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CONTENTS July 29 – August 4, 2015
10 NEWS Screen To Screen Bexar County jail introduces new controversial inmate visitation policy Staying In Touch Former mayor Julián Castro on what he’s been up to since leaving town 53 17
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37 FOOD Still Fresh A non-local’s take on Sea Island Shrimp House’s lasting appeal A Family Affair You’ll find more than good ‘cue at Sweet Christi’s BBQ Flavor File Bugs, brunch, beer news and more
43 NIGHTLIFE Come For Beer, Stay For Fideo The enigmatic but hospitable feel at My Brother’s Bar Happy Hour Hound Drinking all the margaritas at Aldaco’s at The Dominion
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22 ARTS Dressed For The Part Cosplayers unite for SA’s San Japan anime convention
Ceremony Rock SA heavyweights Lonely Horse release long-awaited Desert Sons
One Size Doesn’t Fit All San Antonio Burlesque Festival aims to be a bodypositive affair
A Reign In Blood We talk with Slayer drummer Paul Bostaph on band’s first album in years
Twisted Sister Getting to know Austin-based “drag terrorist” CHRISTEENE
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Cinephile Delight What to look for at the 21st annual San Antonio Film Festival He’s A Natural SA’s own Jackie Earle Haley’s unveils directorial début at SAFF Still Crazy After All These Years Netflix’s First Day of Camp reunites cast of cult favorite Wet Hot American Summer Manic Mr. Mom Mark Ruffalo wrestles with depression and fatherhood in Infinitely Polar Bear 16
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SCREEN TO SCREEN Bexar County Jail Transitioning To Video-Only Visits MARK REAGAN/@210REAGAN
Bexar County’s seven-story Adult Detention Center Facility is 26-years-old and provides visitation booths for inmates on three of those floors. Families with loved ones waiting trial or who are serving sentences for minor crimes can visit on Monday and Tuesday, and if children are brought, families can only visit on Saturday and Sunday. Social service agencies, attorneys and ministers can visit on Wednesday. And the lines are long — with people waiting anywhere from six to eight hours. On July 7, the Bexar County Commissioners Court approved approximately $6 million in funding to pay the jail’s phone-service provider ICSolutions for the installation of videovisitation technology and to finish construction at a re-entry facility where services will be provided to people transitioning back into society in an effort to reduce recidivism. Instead of waiting at the jail for a noncontact in-person visit, people will speak to family members who are in jail using videovisitation technology from the re-entry facility. Inmates will be able to connect via a live link inside housing pods. The new technology will increase visitation opportunity for inmates by 250 percent, according to Bexar County Sheriff Susan Pamerleau, who said her goal is to reduce lengthy wait times. “I’m more concerned about people who have to wait outside for lengthy times than I am for how a lot of people portray the value of video visitation, that it cuts down on contraband and it increases security,” Pamerleau told the San Antonio Current. “When I’ve walked through and seen individuals who are waiting on their loved ones, it’s not a pleasant experience.” The sheriff’s second big issue is security. “The most vulnerable and most emotional time during visitation is when that 20 minutes is over and we have to move that inmate back to their housing unit,” Pamerleau said. “That is the time
where they are most vulnerable to assaults on officers.” Despite the major change, current programs that allow contact visits for some inmates will remain and, according to Pamerleau, video visitation will positively effect inmates who don’t currently have non-contact in-person visitation. “We’re going to expand visitation to people who don’t even have it right now and these are people who need it to a greater extent than just the general population,” Pamerleau said, explaining that a mobile kiosk will provide visitation to people with mental health problems and inmates with medical needs. If everything goes according to plan, the new policy becomes reality after the first of the year in 2016. “We’re going to expand from five days a week to seven days a week, 10 hours a day for video visitation,” Pamerleau said. “People can make online appointments and show up 15 minutes before. How is that not better?” Not Buying It About the only thing that Margarita McAuliffe sees eye-to-eye on with Pamerleau is that visitation lines at the jail are long. McAuliffe, who has a family member that has cycled in and out of the jail, said video visitation should not replace inperson non-contact visits. “I can tell you, I have been there to visit a family member and I’ve also visited people without any family,” McAuliffe said. “I’ve also had phone conversations in addition to the window visits. When you go to the jail and you see somebody you love and care about, you want to know how they look. Are they pale? Are they healthy looking? Are they thinner? That’s a huge concern, particularly for a mother or a parent.” McAuliffe, who is quick to praise Pamerleau for her work since winning election in November 2012 said video visitation should be a supplement to in-
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The Bexar County jail fills up with visitors who wait as many as eight hours to see inmates.
person visitation rather than a replacement. “Video chat will further isolate people who are kept there. It’s dehumanizing,” McAuliffe said, adding that to her, the long waits to visit her family member were worth it. Diana Ibañez, who has a family member in prison, not county jail, agrees with McAuliffe. “On July 4, we spent that day outside (of the jail) speaking to moms, dads, brothers and sisters,” Ibañez said, testifying before Commissioners Court on July 7. “We asked about that and in about three-and-a-half hours, we had 250 people who said we don’t want video.”
Josh Gravens, a Soros Justice Fellow, spent three-and-a-half years in the Texas Youth Commission — a prison for children. When he was 12-years-old, he had sexual contact with his younger sister. Gravens is an out-spoken advocate for reforming the Lone Star State’s policy of placing children on the sex offender list. “As a kid, I went to prison. The environment in there, you are depraved of contact from family,” Gravens said. “Just seeing someone from the glass and putting your hand up there makes a positive difference for inmates. You cannot do that with video visitation.”
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No more: Visitors to Bexar County jail in the future will talk to inmates through a new video system. ◄ CONTINUED FROM PAGE 10
Taking that away for inmates who haven’t been convicted of a crime because they can’t bond out or are awaiting trial isn’t right, but even more, it punishes families, Gravens said. In his view, the county is placing budgets over families. “This policy is probably one of the most anti-family policies that exist and it’s all driven by budgets,” Gravens said. “I would challenge the sheriff to operate through video, have staff meetings through video and see family through video.” Diana Claitor, executive director of the Texas Jail Project, an inmate advocacy organization, said McAuliffe, Ibañez and Gravens are absolutely correct: video visitation should not replace in-person non-contact visits. “There should be both kinds of visitation and they should definitely not eliminate face-to-face visitations for a couple reasons,” Claitor said. “One is that most people, or a lot of people, don’t relate as well to a video image, especially children. It’s very important for children to be able to see their parents and know they’re OK.” Secondly, technology can be flawed and Claitor said she’s seen instances
across the state where images and sound are flawed and visits are cut short when the system fails. “This is a constant problem with their visitation and it causes an enormous amount of alienation and anger on part of the families,” Claitor said. “And, as the research shows, visitation is an extremely important indicator on whether people recidivate. It’s a very important part of incarceration whether it be jail or prison.” Emily Ling, project coordinator with the Texas Jail Project, said Bexar County families who have contacted the organization aren’t in support of the move. “The families feel like they are being treated as criminals too,” Ling said. Exempt From State Law In the last legislative session, Texas passed House Bill 549, which requires two 20-minute in-person visits per week. An amendment to the bill excludes jails that are already built or that are under construction without inperson visitation capabilities. Bexar County successfully lobbied for
Margarita McAuliffe has led the charge against the new county jail video visitation pollicy.
exemption because it had spent $470,000 on planning and architectural design. Senator John Whitmire, a Houston Democrat who sponsored the bill, said inperson video visitation preserves the family unit, the Texas Tribune reported in late May. “Often, inmates need to be seen and talked to to be encouraged to do the right thing — told to cooperate, get back to work, and get back to your family,” Whitmire said ahead of the vote, the Tribune reported. Pamerleau said she’s spoken to Whitmire and wants him to come to Bexar County. “I’ve already invited him and will formally invite him to come see our operation and see why it is a good thing, not a bad thing,” Pamerleau said. “I would hope in 2017 we can have legislators educated sufficiently that they understand this is a good thing beside that it’s an unfunded mandate, because this would have cost us close to $12 million to provide that amount of visitation.” Bexar County Judge Nelson Wolff, speaking after both Ibanez and McAuliffe testified before the
Commissioners Court on July 7, offered his support to Pamerleau and said the county has done more than it’s ever done to rehabilitate people. “We created four drug courts, DWI courts, mental health courts, veteran courts in the last 14 years in an attempt to help people rather than incarcerate. When I came here, 4,700 people were in jail and today it’s 3,700 in jail despite more people,” Wolff said. “I think we’ve done more than any to help people rather than just simply incarcerate them.” However, McAuliffe and co stand steadfast and won’t give up advocating for both in-person non-contact visits and video visitation. “I think there is a change in attitude (nationally). President Obama just visited a prison. The Legislature passed HB 549,” McAuliffe said. “We’re rethinking the way that we’ve been treating people who are incarcerated and this is a step in the absolute opposite direction for the rest of the way the country is going.” mreagan@sacurrent.com sacurrent.com • July 29– August 4, 2015 • CURRENT 13
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STAYING IN TOUCH Julián Castro On Work In DC, VP Rumors And Local Politics HERNÁN ROZEMBERG/@SCRIBEHERNAN
He’s kept a fairly low profile over the last year, as much as one can stay out of the limelight being part of a presidential cabinet. But his name has been bandied about in national political circles in recent weeks as the rumor mill churned out a little tidbit on him being a top candidate for the next Democratic vice presidential nominee. You’ve likely figured out that we’re talking about SA’s Julián Castro, who’s now got one year under his belt at the leader of President Obama’s U.S. Housing and Urban Development department. Seen as a rising star in Democratic Party circles for years, the former Alamo City mayor could still come back to Texas someday if his party is ever able to break the Republican statewide stranglehold. For now, he’s coy with the VP rumors and sticks to his main talking point of focusing on his work at HUD. The San Antonio Current caught up with Castro last month to discuss his time in DC and get his take on what’s happening closer to home. So, congrats, you survived a whole year in DC. Things going like you expected? It’s gone very well. I’ve made a quick transition and we’re pursuing some excellent goals. I’m very excited on what we’re doing to end veteran homelessness and to extend opportunities to folks who live in public housing. Excited as well as what we’re doing with Promise Zones. It’s matched my expectations. I knew it’d be quite different from serving in local government but I’ve found it very rewarding because of the impact you can make across the country. No doubt it’s a more partisan atmosphere here in DC but on most occasions, it doesn’t impact my daily job.
Former SA mayor and current Obama cabinet member Julián Castro is mum on VP rumors and other future political goals.
We’re seeing higher graduation rates at Sam Houston High School and higher attendance rates at the middle and elementary schools. So can you tell us anything about your chances of being Hillary Clinton’s running mate if she gets the nomination? Yeah, I’m staying out of the speculation and just trying to do a great job at HUD. I’m gonna stick to doing my day job. I’d rather talk about my job but it’s not unexpected to get asked this a lot. Must be flattering, at least.
