot. In a way, it’s my religious or spiritual song. I say, “For You, I’ll go all the way” and “when you’re inside me.” Not necessarily about making love to someone, but about feeling Krishna inside me, that feeling of happiness, of wholeness. “Mortician’s Musician” It’s about my [estranged] biological dad. It’s a touchy subject right now, it’s been very hectic. My biological father [who is an actual mortician] … is not violent but mentally abusive, he makes you feel small. Margo [Gonzales] is my dad, the person who raised me and washed my dirty underwear. He is my father. [My biological dad] feels resentful that I consider Margo my real dad, and Margo heard [the song] and got a little upset. “She wants him to walk her down the aisle! ” and this and that, and my mom goes, “No, no! This is like her ‘Fuck you’ to him! ” “No, dad,” I told Margo. “This is my closure. This is my goodbye to him.” All I can tell people in a similar position is this: Don’t use [bad parents] as an excuse to continue going through a dark path and bitching about. “Oh, I was treated like this, so I’m going to make myself numb.” Just face it. The Pisces in me wishes I could fix things, but the adult, with thicker skin, knows I need to let it go. You can’t help everyone, even your own biological father sometimes. When I say, “One day you’re going to walk me down the aisle,” all I’m saying is, either I’m going to be there for your funeral or you’re going to be there for mine. That’s the only way we’re ever going to be together in the same room. (Lightly edited for clarity)
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◀ Launched in August by vintage specialists Katalya Bustos, Mae Darrin and Kirstine Haynes, Shop Rare Marketplace returns to Brick this week for another evening of retro treasure hunting, live music, DJ beats and vegan treats. For this second outing, the gals add newcomers Precious Bbyz, Las Ofrendas, The Moon Child Shop, RiseRun and Raba Vintage to a mix of returning favorites including Oddballl Vintage, Massive Curves, MaeLeaf and Miss PayPal. While perusing the racks of jewelry, streetwear, old-school T-shirts, bohemian fashions, plus-size womenswear and hand-painted denim, guests can take in sets by the likes of CLEE, Kirk Dambra and DJs Jonny, Executive Realness and Jevonchi. As the featured artist for round two, Kristy Farmer created Shop Rare’s poppy new flyer image and a photo-booth backdrop for the event. Free, 5pm-midnight, Brick, 108 Blue Star, (210) 262-8653, brickatbluestar.com. — Bryan Rindfuss
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▶ Mole is a rich, traditional Mexican sauce that, though it comes in many varieties, often combines chocolate with an array of spices and chilies to create a unique flavor profile. On Thursday at Centro Cultural Aztlan’s Mole Throwdown, whether you’re new to the robust delights and myriad adaptations of mole or a seasoned aficionado, you can dig into the mole-verse in the best possible way: by trying a little bit of everything. The entry fee, which helps support Aztlan’s cultural programming, allows you to sample and vote on mole dishes from more than 15 competitors (The Box Street Social, Cocina Heritage and Viva Vegeria among them) and includes two drink tickets to use at a tequila tasting bar or for cocktails made with Tito’s vodka. The eighth annual event also features a silent art auction and performances by Ghost Tracks, Roger “Rabbit” Garza, Jerry Vasquez and Grupo Folklorico de Bendiciones. $40-$75, 6-10pm, Centro Cultural Aztlan, 1800 Fredericksburg Road, (210) 432-1896, centroaztlan.org. — James Courtney
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▲ Oversized confetti has been fluttering around the Linda Pace Foundation’s SPACE gallery since late April thanks to Brazilian artist Rivane Neuenschwander, whose room-sized installation “Secondary Stories” invites viewers to tilt their heads back and gaze up at a sea of polkadots shifting behind a translucent ceiling outfitted with hidden fans. Nodding to Brazil’s annual Carnival, the kinetic work is accompanied by two photographic series and three videos being shown on a rotating basis. While the first in the cycle — the 2006 Cao Guimarães collaboration Quarta-Feira de Cinzas: Epilogue — mirrored the Carnival reference via ants marching around to samba music carrying bits of confetti, the second curiously stars a large soap bubble that floats across the landscape and
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billows in the wind, but never pops. As suggested by the title Inventory of Small Deaths (Blow), the looped video comments on mortality by ways of a fleeting, fragile medium. Filmed in 2000 on Guimarães’ farm in the city of Belo Horizonte, it comes to light at a Brazilian-themed reception that spills out into LPF’s recently expanded CHRISpark. Presented in partnership with KRTU, the free event comes complete with complimentary cocktails crafted by Park Social, light bites from The Box Street Social, and a live soundtrack courtesy of Mente Clara, an Austin/Brooklyn-based outfit that creates a danceable melange of jazz, world and samba inspired by Hermeto Pascoal and other Brazilian masters. Free, 7-10pm, SPACE, 111 Camp St. (inside CHRISpark), (210) 227-8400, lindapacefoundation.org. — BR
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Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars
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◀ There sure has been a lot of (largely regrettable) talk about refugees in the public discourse of late. However, even as our government spins around in circles trying to decide how to handle an increasing influx of refugees from war-torn locales the world over, it is important to remember that it is often refugees who can teach us to live in a broader, brighter, more humane world. Such is certainly the case with Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars, a band of legit refugees who spread their message of peace and compassion through the healing and joyful art of music. The group, which takes the Empire stage on Friday, plays a brand of music that sounds a whole lot like reggae, but is actually more consistent with Sierra Leone’s traditional baskeda style, which predates reggae and likely influenced the genre. Apart from being a lively and rejuvenating musical experience, this concert represents a chance to celebrate African culture and show support for the important and vibrant cultural contributions of refugees. $29-$99, 7:30pm, Charline McCombs Empire Theatre, 226 N. St. Mary’s St., (210) 226-3333, majesticempire.com. — JC
