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CONTENTS August 19-25, 2015

10 NEWS Just Keep Pedaling VIA Transit poised to play a role in the future of San Antonio B-Cycle Falling Through The Cracks With lack of resources, homes of SA’s poorest are crumbling

16 CALENDAR

Our top picks for the week

21 ARTS Epic Tribute Exhibition series celebrates the work of late artist Mel Casas Mamet-Speak In Black And White Provocative drama Race lands on The Rose’s stage

26 SCREENS Spy vs. Spy Guy Ritchie gets frisky with The Man From U.N.C.L.E. 17

28 FOOD Straight Buzzin’ The third wave of coffee growth in SA is upon us, foodtruck style

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Alamo City Roast Green coffee is in these days — find out who’s roasting what in town Mo’ Joe Nothing against Starbucks, but SA is now teeming with top-notch local options Tour De Macaron Basically the cutest tour we’ve been on

45 NIGHTLIFE Bar Crawl Making our way through Me and CA’s, Boozehounds and The Thursty Turtle

49 MUSIC Say That Again? The epidemic of musicians with hearing damage Brotherly Beat Jazz great Tootie Heath teams with two San Anto horns Music Calendar What to see and hear this week

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JUST KEEP PEDALING B-Cycle Plans For Expansion With VIA Transit, City MARK REAGAN/@210REAGAN

After nearly blowing a spoke earlier this year, B-Cycle San Antonio is getting set to expand — with a little help from its friends. In late July, VIA Metropolitan Transit’s board of trustees voted to explore a partnership with the organization. VIA’s decision builds off momentum forged when San Antonio leaders announced a partnership with the San Antonio Bike Share board of directors in late May. That, in turn, came in reaction to long-time, unpaid executive director Cindi Snell announcing her resignation, citing the lack of a corporate sponsor and city funding. San Antonio Bike Share is the nonprofit that locally operates B-Cycle. The city owns all the equipment. While San Antonio committed to infusing $120,000 from hotel and energy efficiency taxes to hire a new executive director and to prepare for a sustainable expansion of the program, VIA Transit’s role potentially could be much larger. VIA is considering three partnership options: Taking over the administration and ownership of the bike-share program; becoming a “Title Sponsor,” which would include increased annual financial commitment and representation on the board; or increasing funding contributions and continuing to coordinate system planning efforts between the transit agency and the bikeshare program. San Antonio B-Cycle plans to add 20 new stations with 200 new bikes through a $1.2 million grant from the Texas Department of Transportation. The organization nearly had to turn down the grant to stave off increased operating costs. Jeffrey Arndt, VIA Transit President and CEO, told the San Antonio Current that the transit agency’s 2016 budget will determine the road it will pedal along with B-Cycle. But he wasn’t ready to say which option VIA will take. “I will say that we’re all working,” Arndt said. “The good news is everybody is working to the common goal and community good and I’m certain that VIA will have a place in the overall solution in sustaining B-Cycle.” If VIA Transit did take over day-to-day management, it would be the only transit authority in the United States to either own or operate a bike-share program. What’s for certain is that the solution will include the city and B-Cycle. “So we’ll all be players,” Arndt said, noting that the budget process is underway, meaning the agency should have a decision by the end of September. The transit agency’s current relationship with San Antonio B-Cycle includes a map sponsorship and a “last10 CURRENT • August 19–25, 2015 • sacurrent.com

SA took a pioneering lead in introducing B-Cyle. The program has been a bit in limbo and its future will now be linked to VIA.

mile” travel option for VIA riders. The city and San Antonio B-Cycle did not follow-up by deadline on multiple requests by the Current for interviews. However, Douglas Melnik, San Antonio Chief Sustainability Officer and B-Cycle board member, did answer a few questions submitted to San Antonio’s public affairs office as a last-ditch effort to get comment from the city for this article. The first order of business is finding a new executive director. Melnik said the city and B-Cycle are conducting second-round interviews and should make a decision by the end of this month. Snell will stay on through the transition, he clarified. While the city is looking forward to working with VIA as it evaluates its interest in B-Cycle, Melnik said the bikeshare program will “continue as the nonprofit that has the primary responsibility for operations.” As for the expansion, the new executive director will evaluate it as part of a business plan to be developed, Melnik said. That person will report to Melnik and San Antonio Bike Share’s board of directors. While Arndt couldn’t speak to the extent of what VIA Transit’s role will be by the end of September — complete management or just increased funding — he did offer a glimpse into the planning process.

“VIA would play some role in advising as to where good spots for expanding that would integrate well with the system,” he said. That’s because there’s synergy between the organizations. “VIA is primarily located in the urban core, where VIA’s services are the richest. This is a great opportunity for integration,” Arndt said. “There’s a natural affinity. I think that everyone seems to agree that B-Cycle is an asset to the community.” One only need look to B-Cycle’s budget to understand his point. Forty percent — the largest share — of B-Cycle riders are from San Antonio, based on zip code data from September 2012 through May 2015. Nearly half of B-Cycle’s revenue comes from memberships, which cost $80 a pop. Funding support makes up another 27 percent and sponsorship shores up the $787,219 budget by contributing 24 percent. As soon as budget season concludes, B-Cycle enthusiasts in San Antonio will have a better picture of who will operate it and how the bike-share program will expand. But at least people know that B-Cycle won’t be indefinitely out of commission because of flat tires and broken spokes. mreagan@sacurrent.com

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MICHAEL MARKS

FALLING THROUGH THE CRACKS

SA’s Poor Linger In Ramshackle Homes MICHAEL MARKS/@MICHAELPMARKS

Mary Gonzalez and I are sitting at the table in her hot, cramped kitchen, thumbing through the pages of a weathered notebook. On each page, Gonzalez has scrawled in boxy handwriting the names and contact information of various nonprofits and public officials. She talks me through each item, the mechanical whir of portable fans providing a steady soundtrack to our conversation. Her small house on the West Side, not far from San Fernando Cemetery and just minutes away from the sleek new Peanut Factory Lofts, is coming apart. Gonzalez has reached out to every person or agency in the notebook to help get it repaired, to no avail. She’s 68, lives alone and makes just over minimum wage as a home health care worker. Her earnings cover her living expenses, but little else. After years of asking for help with the house, she feels forgotten. “There’s so many programs that say no, and it hurts me. I call back and I call back. And nothing,” Gonzalez told the San Antonio Current. “I try to fix this and that, but it’s too much for me to fix. With the income I have coming in, what do I do? It’s very hard to live like that.” Gonzalez’s problem is common in San Antonio, particularly among elderly and disabled people. Most of the city’s poorest citizens slip through the loose web of nonprofit and civic resources for home repair. Unable to get the help they need, many watch their homes — often their most valuable asset — slip into dilapidated squalor. “The problem begins with not being able to keep up the needed repairs until the conditions for many become substandard,” said Dee Dee Sedgwick, who runs Blueprint Ministries, a local nonprofit that performs free home repair. “It is even more difficult for homeowners to get the needed repairs when the homes reach this point.” Susan Sheeran, president of Merced Housing Texas, another local nonprofit focusing on affordable housing, called the gap between their needs and the available resources “a giant chasm.” “There are not many resources for people,” Sheeran noted. “Even if they did know how to navigate the system ... they wouldn’t find much help.” Cracked Foundation Gonzalez has lived in her house since 1970. Cracks streak through the walls in every room, the product of an 12 CURRENT • August 19–25, 2015 • sacurrent.com

The ceiling sags. The floor is slanted. Margaret Crain’s home is badly in need of repair but there’s little help to go around for SA’s poor.

uneven foundation. The roof leaks so much in one room that she’s taped black trash bags to the ceiling to stem the flow of water. But a trickle still gets through, dropping into a tall trash can positioned underneath. “It pours in here,” Gonzalez says as she shuffles gingerly from room to room, nursing a bad back. In the kitchen, scraps of faded linoleum cover the floor in rough patches. Holes in the walls allow rats and cockroaches to filter in and out at their leisure. Gonzalez has asked both Merced Housing Texas and Blueprint Ministries for help. Merced generally helps repair between 30 and 40 homes per year, with a waiting list of about 500 people. Although Merced fields dozens of requests for assistance every day, it has closed its waiting list. And the longer people live in substandard conditions, the greater the psychological toll. Across town from Gonzalez, Margaret Crain and her son Robert Crain live in a low-slung house near South Walters on the East Side, within walking distance from the Alamodome. Margaret was born in 1921 and moved into the house shortly after. She’s lived most of her life there, except for a brief stint in a home where HemisFair Park now sits, before her husband left for World War II. Robert, 63, lives in the house to take care of his mother. He’d like to go back to work, but he’s concerned about leaving his mother alone for long stretches because of her health. Together, they live off about $1,500 per

month from Social Security and disability benefits. “She’s losing interest in eating. I think she’s worrying too much about the house,” Robert said of his mother. The home has a claustrophobic feel to it, like it’s actively eroding and shrinking around you. The ceiling sags and the floor is slanted toward the door. Sunlight peeks through gaps between the walls and ceiling. Outside, stray cats tip-toe through plastic water bottles and microwave dinner trays lay scattered on the ground. Margaret spends most of her life in her five-by-seven bedroom. She leaves the house about twice a week, usually to deposit her Social Security check and see her doctor. Hers is the only room in the house with air conditioning — a luxury that Robert springs for, since he worries about the summer heat taking a toll on his mother. The old grimy unit occasionally sputters and spits droplets of water, but it makes a real difference. The rest of the house feels like a sauna, baking in the early August heat. Winter is the real trial, though. The home no longer has a furnace, removed several years ago because of a gas leak and then never replaced. Margaret can feel the chilled air blowing through the walls. “It’s terrible because it’s so cold,” Margaret said. “It’s so hard. I can’t stand it.” New Hope The city relies on grants from the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development — led by former SA mayor Julián Castro – for home repairs for the poor, much

