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Courtesy Photo / The Krayolas 09 News The Opener News in Brief Myth-Information? Despite claims of a housing shortage, an investor buying spree drove San Antonio’s run-up in housing prices CityScrapes San Antonio’s new minor league ballpark proposal is about land, not sports Bad Takes Presidents aren’t above the law. Contrary Gov. Abbott’s statement, that’s not a ‘Nixonian’ tragedy. 17 Calendar Calendar Picks 21 Arts Traveling with Purpose San Antonio-based Sara Elisa Lopez and Gabriel Alvarez Lorenzo trot the globe for their adventurous print publication TheJungleJournal 24 College Guide San Antonio’s full of fun diversions that fit a college student’s budget Exploring San Antonio’s diverse dining options on a college budget San Antonio is among the leastpricy metros for college students renting apartments, but expect challenges 33 Screens Confronting a Crisis Janet Craig, a graduate of San Antonio’s Trinity University, explores human trafficking epidemic in new feature WakeUp 38 Feature In Color for the First Time The world has finally caught up to San Antonio power-pop band the Krayolas San Antonio Current Editor-in-Chief: Sanford Nowlin General Manager: Chelsea Bourque Editorial Digital Content Editor: Kelly Nelson Contributing Arts Editor: Bryan Rindfuss Food and Nightlife Editor: Nina Rangel Sta Writer: Michael Karlis Contributors: Abe Asher, Ron Bechtol, Enrique Bonilla, Daniel Conrad, Macks Cook, Brianna Espinoza, Kiko Martinez, Mike McMahan, Dana Nichols, M. Solis, Gary Sweeney Marketing and Events Marketing and Events Director: Cassandra Yardeni Events Manager: Chelsea Bourque Account Manager: Nathan Sokul Senior Account Executive: Mike Valdelamar Marketing and Events Coordinator: Julia Bentley Social Media Manager: Meradith Garcia Content Creators: Annika Rodriguez, Triana Arechiga,Faby Espinoza, Kalista Garza, Elliot Bombella, Elliott Marquez, Andrea Porter Creative Services Creative Services Manager: Samantha Serna Production Interns: Pedro Macias, Marlene Mejia Circulation Circulation Manager: Justin Giles Euclid Media Group Chief Executive O cer: Andrew Zelman Chief Operating O cers: Chris Keating, Michael Wagner VP of Digital Services: Stacy Volhein Director of Agency Services: Mindi Overman Digital Operations Coordinator: Jaime Monzon Vice Presidents of Marketing: Emily Tintera, Cassandra Yardeni Regional Operations Director: Hollie Mahadeo www.euclidmediagroup.com National Advertising: Voice Media Group (888) 278-9866, vmgadvertising.com San Antonio Current 915 Dallas San Antonio, Texas 78215 sacurrent.com Editorial: (210) 332-5448 Display Advertising: (210) 332-5448 Classified: (210) 227-CLAS / Fax - (210) 227-7733 The San Antonio Current is published by Euclid Media Group Verified Audit Member San Antonio Distribution – The Current is available free of charge, limited to one copy per reader. Get listed 1. Visit sacurrent.com 2. Click “Calendar” and then “Submit an Event” 3. Follow the steps to submit your event details Please allow 48 hours for review and approval. Event submissions are not accepted by phone. Copyright: The entire contents of the San Antonio Current are copyright 2019 by Euclid Media Group LLC. Reproduction in whole or in part without written permission of the publisher is prohibited. Publisher does not assume any liability for unsolicited manuscripts, materials, or other content. Any submission must include a stamped, self-addressed envelope. All editorial, advertising, and business correspondence should be mailed to the address listed above. Subscriptions: Additional copies or back issues may be purchased at the Current o ces for $1. Six-month domestic subscriptions may be purchased for $75; one-year subscriptions for $125. Issue 22-17 /// August 24 – September 6, 2022 On the Cover: San Antonio band the Krayolas never quite achieved fame in the 1980s, but the brothers behind it are savoring a different kind of success now. Design: Samantha Serna. in this issue 35 Food Triggering TV San Antonio culinary professionals weigh on Hulu hit The Bear’s depiction of the food business Hot Dish 38 Music Music Listings

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The applicant or any other Edwards Aquifer permit holder may file a written request for a contested case hearing on the proposed action with the EAA by no later than Monday, September 26, 2022 at 5:00 p.m. in accordance with § 707.603 of the EAA’s Rules. The EAA’s Board of Directors will consider approval of the application and issuance of the proposed amended regular permit within 60 days of publication of this notice unless a request for contested case hearing is timely filed. If no timely requests for contested case hearing are filed, the application will be presented to the EAA’s Board on the date of the hearing for final action.

This notice is issued pursuant to § 707.525 of the EAA’s Rules. THIS 24th DAY OF AUGUST 2022

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NOTICE OF PROPOSED ACTION ON APPLICATION FOR CONVERSION OF BASE IRRIGATION GROUNDWATER TO UNRESTRICTED IRRIGATION GROUNDWATER

The General Manager of the Edwards Aquifer Authority (“EAA”) proposes to grant an application to convert Base Irrigation Groundwater to Unrestricted Irrigation Groundwater under § 711.342(c) of the EAA’s Rules. A copy of the application, the technical summary, the General Manager’s proposed action, and the proposed amended regular permit are available for public inspection at the EAA’s o ces at 900 E. Quincy Street, San Antonio, Texas Monday through Friday, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Electronic copies may also be obtained by request to Jennifer Wong-Esparza at jesparza@edwardsaquifer.org or (210) 222-2204.

The General Manager proposes to approve the following application to convert Base Irrigation Groundwater to Unrestricted Irrigation Groundwater under § 711.342(c) of the EAA’s Rules: KB Home Lone Star, Inc. – Filed application on March 14, 2022. The application seeks to convert 22.357 acre-feet of Base Irrigation Groundwater to Unrestricted Irrigation Groundwater based on the development of the Historically Irrigated Acres (HIA). Arroyo Cap II-2, LLC. – Filed application on May 18, 2022. The application seeks to convert 48.213 acre-feet of Base Irrigation Groundwater to Unrestricted Irrigation Groundwater based on the development of the Historically Irrigated Acres (HIA).

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That Rocks/That Sucks ASSCLOWN ALERT

The family of murdered soldier Vanessa Guillén has sued the U.S. Army, seeking $35 million in damages for her wrongful death at Texas’ Fort Hood two years ago. Filed on Aug. 12, the suit comes on the heels of a ruling from the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that has cleared the way for people to pursue sexual misconduct-related damage claims against the military. Guillén had reported that she was sexually harassed before she was killed.

— Abe Asher

HSan Antonio Spurs legend Tim Duncan will introduce former teammate Manu Ginobili during the shooting guard’s induction into the Basketball Hall of Fame in September. Alongside Duncan and Tony Parker, Ginobili was an integral part of the team during four NBA Championship wins. The Argentinian will be inducted alongside former Spur George Karl and others.

There’s an old political saying: elections have consequences. Apparently, so do claims that an election was stolen. Earlier this month, the U.S. House Commi ee on Oversight and Reform analyzed intimidation against election workers in Texas and three other states. It found that a ﬂurry of misinformation driven by President Donald Trump’s “big lie” that the 2020 election was stolen prompted theNationwide,increase. election workers have reported more than 1,000 “hostile contacts” over the past year, according to the Texas Tribune. In a survey, one in ﬁve said they’re likely to vacate their posts before the 2024 contest. Close to home, Anissa Herrera, Gillespie County’s elections administrator, told the Fredericksburg Standard-Radio Post that she’s stepping down after receiving death threats, being stalked and intimidated on social media. “I’ve been asking for help for a while, and at some point, you just have to take care of yourself,” she explained.Inaleer to the House commi ee, Tarrant County Elections Administrator Heider Garcia accused Trump supporters of leaking his home address and issuing threats to him and his

Ginning up threats against election workers with Texas GOP politicians Assclown Alert is a column of opinion, analysis and snark.

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A new report ranks Texas as 45th in the country for child wellbeing, with the state ranking in the bo om half in categories including economic wellbeing, education, health and family and community. Texas has a higher percentage of uninsured children than any state in the country, and rates of anxiety and depression among Texas children rose by 23% between 2016 and 2020. Only Alabama, Nevada, Mississippi, Louisiana and New Mexico placed worse. A new poll shows most Texans favor legalizing marijuana for recreational use. The Dallas Morning News-University of Texas at Tyler survey found that 55% of Texans favor legalization while just 35% oppose it with the rest taking no position. The majority favoring the legalization of marijuana for medicinal use is even more commanding: 72% percent.

— Quico Canseco Former U.S. Rep., quoted in the SanAntonio Report about the Bexar County Republican Party’s failedvote to censure U.S. Rep.Tony Gonzales and U.S. Sen. John Cornyn overtheirvotes for a bipartisan gun safety law passed afterthe Uvalde massacre.

At least 27 Texas Republican candidates now vying for statewide and federal oﬃce continue to repeat Donald Trump’s debunked lies about the 2020 election, according to a Washington Post analysis from June. That’s more than any other state — and it includes Gov. Greg Abbo , Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and A orney General Ken Paxton.Ifthese assclowns are willing to inspire violent threats against election workers for political points, it’s beyond time for Texas voters to show them the door.

“What we’re doing here is trying to shoot ourselves in the foot.”

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The police department of the Austin-area small town of Thrall is under fire after sharing a selfie one of its officers took with Kyle Ri enhouse on social media. “Make those stops, you never know who you might meet,” the caption read. “Today it was Kyle Ri enhouse, welcome to Texas[.]” Ri enhouse became a celebrity for the far right after shooting and killing two people and wounding a third at a Black Lives Ma er protest in Kenosha, Wisconsin in 2020. He was later acqui ed of homicide charges.

Threats and intimidation against the people who safeguard our elections aren’t normal, nor do they portend well for the future of our democracy. They also don’t happen in a vacuum.

Outgoing Bexar County Judge Nelson Wolff had blunt words for San Antonio leaders a empting to lure a second major professional sports team to the city: stop. “I fell for the [Miami] Marlins,” Wolff told the Express-News. “[Former Mayor] Henry [Cisneros] fell for the Oakland football thing, and I fell for Major League Soccer. And all of them screw you.” Wolff said the city should focus on luring more corporate headquarters and keeping the Spurs.

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— Sanford Nowlin YOU SAID IT!

A new lawsuit accuses San Antonio-based electric car company DeLorean Motor Co. of intellectual property theft. Filed in federal court in Houston by the California-based manufacturer Karma Automotive, the suit alleges four of Karma’s employees stole design and engineering information they then used to launch their venture resurrecting ’80s-era sports car the DeLorean. The suit comes just months after San Antonio and Bexar County commi ed $1.1 million to lure DeLorean to the city. DeLorean has denied the allegations.

children, including a social media call to “let his lifeless body hang in public until maggots drip out of his mouth.”

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An inﬂux of newly constructed homes, combined with higher borrowing costs, means homes in San Antonio are si ing for longer and forcing sellers to cut their asking prices. The number of price cuts on homes for sale in San Antonio has nearly doubled from 8.4% in March to 15.8% in June, according to data from Zillow.

