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CONTENTS March 18-24, 2015
10 NEWS Resurrecting Faded History Tejano leader José Antonio Navarro memorialized at the Texas State Cemetery
16 CALENDAR
39 FOOD
50 MUSIC
Missteps In Wine Country Tasty pizza and gelato, but Napa Flats underwhelms in other aspects
Burger Boys In its third year, Burger Records’ Hangover Fest is an insane two-day binge on garage rock
Marked For Change A look at SA’s changing tattoo art landscape
Fringe Café Zone out with java, art and more at Espresso Gallery
Paper Tiger Unleashed Our picks for the free, three-day opening of Paper Tiger
Skin Deep Dueling needles as competing tattoo expos vie for market
Culinary Calendar 6 ways to get your drink/grub on this week
Music Calendar What to see and hear this week
Queen Of The Squeezebox Playwright Joel Settles and bandleader Eva Ybarra team up for the multimedia production La Reina del Acordeón
Flavor File Need hard-to-find bitters? Make Pantry Provisions your local web-based bodega
Our top picks for the week
24 ARTS
34 SCREENS
45 NIGHTLIFE
The Home Vidiot This month’s releases include hobbits, kink and TV picks
Reading Is Optional You’ll likely run into a few attorneys at Don Marsh’s latest concept, The Bar
Winning Formula? Zombie chuckles with Derek Lee Nixon’s The Walking Deceased
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DISCOVER TEJANO HISTORY • The popular hotel chain La Quinta has a name with roots in a dark past. After the Battle of Medina in 1813, Spanish General Joaquín de Arredondo gathered up the wives of men who fought to wrest control of Texas from Spain and he put them in a jail, where they were subjected to rape and torture. That jail was called La Quinta. The surviving soldiers and anyone else deemed a traitor — about 300 people — were marched to Main Plaza after the battle and were beheaded or hanged right in front on the San Fernando Cathedral. Sculptor Jonas Perkins’ statue of José Antonio Navarro stands across the street from Casa Navarro in San Antonio.
RESURRECTING FADED HISTORY Texas Makes Strides To Recognize The Tejanos MARK REAGAN/@210REAGAN
Every good Texas child learns about Davy Crockett and Jim Bowie dying heroically at the Alamo and, of course, about the “Father of Texas,” Stephen F. Austin. But few know that only two native Texans signed the Lone Star State’s Declaration of Independence, and they weren’t Anglos. The rest of the signers were immigrants. Yet both of these Texans are often left out of the Lone Star State’s history books, a sad point Sylvia Navarro Tillotson has set out to remedy. Her great-great-great grandfather is José Antonio Navarro, a San Antonio native who signed the Texas Declaration of Independence and helped write the Texas Constitution, though he spoke no English. On the anniversary of Navarro’s 220th birthday, February 27, a cenotaph — or empty tomb — was erected in his honor at the place where legendary Texans rest: the Texas State Cemetery. “This recognition by the state honoring Navarro will be a permanent marker for thousands of visitors and school children,” Tillotson said. “It will be there for generations as 10 CURRENT • March 18-24, 2015 • sacurrent.com
an instrument of teaching Texas history.” Navarro is a true Texas patriot who was even sentenced to death — though he escaped — for his loyalty to the then-fledgling Republic of Texas. Navarro’s uncle, José Francisco Ruiz, also born in Bexar County, is the other Lone Star State native who signed the state Declaration of Independence. More than 200 years later, Tillotson and the volunteer group Friends of Casa Navarro dedicate their time to preserving the man’s memory and legacy — no easy task. “The name Navarro is well-known. There’s a street named after him, schools are named after him and people know the name,” Tillotson said. “But they really don’t know why the name is famous or anything about Navarro.” That’s because history books, which were written by Anglos, sidelined Navarro’s accomplishments, barely even mentioning them. While some academics avoid saying it was outright racism, Tejano advocate Renato Ramirez isn’t so shy to share his views. Ramirez, a Laredo-based bank executive who spearheaded the effort to erect the gargantuan Tejano Monument at the Capitol in 2012, said minority contributions to Texas history are suppressed. “I’m just saying we got to tell the truth about history. There were gross atrocities committed against Mexican Americans in Texas — many under the color of the Rangers,” he said. Rather than including tales of violent racism and land grabs, most historians concentrated on easy-to-paintas-hero figures, all Anglos, such as Crockett, Bowie and others who took part in the Battle of the Alamo. CONTINUED ON PAGE 13 ►
• Spain and France wanted the colonies to defeat England during America’s Revolutionary War. During that war, a man named Bernardo de Gálvez, the governor of Louisiana, was tasked with fighting the British and also feeding the troops. There’s one single reason Gálvez was the right man for the job. He knew Tejano communities from their violent encounters with Native Americans. Turns out the man knew a lot about longhorns, too. He convinced the then-governor of Texas to send cattle so he could transport them east, not an easy task in the face of hostile Native American and British forces. According to the Briscoe Center for American History, 2,000 cattle were sent in 1770 and another 9,000 were sacrificed for the war effort over three or four years. • In 2006, Toyota Motor Manufacturing Company Texas arrived on a swath of land in Bexar County. But long before, in 1794, Juan Ignacio de Casanova settled there after receiving a Spanish land grant near Leon Creek and Medina River, where he founded El Rancho de la Purisima Concepción, eventually holding more than 24,000 acres, according to Toyota. Unfortunately for Casanova, he supported the Mexican Government during the Texas Revolution and had to flee Bexar County. Upon return, he found squatters on his ranch. However, Casanova eventually reclaimed a portion of the land, which is where Toyota built its manufacturing plant.
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◄ RESURRECTING FADED HISTORY, CONTINUED FROM PAGE 10
The State Cemetery’s Navarro cenotaph
“The way it’s written is by individuals who didn’t care to acknowledge Navarro’s contributions to the state and to the Republic of Texas,” said Emiliano ‘Nano’ Calderon, an educator at Casa Navarro Historic Site in downtown San Antonio. It was a sign of the times, since the omissions weren’t a one-time thing. “You just gradually see that things are taken away from [Tejanos] throughout history, starting from the influx of the Anglo immigrants into Texas,” explained Erika Arredondo-Haskins, executive director of the Hispanic Heritage Center of Texas. “They came in herds and outnumbered the Tejanos. Slowly our roles were taken away from us.” While the winners — or at least the most powerful — steered the historical record toward the Anglo perspective, the way Tejanos are included in history courses and recognized by contemporary state leaders is starting to change. That topic was taken up in early March at the Texas State Historical Association meeting in Corpus Christi, which Arredondo-Haskins attended. “There’s a lack of this information in our history books and as you know, that’s all politics,” she said. “So we have to continuously find other ways to tell the true stories.”
Out of the meeting came a push to get the word out about a new textbook, Texas Contemporary World Studies, which is still in the approval stage. “The State Board of Education did approve certain pieces, but it’s not as much as we would like included,” Arredondo-Haskins said. “It is a change and it is a step forward.” Several school districts across the state are using the book as part of a pilot program, she noted. And then there’s the Tejano History Curriculum Project, which is being used in a few Austin-area elementary schools. The project provides supplementary material that tells the stories of Tejanos. “They’re seeking funding to have the actual curriculum distributed amongst all the school districts that will take it,” Arredondo-Haskins said. At Casa Navarro, an adobe-walled house in a former Tejano neighborhood called Laredito, Calderon does his part to fill the void in Texas’ history books. He spends his days talking to tourists, curious locals who never new about Casa Navarro and to school-aged children on field trips. “It’s kind of like his [Navarro’s] dream home. He’d already been a wellestablished merchant landlord, so he had the capital to build his own home,” Calderon said. “We have exhibits and interactive forms of education for kids and families to experience.” For the descendants of Tejanos, it’s not just about rectifying history — it’s often a deeply personal struggle. Through her work at the heritage center, Arrendondo-Haskins discovered she can personally boast of some proud Tejano connections. “I found out that my fourth generational grandfather was [San Antonio] mayor in 1816,” she said. “He was appointed by Navarro and he had all these prominent roles. And all my mom knew was that grandpa said there was a mayor in the family.” His name was Domingo Bustillos. Her discovery, however, may not be all that unusual. “There are so many more Antonio Navarros out there that we don’t even know about and their stories haven’t been told,” she said. - mreagan@sacurrent.com
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‘Delta Dawn’ ART
Together with the exhibition “Move Me,” CAMxNew Orleans: “Delta Dawn” represents an exchange between the Alamo City and the Big Easy. Whereas New Orleans-based curator Amy Mackie picked eight San Antonio artists for “Move Me,” “Delta Dawn” is a takeover of Fl!ght staged by Good Children Gallery — a “bellwether for artistic endeavors” in NOLA’s St. Claude Arts District. Nodding to a 1972 tune popularized by native Texan Tanya Tucker, “Delta Dawn” unites seven artists, including abstract painter Brian Guidry and Srdjan Loncar, who covers his styrofoam sculptures in photographic mosaics. Free, 7-10pm, Fl!ght Gallery, 134 Blue Star, 8722586, contemporaryartmonth.com. — Bryan Rindfuss
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SouthXSouthtown Concert Series MUSIC
One positive side effect of all the SXSW spillover shows we see this time of year — aside from the influx of traveling bands — is that they get local bands playing more frequently, too. The SouthXSouthtown Concert Series features both traveling and local talent, and plenty of it (more than 30 acts in all). The four day affair will feature exciting locals like ska-punk act Kill Liberal and Chicano soul outfit Los Nahautlatos, as well as out-of-towners that include Mothercoat, Japan’s answer to Radiohead, and Roz and the Rice Cakes, a lovable alternative pop act from Providence, RI. $7-$20, 3pm-11pm Thu-Fri, noon-11pm Sat- Sun, Southtown 101, 101 Pereida St., 263-9880. — James Courtney
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In this third edition of Big League Weekend, the familiar Texas Rangers take the diamond against the Los Angeles Dodgers, one of the most storied franchises in the sport. Coming off a disappointing exit that saw their archrival San Francisco Giants take home another title, the Dodgers entered Spring Training intent to live up to their massive payroll. With Yasiel Puig in the lineup, the team boasts one of the most dynamic yet polarizing young players in the majors. When on his game, Puig alone is worth the price of admission, although National Anthem turns by Joe Pags and Frankie J are a bonus.$10-$129, 7pm Sat, 1pm Sun, Alamodome, 100 Montana, 2073663, bigleagueweekend.com. — M. Solis
