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he Current’s office sits across the street from Central Catholic High School. It’s a part of Midtown – along North St. Mary’s Street, south of I-35 – that’s a little seedy and doesn’t have much street life to speak of. When I see someone from my office window walking along St. Mary’s, my first thought is they’re lost. My second thought is they’re shopping for heroin. During the NCAA Final Four in April, outof-towners in their teams’ T-shirts would traipse along in twos or threes, going God knows where. They’d probably decided they wanted to see the real San Antonio, steeled themselves with a few drinks and made it out
this far. Then they went back to their Marriott to brag about their bravery. But most times I look up from my desk and the sidewalks are empty. That’s still the case, but lately I’ve seen people, not encased in rolled steel and glass, but gliding along St. Mary’s atop skinny motorized scooters. The adults I’ve spotted look funny because every adult looks funny riding a scooter. These, of course, are the dockless scooters recently deployed in downtown San Antonio by the tech startup Bird. GPS technology and an app make it possible locate a scooter, mount and ride it to wherever, magically pay for it and then leave it wherever you stop. And there’s no parent to tell you to get it the hell out of the way before somebody trips and breaks an ankle for Christ’s sake. But there will be a big daddy or mama when the city decides to crack down on scooters blocking sidewalks and making the center city look like a poorly maintained used-scooter lot. Local governments are already taking action in Austin and San Francisco. Meanwhile, other scooter-sharing companies are poised to air-drop fleets of motorized scooters, each with a tracking device and presumably its own satellite, onto San Antonio streets in coming weeks. So trust me on this – a government backlash is coming, just like it initially did for Lyft and Uber in 2014. In the event that government jerks who just don’t get what I call the teeny mobility revolution – which includes dockless bicycles as well as scooters – succeed in strangling this tender flower, I’m working on a couple of
business ideas to fill the void. If, one day in the near future, you find downtown streets, sidewalks and creek ways cluttered with abandoned, dockless Pogo Sticks and Big Wheels, you’ll know venture capitalists were totally into my first business plan. Also, you can probably assume I am now wealthier than you. My Plan B is pretty good, too, in my opinion. First, I would joint-venture with all of the CrossFit cult “boxes” in the downtown area. I’d provide all of their members with hot pink T-shirts emblazoned with my corporate logo, and have them hit the streets. Their job would be to jog aimlessly around downtown until someone who’s downloaded my app orders a piggy-back ride. The company name: BackTracks. Either one of these ventures would clearly be the next stage in the evolution of the sharing economy. But if you try to share my ideas, I will sue you.
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’m sitting at Sweet Yams Café on the city’s East Side with Graciela Sanchez, director of the Esperanza Peace and Justice Center. The sunlight cascades down the right side of her face through the adjacent window, giving her a resplendent glow. Sanchez, who has devoted her life to activism of all kinds (if it’s unjust, she’s on it) under the umbrella of the Esperanza, is reserved as we await our meal. In fact, she’s such a strategic word economizer that passersby probably assume she’s interviewing me. It’s more than just her wariness of being labeled a Cantinflas, a term she uses to describe an overly talkative person who doesn’t seem to actually say anything of substance. She cites Councilman Roberto Treviño and former Councilman Roger Flores as examples of the type. No, Sanchez excels at the art of saying just enough to make her point while saving her energy to fight another day. My 2011 Plaza De Armas interview with her was a good starting point for my study of this long-standing, and uncompromising, seeker of justice. Sanchez, now 58, has been in the spotlight lately for her work defending the Hays Street Bridge on the near East Side against encroaching development. The nearly-synonymous names of Sanchez and the Esperanza have long had what marketing experts might refer to as a brand challenge. Sanchez describes her career work as “holistic,” which may be where the organization’s labeling intricacies begin. The Esperanza doesn’t just exclusively work on women’s issues, Latino issues or queer issues, but all of the above and more. She says she’s sad the organization has been erased by the queer community. Unless they stumble upon its programming online, Sanchez feels many young LGBTQ people haven’t heard of the Esperanza, which means those in search of support, mentorship and a sense of local history don’t know the center is a viable resource. Sanchez, who found support in the book This Bridge Called My Back: Writings By Radical Women of Color while she was studying at Yale University, finds it amusing that after the election
of President Donald J. Trump, people are asking for an interconnection between communities. “We’ve been doing that for 31 years,” she says. Many queer people of color may feel the need to choose which generational fight to take up. They may feel peer pressure to choose to between Latino or LGBTQ activism. Sanchez says that she’s not willing to be one or the other. “This is my whole self,” she says. “My identity includes my Latino, queer, feminist and working-class roots.” Which would be a ditto for the Esperanza. The disadvantage of not choosing a team is that “others erase you,” Sanchez warns. When she started doing cultural arts programming, Latino-focused groups didn’t see the Esperanza as a Latino organization and, because the center works with blue-collar communities on the West Side, some LGBTQ groups have said they’re not queer. “Someone else is making that decision for us,” she says. In the Esperanza’s early days, Sanchez says the press didn’t always refer to her as the executive director but as “a self-identified homosexual.” The demonization came from deep social crevices. But she stayed the course by concentrating on bringing multiple issues together through the presentation of artists’ work and films, and through organizing efforts. While she was fighting for funding and trying avoid “getting kicked out of our buildings,” she wanted the people to “see those connections.” “It’s a privilege to just think about one issue and to not be concerned about other issues,” she says. Here’s another example of a pointed form of activism. It was when she saw that the Express-News’ advisory board didn’t have any LGBTQ people on the board. “I remember telling Bob Rivard, ‘When you put in a queer person, make sure it’s not a white gay man,’” she recalls. “‘Let your choice reflect the community.’” Later in the conversation, she observes, “People don’t want to become political even though their lives are political.” She refers to Republican platforms and the gay Republicans who support the party’s planks. “All our lives our political. Everything we do
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everything we say how we think, how we act... is political.” Sanchez says you can still see the little scratches on her bumper where Ron Nirenberg for Mayor stickers were previously. Though the mayor “always says hello,” she doesn’t feel he’s listening to community concerns. “He’s not the person who was running for office a year and a half ago. How can I put his name out there in an affirming way when I just [don’t] think he’s listening to us anymore?” Here’s an example of how Sanchez takes charge. On the mayor’s birthday, she posted two images and connected them to his Facebook page. “One was, ‘Wishing the mayor [had] the strength to be courageous to do good for the community for years to come,’” she recalls. The image was of the controversial Hays Street Bridge. The second image was 40 people posing as though they were holding up the bridge. It read, “Happy Birthday, Ron!” The mayor’s staff called Sanchez immediately. They wanted to know why she would post something like this on his birthday. She was prepared with an answer. “We are holding him accountable. This is a form a speech. This is a form of organizing,” she says. She said she’d been asking for a meeting with Nirenberg for about a year. A meeting was scheduled within a week of the birthday post. When I ask her if she’d ever consider running for office, it seems like the idea has occurred to her. “I would be so demonized,” she says. “You remember what happened to Elena Guajardo,” the first openly lesbian council member. “They just creamed her.” Her focus on the Hays Street Bridge
makes more sense when you consider that the Esperanza has a history of working on issues as far-ranging as free speech to housing. One of her more memorable protests happened in 2013 when she worked to preserve the Univision Building, which is now the Agave apartments. When the preservationists lost in court and she saw the demolition starting, she says, “The only thing I could do is jump over the fence. And people followed me.” They stopped the demolition for a few hours and got arrested. Sanchez, however, seems happy to not take the lead in every situation. Amy, her partner of 19 years and an attorney, was recently working on a brief relating to the Hays Street Bridge. “I was basically her cheerleader,” she says. Do you see yourself more of an activist than a human being? Can you turn it off? I ask. “No,” she replies. “If I’m alive, I see. I’m a person with a conciencia – with a consciousness making sure there is justice and peace. “Part of being strong and powerful is knowing who you are,” she says. “The world we’re facing is always knocking us down. Especially if you’re poor or working-class. Especially if you have darker skin. Especially if you’re a woman, and especially if you’re queer or trans.” “Our work has been about building that strength and having that sense of oneself. If you can love yourself, then you can love your nextdoor neighbor. You can love your kids and you have a reason to exist,” she says. Last question. What’s the most memorable compliment anyone has ever given you? I ask. She thinks for a moment then shakes her head. “I don’t remember.” That’s an answer in itself. sacurrent.com | July 11-17, 2018 | CURRENT
