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New State Rep. Ray Lopez Isn’t Afraid to Change His Mind

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ver breakfast tacos at a Leon Valley taqueria, Democratic State Rep. Ray Lopez explains why so many people these days are confused about political labels and where they identify on the ideological spectrum.

“Righteous really doesn’t have a spot on that [spectrum],” he tells me. “You can be on the far right or far left and still be righteous.”

I ask him, “Righteous to whom?”

“To yourself,” he answers. “I’m the last person to sit here and quote the Bible to you, but I can tell you God tells you, ‘Love yourself, and love me as you love yourself.’ I’m Catholic. I have the Bible read to me. I don’t sit down and read the Bible. I’m joking, but…”

His voice trails off as he chuckles.

The Catholic doctrine has been a constant in Lopez’s life.

Born in 1949, he spent the first 10 years of his life in the small town of Charlotte, Texas.

His family attended a Catholic church every

Sunday and he served as an altar boy. He didn’t understand the Latin used in the mass.

He simply read his script.

After graduating high school, Lopez joined the U.S. Air Force. When he returned home, he applied for a job at Southwestern Bell as a phone installer. That job wasn’t available, but a lesser-paying position as a service rep was. After 34 years, he retired as an executive from the company, now AT&T, armed with communication skills that would help him navigate the world of Texas politics.

Lopez began his foray into public office before his retirement, first as a member of the Northside Independent School Board and then on San Antonio’s city council, where he served four terms representing the District 6 seat now held by Melissa Cabello Havrda.

I ask Lopez how he feels his Catholic background influenced his decisions as an elected official.

“Religion influences everybody’s political

perspective,” he says between bites of his carne guisada taco. Lopez explains that he struggles when religious views, which are “very finite,” cause him to be “for or against something.”

He cites divorce, abortion and homosexuality as examples. However, he adds, as people mature, they often discover that issues aren’t all painted in black and white.

“Abortion, that’s a hard one. Especially as a Catholic male,” he says. “To me, it’s really tough to be pro-choice. [But] at the end of the day, [a woman] has the right to make that decision.”

Lopez was elected to the Texas Legislature on March 12 to fill the unexpired term of Justin Rodriguez, who left to replace the late Paul Elizondo as District 2 county commissioner. House District 125, which Lopez now represents, covers much of San Antonio’s West Side.

Lopez jumped right into the 86th Session and was forced to make quick decisions about what he would focus on. Before making those tough calls in the past, he would ask himself how his policy decisions would benefit his mother.

Lopez says that he believes lawmakers sometimes make bad decisions with the right intent.

“And one’s intent matures and evolves over time,” he says.

An example of that evolution occurred in 2005, when Lopez first ran for the District 6 council seat. While speaking to the local chapter of the Stonewall Democrats, an LGBTQ political group, a man stood up and congratulated Lopez on his 30-plus years of marriage.

“It’s not easy to be successful for that long period of time and have an environment around you that nurtures love,” he remembers the man saying. “Would you begrudge me that same happiness regardless of who I choose as a partner?”

Lopez said he gets a chill thinking about the moment, which gave him the opportunity to reflect on where he stood on marriage equality.

“That changed my mind,” he says.

“I have to look at it through a different prism, because now I’m going to be making decisions that are going to govern other people’s lives,” he continues. “You’re not passing judgement; you’re setting the rules by which judgement will be passed.”

When working with other lawmakers, Lopez said he frequently calls on his phone company experience, especially handy psychological profiling techniques that he used while working in sales.

One involves remembering that everyone wants to feel that the person they’re speaking with has empathy for their position. The phrase “I appreciate how you feel” is a good place to start.

“That’s just an approach for overcoming objections,” Lopez says. “After a while, it just becomes you.”

customers think about energy differently,” utility spokeswoman Melissa Sorola said in a written statement. “As a matter of fact, we have been steadily controlling energy usage and reducing our carbon intensity for decades.”

But critics point out that CPS still operates two coal-fired power plants, Spruce 1 and 2, which are among the area’s top sources of air pollution. The first will remain in operation until 2030 and the second until sometime into the 2040s.

The city hosted 288 events with nearly 10,000 total attendees to help develop the plan. However, after business groups pushed back against the first draft, Mayor Ron Nirenberg delayed discussion until after May’s citywide election.

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Two-Timing on Climate

San Antonio’s revised climate plan lets CPS avoid accountability, environmentalists charge

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ity council may have given the second iteration of the city’s Climate Action and Adaption Plan a warm reception last week, but environmentalists worry changes to the proposal amount to a get-out-of-jail-free pass to one of the area’s biggest air polluters.

Alterations in the new draft unveiled at Thursday’s council meeting would lessen public oversight of CPS Energy, the city-owned utility, and reduce pressure for it to shutter its remaining coal-fired power plants, Sierra Club organizer Greg Harman cautioned.

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man said. “I hope we have a mayor who’s brave enough to push them back to the table and demand some accountability and answers.”

Among the changes between the plan presented Thursday and an earlier draft is a statement that the city should work with CPS to “drive towards reaching carbon neutrality by 2050.” The original goal called for the utility to fully reduce emissions to zero by that date.

Other goals in the original plan, such as the transition to energy efficient vehicles and non-polluting power for buildings, also appear to

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new version, climate activists warn.

What’s more, the new draft drops the cost estimates that resulted in an outcry from business groups critical of the plan.

Coal-Fired Plants CPS officials said they’re focused on renewable energy and will continue to phase out polluting facilities just as they did last year with the shuttering of the ‘70s-era Deely coal-fired power plant.

“CPS Energy has already embraced the transition from traditional fuel sources to renewable energy, and we understand our role in helping our

So far, both council and the mayor appear ready to move forward with the second draft, which is expected to receive a final vote in the middle of October.

“We need to get past the fear and take action,” said District 7’s Ana Sandoval, who leads council’s Community Health and Equity Committee.

District 8 Councilman Manny Pelaez — who declined to support the plan’s first draft due to pushback from local employers — endorsed the new version from the dais, even though he acknowledged it’s not a “perfect document.”

“We’re not going to let perfection be the enemy of the good in this instance,” Pelaez said.

Council’s sole holdout appears to be District 10’s Clayton Perry, who’s continued to express concerns about the vagueness of the plan’s cost.

“The CAAP is being pushed as a ‘framework’ for climate action,” Perry wrote in a statement supplied to local media. “While I agree that we all have a stake in protecting the environment, I cannot support a plan with no financial parameters.”

A public comment period for the current draft closes September 6. Council is scheduled to discuss the plan again during an October 2 session and give it a final vote on October 17.

Tim Barr, a public health expert who weighed in during the creation of the plan, said the apparent rollback of goals from the original draft betrays the community members who offered input.

“My impression is that the teeth aren’t going to be added back into the plan unless there’s some kind of popular uproar,” Barr said.

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hether new to town or commuting to campus, San Antonio’s college students form a vibrant, youthful and sometimes hell-raising part of our community. For what you bring to us, it only seems fair to return the favor.

This special issue is bursting with advice on how to make your college years in the Alamo City the best they can be. In this section, you’ll find a collection of howto articles detailing everything from making your money last to coping with stress and anxiety. You’ll also see specially tailored College Guide content dropped into our Music, Arts and Food sections.

Some of us have been out of school for quite a while, so we turned to the folks who really get what’s happening on campus: students. Where possible, we roped in the Current’s college interns to share their authentic, fresh and no-bullshit insights.

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Otakus rejoice — juggernaut anime con San Japan is back at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center for the extravaganza’s 12th year. Along with this year’s celebrity guests of honor veteran Japanese voice actor Nobutoshi Canna (Naruto, BLEACH, Fushigi Yuugi) and rock ’n’ roll duo Do As Infinity, a smorgasbord of voice actors, artists and musicians are coming to San Anto to meet their fans. On Saturday, the actors behind popular Overwatch characters Widowmaker (Chloé Hollings), Hanzo (Paul Nakauchi), Mei (Elise Zhang) and Brigitte (Matilda Smedius) will host a Q&A, and My Hero Academia stars Luci Christian (Ochaco), Justin Briner (Deku) and Clifford Chapin (Bakugo) will convene in a group panel. Other notable guests include Dan Salvato — creator of the popular visual novel game Doki Doki Literature Club!