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of which it funnels to nonprofits such as Merced. Its main program is the OwnerOccupied Rehabilitation Program, which provides no-interest, deferrable loans to low-income households. The program provides a maximum of $50,000 grants, though most participants receive closer to $25,000. But it’s also only available in specific targeted neighborhoods and houses must meet certain structural integrity standards. “If the property is deemed structurally and economically infeasible to rehabilitate, the application case file is denied,” said Thea Setterbo, a spokeswoman for the city. City Council recently approved a five-year plan for $89 million in federal housing grants, the bulk of which will fund “decent safe affordable housing” and neighborhood revitalization. But there’s also an unprecedented push building to leverage local funds to solve the problem. San Antonio will offer its firstever housing bond in 2017, which will dedicate at least $50 million to affordable housing, housing repair and neighborhood improvement. “Cities fund what are important projects for the city,” said Alan Warrick, a councilman whose district takes in the East Side. “With this housing bond, we’re going to show that taking care of the least of us and the people with the least amount of resources is what’s important to the City of San Antonio, and not just these big ticket items like

the Alamodome and the Convention Center.” The bond is part of Bexar County Commissioner Tommy Calvert’s proposed Neighborhood Revitalization Fund. Calvert hopes that the city will increase its commitment to $100 million, with the county offering another $100 million. The idea is to boost home values and break up San Antonio’s profound geographical income inequality. “We want incomes to be mixed because it’s good for public policy,” Calvert said. “The number one way to provide the American Dream … is to build wealth through home ownership, the number one thing that people have as an asset. That’s why I believe that this bond will be ... one of the most transformative things we’ve ever done.” But for Gonzalez, 2017 seems a long way off. Outside the house, she dishes on her neighbors as we stand on her front porch, telling me who just got a new truck and who’s still in the hospital with diabetes complications. Regardless of her home’s condition, this is still her neighborhood and she feels safe here. She doesn’t think she’ll ever move. I turn to leave, ready to drive back to my snug apartment and Gonzalez gives me a hug. “Don’t forget about me, Michael,” she said.

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Antique Sunlight MUSIC

First established as a side project of Flower Jesus and (now-defunct) Creatura, Antique Sunlight has come to psych-folk fruition on Tongue of the Earth. But if you’re not concerned with the insider baseball of San Antonio music, know this — Antique Sunlight sounds like the brush-drummed, honky-tonk house band of whatever hip-ass parlor Lou Reed attended when he visited the Southwest. On the twangy effort, these Tex-Mex cosmic cowboys are puro Americana, unconcerned with that faux-country dross the word is associated with these days. With D.T. Buffkin, Vision Dubbed, Coyote Sings, DJ Proper Yarn. Free, 10pm, The Amp Room, 2407 N. St. Mary’s St., (210) 320-2122, theamproom.com. — Matt Stieb

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Jenny Browne WORDS

As a part of its wonderful Women and Words lecture series, the McNay Art Museum welcomes Trinity University assistant professor and poet Jenny Browne. Her topic is the life, work and legacy of one of America’s most beloved and prolific poets, Emily Dickinson. The lecture is meant as a tie-in to the ongoing exhibit “Lesley Dill: Performance as Art” — which draws liberally from Dickinson’s singular body of work — and will hopefully help illuminate how the private life of this poetic genius, and relative recluse, drove her vast creative impulse. Free, 6:30pm, Chiego Lecture Hall, McNay Art Museum, 6000 N. New Braunfels Ave., (210) 824-5368, mcnayart.org. — James Courtney

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The Vex’s 2015-2016 season takes flight with Boeing, Boeing, a classic bedroom farce that inspired a film adaptation billed as “the big comedy of nineteen-sexty-sex.” Revived in 2008 with its mod look and swinging ’60s sensibility firmly in tact, the Tony-winning sex comedy is tame by today’s standards, albeit guilty of a few stereotypes embodied by a rotating trio of “air hostesses” The New York Times summed up as “the take-charge, health-obsessed American; the sentimental, lusty Italian; and, most hilariously, the dominating but thin-skinned German.” $16-$22, 7:30pm Thu, 8pm Sat, 2:30pm Sun, Sheldon Vexler Theatre, 12500 NW Military Hwy., (210) 302-6835, vexler.org. — Bryan Rindfuss

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In a nuevo-Latin@ musical takeover, Do210 presents a trill trio of acts that loosen and expand upon Latin American sonic tradition. Repping San Anto, headliner Piñata Protest, no doubt familiar to our readers, has rightly gained national traction over the past few years with its breakneck and boisterous blend of punk and tejano. Also on the bill are SA’s Grupo Frackaso and ATX’s Money Chicha, offering up, respectively, a visceral, thrash-infused brand of cumbia and heady, danceable psychedelic cumbia. La Botánica will provide vegan eats and Miller Lite’s bringing the booze. Free with RSVP, 8pm, Guadalupe Theater, 1301 Guadalupe St., (210) 271-3151, do210.com. — JC

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Eva Ybarra MUSIC

Performing since the age of six, Eva Ybarra boasts a lengthy career peppered with record deals, dancehall gigs and festival appearances. Celebrated earlier this year in Joel Settles’ multimedia production La Reina del Acordeón, Ybarra taught herself the accordion by listening to the radio, fought for her place in a male-dominated genre and now describes the original songs she writes as “progressive conjunto.” A rare opportunity to experience the local treasure in an intimate setting, Hi-Tones’ fourth anniversary party brings Ybarra to the stage with support from honky tonk ‘n’ roller (and Current contributor) D.T. Buffkin. $5, 9pm, Hi-Tones, 621 E. Dewey Pl., (210) 785-8777. — BR

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After earning Oscar nods with his 1981 war epic Das Boot, German director Wolfgang Peterson made a surprising departure with 1984’s The NeverEnding Story — a special-effects-fueled adaptation of a fantasy novel by Michael Ende. Borrowing bits and pieces from Alice in Wonderland and The Dark Crystal, the film uses a story within a story to immerse a young boy in a magical kingdom threatened by a menacing wave of “Nothingness.” While The New York Times likened it to The Pre-Teen-Ager’s Guide to Existentialism, Roger Ebert asked, “Were children’s movies this nihilistic in the old days?” Free, 8pm, Raymond Rimkus Park, 6440 Evers Rd., Leon Valley, (210) 684-1391, slabcinema.com. — BR

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Just because the Supreme Court legalized gay marriage doesn’t mean every vendor is going to be LGBT-friendly. The Rainbow Wedding Network helps take the guesswork out of planning with the “Same Love, Same Rights” LGBT Wedding Expo. Uniting 30 wedding professionals to answer questions and help attendees create their ideal ceremony, reception and honeymoon, the touring expo seeks to provide planning resources for any budget. And this event isn’t just for lovers, there will be plenty of music, giveaways, presentations and more to help singles and advocates celebrate the day. Free with RSVP, 12:30-3:30pm, The Westin Riverwalk, 420 W. Market St., (210) 224-6500, samelovesamerights. com. — Murphi Cook

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A professor, chef and guitarist walk into the Empire Theatre … no, this isn’t the set-up for a bad joke, but it’s time for another night of stimulating presentations and mingling. PechaKucha, “chit-chat” in Japanese, invites San Anto creatives to share their passions using PowerPoint (20 slides for 20 seconds each). Volume 19 presenters include Joe Reyes (guitarist for Buttercup); Susan Snow (World Heritage coordinator); Diego Galicia (chef at Mixtli); Yvette Benavides (English professor); Paula Owen (president of Southwest School of Art) and Lloyd Walsh (artist and professor). $5 suggested donation, 7:30pm, 226 N. St. Mary’s St., facebook. com/pechakuchasa. — Jessica Elizarraras

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With fans of comic books, sci-fi flicks, gaming and cosplay getting geared up for Alamo City Comic Con (September 11-13 at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center), the San Antonio Public Library follows suit with the “Illustrator Series” — a cluster of exhibits hosted by branches across the city. Showcasing works by five like-minded locals, the series kicks into full swing this Saturday with a pair of overlapping receptions featuring works by Mike Fisher and Ray “Tattooed Boy” Scarborough. While Fisher (who runs the animation, cartoon and graphics studio Goofaman Productions) is known for a retro aesthetic and his character 3-D Pete, Scarborough puts a recognizable spin on iconic figures (from Selena to Frankenstein) and recently loaned his talents to our cover story commemorating the 30th anniversary of Peewee’s Big Adventure. Free, 2pm, Parman Branch Library, 20735 Wilderness Oak (Mike Fisher); Forest Hills Branch Library, 5245 Ingram Rd. (Ray “Tattooed Boy” Scarborough); mysapl.org. — Bryan Rindfuss

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posing a number of odd questions (Does the everyday rub you wrong? Are you uppity?), the press release for Sala Diaz’s latest offering announces a “new line of mutinous consumer goods” available exclusively through the gallery. Masterminded by Stevan Živadinovic (who was allegedly “born in a fictitious country” and teaches video game design at SAY Sí), the high-concept project comprises a patent license and a public domain license that will be up for grabs during an “intensive presentation” enhanced with a participatory performance by members of the Aesthetic of Waste. Free, 6-9pm Friday; Sala Diaz, 517 Stieren St., (972) 900-0047.