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‘BLUE IS NOT A COLOR’
From its earliest appearances on Egyptian ceramics, statues and tombs circa 2200 B.C. to the accidental discoveries of Prussian blue (1706) and YInMn blue (2009), the color blue boasts a rich history of inspiring creations that reach beyond the ocean and sky. Spanish master Pablo Picasso spent four years creating monochromatic paintings during his famous Blue Period; and French disruptor Yves Klein developed and trademarked his own intense shade of ultramarine, International Klein Blue. Noting that “one color can be interpreted in vastly different ways” and that blue specifically is “an almost universally favored color with the ability to instill trust, inspire creativity and even lower heart rates,” Ruiz-Healy Art zeroes in on a single hue with “Blue Is Not a Color,” a summer exhibition uniting four members of the RHA roster with four guest artists. Combining prints, sculptures, textiles, paintings, photographs and mixed-media works, the group show highlights the talents of San Antonio-based artists Jennifer Ling Datchuk, Ricky Armendariz, Jesse Amado, Andrea Reyes, Cade Bradshaw and Deliasofia Zacarias as well as Cecilia Biagini (who was born in Buenos Aires but lives in Brooklyn) and Cecilia Paredes (a Peruvian who divides her time between Lima and Philadelphia). Free, opening reception 6-8pm Wed, on view 11am-4pm Tue-Sat through September 1, Ruiz-Healy Art, 200 E. Olmos Drive, (210) 804-2219, ruizhealyart.com. — Bryan Rindfuss
Nodding with its title to the often-symbolic natural history compendiums popularized in the Middle Ages, Clamp Light’s “The Bestiary” creatively explores “our shared anthropological past, and creates an imagined anthropocenic future using humor, narrative and lush imagery.” Curated by educator and Clamp Light resident artist Sarah Fox, the show pairs animal-centric works by Houston-based Terri Foltz-Fox and San Antonio’s own Angelica Raquel. Boasting 30-plus years experience in art and education, Foltz-Fox draws inspiration from both “anthropological stories and sacred object- making” in the creation of quirky yet expertly rendered ceramics and mixed-media sculptures. Currently working toward an MFA at UTSA, Raquel works between watercolor and sculpture to address topics ranging from the commodification of animals to “forced evolution” via selective breeding. In tandem with the opening reception, Clamp Light will unveil a new project by muralist-in-residence Jordon Clough (whose work deals with “the synthesis of visual memory”); and a “live animal drawing” session led by Raquel is scheduled for July 21 (1-3pm). Free, opening reception 6-9pm Fri, on view by appointment through July 31, Clamp Light Artist Studios & Gallery, 1704 Banco Road, (832) 259-3530, clamplightsa.com. — BR
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This week’s installment of Slab Cinema’s rad roving Wes Anderson film fest will feature the revered director’s latest film Isle of Dogs. While some have lambasted the film’s issues with cultural tone deafness (at best) or cultural appropriation (at worst), critics have fairly roundly lauded the movie, and there’s even been some buzz suggesting it could land Anderson his first Oscar for Best Picture. Isle of Dogs, the auteur’s second foray into stop-motion animation, follows the story of a 12-year-old’s zany quest to rescue his canine bodyguard from the titular island, to which all dogs have been banished, and features voice work from an impressive cast of actors, including Scarlett Johansson, Bryan Cranston and Bill Murray, just to name a few. Free, 8pm, Hemisfair Park, 434 S. Alamo St., (210) 212-9373, wesandersonfilmfestival.com. — James Courtney
sample-based songs that are as eclectic as they are dance-floor ready. He’s in town this weekend to celebrate his latest album Cumbia City in a place that already adores him (and cumbias for that matter). The album, which dropped back in May, has received heaps of critical praise for its engrossing kineticism, its innovative blending of live instrumentation/ vocals with samples, and its genre-straddling bravado. Obviously heavy on the cumbia, the album also contains nods to El Dusty’s other influences, from hip-hop to tejano, from house to reggaetón, and much more. This show will also feature sets from Cesar K-Oso, BrukOut and Bombasta. $5, 8pm, Paper Tiger, 2410 N. St. Mary’s St., papertigersatx.com. — JC
After the current NBA Champion Golden State Warriors signed All-Star center Boogie Cousins last week, the high-energy, trickshot shooting exhibition basketball team the Harlem Globetrotters trolled the Dubs when they tweeted that it would have to be up to them to dethrone the super team next season. While basketball fans will, unfortunately, never get a chance to see Steph Curry go head-to-head with Porter “Primetime” Maberry, San Antonians will get the opportunity to whistle a little “Sweet Georgia Brown” when the Globetrotters glide into town for their Amazing Feats of Basketball World Tour to show off their unique brand of B-ball entertainment. Founded in 1926 (the NBA was formed in 1946), the Globetrotters have performed for more than 146 million fans in 123 countries and territories worldwide. In 1950, Globetrotter Nathaniel “Sweetwater” Clifton became the first black player to sign an NBA contract. Since the team is known for making history over the last 92 years, maybe the Spurs can get them to take Kawhi Leonard and Uncle Dennis off their hands in exchange for a couple of Washington Generals and one of those neat tri-colored balls. $23.50-$135.50, 2pm, AT&T Center, One AT&T Center Pkwy., (210) 4445140, attcenter.com. – Kiko Martinez
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We’re not sure where on the spectrum of crossdressing alter egos comedian Benji Brown’s “most requested character” Kiki sits in comparison to someone like Tyler Perry’s Madea, but Brown seems all-in when it comes to his female doppelganger. In one online video called “Kiki at Myammee’s Hair Spa,” Kiki, a high-pitched redhead with facial hair, throws a fit at a salon and asks the stylist to make her “look like Beyoncé.” In another, Kiki gives a makeup tutorial and chooses the color “Waffle House yellow” for her eyeshadow. Kiki, who also has her own Twitter account, might be Brown’s most famous character, but it’s not the only thing the stand-up comedian and on-air personality for the Atlanta-based syndicated radio show The Rickey Smiley Show does on stage. Brown has been honing his craft since 1999 and has appeared on a host of shows, including BET’s Comic View, ESPN’s Cold Pizza and MTV’s Nick Cannon Presents: Wild ‘N Out. He’s performed across the nation and even has a film credit to his name for the 2003 comedy A Miami Tail, which shares the same basic premise as Spike Lee’s 2015 joint Chi-Raq. $25-$45, 8pm, Tobin Center for the Performing Arts, Carlos Alvarez Studio Theater, 100 Auditorium Circle, (210) 223-8624, tobincenter.org. — KM Benji Brown
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July might not feel like the most inviting month for gallery hopping, but there’s still a sprinkling of shows opening on Second Saturday that warrant a stroll around the South Flores/Lone Star corridor and points beyond. Slightly off the beaten path, the Esperanza Peace and Justice Center’s “Los Courts” takes over the Casa de Cuentos with an exhibit rooted in memories of the Alazán-Apache Courts, a 1939 complex considered “the first public housing community” built in San Antonio. Guests are invited to bring related “photos to scan and memories to share” (free, 10am-noon, Casa de Cuentos, 816 S. Colorado St.). Before the Second Saturday art walk officially kicks off, Southtown Vinyl and Secret Location Collective serve up the beats for a Muse Day Party featuring sets by DJs Catwalk, Soulstairs and Blend*E (free, 4-8pm, Southtown Vinyl, 1010 S. Flores St.). Tucked into the Freight compound, Revenant Gallery unveils “Between Here and There,” a two-man show pairing Abel Ortiz-Acosta, whose work explores immigration, U.S. and
Mexican pop culture and the border as a “hybrid space,” and Charles Ligocky, whose latest project puts a metaphorical spin on the concept of being stuck “between here and there” (free, 8-11pm, Revenant Gallery, 1913 S. Flores St.). Around the corner at Dock Space, photographer Adam Rodriguez takes a reverent approach to Alamo City landmarks with “Nuestras Misiones” (free, 7-10pm, Dock Space Gallery, 107 Lone Star Blvd.). Next door at Lone Star Art Space, Detroit transplant Rhys Munro tackles the “jumbled (dis)order of contemporary society” with a new series of abstract paintings unified by a sense of “interconnected chaos” (free, 6-9pm, Lone Star Art Space, 1-7 Lone Star Blvd.). And down the way at Dorcol, self-taught, Austin-based artist and creative upcycler Brian Phillips celebrates the oddities and imperfections of wood with a collection of new works combining Southwestern wildlife and decorative elements reminiscent of color-printing registration marks (free, 7-10pm, Dorćol Distilling + Brewing Co., 1902 S. Flores St.) — BR