— and controversial erotic manga artist Toshio Maeda, because it’s not an anime convention without a bit of tentacle porn. $30-$153.50, 5:30-11:30 p.m. Thursday, 9 a.m.-9:30 p.m. Friday, 9 a.m.-8 p.m. Saturday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday, Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center, 900 E. Market St., (210) 207-8500, san-japan.org. — Kelly Merka Nelson

in the mid ’90s with the sitcom All American Girl, which broke new ground for Asian American representation in media despite being cancelled after one season. Today, Cho continues to push boundaries with an eclectic comedy career that includes credits in everything from playing the late Korean dictator Kim Jong Il in 30 Rock to performing opposite the rapper Awkwafina in the music video for “Green Tea.” Cho hasn’t come to San Anto for five years, but she’s making up for lost time — she’ll be performing five shows over three days, so no matter how full your weekend is, you should still be able to catch a set. $30-$40, 7:30 p.m. and 9:45 p.m. Friday, 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. Saturday, 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Laugh Out Loud Comedy Club, 618 NW Loop 410, (210) 541-8805, improvtx.com/ sanantonio. — Georgie Riggs

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‘WHAT MY MOTHER TOLD ME, WHAT MY GRANDMOTHER REFUSED TO SAY’

In “What My Mother Told Me, What My Grandmother Refused to Say,” University of the Incarnate Word alumna Theresa Newsome returns to her alma mater to present an “intimate, parallel conversation regarding the conception of tradition, family history and the methodical analysis of one’s genealogical identity.” The photo series includes intimate portraits, outdoor vistas, vignettes of lived-in interior spaces and old family photographs, both posed and candid. Newsome serves as “kinkeeper” for her family, both as the self-appointed family historian — “documenting oral narratives, partaking in biological research” — and as an individual seeking to attune her personal identity with the narrative of her lineage. By juxtaposing the physical archive of antiques and other objects collected over time with portraiture, she seeks to “define the complications, inconsistencies, confusion and truth regarding heritage and personal identity.” Free, 6-8 p.m. (on view Monday-Friday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. through September 27), Semmes Gallery, University of the Incarnate Word, 4301 Broadway, (210) 829-3852, uiwtx. edu. — KMN 18

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MARGARET CHO

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National Public Radio’s popular game-show program Ask Me Another, a self-described “amusement park for your brain,” will make a stop in San Antonio with trivia, humor and a special celebrity guest. Currently on a tour of Texas, hosts Ophira Eisenberg and indie rocker Jonathan Coulton will welcome singer-songwriter and Houston native Robert Earl Keen to the “celebrity puzzle hotseat” to ask him a series of random questions only an NPR listener could probably answer. Hopefully, the Americana musician and Texas Heritage Songwriters Hall of Fame inductee gets a few correct and wins a listener an Ask Me Another anagram T-shirt or Rubik’s Cube. Keen, currently on a U.S. tour, is no stranger to what Eisenberg and Coulton do on a weekly basis. He has his own podcast, Americana Podcast: The 51st State, where he interviews musicians about their lives and careers. The podcast has only been around since May, but Keen likes that he can “contribute to the current music culture” using the platform. “One can become isolated,” Keen told website The Bluegrass Situation. “I keep my eyes and ears open for things that keep me connected.” $30, 8 p.m., Aztec Theatre, 104 N. St. Mary’s St., (210) 8124355, theaztectheatre.com. — Kiko Martinez

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From chipping paint on an old door to the moldering remains of the Titanic on the floor of the Atlantic Ocean, the planet consistently reminds us that our attempts to delineate humanity from the natural world are naïve at best. For Fotoseptiembre, San Antonio College faculty members are presenting a body of work themed on the mutability of the natural world — an examination of the way everything from tree bark to abandoned buildings morph over time via “Organic Transformations.” The exhibition features photos by Tricia Buchhorn, Rebecca Dietz, Joan Fabian, Russell Guerrero, Jo Hilton, Edmund Lo and Mark Magavern, collecting the artists’ varying perspectives on “evidence of the transformations found in nature, the human footprint and the striving of living organisms to co-exist on earth.” Free, 3-4:30 p.m. Thursday, September 5, on view 7:30 a.m.-7 p.m. Monday-Thursday, 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Friday, and 1-5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday through September 30, Moody Learning Center, San Antonio College, 1819 N. Main Ave. (4th Floor), (210) 486-1346, alamo.edu/sac. — Kelly Merka Nelson

THU | 9/5 – FRI | 9/6 FOTOSEPTI EMBRE

‘LOOKING FOR THE WOMAN OF MY DREAMS: AND OTHER MICROAGGRESSIONS’ When prospective matches sent Libby Rowe their dick pics, they probably didn’t think their throbbing members would be transformed into a feminist art exhibition, yet here we are.

In “Looking for the Woman of My Dreams: and Other Microaggressions,” Rowe has taken 69 unsolicited photographs of male genitalia and

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rendered them in pencil or ink to compile a “portrait of contemporary masculinity during the pursuit for love, or at least, their personal idea of love.” Accompanying the drawings is a video installation that juxtaposes intrusive anatomical queries with photos of the female body, highlighting the Frankenstein-esque pursuit men undertake in search of the purported “woman of their dreams” — an aggressive quest to obtain the perfect body. Free, 6 p.m.-midnight Thursday and Friday, Brick Gallery, Brick at Blue Star, 108 Blue Star, (832) 259-3530, libbyrowe.com.

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FRI | 9/6 FOTOSEPTIEMBRE

‘MORNING HONEY FOR BEB’

Julie Ledet draws from her Southern heritage for “Morning Honey for Beb,” a series of photo collages that pull from Louisiana culture, traditions and superstitions. The work is centered on the fictional character Beb, who is a “personification of the struggle between living a life of virtue and vice surrounded by the temptation and decadence occurring in everyday life in Southern Louisiana.” Each collage features a symbolic figure associated with Louisiana — from the alligator to offshore oil rigs — superimposed on sculptures of robed bodies of saints. These sanctified figures are all set against backgrounds of repeating fleurs-de-lis, the royal emblem that first came to Louisiana via French colonization and became deeply ingrained in the state’s cultural identity. The fleur-de-lis became both an emblem of Louisiana’s deep heritage and also its troubled history — in the 1700s, runaway slaves were branded with the symbol. Free, 7-10 p.m. (on view by appointment through October 4), Freight Gallery & Studios, 1913 S. Flores St., (757) 373-3313, freightsatx.com. — Kelly Merka Nelson

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NATIONAL PARKS OF TEXAS: IN CONTACT WITH BEAUTY

There’s never been a more apt time to appreciate Texas’s natural beauty, and thanks to movie magic, you don’t have to drive any further than Mission Marquee Plaza to see the national parks of Texas up close. Accompanied by a live performance by the jazz ensemble of the U.S. Air Force Band of the West, this outdoor screening will feature the Emmy-nominated PBS documentary National Parks of Texas: In Contact With Beauty. The hour-long film treks across the state, delving into the history of major parks and showing gorgeous vistas that are sure to sate your inner wanderlust for the month — or, if not, spur you to plan that next camping trip. If you’ve got an appetite of a different sort, the food trucks should at least sate your hunger. Free, 6-10 p.m., Mission Marquee Plaza, 3100 Roosevelt Ave, (210) 207-2111, worldheritagefestival. org. — GR

FRI | 9/6 – SUN | 9/8 THEATER

ROMEO AND JULIET

Fall is in the air, and you know what that means: feuding families, dangerous duels and secret weddings, of course. What, did you think we were going to say “pumpkin spice lattes”? The trials and tribulations of teenage love are set to be staged a la Shakespeare at The Classic Theatre this month under the direction of Joe Goscinski, who helmed last year’s production of A Midsummer’s Night Dream. A quotable classic for even the least erudite among us, scenes from Romeo and Juliet

populated many of our childhood fantasies of true love.