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Pauly Shore’s nonsensespouting Weasel character captured the imagination of a nation sitting around getting stoned and waiting for grunge to happen, first on MTV’s Totally Pauly and then in Encino Man, the 1992 film that introduced Shore to the “cruster’s curse.” The Rotten Tomatoes ratings for Shore’s next three starring vehicles (22%, 6%, and 0%) tell a tale as old as two dudes getting trapped in a biodome. But take heart: 2003’s 57% rated self-mockumentary Pauly Shore Is Dead is a triumphant comeback, relatively speaking. $20, 8:30pm & 10pm Fri, 7:15pm & 9:30pm Sat, Rivercenter Comedy Club, 849 E. Commerce St., 2291420, rivercentercomedyclub.com. – Jeremy Martin
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Locally-based artist Zach Dorn has described his puppet productions as “performative funhouses that jump through time, circle with excitement, and embrace untraditional narratives.” A native of Florida, Dorn relocated to SA in 2013 and this year scored the Artist Foundation’s Tobin Grand Prize for Artistic Excellence. Funded in part by the Jim Henson Foundation, Dorn’s latest “live-action comic book” recounts mysterious tales surrounding a lonely puppeteer, a vertically challenged ghost and an opera-singing landlord. $15, 8:30pm Fri-Sat, Miniature Curiosa’s Toy Theater Parlor, 1906 S. Flores St., miniaturecuriosa.com. — BR
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El Corazón de Bolero THEATER
For one weekend only, writer/ performer José Rubén De León reunites with pianist Aaron Ellington Prado and bassist George Prado to pay tribute to the ultimate tune of lost romance: the bolero. El Corazón del Bolero pays tribute to genre composers from Cuba, Puerto Rico and Mexico in a collection that offers “solace, company and warmth to the heart” as it drifts through the different stages of love. The trio is no stranger to reviving nostalgic music onstage; previous works include Simplemente Lara, a celebration of Mexican composer/singer Agustín Lara. $15, 8pm Fri-Sat, 3pm Sun, Classic Theatre of San Antonio, 1924 Fredericksburg, 589-8450, classictheatresanantonio.org. — Murphi Cook
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From the luscious bellies of the Renaissance to the thigh gaps in contemporary magazines, there’s no doubt that body preferences have shifted over time. In The History of Art: Sexuality and Changing Body Shapes Throughout the Ages, scholar and artist Rowynn Dumont challenges women’s body image through the lens of the past. The workshop explores historic standards and aesthetic values, inviting participants to ask, “Is there a true ideal body type?” Southtown’s Sexology Institute and Boutique hosts Dumont as part of their ongoing education series. Free (reservations encouraged), noon-1pm, Sexology Institute and Boutique, 727 S. Alamo St., 487-0371, sexologyinstitute.com. — MC
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As the name suggests, CAM’s self-guided tour of Open Studios invites art lovers into an array of workspaces not typically open to the public. Organized on a handy map available on CAM’s website, the 2015 tour offers close encounters with the likes of local photographer Ansen Seale (415 Burr Rd.), Glen Andrews and the molten glass slingers of his Caliente Hot Glass Studio (1411 N. Hackberry St.), jeweler Alejandro Sifuentes (418 Villita St. #4) and many more. The intimate alternative to the gallery experience once again wraps up with a Blue Moonsponsored after party at Zollie Glass Studio (4-8 p.m. at 1428 S. Presa St.). Free, noon-4pm, contemporaryartmonth. com. — BR
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Last year, the Los Angeles art scene enthusiastically welcomed The Mistake Room — a cultural institution devoted to facilitating “an international program of art and ideas” while empowering “the lives of practitioners of the imagination.” Those familiar with the mission of Artpace — a “laboratory of dreams” founded by the late artist and philanthropist Linda Pace — will likely see TMR director/chief curator Cesar Martinez as a natural fit for the SA institution’s revered International Artist-in-Residence program. As guest curator for the first IAIR exhibition of 2015, Martinez tapped Londonbased Colombian art star Oscar Murillo, theatrical Houstonite Autumn Knight and LAbased painter Henry Taylor. Dubbed by fans as a “21st-century Basquiat,” Murillo has been known to paint with a broomstick and scrawl words like “burrito” on his canvases, which have skyrocketed into six-figure territory in the recent past. An expected pick for Martinez, Murillo helped inaugurate TMR with a solo show that nodded to the site’s past life as a manufacturing facility. A trained drama therapist, Knight combines elements of performance, video and sculpture in multimedia projects that encourage discourse about emotional, racial and geographic boundaries. Honored in 2012 with a mid-career retrospective at MoMA PS1, Taylor has depicted prostitutes and drug dealers in his figurative yet folky paintings, but does not identify as an “outsider artist.” Free, 6-9pm (artists’ dialogue at 7pm), Artpace, 212-4900, artpace.org. — Bryan Rindfuss
If Penn’s libertarian grandstanding or Teller’s apparent lack of wherewithal to muster the occasional STFU lost a little of their magic over the course of 89 episodes of calling Bullshit! on everything from the Vatican to recycling, here’s a brief rundown of some of their weird and wondrous feats to remind us why we love them. They’ve appeared in music videos by Run DMC, the Ramones and Katy Perry, and guest starred in episodes of The Simpsons, Futurama, The West Wing and Babylon 5. Their direct-to-video Cruel Tricks for Dear Friends (1987) featured VHS-themed pranks, including a fake televangelist who appears to spout satanic messages when played in reverse. Their unreleased Sega CD game Smoke & Mirrors includes a level called “Desert Bus” requiring “players” to drive a passenger bus from Tucson to Las Vegas, in real time, at a top speed of 45 miles per hour. Sure, in one of their tricks they make an American Flag disappear into the Bill of Rights, but in another one Penn shoots a nail gun at Teller’s dick. May they never Get Killed. $49.50$79.50, 8pm, The Majestic Theatre, 226-3333, majesticempire.com. – Jeremy Martin
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Art opening: “Contemporary Confection” Memphis-based architect and artist Brantley Ellzey illustrates the precision and structural form of architecture while embodying the colorful thrill and drama of the theater world. His main material is paper (from magazines, books and periodicals) which he deconstructs, rolls and methodically builds into complex layered forms. Free, 6-9pm Wednesday; Parchman Stremmel Gallery, 7726 Broadway, 824-8990.
Art opening: “The Structurals” For “The
Structurals,” New York artist Amy Yoes created 55 black-and-white collages that are displayed in uninterrupted rows on the wall, recalling film stills or storyboards. Within each collage, a formal narrative plays out. A system of free-ranging shapes — marks, splashes, brushstrokes, xeroxed elements — complement or obliterate each other, accumulating in pile-up zones. Free, 8-10pm Thursday; Michael and Noémi Neidorff Art Gallery, Trinity University, One Trinity Pl., 999-7011.
Artpace Family Day: A Contemporary Celebration In celebration of
Contemporary Art Month, Artpace, the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center, San Anto Cultural Arts, San Antonio Children’s Museum, SAMA, the Southwest School of Art, Blue Star Contemporary Art Museum and other community partners join forces for an afternoon of artistled workshops, hands-on exhibition
activities, educational creation stations, music, food and merriment. Free, 1-4:30pm Saturday; Artpace, 445 N. Main Ave., 212-4900.
”One Way Trail” Pittsburgh-based artist
and urban re-imaginer Kim Beck’s multifaceted and multi-modal Art in the Garden installation offers a plethora of alternatives to the “predictable” or “official” trail. Complete with phoneaccessible snippets of audio from interviews the artist conducted with 16 ‘tour guides,’ — a motley crew that includes SAY Sí students, two dogs, a Buddhist priest, a Texas rancher and a 95-year-old SA native — her “One Way Trail” envisions our stories, our preferences and our desires as integral parts of our experience in the park. $5-$8, 9am-5pm daily; San Antonio Botanical Garden, 555 Funston Pl., 207-3250.
Pi Arts San Antonio Artist couple
Maureen “Momo” Brown and Charles Harrison “Pompa” team up to present a kaleidoscopic installation encompassing paintings, light sculptures and recycled furniture. Free, noon-4pm Sunday; High Wire Arts, 326 W. Josephine St., 827-7652.
The Afterparty Following SAMA’s annual
black-tie gala, tastemakers, young professionals and community leaders come together to celebrate “the lifeenhancing power of art” with dancing, cocktails and hors d’oeuvres. $100, 9pm-midnight Thursday; San Antonio Museum of Art, 200 W. Jones St., 978-8100.
2001: A Space Odyssey Divided into four
acts, the 1968 Oscar-winner 2001: A Space Odyssey combines awe-inspiring imagery and classical music in a meditative journey that begins in prehistoric times, employs the longest flash-forward in cinema history and ends with a sequence involving a bedroom beyond Jupiter and an astronaut who’s reborn as a star child. Free, 7pm Thursday; Santikos Bijou, 4522 Fredericksburg Rd., 734-4552.
Ballet Russes Incorporating rare interviews
and dance footage, Dan Geller and Dayna Goldfine’s 2005 documentary Ballets Russes offers an intimate portrait of a group of pioneering artists — now in their 70s, 80s and 90s — who gave birth to modern ballet. Free, 6:30pm Thursday; McNay Art Museum, 6000 N. New Braunfels Ave., 8245368.
Big Hero 6 The Department of Culture and
Creative Development and Slab Cinema team up for a free outdoor screening of Walt Disney Animation Studios’ 2014 Oscar winner about a band of high-tech heroes formed by a robotics prodigy and a plussized inflatable robot. Beer, wine and food truck fare will be available for purchase onsite. Free, 8pm Friday; Arneson River Theatre, La Villita, 418 Villita St., 207-8614.
Seguir Viviendo In celebration of Women’s History Month, Trinity hosts a screening of Seguir Viviendo and a Q&A session with director Alejandra Sanchez and
cinematographer Pablo Ramírez. The 2014 film chronicles two children who run away from Ciudad Juárez with a journalist who has lost her son in a car accident. Free, 5:30pm Tuesday; Chapman Auditorium, Trinity University, One Trinity Pl., 999-7011.
The Room with Greg Sestero Live
Described by The Guardian as a mix of “Tennessee Williams, Ed Wood and R. Kelly’s ‘Trapped in the Closet,’” director/ actor Tommy Wiseau’s 2003 film The Room has solidified its place as an insanely unique phenomenon. Appearing live at the Drafthouse’s screening is The Room co-star Greg Sestero, who co-wrote the book The Disaster Artist: My Life Inside The Room, the Greatest Bad Movie Ever Made. $15, 7pm Saturday; Alamo Drafthouse Westlakes, 1255 SW Loop 410, 677-8500.
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and Marilyn Campbell’s fast-paced theatrical adaptation of Dostoevsky’s classic intriguingly tasks three actors with portraying an array of characters. Upon its 2007 debut, The New York Times wrote, “Who would have thought that the novel no high school student has ever finished reading would make such engrossing theater?” David Rinear directs the Playhouse’s production. $12-$30, 8pm Friday-Saturday, 3pm Sunday; The Playhouse, 800 W. Ashby Pl., 733-7258.
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original new comedy surrounds a pair of gay lovers who’ve been living a lie in the name of stardom. $10-$14, 8pm FridaySaturday, The Overtime Theater, 1203 Camden St., 557-7562.