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gan another. It was the last hurrah for saucy shenanigans that Hollywood’s Production Code cracked down upon in 1934, and its success triggered the next decade’s worth of screwball comedies where strong, competitive women and men argued through wacky plots until the final clinch. It was the first movie to “sweep” the Oscars — Best Picture, Actor, Actress, Director and Writer — and one of the rare examples to prove that comedies can indeed win, especially if they’re funny and sexy enough. Its famous scenes include the beginning where a bride (Claudette Colbert) walks out of her wedding, her competition with Clark Gable over the best hitch-hiking techniques, their sharing of sleeping quarters separated only by a hanging sheet, and the revelation that Gable didn’t wear undershirts. More than 80 years later, it’s still got sass and class. Texas Public Radio revives the classic rom-com as part of its Cinema Tuesdays series. $10-$15 suggested donation, 7:30pm, Santikos Bijou, 4522 Fredericksburg Road, (210) 614-8977, tprcinema. org. — Michael Barrett FILM
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Not to be confused with the John Travolta movie, 1950’s Broken Arrow marked a prominent turning point in postwar Hollywood’s portrayal of Native Americans. The story is loosely inspired by the real-life characters of Apache chief Cochise (played by Jeff Chandler) and Tom Jeffords (James Stewart), an Army scout turned Indian agent who brokered a few years of peace in the Apache wars during the 1870s. Amid a fair amount of handsome Hollywood hokum, the script strives to present an even-handed story of prejudice and anger in the
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clash of cultures. While Chandler and Debra Paget (as Tom’s Indian bride) aren’t Indians, the extras are residents of an Apache reservation and some attempt is made to convey their rituals. The recalcitrant Geronimo is played by Canadian Mohawk Jay Silverheels, most famous as TV’s Tonto. Shot in gorgeous Technicolor, this popular and influential picture was the first of many intelligent Westerns from director Delmer Daves. You can see its tropes reappearing down through the decades in such items as Dances with Wolves. The Briscoe screens the film in conjunction with its Warhol and the Western film series, complete with complimentary popcorn and brews provided by Ranger Creek. $5 suggested donation, 6pm, Briscoe Western Art Museum, 210 W. Market St., (210) 2994499, briscoemuseum.org. — MB
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Whether you file it under respectful tribute or shameless cultural appropriation (or maybe somewhere in between), there’s no denying that celebrated Mexican painter Frida Kahlo (1907-1954) has become a global icon — one that transcends the realm of fine art and crosses into a murky commercial territory distinguished by mugs, mouse pads, pillows, purses, iPhone cases and boxer shorts. In a 1996 story titled “The Cult of Kahlo,” The Washington Post suggested Kahlo’s visual (and commercial) presence in Mexico is only rivaled by “the revered Virgin of Guadalupe.” Given that Kahlo drew great inspiration from Marxist ideology and considered capitalism among “the whole gamut of bourgeois tricks,” it’s only natural to picture the tortured artist spinning in her final resting place (a pre-Columbian urn at La Casa Azul). But that won’t stop Fridamania. Not even Kahlo’s family could block Mattel from releasing a Frida-inspired Barbie doll (infamously sans unibrow) earlier this
year as part of its Inspiring Women series. (It’s currently out of stock.) Launched in 2016 with great success, San Antonio’s own Frida Fest has worked to address similar concerns, cooperating with the Kahlo family last year to vet applicants and encourage participating artists to dig deeper into her life, create original work and, in the words of festival organizer Fred-Anthony Garza, “avoid the kind of cheap knock-offs of her work that have become so common.” Presented by Artsy Fartsy Painting Parties, Que Retro Arts and Curious Twins Paranormal, Frida Fest returns to Wonderland of the Americas this weekend with a third-annual event promising an abundance of artisan vendors, fashions by local designer Gennifer Erika Velasquez, a digital photo gallery, performances by Grupo Folklórico de Bendiciones and Las Monas, and, inevitably a few Frida lookalikes dolled up in revolutionary frocks, unibrows and flower crowns. Free, noon-6pm SatSun, Wonderland of the Americas, 4522 Fredericksburg Road, (210) 785-3500, wonderlandamericas.com. — BR
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The Alchemist
The McNay opens a window into the fascinating work of San Antonio native Dario Robleto BY BRYAN RINDFUSS
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oo often within the realm of contemporary art, viewers are left searching for clues, grasping for context and wondering if they even “get” whatever it is they’re looking at. Sometimes there’s not much to “get” after all, fueling arguments that contemporary art is pretentious, soulless or self-serving. The very opposite is true — and crystal clear — in the wide-ranging work of San Antonio-born, Houston-based artist Dario Robleto. One of San Antonio’s most celebrated artistic exports, Robleto has exhibited all over the U.S., is represented in numerous permanent collections (the Whitney Museum of American Art, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, the New Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art and the Menil Collection among them) and is currently an artist-in-residence at the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) Institute. Deeply inspired by DJ culture and the uncharted intersections between art and science, Robleto creates works that encompass a vast assortment of media. While certain projects, like 2014’s American Seabed, transport seashells, butterflies, “fossilized prehistoric whale ear bones” and other elements into complex assemblages that suggest preserved slices of otherworldly ecosystems, others sample imagery — such as his triptych Survival Does Not Lie in the Heavens, which presents “stage lights taken from the album covers of live performances of now-deceased gospel, blues and jazz musicians” in constellations reminiscent of distant galaxies captured by the Hubble Space Telescope. Music and recorded sound are common threads, creeping into sculptural arrangements in the form of “butterfly antennae made from stretched and pulled audiotape recordings of Bob Dylan’s ‘Desolation Row’” or bones filled with “marrow” made from melted vinyl records. Poetry and language also play a key role, evidenced by such imaginative offerings as If We Do Ever Get Any Closer at Cloning Ourselves Please Tell My Scientist-Doctor to Use Motown Records as My Connecting Parts, a large-scale, laboratory-like installation he created in San Antonio as an Artpace resident in 2000. Arguably less obvious is Robleto’s life-long fascination with SETI and The Golden Record, a 12-inch, gold-plated time capsule NASA launched into space in 1977 in an attempt to “communicate
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a story of our world to extraterrestrials.” As difficult as it might be to visualize, these various lines of creative inquiry crisscross cohesively in the McNay’s “Ancient Beacons Long for Notice,” a compact survey comprising mixed-media collages, prints, intricate assemblages and The First Time, the Heart — a series of 50 photolithographs based on early recordings of the human heart reacting to situations ranging from an “experiment with cannabis” in 1874 to a case of hiccups in 1886. On the day the exhibition opened to the public, Robleto sat down with the Current to talk about the breadth of his work, divisions between disciplines, butterfly dealers and SETI’s “little
green men problem.” If you had to select one visual thing you were best known for, what would it be? My relationship to sound, maybe specifically to vinyl records, is sort of how I got my beginning. I did these early works where I would melt vinyl records and make sculptures from them. That was fueled by my passion for DJ culture. My relationship to sound is everywhere in the things I do ... Although my body of work now with the sound of the heart ... I think that’s probably getting more and more traction ... It’s been six years now that I’ve been doing various projects like this with the heart. 27 6
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arts “When I became an artist, it never occurred to me not to bring the science with me.” 6 25 I’m seeing quite a bit of text in your work. Can you tell me a little bit about where that’s coming from? Many years ago, I came up for this term for myself, which is “materialist poet.” I needed to find a way to say up front that the language is just as important as the material. And I do something kind of odd I think, for object-makers, which is the title and the medium list come first ... Many artists [use] “Untitled, mixed media, dimensions variable.” To me, that’s a wasted opportunity. It’s a poetic form, like a haiku. It has its own logic, rhythm and structure ... To connect it to music, some of my earliest, truly joyous, aesthetic experiences came from getting home with my new record and pulling the lyric sheet out ... The relationship of the text to the art was always just sort of hardwired into me. Would you read the lyrics as the record was playing? Oh god, yes. Even when I became an artist, I always thought, why can’t someone get home with their new sculpture and get to sing along with it right away? I’m curious about sourcing of materials in some of your larger assemblage pieces. Where do you turn to find butterflies and acrylic domes and all the various parts? I have a basic philosophy about this, which is: If I can find it myself, I will. And what that means is, I generally avoid things like eBay. Because I want the experience of finding it. And I’m such a big believer in first-hand knowledge, learning through doing. So, like the domes, I need a fabricator to make that, and I work with them because they’re all highly specific shapes. But like the whale ear bones, I’m an avid fossil hunter myself. I’m part of other fossil collecting groups. So, if I use a fossil in my work, I’ve generally gone to find it. So did you find the fossilized whale
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Robleto’s Small Crafts on Sisyphean Seas combines nautilus shells, coral and acrylic domes, among other elements.
