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Cate Grimes

Editor’s Note

When we sat down to chat with Dan Brodhag, we were also gearing up to start filming a music video for his song “Best Offer” off his debut album “Sleeping Dogs.” And that got me to wondering why not more musicians or bands made videos for their songs? I mean there’s a lot of filmmakers in Corpus Christi, right? Every year for the Corpus Christi 7 Day Film Project hundreds of wannabe filmmakers show up to participate and make a short film in 7 days. And a music video can essentially be a short film which was what we were doing. Maybe there’s just not enough professional equipment in the city? But with the way technology is nowadays that seems unlikely. I mean, Corpus has a flourishing music scene with acts in every musical genre imaginable, so why not go forth and explore?That question may never be answered, but it was

fun to help out a local act like Dan and be the guy to shoot his first video. Maybe it’ll catch on, and we’ll see more videos go in to production around the city. Corpus is gorgeous after all.Anyway, here’s a few stills from the shoot.

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aturday, May 31, saw the return of Rumble on the River. Now in its

ninth year, the Rumble had humble enough beginnings. It began nearly 10 years ago when some decided to get together and throw a little shindig for Matt Hole from Matt Hole and the Hot Rod Gang.

While not yet named Rumble by the River, it continued on again for the second year and gained USA Military Veterans Motorcycle Club, who set

up and raise money for various military organi-zations, as their sponsor.

In its third year the party moved to Dan Brodhag’s home by the river, gained its name-sake, and that is where it’s been held to this day.

Tons of bikers, musi-cians and fans flock to area every year, and it seems to be getting bigger and better.

This year’s lineup included Matt Hole and the Hot Rod Gang, Mikey Rivera Jr., Ty Dietz, Johnson Grass,

Thomas Elskes, Surlee, Tyler McCumber, Jason Maddox, Pete Devlin, Paul Sutherland and Richie Allbright.

Not too shabby for a $5 entry fee.

It’s usually held the last weekend in April, so make sure to keep tabs on when next year’s Rumble will be happening.

It’s the 10-year anni-versary, so be expecting something pretty awe-some.

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RIVER RUMBLERS Fans from all over Texas showed up to the 9th Annual Rumble on the River hosted by Dan Brodhag at his casa by the river.

GETTING DOWN BY THE RIVER Paul Sutherland (above) was one of many musicians that performed through-out the day starting from above right: Matt Hole and the Hot Rod Gang, Johnson Grass and Surlee.

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The 1998 anime (Japanese animat-ed movie) “Akira” is based on the

manga (Japanese comic) of the same name by Katsuhiro Otomo who subsequently went on to direct the film.

The manga is more than 2,000 pages long, but most of the middle sec-tion was omitted from the anime version, obviously for running time require-ments, even though the film still clocks in at 124 minutes.

Basically, “Akira” is a cyberpunk action film that takes place during 2019 in a dystopian ver-sion of Tokyo called Neo-Tokyo after World War III. It involves rival biker gangs, telekinetic powers and a lot of really great animation.

The plot is a bit crazy, so you’d have to watch the film to really get it.

“Akira” has become a huge cult hit amongst comic book junkies and anime fans alike. It ush-ered in new techniques in anime that are still used to this day. It’s a mas-sive, gorgeous, epic mas-terpiece.

So, naturally, Hollywood stepped in and scooped up the remake rights in 2002 with Leonardo DiCaprio pro-ducing.

It’s now 2014, and we still don’t have a live action remake of “Akira”. And while that’s great news for most fans, some of us would still love to see that version realized at some point.

The released story-boards and concept art reveal much of the anime’s mind-blowing design work was still intact for various versions of the film which moves

from Neo-Tokyo to New Manhattan.

THE ACTORSThe list of potential

actors signed on or in con-sideration for the leads, Kaneda and Tetsuo, has grown quite a bit over the years.

In 2009, DiCaprio and Joseph Gordon-Levitt were considered, with concept art featuring the latter in full costume. The following year, Zac Efron entered negotiations to star as Tetsuo.