Serpientes y Escaleras Drawing
inspiration from the ancient Indian board game Snakes and Ladders, Serpientes y Escaleras unfolds on the set of a game show hosted by Silverio Morena and psychic emcee Saligia Jones. $10-$15, 8pm Friday-Saturday, 3pm Sunday; Jump-Start Performing Arts Center, 710 Fredericksburg Rd., 227-5867.
The Snow Queen Performing Arts
San Antonio debuts a new pop-rock adaptation of the coming-of-age classic that inspired Disney’s Frozen. $18-$25, 8pm Friday-Saturday, 3pm Sunday; Performing Arts San Antonio, 15705 San Pedro, 557-1187.
Special Events
El Circo Bandito! Mercury Mad, Breed,
and Alyson Alonzo lay down the live soundtrack for burlesque and sideshow performances by Austinbased Bethany Summersizzle, Sabor Insanity, Randi Roulette, Eric Burton and Eve Calientina, plus SA’s own Gaige, Chamile Leon, Aliska Wolfbane, Janie Slash Garland, Lady Adonais and Salem. $10, 9pm Friday; Fitzgerald’s Bar & Live Music, 437 McCarty Rd., 629-5141.
Mujeres Mercado Anniversary Celebration Mujeres Mercado
celebrates the first anniversary of its Eastside market with an afternoon of performances by feminist hip-hop duo Krudas Cubensi, all-female troupe Zombie Bazaar Belly Dance and soulful songstress Allyson Alonso. Free, 1-5pm Sunday; The Vibrant Community Space, 1414 E. Commerce St., 602-3291.
Queen of Soul Pageant The Queen of
Soul Scholarship Pageant provides San Antonio with a representative from the African-American community to take part in Fiesta, civic and other community activities throughout the year. The pageant contestants take part in several competitions, including talent and an interview with judges. $15-$20, 8-10:30pm Saturday; Carver Community Cultural Center, 226 N. Hackberry St., 210-207-7211.
Te Vai Nei Desert Polynesia presents
an evening of song and dance with performances by Mika Mahealani Hirao-Solem (Miss Aloha Hula 2010), Tiana Liufau of Nonosina Polynesia and up-and-coming reggae act Free’Dem Sesh. $10-$20, 6pm Saturday; Josephine Theatre, 339 W. Josephine St., 310-4312.
Trivia Night with Geeks Who Drink Geeks Who Drink invite trivia fans to “discover the art of friendly competition” at this special quiz night inspired by SAMA’s collections. $10-$15 (cash bar available), 6:30-9pm Tuesday; San Antonio Museum of Art, 200 W. Jones St., 978-8100.
Yoga on the Plaza In support of Deepak
Chopra’s upcoming performance at the Tobin (April 8), Mobile Om offers a free outdoor yoga class incorporating readings from Chopra’s books. Free, 10-11:30am Saturday; River Walk Plaza, Tobin Center for the Performing Arts, 100 Auditorium Circle, 223-3333.
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History of Islam in America Spend
an evening discovering your Muslim neighbors and learning about the everevolving definition of the “American” identity. The Muslim Children Education & Civic Center will offer guided tours of the mosque and the evening includes speakers, an information booth, a Q&A session and a free Mediterranean dinner. Free, 5:45pm Saturday; The Muslim Children Education and Civic Center, 5281 Casa Bella, 877-9738.
The Race for Mayor Debate 2015 KLRN’s Rick Casey moderates this debate between faculty from SAC’s Political Science Department and mayoral candidates Tommy Adkisson, Ivy Taylor, Leticia Van de Putte and Mike Villarreal. Free, 6:30-8pm Monday; McAllister Auditorium, San Antonio College, 1300 San Pedro Ave., 486-0000.
Sikh Family Day Explore Sikh heritage
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MARKED FOR CHANGE Veteran Artists Lament SA’s Tattoo Scene Turning Into Competitive Industry KIKO MARTÍNEZ
James “Snapper” Snap carefully sketches an outline on the calf of a young woman getting ready for her latest tattoo, an elegant arrangement of lilies and stars. In business since 1971, the self-described elder statesman of the San Antonio tattoo community might sound like a curmudgeon amid a new generation of artists. But Snap is sincere and straightforward when he speaks about the plethora of changes he has witnessed during his long tenure in the industry, which includes 20 years as the owner of Phantasy Tattoos on the city’s northeast side. “A lot of these young people who are in this business today, the first thing that comes out of their mouth is, ‘I’m just in it for the art,’” Snap, 68, told the San Antonio Current at his shop this month. “Well, if you’re just in it for the art, then you’re fucked up because tattooing isn’t an art, it’s a craft.” The “art versus craft” debate may seem irrelevant to someone just looking to get marked up, but it’s actually much more than skin deep for industry insiders. It’s a distinct difference in philosophy that’s quite noticeable for those who have seen San Antonio tattoo culture evolve. Snap’s “craftsman first, artist second” mentality stems from the way he was taught during his time as an apprentice. Back then, it was mandatory to know how to build tattoo machines and needles and etch out stencils. Apprentices had to pay their dues learning under a master tattooist for a few years before breaking out on their own. Nowadays, Snap lamented, people call themselves tattooists just by getting online and buying a cheap tattoo starter kit – likely made in China – and then learning the hard way that it’s actually not that easy. “When I entered the tattoo business, it was a closed
Artist and shop owner Jedidia Reid at his Element Tattoo Studio.
society,” Snap said. “Today, everybody thinks they’re a tattooer. They’re like, ‘Come over to my house and I’ll show you how good I am.’ Then, after getting their tattoo, they end up coming over here and paying me a whole lot of money to fix that shit.” When he opened in 1995, Snap said there were less than 10 local shops in San Antonio. Now, according to the Texas Department of State Health Services, there are currently 104 registered in Bexar County. “There are some really good tattooers here in town, but there are also some really bad tattooers,” Snap said. “Because of that, the quality across the board is not what it used to be.” A local tattoo shop whose quality is usually unquestioned is Element Tattoo Studio in northwest
San Antonio. Owner Jedidia Reid, 36, seems to strike a balance between old and new school mind-sets. He said he came into the business about 15 years ago, when premade ink and needles weren’t readily available. He understands veterans’ frustration with new artists coming in like they know everything, yet they’re mostly clueless about what it all entails. “After the internet became prominent, all those trade secrets like building machines and needles were kind of lost,” Reid told the San Antonio Current. “There’s less of that complete creative process now. There’s integrity and power in knowing a design is hand drawn and the needle and ink is handmade. To know that some of these kids will never be able to do that is kind of a shame.” Reid also feels there is not as much mutual respect
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One of Reid’s works in progress.
among shop owners as there was when he first got started. One unwritten rule no longer observed: owners not opening up next to one another. “Rule of thumb was that there should be at least a 25-mile radius between shops,” Reid said. “That was your zone. But that doesn’t exist anymore. There are three shops within throwing distance from this one.” But that’s where he reconciles remembering the good ol’ times with today’s reality. “You know, this is a business,” he said. “People want to make money, so sometimes their selfishness will overpower their moral compass. You see that in every industry.” And just like with most industries, growth leads to increased competition with a survival-of-the-fittest mentality. So it probably doesn’t come as a surprise to see some tattoo shops here today, gone tomorrow. A quick online search reveals at least a dozen with disconnected listings or dead websites. “Just because you’re an artist doesn’t mean you’re a businessman,” Reid said. “When I see these other shops close down, I’m not surprised. I kind of enjoy watching who sinks and who swims. Only the strong will survive.” That’s just fine by him, Pikaso Soliz said. The tattoo artist at Revolution Ink in northwest San Antonio said he’s had his share of ups and downs and somehow has survived. In and out of the prison system for 15 years, Soliz considers himself a tattoo artist because of what he learned behind bars. The less you have to work with, the more creative you have to be. “I’m an artist, but I know my craft,” said Soliz, 38, who has worked nearly half of his life as a tattoo artist. “Prison taught me a lot. It improved my artistic ability. It really gave me time to focus on my art. Give me a tape player,
remote control car, VCR and a spool of wire and I’ll make you anything, not just a shank.” He started as a “scratcher” when he was a teenager, tattooing his friends out of his house. While “scratcher” for many people in tattoo circles is a derogatory term for an amateur without a shop, Soliz embraced it early in life and doesn’t look down on others trying to make their mark. He speaks from experience. It’s one of the reasons Revolution Ink also sells tattoo equipment, which is derided by veterans who say it encourages people to start tattooing without training. That’s fine if they feel that way – not Soliz. He just sees it differently. “It’s like going to a mechanic,” he said. “You can get your car worked on at the BMW dealership or you can go to your homeboy’s house. I have nothing against it because that’s where I came from and it made me who I am today.” It’s yet another example of the generational divide. Even for someone with an open mind toward the new, Element’s Reid said he draws the line at selling selfstarter kits. Doctors or dentists wouldn’t sell such tools for people to work on themselves at home, Reid said. In fact, when a failed tattooist comes into his shop trying to sell him a starter kit, he’ll offer the guy $100 for it – out of moral obligation. “A lot of times I’ll buy it just to get it off the streets,” Reid said. “If I can help stop the spread of disease, I will. Or maybe I’ll just stop some 14-year-old kid from fucking up his 12-year-old cousin.” Local scratcher “Mad Mike” Medina, 29, who got his first tattoo when he was 12, bought two of his customized tattoo machines from Calavera’s Tattoo in Southtown.
He’s been tattooing for five years, working out of a home studio for the last year and a half. He used to work for Legion Ink. And he is considering joining a friend who’s thinking about opening up a new shop this year. It’s easy to jump around in the industry since tattooists, unlike nail technicians and hair stylists, are not required to have a license or certificate to operate in Texas. For now, Medina enjoys being his own boss and not having much overhead. “Sometimes people are skeptical about going to someone who works from their home, but I like to post a lot of photos of my tattoos so they know my work. I feel like I’m a good tattooer and I definitely don’t cost as much as a regular tattoo place,” he said. Also unlike most regular tattoo places, Medina is open to bartering for tattoo work like most scratchers who advertise online. Look up Medina or a number of other aspiring local tattoo artists on Craigslist and Facebook – most will list stuff they’ll take in lieu of cash. In the past, Medina has received flat-screen TVs, game systems, vehicles, jewelry and even semi-automatic rifles and handguns. “I want everyone to have a tattoo if they want it, but some people just don’t have the money,” Medina said. “If they have something to trade, then I’m cool with that. Sometimes I’ll keep the stuff and sometimes I’ll sell it or barter it for something else.” Like Medina, tattoo artist Lee Minor, 31, is another new kid on the block, tattooing for five years. He works out of his own tattoo shop, Minor Ink, off Culebra Road on the West Side. When he started, other tattoo artists looked
INK ME: Slinging Ink Tattoo Expo Highlights • Meet tattoo legend Lyle Tuttle, 83. He’s literally left his mark all across the world (yes, all seven continents) and currently teaches seminars in tattoo machine maintenance and machine building. • Houston native and hip-hop artist Slim Thug will raise the roof with performances from his albums Boss of All Bosses and The Thug Show. • Pain is relative for Third Eye Perception, a flesh suspension team whose members basically stick meat hooks in their backs and dangle from ropes. Ouch? Talk about talent. • Also on stage, escape artist Michael Griffin, who has been on TV shows such as Ripley’s Believe It or Not and Masters of Illusion. • Tatted-up visitors can show off their body art by competing in a tattoo contest all three days. March 22 includes a kid’s airbrush tattoo contest. Make mommy proud.