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◀ If you can stomach buckets of blood, guts and gore, this hardcore horror film festival just might be what the deranged doctor ordered. Celebrating its ninth year, the fest, which was created by George L. Ortiz, features independent short and feature films from the horror, thriller, suspense and sci-fi genres from around the world, including Spain, Italy and India. Film screenings include work from local filmmakers Vanessa Hoar (My Obituary) and Eddie Felan (Lurking in Darkness, Left Behind). “[The festival] gives filmmakers like myself a chance to share their work with other people, as well as other filmmakers, who love this genre,” said Felan. “There’s something about the fear in horror movies that keeps me going back for more. People like to be scared in a controlled environment and I like to scare people.” Along with the movies, Horrific Film Fest brings in celebrity guests like busiest-actor-in-Hollywood Eric Roberts (sorry, Danny Trejo), who portrayed the Master in the 1996 TV movie Dr. Who. There will also be a cosplay party Saturday night. Attendees who dress in costume can enter the fest for only $7. $12 (free for kids under 5), 6pm-midnight Fri, noon-11:30pm Sat, 1-6pm Sun, Courtyard San Antonio SeaWorld/Westover Hills, 11605 Hwy. 151, (210) 528-0628, horrificfilmfest.com. – Kiko Martinez
▼ Shrunken heads, anthropomorphic candy corn, sci-fi hotties, menacing jack-o-lanterns, skulls galore, and various interpretations of the Bride of Frankenstein are but a few of the Halloweeny hallmarks one can expect to find inside the “Mad Monster Gallery.” Organized by a California-born graphic artist/illustrator/ art director who goes by the name VidVad Scare, the group show aims to be the first of many themed offerings he hopes will “bring the art community closer together.” In addition to out-of-towners like Chicago illustrator Sam Nigrosh, New Braunfels painter Rat Switchblade and Austin tattoo artist Daniel Kranz, the BYOB affair showcases more than a dozen San Antonio creatives, including doll-maker Smitten Kitten, graphic designer Zane Thomas, sculptor Evil Dave and special effects artist Craven. Free, 7-11pm, High Wire Gallery, 326 W. Josephine St., (210) 827-7681, highwirearts.com. — BR
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◀ Local creative arts organization Dreamland Collective partners with the P.E.A.C.E. Initiative (Putting an End to Abuse through Community Efforts) and the City of San Antonio’s Department for Culture & Creative Development (DCCD) to present P.E.A.C.E in the Park in observance of Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Aiming to raise awareness of (and provide healing from) domestic violence in SA, the free, family-friendly event features an “Altar for Peace” art installation, guest speakers, workshops, yoga, kids
activities, healthy food provided by the Krishna Temple of SA and various local vendors. P.E.A.C.E in the Park also plays host to live performances from a swell smattering of local musical acts, including nuevo-Latino orquestra Volcán, accordion virtuoso Juanito Castillo (pictured), indie soul outfit The Foreign Arm, rap group Chisme, electronic mantra-rock ensemble Aliens WITH Halos and trippy synth/guitar performer Flaco Chango. Free, 4-10pm, Roosevelt Park, 331 Roosevelt Ave., (210) 995-7377, thepeaceinitiative.net. — JC
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◀ A 19th-century mansion built on the site of the 1842 Battle of the Salado, Victoria’s Black Swan Inn is known as both an eccentric wedding destination and a purportedly haunted locale the Travel Channel series Ghost Adventures found to be “home to a mysterious, dark presence.” Host to regular paranormal investigations, “haunted cocktail tours” and “Slumber Not” parties, the old inn ups the ante this Halloween season with an Espiritu de La Noche Masquerade Ball (Oct. 29) and this weekend’s slightly less elegant Zombie Survival Chase. Presented by the event company Dark Mayhem and billed as “an interactive experience that brings your zombie apocalypse nightmares to life,” the chase sets participating humans and zombies (take your pick) loose in a “winding labyrinth of trails in the infected woods.” Living or undead, the challenge entails searching for clues and scavenger hunt items along an obstacle-filled course and reaching the “Quarantined Safe Zone” with as many tag flags (pinned to humans to represent vital organs) as possible. Beyond no-brainers like sneakers and “bloodsucker” repellant, Dark Mayhem recommends chasers bring flashlights or headlamps and a change of clothes — “including underwear for those unexpected scares.” $4.99$49.99, registration from 4pm, junior chase at 5:30pm, adult chase at 7:30pm, Victoria’s Black Swan Inn, 1006 Holbrook Road, (210) 201-4946, darkmayhem.com. — BR TUE
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The Rocky Horror Show ◀ Decades before the dawn of RuPaul’s Drag Race, British playwright Richard O’Brien’s The Rocky Horror Show challenged the status quo and championed a similar message of self-acceptance. Both the Logo reality series and the 1973 musical transcended their early cult status to become icons of pop culture. In 2012, director Greg Hinojosa, then with the Woodlawn Theatre, tapped into the allure of these two cultural mainstays, casting RPDR alum Sharon Needles in that year’s production of Rocky Horror and sparking what is now an annual fan favorite. Hinojosa now brings his ever-evolving adaptation of Rocky Horror to the Josephine for a five-night run, this time bringing local nightlife promoter Rey Lopez on board as co-producer. While remaining tight-lipped on this year’s theme, Hinojosa said it will be partly inspired by the personal histories — and controversies — of the leading cast members. Taking the stage this year will be Latrice Royale as Dr. Frank N. Furter, Ginger Minj as Magenta and Phi Phi O’Hara as Columbia. “When you see them in a theatrical setting, it opens up the perception that these are more than drag queens,” Hinojosa said. “They are actors and singers.” $20-$100, 8pm, The Josephine Theatre, 339 W. Josephine St., (210) 734-4646, josephinetheatre.org. Through Oct. 29. — Marco Aquino
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Cabaret ▲ Sam Mendes’ terrific 1993 production of Cabaret accomplished the seemingly impossible: It actually rivaled the artistic success of both Hal Prince’s original production of ’66 and Bob Fosse’s awardwinning film adaptation, starring a particularly leggy Liza Minnelli. For this re-imagining, Mendes upped Cabaret’s sheer sleaziness as he parked the show in Manhattan’s legendary Studio 54 for a multiple-year run. The New York incarnation won Tony awards for its young, gender-bending emcee, Alan Cumming, as well as for Natasha Richardson. In an unusual move, the Roundabout Theater has revived this revival of a London revival, which makes it a head-spinningly meta-revival. But fret not: It’s still as fabulously gay as ever, as the sexual anarchy of the Weimar Republic is juxtaposed with the increasing militarism and bigotry of the German Nazi party. The brilliance of Cabaret is that the cabaret itself functions as a metaphor for political apathy of every stripe — and Mendes’ harrowing coda, with its gesture toward the Holocaust, remains one of the masterstrokes of contemporary musical theater. If you’ve been on the fence about seeing yet another Cabaret, discover a production where both the staging, and “life” itself, are beautiful. $30-$125, 7:30pm, The Majestic Theatre, 224 E. Houston St., (210) 226-3333, majesticempire.com. Through Oct. 30. — Thomas Jenkins
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MOVIE “Beetlejuice” on Giant Screen
MOVIE Bouncy House PUMPKIN PATCH Pumpkin Patch
FOOD FOOD Trucks FAMILY FRIENDLY Games HAUNTED HOUSE GAMES Haunted House ACTIVITIES FOR the whole family!