Summer 2015 International Artistsin-Residence Acting as guest curator for the summer installment of Artpace’s International Artists-in-Residence program, Istanbul-based Ian Alden Russell selected Gabriel Martinez (Houston), Wafaa Bilal (New York) and Fatma Bucak (London/ Istanbul) — a group he felt would “form a sort of family.” With shared “points of connection in their negotiation of social and political issues,” the trio has spent the last two months creating projects that explore public space and interaction (Martinez), chromotherapy as it relates to war veterans (Bilal) and immigration and the U.S.-Mexico border (Bucak). Free, noon5pm Wednesday-Sunday, Artpace, 445 N. Main Ave., (210) 212-4900.

“Miguel Covarrubias: Culture and Caricature” Rightfully dubbed “Mexico’s

Renaissance Man,” Miguel Covarrubias (1904-1957) made a name for himself as a caricaturist, writer and commercial illustrator but also made significant contributions to the realms of theater, ethnography and archaeology. Born in Mexico City, Covarrubias moved to New York on a government grant in 1923, fell in with an elite crowd and emerged as go-to caricaturist for the likes of Vanity Fair and The New Yorker. $5-$10, 10am-5pm Wednesday-Thursday, 10am-9pm Friday, 10am-5pm Saturday-Sunday, 10am-9pm Tuesday, San Antonio Museum of Art, 200 W. Jones Ave., (210) 978-8100.

Film

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial Main Plaza

Conservancy and SATX Pedal Power’s outdoor Cycle-In Cinema series continues with Steven Spielberg’s 1982 sci-fi classic starring San Antonio native Henry Thomas as a troubled child who summons the courage to help a friendly alien escape Earth and return to his home-world. Concessions will be available for purchase from Blue Star Ice House and El Oasis Café #2. Free, 8:45pm Thursday; Main Plaza, 115 N. Main Ave., (210) 225-9800.

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“1964”: The Tribute Beatle boots, vintage costumes and equipment, onstage mannerisms and speaking voices, and the unmistakable harmonies of the lads from Liverpool combine for this touring production Rolling Stone once hailed as

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Some people just hate fun. Where “Weird Al” is concerned, however, those people are few and hard to find. Not only did last year’s Mandatory Fun top the Billboard 200 chart — the first time for a comedy album to do so since the early ‘60s — those harshest of critics, YouTube commenters, viewed the eight videos he made millions of times, and the responses are almost entirely of the LOL variety. Even when he rewrites controversial club banger “Blurred Lines” to expound in great detail about proper grammar usage, even when he used “Foil” (satirizing Lorde’s “Royals”) to bait Illuminati conspiracy theorists, the commenters just keep on ROTFLing. If ever a man could dictate fun, it’s Supreme Leader Yankovic. May he reign for a thousand years. $27.50-$75, 8pm, The Majestic Theatre, 224 E. Houston St., (210) 226-3333, majesticempire.com. — Jeremy Martin the “best Beatles tribute on Earth.” $34$49, 8pm Friday, The Majestic Theatre, 224 E. Houston St., (210) 226-3333.

West Side Story The Jets and the Sharks

take the stage in this timeless Sondheim and Bernstein musical about forbidden love. Inspired by Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet, West Side Story tells the tragic story of Maria and Tony, two teens from enemy gangs in 1950s-era Manhattan. Early drafts of the script explored a conflict between families (one Irish Catholic, one Jewish) on the Lower East Side; amid rising gang violence, the creators set the play on the Upper West Side to focus on turf wars between Puerto Ricans and whites. Christopher Rodriguez directs the Woodlawn’s production. $17$26, 7:30pm Friday-Saturday, 3pm Sunday; Woodlawn Theatre, 1920 Fredericksburg Rd., (210) 267-8388.

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Nature Walk: Xeric Adaptations by Plants

On this walk presented by the Sierra Club, the Alamo Area Texas Master Naturalists and others, author Mary Irish sheds light on how plants adapt to very low water conditions to survive and thrive. Free ($3-$5 suggested donation), 8-10am Saturday; Urban Ecology Center, Phil Hardberger Park West, 8400 NW Military Hwy., (210) 492-7472.

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EPIC TRIBUTE Late Artist Mel Casas Remembered In ‘Humanscapes’ Series DAN R. GODDARD

Mel Casas is one of San Antonio’s most influential artists, yet also among the most overlooked. During his lifetime, the El Paso-born painter never had a major exhibit at one of his adopted hometown’s museums, despite being included in the 1975 Whitney Biennial and the landmark “Chicano Art: Resistance and Affirmation” in the 1990s. Not to mention being the first president of Con Safo, a pioneering Chicano art group in the early 1970s and his 29 years of teaching art at San Antonio College. Instead, Casas, who died last year, had to settle for a minor retrospective in 1988 at Austin’s Laguna Gloria Art Museum. But freelance curator Ruben Cordova has corrected San Antonio’s colossal oversight by staging a spectacular multi-exhibit tribute tracing almost the entire progression of Casas’ 150 Humanscape paintings from 1965 to 1989. A notable exception may be Casas’ best-known painting, Brownies of the Southwest (1970), which contrasts a brown-skinned Girl Scout with a chocolate dessert and Latino icons, purchased three years ago by the Smithsonian American Art Museum and currently included in the national touring exhibit “Our America: The Latino Presence in American Art.” “Casas is arguably the most influential San Antonio artist of the second half of the 20th century,” Cordova told the San Antonio Current. “He taught generations of artists at SAC and he was a respected theorist, teacher and mentor. Humanscapes is one of the most remarkable series of paintings in the history of American art.” Perhaps the artist could have also pushed more. “Casas became disillusioned with galleries and museums. Late in life, he even turned down opportunities to have museum shows that would have helped solidify his legacy,” Cordova noted. Casas’ creamy, candy-colored paintings spoofing Southwestern stereotypes are easy to enjoy and still provide a fresh look at shibboleths such as Southwestern desert landscapes, Georgia O’Keeffe-style still-life paintings and, to quote Jon Stewart, political/cultural “bullshit.” While he took pride in his Mexican-American heritage, Casas chaffed against the Chicano label. Though he has a reputation as a political artist, only a few paintings contain explicitly Chicano iconography. However, the notorious “Barbie incident” may have made the local art establishment leery of Casas’ cantankerousness. Selected as the San Antonio Art League’s Artist of the Year in 1968, Casas used his