And a bit later, Garrett Hedlund, Michael Fassbender, Justin Timberlake, Joaquin Phoenix, Chris Pine, Chris Evans and Keanu Reeves were rumored for

the Kaneda role.And as for the love

interest, Kei, the list was long as well with Keira Knightley, Freida Pinto, Rooney Mara, Abbie Cornish, Blake Lively and Mila Kunis being consid-ered for the role.

As of November 2011, Kristen Stewart (“Twilight”) was in advanced negotiations for the role, but was never publicly secured or con-firmed.

Later that year, a post appeared online looking for a male of “any ethnic-ity” who is 20-25 years old and “strung out, intense, a street rat” as well as the lead female who had to be “tough, sexy, strong willed and street savvy.”

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THE LONG, HARD JOURNEY OF A LITTLE MOVIE CALLED

AKIRANEW NEW YORK The script is supposedly changing locales from Neo-Tokyo to New Manhattan, which has been hinted at being owned mostly by the Japanese.

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Seeing how the main concern for the film has always been keeping the budget from skyrocket-ing, casting unknowns might’ve been an option at this point.

The last announced casting for the lead was Garrett Hedlund (“Tron: Legacy”) with Keira Knightley (“Pride and Prejudice”) as the love interest.

DIRECTORSRuairí Robinson was

the director announced to helm the project in 2008 but later, in 2009, announced he dropped out. Then came “Book of Eli” directors Allen and Albert Hughes in 2010. Albert

Hughes decided to tackle it himself, turning the epic into two parts. He eventually left over cre-ative differences in 2011.

Spanish director Jaume Collet-Serra signed on shortly after, but production was shut down for the fourth time, and Serra went on to m a k e t h e

Liam Neeson films “Non-Stop” and “Run All Night.”

Just this February, Serra returned and stated the project is still underway with him as the director and should begin filming later this year.

But he created a few speed bumps for him-self when he stated his opinions about the source material during an inter-view with Comingsoon.net that “nobody’s inter-esting. Tetsuo’s interest-ing because weird sh*t happens to him, and Kaneda is so two-dimen-sional.”

Then on the subject of Japanese fiction as a whole, he said, “[it’s] part of the Japanese culture; they never have strong characters. They’re used as a way to move

the other philosophy for-ward.”

The statements angered journalists and fans alike, and that was the last he publicly spoke of the project.

BUDGETThe first time the

film was considered for production as a live action movie was in the early 1990s when Sony Pictures attempted to mount the production but scrapped it when the budget ballooned to upwards of $300 million.

So far, rights holders Warner Brothers report-edly just want to put up and estimated $70 mil-lion for the feature film.

For a story of this scale, the budget seems ridicu-lously low with most summer films regularly

costing north of $100 million on each

picture.

VERDICTWhether this film will

ever get off the ground, much less be any good, is still way up in the air. The list of actors is inter-esting, and changing the setting from Japan to America is intrigu-ing, but at the end of the day the project just seems like too much of a gamble.

While I do hope for the

best, I’m not holding my breath to see it playing on screens anytime soon.

So until then, I’ll kick back and watch the Blu-Ray of the anime at home and imagine how awe-some a live action version could be if they just do it right. But, if Hollywood history has proven any-thing, it has the potential to be a disaster of epic proportions.

THE AMERICANS Chris Evans (left) and Joseph Gordon-Levitt were obviously choices for the lead roles as they were even rendered into concept art by James Clyne.

THE NEED FOR SPEED one of the most memorable scenes in the ‘Akira’ anime was fully realized in stunning detail.

KILLER RIDE Kaneda’s iconic motorbike from the anime (top) got revamped in the concept art, adding leather seats and an all-new collection of stickers and logos to reflect the change in regions.

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When I first met Daniel B r o d h a g , who is affec-

tionately known to many of his friends as Dan or Dano, it was while he was recording tracks for his first and only album Sleeping Dogs.