Maybe you never dreamed of faking your own death and in the process causing your lover’s untimely demise, but who hasn’t wanted someone to visit them beneath their balcony in the orchard, lit only by the light of the moon, to promise their hand in marriage? $19-$34, 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 3 p.m. Sunday through September 29, The Classic Theatre of San Antonio, 1924 Fredericksburg Rd., (210) 589-8450, classictheatre.org. — GR

SAT | 9/7 COMEDY

ALAN SALDAÑA

Brush up on your Spanish if you plan to attend Mexico-based stand-up comedian Alan Saldaña’s San Antonio tour stop. His new live show, Sin Sombrero, unlike his 2017 Netflix comedy special Mi Vida de Pobre (My Poor Life), has no subtitles. It’s probably better anyway, since most Mexicans know that many jokes intended for Spanish-speaking audiences just make more sense when they’re delivered in their original language. Known as the “Ace of Comedy” in Mexico, Saldaña was once part of Franco Escamilla’s Diablo Squad. We’re not sure how much he’s going to reference Donald Trump in his new show, but he’s probably well aware of the trove of material at his fingertips. During his Netflix special, Saldaña keeps things a lot lighter than politics. For example, he references his hometown of Monterrey and explains to the audience that they can order tacos covered in salsa made “Tlaquepaque style.” They’re the perfect taco, he said, if you get pulled over at a DUI checkpoint. “After you eat one of those, if a cop stops you and says ‘blow,’ his entire face will burn.” Well, maybe that one’s funnier in Spanish. $35-$90, 7 p.m., Aztec Theatre, 104 N. St. Mary’s St., (210) 812-4355, theaztectheatre.com. — KM

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Now in its 35th iteration, PechaKucha’s format is well known to many San Antonians. The short talks feature 20 slides shown for 20 seconds apiece, clocking in at a cool six minutes and 40 seconds per presenter. Each “volume” of PechaKucha features six speakers with a range of backgrounds to create an evening that showcases the diversity of minds at work in our city. This time, the presenters include artist Jesse Amado, immigration reporter Silvia Foster-Frau, education leader Gladys Karen Hernández, planetary astrophysicist Natalie Hinkel, the entertainer Karlos with a K and director of the San Antonio Department of Arts and Culture Debbie Racca-Sittre. As with every PechaKucha, the night will begin with a reception to encourage chitchat amongst the attendees before emcees Randy Beamer and Gary Sweeney kick things off. $5, 6:30 p.m., Charline McCombs Empire Theatre, 226 N. St. Mary’s St., (210) 226-5700, majesticempire.com.

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‘HUDDLED MASSES: WHO WE ARE’

While it’s nothing new within the photographic realm, the use of handwritten signage as a conceptual prop has loaned itself to diverse projects that function as distinct signs of their own times.

Shot in a London alleyway as an introduction to filmmaker D. A. Pennebaker’s 1967 Bob Dylan documentary Don’t Look Back, the pioneering music video “Subterranean Homesick Blues” shows the iconic singer slinging cue cards that mirror the song’s lyrics — until they fall slightly off-beat, complete with misspelled words such as “pawking metaws” and “sucksess.” The gimmick was later appropriated in videos for Belle and Sebastian, INXS, Steve Earle and “Weird Al” Yankovic, among others.

Also created in London, Turner Prize-winning British artist Gillian Wearing’s oft-referenced series “Signs That Say What You Want Them To Say and Not Signs That Say What Someone Else Wants You To Say” entailed her photographing and interviewing more than 500 strangers she encountered on the street. As its title may suggest, her “Signs” project invited participants to be captured holding signs emblazoned with personal sentiments — which run the gamut from defiantly proud (“Queer + Happy”) to sobering (“I Have Been Certified as Mildly Insane!”) to dire (“I Hate This World!”).

Other notable endeavors have paralleled Wearing’s format. The Portraits from Occupy Wall Street series Martin Schoeller shot for The New Yorker in 2011, for example, featured a young female protestor’s sign declaring, “Prostitution: the Only Viable Option Available After Graduation to Afford My Student Loan Debt.” Audra Miller’s touching portraits of formerly homeless individuals for the Bay Area exhibition “Everyone Deserves a Home” showed a one subject with a sign reading, “Home Is a Haven From the Insanity of the Rest of This Incomprehensible World.” Local photographer Sarah Brooke Lyons’ well-received series “1005 Faces” even utilized such recognizable personalities as Tim Duncan (“Good, Better, Best, Never Let It Rest Until Your Good Is Better And Your Better Is Your Best!”).

Begun in 2016 and completed in late 2018, San Antonio photographer Ramin Samandari’s timely body of work “Huddled Masses: Who We Are” fits in this same vein but with a specific focus on ancestry and immigration. Born in Tehran, Iran, Samandari relocated to Texas at age 17 during the Iranian Revolution, settled in the Alamo City in 1988 and became a U.S. citizen in 1990. Hearkening to his complementary portrait projects “San Antonio Faces of Art” and “Faces of Artpace,” Samandari’s latest body of work took shape through open calls and First Friday photo sessions at his Magic Realism Studio in the Blue Star Arts Complex. While all 320 individuals Samandari photographed for the series were prompted to write a brief statement about their ancestry, some participants focused on broad, universal terms like “neighbor,” “human” and “earth walker.”

“This project is about the very idea of America ... a nation made up of people from everywhere, coming to her shores, some escaping famine, war, oppression and some simply looking for better opportunities,” Samandari explained in his artist’s statement, Now part of the permanent collection of the Institute of Texan Cultures, “Huddled Masses: Who We Are” comes to light at a free public reception in conjunction with the monthlong celebration of Fotoseptiembre.

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‘Sweatiest Woman in Show Biz’ Katya Zamolodchikova talks puke, performing and schoolroom sexual tension RuPaul’s Drag Race season seven darling and All Stars alum Katya Zamolodchikova is closing out her Help Me, I’m Dying tour in San Antonio on September 7, but she won’t be slowing down anytime soon.

After taking a break from public life in 2018, the performer returned better than ever, launching the podcast Whimsically Volatile with Craig MacNeil, rejoining her partner in crime Trixie Mattel on their YouTube series UNHhhh and finally bringing her one-drag-queen comedy show — which she originally funded on Kickstarter back in 2016 — on an extended tour across the U.S. and Canada.

In October, she and Trixie are throwing a “hot as hell and wonderful” mega-bash for Vegas Pride in the same theater used by Cirque du Soleil’s Zumanity, then she’ll jump across the pond to host Katya & the Comedy Queens in England before heading down under with Trixie for an UNHhhh live tour across Australia. If that weren’t enough, she and Trixie are also in the midst of writing a lifestyle book for the contemporary woman, and Katya will soon debut a classic red lipstick under the Trixie Cosmetics banner.

We briefly caught up with Katya to pick her brain about her tour, her smorgasbord of upcoming projects and her willingness to bare all to the public — and we even got some tips for this year’s batch of new college students while we were at it.

You’re on the final leg of this tour with the last performance scheduled for San Antonio.

How has it felt to bring this show to the stage, and do you have any big plans for the last shebang?

You know, it’s been great. It’s varied so wildly in terms of feeling, and then the audiences and the venues and stuff — it’s been 99% amazing. I was

just thinking about the last show. I have nothing crazy planned at the moment, but I always allow for improvisation and different things to pop up, so I’m curious about what is going to happen that night. (Laughs.)

Because I know that in the moment I’m going to feel happy and also relieved, but also wanting to celebrate, so it wouldn’t surprise me if I was swinging from the chandelier or got shot out of a cannon somehow or something.