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ART “!Buen Viaje, Mariposa Monarca!” In
conjunction with the Monarch Butterfly & Pollinator Festival, the Mexican Cultural Institute hosts an exhibition of photography by Ignacio Arcas, a collection of Monarchinspired textiles by Pineda Covalin, a sitespecific installation by artist David J. Romero and a “Welcome to San Antonio” conversation with Monika Maeckle, Cuauhtémoc Sáenz Romero and Ignacio Arcas. Free, 6-9:30pm Thursday; Mexican Cultural Institute, 600 Hemisfair Plaza Way, (210) 227-0123.
FILM What We Do in the Shadows CineSnob and
Big Hops’ Cinema on Tap series continues with a Halloween-themed screening of New Zealand-based filmmakers Jemaine Clement (Flight of the Conchords) and Taika Waititi’s 2014 mockumentary following four vampire roommates coping with life in the 21st century. Free, 7:30-10:30pm Wednesday; Big Hops, 306 Austin St., (210) 320-1470.
Maniac and Suspiria Video Dungeon Theatre
returns to Oak Hills Tavern for a double feature pairing William Lustig’s low-budget 1980 slasher flick Maniac (about a serial killer who scalps his victims) and Dario Argento’s 1977 horror classic Suspiria (concerning a string of murders in a German dance academy). Bonus: Mixtape Johnny spins Halloweenthemed vinyl throughout the night. Free, 9pm-2am Thursday; Oak Hills Tavern, 7920 Fredericksburg Rd., (210) 614-8855.
THEATER Evil Dead: The Musical Directed by Jonathan Pennington, this campy mashup of all three films in Sam Raimi’s horror franchise promises chainsaw swinging, blood splattering, bad Henry Winkler impressions and the vocal stylings of a demonpossessed moose. $23, 8:30pm Friday, 7:30pm Saturday; Roxie Theater, 7460 Callaghan Road, (210) 360-9180.
Locolobo: A Punk Prometheus Psycho Wolf Musical Comedy Penned by Arlington transplant Jens Rushing, Locolobo follows Ruby Bolt, a hard-rocking singer who unwittingly becomes “ensnared in the monster politics” swirling around the mythical region of Texasylvania and its popular watering hole Drinkenstein’s. $10$15, 8pm Friday-Saturday; The Overtime Theater, 1203 Camden St., (210) 557-7562.
Sweeney Todd A fixture of Victorian penny
dreadful novels, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street and his partner in crime’s dubious pies first appeared well over 100 years ago. However, Sweeney Todd didn’t become more than a run-of-the-mill murderer until the story was adapted for the stage in the 1970s, when he was given a motivation behind his madness – a quest for revenge against a corrupt local judge. Productions of the musical feature Broadway belting and spilled blood in equal measure — beware of the splash zone. $17-$26, 7:30pm FridaySaturday, 3pm Sunday; Woodlawn Theatre, 1920 Fredericksburg Road, (210) 267-8388.
The Alamo Horror Picture Show The Royal,
Sovereign and Imperial Court of the Alamo Empire stages a Rocky Horror-inspired show followed by Divas (Not So) Live hosted by drag performer Autumn Summers. $3, 10-11:30pm Friday; Silver Dollar Saloon, 1814 N. Main Ave., (210) 550-9975.
The Diary of Anne Frank Anne Frank was a
spirited, insightful teenager when she and her family took refuge from the Nazis in an Amsterdam attic. Presented at the Vex, Wendy Kesselman's gripping new adaptation interweaves recently discovered writings from her diary as well as survivor accounts. $16-$22, 7:30pm Thursday, 8pm Saturday, 2:30pm Sunday; Sheldon Vexler Theatre, 12500 NW Military Hwy., (210) 302-6835.
WORDS Las Americas Letters Series in Literature and the Arts Celebrating 15 years of
bringing authors, artists, scholars and performers to St. Mary’s University and the San Antonio community, the Las Americas Letters Series offers a program dedicated to Brother Cletus Behlmann, S.M. (19332016), a Marianist brother who “made life more meaningful through his vibrant, colorful works of art.” Following the theme “Unfolding Symbol Through Time: The Power of Symbol in Literature and Art,” the 2016 series includes viewings of inter-media artist Gerry Frost’s video series Still Life Still (4-9pm), a welcome ceremony (6pm), a “Symbol in Art, Literature and Religion” panel between Frost and 2013 Texas Poet Laureate Rosemary Catacalos and readings from Catacalos and Wings Press publisher
Bryce Milligan. Free, 4-9pm Friday; St. Mary’s University, University Center, One Camino Santa Maria, (210) 436-3011.
and special guests Lita Deadly and Robyn Rouxlette of Le Strange Sideshow. $20-$50, 7-9pm Sunday; The Overtime Theater, 1203 Camden St., (210) 557-7562.
COMEDY Comedy Spooktacular Local comic Anthony
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Hemisfair Harvest Fest Yanaguana Garden
Torino presents a Halloween-themed show featuring some of San Antonio’s hottest young comics. Optional dinner ($10 extra) begins at 7pm. $10, 8pm Friday, Las Chiladas Mexican and Seafood Restaurant, 2387 NW Military Hwy., (210) 308-5897.
style of comedy and material drawn from his upbringing in a large Irish Catholic family, New York-based stand-up Kevin Brennan boasts considerable experience, including appearances on Late Night with Conan O’Brien and Last Call with Carson Daly, a half-hour HBO special and writing credits on Saturday Night Live. $16, 8pm Thursday, 8pm & 10:15pm Friday-Saturday, 7pm Sunday; Laugh Out Loud Comedy Club, 618 NW Loop 410, (210) 541-8805.
Peyton Clarkson Born in Alabama and
raised in Los Angeles, comedian Peyton Clarkson specializes in a high-energy brand of stand-up that encourages audiences to “examine the absurdities of modern culture.” $17, 8:30pm Wednesday-Thursday, 8pm & 10:15pm Friday-Saturday; Improv San Antonio Rivercenter, 849 E. Commerce St., (210) 229-1420.
SPECIAL EVENTS 1st Festival Honoring Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Galeria E.V.A.’s celebration of the life
and work of poet, writer and nun Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz culminates with an authentic Mexican dinner, a dance and live music from Lourdes Pérez and Eva Ybarra. $65, 7-10pm Saturday; Galeria E.V.A., 3412 S. Flores St., (210) 413-8978.