During the following year we would share a “few” beers and sto-ries together. You see, Brodhag’s a quiet, hum-ble guy. Not shy, he just never interrupts people while they speak or waits for his turn to talk. He always seems to listen to what you have to say.

A rare attribute these days.

He has a ton of friends, and everywhere he goes people seem to know him. He’s very generous, too.

Just the other week-end, as we arrived at his home by the river late at night, there was a rather large gathering of musi-cians and friends hanging out, having a good time at

his place. He just smiled and joined in on the fes-tivities.

Brodhag sort of got into the whole songwrit-ing thing pretty late in the game. Listening to his debut record though, it sounds as if it couldn’t have been recorded before it was.

It’s full of years spent living, loving and learn-ing.

Young Gun“I started playing in

my early teens,” Brodhag recalled. “My brother taught me how to fin-ger pick, and I worked on it for quite a while and never really did any-thing with it. Just kind of plunked around for years.”

“My brother was an exceptional musician. He played drums, dobro, classical guitar. He could read transcriptions and do Segovia and stuff like that.”

Brodhag ended up mar-

ried by the age of 19 and went on about his life, picking up the guitar every once in a while.

It wouldn’t be until his early 40s that he would actually start to get a lit-tle more serious about the playing.

“I was probably 42 or 43. I was getting a divorce, and I worked in a machine shop in town, and one of our customers invited me to a little after party in his shop.”

“They’d sit there on the weekends and drink beer, and they all played a little bit, so they all encouraged me to come out and bring my guitar and play.”

They eventually moved from the shop to The Texan, which was a gro-cery store and is now a bar. Dan’s girlfriend at the time worked there, and the guys would show up on Fridays during her shift and would song swap around a table.

“No one was an accom-plished or anything like

that; we were just plunk-ing around doing Marshal Tucker stuff.

“I was writing a little bit back then,” Brodhag paused to try and remem-ber the songs. “Very few of those songs I even remember or wrote down. But I was getting a pretty good response like ‘play that one’ or ‘play this one’, so it encouraged me to write more and do more of my own stuff.”

Under the Influence

During the divorce, Brodhag decided to stay away from his local haunts for obvious rea-sons. And that lead to an encounter that would change his musical aspi-rations for the time being.

“I’ve lived in Corpus my whole life, and I knew everybody. Everybody wanted to talk about how sorry they are about how things went, blah, blah, blah, and I didn’t want to hear it; I didn’t want to talk about it.

“So I used to get on my bike and ride over to Aransas Pass because it was the closest place that had a bunch of beer joints.

So I started to hang out in Aransas Pass.

“I had never heard of Jimmy Trout before except for all the tip jars in all the bars I went to were trying to get money to get Jimmy out of jail.

“So I participated in that.”

Later on, coming back from Port Aransas, he stopped into The Doghouse, a local bar, and ran into Trout in the nearly empty bar as he was setting up for a gig.

“He was a real outgoing guy, so he came bebop-ping up and introduced himself, and I said, ‘Hey, man, I helped you get out

of jail,’ which he appreci-ated.

“He asked me if I played, and I said I played a little bit. So he handed me the guitar, and said ‘Play me something.’ So I played him one of my songs.

“He sat there and crossed his arms and said, ‘Play me another one.’ So I played another one.”

They quickly became friends, and Trout would hire Brodhag to open up for him for a while after that.

Trout would also fre-quent the Humble Time Radio Show in New Braunfels. During the show, musicians would be invited to play three songs live in front of an audience. The best songs would be chosen and broadcast over the air.

“I’ll never forget. It was the first time, and he said, ‘Let’s go play the Humble Time Show,’ and I just said sure. I’d been playing at the Doghouse, and it was always a small but appreciative crowd.

“And then I got in there, and the place was packed. There was about 100 people in a pretty

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‘My voice was quivering.

They probably thought I had

a natural tremolo or

something.’

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small room. I remember the closer it got ’til it was my turn to play I kept thinking, ‘Man, I can’t do this. I’ve never played a venue like this in front of people like this with my own stuff.’