More homes on the way There were 9,686 active listings for homes in San Antonio in July, according to the San Antonio Board of Realtors, nearly double the number of active listings three months ago and nearly 70% higher than a year ago. What’s more, active listings for newly built homes in San Antonio jumped 15% between May and June, according to a report from home builder HomesUSA.“The whiplash began in March last year when San Antonio area builders were caught ﬂat-footed by the sudden and astonishing demand for new homes,” HomesUSA CEO Ben Caballero said in the recent report. “While struggling with shortages and supply chain issues, builders pulled out all the stops to increase production, only to be whiplashed again by the sudden reduction in demand caused by cancellations due to rising mortgage rates.”

BY MICHAEL KARLIS Between the onset of the pandemic in March 2020 and this July, the price of a home in San Antonio has more than doubled, according to local data. Even so, home buyers in the Alamo City continued buying. Some were told the value of the homes they dropped big money on would always go up. Some were told a housing shortage would keep their investment’s value aﬂoat.Indeed, one May 2021 report from mortgage company Freddie Mac estimated a shortage of more than 3 million homes across the country. However, new data from the U.S Census Bureau and a recent report from an online homebuilder’s platform suggest there is no shortage. Instead, according to bureau data, the ratio of U.S. residents to homes has been steady since the 1980s. What’s more, the data suggests that instead of a structural shortage of homes, the previously red-hot market was instead the result of investor demand, fueled by a steady supply of cheap borrowing costs and low interest rates.With active home listings in San Antonio up already 68% since last year, a glut of backordered new homes and economists speculating that the Federal Reserve will again raise interest rates this fall, signs suggest the skyrocketing of home values here may be over.

After being outbid on several properties, Kelly and his wife ultimately ended up buying a newly built 1,500-squarefoot house for $300,000.

“The builder set the price and basically said, ‘You should buy it if you want it,’” Kelly added. Not 2008

over rising interest rates pushed San Antonio resident Clancy Kelly to buy a home in March. “We decided that we needed to buy something,” Kelly said. “We realized the market was through the roof and that the interest rates were about to go up, so we just had to get a place.”

“Those were mostly during the springtime, and it was a lot of people buying a lot of houses,” San Antonio realtor Linda Lombardo said. “They wouldn’t just buy a house; they’d buy 10Buthouses.”themarket has cooled signiﬁcantly since then. The Federal Reserve hiked interest rates to put the brakes on inﬂation, resulting in increased borrowing costs and a bigger volume of available homes. Even so, prices haven’t yet dropped.

Although the average home price in San Antonio topped $400,000 in June, that represented just a 20% increase from a year prior, the second-lowest monthly home price inﬂation so far thisJanuaryyear. saw the lowest level of home price inﬂation, with prices increasing 18% from the prior year, according to the San Antonio Board of Realtors’ annual monthly reports.

Even as builders are ﬁnally catching up with demand, the demand has all but vanished, causing some to get desperate, San Antonio agent Lombardo said.“Some of the builders, during the height of the craziness, felt like they did not need realtors to sell their homes,” Lombardo said. “A certain builder in town was telling people they’d give them a $3,000 credit if they ditched a realtor and stuﬀ like that.”

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‘No structural shortage’

Even if the party is over for home sellers looking to reap big proﬁts, the hangover is unlikely to be a repeat of the great recession of 2008, Lombardo said.“If you could fog a mirror in 2008, they’d give you a mortgage, and people could get into mortgages that they could not aﬀord because they lied about their income,” she said. “They defaulted on their loans, and there were a lot of foreclosures — and that was the collapse.”

As of the latest Census Bureau count in 2020, there’s one home for every 2.3 U.S. residents, a ﬁgure that’s remained steady since the 1980s. That also appears to hold true in San Antonio, where there’s one housing unit for every 2-3 residents, according to Data Commons, a platform that aggregates data from the U.S. Census and other sources.Rather than a lack of available homes, Gerli blames a “low-interest-rate environment for the last two years.” Low borrowing rates made it easier for investors to buy up homes, spurring artiﬁcial shortages. Investors snapped up more than 1.3 million U.S. homes in 2021, a 64% increase over the previous year, according to Gerli’s data. A similar surge has played out locally, where investors purchased 46% of homes in Bexar County in 2021, according to a report by the National Realtors Association.

Despite claims of a housing shortage, an investor buying spree drove San Antonio’s run-up in housing prices

The median listing price in the San Antonio metro area hit $390,000 last month, according to a July 2022 Realtor.com report.

But Lombardo said that a itude changed as the market cooled. Her email account is now inundated with promotional material from builders, who are begging realtors to help them move homes and oﬀering bonuses to doFearsso.

Despite news reports about a dearth of available housing — such as a recent CNBC report suggesting the U.S. was short by more than 5 million homes — some real-estate market experts are branding the shortage a myth. “There is no structural shortage of homes,” Nicholas Gerli, founder of Reventure Consulting, said in a market report posted last month on his ﬁrm’s YouTube channel. “In fact, we’re building too many homes right now in America because the underlying demographic fundamentals of the housing market are very poor right now.”

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Graham Weston’s interests may well not be the best interests of the city and its citizens, or even the best way to boost downtown.

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If we are to have a downtown ballpark, what we need at least is a serious professional planning eﬀort coupled with a broad community-wide discussion of whether a ballpark is truly a public priority and where it should go. The days of narrow, eﬀectively unilateral decision making, like the siting of the Alamodome and AT&T Center, should be well behind us. By now, it should be evident that those calls were not about the promise of sports, the enjoyment of the game or “development.”

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One response came in December 1889, with the passage of a city ordinance to “suppress and restrain bawdy houses” together with a companion ordinance restricting gaming establishments. While the 1889 ordinances didn’t specify where the “restrained” houses might operate, the city licensing process eﬀectively moved them all from Main Plaza and the city’s heart to “west of the creek” — San Pedro Creek to be exact.

Two years prior, San Antonio voters approved a bond issue to construct a new city building to replace the “ﬁlthy” and “unhealthy” combined city hall-jail dubbed the “Bat Cave.” But Mayor Bryan Callaghan Jr. and the council had been careful not to specify a site, for the obvious reason that the competing interests and “sides” of downtown were each seeking the beneﬁt of a grand new civic building. Merchants around Alamo Plaza saw the new city hall as their due and a potential boost to their bottom lines. As the San Antonio Light newspaper put it in June 1887, “The east and west side[s] of the river, both want it, and it remains to be seen which will give the larger bonus.”

Here it’s always about land — and someone’s proﬁt.

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Heywood Sanders is a professor of public policy at the University of Texas at San Antonio. San Antonio Heron / Ben Olivo

BY HEYWOOD SANDERS Editor’s Note: CityScrapes is a column of opinion and analysis. In San Antonio, it’s always about land. According to recent news reports, Weston Urban — the development entity of Rackspace co-founder Graham Weston — is working to develop a new minor league ballpark downtown. The location? Conveniently near Weston’s other holdings and development projects, including the Weston Centre, the Milam Building, the Rand Building and the new Frost Tower on the west side of downtown, near San Pedro Creek. The ballpark plan is reported to involve a site near San Pedro Creek, just north of Martin Street and west of Flores Street. City and county leaders have long floated the idea of a downtown ballpark, presumably used by the San Antonio Missions or an upgraded minor league team. Any number of other cities have embraced similar ballpark-as-revitalization anchor strategies. And almost invariably, those involved significant public financing. In other words, the local government often picks up the full development cost. The reports of Weston’s efforts don’t make clear how a new ballpark might be funded. But the logic for Weston and Weston Urban is crystal clear. Built near the existing Weston Centre tower, Frost Tower and the sites of Weston Urban’s planned new downtown housing initiatives, the sports facility would boost economic activity and land values in a part of downtown substantially owned and controlled by Weston.Thatphenomenon of looking to major public investment to boost private gain has a long and storied history in San Antonio and its fundamentally divided downtown core. Almost 150 years ago, San Antonio’s business leaders and major property owners faced a serious problem. The growing city, newly accessible via the railroad, was still a Wild West frontier town. Its reputation wasn’t helped by national newspaper headlines about the “Fatal Corner”— shootouts at the Vaudeville Theatre right on Main Plaza in 1882 and 1884 that left three dead and another mortally wounded.Thenthere was the White Elephant Saloon down the block from the Vaudeville, the scene of a January 1885 “gambling quarrel” that left young Charles Brice shot in the head by Sam Parks, who initially fired shots at someone else altogether. Just a few months earlier, another disagreement between gamblers at the White Elephant led to drawn pistols but no fired shots.The violence, gambling and prostitution in the heart of San Antonio posed a real problem for downtown business and property owners. So-called “adult amusements” brought ranchers, cowboys and soldiers to the center. But they also brought mayhem and bad publicity.

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The bonus of course would be a private contribution toward the cost of the new building, an early form of “public-private partnership.” Mrs. M. A. Maverick oﬀered land adjacent to Travis Park with the promise of an additional $2,500 for the city. And on the west side of the river, Col. T. C. Frost and Thad. W. Smith promoted either Main Plaza or Military Plaza, for which the two businessmen would donate $6,000 in cash to the city.

Frost’s interest in the Main or Military Plaza locations was clear. He had joined his brother in a business on Main Plaza just after the Civil War, and by the mid-1880s, he owned a thriving wool commission and banking business steps north of the cathedral on theKeepingplaza. the city hall and city business west of the river would clearly support Frost’s business and propertyFrostinterests.obviously won the fight. City Hall remains neatly placed in Military Plaza. That choice bolstered the area west of the river as the focus of the city’s banking and financial firms, much as it remains today.What’s the lesson for us?

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Well told. Acting FBI director Christopher Wray is a Trump appointee, after all, and A orney General Merrick Garland, to ensure full transparency, ﬁled the motion to unseal the warrant and the receipt of what had been found. G. Gordon Liddy and Howard Hunt, they are not.

BY KEVIN SANCHEZ Richard Milhous Nixon had a remarkable notion of presidential power. In his famous interview with British broadcaster David Frost, conducted two years after Nixon’s ignominious post-Watergate resignation and helicopter departure from Pennsylvania Avenue, the former president bluntly declared, “Well, when the president does it, that means that it is not illegal.” As an example of what “it” might entail, Nixon said if a president were to order a “black bag job,” such as a burglary, in the averred interest of “domestic tranquility,” nobody involved could be subject to prosecution. (Perhaps it’s none too soon to sympathize with rapper KRS-One circa 1995: “Every president we ever had lied / You know, I’m kinda glad Nixon died.” Presumably under Nixon’s interpretation, if former President Donald John Trump stole classiﬁed information before his own ignominious helicopter departure and then stashed the documents at his mansion — a violation of the Presidential Records Act and the Espionage Act — that would be copasetic, legally, so long as he mumbled something semi-coherent about national security. Most of us disagree with Tricky Dick about that, though. After the Frost interviews, more than 70% of Americans still considered Nixon guilty of obstruction of justice and deserving no further role in public life, and 58% told Gallup that Nixon should be brought up on charges. Against that majority sentiment, Veep-turned-President Gerald Ford pardoned Nixon for “all offenses he may have commi ed or taken part in.” Ford lost the next election to a peanut farmer from Georgia, whose middle name was Earl, for consistency’s sake. But that was nearly a half-century ago. Prospects for current President Joe Robine e Biden pardoning his predecessor are decidedly slimmer. On Aug. 8, the Federal Bureau of Investigation executed a search warrant at Trump’s resort residence in Palm Beach. Every Trump lapdog in the country was thereby politically obligated to denounce the search without any of the relevant details. Texas’ own desperate Gov. Greg Abbo did not wait even a day before his pearl-clutching tweet:

“This is next-level Nixonian. Never has the country seen an Administration go to such extent [sic] to use the levers of government to target a former President and political rival. This weaponizes power to squelch dissent.”