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acceptance speech to strip the clothes off a Barbie doll while lecturing about the privileges of being white, blond and blueeyed. The Art League stripped Casas of the award, and now the list of artists of the year on the league’s website lists the 1968 winner as “All Past Artists.” “He complained about not being paid by galleries and being shunned by the local museums. I think this is why he refused to show much in San Antonio. On the other hand, Mel Casas: The Southwestern many artists have warm memories of the man Clichés, 1982-1989 and talk about how kind and encouraging he Free was about their art. But it’s taken me years 10 am-5pm Tue-Sun Texas A&M University–San Antonio to convince his family and local institutions to Educational & Cultural Arts Center have this show,” said Cordova, who is working 101 S. Santa Rosa Ave. on a book about Casas. (210) 784-1105 tamusa-ecac.com For a chronological tour, start with the Through September 27 earliest paintings in “Sex and Cinema with Mel Casas, 1965-1968” at FL!GHT gallery through Saturday (August 22). Cordova traced the beginning of the Humanscapes to an epiphany Casas had in 1965 when he drove past the San Pedro drive-in movie theater. Fittingly, the earliest painting depicts a monochromatic fetus. The next painting is the fetus abstracted in a projected image. After several paintings of people in movie theaters, Casas arrived at an eight-by-six-foot format proportionately similar to a movie screen. The term “Humanscape” may have come from his painting of a large female nude reclining on the screen. Next, Casas added stenciled captions to the bottom of his paintings, making conceptual wordplay an important aspect of his work. “Getting the Big Picture: Mel Casas and the Politics of the 1960s and 1970s,” on view at the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center through October 24, boils with the ferment of Chicano activism and protests against the Vietnam War, racism, censorship and Nixon-era skullduggery. A line of penis columns provides a backdrop for a Phallocractic arms race. The César Chávez-led United Farm Workers movement inspired Kitchen Spanish, based on a book that taught Anglo housewives how to talk to their help; New Horizons, the UFW flag rising over toiling farm laborers; and Show of Hands, signs by different-colored hands that could be positive or negative, depending on where they’re flashed. Featured in the Whitney Biennial, The Anatomy of a White Dog (1973), cross-sections of a German shepherd and giant purple bone, refers to the dogs used against Freedom Marchers at Selma and what Casas called “the fear of the black penis.” Mel Casas: The Southwestern Clichés, 1982-1989,” on view at Texas A&M University–San Antonio’s Educational & Cultural Arts Center in Market Square through September 27, is a sumptuous feast of fine painting. In sections devoted to the Southwest landscape, food and regional stereotypes, Casas merged his social concerns with a mastery of applying wet paint to canvas, although he did not like to use a brush. Instead, he poured the paint on the flat canvas and manipulated it with chopsticks and barbecue skewers for a polished, multilayered look. The last painting, Gazing, features a starry Texas sky. Casas decided it would be his last Humanscape because he had run out of clichés to mock.

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SPY VS. SPY The Man From U.N.C.L.E. Looks For Room In Crowded Espionage Marketplace SCOTT RENSHAW

It’s understandable if this is your first reaction to a movie version of The Man from U.N.C.L.E.: “Do we really need another movie version of an old television show?” It’s a reaction one should have on a regular basis and it only means that you are an emotionally healthy adult. But there’s another equally valid first reaction: “Do we really need another spy movie?” It’s true, of course, that the same sentiment could apply to many genres and sub-genres: comic-book movies, Nicholas Sparks adaptations, childhood toys as cinema … you get the picture. But finding a distinctive tone can go a long way toward shaking that sense of overkill. With a James Bond movie still on the way this year, we’ve already had the broad comedy of Spy and the slick action of Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation. What could Guy Ritchie (Sherlock Holmes) bring to The Man from U.N.C.L.E. that would make it seem anything but superfluous? The answer, fortunately, is a frisky refusal to take anything all that seriously — most of the time, anyway. Ritchie also wisely opts to stick with the series’ Cold War-era setting, opening the story in 1963 as CIA agent Napoleon Solo (Henry Cavill) attempts to extract Gaby Teller (Alicia Vikander) from East Berlin, with KGB operative Ilya Kuryakin (Armie Hammer) in pursuit trying to stop him. Gaby’s father (Christian Berkel) is a nuclear scientist who has disappeared and she may be the key to finding him before neo-Nazis manage to obtain their own nuclear weapon. When it becomes clear to both the American and Soviet governments that this is more of a threat than they are to one another, they team up the already-antagonistic Solo and Ilya to recover the dangerous technology. Thus commences plenty of bro-ish sparring between the two agents and the two leads get at least a reasonable amount of mileage out of their “Solo calls Ilya ‘(Red) Peril’/Ilya calls Solo ‘Cowboy’” dynamic. Cavill bites down hard on an affectless American accent that seems to have been learned from TV anchormen; Hammer has about the same luck with his Boris Badenov-ian Russian. Yet they’re still both entertaining as Solo’s cat-burglar cool collides with Ilya’s barelybottled rage and they metaphorically swing their junk at one another in the form of which country offers the superior espionage technology (or even who has the better fashion sense). The real energy, though, comes from Ritchie’s willingness to get playful with the way he frames some of his scenes. He uses depth of field to place goofy 26 CURRENT • August 19–25, 2015 • sacurrent.com

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moments in the background out of his characters’ eyeline, or split-screen to pick up the pace during a pair of set pieces. He drops out the sound when Ilya and Solo are bugging a conversation in a car between Gaby and her slightly sinister uncle (Sylvester Groth). And in one of the most effective sequences, he places Solo in a truck — listening to Italian pop music and munching on a sandwich while Ilya tries to evade bad guys in a high-speed motorboat chase — to give him time to ponder whether he’s willing to risk himself to help his new partner. There’s no weight to any of this stuff, but it has enough fizz that The Man from U.N.C.L.E. doesn’t feel derivative — at least until Ritchie tries to stage conventional action. His two Sherlock Holmes films were already evidence of how terrible he is at it, and U.N.C.L.E. offers up an extended, humorless bit near the conclusion where Solo is chasing bad guys in an all-terrain vehicle, Ilya is following on a motorcycle and the editing renders the whole thing nearly

interminable. It’s the kind of headache-inducing excuse for contemporary “action” that can make a movie feel like just the latest blur of bodies and vehicles in motion. Perhaps it says something that even Ritchie realizes the aforementioned sequence doesn’t deserve to be the climax, even as it stops the movie dead in its tracks to resolve the fate of one of the key villains. Indeed, I’m not sure I’ve ever seen a spy movie in which the hero ultimately saves the day in quite the way that it happens here. And maybe that’s a decent result for another TV show adaptation and another spy movie: that it leaves us with a grin, rather than the feeling that we’ve been here a hundred times before.

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Pouring Over San Anto’s Other Bean Obsession LANCE HIGDON

The sign for the Huebner Express convenience store advertises the necessities: coffee, snacks, cold soda and beer. Travel about 10 miles south on I-10 and then east on Loop 410 and you’ll pass a shuttered gas station that once sold similar wares. For San Antonio’s coffee cognoscenti, these shops have become North Side pilgrimage points — not for what is or isn’t available inside, but for who’s parked outside. As the artisanal coffee offerings in SA continue to accelerate, the Indy Coffee Company and Theory Coffee trucks have quietly become two of the best latte slingers on the scene. With shared backstories, ethics and a common mission to bring quality offerings to an undercaffeinated populace, there’s no question that these guys are riding high. Indy is the elder, having first rolled out in June 2014. The brainchild of San Antonio natives Andrew Kim, Alex Lee, Jake Scott and Henry Shri, it operates out of a well-seasoned Ford E-450 van, which Lee and his father outfitted to accommodate all the accoutrements of a coffeehouse-on-the-go. Mark Vollmer, Theory’s sole owner and operator, served his first cup from the trailerturned-cafeteria in February. Both go mobile for special occasions, but according to Indy barista Kirk Dambra, the best way to leverage the coffee capacity was to spend a lot of time with the gear in park. “We realized coffee is about ritual consumption,” he said, “so being planted in the same spot six days out of the week has been great for us.” Indy stays by the Huebner Express, across the parking lot from the bonsai vendor, while Theory posts up in the shade of the vacant gas station at the intersection of Loop 410 and Nacogdoches. As with brick-and-mortar shops, the day starts early. Lee and Scott, who left their day jobs at Local (more on this later) to oversee operations at Indy full-time, start dialing in the machines at 6:30. Vollmer is on site an hour earlier tand is typically packing it in by 3:30 p.m.; for

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Scott and Lee, their attendant responsibilities for supply runs, product design and build-out on Indy’s brick-andmortar location on UTSA Boulevard keep them busy until 6 or 7 p.m. There are challenges unique to running a business on wheels, too. Like their food truck brethren, mobile coffee servers face environmental and societal challenges. Triple-digit temps and humidity can make maintaining proper equipment calibration virtually impossible, not to mention sweaty for employees and customers alike. “Summers are rough,” Dambra affirmed. “Both us and our patrons will enjoy air conditioning.” And there’s no guarantee that you’ll find a reliable base of cortado lovers beyond the reliable culinary pocket inside Loop 410. Clearly, it’s not just the espresso that’s grinding — but at least the hard work is starting to pay off. Both trucks rate highly in the foodie social media realm and they have developed a loyal clientele, some of whom first stopped by out of curiosity rather than devotion to single-origin espresso. Scott recognized a “certain stigma” surrounding purveyors and partakers of quality coffee — assumptions of snobbery, elitism and an exclusionary attitude towards anyone taking their first steps away from corporate coffee — and emphasized Indy’s desire to combat such suspicions with equal parts quality and enthusiasm. “We love folks that wander up that think we sell tacos or are used to drinking gas station coffee,” Scott said. “A lot of people haven’t been exposed to the level of coffee that some of the shops in San Antonio are serving and it’s an absolute delight to serve, talk to and share with those people what we do and why we do it.” For Vollmer, who holds a degree from the Texas Culinary Academy, the high standards and careful curating he applies at Theory are an extension of domestic tradition. “I had always been in the kitchen at a very young age, helping my mom cook for the family,” he said. “It had dual meaning in my life — pursuing the love of being in the kitchen and being in the [food] industry.” Quality is the foremost priority for both trucks in all respects. Indy keeps two roasters in stock: one Texan, one not. Their Lone Star option is Austin’s Flat Track Coffee (a partnership secured through Lee’s connection to the capitol’s BMX biking scene), with Parlor Coffee coming in directly from Brooklyn. Vollmer works exclusively with a Round Rock supplier named Wild Gift Coffee to source his beans. Both make their own house blend of almond milk for the dairy-averse. That attention to excellence goes beyond what gets poured into cups. As evidenced by Indy’s and Theory’s