What about talk that it was your camp that drummed up the veepstakes? I haven’t been part of that and I’ll leave speculation to other people.
We have a goal of ending veteran homelessness, which has gone down by 33 percent between 2010 and 2014. We want to make responsible homeownership more possible by making it more affordable and ensuring folks can get good access to credit. We want to break through silos that often exist and work with local communities to link back to better schools and better jobs.
So if it the VP nod doesn’t pan out, got another office in your sights? Texas Gov. Julián Castro must sound nice. I’m very much focused on what we can get done in this administration. I’ll worry about the future later on down the road.
I was still the mayor when we received that and what we’ve seen is the East Side improve educational outcomes and quality of life. It’s early but it’s promising. 14 CURRENT • July 29– August 4, 2015 • sacurrent.com
What did you make of the bruising race for your former post? It wasn’t surprising in that I gathered it was gonna be a close race. I congratulate Mayor Taylor on her victory and commend Sen. Van de Putte for a good race.
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What do you have lined up for your second year at the helm of HUD?
Some say progress is coming about too slow on the national Promise Zone effort, which includes SA’s East Side.
doesn’t make much of a difference. It was just enough to politically make good but not enough to bring about high quality full-day Pre-K. It seems the leadership to some extent has taken its eye off the ball. California is now growing faster than Texas, job-wise. It’s not surprising that [Lt. Gov. Dan] Patrick didn’t actually clamp down on immigration as harshly as he spoke about on his commercials — he used it as a tool to get elected.
Did you keep an eye on this year’s shenanigans at the Texas legislature? It was a disappointing session. The Texas legislature is not investing to successfully compete in the 21st century global economy. They need to enhance smart investment in early childhood education and higher education. The version of Pre-K funding [Gov. Gregg Abbott] put forward
But Taylor has clearly gone against policies you’ve put in place. Texas Monthly dubbed her the “AntiCastro.” I believe that Mayor Taylor ought to set out her vision for the city’s future and execute it and I look forward to hearing what that vision is. I try to stay out of local politics. I want her to have the opportunity to govern in her own right. She has a different perspective on several issues but she’s just getting started so we’ll have to see what happens. You have your immediate family in DC, but you must get homesick. I get back to San Antonio as often as I can. I average about once a month. My mother and father and brother and his family are mostly in SA and I look forward to being back home this summer and later on the holidays. I’ve been away at other points in my life, for law school and so on, but I always look forward to getting back. hernan@sacurrent.com
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This Friday night, join area math rock outfit Televangelist in celebrating the release of the group’s new LP. Boasting some of the more riveting and mesmerizing live performance chops in town, the young quartet is sure to take the stage with a confident fury, based on the strength and depth of these new songs, which build elegantly upon the knotty and intricately pulsing progressive rock of earlier efforts. Supporting Televangelist on the well-envisioned bill are local notables Donella Drive, Tera Ferna, The Sky Divided and This Is Where Two Oceans Meet. $5, 9pm, Limelight, 2718 N. St. Mary’s St., (210) 735-7775, thelimelightsa.com. — JC
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A collective of like-minded artists and patrons, The Olaju Art Group serves as a platform for emerging talent while promoting the arts and culture of West Africa. Spotlighted by the group’s Exposure Through The Arts (ETTA) initiative, Nigerian freelance photographer Akpan Nseabasi uses his work “to raise awareness on underrepresented subjects,” including the often stereotyped religion of voodoo. Hosted by St. Mary’s University, Nseabasi’s photographic exhibit “Voodoo Survived!” trains its lens on the Voodoo Festival held annually in the West African nation of Benin. Free, 6-8:30pm, Greehey School of Business, St. Mary’s University, One Camino Santa Maria St., fromwestafrica.wordpress.com. — BR
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The new San Antonio Children’s Museum, awesomely dubbed The DoSeum, has been generating quite a buzz among tykes and the taller talkers about town. The massive yet inviting state-of-the-art facility is forward-thinking brilliance from building design to the boss exhibits that encourage learning through play. For all of us adults who wish we could have the place all to ourselves, now’s our chance. On Friday, big Doers (21 and up) are invited for a cocktail party/educational play date like no other. Tacos and Tequila is bringing the food and booze, you bring the playful curiosity. $20, 6:30pm, The DoSeum, 2800 Broadway, (210) 212-4453, thedoseum.org. — James Courtney
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In their imaginative collaborations, “visual pen pals” Greg Rubio and AnnMichèle Morales incorporate elements of the surrealist parlor game exquisite corpse and mail art. Charmingly oldfashioned, the duo’s practice is rooted in sketch books — filled with everything from poppy collages to architectural patterns — that have been snail-mailed to and from Texas cities (San Antonio, Austin, Harlingen, Houston, Corpus Christi) and even to Mexico. On view through October 2, Rubio and Morales’ exhibit “Cursive Wanderings,” comprises a selection of books and sculptural objects. Free, 6-9pm, Guadalupe Theater Gallery, 1301 Guadalupe St., (210) 2713151, guadalupeculturalarts.org. — BR
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Chicana theater artist Marisela Barrera has previously adapted works by Sandra Cisneros and Ana Castillo but turned inward for Cuero, La Ruby Red y El Big Bird — a three-act play developed from her own short stories. Inspired by recollections of her upbringing in the Rio Grande Valley, the production employs a cast of four — and live music by Azul Barrientos — to explore borderland memories of playground politics in Eagle Pass, Selena daydreams and Friday nights at McAllen’s Gaslight Club and a winged beast that haunts the Mexican ghost town of Guerrero Viejo. $8-$10, 8:30pm Fri-Sat, 3pm Sun, Jump-Start Performance Co., 710 Fredericksburg Rd., (210) 227-5867, jump-start.org. — BR
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It’s an overused word, but “iconic” applies here. Beatlemania was well under way when the moptops’ rough and ready film début charmed even the critical fuddyduddies with its good-natured youthful exuberance, offhanded “day in the life” non-plot and interruptions for hits such as “Can’t Buy Me Love.” The Beatles’ sensibility blended with witty American director Richard Lester, who’d worked with Peter Sellers and Spike Milligan, and the results shaped the development of music videos. Texas Public Radio closes out its Cinema Tuesdays series with a screening of the G-rated gem. $10-$15, 7:30pm, Santikos Bijou, 4522 Fredericksburg Rd., (210) 614-8977, tpr.org. — Michael Barrett
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Born in Guerrero, Mexico, and raised in San Antonio, Fabiola Torralba already had two degrees and experience as a community organizer when she went back to school to study dance — a discipline she describes as her “first love.” In keeping with her practice of facilitating “opportunities for movers of all backgrounds to create and engage in issues that affect their everyday lives,” the choreographer/ educator/activist’s Nuestra Historia Dance Project combines the intergenerational talents of the Esperanza’s historical/cultural preservation group Corazones del Westside and students enrolled in the Guadalupe’s youth theater program. Nodding with its name to the Alamo City’s rich past, the program’s culminating performance Yanaguana: The Land of the Sacred Waters aims to connect participants and audiences to “the historically significant Mexican-American West Side community of San Antonio.” $5-$12, 10am-noon Sat, 3-5pm Sun, Casa de Cuentos, 816 S. Colorado St., (210) 228-0201, esperanzacenter.org. — Bryan Rindfuss
Art
Art opening: “Black Lights Matter” Zac
Cimi Arte’s latest brings together mindbending fluorescent works by artists Nina Donley, Arturo Barz and Blair Wilson, plus live hip-hop and trip-hop from i35 Connect, Voodoo Boogaloo and Dirty Genez. $3, 6-11pm Saturday; Zac Cimi Arte, 2003 S. Zarzamora St., Suite 3104, (210) 725-0391.
Art opening: ”Figure in Landscape”
Comprised of paintings and drawings, local artist Lawrence Leissner’s latest body of work concerns “a new, fluidly changing landscape.” Free, 6-9pm Saturday; REM Gallery, 219 E. Park Ave., (210) 224-1227.
After Hours: Behind the Scenes SAMA’s
latest After Hours event invites attendees to learn what it takes to put a gallery exhibition together and then collaborate as a team to create a “museum in a box.” Wine will be served. $20-$30, 5:30-7pm Tuesday; San Antonio Museum of Art, 200 W. Jones Ave., (210) 978-8100.
”Lesley Dill: Performance as Art” A painter, printmaker, sculptor, needlepointist, photographer and performance artist, New York-based Lesley Dill frequently explores the relationship between the written word and human figure. Interweaving aspects of contemporary art and theater, Dill’s McNay exhibition focuses on her emotionally evocative work in performance and brings together a number of costumes, ephemera,
photographs and video projections from more than two decades. $5-$10, 10am-4pm Wednesday, 10am-9pm Thursday, 10am-4pm Friday, 10am-5pm Saturday, noon-5pm Sunday, 10am-4pm Tuesday; McNay Art Museum, 6000 N. New Braunfels Ave., (210) 824-5368.
“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, The New Yorker and Vogue. Compiled from the collections of the San Antonio Museum of Art, Yale University and Austin’s Harry Ransom Center, “Miguel Covarrubias: Culture and Caricature” showcases 140 works, along with a selection of Mexican folk art collected by Covarrubias’ friend Nelson Rockefeller. $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.
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
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A cast member of Madtv from 2001 to 2008 with memorable roles in Pineapple Express and Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle, Bobby Lee — to hear him tell it — is still, like most good stand-up comics it seems, a massive disappointment to his parents. Lee’s onstage imitations of his father are almost always variations on a single theme: Lee is an unfunny loser. The caricature, hilarious as it is, is completely wrong. While impressions of immigrant parents are probably the most well-tread trope amongst AsianAmerican comics, San Diego native Lee’s hyperactive act, which focuses at least as much on his relationship problems and his life as a recovering addict as it does his Korean-born father, is personal, relatable, and — sorry dad — damn funny.$20, 8pm & 10:15pm Fri-Sat, Laugh Out Loud Comedy Club, 618 NW Loop 410, (210) 541-8805, lolsanantonio.com. — Jeremy Martin
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, pictured), and immigration and the U.S.Mexico border (Bucak). Free, noon-5pm Wednesday-Sunday, Artpace, 445 N. Main Ave., (210) 212-4900.
Summer Shows at Blue Star Representing
works by 21 artists selected from an open call in 2014, Blue Star’s summer exhibitions explore the anti-heroes and understated places in our lives (“Everyday Is Ordinary”), technology and communication (“Transmissions”), time, history, memory and containment (“Of Reference, Of Departure, Of Origin”) and the boundaries between interiors and exteriors (“StellarScape”). $3-$5, noon-8pm Thursday, noon-6pm Friday-Sunday; Blue Star Contemporary Art Museum, 116 Blue Star, (210) 227-6960.