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Where was Abbo ’s newfound concern for protecting dissent in the summer of 2020 when Trump sent federal oﬃcers to Portland to throw Black Lives Ma er protesters in the back of unmarked vans and detain them without charge? As former San Antonio Current staﬀer, now news editor for the Portland Mercury, Alex Zielinski reported that as of Aug. 10, “at least 20 federal and state lawsuits against Portland Police Bureau remain unresolved.”

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Lydia Gall at Human Rights Watch oﬀered some no-shit-Sherlock advice. “Instead of welcoming Orbán, conservative leaders at the Dallas conference (and beyond) should make clear that Orbán’s values — ﬁxing elections, crushing dissent and pursuing a nationalism rooted in racism — are harmful and not welcome in the United States,” Gall said. The right of dissent does not only belong to billionaires and demagogues and billionaire demagogues, and any apt historical parallels to the Nixon administration come decisively at the expense of Trump and his sycophants.

“If we really believe, as we say we believe, that this is a republic,” Williamson wrote, “that the presidency is just a temporary executive-branch oﬃce rather than a quasi-royal entitlement, then there is nothing all that remarkable about the FBI serving a warrant on a house in Florida. If it turns out, in the least surprising political development of the decade, that Donald Trump is a criminal, then he should be treated like any other criminal.”

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Wouldn’t Nixon have just had former CIA agents and other shady characters burglarize Trump’s safe in the dead of night instead of successfully applying for a warrant after showing probable cause?Rebu ing Abbo and other GOP ﬁgures, National Review columnist Kevin D. Williamson penned a refreshingly terse editorial directed at his fellow conservatives entitled “Do We Believe Our Own Dogma?”

Odd/not-odd as well that Abbo headlined the opening day of the Conservative Political Action Conference, or CPAC, in Dallas earlier this month with Viktor Mihály Orbán, the authoritarian leader of Hungary. Is this what strong leadership looks like to Republicans these days?

And speaking of authentic dissent, heartfelt regards go out to author Salman Rushdie who is recovering from multiple stab wounds inﬂicted by an assailant who a acked him on the lecture stage in Chautauqua, New York. That the Trumps of this world might someday be held accountable for breaking the law is hardly “a dark day for our Republic,” to cite Fox News’ hyperventilating take. That an eminently brave man of le ers was near-fatally assaulted for embodying the ideal of free expression is indeed a dark day for our Republic, and for the entirety of the free world.

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MIn case anyone needs help telling these demagogues apart, they are (left to right): Greg Abbott, Richard Nixon and Donald Trump.

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FRI | 08.26 COMEDY FANTASTIC DAMAGE

If you like to laugh but aren’t necessarily into stand-up comedy, the Blind Tiger Comedy Club is o ering a new type of show where performers take to the stage to tell embarrassing, strange and even horrible stories from their pasts — but in their own humorous ways. Produced and hosted by Patrick Christopher, Fantastic Damage has been taking place every fourth Friday of the month since April 2022. Christopher named the show after the debut solo album of rapper, songwriter and producer El-P. “When I was asked to produce a new comedy show, I knew for sure that I wanted to do a storytelling show,” Christopher told the Current. “We’ve had some great comics share their funny stories, and we plan to keep it coming. ... [Fantastic Damage] is about bad times from the past that may have cause some major pain that when we look back now and share those stories with others, we can all laugh.” The next show will feature comedians Raul Sanchez, Tanveer Arora, Nick Palermo, Ben Horn, JymmyLu and Scott Ramos. Venmo @BarbacoaCore to reserve seats. $10, 10 p.m., Blind Tiger Comedy Club (Inside the Magic Time Machine), 902 NE Loop 410, blindtigercomedyclub.com. — KM Chase Otero

Get those engines revved up for a trio of performances by the drivers of Hot Wheels Monster Trucks Live, an event where a ﬂeet of oversized, oﬀ-road vehicles designed to look like Hot Wheels toys will launch into the air for serious car-crushing entertainment. Before the event starts, a endees will get to stop at the Hot Wheels Crash Zone pre-show to see some of their favorite monster trucks up close. Popular trucks currently on the tour are Race Ace, Mega Wrex, Tiger Shark, Demo Derby, V8 Bomber, Bigfoot and Bone Shaker, the la er of which is described as a hot rod “assembled out of mismatched parts from an automotive ‘boneyard.’” Hot Wheels Monster Trucks driver Christian Norman has been hooked on monster trucks since he watched a VHS tape of Bigfoot at the age of 4, he told the Clarion Ledger in 2020. “I started by building obstacle courses in my basement, backyard, anywhere there was a room I made an obstacle course,” said Norman, who’s been behind the wheel professionally since 2017. “It didn’t happen overnight, but it is truly a dream come true that I went from the fan seat to the driver seat.” $28-$50, 12:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, 2:30 p.m. Sunday, AT&T Center, One AT&T Center Parkway, (210) 444-5000, a center.com. — Kiko

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Now in its 28th year, Fotoseptiembre continues celebrating photography and photography-based art forms through exhibitions across San Antonio, the Texas Hill Country and online for the entire month of September. As part of the series, photographer E. Dan Klepper’s exhibition “A Secret History of Flying” will be available online starting September 1. Described as “part sci-fi, part steampunk and part West Texas lore,” the show features “a series of composite images that offer a slanted take on flying machines.” With “Instantes Del Teatro De La Vida (Instances of The Theater of Life)” at the UNAM San Antonio Gallery, Mexican photographer Paulina Lavista includes “portraits and everyday moments of life itself.” That exhibition is described as a “poetic approach to the image that captures both the action and the spirit of the fleeting moment.” Studio Comfort Texas in the Hill Country town of Comfort is exhibiting “Wind and Dust” by Alpine-based photographer Liz Po er. Her show combines Polaroid emulsion lifts and black-and-white panoramic self-portraits staged in West Texas. At the University of the Incarnate Word’s Semmes and Condos galleries, Mexican photographers Anayantzin Contreras and Jose Luis Rodriguez Ri e will show “Todo Bajo El Cielo (Everything Under the Sky)”, which features work about the “tensions between nature and culture.” Free, visit fotoseptiembreusa.com for details and the full schedule.

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Austin-based indie chamber ensemble Montopolis — which draws its talent from members of the Austin Symphony, Okkervil River, Tosca String Quartet and the Polyphonic Spree — is returning to San Antonio for a performance at Brick at Blue Star. The group will perform composer Justin Sherburn’s live musical accompaniment to the 1929 Ukrainian documentary Man with a Movie Camera. Directed by Dziga Vertov, the silent ﬁlm is an exploration of urban life in Moscow and the Ukrainian cities of Kyiv and Odesa during the Soviet era. Man with a Movie Camera is famous for pioneering a variety of inventive and innovative cinematic techniques, all of which are interpreted and expanded by Sherburn’s score. Montopolis is known for its audience-engaging performances that employ everything from ﬁlm to the spoken word to express the wonders and mysteries of the world around us. While many of the ensemble’s past performances have focused on subjects close to home — such as 2019’s The Legend of Big Bend, which captured the lore and essence of West Texas — this performance looks overseas. It’s intended to celebrate the beauty and resilience of Ukraine’s people while inspiring American audiences to support the country in its time of need. $10, 8 p.m., Brick at Blue Star, 108 Blue Star, montopolismusic.com.

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In recognition of the superstitious baggage associated with its 13th anniversary, this year’s iteration of the beloved anime and gaming convention San Japan is horror themed. Expect celebrations of horror anime as well as the horror-focused indie games that have exploded in the U.S. Even the con’s featured guest is a nod to the horror theme — YouTube horror storyteller Mr. CreepyPasta. However, easily spooked guests have nothing to fear, according to the organizers. The usual SAN Japan fare, from a cosplay show to a maid cafe, will still be taking place.

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Featuring the music-loving kinkajou Vivo and his beloved owner Andres, the computer-animated musical comedy Vivo weaves a lively story about unlikely friendship and the tropical rain forest mammal’s quest to fulfill his destiny. Directed by Kirk DeMicco and Brandon Jeffords, the film is likely to appeal to Hamilton fans since Lin-Manuel Miranda both wrote the engaging songs and voices the titular animal protagonist. The outdoor Mission Marquee Plaza welcomes adults, kids and pets, meaning folks can pack picnic baskets, bring along lawn chairs and turn the free screening into a late-summer family outing. Free, 7-10 p.m. Mission Marquee Plaza, 3100 Roosevelt Ave., (210) 207-2111, missionmarquee.com. — MC

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Emmy- and Tony Award-winning actress and singer Kristin Chenoweth comes to San Antonio on a tour celebrating her For the Girls album. The 2019 release is a tribute to inspiring female entertainers throughout history, including Dolly Parton, Barbra Streisand, Judy Garland, Carole King and more. Perhaps most famous for her award-winning performance as Glinda in the musical Wicked, Chenoweth boasts a career that has spanned stage and screen, all featuring her unparalleled vocal ability and stellar acting. During the concert, Chenoweth will perform highlights from For the Girls as well as other homages to her inspirations. $59.50-$195, 7:30 p.m., Majestic Theatre, 224 E. Houston St., (210) 226-3333, majesticempire.com. — Macks | |

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For the first two weekends of September, the San Antonio River Walk will play host to the Ford Parade of Lights. The event will feature a procession of 10 beautiful, 26-foot-long boats filled with illuminated lanterns which navigate the downtown stretch of the San Antonio River. The colorful lanterns are a testament to San Antonio’s vibrant arts and culture. The boats launch each night at the International Center, 203 S. St. Mary’s St. An online map shows the parade route so visitors and locals alike can find places to watch the procession, whether seated along the side of the river or drinking and dining at one of the River Walk’s many bars and restaurants. Free, 8-10 p.m. Friday-Sunday Sept. 2-4 and Sept. 9-11, San Antonio River Walk, (210) 227-4262, thesanantonioriverwalk.com.

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The Jungle Journal

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San Antonio-based Sara Elisa Lopez and Gabriel Alvarez Lorenzo trot the globe for their adventurous print publication

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“That’s really where the idea for everything started to come,” Lopez explained.