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down on him because he committed what many consider a sin in the tattoo industry: cut his apprenticeship with an experienced pro short to go into business for himself. “They looked at me negatively because most tattoo artists want you to earn your place and build respect, but I just jumped into it,” said Minor. “Still to this day I don’t think I have the full respect of everybody.” Tattooists like Minor are the reason veterans like Snap don’t take young trainees. He’s heard too many stories about guys calling it quits and doesn’t think young people today have the moxie it takes to stay for the long haul, Snap said. “You take on an apprentice and try to teach them how to tattoo properly, and they’ll hang around here for six months
and do a couple of tattoos and think they got this shit down,” he said. “Then they’ll go right down the street and open up their own fucking tattoo shop. Not on my dime.” Probably not the way Minor sees it, though he’d agree that there may be too many tattoo shops now in San Antonio. Still, he said, if you can build a strong clientele, a little competition isn’t anything to worry about. Even for someone like Minor, who admits he’s still learning, there’s enough room for people wanting to prove themselves. And, he said, there are enough clients to go around. “Just as long as my customers are happy, they’re the ones paying the bills,” he said. “I think the majority of people in this city think it’s cool to have tattoos, even if they get a shitty one every now and then.”
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Two tattoo expos are vying for the same San Antonio audience this month. And the bad blood between them seems to be at the boiling point. The 12th annual Slinging Ink Tattoo Expo, which takes place at the Freeman Coliseum this weekend, is getting competition for the first time with another tattoo event – one started by an apparently disgruntled formeremployee-turned-rival. Less than a week after Slinging Ink ends, the Texas Tattoo Jam will kick off its inaugural exhibition at the San Antonio Event Center, from March 27 to 29. The Jam was created by Renee “Red” Neilson, who worked for four years for Nikita Productions, the company behind Slinging Ink. Sylvia Fernandez, president of Nikita, told the San Antonio Current that Neilson was fired last year because of “misappropriation of funds.” She deemed Neilson’s new venture “pretty ridiculous,” adding she started the event because of “other personal issues,” but declined to get into specifics. “There’s room for more than one event in San Antonio, but not back to back,” Fernandez said in an interview with the San Antonio Current. She accused Neilson of luring exhibitors through underhanded tactics. “I know for a fact that she has solicited a lot of my artists and told them Slinging Ink had changed their name to Texas Tattoo Jam,” Fernandez said. “A lot of my artists signed up with her thinking it was my event.” Neilson denied duping anyone. She also said she was not fired last year, but actually quit after artists started
complaining about how badly the Expo was run. She’s accused of stealing $3,500 from Nikita – not so, she said, noting it was money owed to her for promised commission pay she never received. “I never took a penny from them,” Neilson told the San Antonio Current. “They know the truth and I know the truth, but I’m going to choose to take the high road. I’m not going to badmouth anybody.” Neilson said she started the Jam because she wanted to “get back to the basics and show off the talents of these artists.” She maintained she’s not out for revenge. With Neilson going on her own, Fernandez brought on Felicia Huizar Boland, who helped Slinging Ink in the past with marketing. Boland told the San Antonio Current that the Expo had “lost some of its luster” in the last few years, but she didn’t think that was reason enough for Neilson to get an “inflated head” or become a “monster.”
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QUEEN OF THE SQUEEZEBOX Accordion Legend Eva Ybarra Steps Into The Spotlight BRYAN RINDFUSS/@BRYANRINDFUSS Blown away. That’s how Joel Settles remembers feeling after seeing Eva Ybarra perform in October of 2012. At that time, Settles was working as theater arts director at SAY Sí and had booked Ybarra to perform at the nonprofit’s annual Muertitos Fest. After the show, Settles pitched a music video concept to Ybarra, who upped the ante by asking: “Why don’t you make a movie about my life?” In a series of meetings that followed, the pair dove into an oral history project covering the highs and lows of Ybarra’s career, which has included multiple record deals, festival appearances, a teaching gig at the University of Washington and performances that run the gamut from early gigs in Texas dance halls to a New York Times-covered collaboration with the progressive string quartet Ethel in 2008. Although a biopic is still on the table, the duo’s endeavor is first taking shape in La Reina del Acordeón — a stage production exploring Ybarra’s successes and setbacks via theatrical vignettes, film clips and musical interludes performed by none other than Eva Ybarra y Su Conjunto. Last week, Settles and Ybarra spoke to the San Antonio Current in advance of the show’s debut at the Guadalupe Theater. Can you give us a brief history of how you started? EY: I started at age four ... at six I was playing professionally. I asked my mom to play the radio [and] that’s how I learned — no instructors, no nothing. And then my mom got me piano lessons and I learned to read [music] because of her. But my teacher told me the accordion was my key. My mom got mad. She’d be like, “Don’t tell her to play accordion!” What are some of the key themes in this project? JS: Being a female in a maledominated industry ... purpose and identity. Music is Eva’s identity and performing it is her purpose. Being female or male
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March’s biggest video releases are The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 and The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, at least one of which seems unnecessarily protracted. No matter how well a movie does at the box office, most people wait to see it at home. But there are also so many unusual and quirky TV shows on demand and home video, there aren’t enough hours to catch up. We’ll all have to quit our jobs. A surprising number of series are historical. DaVinci’s Demons (The Complete Second Season) continues the fanciful STARZ epic inspired equally by The Borgias and The DaVinci Code, while their even more fanciful Outlander (Season 1, Volume 1) dramatizes Diana Gabaldon’s genre-mixing novels about a WWII nurse who somehow time-travels to 1743 Scotland and falls in love with a Highlands hunk while all kinds of stuff is going on. At the very least, these are fast-moving, good-looking shows. A more accurate historical adventure is AMC’s TURN: Washington’s Spies (The Complete First Season). Jamie Bell stars in a true story of friends who invent spycraft to help George Washington’s rebels against King George in the American Revolution. Crimewise, Longmire (The Complete Third Season) focuses on a tall, gruff Wyoming sheriff and his Native American buddy. Also working the angle of the smalltown cop and a Native American tribe is the broodier, six-part Sundance serial The Red Road (The Complete First Season). That’s set in New Jersey, and the hero’s problem-ridden wife is a crucial plotline. The most testosterone of all is expended in the slam-bang first season of Transporter: The Series, about a courier who
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Lust Hurts Forget the 50 shades. The title of Hitoshi Matsumoto’s bizarre, facetious R100 is supposed to mean it’s unsuitable for those under 100, because the story is periodically interrupted by distressed executives who wonder why it makes no sense. A schnook hires an S&M service to have women beat and kick him in public at random. And then it gets crazy and weird in a manner recalling cult director Seijun Suzuki — whom I’m willing to bet plays the 100-year-old director of the film within the film. Alain Resnais’ final film, Life of Riley, is a gentle comedy haunted by death. When three couples find out that a friend (never shown in the movie) has only a few months to live, it ignites regret among the women, who all want to run away with him and dump their partners. Resnais stages the film against artificial sets, using colors and music to distance us from angst and keep it jolly.
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Speaking of rapture, Musicals 4-Movie Collection is a blu-ray set gathering Singin’ in the Rain and the blu debuts of The Band Wagon with Fred Astaire, Calamity Jane with Doris Day, and Cole Porter’s Kiss Me Kate in both 2D and a long-unseen 3D version. They’re also out separately, but you might as well spring for the set, if you have any liking for glory in HD.
What’s Up? Docs! After Edward S. Curtis became famous for photographing Native Americans, he cast British Columbia’s Kwakiutl people in the silent romantic drama In the Land of the Head Hunters (1914), now restored as much as possible despite missing footage and recreating its original tints. The best extras on the blu-ray are reactions of today’s descendants and a display of tribal dancing. Also included, in much rougher shape, is the re-edited 1973 version, which recreated the film’s most spectacular stunt (a man falling off a cliff) to replace lost footage. Documentaries are now popular, but it wasn’t always so. Criterion is reissuing important titles that broke through the art-house ghetto and called attention to the dreams and emotions of ordinary folks. Errol Morris’ double feature Gates of Heaven/Vernon, Florida (1978, 1981) looks with deadpan sympathy at quirky souls who put their hearts on their sleeves, whether it’s about the death of their pets or life in their small town. The Thin Blue Line (1988) went farther, using an arty, selfconscious style (and music by Philip Glass) to question the evidence that put Randall Adams on Texas’ death row — eventually getting him released. Modest in focus, yet ambitious in scope, Hoop Dreams (1994) charts the five-year struggle of two young black men in Chicago as they hope to become pro-basketball players. The film changed their lives, and another thing it changed was the Oscars nomination process after Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert (who’d both named it their #1 film of the year) and many other critics expressed shock at its omission from the nominees.
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It’s not often San Antonio gets College Station transplants by way of eateries (though I would never pass up on a Harvey Washbangers or their famous chocolate peanut butter pie). That’s now changed with the introduction of Napa Flats to the Vineyard Shopping Center off Loop1604 and Blanco, though I’m still on the fence about whether the restaurant has established its footing. Opened by Tom Kenney and Tony Abdalla, Napa Flats also has a second location in Tulsa, Oklahoma, which opened in the fall. The San Antonio location followed two months ago inside a renovated Johnny Carino’s. Though the interior has been changed, the atmosphere skews in the direction of a fast-casual California Pizza Kitchen. And that’s not necessarily a good thing. Allow me to hop on my soapbox for a minute. Having been to Whiskey Cake several times earlier this year, I feel like there’s a way to open a chain without making the eatery feel like such. Sure, owners should want to accommodate the suburban masses that might be familiar with corporate chains at this point, but not to the point of dullness. OK, rant over. Actually it’s not, but to be fair, Napa Flats does deserve some props. The pizza, which commands a healthy portion of the menu, is fired up in a wood-burning oven that gives the eatery a lingering mesquite aroma. For my evening sit-down with my significant other, we chose the “Mush n’ Spin’,” available in two sizes at lunch (8- and 12-inch) and one size for dinner (12-
inch). Served with fresh, quartered mushrooms, spinach and caramelized onions, the pizza also comes with fluffy, whipped ricotta and fresh mozzarella for a balanced pie. The highlight of the dish was the use of single brussels sprout leaves, fried to a crisp and then tossed in white truffle oil for a dainty crunch. The other nod came via the Palo Alto dip, an addicting concoction that would make a fun addition to any Super Bowl party. Blended sun-dried tomato and artichokes are combined with cream cheese, parmigiano and a delicate mix of herbs, then baked to create a fluffy cheese dip we polished off with decent house bread. The Tony’s pasta, a top-seller of the franchise, is a pretty dish. But while the garlicky Alfredo did come off as homemade, the use of cold pancetta strips to top the offering was strange and didn’t really impact the rest of the dish. How exactly does one mute the otherwise flavorful pork belly product? Another portion of the restaurant that was definitely noteworthy was its “Wine on Tap” program, which included barrels out of Italy, Argentina and certain wine regions of California (including Napa, the central coast, Alexander Valley), with prices ranging from $30-$45 for a carafe and $7-$12 for a glass. My Diseño Malbec was a nice contrast with my mushroom-filled pie with its notes of dark berries, licorice and dark chocolate. The night ended with perhaps the best feature of the restaurant for those with a penchant for sweetness with a scoop of their house-made gelato.