You’ve still got a ton of projects on your plate, including new live shows and a lifestyle book co-written with Trixie Mattel. What are you most excited about that’s coming down the pike?

I think I’m most excited about the tour [of Australia] with Trixie, because I gotta tell you, writing a book sounds amazing but it is not easy.

It’s so funny — I am currently embroiled in this battle with my attention span that is proving to be fruitless and horrifying. Just sitting down, especially on the road, sitting down and being disciplined — I don’t know what that is. I don’t know how to do that. But it’s going to be great once it’s done.

I’m really looking forward to the show with Trixie because that’s going to be bananas, and the fans are going to go apeshit. Kids are probably going to puke and pass out.

Somebody did puke during one of the performances during my show this time, so I’m holding out for other bodily fluids. It was apparently during the very top of the show, too. A couple of audience members after the show told me that they had been puked on. Isn’t that crazy? I wish I had noticed it when it happened.

You’ve been very open about your struggles with addiction and mental health, and discussed your break from public life in depth

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on the first episode of your podcast. What made you decide to be so raw about what many would consider a private and painful experience?

Well you know, it’s funny. I actually can’t even go back and listen to that because it’s a little too raw. I’ve never really had many boundaries.

(Laughs.)

Looking back perhaps it would have been prudent or wise to maybe hold off for a little, but I’ve heard people say that they appreciate that kind of candor, and I don’t feel ashamed of it at all, so it doesn’t really matter. I feel like if it’s out there, get it out there. It’s not a secret — it’s not something you have to tiptoe around and be careful about. I mean, some people would say it’s a bit of an overshare, but I have this thing where I just have to get shit out. I have to say it out loud and let people know, and then it’s out there.

Some people would say that it would help a lot with the stigma and such too.

Yeah. If you think about it, too, if I went into depth about my first chemo treatment there would be no shame or stigma attached to that at all. Even if it’s like, “I shit the bed and puked my ass off,” people wouldn’t be like, “Oh, darling, I don’t think you should really share that.”

There’s nothing really to be embarrassed about there, but with mental health stuff and certainly drugs there is that shame and stigma attached to it that prevents people from opening up about it and seeking help.

This issue is our College Guide. Do you have any nuggets of wisdom that you’d like to impart to anyone entering higher ed?

Well number one, it might be too late but I’d say one thing that really bothers me is that there’s such a bad rap for community college, because community college is college, and it is a fraction of the price. It can be a really smart thing for people who don’t have the economic means to spend, I don’t know, $67,000 a year on college, so that’s something that people should really check out. And then, I don’t know, man. College can be such a racket. I would say go to class.

(Laughs.)

You know what I mean? Try it. Try going to class and see if you can do it every day, because that’s really helpful, especially when you get out of there and realize it’s such a horrifying waste of time and money to go and drop out and be a slut. You can be a slut the rest of your life.

There’s plenty of time. You can be a slut in your 50s — just look at Samantha Jones on Sex and the City.

Ooh, try to fuck a teacher! (Laughs.) Not a T.A., though. I’m talking about a professor with tenure — that’s exciting.

I don’t think that would fly for the teacher so much…

No, no, that’s why there’s a little bit of tension there. There’s a power struggle. (Laughs.) Add some drama and conflict to the classroom environment.

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His second novel, A Swollen Red Sun, came out in 2014 just as I started to take a strong interest in indie crime fiction. Before then, I had already developed a healthy obsession with mainstream authors like Elmore Leonard and Richard Price, but now I was starting to discover talented new writers with significantly smaller audiences — folks like Joe Clifford, Jake Hinkson, Jedidiah Ayres

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imagine how George R.R. Martin fans survive without setting themselves on fire.

In the buildup to the release of the novel, McBride tweeted: “END OF THE OCEAN comes out next week, almost 5 years to the day I started writing it. Research took me to 5 different countries. I met drug dealers. I lied to get in a prison.

Very intense. So today I’m taking a break from the current book I’m writing to play fetch with my dog.”

A thousand publicists stuffed in one room couldn’t come up with a better tweet to sell a book.

First, a disclaimer. End of the Ocean is very different compared to A Swollen Red Sun, and that perhaps is the biggest thing in its favor. Some writers get trapped into writing the same story over and over. Not McBride. He said, “Fuck your expectations,” and created something new and original. In End of the Ocean, our protagonist, Sage, flees to Bali following a rough divorce. He has no real plan other than to hide from the universe for a little bit — at least until his entire life savings run dry. Naturally, shenanigans ensue.

End of the Ocean is a meditative novel built on patience. Its prose reads with a poetic eye. I hesitate to use the phrase “slow burn” since it’s often assumed to be a negative criticism. In this instance it couldn’t be further from the truth. This is the kind of novel one will want to live in for a long time. The characters are not only authentic but fun to eavesdrop on.

Another obvious advantage this book has over other recent crime fiction is the setting. Matthew McBride is not lying when he claims to have visited five countries during his research. Bali, especially, feels so real it’s almost like McBride has physically transported his readers there on a mini-vacation. In his prose, it’s is a place where you might pass a man riding an antique motorbike while carrying a bird cage in one hand and honking and smoking a cigarette in the other. Behind him, you might notice another motorbike transporting three Indonesian men in sarongs carrying a ladder above their heads, each one sticking his head between the rungs. At some point, you will also almost definitely get mugged by monkeys.

If you can’t afford to travel to Bali and get mixed up into a bunch of bizarre crime hijinks, buy Matthew McBride’s End of the Ocean instead. Hell, even if you can afford it, you should still go buy a copy.

It’s that good.

Artist Ethel Shipton to Host Celebration of the Blue Star Arts Complex’s History In conjunction with her installation You Just Have to Hear It, Blue Star Contemporary “Fünf” exhibiting artist Ethel Shipton has put together an evening of conversations with local artists and community members connected to the history of the Blue Star Arts Complex.

In “If Walls Could Talk: Beauty in Time,” Shipton and co-host Sarah Fisch will delve into the lives and work of Nate Cassie, Jayne Lawrence, Leigh Anne Lester, Robert Tatum and Ramin Samandari.

According to a press release, “this progressive evening will lead visitors back in time to the beginning of the Arts Complex in the 1980s with the artists who were some of the original studio and gallery tenants.” During the event, attendees will be taken around Blue Star to visit some of its more eclectic spaces while enjoying food and drink along the way.

By collecting a group of people who were on hand for Blue Star’s early days, “If Walls Could Talk” provides a unique opportunity to learn the rich history of the complex and how it has evolved over the decades since it first became a hub for San Antonio art.

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American remake of the Oscar-nominated Danish film After the Wedding is a frustrating affair

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remake of writer-director Susanne Bier’s 2006 Oscar-nominated Danish film of the same name, the American version of After the Wedding is repackaged and scrubbed of all emotional value.

Despite earning nine career Oscar nominations and one win between them, actors Michelle Williams (My Week with Marilyn) and Julianne Moore (Still Alice) are bogged down by the film’s lethargic storytelling, not to mention a narrative brimming with artificial family melodrama.

It’s difficult to discuss After the Wedding without giving away the major reveal in the script, so apologies for sounding vague in the description.

Williams stars as Isabel Andersen, the head of an orphanage in India who’s doing everything in her power to make a good life for the children under her care. When rich New York media mogul Theresa Young (Moore) offers to donate $2

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Characters’ intentions begin to blur when Isabel shows up to the wedding and sees that Grace’s father Oscar (Billy Crudup) is a man from her past. Is the coincidence merely that, or was there something amiss with Theresa’s initial invitation?

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that makes her react like she was just socked in the stomach? Screenwriter and director Bart Freundlich (Wolves) doesn’t handle the mysterious nature of their relationship well. He drags out the inevitable twist to an unbearable degree, only to let it land with a thud.

