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NEWS
Bus Ride to Common Ground By Marsha Griffin, MD & Gene Novogrodsk
It wasn’t just a bus ride that began in the pre-dawn paste that is the air of the Rio Grande Valley in July. Delegates from the RGV’s democratic parties headed to Austin at 4:30 a.m.. on Friday, June 6, riding a bus destined for the Texas Democratic Convention. Edgy was the crowd, as we loaded delegates along the way from Brownsville, stopping for more passengers in Harlingen, Raymondville and Kingsville. Clinton and Obama delegates filled the aisles, each camp passionately believing that they had the best and most unique candidate.
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Interview
The House Gig Ain’t UpInterview by David Robeldo
Steve Molina knocks ’em dead every night.
If he’s not hitting the highest note Steve Perry ever laid down on an eight-track recorder, he’s busting their nuts.
“Did any of you all ever hear a song I wrote?” he asks a Saturday night crowd that’s hidden mostly in the shadows of The Cantina. A fake wolf hides on a fake bluff. And a Santa Fe sky seems at a perpetual twilight, the bar’s innate black and purple shadows reflecting off sandstone walls and a Southwestern ceramic-tiled bar.
“It’s called All My Exes Change Their Sexes.”
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opinion
Cardinal inconsistency By E. Bills
THE VATICAN added seven additional deadly sins to the original seven back in March. To the list of lust, gluttony, greed, sloth, wrath, envy and pride, we are now expected to avoid pollution, genetic engineering, obscene riches, drug dealing, abortion, pedophilia and social injustice.
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Food
The Cafe On The Beach 3616 Gulf Blvd, Padre Island
It’s the foodie’s find of the year so far for South Texas Nation... a perfectly charming cabana overlooking the South Padre Island surf, open 365 days a year.
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third coast
ConjuntoBy David Robledo
Some say Conjunto was born when a German ship filled with accordions wrecked in the Gulf of Mexico. Colorful accordions spilled into South Texas, digging roots for a musical genre that would flower throughout the Rio Grande Valley and become synonymous with its culture.
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July '08 Calendar