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ear bones in this show? Many of them I did, yes. Where to find them is more known, because it tends to be where now-established oceans once were.
What can you tell me about your residency with SETI and what it entails? I have a lifelong fascination with the topic and the SETI Institute. So, to be asked to actually get to work with those scientists was just like a dream come true ... I’m over two years in as a resident, but decades of thinking about the problem. And what I’ve really come to realize is that SETI has what I call a “little green men problem.” In that the cultural understanding of alien-ness is so dominated by invasion, violence, aggression, that it’s hard for us to even bring it up. You’ve got to get past the baggage of it. And, as an artist, I feel one of the things I can do, beyond what I make, is to help rethink this narrative. Because I argue that it is the most profound question we can ask: Are we alone? Either way you answer it, it’s amazing. Either we are the only intelligent life — which, think about that — or we’re not — which, think about that.
Can you give me an example? Actually North Carolina is a place where you can find a lot of them, oddly. And we’re talking about an ocean from 10 million years ago, too. It seems unusual but it’s just because we’re looking at it today ... The butterflies, I’m part of so many different collecting circles — shells, butterflies, fossils ... I remember one day getting a message on my phone and the oddness of what I did really sunk in. This dinosaur dealer I have, he called and said, “Dario, I got your dinosaur bones in, would you like to come pick [them] up?” It’s just a funny thing, in our day and age to have … A dinosaur dealer? Yes. I did another project where I just wanted the first creatures that we likely pushed to extinction. So I just wanted
Do you also have a butterfly dealer? I do, yes, several, depending on what part of the world they’re from.
They’re equally scary. Yes. And profound in the history of the
human intellect to ask questions. To really ponder one’s place in the cosmos at that level ... [It’s] disappointing that culturally we can’t get past the sort of giggling part of it. And so what SETI does ... is hard science done by hard scientists. It’s not about crop circles. It’s not about abduction. That’s pop culture. This is using what we know about astronomy, physics, light, astrobiology ... In all of my work, I’m always making the case that there’s a value for artists to be involved. Have you created work specifically related to that line of inquiry? Yes. These are the first [pieces] trickling out of the studio. The big seashell piece and the five collages, a series of small sculptures, even the whale ear bone piece. At its core, all of those works are talking about the problem of how do you communicate with something that’s not you? A lot of my work with SETI is about this: How do you imagine something you can’t imagine? And then how do you communicate with it? Is there such a thing as universal communication? We have problems on our own planet just communicating human-to-human, let alone [with] something you can’t imagine. So, it’s a great philosophical problem, to think about what’s the most 29 6 sacurrent.com | July 11-17, 2018 | CURRENT
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arts your phone right now, we don’t even reflect on [the fact that] we can do it. Edison didn’t invent this until 1877. Until 1877, and really a few decades more until it got going, the mass, sum total of all audible history, all of our great singers, orators, musicians, just the sound of the Victorian city, or any city on the planet, we don’t know. It’s just not here. It’s gone. And I always like to say, too, think of if our only knowledge of Patsy Cline was through reading transcripts of her performances. And that, to me, hits home, to what actually the bulk of recorded sound history in our planet is … [and] what we’re all missing.
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Butterflies perch atop “fossilized prehistoric whale ear bones salvaged from the sea” in Robleto’s American Seabed.
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most clichéd way — like we slap a painting on a canvas. They’ve lost touch with the fact that art is much older than science ... We have much more in common than difference. And I think it’s been a horrible thing that our culture has divided the two, so I’m always trying to poke at it. Have you thought about what The Golden Record would sound like if it were made today? I have, a lot ... I don’t know if it even could get made today, which is a sort of humbling thing to say.
What should be on it if it were made today? Ancient Beacons Long for Notice Well, [the things] they chose Do you have a background are fantastic. There’s sounds in science and math as well? $10-$20 of the natural world, there’s Not math, but I actually 10am-4pm Wed, 10am-9pm Thu, 10am-4pm Fri music, there are images. But began as a biology major. 10am-5pm Sat, noon-5pm Sun, 10am-4pm Tue famously, there’s no art on And when I became an artist, board. They specifically chose it never occurred to me not McNay Art Museum not to deal with art ... They to bring the science with 6000 N. New Braunfels Ave. realized they just didn’t have me. And in fact, much of my the expert on the team ... Of practice as an artist has now 824-5368 all the things that may be become to challenge and mcnayart.org remembered of what we’re completely argue against the capable of, it’s such a source assumed divisions between of sadness to me that art is art and science. I just don’t not on the table ... So that’s where I would start. Now accept them ... Maybe the science will progress if you you get into an incredibly complicated problem of actually take into consideration the poetic concerns. “what art.” But that’s the fun of it, too. And vice-versa, maybe my work changes in a way if I stay true to the demands of science. And I love that But do you have a playlist in mind? tension as a way of being creative. I do. And it’s more sound ... For example, I would like to put on board the moment we crossed the threshYou could potentially uncover something that old into sound recording. Just historically to show, they’re not seeing. here’s the first time in history we solved the problem Exactly ... And this is a deeper educational problem of long-term preservation of one of the most ephemin our country, about the divisions of disciplines. In eral senses we have. Like everything that’s going on in my experience with scientists, they think of us in the
Being a San Antonio native living in Houston, I’m curious what you would say about the difference between the cities’ art scenes. That’s an interesting question. [Houston] is naturally a bigger scene. But one thing I find in common is that San Antonio is really good about a sense of community in the arts. And Houston, I always argue, is right on this incredible threshold where it’s big enough that it has really healthy, multiple scenes, but it’s not so big that you couldn’t probably know it all if you really tried ... San Antonio, I feel, just because it’s a little bit smaller, you can still kind of know it all. But the sense of community is what I’m equally drawn to ... In San Antonio and in Houston, I’ve always felt that I want my fellow artists to succeed, just as I feel that they want me to succeed. Because we still have a sense of “let’s all succeed.” I don’t know how long [we] can maintain that. But that’s a beautiful thing. And highly unusual in the larger art world. And the market must be largely different. Very different. Yes, the money is very different. There is much more support financially in Houston at every level — [from] DIY to the blue-chip gallery all the way to our incredible museums. San Antonio has never quite solved the collecting problem — having enough contemporary collectors to help fund younger artists. Houston definitely has that. And you think those collectors keep an eye on supporting locals? It’s also a problem. There’s always this tendency, wherever you are, to think that what’s not in your city is more interesting. And you kind of sometimes lose sight of what’s happening right there ... In my experience, it takes a special type of collector to want to say, “I’m an advocate for right here, and I’m going to show it financially.” That’s a smaller breed, but Houston’s big enough that it has many of those. I’ve always heard that there’s a lot of art being sold in Houston but it’s not necessarily made there. Right, and that’s where that’s coming from. There’s a truth to it, but not so much that there’s not a healthy support system for artists there. Even like myself, I’m a Houstonian, but a lot of my sales aren’t by Houstonians themselves. Although I have tremendous support there. It’s an interesting psychological phenomenon. Like why do you have trouble seeing what’s right in front of you? And when it comes to young artists, that’s not a good thing. sacurrent.com | July 11-17, 2018 | CURRENT
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Leave No Trace captures authentic relationship between father and daughter living off the grid BY KIKO MARTINEZ
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here’s something very intriguing about watching an individual taking on Mother Nature with little at their disposal. That’s probably why the Discovery Channel’s critically acclaimed reality series Naked and Afraid is currently in its ninth season. In cinematic form, these stories work best when there is an intimate narrative attached to those characters hoping to survive a situation they either have no control over (Tom Hanks in Castaway) or one they have undertaken on their own (Reese Witherspoon in Wild; Emile Hirsch in Into the Wild) to test themselves. The latter is the case for military veteran and single father Will (Ben Foster) and his 13-year-old daughter Tom (Thomasin McKenzie) in the compelling drama Leave No Trace. Living off the grid in a nature preserve outside Portland, Oregon, Will and Tom have mastered their solitary lifestyle — sleeping in tents, foraging for food and occasionally traveling into town to buy groceries with the money Will makes by selling his unused prescription drugs to other drifters. Not only is the father-daughter duo able to live off the earth, they also live with the mindfulness that, if not careful, someone could accidentally discover them living in the wilderness. To avoid this, they run through escape drills just in case a park ranger or random hiker gets too close to their basecamp. Their attempt to hide from the outside world ends, however, when a jogger inadvertently spots Tom
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and reports it. This leads to the involvement of state officials who, at first, separate Will and Tom so they can get answers about their living arrangements, but later help them find sufficient housing and adapt to a regular life. Directed and co-written by Oscar nominee Debra Granik, who formally introduced audiences to actress Jennifer Lawrence in the deeply moving 2010 drama Winter’s Bone, the thought-provoking and emotionally complex film is adapted from author Peter Rock’s 2009 novel My Abandonment. With top-tier performances by Foster and newcomer McKenzie, Granik has captured an authentic dynamic between two characters who find themselves at an impasse with one another. “We didn’t need to be rescued,” was the most instinctive thing Tom could have said when she and her father were discovered in the woods. But it’s amazing to watch her come into her own, experience life in a completely different way and realize that she, at least, did need to be rescued.