Once the big announcement is made, Freundlich proceeds to unpack his screenplay in frustratingly short scenes, which fail to expand on anything that would realistically solve the issues the characters are thrown into. For example, in one scene, Grace shows up to Isabel’s hotel room to talk about their situation, but the conversation lasts just long enough for them to exchange numbers so they can talk later.

After the Wedding continues to flounder around like this for the rest of its runtime. Freundlich tries to give the remake a reason to exist by swapping genders with the Danish film’s two leads, but the change-up creates plot problems rather than providing unique contrast.

Despite their satisfying performances, Williams and Moore aren’t given enough depth to explore their complex circumstances. Their conflict feels forced and underdeveloped. There’s talent in front of the camera, but very little in the firm rings true — even as a glorified soap opera.

After the Wedding opens exclusively at the Santikos Bijou Cinema Bistro August 30.

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here are plenty of rage-driven “rape and revenge” films that strive to show how the human condition is affected when shaken to its core. Although most popular in the 1970s, the exploitative subgenre is still as controversial today as it was when films like I Spit on Your Grave and The Last House on the Left were banned and censored to varying degrees 40 years ago.

The Nightingale won’t be immune to the same criticism from moviegoers who find the Australian film excessively cruel. During a screening at the Sydney Film Festival last month, dozens of people reportedly walked out of the theater because of the violent scenes depicting rape and murder. The Nightingale isn’t a comfortable watch to say the least, but it does strike a nerve in a visceral way.

Set in 1825 in Tasmania, off the south coast of Australia, The Nightingale tells the story of Clare Carroll (Aisling Franciosi), a convicted 21-yearold Irishwoman who lives at an outpost under the authority of a British lieutenant, Hawkins (Sam Claflin), during the empire’s colonization of the territory.

Even after completing her seven-year sentence, Hawkins refuses to release her from his control, even though she’s married and raising an infant while in his custody. The lieutenant and two of his soldiers, Ruse and Jago (Damon Herriman and Harry Greenwood), devastate her life during a nightmarish segment that’s likely to induce anger in viewers who are unable to fathom the evil acts on display. While difficult to watch, these particular scenes — warning: there are more than one — are necessary to tell the story.

The tragic event pushes Clare to a stage of blinding wrath, and she sets out to hunt down Hawkins, Ruse and Jago through the dangerous Australian wilderness after they leave for another post. To give herself a fighting chance of surviving the trek, she hires Billy (Baykali Ganambarr), an Aboriginal tracker who has also seen his fair share of death at the hands of the men he calls the “white devils.”

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ally jarring. Moviegoers anticipating some level of catharsis — frequently offered in similar vengeance films — might be disappointed with the script’s unpredictability and slow-burn storytelling. But as moviegoers witnessed in The Babadook, Kent isn’t interested in genre mechanics.

With The Nightingale, she has created something that dismisses archetypes and relies on brutal history lessons to expose man’s perpetually destructive nature.

For our interview with lead actress Aisling Franciosi, visit sacurrent.com. The Nightingale is currently playing exclusively at the Santikos Bijou Cinema Bistro.

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I initially wanted to grow my own crops but realized that was a huge undertaking for one person, and it’s difficult for the plants to really thrive in this heat. I started reaching out to those farmers and growers [in the U.S. and throughout the globe] who are passionate about the tea, from ground to harvest, and the tea-making process.

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Name: Vanessa Sanchez Job/Title: Founder of San Antonio-based tea company Teaness Birthplace: San Antonio Impact: Infusing San Antonio’s culinary scene with farm-to-cup organic tea blends Industry Experience: When Sanchez isn’t growing her tea empire, she works as a manager for Rosella Coffee Money Quote: “If there’s no passion in the making of the tea, you can taste the sadness.”

What have you been up to recently?

I created a CBD-friendly tea blend exclusively for Dab Hemp Café, now available at the store. I’ve also been collaborating with Ventura San Antonio — you’ll find my SpecialTea lemon-mint vodka cocktail on their drink menu, and you’ll see our new matcha-lada drink enter the local Michelada Madness Competition on September 1.

What’s the best part of your job?

I love [hosting] tea tastings. I’ve always loved brewing tea for people; it’s a great way to connect and learn. L-theanine, an amino acid found in tea, really helps create a nice, happy environment unlike anything else.

What’s one thing you wish people understood about the tea industry?

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What’s your go-to tea drink?

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t was quite a trek through uncharted territory to visit Mako’s on the Creek in Cibolo, but I undertook it expecting a pair of rich rewards. The first of those was catching up with chef Halston Connella, recently at Francis Bogside, and the second was dining beside the creek promised in the restaurant’s name.

Strikeout on both counts.

Imagine my disappointment to learn that Mako’s may be nominally on Cibolo Creek, but you can’t see it from there — even if you exit out the building’s back and make your way to the steep bank that leads down to the shadowy waterway.

The restaurant’s interior, open and airy and dominated by shades of grey, certainly doesn’t quite evoke rippling waters on its own.

My second disappointment came at the end of the meal when I learned that Connella had been recently 86ed from the kitchen. Newly installed in his place was chef Matt Cruzan, a man with impressive credentials including Dough, Restaurant Gwendolyn and Battalion. Cruzan implied that he was busily at work making a menu of his own. No more of Connella’s Thai-fried chicken, for example.

This is not the first time such chef shuffles have happened midstream. I’d prefer to evaluate a chef ’s own creations, but on the other hand, a professional kitchen has to turn out a respectable meal from its existing menu, not the one it wishes it had. Besides, I was already into it for a goodly sum. The only solution was to plunge ahead and come back later.

Fries are fries are fries, right? On the first visit, they were flat-cut and well-served by the array of dips — sriracha aioli, lemon saffron aioli and curry catchup. The second time around, the shape was more conventional, with a crisp coating, perhaps a dusting in corn starch before frying. Both were good, but signs of a subtle shift?

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Moving on, the octopus — often a challenging creature to deal with — was an exceptionally tender appetizer, presented with rounds of Spanish chorizo, a puree of cannellini beans and dots and dabs of lemon sauce and chimichurri. We added saffron aioli left over from fries to punch things up a bit and were immensely happy with the result. Octopus remains on the new menu with totally different plate mates, saffron aioli among them.

Overall, the kitchen seems most at home with seafood. A whole-fried branzino, since removed from the menu, played crisp skin against an impeccably flaky interior. The dish just needed a flavor punch, and it didn’t get that from the wan fennel salad. We can likely expect the same expertise from the available pan-seared halibut, but let’s hope the charred tomato broth with basil oil gives the plate, featuring a fish with a delicate demeanor, the confidence it needs.

Thunderheart bison short rib is also a menu survivor, though the price has gone from $25 to $29. This was a perfectly pleasant bowl with a rainbow’s worth of carrots, appealing layered potato cakes and a decent, beefy (“bisony” doesn’t sound quite right) flavor. However, it was neither excitingly new nor comfortingly classic, offering nothing much more than stew with bigger price tag.

Mako’s lunch menu may lack the inspiration of its dinner, but there are some plates worth the investigation. The guilty-pleasure Flamin’ Hot Mac — a perfectly respectably cheddar mac topped with San Antonio’s favorite junk food — delivered a cheesy crunch worth the indulgence. Pair it with a thin but zesty, day-drinking Mitch-Elada.

Regular readers may recall my rants against the overuse of pork belly on local menus. Maybe because Mako’s belly is more bacony than most, I’m here to offer an exception. Mako’s smoked pork belly sliders with a sweet soy glaze and jalapeño-spiked slaw are an experience worth repeating.

Mako’s name comes from ex-Air-Force serviceman David “Mako” Peterson, and the cuisine is meant to reflect the Petersons’ global travels over the course of 30 years — although seasoned by “that Texas touch.” On the dessert menu, bourbon pecan pie all but shouts that it hails from the Lone Star State. I’m not sure what the blueberry fritters represent, but no matter, have at them. The crunchy-yet-tender pockets of fruit may not quite make up for Mako’s on the Creek the restaurant’s lack of a creek, but they will send 169 Buffalo Place, Cibolo 78108, (830) 730-5947 you into the Texas night makostx.com, Accessible, Price: $13-$29 touched with a smile.