Self-published in 2020, the inaugural issue of The Jungle Journal is an impressive-looking volume with sections dedicated to Brazil, Peru, Mexico and Cuba. The design is sophisticated, the photography compelling and the writing approachable and, at times, incredibly personal. Among the standouts are vibrant portraits of members of Brazil’s Aldeia Tatuyos community and an enlightening interview with a Peruvian shaman named Yurakmayo. The founders — who now divide their time between San Antonio and Spain — also explore their own cultural identities through thoughtful essays. Although raised in different parts of the world, both grew up in borderlands and share multicultural sensibilities.Nearlyayear after publishing Vol. 1, the couple hit the road again. After weighing their options, they se led on East Africa, which was relatively open and accepting foreigners. As they explain in the “Note from the Founders” that introduces Vol. 2, they arrived in Africa in October, 2021. “We traveled through Uganda, driving ourselves by car, experienced Kenya through the eyes of the Samburu and Maasai people, and finally found ourselves on a train in transit from Arusha to Dar es Salaam in Tanzania.” Significantly smaller in size than the booklike first volume, the second iteration of The Jungle Journal feels tighter and more focused. Both founders prove themselves as astute photographers and storytellers. Of particular interest is Lopez’s story about Ride 4 a WomFind more arts sacurrent.comeverycoveragedayat arts

“It sounds so romantic, it’s funny, but we met up again in Corsica in the Mediterranean,” Lopez said. “We spent a week there and really decided, OK, this is something serious. And after that, we decided, let’s meet up again and travel. He decided to quit his job … and I was doing freelance stuﬀ at the time [but] didn’t quite have a direction…”

The pair set their sights on Latin America and started their journey in Mexico.

… And that’s where it shifted from documentary to publication.” The duo launched a Kickstarter campaign and started converting footage into print stories by transcribing interviews and isolating video“Westills.were able to meet our goal by the end of the month,” Lopez said. “And in August, we went into production with everything. That accountability was nice — because we had to deliver this to all of the supporters. That was a nice push to really get this all done.”

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he ﬁrst meeting of part-time San Antonio residents Sara Elisa Lopez and Gabriel Alvarez Lorenzo seems like something straight from a romance movie. Both were avid travelers and both were thousands of miles from home — she’s from the Rio Grande Valley and he’s from Galicia, Spain — and caught each another’s a ention on Ipanema Beach while exploring Rio de Janeiro. Cue Antônio Carlos Jobim’s bossa nova classic “The Girl from Ipanema.” “We met so serendipitously,” Lopez recalled during a recent interview with the Current. “I was walking along the beach and I just I felt him … it was like I saw someone I had already known. … It freaked me out a li le bit … so I didn’t say anything.”

The “everything” in question is The Jungle Journal — an adventurous project designed to chronicle their travel experiences while shedding light on global issues from ecology and social justice to spirituality and indigenous activism. Built around Lorenzo’s background in environmental science, Lopez’s design background and their shared passion for photography, the endeavor began as a documentary that got transformed by the pandemic.“Wewere in Cuba when that happened,” Lopez recounted. “That was a very clear memory for me … the president saying [that] all foreigners have 72 hours to leave this country.

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We were in Havana for six days and then we went to Villa de Leyva, which is a small tobacco town. And it was there that everything changed. … The world was shu ing down. So, we had to scramble and we weren’t able to walk away with what we wanted from Cuba. We had to quarantine in Mexico — because the U.S. wasn’t taking EU citizens, nor was the EU taking U.S. citizens. It was the only place we could stay together and ﬁgure out how we were going to move forward with our project.

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sacurrent.com | August 24 –September 6, 2022 CURRENT 23 arts an, a nonprofit employing and empowering women in Buhoma, Uganda. The founders’ collaborative story “A Tribal Experience with the Samburu People” also makes for compelling reading. An intriguing twist amid the digital-first media landscape, the stories in The Jungle Journal are intended to be read in print and aren’t published online. One concept that trickles through both editions is cultural tourism — specifically the types of paid experiences that invite visitors into indigenous communities and tribal gatherings. The Jungle Journal founders contextualize these cultural experiences in the Vol. 1 story “The Impacts of Globalization and Industrialization on Amazonian“Today,Communities.”itiseasy to book a tour with an indigenous group, visiting their land, seeing their rituals and traditional dress, buying their artisanal work,” Lopez and Lorenzo write. “As an outsider visiting another’s land, there is an obligation to respect and honor differences and educate ourselves prior to visiting these spaces. These communities provide mind-expanding experiences to tourists as they display their face paint, rhythmic dances and chants. When tourists head back to their lives, and everyone calls it a day, you will see the communities transition back into their shorts, T-shirts and flipflops: the standard for Brazil.” “There is that component,” Lopez said of their cultural exchanges in Brazil, Mexico, Peru and Kenya. “I feel there’s a fine line, though, where it becomes this commercialization. As visitors, we have that responsibility to look for that authenticity — and to respect that authenticity — and not ask for a show. … And you also see [that] we’re in the 21st century. Unless it’s an uncontacted tribe, they have phones, they have Instagram, they have Facebook, they use YouTube. [Especially] with the younger generations, [there is] that relatability, that intersection of living in the digital age, but also still holding to their customs. … And that, I think, is the ticket of keeping a lot of these things alive without having to resort to moving to the city and working a tech job or another kind of metropolitan job. They can still do what they want, where they come from, and make a living off of it. It’s sharing and keeping alive their culture.”

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The next edition of the annual journal — which is carried by an impressive array of stockists across the U.S., Mexico, Europe and Asia — will focus on the Philippines and Indonesia. While Lopez and Lorenzo have created the bulk of The Jungle Journal’s content so far, they are looking forward to accepting relevant pitches for Vol. 3, which is set for publication in early 2023. “That was our goal: to get to that point where we would be taking submissions,” Lopez explained. “Now that we have gained a good footing of other logistics of the magazine, we’re able to release the reins more on the editorial content and allow other people to come in and contribute. Because ultimately, that’s what we want. In the beginning, it was more [about] how we saw things and the people we met. But our goal is to grow it more into a collaborative community.”

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hether brand new to town or living with the folks and commuting to campus, San Antonio’s college students bring youth, vitality and fresh ideas to our community. That’s why the Current wants to return the favor by oﬀering advice on how to make the best of your college time in the 210. We roped in actual SA college students and one recent grad to help share insights on how to have fun, eat well and understand the apartment-rental market in Alamo City.Best of luck for the new academic year. And don’t forget to close the books occasionally and enjoy all the culture our city has to oﬀer. Who knows, you may like it enough to stick around after you’ve got that diploma. Shutterstock.com

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Chicken N Pickle There’s a reason folks keep ﬂocking to this UTSA-area restaurant and entertainment complex. In addition to its namesake pickleball, Chicken N Pickle oﬀers a formidable craft beer selection on draft and a variety of chicken dishes on its menu. Its location near San Antonio’s largest university campus makes it a popular spot for students to take the stress out of studying with an athletic activity. And it’s perfectly acceptable to be a li le bit tipsy when you play. 5215 UTSA Blvd., (210) 874-2120, chickennpickle.com/san-antonio.

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San Antonio River Walk No, San Antonio’s primary downtown a raction isn’t just for tourists. For those over 21, it’s a great place to hop a barge to the many bars along the water, or those with an interest in art can stroll the Museum Reach stretch to take in spectacles such as glowing ﬁsh sculptures that dangle from the underside of a highway. For those looking to get into shape, the 15-mile stretch serves as an ideal place to run, bike or walk at your own pace. 849 E. Commerce St., (210) 2274262, thesanantonioriverwalk.com.

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There’s more to college life than late-night study sessions. It really should be the time of our lives, even if we’re not always ﬂush with cash. This list of fun, affordable San Antonio spots should be on any college student’s list when it comes time to socialize, have fun and unwind. Bombay Bicycle Club This spot on the northern end of the St. Mary’s Strip has been a favorite among pool-playing, dart-throwing, beer-drinking college students for more than 40 years. The space’s eclectic collection of vintage tchotchkes makes a cozy background for sipping award-winning margaritas or sharing ice-cold beer pitchers while catching up with friends. 3506 N. St. Mary’s St., (210) 737-2411, bombaybicycleclubsa.com.

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Japanese Tea Garden For those looking for a romantic outing, Brackenridge Park’s Japanese Tea Gardens has been a mainstay for inexpensive and relaxing couples strolls since 1942. The free a raction isn’t as expansive as the San Antonio Botanical Garden, but its majestic greenery sets the stage for a perfect date — and it’s a nice piece of San Antonio history. 3853 N. St. Mary’s St., (210) 2124814, saparksfoundation.org/japanese-tea-garden.

San Antonio Missions Spring semesters in San Antonio can get hot, so why not cool down and enjoy a game from the city’s minor league baseball team once the time approaches?

What can be more classic than a ending a game by the five-time NBA Championship-winning San Antonio Spurs? While a championship shot is unlikely this season, a youthful team roster promises to bring new energy into the AT&T Center. Sure, courtside seats are out of most college students’ budgets, but check the prices on nosebleed seats. They may be less pricy than you expect. a center.com/teams/detail/ san-antonio-spurs. Bonham Exchange The historic downtown nightclub — a longtime center point for Alamo City LGBTQ+ culture — has three levels, multiple DJs and more than 10 bar stations. The 18-and-up staple offers plenty of dancing and spectacles for students not yet old enough to imbibe, while the affordable drink specials are bound to be hits with those 21 and older. The building’s roots date back to the 19th century, and it’s hosted musical acts ranging from the Ramones to Tina Turner over the years. In its current incarnation, it stages drag shows featuring a variety of local and touring performers. 411 Bonham St., (210) 224-9219, bonhamexchange. com. Blue Star Arts Complex San Antonio’s Blue Star Arts Complex has become a mainstay in the art community, offering more than just galleries to stroll. If you’re tired and need to study, visit Halcyon Coffee and Bar Lounge. If you’re looking for a quick bite or a craft brew, Blue Star Brewing Co. is right next door. The complex is the epicenter of a free First Friday art walk, and it also provides an ideal entry spot for the city’s Mission trail system or for exploring the nearby King William historical neighborhood. 1414 S. Alamo St., (210) 3543775, bluestarartscomplex.com.

The Missions oﬀer $2 tickets, $2 parking, $2 sausage and $2 beer for any of 11 Tuesday home games during the season. Yes, the Spurs are SA’s most-beloved sports team, but it’s hard to beat the entertainment value of a $2 ballgame at Nelson W. Wolﬀ Municipal Stadium. 5757 US-90 West, (210) 675-7275, milb.com/ san-antonio.

The St. Mary’s Strip If you’re already a student in San Antonio, chances are you’ve already found the St. Mary’s Strip. If you just got here, chances are you’ll discover it soon enough. Located on North St. Mary’s Street just oﬀ U.S. Highway 281, the walkable entertainment district includes bars, restaurants, retail and plenty of live music. Nightlife destinations including Midnight Swim, Brass Monkey and Paper Tiger all a ract plenty of college students looking to dance, drink or catch a band. stmarysstrip.com.