All Hallow’s Eve Dinner and Ghost Tour
Sisters Grimm set up shop at the Menger for a three-course candle-lit dinner in the Colonial Room followed by a tour of the “hauntingly historic” hotel (including the King Ranch Suite, allegedly the “most active and haunted room”) and a “Ghost Walk” through downtown. $40-$75 at sistersgrimmghosttour.com, 7pm FridaySaturday; Menger Hotel, 204 Alamo Plaza, (210) 638-1338.
All Hallows’ Tease Burlesque and Variety Spooktacular Sexology Institute and
beloved local troupe the Pastie Pops team up for a night of “hair-raising, spine-chilling, ultra-sexy” burlesque, boylesque, drag, hoop and sideshow performances by Vixy Van Hellen, Mary Annette, Jasper St. James, Lucy Lips, Vesper Voltaire, Maxxy Radd
head start on Halloween with an evening combining games, a bounce house for the kiddos, a haunted house, a costume contest, food trucks, an outdoor screening of the Tim Burton classic Beetlejuice and a fireworks finale. Free, 5-9pm Saturday; Northwest Vista College, 3535 N. Ellison Drive, (210) 486-4681. welcomes autumn with a family-friendly festival filled with food (from candy corn paletas to gourmet hot dogs), a pumpkin patch provided by Centro San Antonio, “acrobatic magic” shows, storytelling and theater presentations, crafting activities, live music and artisan vendors. Free, noon-6pm Saturday; Yanaguana Garden at Hemisfair Park, 434 S. Alamo St., (210) 709-4750.
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revolutionary women, women who would like to know more about socialism, and men who are feminists and respect spaces where women practice empowerment, the RevFems Mujeres Social includes games of revolutionary lotería, a raffle and a discussion about ways to grow the socialist ideology in our city. In the spirit of the Halloween season, guests are encouraged to don revolutionary attire. Free, 6:30-8:30pm Thursday; Sancho’s Cantina, 628 Jackson St., (210) 320-1840.
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This one-day symposium revisits, celebrates and commemorates the Texas Farmworkers strike and march of 1966 through a “Living Legacies” panel discussion between original strikers and marchers (9:30am), scholarly presentations, an exhibit of artwork by Chicana artist Santa Barraza and a closing reception combining a poetry presentation by Nephtali De León, a theater performance by Teatro Campesino with Marisela Barrela and live music by El Tallercito de Son (4:45pm). Free, 8am-5:30pm Friday; Our Lady of the Lake University, Providence Hall, 411 SW 24th St., (210) 528-7060.
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Hailing from Mexico City, Inés Estrada has become a staple in San Antonio’s zine scene because her work — raw and colorful illustrations, stickers, pins, clothing and just about everything else — brings something new to the table. As the previous editor of Tebeo Tropical, the comics column of VICE Mexico, and a long-time comics illustrator, Estrada is no rookie. She’s a self-taught cartoonist whose work has been published in VICE and The New York Times, along with several other publications, including Fanzinología Mexicana 1985-2015, a compilation of zines and comics from Mexico, which she also helped edit. Though she’s only lived in San Antonio for a year, Estrada has created a strong presence at local galleries, zine events and artist pop-ups. More often than not, you’ll see her behind a table, offering a plethora of prints, pins, comics and T-shirts, all with a unique aesthetic that seamlessly translates between mediums. She co-organized Zine Nite at Second Saturday this past June, which
brought together over 25 illustrators, designers, artists and zine creators for an event dedicated to exposing all that San Antonio’s DIY scene has to offer — and if you were there, you saw that San Antonio’s zine artists have plenty to give. Including Estrada, whose collection is both wide in variety and large in volume, which might be why her table attracts so much attention at events. Her work is rich in color, original in style, authentic in presentation and her illustrations are easily recognizable for their eccentric style and overtly feminist themes. Recently, Estrada has been traveling through Mexico and South America to promote her latest project, Impatience, a self-published collection of comics that she created between 2012 and earlier this year. During the book tour, she’ll stop in San Antonio for a release party on Oct. 21 at High Five Shop, a store on the St. Mary’s strip that was created to promote a network of local artist, often including pop-culture and SA-centric imagery. We last talked with Estrada at Pan Dulce Gallery
during the La Liga Zine Anniversary Party, where she was tabeling with other locals like Chiflada Zine and St. Sucia. Though she’s too humble to admit to the obvious success she’s had over the years, she says any and all attention her work has received is because of the support that local zine artists give to each other, and the number of ways that digital platforms, whether through Facebook, Instagram or Twitter, give exposure to DIY artists. It’s a community that wants to see other artists flourish and it’s what keeps Estrada going. You can check out more of her work at inechi.com and purchase some rad stickers, zines, pins and illustrations on gatosaurio.com. Release Party for Impatience by Inechi, 5-11 p.m., Oct. 21 at High Five Shop, 806 E. Mistletoe Ave. sacurrent.com • October 19-25, 2016 • CURRENT 33
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suburbanites whose two kids are conveniently sent give the actors little to work with, including stilted and off to summer camp. They have new neighbors in unfunny dialogue. The action scenes are the most their cul-de-sac at the end of Maple Circle: Tim boring I’ve seen this year, and the lack of logic in the (Hamm) and Natalie (Gadot) Jones. The Joneses are story is confounding. What’s more, whereas the guys a seemingly perfect couple, he a travel writer and she drink snake wine and go indoor skydiving (which a social media director who helps Sri Lankan orphans. would’ve been a perfect setup for real skydiving in the They’re also, as we know from the trailers and the finale, but the writers weren’t clever enough for that), movie’s poster, spies. the women have scenes of lingerie shopping and They’ve lived in 30 cities in 10 years, and nosey kissing. Worse, in one notably unsexy moment they mega-mom Karen catches on to their secret right practice kegel exercises together. Perhaps the script quick. She’s not super smart or intuitive, however. It’s was written in 1981, but here in 2016 we’re socially more a case of the Joneses being laughably terrible trying to move past the egregious objectification of at remaining covert. In one scene the Joneses remove women, especially when there is no commensurate an important briefcase from a car trunk while standing objectification for men in the same work. The women at the foot of the driveway. They have a garage, but are gorgeous so the scene(s) will sound pruriently apparently doing this so everyone in the cul-de-sac appealing, but when you think about it they’re also can see is appropriate. For a while I thought they despicable and unnecessary. wanted Jeff and Karen to know the truth. Turns out Keeping Up With The Joneses is the kind of movie that was wrong – they’re just hopeless at that forces the cast and filmmakers to take a keeping their cover, which probably good, hard look at themselves in the mirror. makes them the world’s worst spies. Pretty much everything went wrong Keeping Up With Director Greg Mottola here, and the darkened, foul-smelling The Joneses (PG-13) (Superbad) and writer Michael stain that is the 101 minutes of this Dir. Greg Mottola; feat. Gal Gadot, LeSieur (You, Me and Dupree) picture will follow them forever. Isla Fisher, Zach Galifianakis Opens October 21 ★