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The Rustic 17619 La Cantera Parkway Suite 204 therustic.com All ages Always free, Dallas-based venue The Rustic brings in some of the best Americana from around the country while also hosting quality local acts. On top of the music, the bar serves up a surprisingly wide venue of homestyle food and a wide selection of Texas-brewed beers Tobin Center for the Performing Arts 100 Auditorium Circle tobincenter.org All ages, unless specified The recently opened Tobin Center for the Performing Arts certainly stands out as a crown jewel among San Antonio’s live

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BY CHRIS CONDE The best way to delve into any city’s music scene is to get the fuck out of your dorm room, apartment or parent’s basement and experience its bands and musicians onstage.

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in the region. Sing along to the electronic meancholy of “Hannah” and cry. And dance. Or both. They’re not mutually exclusive, you know.

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Vonna “Hannah” Bedroom pop at its finest, Vonna represents the current wave of lo-fi indie creators rising

Nahaya “Spark” Blending elements of hardcore punk, American thrash and European melodic death metal, Nahaya’s sound is a barrage of sonic ferocity and

Kree 23 “Determined” Kree 23 is one of San Antonio’s best-regarded rappers, and he flows with confidence and poise. For a strong sampling of his skills, check out the hazy boom-bap track “Determined.”

Available at soundcloud.com/kree23. facebook.com/Kreeativity23.

music venues. There’s not a bad seat in the house, and the sound and presentation are usually impeccable. By booking performers as diverse as Nas and Dolly Parton, the Tobin Center has shown itself to be a venue that refuses to be defined as anything other than its appetite for presenting quality entertainment.

Limelight 2718 N. St. Mary’s St. thelimelightsa.com 18+ A little more intimate than the Paper Tiger, but no less eclectic, the Limelight has emerged as a tour stop for underground hip-hop, metal, punk and artists exploring other edgy genres. Known for a chill atmosphere and top-notch sound system, the venue also hosts a lot of local artists’ album release shows. So, if you’re wanting to dig a little deeper into SA’s music scene, Limelight is a good spot to start.

Paper Tiger 2410 N. St. Mary’s St. papertigersatx.com All Ages With its opening, this hall-sized club on the St. Mary’s Strip turned heads with an eclectic and adventurous booking policy focused on high-caliber touring acts. Expect everything from indie pop,

it shines on the track “Spark.” Available on Spotify and iTunes. facebook.com/nahayaofficial.

Garrett T. Capps “Born in San Antone” Neo-honky tonk artist Garrett T. Capps’ “Born in San Antone” includes shout outs to Spurs players and references a laundry list of stuff locals should probably know about, so it’s a great introduction to the city on a couple of levels.

Available on Spotify and iTunes. facebook.com/ GarrettTCapps.

Buttercup “Henry B. Gonzalez” Indie rockers Buttercup are a mainstay of the San Antonio music scene — and for good reason. Few other bands can match the long-running outfit’s dynamic songwriting and passionate stage show. Available on Spotify and iTunes. facebook.com/buttercult.

Augie Meyers “Hey Baby Que Paso” Know this one, because it’s the official bar jukebox song of San Antonio. Augie Meyers was one part of the famed Texas Tornados who won a huge following for fusing country, rock and conjunto. Listen on iTunes and Spotify. facebook.com/augiemeyers.

Ammo for My Arsenal “Slave I” Fans of the heavy stuff will find both clever

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After a grueling first week of classes you’re not sure you signed up for the right ones. On top of that, your roommate’s a dud, and you’re sure your biology prof is out to fail half the class.

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hip-hop, metal, electronica and even the occasional soul show. This is the place to be if you’re eager to catch artists on the brink of blowing up — or if you simply crave great music.

Luna 6740 San Pedro Ave. lunalive.com Wednesdays and Thursdays 18+ / Fridays and Saturdays 21+ Luna may be one of the city’s best kept secrets. Who’d think that a club located in a nondescript — from the outside anyway — brick building near North Star Mall, hosts some of the city’s best jazz in a classy yet relaxed setting. Pro-tip: impress a future significant other and bring them here on a first date.

Aztec Theatre 104 N. St. Mary’s St. theaztectheatre.com All ages From Lauryn Hill and Mastodon to Marilyn Manson and Snoop Dogg, the Aztec Theatre hosts high-caliber touring acts whose audiences too big for venues such as the Paper Tiger but not enough to fill the AT&T Center. Make sure you explore the vintage theatre’s interior, which features Aztec architectural features and statues with eerie glowing eyes.

songwriting and turn-on-a-dime musicianship on metal act AFMA’s “Slave I.” The track creates the aural illusion that it’s folding in on itself, like bodies falling on top of other bodies. ammoformyarsenal1.bandcamp.com.

Alyson Alonzo “Your Return” A siren from the South Side, neo-soul artist Alyson Alonzo’s soulful crooning and live-beat looping continue to win over new fans. Find “Your Return” on Spotify and iTunes and find out why. facebook.com/alysonalonzomusic.

Bubble Puppy “Hot Smoke & Sasafrass” Plenty of bands like to say they play psychedelic rock these days. But how many can say they helped create the genre? That’s exactly what psych-rock veterans Bubble Puppy did during the ’60s. They continue to gig today, and their hit single “Hot Smoke & Sasafrass” is essential listening. Available on iTunes and Spotify. facebook.com/BubblePuppyBand.

Noise Quota “Neighbors” Incorporating elements of grunge, alt-rock and indie pop, Noise Quota’s “Neighbors” could be the perfect soundtrack for rocking out in the dorm room while your stupid roommate is out.

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Honky Keeps on Tonkin’ Garrett T. Capps to celebrate the release of new album All Right, All Night

BY JAMES COURTNEY San Antonio honky tonker, rock and roller and space-country captain Garrett T. Capps is on a hot streak.

In March 2018, Capps garnered considerable attention when his anthemic Southern rock song “Born in San Antone” received prominent feature in the opening of of Showtime’s hit show Billions’ third season.

In May of the same year, he released the adventurous space-country album Back in the Shadows (Again) — the first

in a planned trilogy of albums with his experimental country band Garrett T. Capps and NASA Country. Then, in April of this year, he dropped the barnburner of an album Sounds of San Antone with his honky-tonkin’ and roots-rockin’ garage band the Three Timers.

O n A ugs t 30, C a ps w i l l c e l e br a t e t he r e l ease of All Right, All Night, the second album in his space-country trilogy.

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also toured in Europe and played tons of Texas gigs with the Three Timers, did a West Coast stint with NASA Country and opened — along with a few partners — Lonesome Rose, the only honky tonk on the St. Mary’s strip.

With All Right, All Night, Capps said he wanted to “make a deliberate Texas country album in the style of, like, Robert Earl Keen or Pat Green.”

What he ended up with, though, is a nine-song album that may take some cues from those celebrated purveyors of new-school Texas country but mixes in enough other elements — traditional Texas country and Tex-Mex, experimental touches and Capps’ expansive sense of musical space — to make it something wholly original and endlessly listenable.

Produced by veteran Texas country mastermind Adam Odor and featur-

ing performances by Texas legends Augie Meyers and Lloyd Maines, this is Capps’ most ambitious and fully realized work to date.

The jangly and driving title track — also the release’s lead single — features gospel-like backing vocals and an earworm of a chorus. It also finds Capps executing on his considerable songwriting gifts as well or better than he ever has.

Capps said that the song, which came to him on a morning jog, is “probably the best song” he’s written.