Film
The Mask Main Plaza Conservancy and SATX Pedal Power’s outdoor Cycle-In Cinema series continues with director Charles Russell’s superhero comedy starring Jim Carrey as a timid bank clerk who becomes an uninhibited trickster upon discovering a magical mask containing the spirit of
the Norse god Loki. 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.
Theater
27 Short Plays About Being Murdered in a Hotel by ABBA Promising “more
music than a play without music and surprisingly less music than a musical about playing competitive backgammon in Mumbai,” William M. Razavi’s ambitious new oddity imagines Swedish pop quartet ABBA on an absurd world tour-turned crime spree. $10-$14, 8pm FridaySaturday; The Overtime Theater, 1203 Camden St., (210) 557-7562.
Avenue Q The felt-headed creatures of
Avenue Q may look like your friends from Sesame Street, but with fast-talking potty mouths and a propensity for loud sexual intercourse, these puppets are anything but kid-friendly. Following a freshly minted adult and a wily gang of monsters just trying to make it in the real world, the production features three human characters alongside 11 puppets. $20-$33, 8pm Friday-Saturday, 4:30pm Sunday; Cameo Theatre, 1123 E. Commerce St., (210) 212-5454.
Grease Inspired by his time at Chicago’s
William Howard Taft, Jim Jacobs developed the risqué musical Grease with Warren Casey in 1971. In subsequent productions and the 1978 film, much of the play’s vulgarity was diluted; however,
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Special Events
Ford Canoe Challenge Local celebrities,
corporate teams, Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts compete in timed heats through the downtown area of the River Walk. The race begins at the Chamber of Commerce, heads east through the Convention Center Lagoon and Rivercenter Mall Lagoon. $150 per canoe, 7-11am Saturday; San Antonio River Walk, (210) 227-4262.
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and KLRN team up to celebrate the start of a new school year with engaging exhibits, school readiness activities and a meet and greet with The Cat in the Hat. Free (limited to 1,500 guests) 6-8:30pm Tuesday; The DoSeum, 2800 Broadway, (210) 212-4453.
Scobee Summer Shows Scobee’s Friday
nights lineup features the programs Attack of the Space Pirates (6:30pm), The Sky Tonight (7:30pm) and Black Holes (9pm). $4-$5, 6:30pm, 7:30pm & 9pm Friday; Scobee Education Center Planetarium, 1300 San Pedro Ave., (210) 486-0100.
“Spy! The Exhibit” Presented in
partnership with North Carolina’s Discovery Place, “SPY: The Exhibit” showcases more than 250 objects and artifacts of spy gear and documents from the collection of intelligence historian Keith Melton. Visiting SA for the first time, the interactive exhibit invites audiences to “peek behind the shrouds of espionage into the undercover operations of the KGB, Stasi and the CIA.” “$15.50-$19.50, 10am-9pm Wednesday-Saturday, noon-6pm Sunday, 10am-9pm MondayTuesday; Rivercenter Mall, 300 E. Crockett St., (800) 745-3000.
The Get Bent Craft Event Crafthouse
SA and Mobile Om promise to “chakra and awe you” with this unique event combining a 30-minute yoga class (no previous experience or stretchiness required) a 90-minute workshop in creating your own personalized infusion water bottle and tote bag, snacks and a “mim-OM-sa” bar. Visit crafthousesa.com to register. $49, noon-2pm Sunday; Om Base, 1114 S. St. Mary’s St., Suite 201, (210) 279-3842.
identify. Free (donations accepted), 9-11am Saturday; Urban Ecology Center, Phil Hardberger Park West, 8400 NW Military Hwy., (210) 492-7472.
“Looking Wide, Seeing Deep: Exploring Panoramic Photographs of the American West” University of
Texas at Austin art education professor Paul Bolin sheds light on early 20th-century photographs depicting varied Western landscapes: a border town, California’s Redwood Forest and an Oklahoma town transformed by Anglo settlement. Free, 6:30-7:30pm Tuesday; Briscoe Western Art Museum, 210 W. Market St., (210) 299-4499.
Sistas in Business Celebration Sistas in
Business, Inc. was established in 2005 by Laura Thompson, a small business owner who had a vision to change the perception and opportunities for AfricanAmerican women business owners in San Antonio. The organization’s 10th annual celebration (August 4-7) kicks off Tuesday with a welcome reception at the Wyndham Hotel. $60-$200, 4pm Tuesday; Wyndham San Antonio Riverwalk, 111 E. Pecan St., (210) 354-2800.
Dance
Fiesta Noche del Rio Choreographed
by Elizabeth Sanchez-Lopez, the Alamo Kiwanis Club’s 59th annual Fiesta Noche del Rio showcases a “cavalcade of artists” in a seven-act spectacle celebrating songs and dances of Mexico, Spain, Argentina and Texas. $8-$20, 8:30pm FridaySaturday; Arneson River Theatre, 418 Villita St., (210) 226-4651.
San Antonio Deaf Dance Company Performance The culmination of a
four-week camp in which choreographers from Washington D.C. and Los Angeles teach dance routines to deaf and hard-ofhearing middle and high school students, this 19th annual performance combines a series of choreographed dances with skits and family-friendly fun. Free (donations accepted), 7pm Friday; John Marshall High School, 8000 Lobo Lane, (210) 397-7100.
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Who says only kids get to dress up in costume? Here are some SA cosplay fans photographed at Blue Star’s Brick.
expand her repertoire. “There are so many weird designs that people have thought up in anime or video games and it’s a real challenge to make those real,” said Gilford, an accountant. “I’ve started gravitating toward how I can challenge myself.” Gilford will cosplay as Freeza from the Dragonball series at San Japan. It’s a tall task; she’s had to create a “crazy helmet” from scratch and figure out how to make an articulated tail. She enlisted an engineer friend for the latter portion, eventually tweaking his design with her own personal touches. Gilford typically sticks with characters with which she’s familiar. The freedom to dress as whomever she wants and the community’s inclusiveness is one of the reasons she’s such an avid cosplayer. “There’s an unspoken kind of thing in the cosplay community that you can dress up as whatever you want. It doesn’t matter what your gender or skin color is, if you want to wear it, you can wear it,” Gilford said. And as with many cosplayers, it’s not just about putting on the costume — it’s what you do with it, how well you embody the character. “It’s really easy to put on a costume and go to a convention and walk around and get your picture taken,”
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People of San Antonio: Pikachus are coming. Get ready for Gokus. Brace yourself for Batmen. It’s time for San Antonio’s largest convention of all things nerddom. San Japan will take place from Friday through Sunday with events split between the Grand Hyatt and the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center. This year’s event promises to be the biggest yet; what was once a convention of less than 1,000 attendees has exploded to nearly 20,000 people. “San Antonio has a really strong fandom population. Lots of people are into anime; it’s become more mainstream over the past few years,” David Ramirez, community relations director for San Japan, told the San Antonio Current last week. “It’s not something that just geeky people are into on the weekends.” San Japan’s hundreds of events run the gamut from panels on costuming and crafting to concerts and dance parties, meet-and-greets with voice actors, quiz shows and trivia contests. And it’s not just anime — the convention flirts with all facets of internet, pop and Japanese cultures. Ramirez said that what separates San Japan from other conventions is our unique setting in SA. “Other cons are in the airport hotel or the hotel on the outskirts of the city,” Ramirez said. “The fact that we’re able to be downtown ... that makes it so much more of a destination.” But what brings a convention like San Japan together — and what many of its attendees obsess over for months in advance — is cosplaying. “The costumes are definitely one of the big focal points,” Ramirez said. “We have people who come out just to show off their costumes.” Cosplayers are a dedicated lot. It can take many a bleary-eyed night over a sewing machine or a hot glue gun to get a stitch or part of an accessory just right. But as most any cosplayer will tell you, it’s worth it in the end. Besides, what would a convention be without a dozen Deadpools running around causing hijinks or a full set of the Sailor Soldiers? Here’s a look at some local cosplayers hitting San Japan that talked to the Current about how they got hooked and what they’ve got planned for this year’s big confab.
For Molly Gifford, 24, the weirder the costume, the better.
Gilford said. “But if it actually means something to you, maybe you’ll work on a creepy voice to go with it or maybe you’d know how the character stands in a certain way or interacts with certain characters.” way or interacts with certain characters.”
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Just try to mess with Star Wars diehard cosplayer Rafael Garza, 34, a mechanic by day.
But her favorite cosplay she’s made thus far is Daenerys Targaryen from the Game of Thrones television series. She’s making another Daenerys costume for San Japan — one of four outfits she’s creating for the convention. “I just love the character. She’s a really strong female character,” Martin said.
She’s Haley Martin, but at San Japan, the 19-year-old will answer to cosplay name, “Sonny Joon.”
Haley “Sonny Joon” Martin, 19 Haley Martin’s favorite holiday has always been Halloween. So it’s no surprise that when a friend from school introduced her to cosplaying four years ago, she was hooked from the start. “Sharing my work with other people and getting to talk to people from all over the world about the stuff they’ve created and how far they’ve traveled, it’s so fun for me,” Martin said. Martin, who goes by the nickname “Sonny Joon” in the cosplay community, is a Northeast Lakeview College student and Starbucks barista. Martin progressed from salvaging much of her costumes from thrift stores to making them by hand. Although she’s taught herself much of what she knows, Martin also credits some of her costuming ability to her seamstress mother. “I guess watching her for so many years, I picked up a thing or two,” Martin said. She favors characters from comics and video games, though she’ll dive into almost any medium. She’s cosplayed as characters from a wide range of series and shows — from Orange is the New Black to Archer to Batman and most anything in between.