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For almost 10 years, the Behrend family familiar setting. The rest of the menu — broken has been at the forefront of providing down into rice, bowls and entrees — is fairly San Antonio with vegetarian options. The straightforward. journey began in 2007 with the opening of After sampling the River City Ramen early Green Vegetarian Cuisine off Flores and now on, I decided the fortified miso broth wasn’t includes a bigger flagship location at the for me. A shoyu or straight miso broth would Pearl, a north side version at Alon Market, a have been preferred, or maybe I just missed Green in Houston, Earth Burger, their fastone of my favorite parts of ramen: chewy, food vegetarian eatery at Park North most gelatinous fish cakes, but the ramen was a recently Bok Choy. Obviously, they’re doing hard pass. I can sing the praises of a pad kee something right. mao, or drunken noodles, which was garlicky Opened in May of this year, Bok Choy is the and served steaming hot in a traditional to-go Cece’s stir-fry manifested into a restaurant: carton. It retained its heat through my drive by no means authentic, but bearing enough home and even after digging in to the mound veggies that you’ll leave feeling less guilty of wide noodles (cooked al dente), fragrant than if you’d opted for a burger and fries. The thai basil, tender bell pepper, chunks of onion space is utilitarian and kitschy without dipping and fried tofu. And it was plentiful — I ate the into eye-roll territory. You’re there for the quick- rest for lunch the next day. service fare (no doubt the systems have been Though I had resisted ordering any of perfected through its predecessors), but do the faux meats offered at Bok Choy, I took notice the massive chopstick wrapper that a gamble on the beef and broccoli for later serves as anchor for the restaurant. It’s just visits. As my go-to staying-in movie-night plain fun. order, the bar was set relatively low, but Bok The menu is simple enough to navigate, Choy’s version pleasantly surprised. The though still extensive and growing. On the texturized vegetable protein used creates a sides and appetizer front, spring for the chewy, but tender nibble, and the “brown” Vietnamese fried spring rolls, which are a sauce toes the line of soy-filled and too salty must. Hand-rolled and stuffed with an almost while effectively covering the carrot slices and surprising amount of shredded carrots, broccoli florets that accompany the dish. potatoes, and mushrooms all still bearing a But when it comes to Vietnamese, I toothsome snap, the spring rolls are served struggled to make sense of the barbecue in pairs with bright orange duck sauce that beef bún. Though heaping with vermicelli (a can, and should, go unused. The cheese tad dry), Romaine lettuce shreds, carrots, Rangoon, delivered both a pliable crunch and mint and lemongrass, the use of vegan fish creaminess not often found in other variations. sauce left me befuddled. I kept trying to place Though we can argue that most Asian the ingredients used, and ended up with restaurants in the city can offer vegetarian flashbacks to going on a juice cleanse (the options, the question of process of making most vegan whether there was a real fish sauces calls for some sort of The Skinny: The Green need for a place like Bok seaweed). The bowl has a solid Vegetarian family of Choy is essentially moot. foundation, but the sauce took restaurant opens a plantWhat Bok Choy adds is me out of the moment. powered Asian eatery with an alternative to Beijing I’ll stick with the basics solid results. Express when you’re and keep enjoying my movieBest Bets: Beef and craving beef and broccoli night-for-one snacks. Far from broccoli, pad kee mao, without having to wonder mind-blowing, the fare at Bok spring rolls why your tab is so cheap, in Choy falls in line with Green’s Price: $5-$13 other words, Americanized palate-pleasing offerings and we Hours: 11am-9pm SunChinese and Thai in a shouldn’t expect anything else. Thu; 11am-8pm Fri
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Owned by the same folks behind Taqueria Chapala Jalisco, El Marinero is taking the spot formerly occupied by its sister restaurant inside a shuttered Pizza Hut. The interiors are, of course, decked out with seascapes both above and under the sea (pun intended), and the space is still relatively small. The menu comes bearing a slew of dishes reminiscent of other Mexican seafood joints, that came before it such as El Bucanero, Camaron Pelado and Las Islas Marias. El Marinero opens 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily. 1819 McCullough Ave., (210) 465-9178.
Though a bit premature in the way of autumnal flavors (I usually stay away from pecan pie until Thanksgiving, but that’s just me), Hotel Emma’s boutique grocer, Larder, is now serving a pecan pie latte. Made with a pecan pie syrup that uses a bouquet of spices to remind you of all things toasty, fleecy and good, the drink is topped off with a good chunk of toasted pecans. It’s rich, but not cloyingly so. Try it soon. Pick one up on your way to Rosella to try their apple spice latte. 306 E. Grayson St., (210) 448-8355.
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The Pearl announced the opening date of its new wine bar and shop. Opened by Scott Ota and partner Mark Stoltz, wine lovers and dabblers can enjoy High Street Wine Co.’s wares starting Thursday, October 20. The shop, which will focus on high-value, small production wines from across the globe available by the glass and bottle. Ota, named one of Wine & Spirit mags best new sommeliers in 2014, will aim for an “approachable” list according to the Pearl’s press release, along with rotating wine flights and beer and cider for the wine-averse. Bonus: patrons can purchase Govino wine glasses to enjoy during the Pearl Farmers Market and along the river. The wine shop will open 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 11 a.m. to midnight Friday, 9 a.m. to midnight Saturday, and 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sunday. 302 Pearl Pkwy., Suite 104.
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There’s more pizza on the way by the folks that bring you made-to-order pies in a quick-service setting. Urban Bricks Pizza, which has locations in Alamo Ranch and The Rim, opened its third off Potranco this past Saturday. This makes the fifth location for the pizza chain. It will also be the first to feature drivethru access where guests can order one of the eight “Foundation” or house pizzas (so don’t dilly-dally with your order). 9218 Potranco, Suite 101.