The McNay is billed as Texas’ first modern art museum, and it remains a worthwhile destination, offering a collection that spans from the medieval to the contemporary. The facility also allows free admission every Thursday from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m., offering another no-cost option for students looking for a cheap date night or seeking to expand their artistic horizons. 6000 N. New Braunfels Ave., (210) 824-5368, mcnayart.org.

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This pink shack on the St. Mary’s Strip slings some of the best fusion dishes in San Antonio — and at an aﬀordable price. For just under $15 you can taste a mashup of ﬂavors from the folks behind Viet-Cajun spot Pinch Boil House and the smoked-meat masters at South BBQ & Kitchen. N. St. Mary’s St., (210) 320-0555, curryboysbbq.com.

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Noodle Tree You’ve probably eaten so much microwaveable instant ramen that you never want to see the stuff again. How about trying the real thing? Noodle Tree serves some of the best ramen dishes in the city. While it’s pricier than the packaged stuff, at $10-$16 for a complete and hearty meal, it’s an affordable treat. Bonus: it’s located near UTSA’s main campus. 7114 UTSA Blvd., (210) 233-6371, noodletreetx.com.

Exploring San Antonio’s diverse dining options on a college budget

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Fat Tummy Empanadas This Argentinian spot offers a great assortment of breakfast and lunch options, including its namesake stuffed pastries that come with hearty fillings ranging from traditional beef to spinach and cheese. At $4.30 a pop, these are snacks that eat like a meal. The restaurant is a 15-minute walk or five-minute drive from Our Lady of the Lake University.

Pizza Classics Nestled between Trinity University, the University of the Incarnate Word and San Antonio College, Pizza Classics not only serves up some of the best slices in San Antonio but also some of the best prices. Buyone, get-one-free deals are worked directly into its pricing, and the by-the-slice options are hard to beat.

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And college students, already expected to microwave and otherwise penny-pinch their way through meals, are no exception. Fortunately, if you’re a student who just can’t do another cup of dorm room ramen, San Antonio does have plenty of amazing restaurants that won’t break your bank. Whether you want to treat yourself after acing an exam, impress a Tinder match or explore the city’s food scene, try some of these beloved SA dining spots. Smoke Shack With snacks, sandwiches, sliders and a plethora of sides to choose from, San Antonio barbecue ﬁxture Smoke Shack oﬀers a truly South Texas taste of smoked and tender meats, all with a great bang for your brisket — oops, buck. 3714 Broadway, (210) 9571430, smokeshacksa.com.

Con Huevos If you’re looking to introduce out-oftowners to San Antonio, few places embody the city’s TexMex take on breakfast be er than East Side joint Con Huevos. Its filling and creative specialty tacos — such as its scrambled egg in salsa verde with Oaxaca cheese, avocado and cilantro — run just under $4, while more standard options like bean and cheese are priced comparably to other taquerias. 1629 E. Houston St., (210) conhuevostacos.com.229-9295, Carnitas Lonja/Fish Lonja Locally and nationally renowned as masters of their craft, adjoining eateries Carnitas Lonja and Fish Lonja haven’t let all that a ention pressure them into raising prices. And they’ve recently restarted their individual-ordering option, which means students dining solo can grab a couple of the best tacos in the city without breaking the bank. 1107 Roosevelt Ave., (210) 455-2105, carnitaslonja.com. The Cove Offering free live music most nights, a vibrant patio space and located near Trinity University, the University of the Incarnate Word and San Antonio College, The Cove makes a great place for a meal out with your friends. While this spot isn’t taqueria-cheap, its incredible fish tacos and other dishes incorporate quality, locally sourced ingredients, making them worth a slightly higher price tag. Beyond that, there’s a full bar and vegans can delight in one of the city’s best meatless burgers. 606 W. Cypress St., (210) 2272683, thecove.us. 2334 St., (210)

Beyond that, Pizza Classics’ late hours and casual atmosphere make this a great place to eat after a night out. 3440 N. St. Mary’s St., (210) 225-3356, pizzaclassics. com. Ming’s With its creative Chinese dishes and reasonable prices, north-of-downtown Asian cafe Ming’s oﬀers a casual atmosphere to unwind and enjoy a good meal. It also wins points for quick service, which makes it a perfect grab-and-go option before a study session. 914 E. Elmira St., (210) 600-4083, mingsthing.com.

Singhs Vietnamese Boasting a vibrant atmosphere and classic tunes spinning on vinyl, this beloved Vietnamese restaurant on the St. Mary’s Strip is a great place to visit with friends after a long week of classes or before a night at the clubs. The prices have gone up over the past couple years, but its fresh ingredients, Texas-inﬂuenced ﬂavors and generous portions provide plenty of value.

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San Antonio is among the least-pricy metros for college students renting apartments, but expect challenges

A new analysis by online home-service company Porch ranked the San Antonio-New Braunfels area as the 12th most-affordable large metro for college students looking to rent an apartment. To create the rankings, researchers calculated the weighted average of off-campus room and board for the 2020-2021 academic year, excluding those living with family. Those metros with the lowest average ranked highest on the Withlist. anaverage total rent of $9,935 for the 2020-2021 academic year, students in the Alamo City are paying 2.1% below the national average for their off-campus cribs, according to the report.

BY MICHAEL KARLIS Rent can put the squeeze on college students’ already-tight budgets. Don’t believe us? Rental prices are up 12.3% nationally since last year, according to a recent Apartment List study.Even so, the San Antonio area’s 60,000 college students can be thankful they’re paying far less than counterparts a ending schools in other metros, according to a separate report.

Although San Antonio-New Braunfels ranked among the most affordable spots for students seeking housing, that doesn’t mean finding accommodations is easy. First-generation and low-income students face significant hurdles, according to the study’s“Priceauthors. pressures from rent are especially challenging for college students, especially first-generation college students and students from low-income families,” Lauren Thomas, a Porch content creator and marketer, said in a wri en statement. “Students often lack the rental history or savings for deposits that help them get approved for a Aroundrental.”43% of the University of San Antonio’s 2020 first-year students were first-generation, according to the school. Additionally, more than 11,000 of its nearly 30,000 undergrads are considered low-income and receive federal Pell grants. Even so, UTSA is one of several public universities in Texas to offer free tuition for eight semesters to low-income residents who graduated in the top 25% of their class. But with the average rent in the Alamo City topping $1,220 a month in July, according to ApartmentData. com, and inflation near a 40-year-high, low-income students in San Antonio and beyond are disproportionately overburdened by rising living costs.

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What do you hope people learn from seeing your ﬁlm? What we need to realize is that most of these kids who are being traﬃcked will need a loving, caring adult to walk with them for a long time. It’s like vets that come back with trauma they have to deal with. We need to support our frontline advocates.

Crisis Janet Craig, a graduate of San Antonio’s Trinity University, explores human traﬃcking epidemic in new feature

When my oldest daughter was 16, she asked me to go to a fundraiser for an anti-trafficking organization. I heard this beautiful, articulate young woman tell her story there. At that moment, I wanted to bring the whole world into that room to hear her story. As a filmmaker, I thought that if I could make a project that could get [her story] out to the world, it would be like bringing people into that room. Why did you decide to make it a thriller, not a documentary? I thought about a documentary because I have so many personal experiences with people who have been trafficked. I’ve been mentoring some of them through these [anti-trafficking] organizations and also as a foster mom. My producing partners have also had over 125 foster kids in their homes, many of whom had been trafficked. We felt the need to get something out there but wanted people to watch it. So, we wanted a narrative feature that would keep people on the edge of their seat — like Taken meets Crash. I just wanted to capture people’s imaginations. What questions did you want to confront to make a movie like this? What I realized when I first started writing is that [human trafficking] is a multibillion-dollar industry. So, I thought, “Well, who’s buying?” We don’t have trafficking if no one’s buying. That was my question in writing the screenplay. I recognized that it’s happening in every neighborhood. Nobody is immune. I assume some of these children are being lured online by traffickers. Yes, sometimes li le boys will be playing online games, and they don’t know they’re being groomed. A kid will be on a game and [a trafficker] will say, “Show me your muscles.” He doesn’t know who he’s talking to on the other side of that screen. We’re finding that many times this happens to boys and girls between the ages of 12 and 14. It happens, too, because kids are exploiting themselves on social media. Most of the time, however, [the trafficker] will be somebody that they know. What advice do you give parents to help them combat these dangers? I think the biggest thing is to keep communication open. What I want to impress upon parents is that kids are going to make mistakes, but they need to know that they can come to you with anything. So, if they do something that they’re not proud of and they’re afraid to tell their parents, a caring adult needs to say, “Look, you can come to me with anything.”

In Wake Up, her feature directorial debut, Craig tells the story of a pair of foster children who are kidnapped from a small community by a sex trafficking ring. Along with directing the film, Craig co-wrote it with Dan Horan and based the narrative on accounts she became aware of after becoming a foster parent herself and learning about some of the abuse that takes place in the system. Wake Up will make its premiere in Hollywood on Tuesday, Sept. 6. What was the inspiration behind making a film about human trafficking?

Wake Up BY KIKO MARTINEZ Filmmaker Janet Craig spent a few years in San Antonio during the early 1980s. She a ended Trinity University, where she majored in theater and was a member of the school’s nationally ranked women’s tennis team. She also met her husband there.

“San Antonio has a very big place in my heart,” Craig told the Current during a recent interview. “[Trinity] was an incredible experience. I still have friends from there.”

Are the stories in Wake Up inspired by real people? They’re inspired by people that I know, but I changed all the circumstances to protect them. The main character is inspired by a foster kid that my producing partners had in their home. I also wanted to show where these buyers are coming from. My co-writer used to be in law enforcement and used to investigate traﬃcking, so he came to this with a lot of that background.

Are there any red ﬂags parents should look out for that might indicate something isn’t right? Parents should be observant. Take notice if your kid starts to not engage, isolates themselves, isn’t communicating with you or all of a sudden seems depressed. Also, monitor what technology they’re using and platforms they’re on. These days, it’s just so easy to get to someone.

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Chef Jeﬀ White Executive Chef, The Palm The show vindicates all of us that have chosen to be “lifers” in this fucked-up business, and it helps make sure our eﬀorts are not diluted through Food Network and social media. Our stress and struggles are all too real. The show hits on all the real points of the struggle of owning a restaurant: bills, health inspections, employees, payroll. I could go on for days. It is a business meant for stress-mongers and not for the faint of heart. It also shines light on the family dynamic of a lot of kitchens. It seems like everyone in the kitchen knows more about their co-workers’ lives than their own family. We support each other, not only through day-to-day work struggles, but also mentally with advice and support about dayto-day life. The Bear has been the only “chef” show that has nailed it.

The scene where [actor] Jeremy White finds his knife on the kitchen floor literally made me scream, “What the fuck?” out loud. When he was screaming, looking for a permanent marker, it showed how vicious the service industry can be — and expresses all the demanding aspects perfectly. It also showed all the different relationship dynamics, like all the love and hate between everyone working together and how it can and cannot work.