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Documentary Three Identical Strangers tells the peculiar story of triplets separated at birth BY KIKO MARTINEZ
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he first 20 minutes of the stranger-than-fiction feature documentary Three Identical Strangers are joyous — a real-time retelling of the jaw-dropping scenarios that led to the reunion of three brothers who had been separated at birth 19 years prior. “When I tell people my story, they don’t believe it,” Bobby, one of the triplets, says as he shares the incredible account that starts with him stepping onto the campus of a community college for the first time in 1980 and being immediately mistaken for who he would later learn is his long-lost brother Eddy. The tale becomes even more astonishing when a reporter writes a human-interest article on the boys, which quickly leads to the discovery of a third identical brother, David. Directed by British documentarian Tim Wardle (Lifers), Strangers begins on an upbeat albeit bizarre note as we watch the lives of Bobby, Eddy and David meld into one. From
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countless TV appearances and interviews to a cameo in Madonna’s 1985 comedy-drama Desperately Seeking Susan, the triplets ride a wave of media frenzy and become overnight stars. Beneath the fairytale, however, is something malicious. While the brothers seem content with simply knowing they have found each other, their parents begin to ask why none of them were told they were adopting a child with identical siblings. The truth starts to slowly trickle out and takes a dark turn to reveal a surreal narrative that centers on the psychological debate over nature vs. nurture and how hereditary and mental
health factor into one’s sense of identity. Without delving into some of the shocking twists in Strangers (it’s better if audiences know as little as possible about the triplets’ story when they walk into the theater), Wardle proves to be an expert in pacing. The way the film rolls out feels like a thriller. It’s reminiscent of other unexpectedly peculiar documentaries in recent years like 2010’s Catfish and 2012’s The Imposter but manages to shift into an even more somber tone than anyone could’ve imagined. At the root of this story is Louise Wise Services, a now defunct adoption agency operating in New York that was considered the best agency on the East Coast for Jewish families looking to adopt. Through surprisingly candid interviews with a couple of people who worked for the agency in the 1960s and knew of the perverse incidents taking place, along with heartfelt interviews with the siblings, their families and other adoptees, Wardle has produced a documentary that is equal parts fascinating and disturbing. By the film’s end, there are plenty of unanswered questions that might leave some viewers wishing things could have tied up a bit more definitively, but chances are this isn’t the last time Three Identical Strangers will make headlines. These families deserve more, and it’s Wardle’s highly engaging film that could get them the closure they seek.
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he best column prompts come from readers. When I first urged San Antonians to dine out during the week, the two most deafening reasons were these: money and kids. I break down money woes and why things are priced as they are in a monthly “Food Costs Money” column where I visit with restaurant owners and they price out their most popular items into labor and food costs. It’s eye-opening, and it helps showcase what goes into our food. Kids, on the other hand… At 32, I’m still a ways away from thinking about maybe considering having kids. Our state’s maternal mortality rates are terrifying, and the plethora of other things that could go wrong during child-bearing, let alone child-rearing, mean I’m still decidedly dining-out process… right? on the fence. In a moment of courage, I posted on my Yes, your kids are super cute and oh-myFacebook wall, asking parents to let me “borgoodness so smart, and part of the most row” their kids, and people actually volunstylish generation. But – and most of my teered their children! kid-having friends can confirm this – I don’t Were it up to my editor, I would film the know how to act around children. My friend entire ordeal because hijinks would surely groups now include littles, but I don’t have ensue. And maybe I will, because I think exnephews or nieces or cousins with small posure helps, and maybe next time that sweet children whom I see on a regular basis. My little baby behind you lets out an ear-piercing millennial is showing, but kids kind of weird scream, your shoulders won’t immediately me out. They have little hands. They’re full of tense up (guilty). germs. They have no sense of personal space. But I couldn’t just dive into the damn thing They can’t control the volume of their voices! because being responsible for another life is But even this child-averse weirdo knows the terrifying. I eased into this column series by children are our future (see: Parkland survitesting it out with a friend and her wicked vors). It may be cliché, but it is true, regardless smart 9-year-old — we’ll call her Z — last week. of whether I take that leap into motherhood Z is a vegetarian, which limits our restauor not. And kids deserve a place in restaurants. rant choices to begin with. I won’t break Learning how to be around people who aren’t down the entire dinner, but here’s some of their parents, teachers or friends is essential what I learned: to their growth. Kids can learn new cuisines 1. Kid menus are a thing, and you may have and socialOlé_Current_Ad_June_25.pdf mores by partaking in this whole 1 6/25/18 1:09 PM
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to ask for one. Crayons are optional. 2. Ordering takes longer, regardless of how persistent your server may be. 3. They might not like what they ordered, so additional plates are a thing. 4. Texture is tricky. 5. New flavors can be difficult to introduce. See: anything spicy, anything vinegary. 6. Nine-year-olds don’t really care for political chatter. Sorry, Z! 7. They may require an assist in the restroom. 8. Quesadillas are usually a win. 9. Pickles are a no for Z. 10. I may be in over my head. If you’re a pro at eating out with kids, shoot me an email and send me your tips. If you’re not a pro, and hesitate to dine out with your own kiddos, send me your horror stories so I know what to watch out for.