Rafael Garza, 34 Rafael Garza has been an avid comic collector for as long as he can remember. A Star Wars fanatic, he started cosplaying about two years ago. Garza started small. He’d throw together a costume with whatever he had around the house. Now he’s adding his own intricate touches, customizing looks for his favorite characters from the Star Wars universe. “I want to stand out from what everyone else looks like,” said Garza, who own a smallengine repair service. He’s currently repurposing Old Republic-style armor he made (complete with a chestplate he repurposed from a mannequin) to look more battle-worn. It’s a lot of work, but the end result is worth it. “It’s great when you actually get to look at something you’ve done at the end, and say, ‘Wow this is something I made.’ But the best part is when you put something on and people automatically recognize you. When they say ‘I know who you are!’ That’s awesome,” Garza said. He also cosplays altruistically. He helps run Heroes and Villains of Cosplay, a San Antoniobased group. They came together through their love of all things Star Wars and though their interests have since broadened, the Lucasfilm universe remains their bread and butter. They sometimes visit children’s hospitals in costume and perform skits and lightsaber battles for kids. “My favorite things have been my Star Wars stuff, because I get to perform a lot with my saber ... and the crowd seems to really like it,” Garza said. “Any sort of charitable event, that’s a lot of what got me into it too, giving back to something.” CONTINUED ON PAGE 25 ►
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Sarah Stockton, 18 Some people are about the journey, while others focus more on the destination. Sarah Stockton definitely falls into the latter category when it comes to cosplay. “I definitely enjoy wearing it more than I enjoy making it, because making it takes so much time,” Stockton said. “ Stockton said that one of her favorite costumes she’s made is Sarah Williams, the main character from the 1986 cult classic Labyrinth. The costume won Best Construction at a recent convention. “I have her big white ball gown,” Stockton said. “It’s not the thing everyone is wearing, but people would be like ‘Oh my God, that’s so cool.’” Stockton’s parents footed the bill for her cosplays until about six months ago — no small investment, since some of her outfits cost more than $200 to make. “My mom looked at me and said ‘This is the last thing I’m buying for you.’ And I was like ‘Oh no,’” Stockton said. “You put it together piece by piece.” But hefty price tags won’t stop Stockton, who’ll start classes at the University of Kansas next semester, from doing what she loves. Even if that means garnering some sideways looks from time to time. “A lot people look at cosplayers and think ‘That’s weird’
or ‘Why would somebody do that. Isn’t dressing up for kids?’” Stockton said. “It’s difficult to explain what’s going on to other people because they don’t understand. It’s just something fun that we enjoy doing.” Linda Romero, 28 Linda Romero’s interest in cosplay began when a friend invited her to the Texas Renaissance Festival her sophomore year of college. “I was like, ‘I didn’t know that this is something you do for that,’” Romero said. “I was blown away.” Her first anime cosplay was Major Motoko Kusanagi, a main character in Ghost in the Shell. She didn’t expect to make much of a splash, but one of the costume’s accessories turned out to be a hit at the convention. “I built this crazy futuristic gun thing that just got so much attention,” Romero said. “People just wanted to take photos of me. It was like, two steps, take a photo, two steps, take a photo.” A photographer herself, including contributing to the Current, Romero has shot several conventions. Sometimes she’ll kill two birds with one stone, cosplaying as photographers from comic books like Peter Parker, Spiderman’s alter ego. “I wanted to be approachable. I didn’t want to be just another media photographer at the event. I wanted people to know that I got it,” Romero said. mmarks@sacurrent sacurrent.com • July 29– August 4, 2015• CURRENT 25
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Gone are the days when the image of burlesque is a pale vixen with a very large feather. From bearded drag to sideshow, today’s burlesque stars look beyond the birdcage for routines with an empowering punch and for two nights, only those stars will make San Antonio their playground. Now in its fourth year, the San Antonio Burlesque Festival has gained momentum since its early days as a mostly local and regional showcase. Today’s iteration of SABF packs a wild wallop, offering more than 60 performances of classic and neoburlesque acts with renowned headliners from across the country. Local performer Jasper St. James calls the festival a perfect introduction to burlesque: “Audiences come to the festival and it’s their first taste of it. And what a way to get a taste!” St. James collaborated with Dino Foxx and several others to curate and produce the event. Together, the curators represent three of the major troupes in town: The Pastie Pops, Stars and Garters Burlesque and La Petite Menagerie. “We’re a collection of people who are body positive and sex positive. I think in curating the festival it is a very important thing to us to make sure that everyone is represented as best as possible — all sizes, all genders, different races — people of different walks of life,” Foxx told the San Antonio Current last week. The end result is a show that includes “literally something for everyone.” The Friday Night Showcase features performances from a bevy of local performers, as well as Ruby Rage, a New Orleans performer that sent shockwaves through the burlesque community after she lost her regular gig over her weight. Ruby Champagne, the Los Angelesbased reigning Queen of San Antonio Burlesque, will bid farewell to her loyal subjects to make way for Saturday’s
crowning of a new royal court. “She’s so perfect for San Antonio, her work tends to be very Latina-centered. She’s just a little firecracker,” Foxx said. The evening concludes with a number from burlesque legend Judith Stein. Each year, the festival recognizes the work of a longtime performer that paved the way for today’s performance culture. “It’s good to honor those that have done this before any of us were even born,” St. James said. Referred to as “Mama Beave” by members of the burlesque community, Stein retired from her longtime career as a stripper while in her 40s, only to make a comeback in her 60s. As St. James put it, “It doesn’t matter how old you are: When the bug bites you, it bites you.” Things heat up for the Saturday Night Spectacular as dozens of local and national acts stretch the boundaries of burlesque and vie for titles such as Best Duo, Best Costume and Most Creative. Last year’s audience favorite and Austin’s only plus-size performance troupe, Fat Bottom Cabaret, returns to wow the crowd with its jaw-dropping choreography. While these gals don’t strip, their act embodies the body-positive spirit of SABF. “People in San Antonio are able to see people who look like they do and leave the festival feeling very empowered to see bodies like theirs showcased in a very beautiful and elegant way,” Foxx said. Other notable highlights include The Moonlight Dolls’ magic burlesque act, a festival first that hearkens back to the days of vaudeville and duo Betty Blue and Zaftigg Von BonBon’s unauthorized spin on Donny and Marie Osmond. Headlining the evening is Miss Indigo Blue (Miss Exotic World 2011, pictured). The famous headmistress of Seattle’s Miss Indigo Blue’s Academy of Burlesque also teaches a Saturday workshop in the art of tassel twirling. It’s no cakewalk. “I’ve taken this class and it is a
Whether a veteran or a first-timer, the SA Burlesque Festival is ready to make you feel exposed.
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Paul Soileau is the man behind CHRISTEENE — the foul-mouth, over-sexed, self-designated “drag terrorist” that has been making her way around the world since 2010. With songs titles such as “Tears from my Pussy” and “African Mayonnaise,” CHRISTEENE has gained an international and diverse fan base. She can be repulsive, yet endearing in many ways; she is Soileau’s twisted response to celebrity, pop culture and a whole lot more. The San Antonio Current caught up with Soileau over the phone from his home in Austin while prepping for a European tour.
shows. So we did Vancouver, Seattle and Portland. It was great. Some guys [in the audience] didn’t like it, but some guys loved it. But Faith No More is known for serving up some fucked-up shit. It was reassuring for the band to see that people still enjoyed their work. So it gave them hope that their fans were still fucked up.
You’ll be performing at the Paper Tiger on August 1. Why did you choose to play at this sort of venue?
Oh, no. It’s part of the message; it’s not done just to shock you. That’s a very small part of the show. It’s just kind of theatrically-designed and woven into the rest of the stuff. So it’s not like it smacks down the rest of the show or overshadows it. If it shocks people, cool. If it doesn’t, you’re welcome.
The music that we do in a live show — the performance that we give — is very different than the image that you watch in the CHRISTEENE videos. It’s very aggressive; it’s much more punk. So those venues are fantastic because it just allows this really great crossover crowd to be in the same room and really tear it up together. And the people who come to our shows are a pretty broad demographic of people, so we don’t really perform for one group or type of person. The rooms are very mixed, so those old shitty rock and punk clubs are the best places to bring a bunch of different kinds of people and just shove them in there and feed them. And there is just a good energy in those places to tap into. You opened up for the band Faith No More earlier this year. How was that? It was really great. I met the keyboardist, Roddy Bottum, about two years ago and we’ve been pretty close and hanging out and stuff. It just happened that they were touring and Roddy and I got to talking and they let us support them for their first three
You have a pretty provocative live show. Do you ever worry that some of the more provocative elements may detract from the quality of the performance or message behind CHRISTEENE?
Do you ever draw the line anywhere and say “That’s going too far?” No. I don’t really think of it that way. I mean I don’t have rules and regulations. I just do what my gut tells me to do and do what feels right to fit the show or to fit the music. In other words, like when we design the videos — the videos are designed just based off of what the song means and what the song feels like. [The song] “Bustin’ Brown” is about ass and assholes. So we built a twenty-foot long asshole and we hopped inside of it. That’s kind of how it goes. So, I read somewhere that CHRISTEENE was partially inspired by Janet Jackson. Is that correct? No! People sometimes talk about when you meet the character CHRISTEENE — she is kind of quiet, kind, sweet and vulnerable. The
If you go check out CHRISTEENE, be ready to be shocked. And then some. That’s how she rolls.
Jacksons probably got thrown in there because they are quite ferocious on stage and when you meet them, they are actually very quiet and very timid. I really admire that quality and I’m really attracted to that about performers. CHRISTEENE created herself in that way as well, but there is no influence from the Jacksons other than their demeanor on and off stage.
lot, but CHRISTEENE was definitely grown from the dirt of the United States, so I’d like to bring her back home and have some fun. So: new music, new experiences, maybe some new hair. What’s been the most rewarding experience so far?
Really, just touring and meeting people at the shows. That’s the best What’s your ultimate vision for shit in the world because it’s live — CHRISTEENE in the coming months? being up on stage, me and the dancers and everybody and just connecting Well, we are touring right now. My with the crowds. I mean, the crowds biggest thing right now is: I have a lot are really mixed and hungry and we’re of songs in my head. They’re different hungry. So it’s a really great time and and I really enjoy them. So I envision there are really great conversations myself shitting these songs out and going on after the shows. So that really having them sound the best is the most rewarding: when they can. In the meantime, we’ll the work finally gets served be touring overseas and then out to the public and you get a CHRISTEENE we’ll come back home and really strong response. It’s just Free 8pm Sat, Aug 1 tour in the states. I’d like to a really great feeling to have Paper Tiger get around more in the United those conversations when it’s 2410 N. St. Mary’s St. papertiger.queueapp.com States. I’ve been overseas a all said and done. sacurrent.com • July 29– August 4, 2015• CURRENT 29
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San Antonians love their movies and it shows with the growing count of film festivals, contests, slams, series and special screenings that continually pop up all across the city during any given month. From Texas Public Radio’s summer film programming to competitions like the San Antonio 48-Hour Film Project to the countless outdoor big-screen showings at places like Mission Marquee Plaza, Travis Park and Main Plaza (not to mention new players in the game like the inaugural Alamo City Film Festival later this year), one might think San Antonio has quite an appetite for cinema. “It’s exciting,” Adam Rocha, San Antonio Film Festival director, told the San Antonio Current last month in anticipation of the 21st annual San Antonio Film Festival, which runs through August 2. “Everyone
needs a diversion from everyday life. In our industry, it comes in the form of filmmaking and festival-building.” While Rocha admits technology has afforded cinephiles more choices than ever when it comes to deciding how to consume movies, he said film festivals and other public gatherings of the like are still viable because of the highly enjoyable experience of watching a film alongside an energetic audience. It’s one of the reasons Rocha still does what he does. He welcomes others to do the same. “Competition is good because it toughens up my game,” Rocha said. “I hope people go to all [the local film events] so they can know who has the best one. Find out what kind of lineup Rocha and his team have assembled this year as the SAFF takes place at the Tobin Center for the Performing Arts for the first time. Below is a preview of some of the indie films screening over the next five days. For a full schedule, visit safilm.com. A Question of Humanity Originally from San Antonio, documentarian Heather Angel Chandler embedded herself in Uganda in October of 2013 after she learned about a fatal neurological disease known as Nodding Syndrome that affects children between the ages of five and 15 in East Africa. Chandler, 38, a former TV news reporter for KABB, was immediately interested in capturing the real story of this mysterious
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A pro wrestler searches for a legendary lost treasure in Little Red and the Rhode Island Strangler.