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Instagram accounts, they’ve teamed up with local artists to produce apparel and accessories repping their brands. For Jason Tantaros, who hired and trained Lee, Scott and Vollmer at Local’s Stone Oak-Sonterra shop, there is another component to their success. “They’re very humble,” he said. “Humility [in the service industry] can be pretty rare. With those three guys, it is a very genuine thing. They might be putting on a show in regards to how they execute things but at the base of it, those are three good people with good hearts.” Lee, Scott and Vollmer all credit Tantoros and their tenures at Local with forming their skillset and dedication to excellence. “We like to refer to that period as the ‘Golden Age’,” Scott said. “Sonterra was such a unique shop — it wasn’t in the ‘hip’ part of town, but everyone there was so genuine and passionate about what they did.” Scott also pointed out that their effort to boost the presence of artisan coffee on the North West side finds its antecedent in their former employer. “A lot of people don’t realize that the Sonterra Local was the first shop. Robby [Grubbs, who founded The Local] was a trailblazer for coffee in San Antonio. Without him, none of us would be doing what we are able to do now.” The camaraderie borne of that shared time behind the counter at Local lingers. Scott, who did design work for Theory, expressed a mutual aim for future collaboration.

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“Mark is one of our good buds,” he said. “We want to create the kind of environment and coffee culture where you might see Mark as a guest barista behind the Indy bar one day.” Vollmer concurred. “They’re killing it. Their vision of creating coffee culture and community is really rad … everything I’ve had from the truck has been rad. The shop build-out is pretty phenomenal. I can’t say enough good things about what they’re into.” There’s more work to be done. Indy’s opening day is coming soon. Vollmer is working with local artists to add some murals to the gas station’s exterior. “At 22 my life was all mapped out,” he recalled, chuckling. “I was going to get married, get a house, start a business and have kids. Well, it all happened — in a mixed-and-matched way.”

There are 15 (and counting) bean varieties at Merit Roasting.

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We can’t look to the future of coffee without taking a quick step back and remembering the pioneers of our local coffee scene. San Antonio Coffee Roasters launched in 1983 and still has a presence on wholesale shelves and at Pearl Farmers Market. Smaller, boutique roasters weren’t found until the mid-2000s, but even then San Anto couldn’t support the likes of Espuma, Ruta Maya or The Foundry and Grassroots Coffee (which shuttered in 2012). We’ve obviously come a long way, with 28 thriving local coffee shops in town and more on the way (Fairview opens this week while Joseph E. Coffee and the latest Revolucion Coffee + Juice launch in September). With the growing competition, some shops are finding ways to stand out from the crowd by getting into the roasting game. We catch up with longtime roasters as well as with newbies trying to make their mark.

Merit Roasting This past March, Local Coffee owner Robby Grubbs turned a roasting dream into a reality. After converting a 2,500-square-foot former electrical motor company at 2001 S. Presa St. (across from Freetail Brewing’s Taproom), Grubbs turned to industry pros he’s long admired to help nail his new roasting operation. “We’re a multi-roaster shop … always carried five or seven at a time in our shelves. If I was ever going to roast, I was going to have to be as good or better as what was on our shelves,” Grubbs said. He enlisted the help of Scott Rao of Rao Coffee and co-author of The Professional Barrista’s Handbook and The Coffee Roasters Companion. Grubbs also sought out Ben Kaminsksy, a well-connected coffee consultant and roaster, as well as Dan Streetman, CEO of Irving Farm Roasters in New York. Each provided insight into the coffee world and helped connect Grubbs with great equipment (customized for his operation) and primo green coffee sources. The opening of Merit was a long time coming, considering the idea began percolating in Grubbs’ head years after he opened the first Local Coffee in Stone Oak, of all places. After three additional locations — Alamo Heights, the Pearl and Merit’s service window — Local Coffee is now poised as the most ubiquitous independently owned coffee chains in town as it readies for its latest shop, opening this fall in the Medical Center. At 2,300 square feet and with a giant patio, Medical Center will be the largest

Local yet and will feature a decompression room for visiting doctors, nurses and families visiting sick loved ones in neighboring hospitals. But let’s get back to roasting. Head roaster Andrew Schulz — who previously worked with Streetman in College Station and has a storied coffee resume of his own — fires up the German Probat roaster several times a week. A blind quality control cupping session follows the next day and screenshots of that day’s brewing are used as guidelines for the next batch. Always in pursuit of greatness. Though Grubbs spent most of 2014 globetrotting in search of green coffee in Colombia, Nicaragua, and then some (fair trade is out, direct trade is in for these coffee nerds), the father of two – 11 and 14 – is delegating discovery duties to new hire Jamie Isetts. A Q-Grade cupper who grades coffee roasts from across the world, Isetts also speaks four languages and will come with connections of her own. Grubbs was coy about news he’ll be able to share within the next few months on more Local locales, but keeps Merit’s mission of helping the coffee shop grow with quality beans (they’re up to 15 types of roasts now, all dubbed with trainrelated names) in the foreground. “I wanted to build something I can open in L.A. or New York … but I want to stay teachable and learn as much as I can in this business. I knew more at 25 than I do at 46,” Grubbs said. CONTINUED ON PAGE 31 ►

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Fairview Coffee Bar & Grub Though they’re days from opening, Fairview will also be roasting imported beans on site (technically next door). Owned by John Sanchez and Whitney Collins, the shop is packing in a custom mint-colored Slayer Espresso machine. The shop as a whole rocks a 1960s throwback vibe. They’ll originally brew for their own operation, the couple is looking to expand in the future. In the meantime, Sanchez — who previously owned a coffee shop in Houston, worked at Nordstrom’s EBar and Local Coffee — will concentrate on coffee, while pastry chef Travis Bligen whips up drool-worthy breakfast options including crisp waffles with house-made compotes, artisan toast, Texas and Czech-style kolaches and more.

Mildfire Coffee Roasters Over on the North Side, as Aaron Blanco worked on Brown Coffee in 2005, husband-and-wife team Mark and Tricia Sobhani opened Wildfire Coffee Roasters (“Then a steakhouse chain in Chicago gave us grief over the name. So we turned the W upside down,” they explain on their website). To their credit, the Sobhanis helped introduce in-house roasted beans and brews in the Starbucks-filled nooks of the area. Their second shop off Fredericksburg and Wurzbach in the Medical Center opened in late December and the pair is figuring out the ropes of a newer, larger, much busier location … while also parenting a feisty 2-year-old. “It’s a totally different beast, there are many more different faces we’re seeing,” Mark said. The couple roasts beans from Ethiopia, Brazil, Colombia, India, Sumatra, Guatemala and a 1836 Texas Blend. “Customers are getting much more sophisticated … educated in what they’re looking for,” Mark said as Tricia added, “They’re also trying a lot more.” As one of the first stores in town outside of Starbucks, Mildfire sees the insane growth coffee shops have witnessed within the last few years as a way to recalibrate their offerings. “I think it’s a testament to the changing coffee culture in San Antonio and it lets us do things we couldn’t do 10 years ago [such as pour overs],” Mark said.

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Brown Coffee Co. A simple tweet can change everything and when Alton Brown of Good Eats fame proclaimed a cup of Brown Coffee to be the best he’s ever had, that’s as good validation as any. After leaving a corporate gig at Starbucks, company founder Aaron Blanco decided to focus his efforts on small-batch craft roasting and relocated his family from Philadelphia to his parents’ home in San Antonio. It’s safe to say his hard work paid off. But it wasn’t easy then and it’s still hard work today, particularly toiling as an independent small roaster (he started with a 5-pound capacity machine inside his mother’s garage). “It was hard to get brokers to pay attention because I didn’t want a 150-pound sack. I wanted five pounds,” he recalled. Business picked up even with early hiccups and Blanco soon relocated to Brown Coffee’s HQ at 1702 W. Kings Hwy., where the rustic, 900-square-foot — and airconditioned! — space helped expand Brown’s operations. Nowadays, the father of five is still as passionate about coffee as ever. Brown has also expanded its footprint to include a minimalist café on the ground floor of the 1800 Broadway apartments, where you’re taking your coffee

black — and you’ll like it. After traveling and building relationships with growers in Central America, Blanco tasked himself with finding green beans from Kenya back in February. Those results, an alluring blend sourced out of the Githembe Cooperative in the Thirika Mill in Kenya, are melodic with grapefruit tones and black currant once it cools. “It’s a powerhouse Kenyan … it’s one of the gateway drugs for coffee,” Blanco said. Enthusiasts will have a chance to see the process of directly sourcing beans from Kenyan farmers after Labor Day as Blanco convinced filmmaker Lee Eubanks to document the journey. Kenya Coffee Hunting will screen at the Alamo Drafthouse. Craft coffee nuts can have similar life-changing experiences at Brown, which roasts four to eight varieties of beans three times a week. A Costa Rican Pilón, which sees more of the coffee fruit make it into the cup, will be released soon at $8.50 a cup or $20 for a 7-ounce tin. “We’re working really hard to make it pristine,” said Blanco. “It has to be the most clean and explosive fruit you’ve ever tasted in a cup.” CONTINUED ON PAGE 35 ►