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South BBQ & Kitchen BY RON BECHTOL
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all out the InQsition: The sacred tenets of barbecue have been flouted, and somebody’s feet need to be put to the fire! But as tempting as it is to try to forge a fiery connection between 15th-century religious auto-da-fes and current-day barbecue (a religion all its own), I’m only talking about a few items at recently opened South BBQ & Kitchen — not burnings at the stake or bonfires of the vanities. But the kitchen’s willingness to commit even minor infractions of the sacred code of sides speaks to potentially heretical ambitions. I’m talking first of the green bean and tomato salad. (For the record, the addition of chicharron to mac ‘n cheese at 2M is another happy heresy.) Green beans at a ‘Q joint, though they may taste just fine, are normally cooked to military mush in color and consistency. But South has presented a
perky salad of crisp beans with halved cherry tomatoes, crumbled cotija and slivered almonds; it’s worthy of a white tablecloth establishment. The garlic butter roasted green onions also stray notably from the norm. Try them, too. The ”loaded” tater tot casserole, seemingly tarted up with tiny bits of meat and other seasonings, comes across almost like orthodoxy — at least in comparison to the above. Here’s where I confess to an unnatural fondness for tater tots, and accordingly would like to see a few crunchier bits in this mashup. But otherwise, aces. Same goes for the deeply satisfying borracho beans; they are among the best in town. A scattering of sliced scallion is about the only unexpected component in the otherwise catholic South Texas potato salad; it’s mustardy, yet mild, and might serve as a perfect foil for some of the house’s pickled, roasted jalapeño with carrot. And it also serves as an appropriate introduction to the barbecue itself. There are no canonic deviations to be expected in South’s chapter-and-verse renditions. Starting, where one must, with brisket-by-the-quarter-pound (there are no combo plates), South’s Angus is sourced from Colorado, and it’s su-
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premely tender. There’s not a lot of difference between the lean and the fatty, and some folks might prefer cuts with a little more tooth to ‘em. But there’s no faulting the simple salt-and-pepper prep, the just-smoky-enough flavor, and the classic bark-with-a-bite. Just as good, if not better, are the gloriously meaty pork ribs. They sport a more complex, slightly sweet (without being trickily fruity) glaze and are tender to a perfect fault. Tenderness is rarely a problem with pulled pork, but flavor sometimes is. South’s shoulder, with its mix of chunks and shreds, does not disappoint on any count. If there’s anything added to this, it’s not immediately apparent, though you might feel free to anoint with a squirt or two
of the house’s tangy barbecue sauce — just to try it. Nothing really needs its blessing, though. Not even the peppery, smoked chicken leg quarters, my least favorite of all the meats tried — and yes, I did try them all. (There is no sausage, at least for the moment. I would hope for some in the future. And no turkey — no great loss in my book). These would be winners if they were just a little bit less dry. Word seems to be getting around about this South Side spinoff of the East Side’s Dignowity Meats. On my first visit, I sashayed right up to the order window. By the second, line-control stanchions had appeared (as had picnic tables outside), and there was a healthy crowd just after noon. I didn’t do a visual plate check, but would have to imagine that the green beans had made an appearance on at least some of them. They, and everything else, seem to go just fine with only slightly transgressive Willie Nelson played loud on the sound system. South is a BBQ joint that also touts its kitchen in the title — and rightly so. Sides such as borracho beans and green bean salad are on a par with the excellent brisket and pork ribs. sacurrent.com | July 11–17, 2018 | CURRENT
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The 21-and-up club will be managed by Manny Gomez, who has manned the bar at Hi-Tones and Delgado’s other bars for several years. Because of the club’s size (capacity is 250), bartenders will focus on one-and-ones and canned beer for now.
Hours for El Ojo will be 9 p.m. to 2 a.m. Wednesday through Sunday. Delgado says Buho, a sports bar with food trucks on-site and an ice house vibe next to Limelight, will also open later this month. 3000 N. St. Mary’s St. — Jess Elizarraras
In a statement issued this June, H-E-B announced that Favor, the Austin-based delivery company, will now offer beer and wine delivery throughout Texas — exclusively from their stores. “This new service truly delivers the best customer experience — a fast, convenient solution with the best selection at the everyday low price our customers expect,” said Martin Otto, chief operating officer for H-E-B. The new option is the latest in the company’s push to expand its digital offerings. Delivery is available in San Antonio from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m., Monday through Saturday, and noon to 10 p.m. on Sundays. Download the Favor app or place your order online where you can select from the same options as H-E-B stores, including local brews from Freetail Brewing, Alamo Beer and Busted Sandal. Favor guarantees to deliver in under an hour. The service is free through Labor Day. Orders will require a runner tip of $2 minimum. — Camille Sauers Send your beer, wine, bar and nightclub news to flavor@sacurrent.com
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e celebrated the first day of the Summer Solstice on June 21, but there’s still plenty of time to enjoy the season by sipping on a Summer Cup. The drink is a spin on the classic Pimm’s Cup, which features Pimm’s No. 1, lemon, ginger ale, and according to some recipes, gin. Depending on where you order your Pimm’s Cup, the drink can be mottled with strawberries, mint, cucumber, and/or oranges if the bartender is feeling adventurous. Danielle Chapman, bartender at TBA and the creator of the Summer Cup, adds a bit of green Chartreuse, a French liqueur made by monks using 130 herbs, plants and flowers to the drink for a little extra kick. Chapman then adds strawberry syrup to replace the mottled strawberries that some bars include and to balance the herbaceousness of the Chartreuse.
So, to back track, this carefully crafted cocktail is a combination of Pimm’s No. 1, gin, Green Chartreuse, lemon, strawberry and ginger ale. If that wasn’t enough, the cup is garnished with mint, cucumber, lemon and fresh ground black pepper. “I wanted something refreshing, and summery, that was still complex and strong,” says Chapman — and she succeeds. This unique take on a traditional drink is sure to be a summer hit. The sweet and fruity flavor of a Pimm’s cup is perfectly balanced by the addition of spice. Visit TBA to try this cocktail for yourself. The drink will only set you back $9 and is available on the latest summer menu. 2801 N. St. Mary’s St., (210) 732-5307. — Erin Winch Erin Winch writes about boozin’ in the Alamo City on her blog Drinking In SA.
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Easy Lee (MoJoe), Dr. Marco Cervantes (Mexican StepGrandfather) and DJ Chicken George don’t really need much introduction. Since forming in 2011, and with three albums out now, the group has been mobilizing the black and brown communities in San Antonio and the region by tackling themes of racism, flawed education systems and police brutality in their lyrics. On Tuesday, July 3, the group debuted their first new song in almost a year, “Fantasma Horns,” which features the iconic horn section of the Grammy Award-winning band Grupo Fantasma. The genre-fusing song blends the sounds of Latin Jazz big band with the urgent lyricism of Golden Era hip-hop. The track opens with Grupo Fatasma’s horns and DJ Chicken George’s scratch-
ing as a boom bap meets-Latin groove beat lets listeners know “this shit is about to come with some flavor in your ear.” Start to finish, the track is a banger and is the first single from the trio’s upcoming EP Trill Pedagogy: Summer Semester. The track was produced by illfudge and Adrian Quesada. It was recorded at Electric Deluxe Recorders Studio in Austin. The Trill Pedagogy: Summer Semester EP will arrive to all digital streaming outlets soon after on July 20th. Digital EPs for Fall Semester, Winter Flex, and Spring Semester will follow and eventually be combined into one full length LP for fans who wish to own the complete collection on vinyl. Summer is fixin’ to be LIT, y’all. Listen to “Fatasma Horns” at thirdroot.bandcamp.com.
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Post-punk has made an official comeback into the mainstream corridors of music, and we’re basically living for all of it. On top of Depeche Mode coming through SA last month, Milwaukee-based folk-punks the Violent Femmes, alongside British post-punk stalwarts Echo and the Bunnymen, will be making a stop at the Tobin Center for the Performing Arts on Thursday, July 12, to ensure our summer will be as cold and dark as possible, which actually sounds nice since this heat ain’t no joke. $45-$65, 7:30pm, The Tobin Center for The Performing Arts, 100 Auditorium Circle, tobincenter.org – Chris Conde
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Few envelop the singer-songwriter persona quite like Brody Price. Laced with pedal steel and sparse fingerpicking, the Dallas artist delivers stripped-down country music, letting his lyrics take center stage, proving it doesn’t take a sixpiece rock ‘n’ roll band for him to turn heads. Price’s sophomore effort What’s the Point in Trying features songs that are just as raw emotionally as they are musically, and if you’re in the mood to listen to some stellar songwriting, you’re not gonna wanna be anywhere but Paper Tiger on Thursday. $12, 8pm, Paper Tiger, 2410 N. St. Mary’s St., papertigersatx.com – CC