disease and reporting on a treatment facility, Hope for Humans, battling it on the frontlines. “I really want moviegoers to understand how amazing, strong and positive these children are,” Chandler told the Current. “Despite all the unbelievable challenges they are going through, they still somehow have the will to go on.” 3 p.m. Wednesday, July 29 Little Red and the Rhode Island Strangler Writer/director Matt Sample, 32, introduces audiences to a pair of unlikely fellow adventurers, a young runaway tracking space aliens and an eccentric former pro-wrestler in search of a lost treasure in the desert. “I’ve always been interested in how people use fantasy to escape from the problems they encounter in everyday life,” Sample told the Current. “I would like to take the audience on a similar journey.” 5 p.m. Thursday, July 30
of my finance job, which to some degree parallels [the main character’s] desire to get out of his hopeless situation,” Repici said. 7 p.m. Friday, July 31 Moments of Clarity Winning awards for Best Director and Best Actress at the Boston International Film Festival in April, this madcap comedy adventure follows two young women, one the daughter of an agoraphobic and the other the daughter of a pastor, as they set off on a journey to a church youth group jamboree. “Material like this is rare,” said first-time feature film director Stev Elam, 42. “I hope audiences find it both funny and touching.” 5 p.m. Saturday, August 1
San Antonio Shorts Also on the SAFF slate this year are a number of short films by local filmmakers. These include The Uncanny Valley (dir. Mike Fisher), a love story between a robot and a woman from outer space; La Aventura Dutch Book de Hector el Huevo (dir. Claire Norris), Currently studying screenwriting at an animated film about a hero cascarón; Columbia University, New York-based Invisible People (dir. Demar Gunter), a director/writer James documentary on Joan Cheever Repici’s crime thriller tells the and The Chow Train, her story of a Tampa teenager nonprofit mobile meal service San Antonio Film Festival who hatches a plan to pay off for the homeless; and A Band Through August 2 his father’s gambling debts. of Thieves (dir. Fidel RuizVarious screening times Repici, 35, wrote the film Healy), a “suburban Western” $10-$15 single ticket $99-$125 festival badge while working as an auditor that follows a teenage girl Tobin Center for the Performing Arts five years ago. “I remember causing havoc in town after 100 Auditorium Circle desperately wanting out her allowance is taken away. (210) 223-8624 / safilm.com
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to my manager. He really felt like I could direct it. He sent me the script and said he would understand if I didn’t respond to it. So, I read it and loved it. I called him back within three hours and was like, “I’m in!” When Travolta agreed to come on board, we were off and running. Did you borrow anything from any of the directors you’ve worked with during your career? I don’t think I was copying style or anything like that, but I’ve picked up stuff from every director. I picked up on how directors would interact with me as an actor. It’s all been very influential. Since I was always paying attention to what they were doing, it’s been a better-than-college experience on how to make a movie.
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Would you say directing came natural for you? It did. People on set can get pretty leery about working with a first-time director, but I remember our producer telling me he was waiting to see me with that deer-in-the-headlights look and that he was really surprised when it never came. I think all that time I spent on set as an actor gave me this natural ability. It felt like I had done it 10 times before. For our complete interview with Jackie Earle Haley, visit sacurrent.com. sacurrent.com • July 29– August 4, 2015 • CURRENT 31
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Mi Tierra, Ray’s Drive Inn, Los Barrios — all San Anto institutions that have stood the test of time and thrived in the tumultuous restaurant scene for decades on end. And this July, Sea Island Shrimp House joined the ranks of the five-oh club in serving hungry San Antonians for half a century. But as a non-native, it was difficult at first to find the appeal of this long-standing joint that caters to the seafood-loving crowd. Opened by Dan and Chrissy Anthony and friend Henry Reed at the corner of Rector and McCullough, the original location has been feeding mall-goers ever since North Star Mall was but a five-yearold shopping mecca. The location built in 1965 at 322 W. Rector St. still stands and has been joined by five more — 11715 Bandera Road, 8223 Agora Pkwy., 5959 NW Loop 410, 10303 I-10 W. and 2119 SW Military Dr. — all serving the same menu. The joints’ collective popularity persists yearly with Lenten season wait times going way past the hour mark, and weekends packed to the gills with shrimp lovers. Dan Anthony’s influence in the restaurant scene began at Manhattan Café on Houston Street in downtown San Antonio, opened by his father Tom Anthony. Though the eatery closed in 1977 after a 66-year run, the restaurant bug was deeply entrenched within the
family. Before his death in 2001, Dan had opened the Old San Francisco Steak House with Reed, along with two other concepts and three more locations of Sea Island. He didn’t do it alone — Barclay Anthony, the couple’s youngest son, joined the management team in 1992, and the company’s growth has continued with the opening of two Tiago’s Cabo Grille locations, two more freestanding Sea Island stores and a line of seasoning and sauces. Nick Anthony, the middle son of Dan and Chrissy, wasn’t far behind with the launch of Papouli’s Greek Grill in 2003, which has blossomed to into three locations of its own. After more than 10 years in San Antonio, I could count on one hand the number of times I’d been to Sea Island (any of the six locations). I didn’t have that native craving for lemon pepper fish most 20-something locals might have. So I ventured in for a few visits to figure out why Sea Island was still kickin’ after all these years. My first visit was this past Saturday for a catch-up dinner with my sister at the original location on Rector. The vibe was lively, though it was still relatively early, and the crowd was a varied mix of families and couples, both young and old (after all, they’ve been open for 50 years). Having asked native fans for recommendations before going, I ordered the “world famous” charbroiled shrimp ($12.49) and was pleasantly surprised with my plate. Fifteen lightly breaded, skewered and citrusy shrimp arrived alongside a bed of crisp fries and spinach. Though the shrimp is available with or without breading, the plate was more than enough for one and I made out with leftovers. My sister’s gumbo was chockablock with thick-cut onions, peppers, okra and then some, perfect for hush puppy dipping. New items have been added for the anniversary celebration (including bacon mac ‘n’ cheese, ceviche and a grilled skewer salad) that reflect the changing tastes of the city, but my recommendations still skew toward the
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wthrowbacks like the Aransas Platter, which I had during a lunchtime visit to the Wurzbach location. The establishment’s seafaring digs paired with the giant plate of six wildcaught fried shrimp, two stuffed shrimp and one breaded fried whitefish filet. Too fried? Sure, but the batter wasn’t entirely gut-busting, and the stuffed shrimp were crab-filled and peppery. And there weren’t any seagulls to contend with on the patio. Moreover, the staff — several of them decades-long employees — was friendly
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As a writer, I feel the backdrop of a story is about as critical of a component to a storyline as any. In this story, your humble narrator was given the task of venturing into another unknown set of walls containing my favorite combination — cheap beer and hopefully some good music to accompany said beer. As there are always derailments in life, my plan did not go as smoothly as I wanted. I mean, let’s be fair — who hasn’t spent an entire summer night accidentally getting overly intoxicated and waddling around a pool like an injured seal until six in the morning? A lethargic and sluggish version of myself (with little desire to drink anything other than water) found himself mustering the strength to get out of bed and take care of business to meet my deadline. There was just one problem — the bar I was originally supposed to seek out had the audacity to open Fridays and Saturdays only, the two days I am most certainly chained behind my bar at The Brooklynite with no crew of comrades to free me via a tunnel à la El Chapo. What was I to do? Thankfully, there’s no shortage of places in San Antonio to find a cold beer, a tripas taco or to have your tío Memo’s friend patch your tire for the price of a Natural Light tallboy. I immediately remembered a bar that I had been to a time or two and decided it was time for a rekindling of our former love affair. Ladies and gentlemen, dust off those pool cues and put a koozie in your back pocket — we’re going to My Brother’s Bar. Now, I was no stranger to this joint, but I had only actually been there a handful of times on seemingly much busier nights. The kind of nights where the Spurs had just won a critical playoff game of sorts and the entire place was filled with silver and black shirts and the sound of celebratory bottles clanking (I’ll stop right here about Los Spurs as I am already getting emotional). On this particular evening, I entered the bar and took a seat at a table with a new acquaintance and Sal Guerrero, the proprietor of the establishment, as we all swapped names and stories over a few beers. As it turns out, Guerrero has had the bar for almost 20 years and explained in detail that it serves as the home for a local pool league that hosts tournaments several times a week. Those couple of stories and beers had turned into several stories and beers and before I knew it, patrons
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Lonely Horse Releases LongAwaited Desert Sons MATT STIEB/@MATTHEWSTIEB
Lonely Horse guitarist Nicholas Long has a remarkable ability to make his instrument speak. Not like the rock ‘n’ roll camp of a Frampton talk box, but to make the thing communicate like a human voice in some forgotten language. On “Oranges,” the guitar follows along in tandem with Long’s melody, breaking into little comments and quips between breaths like a hype man to an emcee. It’s a sound strategy for Lonely Horse, a two-piece band with a talent for making themselves seem bigger than they appear. On Desert Sons, the band’s debut record, Long and drummer Travis Hild pound their instruments with vigor, blowing up like a puffer fish to achieve their desired size. To do this, Long and Hild often brood on the same witching-hour rock riffs. On “Red People,” the pair are synced up so perfectly in voice, guitar and rolling tom thunder that Lonely Horse comes to life — a breathing organism compared to a tinny two-piece. Recorded in January of 2014, Lonely Horse sat on Desert Sons for 18 months, dealing with the cantankerous, slow bureaucracy of the industry. On top of all the usual frustrations of waiting on a glossy, finished project, Long had to keep the wounds open that inspired the collection. “I don’t like singing these songs much anymore, they bring back bad memories,” Long told the San Antonio Current. “There’s a lot of emotion and aggression and I’m not the same person I was.” It’s not a stretch to call Desert Sons a breakup album. Written and recorded during a divorce, much of the material has the bleeding-heart quality of the days after a rough split. “Woman,” he sings on a track of the same name, “I wanted to be something good / but you were feeding me lies all the time.” When Long sings of the relationship’s end, there’s real pain in his voice, lamenting all the little steps leading over the edge. On “Ch. 2,” he wants love, but only gets “strong convictions,” singing with emotional control and crisp instrumental runs to match. But when the memory becomes too much, Long and Hild enter into a ferocious moment, building on a riff until it topples over on itself. Within this story of heartbreak, race is a dominant
Nick Long (left) and Travis Hild of Lonely Horse, whose new work Desert Sons is now out on Nouveau Riche Records.