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Central Market 4821 Broadway St. (210) 368-8600 centralmarket.com While picking out flavors, we learned that CM’s macarons are shipped all the way from France. You’ll find French vanilla, French lemon, pistachio, raspberry and chocolate. After biting into our first flavor, we immediately learned that not all macarons are created equal. The shells are much harder and don’t break apart as soon as you pick them up. Unlike most macarons, you could hear yourself biting and the texture was completely different. While the flavors were nice, nothing struck a chord with us quite like Bakery Lorraine. The pistachio was by far the creamiest and therefore one of our faves. Price point: French lemon, French vanilla: $1.69 each; pistachio, raspberry, chocolate: $1.89 each. Exclusive flavors: French lemon, French vanilla. Delice Chocolatier 946 N. Loop 1604 West, Suite 145 (210) 545-2200 delicechocolatier.com For the past four years, Delice Chocolatier has been mastering the craft of macarons. All of the treats are made

in house with no artificial flavors. The classic raspberry, pistachio, blueberry and salted caramel were all there, as well as French blue lavender and the very unique, very thick guava. When you bite into the guava macaron, you taste actual pieces of the tasty, tropical fruit. After the arduous task of taste-testing macarons with similar flavors, guava was a nice twist. Every week, the salted caramel is traded out for an enticing, cinnamon dulce de leche macaron. All in all, Delice had the thickest macarons in SA. Based on our experience, the thicker the macaron, the more potent its flavor. Price point: $1.95 each, $1.75 if you buy at least four. Exclusive flavors: guava, cinnamon dulce de leche. Paciugo 999 E. Basse Rd. (210) 832-8820 paciugo.com The final — and most flavorful — stop of the Tour de Macaron is at the Italian café Paciugo. No, we’re not doing a gelato tour, but at Paciugo, French and Italian flavors come together to create the gelato macaron. Yes, gelato in between the two delicious macaron cookies. Inside a mini refrigerator rest vanilla macarons with various gelato flavors — violet, chocolate, mint chocolate chip, coconut, pistachio,

chocolate hazelnut. Violet? Yes, please! A combination of the sweetest, most delicate, floral flavors of the violet gelato and the crunch of the macarons made these babies the ice cream sandwiches of our time. Also, you don’t have to go with the premade gelato macarons. Go through the rows of gelato and spot out a flavor you’re craving to pair with the French cookie. Along with gelato macarons, Paciugo also serves up traditional macs. Our favorites? Rose, similar to the taste of the violet gelato and root beer, a flavor that takes you into the world of Willy Wonka where you can drink your food. Although Paciugo has been around for over seven years, they came out with macaronst this January and we couldn’t be happier. Price point: $1.99 each, $5.64 for gelato macarons. Exclusive flavors: gelato macarons. The Tour de Macaron was a success with each shop offering its own unique twist on the pastry. Go on a mac binge at Bakery Lorraine. Try out intense flavors at Delice Chocolatier or surprise your taste buds and go into flavor overload at Paciugo. OK — time for some cardio. Walker and Fierro blog for Twenty Something SA about the city’s evolving lifestyle and entertainment options. sacurrent.com • August 19–25, 2015 • CURRENT 39

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As much as I love the (sort of) recent surge of fancy cocktail bars — and Lawd knows I love me a good cocktail — sometimes I just want a beer. Or maybe Malibu and pineapple. I want to wear a baseball cap and a wrinkly tee shirt that was balled up on the floor for a few days prior and eat bar snacks that make me feel slightly ill the next day. But most of all, I want to find the best dive in San Antonio. Here, my journey begins with Thursty Turtle, Boozehounds and Me and CA Karaoke. Come along. Thursty Turtle 1626 NE Loop 410 (210) 820-3600 thurstyturtle.clarksbars.com Setting: Settled in a tiny strip mall off Harry Wurzbach, the Turtle is in the perfect area to find yourself after eating dinner with Captain Jack Sparrow at the Magic Time Machine. When you exit, be sure to quickly move to the right lane ... I almost missed the entrance to the parking lot. Then saddle up for pseudo beach vibes at the Thirsty Turtle. It doesn’t look like much on the outside, but it’s actually quite spacious. As you walk in, try not to bump in to the island bar too close to the door. Take in your surroundings: pool tables to the right, lounge style couches to the left and the bartender’s tight man jeans in the middle. There is an internet jukebox as well so you can play “Kokomo” while taking in a hockey game on one of the many TVs (I didn’t realize anyone down here watched hockey but it was on, so …). When Is Beer Cheapest: Well it was hella cheap for me because some friendly people at the other end of the bar got me shots and the overly flirtatious bartender got my beer for me. So beer is cheapest when you are friendly and sitting by yourself. Fellow Bar-Goers: Everyone was so nice. Wide range in age, too. They’re just a bunch of regulars in ball caps and shorts that were down for a chill good time. One guy told me the weekends make for good people watching because girls from The Palace will go in after work. Noted. Activities: Darts and pool to be found here along with a popcorn machine in the front. Because who doesn’t like old popcorn after a few Starfuckers? Why It’s Great: The people in the bar make the place. Any joint where I am cheered to dance out the door is where I want to be.

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Boozehounds 8531 Perrin Beitel Rd. (210) 590-3223 Setting: Across Loop 410 in another strip mall you will find this massive bar. Walk in and you will find a stage for live music on the left — the kinds of bands that play were described to me as “stuff you would hear on 99.5 KISS” — along with chingos of pool tables to get your ball on. The back of the bar is reserved for a few electronic dartboards where evidently you can play with players from around the world via a creep cam at the top of the board. When Is Beer Cheapest: It’s pretty cheap all the time. Also, free pool on Sundays! Fellow Bar-Goers: Definitely a blue collar sausage fest. There’s lots of loud yelling at the Vikings/Steelers game on the TVs above the bar. My favorite overheard phrase was “don’t tell my wife I poured whiskey into your mouth the other day.” Activities: Pool for days and a few of those fancy dartboards. They also serve food here — a variety of egg rolls, taquitos and pizza. Why It’s Great: Solid place to eavesdrop. Friendly staff. Egg rolls.

Me and CA Karaoke Bar 8373 Perrin Beitel Rd. (210) 590-6322 Setting: Directly on the other side of the overpass you will find this bar in — you guessed it — another strip mall. Don’t listen to your GPS on this one because it took me out of the way for no reason. It was the least-friendly and least busy bar I had been to yet. Four people gave me weird looks and the bartender seemed generally annoyed. There is very little décor and it was way too bright. No karaoke on Sundays … or maybe they have it all the time but nobody was feeling it? Either way, silence is awkward. When Is Beer Cheapest: Sunday Funday seems to be the time: $2.75 wells/domestics, $3.25 imports and $4.25 calls all day long. Fellow Bar-Goers: The four other people in the room with me were average-looking 30-somethings. Activities: A couple of pool tables and a sizable karaoke set up so you can belt out Whitesnake to your heart’s content and feel like a rock star. Why It’s Great: It’s close to other bars, so after you get hammered at other places you can head over here for cheap brews and belt out the hits with your squad. sacurrent.com • August 19–25, 2015 • CURRENT 45

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Performing at great volume, musicians’ ears are bound to a cruel ratio. As ability and audiences grow, earplug-less musicians are able to hear less and less of their work — like a painter whose vision muddles with each brushstroke. For musicians, soldiers and others exposed to loud sound in the workplace, the damage is known as noise-induced hearing loss. “What happens in most cases of noiseinduced hearing loss, there are cells inside the ear that effectively die off in response to sound,” Matthew Fitzgerald, an audiology expert at Stanford University, told the San Antonio Current. The issue hits real close to home for Fitzgerald, who said he suffers from a “mild case of tinnitus from a Dinosaur Jr. show back in the day.” Inside the ear, there are outer hair cells — responsible for quiet sounds — and inner ear cells, which transmit information to the auditory nerve connecting to the brain. “So when you get a lot of noise exposure, in effect, [the cells] can start to die off,” said Fitzgerald. “In some cases, they’ll swell up and they’ll explode.” Damage can also occur at the neural level, where overexposure can fry the “synapses that connect your auditory nerves to the inner ear cells.” For musicians, the decision to not wear earplugs comes down to a combo of necessity and aesthetics. Unburdened by harmony, a drummer might be able to wear earplugs at all times. But Bianca Quiñones, at the front of SA punk quintet Amygdala, needs to hear at full capacity. “For me, as a vocalist, it’s hard to practice and play with earplugs,” said Quiñones. “The other guys in the band are able to do that but I can’t ‘cause I’m closing my ears and I can’t hear my voice and it just doesn’t sound right to me.” Yet she’s aware her decision came with consequences.