The other eight tracks on the album, four of which are reworkings of songs from the Three Timers LP, include ace duets with fellow Americana rising stars Jamie Lin Wilson and Carson McHone. Several tracks — especially album closer “Brand New Dance” — showcase the best of what happens when Capps melds his more off-kilter sensibilities with his penchant for penning fine country tunes.

Despite its experimental overtones, the album is also straight-up radio ready. Which makes sense since Capps said he’s hoping this one will help propel him “to the next level.”

After Friday’s album release show, Capps and the NASA Country crew are heading to the Netherlands and Spain for a month of shows. Upon his return, Capps plans to hit the studio again and get to work on the third installment of his space-country trilogy.

Lucky for us, the man doesn’t rest.

Garrett T. Capps and NASA Country Album Release, featuring Kathryn Legendre, Jonathan Terrell and more. $10, 7 p.m., Friday, Aug. 30, Lonesome Rose, 2114 N. St. Mary’s St., (210) 455-0233, thelonesomerose.com.

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Friday, August 30 If you dug heavy rock in the ’90s, there’s a good chance you owned a mix CD featuring Molotov alongside bands like Korn and Limp Bizkit. Formed in 1995, the Mexico City four-piece mixes hip-hop grooves with elements of metal and alternative rock for a blend that placed them in the upper echelon of nu-metal acts back in the day. If you still need more enticement to consider adding this show to your to-do list, check out the band’s “Amateur (Rock Me Amadeus)” — and be sure to listen to it loud. $36, 7 p.m., Vibes Event Center, 1211 E. Houston St., (210) 255-3833, vibeseventcenter. com. — Chris Conde

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The zany, tongue-in-cover project from Zakk Wylde of Black Label Society seems like it’ll pair particularly well with the comedic stylings of Don Jamieson, who you may know from his time hosting VH1’s heavy metal talk show “The Metal Show.” A likely treat for those who don’t take their hard rock too seriously. $25-$49.50, 7 p.m., Aztec Theatre, 104 N. St. Mary’s, (210) 8124355, theaztectheatre.com. — James Courtney

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RAIN ON THE AFTERMATH, CODA VARY, BRIDGE 13, FREEDOM LEVEL

Zombies has lined up a stacked evening of local hard rock. Rain on The Aftermath describe themselves as a mix of unique originals and rock covers. Things will be heavy earlier in the evening with Bridge 13, who are poised to release a studio recording soon. $5, 21 and over, 9 p.m., Zombies Bar, 4202 Thousand Oaks Dr., (210) 281-3806, zombiesliveinsa.

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BLACK AND BROWN PUNK FEST Saturday, August 31

This Portland rock outfit with a penchant for fuzz and shredding comes to town touring behind a recently released fourth album called Can’t Tell Me No. $10, 7 p.m., Paper Tiger, 2410 N. St. Mary’s St., papertigersatx.com. — Jay Nanda

People of color, LGBTQ+ people and women are enjoying a higher profile in San Antonio’s punk scene thanks in part to the local collective Xingonas in the Pit. As part of that effort, the group — self-described as a de-colonial, feminist punk collective — is throwing its second annual Black and Brown Punk Texas Festival. The lineup — all bands featuring people of color — includes Dregs, Fantástico, Canción Cannibal Cabaret, Majority Bones, Ojos htx, V3CO, Dirt Pile, Mercutio and the Constantines, Anywhere Welcomes You, Kerry Melonson, Sacred Games and Black Mercy, among others. $5-$10 (sliding scale), 5 p.m., La Botanica, 2911 N. St Mary’s St., (210) 716-0702, vivalabotanica.com.

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ALTEON

Although Alteon emerged from Texas’ relatively underground techno scene last year, the duo’s sleek and sophisticated house sounds make it seem like it could pack stadiums in Europe. The outfit’s tight syncing of beats with visuals such as lighting effects and lasers suggest are putting it at the forefront of the Lone Star State’s emerging scene. $5, 8 p.m., Limelight, 2719 N. St Mary’s St., (210) 735-7775, thelimelightsa.com. — SS

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Even though the summer of ’19 has passed by in a humid breeze, here’s a chance to celebrate the coming of cooler temperatures with some of the Lone Star State’s best psych-rock bands.

Three Beards, Cuckoos, Kyle Moon & the Misled and the Matt Gilmour Band will provide the acid-drenched soundtrack. $5, 8 p.m., Amp Room, 2407 N. St. Mary’s St., (210) 320-2122, theamproom.com. — SS

THE REVIVALISTS, WHITE DENIM

Having formed in 2007, the New Orleans-based headliner the Revivalists named themselves after the upheaval their city undertook after Hurricane Katrina. The rootsy alt-rock outfit is now using its platform to “end gun violence” by donating 100 percent of proceeds from purchases of T-shirts bearing that moniker to the organization Everytown For Gun Safety. $36.49-$1,230.49, 7:30 p.m., Whitewater Amphitheater, 11860 FM 306, New Braunfels, TX 78132, (830) 964-3800, whitewaterrocks.com. — JN

Since his earliest days using his songwriting ability and diverse array of musical chops to help propel his younger sister Selena to the certified reina status she was born to achieve, A.B. Quintanilla III has been a prime player in Latin music — from Tejano to cumbia y mas. Four years after Selena’s life was cut short, Quintanilla came roaring back from an understandable hiatus with Kumbia Kings. The band quickly became an international sensation, blending cumbia with pop and rock elements. After a smattering of album releases and world tours, Quintanilla left the band in 2006. He dropped his first album with the Kumbia All Starz that same year and has hardly missed a beat since. A dynamic performer leading an exceedingly tight band, Quintanilla hardly has anything left to prove, yet he continues cementing his legacy as a songwriter and musician. $29-$74, 7 p.m., Aztec Theatre, 104 N. St. Mary’s St., (210) 8124355, theaztectheatre.com. — JC

HOSTILE, DEADLY OMENS, BLOODLINE

Three Texas metal acts — two specializing in originals and one an Anthrax tribute band — are bringing a taste for mayhem to town.

Hard rock haven Bonds makes a fitting venue for such shenanigans. $7, 8 p.m., Bonds 007 Rock Bar, 450 Soledad St., (210) 225-0007, bonds007rockbar.com. — James Courtney

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FOREVER STARTS TODAY, KID YOURSELF, OVER THE HORIZON

Hailing from Austin, Forever Starts Today is bringing its pop-punk sounds to San Antonio as part of a tour of Texas and the Midwest. Vocalist Christina Murphy got her start doing YouTube covers back in the day — aka 2013. Free, 8 p.m., Amp Room, 2407 N. St. Mary’s St., (210) 320-2122, theamproom.com. — Mike McMahan

BOZ SCAGGS

With his easy grooving and blue-eyed soul crooning, Boz Scaggs was one of the poster boys for yacht rock, the smooth sound that dominated the mid-to-late ’70s FM dial. Even though he’s best known for his West Coasttinged hits “Lowdown” and “Lido Shuffle,” Scaggs actually has Texas roots. $39.50, 8 p.m., Tobin Center, 100 Auditorium Circle, (210) 2238624, tobincenter.org. — Shannon Sweet

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Fans of locally grown indie rock of the heavy, nebulous and shape-shifting variety may want to be in attendance this weekend as the Black Market Club celebrates the release of a new single, the band’s first recorded output since 2016. The five-piece makes music that starts with indie rock sensibilities and branches out across an eclectic array of musical territory, including progressive rock, math rock, alt-rock and even hardcore. And, even if none of those genres are necessarily your cup of tea, you still may be drawn in by the way the Black Market Club brings them all together into a unified-but-dichotomous, familiar-but-original whole. Check out the band’s music over at theblackmarketclub.bandcamp.com if you’re curious how it all works together. The bill also includes support from local off-kilter indie outfit St. Dukes and Southpaux, a San Antonio-based act making its debut. $10-$20, 8 p.m., 502 Bar, 502 Embassy Oaks, (210) 257-8125, 502bar.com. — James Courtney sacurrent.com | August 28-September 10, 2019 | CURRENT