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Chef Ryan Ryhs Chef/Owner, Satisfried Food Truck, Enzo’s Culinary Events Loved the series, but it was, for sure, triggering. I think all chefs are Carmy at some point in our careers, especially in the ﬂashback scene when he was in the ﬁne-dining environment, and his chef was telling him he was basically going to be nothing. I took it as Carmy telling himself all those negative things because that’s how he was feeling about himself. It’s that feeling that you’re trying your hardest and pu ing out your best, but still doubting everything you’re pu ing out. It’s relatable.

food Find more food & sacurrent.comnewsdrinkat Triggering TV San Antonio culinary professionals weigh on FX hit The Bear’s depiction of the food business BY NINA RANGEL FX’s smash hit The Bear has unleashed a powerful mainstream representation of the stresses and strains endured by the nation’s foodservice workers.Theeight-episode dramatic series follows Carmy Berza o (Jeremy Allen White), a young chef from the ﬁne-dining world, as he returns to Chicago to run his family’s sandwich shop after the death of his brother.

Chef Geronimo Lopez Executive Chef, Botika One thing that I really liked is the fact that, when talking about traumas that happen in the kitchen, [the show conveyed] that it’s not one big thing — it’s usually an accumulation of li le things. So, there’s a couple of scenes where the fight erupts, and everybody goes nuts, but it’s not because just one thing happened. The main character gets thrown into owning and operating a place, when all his life he was cooking, you know, and that resonates a lot. Because when you own the place and the toilet breaks, then you’ve got to figure out how to fix that. The lights go out, or the gas is turned off, and all of a sudden, Courtesy Photo FX Productions

The show is full of details familiar to those who have worked in restaurants: from the plastic quart tub the main character chugs water from to the constant shit-talking amongst co-workers. Beyond those, the show unﬂinchingly depicts the pressure that drives many restaurant workers to addiction and isolation — whether it’s to dull the noise or to keep up with the fast-paced environment.

Brooke Balli Private Chef I mean, obviously, the entertainment level was there for me because I could relate to it. And to see [actor Jeremy Allen White] in another show, aside from Shameless was cool. But ... it was a li le upse ing for me because it felt like it was perpetuating the abusive nature of the kitchen, which is something that I feel like the industry has been trying to move away from. I think San Antonio has always kind of been removed from that, in my experience. Where I did experience these toxic environments, actually, was in Austin. When I was 18 years old and working in kitchens in Austin, I was having glassware thrown at my station when I messed up, and pans thrown at me. And that seems extreme, but it happened. It was actually very prevalent, unfortunately. San Antonio’s culinary forefathers, Mark Bliss and Bruce Auden, [have] done a really good job about fostering cool-headed environments. I was never treated improperly in either of those chef’s kitchens. I was never sexually harassed — none of that ever happened — and I was working with all men for the most part. So, I think that speaks a lot to San Antonio’s collective kitchen culture.

Joel Founder,RivasSaint City Culinary Foundation Apart from it just being a very well-done show, it was incredibly accurate about the details … the emotional a achment many chefs have with their knives; drinking out of delis; dealing with a solid long-time team member that refuses to buy into a new way of doing things; the anxiety that can sometimes set in when the ticket printer won’t stop going; the stress of an independent owner to pay the bills, pay the staﬀ and still put out a quality product. Adding the piece about his own demons relating to family substance abuse in Alcoholics Anonymous was incredibly moving. Like a lot of people, [the episode] “Review” was a li le triggering for me. I’ve been an eager line cook that got screamed at for not staying on task, but I also lost it on an employee once because I was stressed out when the computer went down, and we had to do everything manually one night. It felt like I was right back there. When the episode ended, I was completely silent. [My wife] Allysse looked over at me and asked if I was OK. Trauma sticks with a person, and it’s hard to shake, even when you’ve gone through lots of therapy.

The series is so spot-on that Carmy’s emotionally driven outbursts have reportedly triggered PTSD in foodservice veterans. For some, the show can be a reminder of the screaming, harassment, sexism, overinﬂated egos and overwork they endure on the job. We caught up with six San Antonio foodservice pros to get their perspective on The Bear’s accuracy and what they think the show conveys to viewers outside the industry.

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Popular downtown watering hole The Local Bar has closed after 10 years. The building’s landlord decided not to renew the lease. 600 N. Presa you have to become an engineer. Maybe somebody’s having some real personal issues, and you become a psychologist, and you’re still trying to run the restaurant, still trying to cook and still be creative and enjoy your craft. I have received messages from some friends from high school that were like, “Dude, is this for real? Is this your life?” And I’m always just like, “That’s one of the reasons why we’re so damn crazy.” For somebody that is not familiar with the kitchen it’s fun and interesting to watch, and for those who are familiar, you know that that’s not what happens in a kitchen every day, but the representation, you know, is nice. [Chefs] can be so badly represented, so this was something fun and new, and it resonated with me.

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Chef John Russ Chef/Owner, Clementine There are a few scenes that are totally relatable as an owner and chef, and I think it was really well-researched and acted. The hazing and shit-talking in the show is pre y light compared to the things I’ve seen as a younger cook. Those aspects are in the hyper-competitive kitchens where the cooks and sous chefs are disposable. Fortunately, San Antonio chefs, on the most part, see our staﬀ as the greatest asset we have. It’s a much be er drama than an industry biopic. Although, the scene where both the chef and sous chef are outside at the end of episode three, where the ﬁnal words are “fuck brunch?” Yeah, fuck brunch.

The Taco Rumble will return Thursday, Sept. 15, pi ing local chefs against rivals from Houston, Dallas and Austin in a cooking competition at the San Antonio Museum of Art. The event raises money for the Texas Food & Wine Alliance 200 W Jones Ave., (210) 978-8100, samuseum.org

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California-based Nékter Juice Bar will open a location near Camp Bullis, the company’s second in San Antonio. Both stores are party of a rapid expansion that includes plans for at least 55 new locations by the end of 2022. 1304 Borgfeld Drive, Suite 200 Snack shop Chamoy City Limits has temporarily reduced hours at its brick-and-mortar location and is now open only on weekends. 447 W Hildebrand Ave., (210) 744-0000, chamoycitylimits. com All-you-can-eat Korean barbecue and hot pot chain KPOT is expected to open its first Alamo City location next June as part of a 22-state growth plan. 12485 I-10 West, Suite 100 Puro Nitro Coffee is the only San Antonio-based food company picked to contend for grocery giant H-E-B’s Quest for Texas Best contest. The homegrown venture is vying to get its canned cold coffee on store shelves across Texas. Downtown restaurant Landrace will host a Wednesday, Aug. 31 charity dinner featuring dishes from owner Steve McHugh and fellow San Antonio James Beard Award nominees John Russ, Esaul Ramos and David Cáceres 111 Lexington Ave., (210) 942-6026, landracetx.com

OPENINGS Carriqui, the forthcoming restaurant in the former, Pearl-area Liberty Bar building, will open Friday, Sept. 2, serving a menu focused on South Texas ﬂavors and ingredients. 239 E. Grayson St., carriquitx.com. New River Walk eatery Fiume Pizzeria & Wine Bar is now open, boasting a Ferrari-red Fiero pizza oven on its open-air patio. 200 S. Alamo St., ﬁumepizzeria.com.

Loadedproperty.baked potato purveyor Jacked Potato has closed, citing the pandemic and escalating food costs. Owner Jacci Castille said she’s already working to secure a new location in a higher-visibility area. 8340 Old Seguin Road, Suite 4, Converse.

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Happy Go Lucky

Despite missing a youthful shot at the big time, the Krayolas’ music doesn’t just endure — it rocks. In testament to that enduring appeal, the band updated and reissued its 1982 debut album Kolored Music last month with a new, less problematic title: Happy Go Lucky

. “Happy Go Lucky was actually the original title of the album,” said singer-guitarist Hector Saldaña, 65. “We’ve brought the album into the 20th century. It’s the original Krayolas in color for the ﬁrst time.” To that end, the album cover features color photos, an upgrade from 1982’s grainy black and white, as well as a new track listing remixed from the unearthed original two-inch analog tape. The album captures the Krayolas’ sound in all its 1982 technicolor glory. contributions to San Antonio’s music scene extend beyond the Krayolas. After spending 28 years as a music writer at the Express-News was hired by

The world has ﬁnally caught up to San Antonio power-pop band the Krayolas

BY BILL BAIRD Rock ’n’ roll doesn’t give many second chances.The music industry is notoriously youth-obsessed and fickle. It’s always ready to trade in old rockers for the newest model. Which makes the redemptive trajectory of San Antonio band the Krayolas — sometimes called the “Tex-Mex Beatles”Formed— remarkable. in1975by brothers Hector and David Saldaña, the group became a regional draw in the ’70s but ultimately faltered on its initial promise, disbanding in 1988. The band reformed in 2007 after a two-decade hiatus, and since then has garnered some of the wider success that eluded it the first time around.Bruce Springsteen guitarist Li le Steven has championed the Krayolas on his satellite radio show Underground Garage. The band’s songs appeared in Like A Rolling Stone: The Life & Times of Ben Fong-Torres, the acclaimed documentary about the iconic Rolling Stone writer. And, perhaps most compellingly, the Saldañas have begun playing with singer Hector’s two sons, Jason and Nicky, passing the Krayolas torch to the next generation and infusing their music with new energy and drive. A true San Antonio hybrid, the Krayolas initially drew a ention for filtering the sounds of British Invasion through a Mexican American lens. It was an approach decades ahead of its time, but maybe the world has finally caught up. “I’ve been flabbergasted for the last 12 years,” said drummer David Saldaña, the 63-year-old younger brother. “Because nobody hands you shit. You have to do it for yourself. There’s a renewed spirit. Hector’s boys are really good musicians, and the music just gets be er and be er.”

The Krayolas

Smith’s 2019 death. He was also my brotherin-law, married to one of my sisters. So, it’s very personal.” Early years not unlike punk but with more melody and less nihilism. In addition to the Saldañas and Smith, the brother of legendary Hickoids frontman Jeﬀ Smith, the ﬁrst album’s lineup included multi-instrumentalist John Harris. not doing Tejano?’ Even Doug Sahm was out of fashion. We’d play [Sahm’s hit] ‘Mendocino,’ and people would say, ‘Why aren’t you playing disco? Why aren’t you playing Bad Company?’” Hector Saldaña said. “We didn’t feel connected. When the Ramones came out and Blondie, we sort of related to that, but we were over here ... the San Antonio version. Nobody else was doing what we were doing.”

The Krayolas first performed in 1975 at San Antonio’s Warehouse Club, where an underage David Saldaña had to sneak in the back door. After winning a Ba le of the Bands sponsored by longtime local radio station KTSA, a representative from PolyGram Records approached the group. It was the first in a series of near misses that marked the first half of the band’s “[PolyGram]career. gave us their card, said they loved it,” David Saldaña recalled. “But we never pursued it further than that. We just didn’t have it together.”Evenso,winning the ba le earned the Krayolas a show at Six Flags Dallas with rock legend Chuck Berry. KTSA’s program director took the fledgling act under his wing and helped book a string of gigs aimed at broadening its Discos, animal houses, women’s prisons Those shows included a surreal stint as the late-night band at two San Antonio discos, Hallelujah Hollywood and Déjà Vu. The Krayolas played three sets nightly between “They got us a coked-out roadie named ‘Cajun’ to move the amps and drive us,” Hector Saldaña said. “We were dressed in the black suits and Beatle boots. The crowds loved it. Because we were a sideshow freak act.”