You’ve got just under two minutes at a KISS show before hearing damage can set in.

“It was when I started playing with them that I developed tinnitus pretty bad,” she added. “If you’re in a quiet room, you just hear constant noise. It could drive someone crazy if they don’t get used to it.” Guitarist James Woodard pens blisteringly loud music for his instrumental/experimental metal outfit The Grasshopper Lies Heavy. At the album release show last year, Grasshopper’s Sovtek stacks pulsed with enough wattage to make my fake tooth hurt. “I like the band so loud that it’s almost shaking your clothes,” said Woodard. “That feels good to me. Cutting out frequencies with earplugs has always been a bummer. Standing in front of that wall of speakers, I want to ingest all that.” Over time, that ingestion takes its toll. “After gigs, it’s the worst,” noted Woodard. “I’ll hear multiple high frequencies ringing at the same time. Sometimes it’s hard to sleep after a gig. Whenever it’s quiet, I’ll hear at least one tone. All high frequencies, no low frequencies.” Sound pressure is measured on the logarithmic decibel scale — so, an increase from 70dB to 80dB

would sound about twice as loud. A conversational tone clocks in around 60dB and a whisper around 20dB. At the higher end, a shotgun blast clocks in at 160dB. Amplified by water, a blue whale call is a staggering 188dB. The loudest sound that can be achieved on Earth’s atmosphere is 194dB — above that, sound (presumably from a bomb, meteor or volcano) just registers as a shock wave. In the rock ‘n’ roll arena, KISS and shoegaze lords My Bloody Valentine are considered the loudest bands of all time, with their concerts registering in the 130Db range. “As somebody who saw My Bloody Valentine, I believe it,” said Fitzgerald. The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration allots a time amount one can be exposed to certain decibel levels before suffering damage. At 85 decibels, an ear can handle 16 hours before the threat of hearing loss. At 110 decibels, it’s only 30 minutes. At a 130dB KISS concert, you’ve only got a minute and 53 seconds before permanent damage sets in — about half the length of “I Wanna Rock N Roll All Night.”

Hearing damage begins as short-term loss and problems with pinpointing a conversation in a loud room. Over time, it can lead to more serious problems. According to a study published in March 2014, hearing loss is associated with higher rates of depression. Among elderly individuals, it has been associated with an increased risk of dementia. Tinnitus is a particularly cruel symptom. After overexposure to loud sounds, you begin to hear a high whine in quiet settings — a ghost pain of sorts. “The rate of depression with tinnitus is extremely high,” said Fitzgerald. “There have been cases in the past where people have had their auditory nerves severed. So they’re willing to go completely deaf in that ear in the hope that it will eliminate tinnitus.” For musicians and concert goers, the answer is simple: earplugs. The little foam solutions cut sound levels 1530dB, depending on the quality and fit of the plug. But, like cigarette smoking or biking without a helmet, hearing damage is another convinience problem with a simple answer — ignored until you can’t hear the question anymore. mstieb@sacurrent.com sacurrent.com • August 19–25, 2015 • CURRENT 49

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Albert “Tootie” Heath tells such Heath brothers and many more names vivid stories in his drum playing that would make jazz nerds salivate. that a spoiler alert should be Even more remarkable, the Heath required to discuss his solos in print. His household served as a conduit for many is a melodic style, using the toms and of the touring greats. With Jimmy’s big snare to communicate with the band, band practicing in the kitchen, touring calling back to a horn player’s phrases legends like Dizzy Gillespie and Miles like a mockingbird to its source. Davis stopped in to see what was A native of Philadelphia, Tootie cooking at the Heath residence in entered the national circuit on John South Philly. Coltrane’s Prestige Records début Philadelphia Beat is the second in 1957. On tunes like “Straight effort from Tootie’s trio with pianist Street,” the 22-year-old Heath is an Ethan Iverson and bassist Ben Street. unshakeable timekeeper, shifting from Iverson, one of the great bass clef light punctuation to an Afro-Cuban players of the instrument, steals the shuffle and a classic pocket ride. show with low register chromatic runs Now 80, Heath has maintained a on Gloria Gaynor’s “I Will Survive.” reputation as one of the top sidemen “It was easy to play with Ethan and in jazz. In his long career, Tootie has Ben because they gave me the space played with jazz masters including to be as creative as I possibly could,” Sonny Rollins, Herbie Hancock, said Heath. “They basically based this Anthony Braxton and his own brothers, trio around me. That’s why I think it’s a Jimmy (sax) and Percy (bass). special recording, based on some of my “It was happening so fast I didn’t previous recordings, when I didn’t feel even realize what I was even involved like I had that power of being a leader.” in, Heath told the San Antonio Current. For his Musical Bridges gig in San “This is one of those things about being Antonio, Tootie is joined by local saxes in New York — you can get a Rene Saenz and Richard call at anytime from anybody.” Oppenheim. It’s a rare trio Heath’s new record, that combines two saxes Albert “Tootie” Heath feat. Rene Saenz and Philadelphia Beat, finds him with a drummer. But it should Richard Oppenheim exploring his native city’s make for an ideal setting to Free extraordinary jazz tradition. hear Tootie stretch out as the 6pm Sun, Aug 23 In the 1950s, the City of only member of the rhythm Southwest School of Art’s Coates Chapel Brotherly Love produced section, telling the story of 300 Augusta St. players like Coltrane, Lee bop and brotherly love. (210) 464-1534 Morgan, McCoy Tyner, the mstieb@sacurrent.com musicalbridges.org

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Hector Ward fronts The Big Time, an 11 piece band performing pop-funk, soul, ska and blues — with a band this big, there are a lot of options. Sam’s Burger Joint, 7pm

The Suite feat. DJ Gibb and Donnie Dee Two of SA’s finest soul and funk jockeys deliver a Thursday night soundtrack in original funky drummers. Southtown 101, 10pm

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Jeremiah the Innocent — the iconic frog depicted in Austin’s Hi, How Are You mural and made famous by a T-shirt worn by Kurt Cobain — is a gateway drug into the music of its owner, Daniel Johnston. Once hooked, the listener will find the ATX transplant’s melodies masked by the lack of polish that makes up the bulk of his discography. Beyond the fuzz and grit, a brilliance is found in this form of music, in the purest sense of the word. It’s pretty catchy, too. Toted by many respected musicians as the premier singer-songwriter in independent circles, Johnston lives up to the hype — if you’re willing to abandon the concept of conventional songwriting and shiny production. With Dana Falconberry. $20, 8pm, Paper Tiger, 2410 N. St. Mary’s St., papertiger.queueapp.com — Shannon Sweet

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album ...For the Whole World to See was something of a stalled prophecy. In 1974, in the studio at Columbia, the AfricanAmerican Hackney brothers were denied a deal by studio prez Clive Davis for refusing to change their name (despite having one of the greatest band names of all time). The tunes sat in the can until Drag City released them in 2009. It was a revelation. Death’s immense speed and unflinching tone put them years ahead of the punk explosion, with more energy or attitude than many of the genre greats. As the 2012 doc A Band Called Death states on the poster: “Before there was punk, there was Death.” Paper Tiger, 8pm

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Paul Oscher Born in Brooklyn, guitarist

Paul Oscher is known for his work with Chicago blues god Muddy Waters (that, or his marriage to Pulitzer-winning playwright Suzan Lori-Parks). From 1967 to 1972, Oscher toured with The Hoochie Coochie Man, developing a style versed in Delta blues and rock ‘n’ roll. In the slow Delta style, Oscher is a bad motherfucker — accordion rig on his shoulders, sunglasses on, blowing the blues away. Luna, 8pm

Royal Punisher On Bullets for Breakfast, Royal Punisher is a brawling crew of rock

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FEA At the front of Chicana punk outfit

FEA, Letty Martinez weaves in and out of Spanish over the torrid band. In the rhythm section, Jenn Alva, Phanie Diaz (both of Girl in a Coma) and Aaron Magana provide FEA’s driving tone. Limelight, 9pm

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‘n’ roll dudes bringing a leather jacket energy to jazz (or, reviving the bad boy attitude of the bop musicians, but with less heroin). An acolyte of Ornette Coleman, saxophonist Steve Esteban flies above the band, releasing hawkish, piercing bursts of alto. On guitar, Don Robbin pops in with unexpected chordal jabs, opening up with mean bursts of Santanan guitar in the solo sections. La Botanica, 9pm

Reagan Youth With The Ramones and Reagan Youth as alumni, Forest Hills High School in Queens is, by default, the Rock ‘n’ Roll High School. In 1980, shortly after Joey and Johnny passed through the halls, Dave Rubinstein and Paul Bakija met up and formed Reagan Youth. While Reagan Youth maintained the sloppy speeds of their forebearers, the anarchopunks took a heavy political spin on tunes like “New Aryans,” “I Hate Hate” and “In Dog We Trust.” With Sober Daze. The Korova, 8pm

Saturday, August 22

Big Drag San Anto old-schoolers Big Drag are sort of a lost chapter in the city’s rock ‘n’ roll history. The Taco Land heavyweights put out a strong, self-titled record in 1995, their only full length to come to light. Back in gigging action, the trio certainly fits into the garage rock chapter currently being written in SA. With Sons of Hercules, Snowbyrd. Paper Tiger, 9pm

Buddy Brown With his weird YouTube

series — playing acoustic country covers in the bed of his truck parked in the middle of nowhere — guitarist Buddy Brown has amassed quite the online following. Sort of the Mississippi Justin Bieber, if you will. Floore’s Country Store, 7pm

Parallelephants “Are you patient?” asks singer Thom Sykes, kicking off Parallelephants’ “Online Baptism.” With such perfect pop execution, you don’t need much patience to admit to this ritual. With Remanon, Sandoz.