We finally know the two new tenants at Yanaguana Garden. The Hemisfair Park Area Redevelopment Corporation announced Dough Pizzeria Napoletana and CommonWealth Bakery will join Paleteria San Antonio and Con/Safos (whenever that opens) next year. After seeking proposals in July for the spaces vacated by then-San Antonio Brewing Company (Küntsler Brewing) and Revolucion Coffee + Juice, which broke ties amicably to find a bigger space and due to the extended wait periods on rehabbing the historic homes, respectively, HPARC has landed two business that’ll occupy the OK Bar and Koehler House. Doug Horn of Dough Pizzeria Napoletana isn’t a stranger to working with small spaces. The first Dough location off Blanco Road was a mere 1,400 square feet when first opened in 2007. He’ll have 1,235 square feet to work with in the OK Bar Building. The menu will reflect some favorites people have come to love from Dough, but there will likely be limits to production due to the small space. Horn and partner/wife Lori will have to wait until their architect is finished to really get a sense for what the restaurant will be able to handle in such tight quarters. “I really have a love affair with small restaurants. When we first started, it was my wife at the door, me behind the oven and a handful of people. It was
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intimate, and I miss that, but the three-hour waits were a bit of an issue,” Horn said. Horn estimates Dough’s third location will open summer 2017. Over at Koehler House, the home formerly attached to Revolucion Coffee + Juice will still keep San Antonio and its visitors caffeinated. CommonWealth Coffeehouse & Bakery, which opened in January 2015, will move into the house by January 2017 if not December according to co-owner Jose Ramon Campos. “The spot will be a combination of Sketch (inside San Antonio Museum of Art’s Hops Building) and CommonWealth. It’s in an old house, like CommonWealth, and has high ceilings and exposed brick, like Sketch,” Campos said. The menu will likely reflect a different audience so visitors can expect some favorites and several “adaptations” by CommonWealth’s pastry chef. Send food- and nightlife-related events and news to flavor@sacurrent.com.
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The pumpkin beers are here, and if you simply must get your fill of the at-times overly spiced and generally goofy ales, there are a few ways to quench your thirst for the liquefied gourds. Start your spiced indulgences with a Halloween craft beer and candy tasting that’ll make your inner kid happy at The Hangar. The Broadway bar will feature 10 pumpkin beers (including Traveler’s Pumpkin shandy and Boulevard Brewing Company’s Funky Pumpkin) as paired with your favorite All Hallow’s Eve treats on Thursday, October 20 from 7 to 9 p.m. For instance, Southern Tier’s Warlock will be paired with tart caramel candy, Off Label’s Nightmare on 1st Street will jive with Reese’s peanut butter cups and Southern Tier’s Pumpking will be paired with KitKats. Schedule your next dentist visit now. 8203 Broadway, (210) 824-2700. Don your spookiest garb (or not) to celebrate pumpkin week at the Flying Saucer Draught Emporium at The Strand beginning Monday, October 24 and ending Friday, October 28. The bar will also procure rare casks of more than 30 pumpkin week and have brewers on hand to chat about their gourd-filled wares. 11225 Huebner Road, Suite 212, (210) 695-5080. Raise the stakes with a bit of a pumpkin off between No Label and Saint Arnold at The Growler Exchange on Thursday, October 27 from 7 to 10 p.m. Choose between Nightmare on 1st Street, an imperial amber ale that registers at 9.3 percent ABV or Saint Arnold’s famous Pumpkinator, an imperial pumpkin stout that will knock you down a peg with its 11 percent ABV. The most pints sold will be crowned the victor. 8313 Broadway, (210) 320-2738.
whiskey ($6) was one of the few vestiges of the bar’s patrimony, though far from an unwelcome one. If a lighter but no less potent mixed drink sounds better, go with the No Rum of Mine ($11), a house cocktail of El Dorado 12year rum, mezcal, amaretto, allspice, and a house-made pear shrub; the drink teeters on tiki, but the mezcal keeps Copa Cabana at bay. Where food is concerned, pizza may best be your best bet. The French Onyx ($17), an aromatic pie dotted with black pepper sausage, Gruyere, and fennel, is memorably sharp, with strong salty accents dulled pleasantly by the sour whispers of the yeasty dough. For a seasonal treat, roll your dice with the charcuterie board ($10). Small plates were added all ranging from $5 to $7 after presstime. Made with rotating proteins, mustards, vegetables, and breads, creations such as lamb ham and apples pickled in red chile vinegar showcase the untapped potential of the kitchen. Unfortunately, happy hour discounts fail to extend to food, meaning few of Bogside’s offerings could be described as inexpensive. Still, the quality of ingredients and the professionalism of the staff justify the price, so as long as you’re not looking for an Irish bar, you’ll leave satisfied. 803 S. St. Mary’s St., (210) 988-3093.
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DEARLY DEPARTED The Squeezebox is filling a Saluté-sized hole on the Strip
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In yet another instance of local musicians doing good for the community, Fea is set to play a unique and imminently worthy Planned Parenthood fundraiser at Paper Tiger on October 20. The multifaceted event, billed as “Get it On!,” will feature games (like Viva la Vulva trivia and Name That Contraceptive), prizes (including special items from The Love Shack Boutique), and themed-drinks (like Pro-Choice Punch and Safer Sex on the Beach), before a rousing (arousing?) performance from Fea. All of the proceeds from the event will go to Planned Parenthood South Texas (PPST). The Chicana/neo-riot grrrl punk outfit, formed by Girl in a Coma members Phanie Diaz and Jenn Alva, is by no means any stranger to activism, and this fundraiser is a prime example of how empowerment through music can become empowerment in the social realm. Diaz told the Current that the band sees music as “a very powerful tool for change” that can be used to “help people better understand [situations],” themselves, and their role in creating better communities. As the band prepares to continue the tireless touring that has filled its 2016, aimed at supporting its furiously infectious debut album, which dropped in July, it’s no surprise that Fea would take time out to support Planned Parenthood’s work. Diaz explained that women “should not be told what to do with our own bodies” and that the group will do whatever it can “to help keep funding for women” via Planned Parenthood.