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Created by pastry chef Leigha Sutton, the flavors are prone to change daily. Our visit featured a boozy Drunken Elvis with peanut butter and bourbon, as well as bacon, and Nutella. The stracciatella was evenly balanced, and the salted caramel, a personal go-to gelato flavor, was equally great. The upside? You can pick up a scoop or a to-go pack from their tiny gelato station right next to the entry. Unfortunately, my lunchtime visit, was, well, flat. A Tuscan potato soup congealed almost as quickly as it hit the table. And the Fresno Burger was underwhelming at best. I had hoped the
sandwich would have been an intentionally great item — why else carry a burger when you’re otherwise known as a Californian/ Mediterranean/Italian restaurant? The bun was dry, hardly heated and though the patty included a flavorful ground pork, the lackluster guacamole seemed more accident than purposeful addition. Skip it. Maybe we went on an off day. Maybe the lunchtime rush was the culprit. But I can’t say I’m dying to go back to Napa Flats, other than for a scoop or gelato and maybe a few glasses of malbec to wash away that lunch. flavor@sacurrent.com
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Espresso Gallery is truly the living room of SA coffee shops. Since The Foundry’s untimely closing three years ago, loyal customers have been mourning the loss of a hang out that felt like home and the community that came with it. Owner Aaron Garza, who worked at The Foundry for almost five years, has tried to recapture the shop’s magic with new finesse – think Cheers with less beer, more coffee and a target demographic of millennial hippies with little to no disposable income. Originally opened as an art gallery, Espresso Gallery has expanded to incorporate aspects of a modern coffee shop, music venue, open mic and now a restaurant of sorts. The space is in its third year of existence, but only in its second month offering a full lunch menu, including an array of panini plates (turkey and bacon, B.L.T, pizza or banana nut) for $7.75. Reasonably priced and relatively good, I recommend Espresso’s classic item: the waffle. Put everything on it. Delicate pastries come via H&H Bakes&Cakes, a company whose banana bread I would eat by the loaf if allowed, are served up as well. The coffee is roasted in Austin and delivered weekly from Texas Coffee Traders. Did I mention you could also buy a bowl of cereal at this place? For $2.50, you can
enjoy your Honey Bunches of Oats, lie on the couch and peruse Twitter. It’s basically the college dorm room you always wanted. Espresso has steadily gained notoriety in the music and poetry community, having served as a hub for the promotional company Die Happy, as well as a venue for national touring acts and recognizable local talent like Milli Mars, Lonely Horse and Last Nighters. One-of-a-kind is an understatement for this DIY wonderland complete with mismatched furniture, a bottle-cap chandelier and randomly decorated mannequin torsos. The displayed art comes from an array of local artists chosen by Garza, and the staff is composed of friendly volunteers and one full-time barista. Hours vary from day to day, but hover around 9 a.m.-6 p.m. or later, depending on any events in the evening. If you jump on the VIA on San Pedro from downtown and ride it ’til you hit a grungy territory, you will find a cluster of shops seemingly too cool for everyone. Shady? Most definitely. Up and coming? In the most unique, sincere way, I would venture a yes. From left to right: The Paintyard (street art haven), Doomsday Tattoo (I got a tattoo there once), Espresso Gallery (aforementioned) and Lazy Daze (loveable head shop). The area is a counterculture all its own.
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The next time you’re shopping around trying to source salt flakes, give Ben Annotti a call. The Chicago native, who most recently spent two years working at JW Marriott’s umbrella of restaurants, launched Pantry Provisions, a web-based food and drink bodega where he ships out hard-to-find ingredients from around the country. Bourbon smoked sea salt (pictured), Liber & Co. shrubs and grenadine, Carr’s Ciderhouse smallbatch apple cider vinegar and Oregon Olive Mill EVOO, all shipped by hand. Annotti, 27, functions as a one-man-band out of the Warehouse 5 space between Commerce and Buena Vista. But don’t confuse this enterprise for a subscriptionbased boxed delivery service. Foodie shoppers pick every item and aren’t subjected to a random mish-mash of ingredients that’ll take up precious pantry space for months on end. Orders are shipped throughout the U.S. and Canada. Shipping for orders throughout Texas carry a flat rate of $3.99, while orders over $49 are shipped free. Cocktailians should keep an eye on Pantry Provision’s growing line of boutique bitters. Crossroads, the tasty kitchen that serves Southern-style snacks out of Faust Tavern, run by Drew Morros and Roberta Marques, will present a “Lowcountry” popup on Sunday, April 12 at 7 p.m. inside Brick (108 Blue Star). Expect to hear blues guitar while noshing on fried chicken livers and smoked pork, as part of a six-course dinner complete with fizzy drinks. Tickets go for $100 and can be purchased through brownpapertickets.com. Les Dames d’Escoffier San Antonio has teamed up with a local Girl Scout for their Gold Award Project to present “Women in the Culinary Arts,” a career event for high school girls looking to get into the burgeoning field, scheduled for Thursday, April 9 from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Guests will meet female chefs, owners and entrepreneurs and tour the host location, The Culinary Institute of America-San Antonio (312 Pearl Pkwy.). The free event does require RSVP at myculinarycareer@gmail.com. In food truck news, Jimbo’s Slice of Heaven will be back in rotation following its seasonal hiatus, starting Saturday, April 4 at The Point Park & Eats (24188 Boerne Stage Road, 251-3380) with a brand new menu that includes burgers, sandwiches, lighter fare and something for the kiddos. Any Game of Thrones fans out there? Stay Golden Social House (401 Pearl Pkwy.) will unveil a new Westeros-themed menu with drinks like the Red Viper (tequila, Lillet Blanc, watermelon shrub, lime and soda) and the King of the North (whiskey, whiskey syrup, whiskey bitters). Winter came and went, but the show’s fifth season is coming. flavor@sacurrent.com
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I had preconceived notions about The Bar. Trust me — whatever you make of it before heading in will be wrong. Created by the cocktail-savvy minds behind Bar 1919, The Bar might have the worst name for SEO purposes, but I doubt they care about that and, frankly, neither should you. The Bar (hard not to be repetitive with name use, apologies) sits inside the Riverwalk Plaza Hotel on Villita Street. Similar to its sister location — a difficult-to-find speakeasy — it has a certain blink-and-you-missed-it appeal. I drove around the block after missing it the first time but actually lucked out with free street parking, a rarity for downtown visits. The scene was tame during our stop last Wednesday evening. Devoid of any major conferences (bartender Corey Farmer said we missed out on some loud Irish drinkers) or weekend debauchery, the space was admirable. Exposed brick walls line the well-lit space intimate enough for quiet conversations along the cement-lined bar or chatty happy hours on the tall four-top tables. The home of the former Bar-Salona has dropped any notions of Spanish soccer jerseys, flags or toro-themed knick-knacks. Instead, you’ll find a barebones but elegant bar ready to entertain. In place of happy hour, The Bar hosts a “Bar Review” as Farmer and co. have themed it — an ode to law school professors, who take students on much-needed pub crawls under the guise of studying for the bar exam. If you do care to pick up some reading material, The Bar is decorated using 200-year-old Texas Digest law books found inside one of the hotel’s several conference rooms. The academic touch certainly helps finish the space’s theme. Because this is a Don Marsh bar, the wares are fittingly billed as “uncompromising craft cocktails.” The menu, which Farmer hopes to showcase on news print in the near future, is broken into multiple sections. Bar-goers will find cocktails under “light and bright,” “floral and feisty,” “complex and ambitious” and “big and boozy.” I chose El Diablo, under floral and feisty, for my first drink with the joint’s signature spicy tequila, infused reposado that soaks in Serrano, poblano, red and yellow bell peppers for a hot minute before gracing the cocktail. It’s rounded out with ginger, sweet black currant liqueur and fresh lime juice. As far as snacks go, The Bar carries an interesting array of menu items that range from sweet Thai peanut wings to charcuterie as created by executive chef Alejandro Barrios. My co-worker and I settled on the wings (naturally) and an order of three Gulf Oysters with cucumber Champagne sorbet at $3 each. Served on
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tap including, Chimay, Stone IPA, Real Ale’s Hans Pils, separate granite tiles, the bites pair well with the drinks Breckenridge Brewery’s 471 IPA, Bud Light, Lone Star, on hand, and the hotel kitchen even supplies warm towels Lone Star Light and a sole Mexican offering, Bohemia. to wipe away any sticky wing residue. The wings were A tab for two did get into the $50 territory, but drink sweet and delicately spicy, though I would have preferred prices vary from $7 to $12 and the massive list of a little more crunch, and the oysters could have used an whiskeys, varying from single malt Scotch to Canadian extra kick or maybe just a hint of lemon? Still, they were options, also varied in price — prepare to pay $35 for plenty enjoyable, and the presentation was definitely Bruichladdich Octomore and $5 for Seagram’s 7. picture-worthy. We left after enjoying a tasty and bright Q Cum Though our bar mates were quiet tourists, wrapping Cocktail, their version of the spicy cucumber with a up their San Antonio visit over several Moscow Mules, ginger twist and a Christy’s Cocktail (ask about why Farmer warned that weekends are picking up steam the drink is now referred to as Sticky Fingers), with a with River Walk industry personnel and out-of-town commanding pour of St. Elder’s elderflower liqueur. party-hoppers dropping in. To accommodate the surge Maybe once business picks up, Downtown Diner across of bodies, The Bar occupies the hotel’s new dining the street will stay open past 8 p.m. (I could have really concept, De Novo, also helmed by Barrios. Though table gone for a burger), but it’s nice to know tourists service isn’t available, guests often trickle into the are getting a taste of SA’s growing cocktail adjoining space at will. The Bar scene. The Bar joins Bohanan’s, SoHo Wine & Unlike Bar 1919, The Bar is more accessible to 100 Villita St. Martini Bar, The Esquire and Lüke in providing a the masses while still doling out serious cocktails, 225-1234 3pm-2am daily high-class option for downtown visitors. both signature and classic. Beer drinkers can www.facebook.com/ quench their thirst with a handful of craft beers on thebarsa flavor@sacurrent.com sacurrent.com • March 18-24, 2015 • CURRENT 45
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Saturday, March 28: Now that you’ve been converted into a craft beer believer, take a tour of one of San Antonio’s finest breweries, Branchline Brewing. They will be holding a special version of their monthly tour and tasting with several batches of limited beers made available for the occasion. Admission gets you four pours of Branchline Brewing Co.’s best brews, after which you’ll walk (or stumble) away with a SABW T-shirt. $15, noon-6pm, 3363 Metro Pkwy., branchlinebrewing.com.