ROUND EYE · FRIDAY, JULY 13 Sharing the stage with the likes of D.O.A., The FUs, Paul Collins Beat, M.O.T.O., Ceremony, and Iceage, Shanghai, China’s Round Eye might be your new favorite punk band. They’re fast and chaotic but still retaining some pop aesthetic in their songwriting. Make no mistake, though. This ain’t pop music. Formed in 2012, Round Eye has won numerous awards in their home country, toured extensively and were banned from performing on mainland China by the MInistry of Culture during a tour with UK punk legend’s The Boys. While the ban lasted only the duration of the tour, it’s pretty telling of the type of antics these folks get into on stage. $7, 9pm, Limelight, 2718 N. St. Mary’s St., thelimelightsa.com – CC
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6FUTURE SCARS Thursday, July 12
Fresh off a late-2017 lineup change, Santa Fe’s Future Scars come to town energized and working out all-new material for a forthcoming record. The act, which deftly blends post-rock with elements of metal and experimental indie rock, has only released 2016’s excellent Before, There Was Fear EP previously (check it out at futurescars. bandcamp.com). Nevertheless, the group has built a reputation for explosive live shows. Future Scars is joined on this fine bill by fellow Santa Fe artist Blanchard (folk pop) and locals Flower Jesus Quartet (alien roots-psych soup), Pochos Chidos (trippy cumbia-rock), and dreambored (dream-pop). All things considered, this diverse weeknight show could turn out to be one of the best excuses to stay out late you’ll find all week. $3, 9pm, HiTones, 621 E. Dewey Pl., (210) 785-8777, hitonessa.com — James Courtney
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Get ready to LOL, ’cause Steel Panther is bringing their side-splitting stage show to San Antonio. Based in Los Angeles and mostly known for their humorous lyrics, the band’s whole shtick is to poke fun at the glam metal scene that gained notoriety in the 1980s. You know what we’re talking about: leotards, star earrings, glitter. Raid your parents’ closet (or your own) for those leopard-print leggings and Aquanet, ’cause we’re going back in time, y’all. *throws heavy metal horns in the air* $25-$49.50, 7pm, The Aztec Theatre, 104 N. St. Mary’s St., theaztectheatre.com – CC
DEL CASTILLO Saturday, July 14
Del Castillo is a hard-working and exceptionally talented group out of Austin that has been perfecting its craft, a heady and emotive fusion of Latin rock, pop-rock, blues and various aspects of world music for almost 20 years now. They’ve played all over the country, touring with big acts like Los Lobos and Ozomatli (acts with whom the band’s sound is well-matched) and on seemingly endless tours of its own. Needless to say – as is often the case with a sound that can, in the hands of the
Now here’s a concert/bash that unabashedly celebrates one of the true joys of summer: day drinking. But with an early start and a stacked bill, there’s really nothing not to love about this show, even if drinking is not your thing. For starters, Nina Diaz will be on hand to rock one of her consistently-unforgettable solo shows. The Lost Project will bring the full band experience via their highly-energetic, ska-tinged alternative rock. And, holding down the motherfucking party, funksoul-pop act Cadillac Muzik, bonafide pop dynamo Wayne Holtz and mad talented queer rapper Chris Conde (who, full disclosure, writes for the Current) will also perform. Buzz or no buzz, this ought to be a blast. $5, 3-9pm, The Phantom Room, 2114 N. St. Mary’s St. – JC
wrong producer, skew so easily towards an adult contemporary no man’s land – Del Castillo is best appreciated playing live, where punch and passion and a certain rootsy electricity are the happy results of long hours on the stage. $20-$100, 9pm, Sam’s Burger Joint, 330 E. Grayson St., (210) 223-2830, samsburgerjoint.com — JC
MR. BROWN Saturday, July 14
If you’re unfamiliar with the genre of drum & bass, also known as simply D&B or DnB, it’s basically a branch of electronic music that emerged from the rave scenes in England during the early ’90s. With track tempos ranging from 160-180 beats per minute (most hiphop songs you hear on the radio are 80100 bpm to give you a gauge for how fast these beats are), the genre crossed the Atlantic, and if you were around to go to raves during the early ’90s, there’s a good chance you dropped some X and liquid-danced to drum-n-bass, dude. Though this isn’t as popular as it was back in the day, there are artists like my personal favorite Spor and Noisia, who keep the genre alive in the underground corridors where raves are birthed in secret. Mr. Brown is one of these artists keeping the genre going.
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JOSH GLENN EXPERIMENT · SATURDAY, JULY 14 Josh of the Josh Glenn Experiment has a cover of Nina Simone’s “Feeling Good” that might be the best cover of any song ever covered by anyone... ever. Seriously, though. It’s soulful, curious and perfectly translates the spirit in which the song was written – not an easy feat for your average singer-songwriter. But Josh Glenn isn’t that. He braids acoustic guitar strums, percussive guitar taps and clever riffing, and he usually builds his songs using loop pedals for an engrossing experience. If you haven’t seen Josh Glenn perform live, are you even a local San Antonian? Free, 8-10pm, Big Hops, 306 Austin St., (210) 320-1470 – CC
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WEDNESDAY, JULY 11 Chris Cuevas Project Adriel Cuevas, Zeke Galvan and Chris Villanuev of the Chris Cuevas Project will perform blues, soul and jazz. Free. Sancho’s Cantina, 6:30-8:30pm.
THURSDAY, JULY 12 Ben Miller Band Join Americana/folk group the Ben Miller Band for a live performance. Free. The Rustic, 8:30-10pm. The Blues Lawyer The band will perform covers from Clapton, BB King, Muddy Waters and others. Free. Hidden Tavern, 8-10pm. Devin Jones and the Uptown Stomp Devan Jones brought the Uptown Stomp together in early 2013. The group has settled into a sound reminiscent of the R&B artists of the ‘40’s and ‘50’s such as Roy Brown, Wynonie Harris, Guitar Slim, Ray Charles, T-Bone Walker and B.B. King while keeping a repertoire drawn from traditional jazz, swing, jump and Chicago blues. $10-$30. Jazz, TX, 8:30-11:30pm. Lone Star Pickers Performing blues, rock, oldies, two-steps, waltzes, polka and country tunes at the Quarry Hofbrau. Free. Quarry Hofbrau, 8-10pm. PM Jazz with Michelle Garibay The band has gained local popularity doing the music of classic soul and R&B artists like Aretha Franklin, Chaka Kahn, Al Green, Marvin Gaye and others. The band is joined by jazz artist Michelle Garibay. $5. Luna, 8pm. Spindrift Psychedelic, western-influenced, cinematic, rock band created by singer-songwriter Kirkpatrick Thomas in 1992 in Newark, Delaware. Spindrift will be joined by Jesika Von Rabbit and True Indigo. $10-$12. Paper Tiger, 8:30pm. The Spins: Silvertones Edition Join El Luchador and Vinyl Me to celebrate the Essentials Record of the Month Silver Bullets, the debut LP from Trojan Records reggae group the Silvertones. Reissued for the first time since its 1973 release, the event’s LP edition was remastered from the original tapes by Andy Pearce. To celebrate the 50th anniversary of Trojan Records, the event will raffle five copies of the LP. El Luchador, 9pm-midnight Steven James & the Jaded Steven Based on the Texas Gulf Coast and often called “Coastal Country” in the press, the band mixes elements of rock, blues and country. $5-$30. Sam’s Burger Joint, 8pm.
FRIDAY, JULY 13 The Aaron Prada Trio Jazz is in Aaron Prado’s DNA, and it’s not hard to tell as he works his piano alongside bassist George Prado and drummer Brandon Guerra. Prado explores jazz from swing classics to boleros, be-bop to European avant garde. $5. Jazz, TX, 5:30-7:30pm. Balcones Heights Jazz Festival Diverse headliners from across the country take the stage at the 25th annual Balcones Heights Jazz Fes-
tival. This free festival celebrates jazz in and around Texas and brings together jazz lovers for a month of live and entertaining concerts. Free. Wonderland of the Americas, 7-10pm. Chris Colston Mixing southern rock and country, Chris Colston and his band are a trio hailing from Lindale, Texas. $10. John T Floore’s Country Store, 9pm. Suzy Bogguss Platinum-selling country songstress Suzy Bogguss is set to perform at Brookshire Brothers. Audiences can expect an intimate night of music backed by her new band Craig Smith, Elio Giordano, and two of Nashville’s finest players. The show will include Suzy’s memorable radio hits such as “Outbound Plane,” “Drive South,” “Hey Cinderella,” and “Aces,” as well as songs from her latest album Lucky. $20-$25. Brookshire Brothers Express, 8-11pm. Tyler Kitchen & the Right Pieces Their energetic style of R&B/Funk is eclectic and electric. With one of the industry’s strongest voices leading a tight, foundational rhythm section embellished by horns, Tyler Kinchen & the Right Pieces are the emerging musical unit of the South and the future of R&B. $10. Luna, 8pm.
SATURDAY, JULY 14 Chris Lopez Lopez is a Texas songwriter who has built a reputation as a dynamic live performer. See him play fan-favorite country and Americana tunes. Free. Quarry Hofbrau, 8pm-midnight Curtis Lee Lee has performed at some of the most popular clubs and venues in Austin with a ‘60s and ‘70s funk-soul cover band called the Bumps. Free. The Rustic, 12:30-2pm. The Guillotines High energy rock ‘n’ roll spreading the sleaze otherwise known as The Guillotines. Limelight, 9pm-midnight Till I Turn Blue Concert Local alternative-rock band Till I Turn Blue will be performing at Viva Taco Land. This is a free, all-ages show. Free. Viva Tacoland, 6-9 p.m.