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Roots In The Shadows Of San Antonio After a successful album release, compilation project Roots In The Shadows Of San Antonio returns with a fund-raising showcase at Ranger Creek. With King Pelican, Royal Punisher, La Chichada. The Brummbars, BIGWOOD. Ranger Creek Brewing & Distilling, 7pm

Sunday, August 23

Burning Palms This Arizona blues-psych trio pumped out a haunting desert record with a self-titled 2014 effort. With Triptides. Limelight, 7pm

Willie Watson A founding member of

Old Crow Medicine Show, banjo player Willie Watson breaks out from his big string band with quippy songwriting and reverence for the American folk songbook on his debut record Folk Singer Vol. 1. Sam’s Burger Joint, 7pm

Monday, August 24

Nina Diaz Open Mic At the front of Girl In A Coma and her thrilling solo band, San Anto’s Nina Diaz hosts the Limelight’s weekly open mic. Limelight, 9pm

Small World Led by drummer Kyle

Keener and guitarist Polly Harrison, Small World features music from the Great American Songbook and bossa nova sung in the original Portuguese. Olmos Bharmacy, 7:30pm

Tuesday, August 25

Jim Cullum Jazz Band Any serious

reputation San Antonio has as a jazz town has to be chalked up to Jim Cullum, Jr., the man behind the public radio show Riverwalk Jazz. Bohanan’s, 7pm

Jon Foreman In the early 2000s, Jon

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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY by Rob Brezsny ARIES (MARCH 21-APRIL 19): You’d probably prefer to stay in the romantic, carefree state of mind. But from what I can tell, you’re ripe for a new phase of your longterm cycle. Your freestyle rambles and jaunty adventures should now make way for careful introspection and thoughtful adjustments. Instead of restless star-gazing, I suggest patient earth-gazing. Despite how it may initially appear, it’s not a comedown. In fact, I see it as an unusual reward that will satisfy you in unexpected ways.

TAURUS (APRIL 20-MAY 20): In accordance with the current astrological omens, I recommend the following activities: Sing a love song at least once a day. Seek a message from an ancestor in a reverie or dream. Revisit your three favorite childhood memories. Give a gift or blessing to the wildest part of you. Swim naked in a river, stream, or lake. Change something about your home to make it more sacred and mysterious. Obtain a symbolic object or work of art that stimulates your courage to be true to yourself. Find relaxation and renewal in the deep darkness. Ruminate in unbridled detail about how you will someday fulfill a daring fantasy. GEMINI (MAY 21-JUNE 20): The ancient Greek epic poem the Iliad is one of the foundation works of Western literature. Written in the eighth century BCE, it tells the story of the ten-year-long Trojan War. The cause of the conflict was the kidnap of Helen of Troy, reputed to be the world’s most beautiful woman. And yet nowhere in the Iliad is there a description of Helen’s beauty. We hear no details about why she deserves to be at the center of the legendary saga. Don’t be like the Iliad in the coming weeks, Gemini. Know everything you can about the goal at the center of your life. Be very clear and specific and precise about what you’re fighting for and working towards. CANCER (JUNE 21-JULY 22): The comedian puppets known as the Muppets have made eight movies. In The Great Muppet Caper, the muppets Kermit and Fozzie play brothers, even though one is a green frog and the other a brown bear. At one point in the story, we see a photo of their father, who has the coloring and eyes of Kermit, but a bear-like face. I bring up their unexpected relationship, Cancerian, because I suspect that a similar anomaly might be coming your way: a bond with a seemingly improbable ally. To prepare, stretch your ideas about what influences you might want to connect with.

LEO (JULY 23-AUG. 22): English author Barbara Cartland published her first novel at age 21. By the time she died 77 years later, she had written more than 700 other books. Some sources say she sold 750 million copies, while others put the estimate at two billion. In 1983 alone,

she churned out 23 novels. I foresee a Barbara Cartland-type period for you in the coming months, Leo. Between now and your birthday in 2016, I expect you to be as fruitful in your own field as you have ever been. And here’s the weird thing: One of the secrets of your productivity will be an enhanced ability to chill out. “Relaxed intensity” will be your calming battle cry.

VIRGO (AUG. 23-SEPT. 22): ‘’On or about December 1910, human character changed,’’ wrote English author Virginia Woolf in 1924. What prompted her to draw that conclusion? The rapidly increasing availability of electricity, cars, and indoor plumbing? The rise of the women’s suffrage movement? Labor unrest and the death of the King? The growing prominence of experimental art by Cezanne, Gauguin, Matisse, and Picasso? The answer might be all of the above, plus the beginning of a breakdown in the British class system. Inspired by the current astrological omens, I’ll borrow her brash spirit and make a new prediction: During the last 19 weeks of 2015, the destiny of the Virgo tribe will undergo a fundamental shift. Ten years from now, I bet you will look back at this time and say, “That was when everything got realigned, redeemed, and renewed.”

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CAPRICORN (DEC. 22-JAN. 19): “Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result.” Virtually all of us have been guilty of embodying that well-worn adage. And according to my analysis of the astrological omens, quite a few of you Capricorns are currently embroiled in this behavior pattern. But I am happy to report that the coming weeks will be a favorable time to quit your insanity cold turkey. In fact, the actions you take to escape this bad habit could empower you to be done with it forever. Are you ready to make a heroic effort? Here’s a good way to begin: Undo your perverse attraction

to the stressful provocation that has such a seductive hold on your imagination.

AQUARIUS (JAN. 20-FEB. 18): “Everything I’ve ever let go of has claw marks on it,” confessed the late, great author David Foster Wallace. Does that describe your experience, too? If so, events in the coming months will help you break the pattern. More than at any other time in the last ten years, you will have the power to liberate yourself through surrender. You will understand how to release yourself from overwrought attachment through love and grace rather than through stress and force.

PISCES (FEB. 19-MARCH 20): “Most people love in order to lose themselves,” wrote Hermann Hesse in his novel Demian. But there are a few, he implied, who actually find themselves through love. In the coming months, Pisces, you are more likely to be one of those rare ones. In fact, I don’t think it will even be possible for you to use love as a crutch. You won’t allow it to sap your power or make you forget who you are. That’s good news, right? Here’s the caveat: You must be ready and willing to discover much more about the true nature of your deepest desires — some of which may be hidden from you right now.

LIBRA (SEPT. 23-OCT. 22): “The greatest and most important problems of life are all in a certain sense insoluble,” said psychologist Carl Jung. “They can never be solved, but only outgrown.” I subscribe to that model of dealing with dilemmas, and I hope you will consider it, too — especially in light of the fact that from now until July 2016 you will have more power than ever before to outgrow two of your biggest problems. I don’t guarantee that you will transcend them completely, but I’m confident you can render them at least 60 percent less pressing, less imposing, and less restricting. And 80 percent is quite possible.

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SCORPIO (OCT. 23-NOV. 21): Hundreds of years ago, Hawaiians celebrated an annual holiday called Makahiki. It began in early November and lasted four months. No one worked very much for the duration. There were nonstop feasts and games and religious ceremonies. Community-building was a featured theme, and one taboo was strictly enforced: no war or bloodshed. I encourage you Scorpios to enjoy a similar break from your daily fuss. Now is an especially propitious time to ban conflict, contempt, revenge, and sabotage as you cultivate solidarity in the groups that are important for your future. You may not be able to make your own personal Makahiki last for four months, but could you at least manage three weeks?

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Sat. , Sept 5, 9am - 6pm Sun. , Sept 6, 9am - 5pm

for diagnostic services of infectious & autoimmune diseases. Work Site/Mail Resume to:

VRL SAN ANTONIO LLC, 7540 Louis Pasteur, Ste. 200, San Antonio, TX 78229

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