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Peep into Burger Records in Fullerton, California and you’ll see label owners Sean Bohrman and Lee Rickard working in a fast-forward gust at any hour of the day. Hair to their shoulders, records in hand, the pair works non-stop from the store’s all-in-one couch/ bed/office/radio studio. Since the store opened in 2009, Bohrman and Rickard have lived among their vinyl stacks, sleeping less-and-less as Burger takes off as the eminent name in garage rock. “I’ve never seen Sean rest,” Rickard joked over the phone. In 2007, the “overly ambitious” duo founded the label as a home for their band, Thee Makeout Party. As garage bands around the country found an appetite for Burger, the label quickly found a reputation as an artist-friendly home for rock ‘n’ roll and chewed-up bubble gum melodies. Bohrman and Rickard never officially sign bands so that songwriters maintain all rights to their music (thus, many of the bands on the Hangover bill aren’t officially Burger boys). Burger runs the Weiner subsidiary, pressing music that they “can’t make a Burger priority.” And they even let Gabriel Fulvimar of Burger band Gap Dream live in the Fullerton store with them. “From the very beginning, we called ourselves rock ‘n’ roll philanthropists,” said Rickard. “We’ve invested everything back into Burger, whatever we’ve made we’ve put back into the label. And that’s why it’s grown so much.” After eight years, Burger is also in the concert-throwing business, putting on concerts in LA, the Bay Area and in other satellite cities in the garage rock orbit. Now in its third year, Burger Hangover takes advantage of the South by Southwest spillover effect, asking rock ‘n’ rollers in Austin to hang around in SA, recover with a michelada and contribute to San Anto’s exploding garage scene. “I’m real proud of San Antonio,” said Rickard. “Every year we come back, the Hangover seems to double in size.” 50 CURRENT • March 18-24, 2015 • sacurrent.com
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Gymshorts | Main Stage | 3 p.m. A dastardly punk rock quartet from Providence, Rhode Island, Gymshorts dashes through two-minute stories of bong rips and crushing boredom. Fueled on the Prov staples of Naragansett and hot wieners, it’s only appropriate that the band signed to the Wiener subsidiary of the Fullerton label.
Vision | Side Stage | 3:30 p.m. The boys of Vision grew up together in East Los Angeles garages, playing the stuff that would become their debut cassette on Burger. That long history may help the band stay tight-knit and simple on songs like “You Should Know,” letting reverb and a few choice words take the forefront.
The Bolos | Main Stage | 4 p.m. Earlier in March, The Bolos dropped the Mercy E.P., five tracks of whisky-kissed San Anto rock ‘n’ roll. Guitarist Thomas Knieren and bassist Osita Anusi trade blows through the effort, as the band pours the fuel of their influences into an engine of V8 blues punk. On “Rattler,” The Bolos drive through the hip-shaking “I Want Candy” pop shuffle of the ’60s, beating the rhythm into the road with a heavy foot.
Sarah Bethe Nelson | Side Stage | 4:30 p.m. For her debut album on Burger, poet Sarah Bethe Nelson applies her writer’s eye for detail to the forms of pop songwriting. On the achingly slow “Paying,” Nelson structures a breakup ballad around a common experience among the drinking youth — getting free booze from
your friends working the bar. “This is the last time I’ll be making your drinks on the house,” Nelson sings with melancholy and a turn-of-the-knife tone. The title cut on Fast Moving Clouds picks up the pace a little, with Nelson riffing off images of floodgates, hustling Scuds and other images of restlessness. “It’s about a feeling of motion and coming out of something,” said Nelson. “It was a heavy-ish couple of years with a lot of change and movement.”
The Zoltars | Main Stage | 5 p.m. Frontman and Zoltar namesake Jared Zoltar sings in a deadpan style that’s reflected in the guitar rock of his Austin band. Somewhere between Jamie XX and Lou Reed, The Zoltars hang in straight rhythms and deep grooves, popping out for an accenting chord in unexpected moments.
Cool Ghouls | Side Stage | 5:30 pm Even though there are some abrasive elements in Cool Ghouls discography (fuzzy guitar, fuzzier vocals), there’s a pop rock catchiness to smooth out the rough edges while still maintaining what made them hip specters. – Shannon Sweet
Jaill | Main Stage | 6 p.m. Milwaukee quartet Jaill rep all the hallmarks of lateaught indie rock: crunching guitar lines, muscled backbeat and extra consonants. Their 2010 tune “Everyone’s Hip” throws the idea of cool on its side, poking holes at the cornerstone of rock ‘n’ roll with an up-tempo hit.
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Sarah Bethe Nelson plays the side stage on Sunday at 4:30 p.m.
Wax Witches | Side Stage | 6:30 p.m. On Centre of Your Universe, Australia’s Wax Witches stick to the pop-punk basics of teen angst and partying in a Down Under update on the originators of the genre — Joey, Johnny, Dee Dee and Tommy.
The Lemons | Main Stage | 7 p.m.
vowels and well-worn visions of teenage rock ‘n’ roll. But with 2012’s Whirlpool, Rault whitewashed over his beginnings to try again with warbly keys and a slippery pop attitude. Pulling a page from the grease-stained playbook of Mac DeMarco, Rault borrows the psych-pop feel and cigarette-haze tone from his fellow, more famous Edmonton expat.
Garage god John Dwyer and Thee Oh Sees close out Sunday night
The Blind Shake | Side Stage | 10:30 p.m. The Blind Shake is a tornado of manic instrumentation and angry, lo-fi filtered shouts, but they’re a carefully calculated cyclone in the most positive way possible. – Shannon Sweet
Meatbodies | Main Stage | 11 p.m. The guitarist for Mikal Cronin and bassist in Ty Segall’s Fuzz trio, Chad Ubovich treats Meatbodies as his personal shred machine. It’s a passion project for which we can all be thankful.
On The Lemons’ 2015 EP Everybuddy’s a Lemon, the Chicago quartet sings about their friends’ houses over a flirting backbeat, with a tone equally appropriate for fans of The Velvet Underground or Sesame Street.
Guantanamo Baywatch | Main Stage | 9 p.m.
Las Rosas | Side Stage | 7:30 p.m.
If there’s something chemically appealing to Matthew Melton’s glam rock albums as Warm Soda, you’re right. The Tennessee native owes it all to tight pop songwriting, magnetic tape and tuning his A strings down a hair to 432 hz — a Meat Market | Side Stage | 9:30 p.m. combo that hits the ears like salt, sugar and fat melt together on the tongue. Mixing in a dash of punk with slack“A was changed from 432 to 440 in jaw vocals and a tightly-crafted garagethe 1940s,” explained Melton. “There’s pop onslaught, these meaty maniacs no real documentation on the reason from Oakland manage a massive why it was changed. It’s kind of a popular sound that’s clean for garage rock and conspiracy theory, ‘cause some people delightfully dirty for pop. from the Nazi party were part of the – James Courtney decision and it came about at a time in the world when a lot of things Gap Dream | Main Stage | were changing. There’s a lot 10 p.m. of research that suggests Burger Hangover Fest 3 Aside from living in the Burger $17-$25 that tuning A to 432 will 3pm – 2am Sun, March 22 Records’ storage unit, Gabriel actually connect with people 7pm – 2am Mon, March 23 Fulvimar’s contributions to the in a better way.” The Korova Born in Memphis, label include Shine Your Light, a 107 E. Martin Melton began his career strutting synth pop album under 226-5070 thekorova.com as a photographer before his Gap Dream pen name.
Sounding like The Monkees had formed organically in a garage, played their own instruments and openly experimented with psychedelics, Las Rosas’ signature sound is unique with melodic harmonizing and jangly guitar runs. – Shannon Sweet
The Memories | Main Stage | 8 p.m. Portland’s stoned sex symbol Rikky Gage fronts a prolific trio of bands: The Memories, White Fang and Free Weed. All three bands create quick ditties on the love drug and regular drugs, though the foolishness of The Memories allows Gage to stretch his loins in the goofiest and best way possible.
Michael Rault | Side Stage | 8:30 p.m. A few years ago, Canadian songwriter Michael Rault was heavy on the neutral
Future bands pay attention: aim to match your name to your sound with the clarity and vision of Guantanamo Baywatch. The dark surf of the Portland trio feels like the soundtrack of a remake of the ’80s LA drama relocated at America’s most famous beachside gulag, with twisted takes on Dick Dale guitar lines and the tortured delight of singer Jason Powell.
Warm Soda | Side Stage | 11:30 p.m.
transitioning to rock ‘n’ roll. It’s a change in medium that’s made Melton content, and creatively successful. “Rock ‘n’ roll music is the best form of artistic expression that’s ever been done,” said Melton. “The reason being that it’s so accessible. Not everyone can enjoy seeing art in an art gallery, but everybody likes rock ‘n’ roll. If you don’t, you’re probably a square and not really contributing much to society anyway.”
Thee Oh Sees | Main Stage | 12 a.m. After a full day of fuzz pedals and cheap beer, don’t burn out before Thee Oh Sees, the band for which the San Antonio music scene (present company included) has held a collective erection over the past few years. Since solidifying the spelling of their name in 2008, guitarist John Dwyer and his kraut/psych/garage pranksters have worked tirelessly to bring nine records to life and establish a rep as the finest live band on the garage touring circuit.
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Music Band | Main Stage | 7:30 p.m. “It’s like a rock ‘n’ roll song about rock ‘n’ roll,” sing all three members of Music Band on “Still Life.” Like their name, that line would sound tongue-in-cheek if the Nashville natives weren’t already chewing their tongues to pulp with dead serious shred-faces.
Bully | Side Stage | 8 p.m. On Bully’s new single “I Remember,” singer Alicia Bognanno wields a deep mistrust of nostalgia. Listing the details sacurrent.com • March 18-24, 2015 • CURRENT 51
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of a love gone wrong, the Nashville punk recalls “the way your sheets smelled” and “what you do on Christmas,” punching the syllables with emotion. It’s not a fond recollection, nor does she sound jaded. Rather, “I Remember” is a document of the lost-love details you can never shake and lessons painfully learned.
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The Rich Hands | Main Stage | 8:30 p.m. A big hand to The Rich Hands for introducing San Antonio to Burger — directly, through drummer Nick Ivarra’s booking efforts, and indirectly, for planting the seed of garage rock among young musicians in San Anto.
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Left & Right | Side Stage | 9 p.m. On “Five Year Plan,” Philadelphia’s Left & Right channel the hair-rising energy of pop-punk into 95 seconds of pure, young adult opportunity.