The venues also weren’t properly equipped for live music. Members of the Krayolas suffered through onstage electrocutions.

Even though its look and sound confounded some audience members, the group built a quick following thanks to its raucous performances that owed a lot to another British Invasion stalwart, The Who. But the aggression wasn’t limited to the way the band members went after their instruments.

“Barry got blown off the stage twice,” Hector Saldaña said. “When he grabbed an most purveyors of power pop — a propulsive sound that sought to shake listeners from a stoned mid-’70s stupor, “We were out of step with the times,” Hector Saldaña said. “As much as I love it now, the Krayolas were a complete rejection of the redneck rock thing. What we really loved was Badfinger, the Raspberries, Big Star, David Bowie.” But, for some, the idea of Mexican American brothers playing Invasion-styleBritishrockprovedahardsell. It was a less-enlight-enedtime. “Youdon’tknowhowmanytimespeo-plewouldseeusandsay,‘Howcomeyou’re and Blondie, we sort of related to that, but else was we to formances come on and have in a headlock a few times. We approached the music that way. You have to be in that zone.” The Krayolas first performed in 1975 at San Antonio’s Warehouse Club, where an underage David Saldaña had to sneak in the back door. After winning a Ba le of the Bands sponsored by longtime a tative director the late-nightaudience. the two clubs.

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“You didn’t want to come up on stage while we were playing. ... We’d beat your ass and kick you oﬀ,” David Saldaña said, laughing. “A couple of times Hector and I got into it. I would get into it more with Barry. I wouldn’t say I punched him out, but I had to have him in a headlock a few times. We approached the music that way. You have to be in that zone.”

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Inﬂuential New York fanzine Trouser Press praised the band’s “joyous, unpretentious quality and noted the West Side Horns’ appearance on seven of the 10 tracks as a standout feature. “The horns never get in the way, but instead add a soulful edge,” the reviewer opined.Butdespite the rush of positive feedback, the Krayolas’ initial burst of fame was almost over.

“We yelled at him from the balcony,” Walter Lucas recalled. “Said, ‘Hey, we’re the Krayolas.’ And Costello said, ‘Yeah, I know your band! Sorry I can’t hang out, but I’m doing a show at Madison Square Garden.’”

On the road

music ungrounded mic stand, he was writhing on the floor stuck to the stand and the audience was cheering it on. ... They thought it was part of the show.” Around that time, the band landed another memorable gig: a women’s prison in Huntsville. “For our second set, we played in cavemen outfits — mine was just a loincloth,” David Saldaña said. “Women were rushing the stage, so they turned the power off. Nearly caused a riot.” In 1978, the movie Animal House became a runaway hit, inspiring a new generation of frat party animals. The Krayolas rode that wave, playing what seemed like every out-of-control college blowout in Texas, Oklahoma and Louisiana. It was a time before multi-band bills, so the band was often contracted to play its high-octane power-pop for four hours. The band’s endurance during those grueling sets won it an expanding audience in San Antonio and beyond. Go west Inspired by their burgeoning regional fame, Hector Saldaña and Smith flew to Los Angeles to break into the wider pop market. They visited legendary venue the Palomino Club and sought out pop star Dwight Twilley, who then employed a young Tom Pe y as his bass“Weplayer. went to Twilley’s office three times, but the door was always locked,” Hector Saldaña said. “We thought he might understand us.”

“What I’ve learned, as a musician, journalist and curator is these great moments come around, but they only come around once,” Hector Saldaña said. “Li le did I know in 1982, we were about to be hasbeens, real quick. And you don’t realize that. How could you? Because, by then — from ’78 to ’82, we’d had just an incredible run, playing with huge artists, playing great gigs.”

Hector Saldaña blames the loss of momentum on the splintering of multi-instrumentalist Harris from the original lineup and the band’s reluctance to tour with the West Side Horns.

That combination of power-pop energy with San Antonio’s Chicano Soul sound lent a fresh, unpretentious energy to the album. “All of the Time,” which a racted the interest of Fowley and Shaw, remains a standout from the session. Even decades later, its garage-rock intensity jumps from the speakers, shakes the walls and demands a ention. “We did take the West Side Sound to a diﬀerent place,” Hector Saldaña said. “By adding it with power-pop and garage rock. If we have any kind of legacy, it’s that we were either bold enough or stupid enough to do that.”

At the time, the Krayolas’ calling card was “All of the Time,” a catchy song that caught the a ention of notorious LA scenester Kim Fowley. The colorful songwriter, manager and Svengali had worked with innumerable stars, from Frank Zappa to Kiss. “[Fowley] thought ‘All of the Time’ was the greatest song ever ... but we sucked,” Hector Saldaña said with a laugh. “He essentially wanted to write or co-write nine more songs like ‘All of the Time,’ and to mold the Krayolas.” Fowleyclearly had a successful track record, having recently propelled the Runaways, featuring a young Joan Je , to some degree of success, but his controlling approach turned oﬀ the Krayolas.

Kolored Music landed national distribution, college radio airplay and glowing reviews. Some San Antonio publications even called it the best local debut since that of the Sir Douglas Quintet.

It wasn’t the only time the members of the Krayolas would rub elbows with heroes. The band opened a string of dates for Rockpile, the famed UK supergroup consisting of Dave Edmunds and Nick Lowe, Jana Birchum

The revamped Krayolas toured the East Coast, making its New York debut at The Bi er End, the city’s oldest rock club. While staying at the Chelsea Hotel, they realized their upstairs neighbor was Elvis Costello, whose concise songwriting was a direct inﬂuence on the band.

On the same trip, Hector Saldaña connected with another LA scenester enamored with “All of the Time.” Bomp! Records founder Greg Shaw, who masterminded the seminal ’60s garage-rock collection Pebbles, loved the Krayolas’ retro aspect. But the band didn’t see itself as looking to the past. Unwilling to relinquish control to Fowley or Shaw, the band skipped over those opportunities. “I was barely 21, and at that age you don’t like people telling you what to do,” Hector Saldaña said. “We weren’t hip or savvy enough to make it. We were unmanageable.”

“That was a mistake,” he said. “We didn’t think it through. It was never as fully realized on stage as it should have been.”

“It was a trip because here was this skinny li le Black kid with an Afro who always wore a knit cap like Mike Nesmith of the Monkees,” Hector Saldaña recalled. “And he’s into surf music and power-pop.”

West Side fusion

At the time, though, the group was blissfully ignorant and pressed on with its road dates, recruiting another multifaceted musician, Walter Lucas, to take over for Harris.

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Even though they failed to land a deal, Smith and Hector Saldaña returned home inspired by the thriving LA scene. They continued delivering raucous shows around the Lone Star State, eventually becoming ﬁxtures at Houston club Rockefeller’s. “It was a decadent time in Houston,” David Saldaña said. “We were just a regional act, but that time in Houston made us into headliners. We started playing these wild parties and packing folks in.” Houston jukebox salesman Bill Summerse caught the band at that point and was impressed enough to arrange the recording session for the Krayolas’ ﬁrst proper album. His down payment for the band’s recording session was a 1940s Wurlitzer jukebox. Smith suggested the Krayolas incorporate San Antonio’s West Side Horns into the recording session. The storied group’s work backing artists including Doug Sahm, Randy Garibay and The Band’s Rick Danko had already made them legendary.

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“He was like Kim Fowley — tells you that you suck, and you need him to be great,” Hector Saldaña remembered. “He said, ‘Sure, I can produce the record. It’ll be $100,000, and I’m gonna write all the songs.’” “Probably thought we were Texas oil millionaires,” David Saldaña said of the asking price. “I remember in New York, everyone thought Texans had oil wells and rode horses. After passing on the oﬀer, the Krayolas limped on for a li le longer. Finally, things fell apart in 1988. Tired of ba ling an unreceptive music business, and with adult responsibilities beckoning, the group disbanded.

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The Krayolas’ rearrangement of that song, “Li le Fox,” gave the band new life, culminating in a performance at Austin’s Paramount Theatre on the closing night of that year’s South by Southwest Festival.

“We performed in our caveman outﬁts, and Dave Edmunds showed me how to play ‘Yesterday’ the way Paul McCartney taught him to play it,” Hector Saldaña said. “They also gave us the phrase ‘best riﬀs only,’ which we later used as an album title.”

music both luminaries of the pub rock sound that evolved into punk and power-pop.

Augie’s invitation The Krayolas remained dormant until 2007, when local Sir Douglas Quintet member Augie Meyers nudged them from retirement. Having heard Best Riﬀs Only, a retrospective compilation of the band’s best material, he oﬀered them a song he’d wri en for Sir Douglas but never recorded.

“In this business you can rise high and fast and then fall quick,” David Saldaña said. “We were struggling to make sense of it.”

“The show was in tribute to Doug Sahm, so we played one of Doug’s favorite Kinks songs, ‘Who’ll Be the Next in Line,’” Hector Saldaña said. “The K in our name comes from The Kinks, so it felt like coming full circle.” With that gig, the Krayolas were truly reborn, recording again and playing select live performances with veteran local musicians ﬁlling out the lineup around the Saldaña brothers. This time, the members incorporated a wider set of inﬂuences, including the Tejano they’d formerly avoided.

“The Krayolas have always been about shedding skins, reinvention,” Hector Saldaña said. “That’s the way we always were. Easily bored, total contrarians, didn’t take ourselves that seriously.”Thenewer material particularly resonated with David Saldaña: “A lot of great songs, important songs, came out of these years — ‘1070 (Not Your Dirty Mexican),’ ‘Corrido Twelve Heads in a Bag.’”After the unfulﬁlled promise of its early years, the world had ﬁnally caught up to the Krayolas. The band found a champion in Springsteen sideman Li le Steven, who has played the band regularly on his Sirius XM station. The exposure and positive reviews continued to build from there.