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Planned Parenthood of South Texas spokeswoman Mara Posada told us the event was designed “so that people can talk comfortably about sexual health and responsibility and learn how to have great safer sex.” She says too many people still lack basic knowledge of birth control, sexually transmitted infections, and even female anatomy. “We want people of every sexual orientation and gender identity to feel welcome and have fun,” she said. Aside from raising funds and fostering awareness of sexual health issues, Posada hopes that “Get it On!” will help make people “aware of all the highquality health care that Planned Parenthood offers in San Antonio.” After noting that this is Planned Parenthood’s “first event featuring a band in a long time,” and that the organization is “hoping to do more events with musicians in the near future,” Posada said that the biggest problems facing Planned Parenthood are rooted in the “relentless anti-choice politicians in Austin,” that still defend Texas’ omnibus antiabortion law, also known as HB2, which the U.S. Supreme Court struck down as unconstitutional earlier this year. But Posada also added, “We are resilient, and we’re just getting started.” Planned Parenthood South Texas presents “Get It On!” feat Fea $10-$15, Thurs, Oct 20, 8:30pm, Paper Tiger, 2410 N St Mary’s St, papertigersa.com.
When The Squeezebox opened back on July 1, it was with a statement-making musical bill that included Santiago Jiménez Jr (who just won the National Medal of the Arts) and La Reyna Del Acordeón, Eva Ybarra. And, booking-wise, they’ve been on a roll ever since. The old school cantina, owned by Danny Delgado—Hi-Tones, La Botanica, Phantom Room, Faust Tavern—along with four other partners, has since become quite the popular destination for no frills drinks, quality patio time, and (especially) live music. In a manner that seems to transfer the physics truism that energy cannot be destroyed to the cultural realm, The Squeezebox is more than just a win for its owners and for the St Mary’s strip in general. It’s a win for all who knew, loved, and frequented Saluté International Bar (formerly at 2801 N St Mary’s St), which, after some 25 years as a bastion of Tejan@ culture, closed up shop for good back in July of 2012. Saluté, whose raw, puro San Anto energy seems to have been absorbed by The Squeezebox, was a place where live Tejano music reigned supreme—quite literally, in the sense that performing bands often occupied fully half of the space in the tiny cantina, leaving devout, sweaty patrons to cram into what space remained. (How’s that for a squeezebox?) Over the years since its closing, many have lamented its absence and celebrated its legacy—and the life/legacy of its beloved, longtime owner Azeneth Dominguez—in a variety of ways. Now, four years later, The Squeezebox is doing one hell of a job filling that void. Jason Saldana, perhaps better known as DJ El Westside Soundsystem, remembers Saluté as a place where he could study his chosen niche. “I used to go to Saluté back in the day to see Steve Jordan, Sauce Gonzales and the Westside Horns, and other old school SA legends,” Saldana told the Current . “I was collecting their records back then and would hit up all the spots in town where I could find the Westside Sound.” Speaking directly to the connection between the two venues, Saldana said that “The Squeezebox has the same big heart that Saluté had.” And, after commenting on how two of The Squeezbox’s owners, Delgado and Aaron Peña “grew up in Saluté,” Saldana praised its billing thus far. He went on to add that he sees “The Squeezebox as becoming a destination venue for fans of all types of roots music visiting the city who want to hear some authentic sounds from San Antonio.” To be sure, The Squeezebox is no copy of Saluté. Indeed, no one could ever hope to duplicate a place that depended so much on the loyalty of its following and on a set of unmatchable intangibles. Plus, The Squeezebox’s musical focus has been, from the outset, broader in scope, booking old school rock ‘n’ rollers, soul, jazz, and blues acts, as well as Tejano, conjunto, and other regional specialties. But, in decor, mood, and (quite often) in terms of live music offerings, The Squeezebox has certainly filled some of that Saluté-sized hole in the heart of the Strip.
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Margaret Garrett (Mr. Airplane Man), Flower Jesus The recent surge of hipsters turned cowboys – looking at you, Edward Sharpe wannabes – should take a hint from a long cool woman named Margaret Garrett. Slinging a slick electric guitar and batterypowered amp, Garrett provides vocals to Mr. Airplane Man, a female duo hailing from Boston, Massachusetts. Alongside drummer Tara McManus, Garrett is known for a visceral fusion of punk rock and dirty Delta blues that’s similar to Jack White’s minimalist sound in De Stijl. (Not coincidently, Garrett and McManus hit the road with the White Stripes in 2001.) Today Garrett croons numbers like “Tell Me Baby” with a subtle twang that’s not brazen enough to alienate a city slicker’s ears. She pays a visit to Southtown’s Lowcountry with the cosmic sounds of Flower Jesus as she plays her way across the nation. 8pm, $10, Lowcountry, 318 Martinez WED
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Machine Gun Kelly Depending on who you ask, Machine Gun Kelly is either the best or worst part of MTV’s runoff programming. The Midwestern rapper, record producer and actor is Richard Colson Baker, although he prefers “Kells” from the homies and “Daddy” from the ladies. Beyond Blink-182 and Ludacris, Kelly names screwing his haters’ girlfriends as a major influence, which lends some nuance to rapcore singles like “Wild Boy” and “Invincible.” Kelly’s latest studio album – last year’s General Admission – revisits the rapper’s spitfire lyricism and unapologetic attitude, but suggests a newfound sense of maturity in darker trap anthems such as “Till I Die.” Despite this shift in tone, Kelly’s artistic development won’t put off fans who want to throw down. Embrace the tattoo WED
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infections and lace up with Machine Gun Kelly at the Aztec Theater. 8pm, $20-30, The Aztec Theater, 104 N. Saint Mary’s ▲ Neon Indian Neon Indian is the working moniker of Alan Palomo, a Monterrey-born composer who spent his childhood in the colorful city of San Antonio. After devising the persona of Neon Indian while studying film in Denton, he switched gears to music and began experimenting with synth tones and samples with a hand from longtime collaborator and ex-girlfriend Alicia Scardetta. (He crafted the project’s breakout single “Should Have Taken Acid with You” as an apology to Scardetta after skipping a date to trip acid together.) Several years later, Palomo is refining the summery wistfulness that propelled Neon Indian into indie rock stardom. This new overhaul in the artist’s spacey aesthetic appears in danceable tracks like “Annie” and “Slumlord” on Vega Intl. Night School, a nocturnal trek into a digital landscape that evokes Brian Eno and Electric Light Orchestra. Neon Indian returns to Paper Tiger in time to wish the summer season a blissful farewell. 8pm, $20, Paper Tiger, 2410 N. Saint Mary’s FRI
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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY by Rob Brezsny ARIES (MARCH 21-APRIL 19): In
LEO (JULY 23-AUG. 22): Eighteenth-
SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22-DEC. 21):
AQUARIUS (JAN. 20-FEB. 18): In
the 1980s, two performance artists did a project entitled “A Year Tied Together at the Waist.” For 12 months, Linda Montano and Tehching Hsieh were never farther than eight feet away from each other, bound by a rope. Hsieh said he tried this experiment because he felt very comfortable doing solo work, but wanted to upgrade his abilities as a collaborator. Montano testified that the piece “dislodged a deep hiddenness” in her. It sharpened her intuition and gave her a “heightened passion for living and relating.” If you were ever going to engage in a comparable effort to deepen your intimacy skills, Aries, the coming weeks would be a favorable time to attempt it.