theme, evident even from a quick look at the track It’s white privilege on trial here, the blinders worn by listing. “Red People,” “Black People” and “White White Anglo-Americans unable or unwilling to see how much People” all populate the album, interacting in different black and brown suffering went into paving a white road states of harmony and conflict. toward opportunity. Drawing from that moment in court, “Ch. 2” explains the weight of race in a codified Long sings of a desire to live without the imposed original America. Within the legal proceedings of a divorce and sin of being black in America. custody battle, Long remembers a moment sitting in “There’s white people, then there’s white white people,” silence as “the government takes my son away.” Long explained subtly, dividing racism into its active “Everybody judges with their eyes, people don’t look and passive components. “That’s why I named the song at someone and not judge them first before they hear “White White People.” It appears the judges fall into the them speak or know anything about them,” Long said. latter category. “Whenever I’d go to the judge, they summed me up Finally, 18 months after its inception, Lonely Horse can before I walked in. I don’t know what they were saying finally put Desert Sons in the rearview, focusing on getting in their heads, but from what I could feel, they thought I back the footwork for a national campaign. was just another deadbeat black guy.” “This record taking so long has been a blessing and a That moment of powerlessness in a curse,” said Long. It’s forced us to write a prejudiced court also inspired “White White lot and it’s given us a lot of ideas of what People,” one of the strongest cuts on Desert we’re going to do next and how we’re going Lonely Horse Album Release feat. Wild Blood, Sons. “Now give me your skin,” Long sings, to do it. I realized that we know how to get The Onyx Humms “your white, white skin / I want to feel what it people in emotionally but now I want people $5 is like to just storm right in / I’ll give you my to be free. Music is like ceremony. For us, 10pm Sat, August 1 skin, my black and red skin / So you can feel when we play a set, it’s real ceremonious to Phantom Room 2114 N. St. Mary’s St. what it is like to have a fire within.” play music and to share it with people.” sacurrent.com • July 29– August 4, 2015 • CURRENT 49
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A REIGN IN BLOOD
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Slayer’s (left to right) Tom Araya, Gary Holt, Paul Bostaph and Kerry King.
running the demonic playbook. It’s also a little juvenile for a band that’s pushing 40. But, largely, it’s good to hear that Slayer is putting out what it’s good at. There’s no Lou Reed collab like on Lulu, the dross known as Metallica’s last record. There’s no numetal flirtation à la ‘90s Slayer. Repentless is a document of a band playing harder and faster as 50-year-old men than most basement metalhead teens could dream of. Paul Bostaph first joined Slayer at the age of 28, trading in a career with Bay Area thrash crew Forbidden for the world stage. In 1992, when Bostaph enlisted in the band, Slayer just came off a trifecta of massive albums — including thrash’s crown jewel, 1986’s Reign In Blood. Bostaph’s first studio gig was a strange one. For the abominable ’93 thriller Judgment Night, Slayer teamed with Ice-T for three songs on the movie’s soundtrack. Thankfully, with Ice-T on his Body Count punk kick, the tunes are markedly better than the movie (may the employment gods have mercy on the casting director that Slayer’s 11th album, Repentless, is out September 11. paired Stephen Dorf and Cuba Gooding Jr. onscreen). Two years into his Slayer care, Bostaph was introduced to really attack it.” gold-hit alchemist Rick Rubin, who had been working with In his adjunct tenure with Slayer — working between the Slayer since Reign In Blood. contract disputes and side project vacations of original “Like anybody else you hold up on a pedestal, I’ve always drummer Dave Lombardo — Bostaph has helped the band wanted to meet Rick,” said Bostaph. One of maintain the integrity of its pentagramic font. the most important things I’ve learned from him There’s an inherent silliness to most brands is not to play the music perfect. He pointed in Big Metal, whether it’s the winking gothic Rockstar Mayhem that out in my playing, he said ‘look, the most Festival feat. Slayer, operas of King Diamond or the hellbent leather exciting drummers sound like they’re going to King Diamond, Hellyeah, of Judas Priest. But Slayer can rock a video fall apart at the last second but don’t. You’re The Devil Wears Prada like “Seasons in the Abyss” in front of the $66.60 thinking ‘how are they gonna come out of this’ Pyramids, with a Viking ship and it’s still dead Noon, Fri, July 31 and all of a sudden you do, that’s when the Alamo City Music Hall serious. Operative word: dead. excitement happens.’ I think that advice from 1305 E. Houston mstieb@sacurrent.com him made me stop walking on eggshells and alamocitymusichall.com
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It’s been six years since thrash overlords Slayer released their last album, a time window during which two crucial band developments occurred. One, an MSG revelation: the Slayer Dog. At a price tag of $6.66, Austin’s Frank Hot Dogs gave the world a spicy link with habanero-jack cheese, cayenne-dusted bacon, tobacco onions and the unknown gore of ‘Slayer Sauce’ for the band’s appearance at Fun Fun Fun Fest in 2011. Hell hath no fury like a Slayer Dog heartburn. The other, a tragedy: the death of guitarist Jeff Hanneman. In 2013, Hanneman, the guitarist who wrote Slayer pillars like “Raining Blood” and “Angel of Death,” died of liver failure at 49. “I can’t say it’s been business as usual because he was a brother, you know?” drummer Paul Bostaph told the San Antonio Current. “For me, it wasn’t easy. I’ve talked with my friends about this, but when someone passes away in your life, there’s a hole, a gap and you know they’re gone. There’s a kind of guilt in that.” Before his death, Hanneman contributed one cut to Slayer’s new album, Repentless. A few weeks before the band’s appearance at the Rockstar Mayhem Festival in San Antonio, I received half of the new album through email, with security measures you might expect for a matter of national security. Of the six songs I received, Hanneman’s “Piano Wire” is the murderous pick of the litter. A slow tempo by Slayer standards, the band’s intensity and military precision threatens to garrot anyone who steps in the band’s warpath. For the remainder of Repentless, Hanneman’s loss inspired Slayer as an absent center, his memory serving as a counsel from beyond. “While recording, instead of walking into the booth and telling me what he thought, he more or less was in my mind,” said Bostaph. “What would Jeff think or what would Jeff do?” Repentless, out on September 11, is Paul Bostaph’s first studio appearance with Slayer since God Hates Us All (eerily released on September 11, 2001). The band’s 11th album remains true to the thrash metal Slayer helped define in the 1980s — light-speed hardcore rhythms, themes of social unrest and the Inferno and hellacious shredding to match. With each Repentless solo, guitarist Kerry King comes out of the gate like a bullrider trying to hold onto his instrument. Lyrically, the “hate the fucking scene” material isn’t as rewarding as singing about hell, Nazis and
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Angel Deradoorian has a top candidate’s CV in indie rock, playing bass and belting pitch perfect harmonies in her former band Dirty Projectors and in her current gig with card-carrying Animal Collective member Avey Tare. Hers is a voice (and a name) that most singers can only dream about in the shower, a nimble thing capable of a piano’s range and an actor’s emotion. On August 21, Deradoorian releases her sophomore solo album The Expanding Flower Planet on art-house hip-hop label Anticon. With “The Eye,” a first peek from the record, Deradoorian picks up the rhythm by its collar, a pulsating, Krautfriendly beat that gives the tune its considerable heart. As usual, the singer takes a savant’s approach to melody, separating her advice and rhythm into odd intervals and brilliant corners. With We Leave At Midnight, Casual Strangers, Vision Dubbed. $8, 9pm, K23 Gallery, 702 Fredericksburg Rd., facebook.com/k23gallery. — Matt Stieb
Wednesday, July 29
Bring Your Own Vinyl Revel with friendly
vinyl-heads over the best wax in your collection, or slam pickle shots in the corner and seethe over that one girl with an original copy of Their Satanic Majesties Request. Hi-Tones, 9pm
Breathe Carolina Warped Tour stalwarts
Breathe Carolina play a certain type of V-Neck EDM rock that might sound good in a budget limo on the way to prom, or for those in tuxedo T-shirts in any vehicle. With FeenixPawl, Apek. Aztec Theatre, 8pm
George Chambers and the Country Gentlemen The Pearl continues its summer concert series at the stable with Texas country legend George Chambers. His band the Country Gentleman is something of a proving ground for Lone Star musicians, with alums including members of the bands of Charley Pride, Daryl McCall, Terry Yarborough and Willie Nelson. To further prove his status as a great dude, Willie even wrote the liner notes to a Chambers record thanking him for his contributions. Pearl Stable, 5:30pm
Have Gun Will Travel, Garrett Klahn Named after the ’50s Western series, Florida folk-rockers Have Gun Will Travel compose rich narratives worthy of their television namesake. Frontman of posthardcore outfit Texas Is the Reason (named after the Misfits’ “Bullet”), Garrett Klahn leads a solo tour of his own material. 502 Bar, 9pm
Nag Champa Named after the Indian
incense, Nag Champa hosts a weekly revue of the explosive cumbia rhythm. Bottom Bracket Social Club, 10pm
Teenage Cavegirl, The Beers Austin’s
Teenage Cavegirl worships the Nuggets stuff with enough conviction to make Joel Osteen look like Richard Dawkins. The Beers’ six-pack sloppy Drafts demos are but a taste of the live and inebriated shine of the SA trio. Paper Tiger, 9pm
The Infidels Named after Bob Dylan’s
1983 album, Michael Martin and the Infidels play in the wordy spirit of the great American songwriter. Sam’s Burger Joint, 8pm
Thursday, July 30
Big Jaw Austin alt-rockers Big Jaw swing
in the heavy, Pacific Northwest style of the ’90s on the 2014 EP Photophobia. With Conmigo & The Greensleeves. Sam’s Burger Joint, 7pm
Coolers, Chicon Formerly known as
Taargus Taargus, this Austin indie rock appears to have invested in some nice Igloo gear. On the cover of Chicon single “Sin Ti,” the band depicts a teenage werewolf sitting alone, listening to records and though-bubble dreaming of a canine crush in an Oakland Raiders sweatshirt. The tune itself reflects this spirit of puppy love, with an enveloping, jangly guitar tone and close vocal harmonies. With Hypersleep. Paper Tiger, 9pm
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Los Lonely Boys From San Angelo, the
Garza Boys play a self-described style of “Texican Rock ‘n’ Roll,” blending Tejano with Adult Album Alternative. With their ’04 dad rock highlight “Heaven,” Los Lonely Boys earned themselves a Grammy for Best Pop Performance and a spot on AAA radio for all time. The power trio of the three brothers take their primary inspiration from their father, Ringo Garza, Sr., who himself formed a tejano rock crew with his brothers in the ’70s called The Falcones. Aztec Theatre, 7pm
Primitive Man Denver doom-mongerers