“It came off all right; I got up on stage, and they had an issue with the sound, so I had to sit up there for three or four minutes while they were working on it, and I think it worked in my favor. My nerves settled a little bit.

“I listened to that recording after it was done, and I was shaky. My voice was quivering. They probably thought I had a natural tremolo or something,” he laughed.

“I thought I was just going to wet my pants and go running off the stage. I didn’t think I’d get through three songs.”

Brodhag ended up being nominated along with Trout for one of Humble Time Radio’s annual awards. It was for the ‘Heart’ award which went to honest songs written by the songwriter.

He and Trout would both lose out to now-close-friend Al Barlow.

And every time Brodhag would return to

the show he’d make the cut.

‘Sleeping Dogs’If we go back to when

I first met Brodhag, dur-ing his recording session, I had no idea the magic that was being recorded around me.

While I was friends with most of the other guys, Brodhag was always just there, lurk-

ing on the sidelines. I honestly had no idea they were working on his record.

“Tony Saracene and Tyler McCumber had everything set up at Tyler’s house in Swinney Switch, and even though I’ve known Tyler through the years more as an acquaintance than a friend, not somebody I would hang out with.”

The studio space which doubles as a home is known as M.I.M.I., McCumber’s Institute for the Musically Illiterate.

“So I’d bump into them at shows here and there, and they said to come on over because they things set up to do some recordings. It was George Hermes that finally one day said, ‘Well, I’ll just come and pick you up, and we’ll go out there and just see how it goes;’ and he did.”

For roughly the next 20 weeks the group would gather on Thursday with whichever musicians and singers they needed for that session and work on Brodhag’s debut album.

You would walk

into the living room of McCumber’s house, and there would be everyone in a circle ready to play the next Brodhag tune, Saracene with head-phones askew on his head.

They ended up with 18 or 19 tracks recorded, and 10 were chosen for Sleeping Dogs.

Endgame?Showing up fashion-

ably late to the music scene, Brodhag comes at it with a different view.

“I don’t want to tour. I don’t want to put a band together and hit the road or nothing like that.

“I guess I’d like to get my stuff heard more than I would like to get it sold. To that end, I’ve given away a lot more CDs than I’ve sold,” he laughs.

And with new songs and an eye on the a new record already, he’s just taking things a day at a time.

“It’s more of a see where it goes sort of a thing. I know there’s

people out there looking to make a living with it, and some of them are doing a pretty good job.

“But it’s not my biggest ambition. I like doing the shows. I like getting up and playing and things like that. I get a lot of free beer so that helps a

lot,” he laughed.

“I make $100 here or there. Fifty dollars here or there. But I guess I just want people to hear my stuff.”

And with his first album only a few months old, the world finally can.

‘I like getting up and

playing and things like

that. I get a lot of free beer so that helps a

lot.’

Daniel Brodhag’s debut album ‘Sleeping Dogs’ is 10 tracks of pure Americana storytelling. Each song unravels with tangible emotion and unique sensibilities. The song ‘Alamo’ places you directly in the line of fire, leaving the heart as its only casualty of war. ‘Borders’ nearly puts you in a modern western down at the Mexican border.But it’s the track ‘Best Offer’ where Brodhag truly lets his emotional side shine. The song describes his pining for a long, lost love and how he’ll take whatever he can get as long as she’s near.‘Sleeping Dogs’ is a remarkable record from beginning to end and bests most seasoned artists.

Sleeping DogsDaniel Brodhag

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interview

From an outsider’s perspective, most people think that Corpus Christi really

doesn’t have a lot going on.

But they would certain-ly be wrong.

Since November 2012, husband and wife team Jason and Johanna (the “H” is silent) DuBois have single-handedly run a local record label in Corpus Christi called Cliff House Records.

Coming from different backgrounds, Jason, a historian, and Johanna who has a background in psych/communica-tion & counseling, this is purely a passion for them.

STXscene: So, why did you decide to start a record label?

Jason: Since I was a young kid, I was really into Nirvana. He (Kurt Cobain) would always talk about bands like Superchunk and SonicYouth. Then I learned about Superchunk who had

started the Merge record label and they were real-ly doing some amazing things.