Diarrhea Planet | Main Stage | 9:30 p.m. Nashville’s favorite gross-out band Diarrhea Planet owes every bit as much to nuance as to sheer adrenaline. Their fuzzy and warm garage punk showcases a range of vocal delivery styles and moods. – James Courtney
Bad Vibes | Side Stage | 10:15 p.m. On their 2014 debut Out in the Street, Oakland trio Bad Vibes gives a nod to the reliable source material of Raw Power, stooging around with oleaginous glee.
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The Coathangers | Main Stage | 10:45 p.m. While their riffs now pack an extra punch and their recordings sound far from the laptop mic quality of their earliest singles, it’s really the vocals that have carried The Coathangers’ latest releases to another level. With all three members splitting singing duties, the contrast between Minnie Franco’s bratty warble, guitarist Julia Kugel’s pixie purr and drummer Stephanie Luke’s pack-a-day howl has become one of The Coathanger’s most endearing features. – J.D. Swerzenski
Big Tits | Side Stage | 11:30 p.m. Take it from someone who already made this error — don’t Google “Big Tits” without the word “band” in the query. A rare appearance from an East Coast outfit, the Brooklyn quartet proves you can still have surf rock sounds on your mind while surrounded by concrete and crippling rent.
JEFF The Brotherhood | Main Stage | 12 a.m. After a stint of garage rock records, brothers Jake and Jamin Orrall signed to Warner in 2012 for their breakthrough album Hypnotic Knights. Released into a stellar summer of rock, the tallboy single “Sixpack” helped JEFF the Brotherhood crack open from the rest of the season. “Let’s load the car up / I got a bag of ice / I got a six pack / And I don’t wanna go back,” the brothers sing, describing an ideal Southern day out. Since then, JEFF the Brotherhood has picked up two more members, beefing up to tackle tall orders of guitar dueling and Weezer-worshiping distortion. For their impending album Wasted on the Dream, the brothers also split from their major distribution deal with Warner Brothers. “Now that we’re off of Warner, we’re able to do whatever we want,” said Jake Orrall. “That’s kinda what we did anyway, but now the process is just a lot faster.” Or, as they said on their website: “We, JEFF The Brotherhood, are SO FUCKING PLEASED to announce that we have been DROPPED from the clutches of the demented vulture that is Warner Bros!” mstieb@sacurrent.com sacurrent.com • March 18-24, 2015 • CURRENT 53
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Danish punks Iceage (left) and Vermont rocker King Tuff (above) help inaugurate Friday night’s Paper Tiger opening.
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There’s no easy way to build on the ashes of The White Rabbit, a music institution in SA for nearly two decades. But, throwing a free three-day festival with a stacked lineup of this caliber just might do the trick. This weekend, the newly christened Paper Tiger will open its doors with a top-notch gathering that seems intent on establishing its bona-fides as a go-to destination for punk (Friday), psych (Saturday) and electronic music (Sunday). Though each night features its fair share of unbelievable acts and over 30 bands in total, here are five you just cannot miss: King Tuff | Friday | 5:15 p.m. For a venue looking to be baptized in cheap beer and mosh sweat, King Tuff might be the high priest for the job. A purveyor of garage-glam rock, The King works and worships devoutly at the shrine of Marc Bolan, albeit one built from PBR cans, beat-to-shit Vans and pawnshop Stratocasters. While Tuff packs the riffs and the swagger of glam rock’s greatest, his sound holds the likes of Ramones,
Dinosaur Jr. and Thee Oh Sees all in equal regard. It’s easy to forget how many killer tracks he’s amassed over his three albums, until he drops the riff of “Black Moon Spell” or climbs the nearest table, rafter or person to howl out the appropriately titled “Anthem.” The Spits | Friday | 9:15 p.m. As Keith Marlowe of Noisey said of the Spits last year: “If you live in a place where the Spits never play, move immediately. It’s clear that your city sucks.” San Antonio has had the debauched distinction of hosting the Spits almost annually since the Kalamazoo quartet first hit the road 20 years back, and their place on the Paper Tiger bill feels like a punk stamp of approval. There’s a relentless efficiency to the band that seems to defy logic: cranking out record after record of slightly tweaked two-minute punk anthems and taking their van across the country to bash those tracks out. Here’s hoping the Paper Tiger, or any SA venue for that matter, can stay that consistent.
with the emergence of Rønnenfelt as one of punk’s most captivating frontmen — preening, howling and careening across stage. Roky Erikson | Saturday | 11 p.m. Who would make the Mount Rushmore of Texas Music? Willie, for sure. Probably Waylon as well, right next to Townes Van Zandt. But that fourth place? That has to belong to Roky. With the opening howl of “You’re Gonna Miss Me,” Erikson and his 13th Floor Elevators sounded the opening shot for psychedelic rock. That strange trip, begun in 1966, has now formed an unprecedented Texaspsych rock tradition reaching through the hard acid rock of Bubble Puppy, the pyscho-babble stylings of the Butthole Surfers and most recently to Levitation (formerly Austin Psych Fest), who are curating Saturday’s gig. Erikson doesn’t quite have the mind-melting energy of yore (mostly because he melted his mind a bit too much), but then when it comes to paying witness to Texas music royalty, it doesn’t come much more, well, royal than this.
Mitski | Sunday | 7:15 p.m. Iceage | Friday | 11 p.m. In a three-day lineup packed with plenty of aggression When singer Elias Bender Rønnenfelt moans the (particularly of the angsty, macho variety), Brooklynopening lines “The world was once seen burning in my based singer Mitski offers something of a welcome eyes just as it is in yours,” it might as well be a message respite. That’s not to call her music soft; the 25-yeardirected to him many moons ago. Just four years old’s voice manages that same St. Vincent-esque trick since the then-teenaged Danish quartet unleashed its of wooing you in with its delicacy before incendiary debut New Brigade, Rønnenfelt and knocking you on your ass with its power. But as Iceage have drowned the tightly coiled punk of Paper Tiger Kickoff she displayed on 2014’s Bury Me at Makeout their younger selves in a whisky soaked, Pogues- Weekend Free Creek, it’s lyrically where the singer really styled sprawl. 2pm-12am Fri, March 20 makes her mark. Her songs have a coy way of Their latest, Plowing Through the Field of 2pm-12am Sat, March 21 3pm-10pm Sun, March 22 finding off-kilter and biting angles on the usual Love, even sounds like an all night bender, Paper Tiger lovelorn themes (“You’d say you love me and growing sloppier, darker and more interesting 2410 N. St. Mary’s look in my eyes, but I know through mine you as it stumbles on. The band has also undergone 557-4342 papertiger.queueapp.com were looking in yours.”) a similar transformation playing live, particularly sacurrent.com • March 18-24, 2015 • CURRENT 55
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Splitting his childhood between Los Angeles county and Ocotlán, Mexico, David Barragán began rapping as Olmeca in the 1990s with underground LA outfit Acid Reign. After working as voice for the leftist Zapatista movement for a U.S. audience, Olmeca returned north of the border to try a solo venture in bilingual art. His 2013 album Brown Is Beautiful cleverly blends hip-hop traditions with Afro-Cuban rhythms, whether a hybrid of cumbia and trap or chicano soul and backpack rhymes. From Southern California, Buyepongo works in party-rocking combos of merengue, punta and cumbia. Singer and percussionist Edgar Modesto drives the cross-cultural display, with emotional energy in his voice and rhythmic blasts from his congo and guacharaca. On saxophone, Angel Hernandez wanders outside the parameters of Afro-Cuban jazz, with fluttering, angry bee lines reminiscent of Jackie Mclean. San Anto’s Lonely Horse rounds out the genreless bill, with guitarist Nick Long’s Native American roots informing the band’s heavy desert rock. $5, 10pm, Hi-Tones, 621 E. Dewey, (210) 785-8777 Matt Stieb/mstieb@sacurrent.com
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young hearts on fire on the 2014 EP Gloom. With Rozwell Kid, The Linden Method, The Native Roar, Like Ghosts, Westbound Departure. The Ten Eleven, 6pm
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than Pennsylvania grindcore quartet Full of Hell howling on “Return to the Mines / Throbbing Lung Fiber” and “Fox Womb.” With Afflictive Nature, Head Creeps, Life Decay, No Gods. The Korova, 8pm
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Marshall Crenshaw scored a Top 40 hit in 1982 with the rockabilly gem “Someday Someway.” Sam’s Burger Joint, 7pm
Noah Peterson On his live album At Biddy
McGraw’s, SA saxophonist Noah Peterson charts his way through funk-laced bop standards like “Song for My Father” and “Watermelon Man.” J&O’s Cantina, 7pm
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Veil of Maya attends the Djent school of metal, named after the high-gain, palmmuted tone of the guitar. With After the Burial, Invent Animate, Code Orange, Harm’s Way, Eternal Sleep, Assailants. Alamo City Music Hall, 8pm
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Gnar World Order, Selfies, The 600 Hundred Galveston quartet Gnar World Order sludges through heavy hardcore on “Chivalry Is Dead.” The Mix, 11pm
J. Cole With 2014 Forest Hills Drive, J. Cole
found his third album in a row at the top spot on the Billboard chart. His single “Apparently” is a brilliant statement from the album, switching between an R&B hook and rap verses. Alamo City Music Hall, 8pm
The Color Morale The Color Morale drives in a word and positive lane on Hold On Pain Ends, their debut on Fearless Records. With Slaves, Vanna, Favorite Weapon. The Korova, 6pm
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
The Swon Brothers After a strong run on the fourth season of NBC’s The Voice, Zach and Colton Swon signed a 2013 deal with Arista, releasing a self-titled effort the following year. Cowboys Dancehall, 7pm
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Chase Bryant Orange Grove native Chase Bryant debuted with the air-brushed 2014 country rock single “Take It On Back.” With Rosehill. Gruene Hall, 8pm
Henry + The Invisibles SA’s own Henry
+ the Invisibles continues to turn in nothing but spectacularly soulful, ridiculously costumed one-man shows. Rebar, 10pm
Matt Adler PSA: San Anto acoustic rocker Matt Adler is not the actor who played Lewis in Teen Wolf. With Five Times August, Russell Howard. 502 Bar, 9pm
Motionless in White Pennsylvania
metalcore quintet Motionless in White introduces the flavors of industrial music on their three albums for Fearless Records. With For Today, Chelsea Grin, Carnifex, Sworn In, New Years Day, Ice Nine Kills, The Family Ruin. 210 Kapone’s, 3pm
Petrushka The San Antonio Symphony
presents Igor Stravinsky’s Petrushka, the Russian icon’s interpretation of his country’s folk tradition. In four scenes, the ballet burlesque tells the story of Petrushka, a a melancholy puppet that springs to life and yearns for love. With conductor Daniel Raiskin and pianist Alexei Volodin. Tobin Center, 8pm
Shishio, The Freebies From the
surprisingly vibrant scene of Norman,
Oklahoma, Shishio produces bizarre and shouty music, ranging from rock ‘n’ roll to ambient textures. The theme of repetition and droning rhythms holds together the wide array. On the Freebies self-titled 2014 EP, physicality dominates in both rock and noise forms. On the noise opener, “Masturbating in a Hostel (Is a Beautiful Thing),” guitarist Joseph Erik Montano begins with some dark, pedal-bent chords before opening up into a field of scratches and tense noise. With Selfies, Stefan Scott. Nite Lite, 9pm