Primitive Man don’t give a fuck about your paleo diet. On the new single “Futility,” the band drives forward with an ominous and sludgy death wish. With Crawl, Old and Ill, Life Decay, Se Tu Propio Dios. The Korova, 8:30pm
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
Zarabande feat. Andrea “Vocab” Sanderson Led by vibraphonist Joe
Caploe and marimba player Toro Flores, Zarabande is a six-piece jazz ensemble with considerable talents in Afro-Cuban jazz and the bop idiom. Vocalist, poet and emcee Andrea “Vocab” Sanderson joins the band for the gig. Carmen’s De La Calle, 7pm
Friday, July 31
2015 Texas Ska Festival American ska
fashion is a curious thing, with USA punks riffing on the sartorial choices of England’s subcultures (themselves riffing on the rocksteady of Jamaica). At the 2015 Texas Ska Festival, expect plenty of it, with checkerboard patterns as far as the eye can see. Bonus points for all the diehards who rock the full suit gear in the punishing July heat. With The Bandulus, Chris Murray, Ryan Scroggins. Jack’s Bar, 7pm
Balcones Heights Jazz Festival The
Balcones Heights Jazz Festival continues wtih material from Warhawk, an Air Force horn band stationed at Lackland. Jessy J closes out the evening, bringing a smooth and Latin sax sound. Wonderland of the Americas, 7pm
Cody Jinks Texas country-crooner and
beard enthusiast Cody Jinks sings of a libertarian, judgment-free lifestyle on “Cast No Stones.” Floore’s Country Store, 7pm
Henry + The Invisibles SA’s own Henry +
the Invisibles continues to turn in soulful, ridiculously costumed one-man shows. Rebar, 10pm
Junkie, Loafers SA weed-rockers Junkie
borrow from Wavves, rhyming “daze,” “blaze” “craze” and “laze” as frequently as they evoke teenage boredom and catchy guitar riffs on their Bong Dazed EP. On Late Bloomer, Loafers extend the Texas garage rock revival in their hometown of Waco. With Harvey McLaughlin and the Bottomfeeders. The Amp Room, 9pm
Lukas Borstein A member of ambitious Portland rock combo Ghost Towns, Lukas Borstein strips down the sound for a solo tour. The Cove, 9pm
Marcia Ball When it comes to regional
styles, no city, state or territory can compare to the roadhouse fun of New Orleans music, an artform that Marcia Ball sticks to like religion. Born in 1949 in Orange, in way East Texas, Ball hopped over the Louisiana border in her childhood and never looked back. From her début solo album Circuit Queen in ’78 to her sixteenth, The Tattooed Lady and The Alligator Man, Ball has mastered the boogie-woogie piano approach in the tradition of Fats Domino and the studious Professor Longhair. Her new record The Tattooed Lady finds Ball on Alligator Records repping her swamp-jump with a touch of zydeco rhythm, having lost none of the polish over almost 40 years of career wear. In fact, her stories have gained only verve and precision over the years. Like the all-seeing house pianist in a seedy New Orleans juke joint, her narrators know the dirty truths of the in-song characters trafficking in vice. Sam’s Burger Joint, 8pm
Mozart Festival Texas On Friday, UIW’s Mozart Festival Texas hosts violist Scott Haupert and the Artisan quartet performing Mozart’s Quintet in C and Grieg’s String Quartet no. 1 in G Minor. On Saturday, the festival continues with soprano Blyth Cates, mezzo-soprano Orit Elyon, pianist Ryo Yanagitani and conductor Terence Frazor leading the Mozart Festival Orchestra. The band will perform Mozart’s “Ah guarda sorella,” Piano Concerto no. 23 in A and Symphony no. 40 in G Minor. University of the Incarnate Word, 8pm
Silent Minority EP Release San Antonio heavy rockers Silent Minority speak up with the new release Da Vinci. Zombies, 9pm
Sub.Culture Dance music collective Sub.Culture aims to facilitate a wider degree of deep-frequency culture in the conservative sonic climate of Alamo City. Argentinean musician El G and producer and State Rep. Diego Bernal join the group for the evening. Paper Tiger, 9pm sacurrent.com • July 29– August 4, 2015 • CURRENT 53
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2015 Texas Ska Festival The music (and fashion) continues with up-tempo riffs from Spies Like Us, The Suspects and Channel One. Jack’s Bar, 7pm
Aaron Watson After a brief career in
minor league baseball, Amarillo native Aaron Watson struck a hit with Good Time, his 2012 LP that reached the top 10 on the Billboard Country chart. With Rick Trevino, Zane Williams. Whitewater Amphitheater, 7:30pm
Boys Don’t Cry, Marr-Moz Experience For all the sad boys out there on a Saturday night, Fitzgerald’s hosts a tribute evening to The Cure and The Smiths. Fitzgerald’s Bar, 6pm
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Sunday, August 2
As Cities Burn Since returning from a
hiatus in 2011, As Cities Burn continues to stack genres on each other with their brand of Christian post-hardcore. With Emery, Listener, Foreign Sons. Alamo City Music Hall, 6pm
Doc Watkins Trio Unlike some jazz
musicians whose claim to a doctorate is just a nickname (looking at you, Dr. Lonnie Smith) and others who have won honorary degrees (congrats, Sonny Rollins!), Brent ‘Doc’ Watkins has a doctorate in music from UT Austin. It’s a degree he’s put to good use, swinging viciously on his piano or Hammond B3 rig. Esquire Tavern, 3pm
Fifth Harmony Formed on the USA
channel’s The X Factor, Fifth Harmony’s origins explains their somewhat tepid band name. On “Sledgehammer,” the five-piece covers all the metaphoric ground of the construction/destruction tool over a commercialized Johnny Jewel beat. Tobin Center, 7pm
Los Angeles Azules Mexico City cumbia
crew Los Angeles Azules employs an absolutely huge band with dapperdope suits and Smokey Robinson-style synchronized dances. Since 1976, they’ve been at the forefront of the genre. Majestic Theatre, 7pm
Mobile Deathcamp Speed metal outfit Mobile Deathcamp riffs through a Flying V riff on “Negative Mind.” With Carnivora. Fitzgerald’s Bar, 7pm
Monday, August 3
Small World Led by drummer Kyle Keener and guitarist Polly Harrison, Small World places world features music from the Great American Songbook and bossa nova sung in the original Portuguese. Olmos Bharmacy, 7:30pm
The Georges South Texas stalwarts The
Georges inject rockabilly with the pop stylings of the Fab Four. For the weekly swing night at Sam’s, expect a cowpoking addition of the Western style of Bob Wills. Sam’s Burger Joint, 7pm
Tuesday, August 4
LA Witch, Death Valley Girls Dang,
these California rock ‘n’ rollers know how to name their bands. This summer, LA Witch intends to release a full-length on Lolipop Records. In the meantime, the single “Kill My Baby Tonight” is a dark and memorable tune to hold us over. Death Valley Girls bump an organ as its leading instrument, fighting a trad-psych guitar line on the funhouse number “Wait For You.” With The Alamo City party animals The Bolos. Limelight, 7pm
Jim Cullum Jazz Band Band Any
serious reputation San Antonio has as a jazz town has to be chalked up to Jim Cullum, Jr., the man in charge of the long running public radio show Riverwalk Jazz and who’s been consistently swinging in the Alamo City for decades. Bohanan’s, 7pm
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by all means put them out. I have a couple of Magic Wands that are great for getting the party started, because there’s always someone who’s wanted to try one. But she doesn’t have to spend a ton of cash outfitting her friends’ crotches.” As for finding people who might want to attend your sex party, Moon and I both agree that putting an invite on Twitter — or Facebook or Instagram or Farmers Only or Yik Yak — is a very, very bad idea. “NSA should stay away from social media to start,” said Moon. “Instead, she should make a list of friends who might be down and give them a call to see if they have friends they’d want to bring. Bonus points if she has friends who are up for being used as ‘ringers.’ Lady parties are notorious for taking hours to warm up — someone has to be the first one in the pool and a ringer can help get the party started. Or she could consider some ice-breaking games, like spin the bottle, as a goofy way to get the girls ready to grind on each other.” But let’s say you don’t have any friends who might want to come to your girls-only sex party — or you’re too chicken to ask your friends — is there another way? “If her slutty-friend pool is small, she could look at sites devoted to sex-positive folks, like FetLife or her local chapter of a leather women’s group. But she should be super explicit about her women-only policy if she does post anywhere online and she should also consider screening guests with a phone call. And I strongly recommend a closed-door policy, i.e., folks must arrive by a certain time or they can’t come in. This keeps you from having to monitor the door all night so you can enjoy your own damn party.” You can follow Moon on Twitter @ TheAllisonMoon — and you should listen to a really moving story she shared recently on RISK!, Kevin Allison’s amazing podcast, about her friend Hans (“Four Orgies and a Funeral”). You can find RISK! on iTunes or at Risk-Show.com. @fakedansavage on Twitter
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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY by Rob Brezsny ARIES (MARCH 21-APRIL 19): “I am very much in love with no one in particular,” says actor Ezra Miller. His statement would make sense coming out of your mouth right about now. So would this one: “I am very much in love with almost everyone I encounter.” Or this one: “I am very much in love with the wind and moon and hills and rain and rivers.” Is this going to be a problem? How will you deal with your overwhelming urge to overflow? Will you break people’s hearts and provoke uproars everywhere you go, or will you rouse delight and bestow blessings? As long as you take yourself lightly, I foresee delight and blessings.
TAURUS (APRIL 20-MAY 20): In her io9.com article on untranslatable words, Esther Inglis-Arkell defines the Chinese term wei-wu-wei as “conscious non-action . . . a deliberate, and principled, decision to do nothing whatsoever, and to do it for a particular reason.” In my astrological opinion, the coming days would be a favorable time to explore and experiment with this approach. I think you will reap wondrous benefits if you slow down and rest in the embrace of a pregnant pause. The mysteries of silence and emptiness will be rich resources.
GEMINI (MAY 21-JUNE 20): “I always liked side-paths, little dark backalleys behind the main road — there one finds adventures and surprises, and precious metal in the dirt.” The character named Dmitri Karamazov makes that statement in Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s novel The Brothers Karamazov. And now I’m thinking that you might like to claim his attitude as your own. Just for a while, you understand. Not forever. The magic of the side paths and back-alleys may last for no more than a few weeks, and then gradually fade. But in the meantime, the experiences you uncover there could be fun and educational. I do have one question for you, though: What do you think Dmitri meant by “precious metal in the dirt”? Money? Gold? Jewelry? Was he speaking metaphorically? I’m sure you’ll find out.
CANCER (JUNE 21-JULY 22): “Sometimes the road less traveled is less traveled for a reason,” says comedian Jerry Seinfeld. His implication is that rejecting traditional strategies and conventional wisdom doesn’t always lead to success. As a professional rebel myself, I find it painful to agree even a little bit with that idea. But I do think it’s applicable to your life right now. For the foreseeable future, compulsive nonconformity is likely to yield mediocrity. Putting too much emphasis on being unique rather than on being right might distract you from the truth. My advice: Stick to the road more traveled.
