Well it looks like DMP cleaned up - which is a message to all bands - if you don't promote your band and spread the word like DMP did for this - you cannot get any accolades or recognition. I will admit, DMP are one of my favorite bands to watch and definitely a pick for a band I'd go see to have a good time - but my comments on some bands that were left out.

Best Singer - Brou is good no doubt, I think that Matt Barker deserved some recognition as well as Laura Marie.

Indie-Rock band should have gone to Buttercup hands down. DMP was right for being on the Hip-Hop list, or they could have been listed under R&B as well.

Yay for Hyperbubble's victory! Yay for DJ Jester!!

Best concert flier has to be Tattooed Boy (sp?) - his flyers for the Girl In a Coma shows are top notch.

Lastly, the best music website in town is Robb's MetalWorks - a lot of work and determination is put into making that website one of the best ones to go to for Metal, not only for San Antonio, but perhaps on the planet!

I would like for the Current to have listed perhaps runners-up in the categories, or better yet, list the top five vote-getters and then have the readers vote from a poll standpoint, and not just a write-in one.

Poor Ram...I bet he is rolling in his grave being associated with such garbage.

Thank you San Antonio for the award.....Ram loved me!!?

It usually takes a few days to get a person to judge and complain about the winners. The only thing i have to pass on is this: if you don't like what you see MOVE ON. I know San Antonio may not be the best music scene compared to Los Angeles, New York and even Austin. But you know what, have some hometown pride. If you don't like it, MOVE ON. My next question is what is wrong with just having their families supporting them? What;s wrong with that? You're in San Antonio and we have huge familias.

Furthermore, the San Antonio Current just covered a young band YOUNG GENERATION and they're local and they have sold their share of CDs. Again being supported by their family. Why don't you allow others enjoy their special craft? These people are not hurting anyone; not forcing you to sit and listen to them. Bud, just MOVE ON. If you think you're any better, why don't you do something to make things better?

You claim that the local clubs are run by people that want to make money and showcase bad shows. If you know any of them trying to take advantage, of the bands and the public; what are YOU doing about it?

I had the opportunity to know Ram Ayala. Let me tell you, he did not cared about the music you played. He did not cared if all you had just family coming to the shows. He did not care about what was selling and what was not selling in the market. He never judge a band or a performer. He just loved music. He respected all musicians equally. Taco Land is a monument to many local bands; because they had their best shows there. Ram was always jamming at the bar serving up drinks. Taco Land is a local monument. Support your local bands, artists, music stores, and underground stations. Don't let this bad vibes carry on. In the spirit or Ram Ayala "FUCK YOU ASSHOLE and MOVE ON." Let the music do the talking. I love San Antonio, do you???

Sounds like another bitter, self-conscious LOSER. Mad at the world because of his own failures. Take responsibility do something productive with yourself. The San Antonio music scene is beautiful , well and thriving.

I like how the same bands keep appearing over and over and over and over and over in the SA Current. Nice.

High5mary: You should have directed that comment to the voters, they're the ones that put these musicians on this page. If you think the same bands keep appearing in the Current then suggest something new.

I bet no has ever heard of Studio 37; which is funny for a studio to be around for less than a year and take 2007. You should check them out. http://www.studio37av.com

I find it just wrong that you glorify Ram after he passed. After all it was the Current that refused to list ANY activity at Tacoland because of a song Ram refused to take off his jukebox. The song was "My Wife Left Me For a Nigger". The name of the artist escapes me. The local band DNR did their spin on the deal with their song "Fuck the Current". They played it everytime they played Tacoland because their gigs never were mentioned in the paper. I find a kind of double standard coming from you guys. Shame on you. God bless Ram!

I joined the Current staff as arts editor in December 1993, and if that was the policy, I never heard about it. We've written about Taco Land, the late great Ram, and Ram Jam repeatedly since I became editor in spring 2006. Nicole Chavez, our calendar editor, and Gilbert Garcia, our music editor, are both fans. Whoever authored or promoted that policy is long gone -- "you guys" is an anachronism in this case. Check out the masthead some time.

Pardon the atrocious math -- December 2003 that would be.

I miss the SA NEWS!!!

The Tim and Bob Show? Nice how these people stuff the ballot box! DMP are a good choice, but the rest? Shows how out of touch the Current is, and how the writers' and editors' favorite bands always seem to get coverage and awards!

Wow! The more I read...the more thats questioned.

Fuck, The Current & Jim Beal Jr. To!!!!

hey I think Dog Men Poets should have won best Chinese Restaurant. I didn't even know these guys were still together.