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Sunday, September 1 Concert promoter Margin Walker united a stellar lineup of Latinx acts including Neon Indian, Empress Of, La Goony Chonga, Luna Luna and Selena tribute act Bidi Bidi Banda for a four-city Texas tour called ¡Eso Es! What’s especially dope is that the promoter has since announced that all proceeds from the San Antonio, Austin, Houston, and Dallas shows will be donated to the El Paso Community Foundation to help families affected by the border city’s recent mass shooting. $25-$35, 7 p.m., Paper Tiger, 2410 N. St. Mary’s St., (210) 841-3771, papertigersatx.com. — CC Mike Cicchetti

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Let the musicians do the work this holiday weekend. This horn-fueled conglomeration will bring the funk that included four consecutive gold albums and one of the platinum variety. The band’s 20 hit singles included eight top-10 R&B smashes between 1977 and 1986. Comedian host Bernita Ward and R&B singer Meli’sa Morgan round out what’s being billed as Labor Day Jam. $40-$50, 7 p.m., Carver Community Cultural Center, 226 N. Hackberry St., (210) 207-7211, thecarver.org. — JN

Wednesday, September 4

TEENAGE BOTTLEROCKET

Hailing from the early 2000s era of skate punk, Teenage Bottle Rocket embody the genre’s aggressive yet care-free sound. $12-$15, 8 p.m., Paper Tiger, 2410 N. St. Mary’s St., (210) 841-3771, papertigersatx.com. — CC

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Being billed as the Labor Doom Experience, this bill brings together low-and-slow outfits from San Antonio and Austin for an evening of darkness and mayhem. $8, 8 p.m., Limelight, 2719 N. St Mary’s St., (210) 735-7775, thelimelightsa.com. — SS

CARLOS RIVERA

The sky’s been the limit for this Mexican pop star since he debuted his self-titled album in 2006 at the age of 20. In between that milestone and his pre-Labor Day visit to the Alamo City were acting appearances in the Spanish-language productions of Beauty and the Beast and The Lion King, the latter in the role of Simba. Hear him roar on hits such as “La Malageña” and “Amar y Vivir.” $59-$129, 6 p.m., Aztec Theatre, 104 N. St. Mary’s St. (210) 812-4355, theaztectheatre.com. — JN

A quick looksee at The Toasters promo materials make it clear they’ve mastered marketing.

In case you couldn’t tell from their logo or their recent announcement that they’re playing with Social Distortion and other like-minded brethren, they’re ska. And they’ve earned that prestigious company, having originally formed in 1981 and released nine LPs. $5-$15, 8 p.m., Paper Tiger, 2410 N. St. Mary’s St., papertigersatx.com. — MM

Friday, September 6

Q — THE MUSIC OF QUEEN

The music of Queen has been back in the spotlight thanks to a certain movie you may have heard of — or even seen. Freddie Mercury isn’t comin’ back around and the Freddieless Queen isn’t exactly a touring machine, but we do have tributes to tide us over. Regrettably, despite this one’s name, it’s not fronted by the pompous Star Trek: The Next Generation villain.

Now there would be a schtick! $13-$16, 6:30 p.m., Aztec Theatre, 104 N. St. Mary’s St., theaztectheatre.com. — MM

JOHN MAYER

It’s easy to hate on singer-songwriter John Mayer, especially if you’ve only been acquainted with his radio-friendly work. However, anyone familiar with the work of his John Mayer Trio, knows the boy can wrangle a mean blues guitar. Those skill even allowed him to sub for the late Jerry Garcia in the Dead & Company, the touring band featuring other former Grateful Dead members. $49-$186, 7:30 p.m., AT&T Center, One AT&T Center Parkway, (210) 444-5000, attcenter.com. — CC

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Sunday, September 1

New-school Texas country meets old-school Texas landscape in this sure-to-be-sweltering outdoor hoedown. Good thing the cooling Comal River is nearby. $27.25-$1,230.49, 7:30 p.m., Whitewater Amphitheater, 11860 FM 306, New Braunfels, (830) 964-3800, whitewaterrocks.com. — JC

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Get your Fixx with one of the acts that dominated pop radio in the ’80s. While it would be upsetting if the band closed its show with anything but “One Thing Leads to Another,” other hits like “Red Skies” and “Saved by Zero” should be instantly recognizable with anyone familiar with the era, whether or not they were old enough to tune the dial back then. $35, 8 p.m., Sam’s Burger Joint, 330 E. Grayson St., (210) 223-2830, samsburgerjoint.com. — JN

Saturday, September 7

BILLY MATA AND THE TEXAS TRADITION, BIG CEDAR FEVER

Mata, a native San Antonian and three-time AWA Western Swing Vocalist of the Year, celebrates his birthday with a show in Helotes backed by his Texas Western Swing Hall of Fame band. Openers Big Cedar Fever formed in January 2018 and have already grabbed awards and attention with their authentic sound. $15-$20, 7 p.m., 18-and-over, John T. Floore Country Store, 14492 Old Bandera Road, Helotes, (210) 695-8827, liveatfloores.com. — JN

Sunday, September 8

SOUNDS OF ALAMO CITY

What better way to showcase San Antonio’s new musical blood than to pack a bunch of rising talent onto one stage? This homegrown festival features the Gunslingers, River Baron and the Campfire Song Circle featuring Laura Marie, Sierra Lynn, Jeff Jacobs, and Larry D. Moralez.

They’re hungry and ready to show you what they’ve got. $5-$25, 1 p.m., Sam’s Burger Joint, 330 E. Grayson St., (210) 223-2830, samsburgerjoint. com. — SS

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KISS is one of those rare rock bands that has left an indelible mark on both the sound and visual aesthetics of the genre. Formed in the early 1970s, the band helped define heavy metal music for the mainstream. With its iconic black and white makeup and campy and over-the-top stage shows, KISS also helped make it alright to be weird, giving generations of fans and budding musicians alike license to embrace rock ’n’ roll abandon — and, to a great extent, their own silliness — wholeheartedly. A 2014 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductee and one of the biggest selling acts of all time, KISS will come to San Antonio on its End of the Road tour, billed as its last ever. As such, it may amount to a can’t-miss show, whether you’re a devoted, lifelong fan or a curious newbie looking to understand the band’s mystique once and for all. $46-$1000, 7:30 p.m., AT&T Center, One AT&T Center, (210) 444-5000, attcenter.com. — JC

You know Benatar’s iconic hits “Love is a Battlefield,” “Hit Me with Your Best Shot” and “Heartbreaker.”

Even if you didn’t get the chance to see she and her band rock them live during their ’80s heyday experience her music live, Benatar and her partner on and off the stage, guitarist Neil Giraldo, are returning to SA to keep the music alive. And it does hold up surprisingly well. Not only does Benatar continue to be an influential songwriter and performer, her perseverance in a male-dominated industry helped pave the way for other female rockers to build on her success. $39.50, 7:30 p.m., Tobin Center, 100 Auditorium Circle, (210) 223-8624, tobincenter.org. — CC

Thursday, September 5

HOTROD HILLBILLIES

Hailing from Austin, this punkabilly-cowpunk trio brings an outrageous barnyard barfight vibe that could only be born of the Lone Star State. Free, 7 p.m., El Luchador, 622 Roosevelt Ave., (210) 272-0016, facebook.com/luchadorbarsa. com. — JC

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MATILDA SMEDIUS VOICE OF

BRIGITTE

ACADEMIA

CHLOE HOLLINGS VOICE OF

MY HERO

OVERWATCH

with special guests_

LUCI CHRISTIAN VOICE OF

OCHACO

JUSTIN BRINER VOICE OF

DEKU

CLIFFORD CHAPIN VOICE OF

BAKUGO

Labor Day Weekend Aug. 30 - Sept. 1, 2019 • Tickets + Info at san-japan.org