What had changed since the ’70s and ’80s?First off, a resurgence of interest in garage rock created a niche market for homespun bands more interested in delivering timeless rock than jumping on the latest trend. Secondly, rock critics, DJs and listeners had finally awakened to a more diverse range of voices. British Invasion rock as played by Mexican Americans suddenly didn’t seem so strange. In fact, it felt like a missing chapter of the rock ’n’ roll story was finally allowed to be told — the compelling and essential contributions of San Antonio, South Texas and Latinos in particular. Full circle After the resurgence, Hector Saldaña looked back to the group’s early years, spurred on by the 2019 death of original Krayolas bassist Smith. The band’s Box Records imprint released Savage Young Krayolas, a collection of early singles, that same year. From there, Hector Saldaña turned his eye to the 1982 debut. “I was always very ambivalent about that record,” he said. “I was a young father at the time... with a marriage that was falling apart. So, I was absentee in a lot of Theways.” album’s master tapes, once deemed lost in a 1993 flood of the Houston studio, were miraculously discovered by the studio’s new owner. A remix by San Antonio’s Harter Music revealed previously submerged parts and brought the rhythm section into sharper focus. “It’s the album’s first time in color, and not just the photos,” Hector Saldaña said. “Sonically, you don’t want it to sound like there’s a blanket on top of it. It’s preserved at a pre y high level.” But not everything is worth preserving. And that’s not lost on the Saldaña brothers. “Hadwe not created a good vibe and a good name for ourselves back then, there’d be no reason to re-release this stuff,” Hector Saldaña said. The reissues aren’t the only way the Krayolas have come full circle. With the addition of Hector Saldaña’s sons, Jason and Nicky — 43 and 41, respectively — to fill out the band, it’s reacquired a youthful energy. The lineup change has shifted its sound back toward the terse power-pop of its early years. Looking back on four decades of music, struggle and innumerable what-ifs, Hector Saldaña said he’s gained new perspective on the meaning of musical success. “TheKrayolas never fit into any trend that was going on,” he said. “I was always super disappointed. Why can’t we be as good as The Beatles? But then you realize you could only sound like the Krayolas.

MThe Krayolas’ current lineup includes Hector Saldaña’s sons Nicky (second from left) and Jason (right).

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LA slide As the Krayolas slogged on, still grasping for the big time, bassist Smith was next to bow out. In 1986, the band relocated to LA, hoping to recapture the energy of earlier visits. It played LA hotspots like the Roxy and Club Lingerie.Atone LA gig, the Krayolas caught the ear of producer Jack Douglas, renowned for his work with John Lennon and Aerosmith. After promising the group a spot on his boutique record label, Douglas took a pass and focused on recording a solo album by Cheap Trick frontman Robin Zander. During that time, the band connected with another power-pop originator and high-powered producer, Todd Rundgren. Even though Rundgren’s production credits included Badﬁnger, one of the Krayolas’ inspirations, things didn’t gel.

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— EB Saturday, Aug. 27 Grupo Duelo During the ’90s, Dimas Lopez played his ﬁrst duet with Oscar Ivan Treviño at a restaurant in Roma, Texas, setting the groundwork for the two to create the internationally renowned Norteño and Tejano act Grupo Duelo. With inﬂuences from both Mexico and Texas, Duelo’s loyal fanbase has powered a career that’s included 17 studios albums, the most recent of which is 2021’s infectious and danceable Cumbias Para Bailar. $54.45-$245 8 p.m., Majestic Theater, 224 E. Houston St., (210) 226-3333, majesticempire.com.

A former ranch worker and rodeo rider from the Land of Enchantment, Ryan Bingham got his big break when he won an Oscar for co-writing “The Weary Kind” for the Je Bridges ﬁlm Crazy Heart. He hasn’t rested on that laurel, however. The singer-songwriter has racked up plenty of critical acclaim for his gritty and unusual take on alt-country. His career has also placed him in front of the camera, including a role in Paramount Network’s contemporary Western drama Yellowstone $45, 8:30 p.m., Whitewater Amphitheater, 11860 FM306, (830) 964-3800, whitewaterrocks.com. — EB Sunday, Sept. 4

Johnny Marr Legendary British guitarist and songwriter Johnny Marr’s career spans decades of collaboration with a variety of groundbreaking musical acts. Marr may be most famous for the irresistible and jangly opening ri of “This Charming Man” from his time as lead guitarist and second-most-recognizable member of The Smiths. But since then, he’s worked with The The, Electronic and Modest Mouse. Most recently, he collaborated with Hans Zimmer on the score for the James Bond ﬁlm No Time to Die. Live, expect to hear a sampling of his work over the past four decades. $35, 7 p.m., Paper Tiger, 2410 N. St. Mary’s St., papertigersatx.com. — DC

— MM

Death Bells, Smirk, Warstories Formed in 2015, Death Bells emerged as a potent underground force by blending garage rock with post-punk. The duo’s most recent album, Between Here and Everywhere, perfectly captures that blend. The well-traveled act started its musical journey in Sydney, Australia but relocated to Los Angeles, even managing to release a live album recorded on Bombay Beach on the Salton Sea. $14-$17, 7 p.m., Paper Tiger, 2410 N St. Mary’s St., papertigersatx.com.

Miss May I Metalcore act Miss May I hit underground success in 2007 when most of its members were still in high school, and it’s continued to stick to its guns even as many acts in the genre have folded or moved on. The band has pushed its sound and consistently hits the road, supporting high-proﬁle acts like Gwar and Hatebreed and headlining its own tours. Even though Miss May I has moved in a poppier direction over time, its signature sound remains a brand of melodic metalcore that places an emphasis on technical musicianship. $25-$30, 7 p.m., The Rock Box, 1223 E. Houston St., (210) 677-9453, therockboxsa.com. — EB Tuesday Sept. 6

Modest Mouse, The Cribs Portland-based indie-rock act Modest Mouse is heading to Saytown in support of its 2021 release The Golden Casket Despite numerous line-up changes, the band formed by singer Isaac Brock in 1992 continues to mine an accessible sound fusing punk inﬂuences with broader aspirations that include pop, prog and atmospheric sounds. As evidence that the approach still works, it remains a headliner on the music-festival circuit.

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A Giant Dog, Think No Think Self-described as performers of songs “by, for and about the losers, the freaks and outcasts,” Austin indie rockers A Giant Dog deliver an intoxicating cocktail of glam, punk and garage rock. Formed in 2008, the raucous outﬁt got a boost a few years later when Spoon frontman Britt Daniel brought it along on tour with his own band. Acclaimed indie label Merge later signed A Giant Dog and put Spoon producer Mike McCarthy at the mixing desk for its 2016 release Pile. In 2019, the band released a full cover of Arcade Fire’s album Neon Bible $15-$18, 8 p.m., Paper Tiger, 2410 N. St. Mary’s St., papertigersatx.com. — DC Tuesday, Aug. 30 Wet Leg

The term “buzz band” hasn’t been thrown around much since the late ’90s or early ’00s, but it probably applies to UK up-andcomers Wet Leg, both because they’re the subject of some buzz and their sound pulls from acts once branded as buzz bands: Elastica, Pavement, the Breeders and the Strokes. While the female duo’s 2022 self-titled LP topped numerous UK charts, they haven’t yet exploded stateside. $35-$127, 8 p.m., Aztec Theater, 104 N. St. Mary’s St., (210) 812-4355, theaztectheatre.com. — MM

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— Danny Cervantes Los Huracanes del Norte Some musical artists like to leave it all out there for the fans, letting listeners wade through their enormous catalogs to separate the wheat from cha . Those folks have nothing on Los Huracanes del Norte, the long-running Norteño act that’s released an astounding 900 songs. Granted, the band formed in 1969 under the name Los Cuatro del Norte, so it had some time to work on tunes rather than dropping all of them onto Soundcloud over one weekend. Los Huracanes continue to draw crowds based on hits including “Nomas Por Tu Culpa” and “Vole Muy Alto.” $53-$128, 8 p.m., Aztec Theater, 104 N. St. Mary’s St., (210) 812-4355, theaztectheatre.com.

The New Respects, ToLoveAndRescue Nashville indie-meets-rock ’n’ roll band the New Respects is hitting the road in support of one album, a few EPs and a string of singles. While the songs have broad, poppy appeal, the energy suggests this could be a fun band to take in live. $17.50-$50, 7:30 p.m., Sam’s Burger Joint, 330 E. Grayson St., (210) 2232830, samsburgerjoint.com. — BE Thursday-Sunday, Sept. 1-4 Robert Earl Keen No surprise these shows are sold out and have been for months, given that they’re legendary Texas country artist Robert Earl Keen’s farewell to performing live. The man is retiring, and by all accounts means it. Which means these Floore’s shows are the end. You know that line from his most famous song? “The road goes on forever and the party never ends?” Apparently, he was lying. The line for the class action lawsuit starts here. Sold out, Thursday 8 p.m., Saturday and Sunday 7:30 p.m., John T. Floore’s Country Store, 14492 Old Bandera Road, (210) 6958827, liveatfloores.com. — MM Friday, Sept. 2 Circle Jerks, 7 Seconds, Negative Approach Southern California’s Circle Jerks represent hardcore punk at its finest and rowdiest, and the band deserves a considerable amount of credit for helping create the genre. Even if some punk young ’uns don’t recognize the name, they’re surely familiar with the band’s logo: a skanking, shaved-head punk who’s emblazoned on countless, T-shirts, stickers and leather jackets. Openers 7 Seconds and Negative Approach also represent seminal bands from hardcore’s golden era. Even though this one is sold out, it might be worth working on your punk cred by figuring out how to get on the guest list. Sold out, 8 p.m., Paper Tiger, 2410 N. St. Mary’s St., papertigersatx.com. — BE Saturday, Sept. 3 Motion City Soundtrack Minneapolis-based Motion City Soundtrack burst onto the stage back when the Warped Tour was in full force, and its blend of emo, pop and punk seems to embody that era. The band’s angsty songs helped make it a staple of the outdoor festival’s roster. Fast-forward and the band is celebrating the 17th anniversary of its album Commit This to Memory with this tour. Time to see how well they’ve aged. $30-$90, 8 p.m., Aztec Theatre, 104 N. St. Mary’s St., (210) 812-4355, theaztectheatre.com. — BE

— Enrique Bonilla Luke Bryan, Riley Green, Mitchell Tenpenny One he most celebrated country artists of the 2000s, Luke Bryan has racked up high-proﬁle awards including the Academy of Country Music Award for Album of the Decade – the ﬁrst release to land that honor. Initially a songwriter for some of Nashville’s biggest acts, the singer has evolved into an icon of modern country. Openers Riley Green and Mitchell Tenpenny both specialize in a similar brand of American pop-country. $40.75-$950, 7 p.m., AT&T Center, 1 AT&T Center Parkway, (210) 444-5000, attcenter.com.

The Devil Wears Prada, Stray From the Path, Dying Wish Christian metalcore band The Devil Wears Prada continues to ﬂog the road after the scene-kid explosion of the mid-2000s that fueled its ascent. For this tour, the outﬁt will play both its 2010 EP Zombie and its sequel ZII in full. With a 11-year gap between the releases, fans should expect a taste of nostalgia and the band’s modern sound all in one night. The Devil Wears Prada’s latest album Color Decay is set for release next month, so previews of that material are also likely. $23-$26, 7:30 p.m., Vibes Underground, 1223 E. Houston St., (210) 255-3833, facebook.com/ vibesunderground. — Brianna Espinoza Wednesday, Aug. 31

One-time guitarist — and former Smiths and Cribs member — Johnny Marr is said to be collaborating with the band again on a forthcoming EP. $28.50-$157.50, 7:30 p.m., Tech Port Center + Arena, 3331 General Hudnell Dr., (210) 600-3699, techportcenter.com. — DC Saturday-Sunday, Sept. 3-4

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