Spurs Rock On Night Put on by Spurs
forward Bonner’s non-profit Rock On Foundation and the Spurs’ Silver & Black Give Back program, the concert will take place before, during and after the Spurs game against the Celtics. Attendance is only available with a ticket to the game. The show begins at 5:30 p.m. in the Bud Light Courtyard, with a pre-game performance by Rochester rockers Joywave and Cambridge indie-pop outfit Dirty Bangs. At halftime, Vermont teen poppers The Snaz will perform in the courtyard. After the game, Arrested Development will bring Golden Era hiphop to the fans of the AT&T Center. With their 1992 album 3 Years, 5 Months & 2 Days in the Life Of..., the Atlanta rap collective dropped an album of party funk and positive energy. The four-times platinum album offered an answer to the performed violence of Death Row gangsta rap, while helping put Atlanta on the spot as a capitol of Southern rap. Throughout the game, Bonner’s buddy and Arcade Fire frontman Win Butler will provide the house music, spinning as DJ Windows 98. AT&T Center, 5:30pm
Fish Brain On Mind Control, San Anto duo Fish Brain offers 11 warbly tracks to the city’s recent garage psych revival. With Taiga, Reconquista. Bottom Bracket Social Club, 10:30pm
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Buttercup bassist Odie, with cowboy hat and braided goatee, provides the rhythmic momentum to propel the band through lengthy but quick-moving sets. Singer Erik Sanden freaks out on the stage, while guitarist Joe Reyes’ solos more than take up the slack. Led by Michael Carrillo of Deer Vibes, Michael J. and Foxes wield a sparse sound opposite to Carrillo’s indie rock orchestra. Alamo Music Center, 6:30pm
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Code Orange Pittsburgh hardcore quartet
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Slim Thug Houston northsider Slim Thug boasts his corner office credentials on “Like A Boss,” “Boss Life” and “I Run.” Alamo City Music Hall, 9pm
The Ataris Indiana alt-rockers The Ataris
exist in a permanent state of nostalgia on songs like “In This Diary.” With Biters, Yotam Ben Horin, Brian Marquis. The Korova, 8pm
Zig Zags, The Oblios A roll-your-own
stoner punk outfit from Los Angeles, Zig Zags channel Black Sabbath on the 2014 single “Humans March/Let’s Die.” It’s an apocalpytic message of fuzz pedals and extinction crawling forward at a desperate, slowcare pace. Similar to their cartoon namesake, The Oblio’s cut through the dross with a heavy fuzz tone on their recent split with SA blues punk quartet The Bolos. On The Bolos versus The Oblio’s, the band crunches through four tunes of full-bodied rock ‘n’ roll, with heavy reliance on the fuzz box, a vital pedal that squares out the guitar signal into near oblivion. With Cursus, Vixy Van Halen, Summer Moon. K23 Gallery, 9pm
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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
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Bellfuries Austin’s Bellfuries soundtrack
Sam’s swing dance night with ukeleinflected rockabilly. Sam’s Burger Joint, 7pm
Small World Led by drummer Kyle Keener and guitarist Polly Harrison, Small World places world music in the jazz setting. The band features music from the Great American Songbook and bossa nova sung in the original Portuguese. Olmos Bharmacy, 7:30pm
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Jim Cullum Jazz Band Playing the music of King Oliver, Louis Armstrong, Sidney Bechet and Bix Beiderbecke, cornetist Jim Cullum is a leader among the growing community of trad jazz players. Bohanan’s, 7pm
Lux Deluxe From the white dreads capitol
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saxophonist John Magaldi riffs through straight ahead standards with his big breathy tone. He’s a worthy bandleader and first chair, having performed with Johnny Mathis, Boots Randolph, Tony Bennett and Marvin Gaye. Blue Star Brewery, 8pm
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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY by Rob Brezsny ARIES (MARCH 21-APRIL 19): You’re entering a time and space known as the Adlib Zone. In this territory, fertile chaos and inspirational uncertainty are freely available. Improvised formulas will generate stronger mojo than timeworn maxims. Creativity is de rigueur, and street smarts count for more than booklearning. May I offer some mottoes to live by when “common sense” is inadequate? 1. Don’t be a slave to necessity. 2. Be as slippery as you can be and still maintain your integrity. 3. Don’t just question authority; be thrilled about every chance you get to also question habit, tradition, fashion, trendiness, apathy, and dogma.
TAURUS (APRIL 20-MAY 20): By 1993, rock band Guns N’ Roses had released five successful albums. But on the way to record their next masterpiece, there were numerous delays and diversions. Band members feuded. Some were fired and others departed. Eventually, only one original member remained to bring the task to conclusion with the help of new musicians. The sixth album, Chinese Democracy, finally emerged in 2008. I’m seeing a similarity between Guns N’ Roses’ process and one of your ongoing projects, Taurus. The good news is that I think most of the hassles and delays are behind you, or will be if you act now. You’re primed to make a big push toward the finish line.
GEMINI (MAY 21-JUNE 20): The anonymous blogger at Neurolove. me gives advice on how to love a Gemini: “Don’t get impatient with their distractibility. Always make time for great conversation. Be understanding when they’re moody. Help them move past their insecurities, and tell them it’s not their job to please everyone. Let them have space but never let them be lonely.” I endorse all that good counsel, and add this: “To love Geminis, listen to them attentively, and with expansive flexibility. Don’t try to force them to be consistent; encourage them to experiment at uniting their sometimes conflicting urges. As best as you can, express appreciation not just for the parts of them that are easy to love but also for the parts that are not yet ripe or charming.” Now feel free, Gemini, to show this horoscope to those whose affection you want.
CANCER (JUNE 21-JULY 22): You have recently been to the mountaintop, at least metaphorically. Right? You wandered out to the high frontier and ruminated on the state of your fate from the most expansive vista you could find. Right? You have questioned the limitations you had previously accepted, and you have weaned yourself from at least one of your devitalizing comforts, and you have explored certain possibilities that had been taboo. Right? So what comes next? Here’s what I suggest: Start building a new framework or 66 CURRENT • March 18-24, 2015 • sacurrent.com
structure or system that will incorporate all that you’ve learned during your break.
LEO (JULY 23-AUG. 22):
According to the international code of food standards, there are 13 possible sizes for an olive. They include large, extra large, jumbo, extra jumbo, giant, colossal, super colossal, mammoth, and super mammoth. If I had my way, Leo, you would apply this mind-set to everything you do in the coming weeks. It’s time for you to think very big. You will thrive as you expand your mind, stretch your boundaries, increase your territory, amplify your self-expression, magnify your focus, and broaden your innocence.
VIRGO (AUG. 23-SEPT. 22): “Half the troubles of this life can be traced to saying yes too quickly and not saying no soon enough,” proclaimed humorist Josh Billings. That’s an exaggeration made for comic effect, of course. (And I think that some of life’s troubles also come from saying no too much and not saying yes enough.) But for you, Virgo, Billings’ advice will be especially pertinent in the coming weeks. In fact, my hypothesis is that you will be able to keep your troubles to a minimum and boost your progress to a maximum by being frugal with yes and ample with no.
LIBRA (SEPT. 23-OCT. 22): Your mind says, “I need more room to move. I’ve got to feel free to experiment.” Your heart says, “I think maybe I need more commitment and certainty.” Your astrologer suggests, “Be a bit more skeptical about the dream lover who seems to be interfering with your efforts to bond with the Real Thing.” I’m not sure which of these three sources you should heed, Libra. Do you think it might somehow be possible to honor them all? I invite you to try.
SCORPIO (OCT. 23-NOV. 21): “Without your wound where would your power be?” asked writer Thornton Wilder. “The very angels themselves cannot persuade the wretched and blundering children on earth as can one human being broken on the wheels of living.” Let’s make that one of your ongoing meditations, Scorpio. I think the coming weeks will be an excellent time to come to a greater appreciation for your past losses. What capacities has your suffering given birth to? What failures have made you stronger? What crucial lessons and unexpected benefits have emerged from your sadness and madness?
SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22-DEC. 21): You are entering a phase when you will have “Creating is not magic but work,” says Kevin Ashton, author of the book How to Fly a Horse: The Secret History of Creation, Invention, and Discovery. In other words, inspiration is a relatively small part of the creative process. Over the long haul, the more important factors are
self-discipline, organized thinking, hard work, and attention to detail. And yet inspiration isn’t irrelevant, either. Brainstorms and periodic leaps of insight can be highly useful. That’s a good reminder as you enter a phase when you’re likely to be more imaginative and original than usual. I expect creative excitement to be a regular visitor.
CAPRICORN (DEC. 22-JAN. 19): The fictional detective Sherlock Holmes was a good Capricorn, born January 6, 1854. In the course of Arthur Conan Doyle’s 60 stories about his life, he revealed his exceptional talent as an analytical thinker. His attention to details was essential to his success, and so was his expertise at gathering information. He did have a problem with addictive drugs, however. Morphine tempted him now and then, and cocaine more often, usually when he wasn’t feeling sufficiently challenged. Let this serve as a gentle warning, Capricorn. In the coming weeks, seek more relaxation and downtime than usual. Focus on recharging your psychic batteries. But please be sure that doesn’t cause you to get bored and then dabble with selfsabotaging stimuli.
AQUARIUS (JAN. 20-FEB. 18): English is my first language. Years ago there was a time when I spoke a lot of French with
my Parisian girlfriend, but my skill faded after we broke up. So I’m not bilingual in the usual sense. But I do have some mastery in the language of music, thanks to my career as a singer-songwriter. Having raised a daughter, I also learned to converse in the language of children. And I’ve remembered and worked with my nightly dreams every day for decades, so I speak the language of dreams. What about you, Aquarius? In the coming weeks, I bet you’ll be challenged to make more extensive use of one of your second languages. It’s time to be adaptable and resourceful in your approach to communication.
PISCES (FEB. 19-MARCH 20): Do you need a reason to think sharper and work smarter and try harder? I’ll give you four reasons. 1. Because you’re finally ready to get healing for the inner saboteur who in the past has undermined your confidence. 2. Because you’re finally ready to see the objective truth about one of your self-doubts, which is that it’s a delusion. 3. Because you’re finally ready to stop blaming an adversary for a certain obstacle you face, which means the obstacle will become easier to overcome. 4. Because you’re finally ready to understand that in order to nurture and hone your ample creativity, you have to use it to improve your life on a regular basis.
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