LEO (JULY 23-AUG. 22): I expect you to be in a state of constant birth for the next three weeks. Awakening and activation will come naturally. Your drive to blossom and create may be irresistible, bordering on unruly. Does that sound overwhelming? I don’t think it will be a problem as long as you cultivate a mood of amazed amusement about it. (P.S. This upsurge is a healthy response to the dissolution that preceded it.) VIRGO (AUG. 23-SEPT. 22): Expiration dates loom. Fond adieus and last laughs and final hurrahs are on tap. Unfinished business is begging you to give it your smartest attention while there’s still time to finish it with elegance and grace. So here’s my advice for you, my on-theverge friend: Don’t save any of your tricks, ingenuity, or enthusiasm for later. This t the later you’ve been saving them for. You are more ready than you realize to try what has always seemed improbable or inconceivable before now. Here’s my promise: If you handle these endings with righteous decisiveness, you will ensure bright beginnings in the weeks after your birthday.
LIBRA (SEPT. 23-OCT. 22): A company called Evil Supply sells a satirical poster that contains the following quote: “Be the villain you were born to be. Stop waiting for someone to come along and corrupt you. Succumb to the darkness yourself.” The text in the advertisement for this product adds, “Follow your nightmares . . . Plot your own nefarious path.” Although this counsel is slightly funny to me, I’m too moral and upright to recommend it to you — even now, when I think there would be value in you being less nice and polite and agreeable than you usually are. So I’ll tinker with Evil Supply’s message to create more suitable advice: “For the greater good, follow your naughty bliss. Be a leader with a wild imagination. Nudge everyone out of their numbing routines. Sow benevolent mischief that energizes your team.”
SCORPIO (OCT. 23-NOV. 21): “Every time you resist acting on your anger and instead restore yourself to calm, it gets easier,” writes psychologist Laura Markham in Psychology Today. In fact, neurologists claim that by using your willpower in this way, “you’re actually rewiring your brain.” And so the more you practice, the less likely it is that you will be addled by rage in the future. I see the coming weeks as an especially favorable time for you to do this work, Scorpio. Keeping a part of your anger alive is good, of course — sometimes you need its energy to motivate constructive change. But you would benefit from culling the excess.
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AQUARIUS (JAN. 20-FEB. 18):
Much of the action in the world’s novels takes place inside buildings, according to author Robert Bringhurst. But characters in older Russian literature are an exception, he says. They are always out in the forests, traveling and rambling. In accordance with astrological omens, I suggest that you draw inspiration from the Russians’ example in the coming days. As often and as long as you can, put yourself in locations where the sky is overhead. Nature is the preferred setting, but even urban spots are good. Your luck, wisdom, and courage are likely to increase in direct proportion to how much time you spend outdoors.
French and Italian readers may have no problem with this horoscope. But Americans, Canadians, Brits, and Aussies might be offended, even grossed out. Why? Because my analysis of the astrological omens compels me to conclude that “moist” is a central theme for you right now. And research has shown that many speakers of the English language find the sound of the word “moist” equivalent to hearing fingernails scratching a chalkboard. If you are one of those people, I apologize. But the fact is, you will go astray unless you stay metaphorically moist. You need to cultivate an attitude that is damp but not sodden; dewy but not soggy; sensitive and responsive and lyrical, but not overwrought or weepy or histrionic.
CAPRICORN (DEC. 22-JAN. 19): Has a beloved teacher disappointed you? Are there inspirational figures about whom you feel conflicted because they don’t live up to all of your high standards? Have you become alienated from a person who gave you a blessing but later expressed a flaw you find hard to overlook? Now would be an excellent time to seek healing for rifts like these. Outright forgiveness is one option. You could also work on deepening your appreciation for how complicated and paradoxical everyone is. One more suggestion: Meditate on how your longing for what’s perfect might be an enemy of your ability to benefit from what’s merely good
PISCES (FEB. 19-MARCH 20): Which signs of the zodiac are the most expert sleepers? Who best appreciates the healing power of slumber and feels the least shame about taking naps? Which of the twelve astrological tribes are most inclined to study the art of snoozing and use their knowledge to get the highest quality renewal from their time in bed? My usual answer to these questions would be Taurus and Cancer, but I’m hoping you Pisceans will vie for the top spot in the coming weeks. It’s a very favorable time for you to increase your mastery of this supreme form of self-care.
THIS MODERN WORLD by Tom Tomorrow
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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY by Rob Brezsny ARIES (MARCH 21-APRIL 19): “I am very much in love with no one in particular,” says actor Ezra Miller. His statement would make sense coming out of your mouth right about now. So would this one: “I am very much in love with almost everyone I encounter.” Or this one: “I am very much in love with the wind and moon and hills and rain and rivers.” Is this going to be a problem? How will you deal with your overwhelming urge to overflow? Will you break people’s hearts and provoke uproars everywhere you go, or will you rouse delight and bestow blessings? As long as you take yourself lightly, I foresee delight and blessings.
TAURUS (APRIL 20-MAY 20): In her io9.com article on untranslatable words, Esther Inglis-Arkell defines the Chinese term wei-wu-wei as “conscious non-action . . . a deliberate, and principled, decision to do nothing whatsoever, and to do it for a particular reason.” In my astrological opinion, the coming days would be a favorable time to explore and experiment with this approach. I think you will reap wondrous benefits if you slow down and rest in the embrace of a pregnant pause. The mysteries of silence and emptiness will be rich resources.
GEMINI (MAY 21-JUNE 20): “I always liked side-paths, little dark backalleys behind the main road — there one finds adventures and surprises, and precious metal in the dirt.” The character named Dmitri Karamazov makes that statement in Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s novel The Brothers Karamazov. And now I’m thinking that you might like to claim his attitude as your own. Just for a while, you understand. Not forever. The magic of the side paths and back-alleys may last for no more than a few weeks, and then gradually fade. But in the meantime, the experiences you uncover there could be fun and educational. I do have one question for you, though: What do you think Dmitri meant by “precious metal in the dirt”? Money? Gold? Jewelry? Was he speaking metaphorically? I’m sure you’ll find out.
CANCER (JUNE 21-JULY 22): “Sometimes the road less traveled is less traveled for a reason,” says comedian Jerry Seinfeld. His implication is that rejecting traditional strategies and conventional wisdom doesn’t always lead to success. As a professional rebel myself, I find it painful to agree even a little bit with that idea. But I do think it’s applicable to your life right now. For the foreseeable future, compulsive nonconformity is likely to yield mediocrity. Putting too much emphasis on being unique rather than on being right might distract you from the truth. My advice: Stick to the road more traveled.
LEO (JULY 23-AUG. 22): I expect you to be in a state of constant birth for the next three weeks. Awakening and activation will come naturally. Your drive to blossom and create may be irresistible, bordering on unruly. Does that sound overwhelming? I don’t think it will be a problem as long as you cultivate a mood of amazed amusement about it. (P.S. This upsurge is a healthy response to the dissolution that preceded it.) VIRGO (AUG. 23-SEPT. 22): Expiration dates loom. Fond adieus and last laughs and final hurrahs are on tap. Unfinished business is begging you to give it your smartest attention while there’s still time to finish it with elegance and grace. So here’s my advice for you, my on-theverge friend: Don’t save any of your tricks, ingenuity, or enthusiasm for later. This t the later you’ve been saving them for. You are more ready than you realize to try what has always seemed improbable or inconceivable before now. Here’s my promise: If you handle these endings with righteous decisiveness, you will ensure bright beginnings in the weeks after your birthday.
LIBRA (SEPT. 23-OCT. 22): A company called Evil Supply sells a satirical poster that contains the following quote: “Be the villain you were born to be. Stop waiting for someone to come along and corrupt you. Succumb to the darkness yourself.” The text in the advertisement for this product adds, “Follow your nightmares . . . Plot your own nefarious path.” Although this counsel is slightly funny to me, I’m too moral and upright to recommend it to you — even now, when I think there would be value in you being less nice and polite and agreeable than you usually are. So I’ll tinker with Evil Supply’s message to create more suitable advice: “For the greater good, follow your naughty bliss. Be a leader with a wild imagination. Nudge everyone out of their numbing routines. Sow benevolent mischief that energizes your team.”
SCORPIO (OCT. 23-NOV. 21): “Every time you resist acting on your anger and instead restore yourself to calm, it gets easier,” writes psychologist Laura Markham in Psychology Today. In fact, neurologists claim that by using your willpower in this way, “you’re actually rewiring your brain.” And so the more you practice, the less likely it is that you will be addled by rage in the future. I see the coming weeks as an especially favorable time for you to do this work, Scorpio. Keeping a part of your anger alive is good, of course — sometimes you need its energy to motivate constructive change. But you would benefit from culling the excess.
60 CURRENT • July 29– August 4, 2015 • sacurrent.com
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AQUARIUS (JAN. 20-FEB. 18):
Much of the action in the world’s novels takes place inside buildings, according to author Robert Bringhurst. But characters in older Russian literature are an exception, he says. They are always out in the forests, traveling and rambling. In accordance with astrological omens, I suggest that you draw inspiration from the Russians’ example in the coming days. As often and as long as you can, put yourself in locations where the sky is overhead. Nature is the preferred setting, but even urban spots are good. Your luck, wisdom, and courage are likely to increase in direct proportion to how much time you spend outdoors.
French and Italian readers may have no problem with this horoscope. But Americans, Canadians, Brits, and Aussies might be offended, even grossed out. Why? Because my analysis of the astrological omens compels me to conclude that “moist” is a central theme for you right now. And research has shown that many speakers of the English language find the sound of the word “moist” equivalent to hearing fingernails scratching a chalkboard. If you are one of those people, I apologize. But the fact is, you will go astray unless you stay metaphorically moist. You need to cultivate an attitude that is damp but not sodden; dewy but not soggy; sensitive and responsive and lyrical, but not overwrought or weepy or histrionic.
CAPRICORN (DEC. 22-JAN. 19): Has a beloved teacher disappointed you? Are there inspirational figures about whom you feel conflicted because they don’t live up to all of your high standards? Have you become alienated from a person who gave you a blessing but later expressed a flaw you find hard to overlook? Now would be an excellent time to seek healing for rifts like these. Outright forgiveness is one option. You could also work on deepening your appreciation for how complicated and paradoxical everyone is. One more suggestion: Meditate on how your longing for what’s perfect might be an enemy of your ability to benefit from what’s merely good
PISCES (FEB. 19-MARCH 20): Which signs of the zodiac are the most expert sleepers? Who best appreciates the healing power of slumber and feels the least shame about taking naps? Which of the twelve astrological tribes are most inclined to study the art of snoozing and use their knowledge to get the highest quality renewal from their time in bed? My usual answer to these questions would be Taurus and Cancer, but I’m hoping you Pisceans will vie for the top spot in the coming weeks. It’s a very favorable time for you to increase your mastery of this supreme form of self-care.
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