SUNDAY, JULY 15 Albert Castiglia After 27 years of house-rocking studio albums and smack-in-the-mouth live shows, the Florida bandleader is the acknowledged master of red-raw, sweatand-hair blues that gives it to you straight. $10-$40. Sam’s Burger Joint, 7pm.
TUESDAY, JULY 17 The Chris Calderon Quartet Local jazz musician and trumpeter Chris Calderon performs originals with his quartet. $10. Jazz, TX, 8:30-11:30pm. Ulterior Motive High-energy jazz that’s packed with intensity and complexity. Their polished, exciting performances have earned them accolades by fans and critics. The group’s music is influenced by past jazz masters of jazz, R&B, fusion, rock and Latin. Jazz, TX, 5:30-7:30pm.
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bisexuals are indifferent to gender (and more highly evolved than all those genital-obsessed monosexuals) – left many people who were having sex with men and women feeling as if they didn’t have an identity. Not straight, not gay, and disqualified from bi. But thanks to bisexuals like Blow coming out and owning their bisexuality and their lopsidedness, a more nuanced and inclusive understanding of bisexuality has taken root. That nuance is reflected in bisexual activist Robyn Ochs’s definition of bisexuality: “I call myself bisexual,” Ochs says, “because I acknowledge that I have in myself the potential to be attracted – romantically and/or sexually – to people of more than one sex and/ or gender, not necessarily at the same time, not necessarily in the same way, and not necessarily to the same degree.” Lopsided or not, BLOW, you’re a proper bisexual, and if you’re in a position to come out to your family and friends, you should. And rest assured, telling people you’re bi doesn’t mean you’re divulging details about your sex life. You’re disclosing your sexual orientation, not detailing your sexual practices. You can tell someone you’re attracted to men and women – at the same time, in your case, if not in the same way – without telling them about the hot bi dudes you and the girlfriend bed together. And if you and the girlfriend are perceived to be monogamous, and you want to keep it that way, you can allow people to continue to make that assumption. Finally, BLOW, most gay men are aware that bi guys usually aren’t romantically interested in other men. And that’s fine – so long as hetero-romantic bi guys don’t mislead us, most gay men are down to fuck. (And gay men who won’t date homo-romantic or bi-romantic men? You guys are missing out. My friend Eric was a hot, hung, adventurous catch. Congrats, Christian!) And since you’re partnered and presumed to be monogamous, you’re also presumed to be unavailable. But if you’re worried a gay friend might hire a hit man to off the girlfriend so he can have a shot at your heart, come out to him as hetero-romantic at the same time you come out to him as bi.
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etc FREE WILL ASTROLOGY BY ROB BREZNY ARIES (March 21-April 19): Your key theme right now is growth. Let’s dig in and analyze its nuances. 1. Not all growth is good for you. It may stretch you too far too fast – beyond your capacity to integrate and use it. 2. Some growth that is good for you doesn’t feel good to you. It might force you to transcend comforts that are making you stagnant, and that can be painful. 3. Some growth that’s good for you may meet resistance from people close to you; they might prefer you to remain just as you are, and may even experience your growth as a problem. 4. Some growth that isn’t particularly good for you may feel pretty good. For instance, you could enjoy working to improve a capacity or skill that is irrelevant to your long-term goals. 5. Some growth is good for you in some ways, and not so good in other ways. You have to decide if the trade-off is worth it. 6. Some growth is utterly healthy for you, feels pleasurable, and inspires other people. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): You can’t sing with someone else’s mouth, Taurus. You can’t sit down and settle into a commanding new power spot with someone else’s butt. Capiche? I also want to tell you that it’s best if you don’t try to dream with someone else’s heart, nor should you imagine you can fine-tune your relationship with yourself by pushing someone else to change. But here’s an odd fact: You can enhance your possibility for success by harnessing or borrowing or basking in other people’s luck. Especially in the coming weeks. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): You wouldn’t attempt to cure a case of hiccups by repeatedly smacking your head against a wall, right? You wouldn’t use an anti-tank rocket launcher to eliminate the mosquito buzzing around your room, and you wouldn’t set your friend’s hair on fire as a punishment for arriving late to your rendezvous at the café. So don’t overreact to minor tweaks of fate, my dear Gemini. Don’t over-medicate tiny disturbances. Instead, regard the glitches as learning opportunities. Use them to cultivate more patience, expand your tolerance, and strengthen your character. CANCER (June 21-July 22): I pay tribute to your dizzying courage, you wise fool. I stage-whisper “Congratulations!” as you slip away from your hypnotic routine and wander out to the edge of mysterious joy. With a crazy grin of encouragement and my fist pressed against my chest, I salute your efforts to transcend your past. I praise and exalt you for demonstrating that freedom is never permanent but must be reclaimed and reinvented on a regular basis. I cheer you on as you avoid every temptation to repeat yourself, demean yourself, and chain yourself.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): I’m feeling a bit helpless as I watch you messing with that bad but good stuff that is so wrong but right for you. I am rendered equally inert as I observe you playing with the strong but weak stuff that’s interesting but probably irrelevant. I fidget and sigh as I monitor the classy but trashy influence that’s angling for your attention; and the supposedly fast-moving process that’s creeping along so slowly; and the seemingly obvious truth that would offer you a much better lesson if only you would see it for the chewy riddle that it is. What should I do about my predicament? Is there any way I can give you a boost? Maybe the best assistance I can offer is to describe to you what I see. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Psychologist Paul Ekman has compiled an extensive atlas of how emotions are revealed in our faces. “Smiles are probably the most underrated facial expressions,” he has written, “much more complicated than most people realize. There are dozens of smiles, each differing in appearance and in the message expressed.” I bring this to your attention, Virgo, because your assignment in the coming weeks – should you choose to accept it – is to explore and experiment with your entire repertoire of smiles. I’m confident that life will conspire to help you carry out this task. More than at any time since your birthday in 2015, this is the season for unleashing your smiles. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Lucky vibes are coalescing in your vicinity. Scouts and recruiters are hovering. Helpers, fairy godmothers, and future playmates are growing restless waiting for you to ask them for favors. Therefore, I hereby authorize you to be imperious, regal, and overflowing with self-respect. I encourage you to seize exactly what you want, not what you’re “supposed” to want. Or else be considerate, appropriate, modest, and full of harmonious caution. CUT! CUT! Delete that “be considerate” sentence. The Libra part of me tricked me into saying it. And this is one time when people of the Libra persuasion are allowed to be free from the compulsion to balance and moderate. You have a mandate to be the show, not watch the show.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): What’s the biggest lie in my life? There are several candidates. Here’s one: I pretend I’m nonchalant about one of my greatest failures; I act as if I’m not distressed by the fact that the music I’ve created has never received the listenership it should it have. How about you, Sagittarius? What’s the biggest lie in your life? What’s most false or dishonest or evasive about you? Whatever it is, the immediate future will be a favorable time to transform your relationship with it. You now have extraordinary power to tell yourself liberating truths. Three weeks from now, you could be a more authentic version of yourself than you’ve ever been. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Now and then you go through phases when you don’t know what you need until you stumble upon it. At times like those, you’re wise not to harbor fixed ideas about what you need or where to hunt for what you need. Metaphorically speaking, a holy grail might show up in a thrift store. An eccentric stranger may provide you with an accidental epiphany at a bus stop or a convenience store. Who knows? A crucial clue may even jump out at you from a spam email or a reality TV show. I suspect that the next two weeks might be one of those odd grace periods for you.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): “Reverse psychology” is when you convince people to do what you wish they would do by shrewdly suggesting that they do the opposite of what you wish they would do. “Reverse censorship” is when you write or speak the very words or ideas that you have been forbidden to express. “Reverse cynicism” is acting like it’s chic to express glee, positivity, and enthusiasm. “Reverse egotism” is bragging about what you don’t have and can’t do. The coming weeks will be an excellent time to carry out all these reversals, as well as any other constructive or amusing reversals you can dream up. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Poet Emily Dickinson once revealed to a friend that there was only one Commandment she ever obeyed: “Consider the Lilies.” Japanese novelist Natsume Sōseki told his English-speaking students that the proper Japanese translation for “I love you” is Tsuki ga tottemo aoi naa, which literally means “The moon is so blue tonight.” In accordance with current astrological omens, Pisces, I’m advising you to be inspired by Dickinson and Sōseki. More than any other time in 2018, your duty in the coming weeks is to be lyrical, sensual, aesthetic, imaginative, and festively non-literal.
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