century musician Giuseppe Tartini has been called “the godfather of modern violin playing.” He was also an innovative composer who specialized in poignant and poetic melodies. One of his most famous works is the Sonata in G Minor, also known as the “Devil’s Trill.” Tartini said it was inspired by a dream in which he made a pact with the Devil to provide him with new material. The Infernal One picked up a violin and played the amazing piece that Tartini transcribed when he woke up. Here’s the lesson for you: He didn’t actually sell his soul to the Devil. Simply engaging in this rebellious, taboo act in the realm of fantasy had the alchemical effect of unleashing a burst of creative energy. Try it!
For the foreseeable future, you possess the following powers: to make sensible that which has been unintelligible ... to find amusement in situations that had been tedious ... to create fertile meaning where before there had been sterile chaos. Congratulations, Sagittarius! You are a first-class transformer. But that’s not all. I suspect you will also have the ability to distract people from concerns that aren’t important ... to deepen any quest that has been too superficial or careless to succeed ... and to ask the good questions that will render the bad questions irrelevant.
1415, a smaller English army defeated French forces at the Battle of Agincourt in northern France. Essential to England’s victory were its 7,000 longbowmen — archers who shot big arrows using bows that were six feet long. So fast and skilled were these warriors that they typically had three arrows flying through the air at any one time. That’s the kind of highpowered proficiency I recommend that you summon during your upcoming campaign. If you need more training to reach that level of effectiveness, get it immediately.
TAURUS (APRIL 20-MAY 20): In the coming weeks would you prefer that we refer to you as “voracious”? Or do you like the word “ravenous” better? I have a feeling, based on the astrological omens, that you will be extra super eager to consume vast quantities of just about everything: food, information, beauty, sensory stimulation, novelty, pleasure, and who knows what else. But please keep this in mind: Your hunger could be a torment or it could be a gift. Which way it goes may depend on your determination to actually enjoy what you devour. In other words, don’t get so enchanted by the hypnotic power of your longing that you neglect to exult in the gratification when your longing is satisfied.
VIRGO (AUG. 23-SEPT. 22): The planets have aligned in a curious pattern. I interpret it as meaning that you have cosmic permission to indulge in more self-interest and self-seeking than usual. So it won’t be taboo for you to unabashedly say, “What exactly is in it for me?” or “Prove your love, my dear” or “Gimmeee gimmeee gimmee what I want.” If someone makes a big promise, you shouldn’t be shy about saying, “Will you put that in writing?” If you get a sudden urge to snag the biggest piece of the pie, obey that urge.
the wind blows at 10 miles per hour, a windmill generates eight times more power than when the breeze is five miles per hour. Judging from the astrological omens, I suspect there will be a similar principle at work in your life during the coming weeks. A modest increase in effort and intensity will make a huge difference in the results you produce. Are you willing to push yourself a bit beyond your comfort level in order to harvest a wave of abundance?
LIBRA (SEPT. 23-OCT. 22): In the course of her long career, Libran actress Helen Hayes won an Oscar, an Emmy, a Grammy, and a Tony. Years before all that glory poured down on her, she met playwright Charles MacArthur at a party in a posh Manhattan salon. Hayes was sitting shyly in a dark corner. MacArthur glided over to her and slipped a few salted peanuts into her hand. “I wish they were emeralds,” he told her. It was love at first sight. A few years after they got married, MacArthur bought Hayes an emerald necklace. I foresee a metaphorically comparable event in your near future, Libra: peanuts serving as a promise of emeralds.
CANCER (JUNE 21-JULY 22):
SCORPIO (OCT. 23-NOV. 21):
Cuthbert Collingwood (1748-1810) had a distinguished career as an admiral in the British navy, leading the sailors under his command to numerous wartime victories. He was also a good-natured softie whose men regarded him as generous and kind. Between battles, while enjoying his downtime, he hiked through the English countryside carrying acorns, which he planted here and there so the “Navy would never want for oaks to build the fighting ships upon which the country’s safety depended.” (Quoted in “Life in Nelson’s Navy,” by Dudley Pope.) I propose that we make him your role model for the coming weeks. May his example inspire you to be both an effective warrior and a tender soul who takes practical actions to plan for the future.
Welcome to the Painkiller Phase of your cycle. It’s time to relieve your twinges, dissolve your troubles, and banish your torments. You can’t sweep away the whole mess in one quick heroic purge, of course. But I bet you can pare it down by at least 33 percent. (More is quite possible.) To get started, make the following declaration five times a day for the next three days: “I am grateful for all the fascinating revelations and indispensable lessons tht my pain has taught me.” On each of the three days after that, affirm this truth five times: “I have learned all I can from my pain, and therefore no longer need its reminders. Goodbye, pain.” On the three days after that, say these words, even if you can’t bring yourself to mean them with complete sincerity: “I forgive everybody of everything.”
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CAPRICORN (DEC. 22-JAN. 19): In the past 11 months, did you ever withhold your love on purpose? Have there been times when you “punished” those you cared about by acting cold and aloof? Can you remember a few occasions when you could have been more generous or compassionate, but chose not to be? If you answered yes to any of those questions, the next three weeks will be an excellent time to atone. You’re in a phase of your astrological cycle when you can reap maximum benefit from correcting stingy mistakes. I suggest that you make gleeful efforts to express your most charitable impulses. Be a tower of bountiful power.
PISCES (FEB. 19-MARCH 20): Let’s imagine your life as a novel. The most recent chapter, which you’ll soon be drawing to a close, might be called “The Redemption of Loneliness.” Other apt titles: “Intimacy with the Holy Darkness” or “The Superpower of Surrender” or “The End Is Secretly the Beginning.” Soon you will start a new chapter, which I’ve tentatively dubbed “Escape from Escapism,” or perhaps “Liberation from False Concepts of Freedom” or “Where the Wild Things Are.” And the expansive adventures of this next phase will have been made possible by the sweetand-sour enigmas of the past four weeks.
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