I always admired the indie labels because that was all the music that I liked. I always wanted to be in a band but there was something about fostering good music and trying to share it that

really motivated me.Johanna: Mine

comes from a more recent [interest]. We’d go to a lot of concerts, we met bands and heard some of their stories.

There was this one art-ist in particular, a young guy that was so talented and so amazing, that sounded like he really got screwed over by his record label. He was real-ly getting the short end of the stick and that’s just something I noticed.

But I guess what got us more on the trajec-tory was The Blind Owls. We met them at Studio B and I was so struck by their talent –

Jason: It was cool because they noticed us first. I’ll always remem-ber that we were walking past them and they said, ‘Hey, nice glasses!’

And, of course, any-one who knows the Blind Owls know they all wear glasses.

Jason: We were both wearing our glasses so that’s how we struck up a conversation with them. These guys were so unique.

But I also saw talent like Black Milk, and I just loved their mix of melody with a raw anger, very grunge, and I thought I‘d really love to invest in

these guys. I’d really love to see (all these bands) grow.

What’s particularly cool about Cliff House Records, is that they spe-cialize in releasing their

artists albums solely on vinyl.

Johanna: Our pri-mary focus has been just getting all our artists out on vinyl.

STX: And why is that? Do you guys just love vinyl personally? Is it a nostalgic thing?

Jason: There’s just something so nice about having the physical media and the huge artwork. Dropping the needle and it just feels so alive! It’s an experience. You can put a [record] on and it almost feels like the band is in the room with you. It doesn’t feel the same when [the content] is all transferred to ones and zeros.

Johanna agrees. Some of the main art-

ists on their label now are The Boxing Lesson, Obscured By Echoes, and of course, The Blind Owls. And Cliff House Records are single-handedly responsible for releasing two out of the three (so far) on vinyl: The Boxing Lesson and Obscured By Echoes.

They describe The Boxing Lesson as Pink Floyd-esque, pyschedel-ic rock and Obscured By Echoes as “hauntingly eery.”

Johanna said of OBE, “What they’re doing right now is really beautiful. And you can buy it at Disc-Go-Round.”

In fact, The Boxing Lesson is available there too.

STX: So why the name Cliff House Records? What’s the significance?

Johanna: Before we got married, we were liv-ing at The Cliff House, a high-rise condominium downtown. It was beauti-ful. We had a great view of the coliseum which I

was very attached to.(When they tore it

down) we intentionally went to brick give-away day and got some of the bricks for our own yard.

So when we left there and got a house, I want-ed to pay homage to the place I love and miss. So it makes me happy to bring that into what

we’re doing now.It’s rare to find such

a hard-working, intel-ligent and fun-loving couple who are passion-ate about what they’re doing and believe so strongly in nurturing and growing their artists tal-ent. Especially in Corpus Christi.

“Go forward and look up,” Jason says. “We have a great scene here and it should be appreci-ated.”

You can more info on the label by heading here cliffhouse-records.s q u a r e s p a c e . c o m and facebook.com/CliffHouseRecords.Indie record label Cliff House

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RECORD MANIFESTO Cliff House Records released Obscured by Echoes LP on vinyl which is one of the labels main goals, because everyone can agree that everything sounds better on vinyl.

THE BOXING LESSON

Austin’s The Boxing Lesson formed in Los Angeles by Paul Waclawsky in 2002 where they released 2 EPs on their own label, Send Me Your Head Records. In 2004 Waclawsky headed from California to Texas, and assembled a new lineup which included Jaylinn Davidson on synthesizers and Jake Mitchell on drums.While in Texas, the band took a full year writing and practicing new material before playing live. The tracks would be featured on the EP Songs in the Key of C which Smother Magazine wrote, “The Boxing Lesson are an indie rock band on a mission to the moon.”In 2008 the band self-released their debut album Wild Streaks & Windy Days at SXSW. The band recorded and released a few EPs since, with Big Hits! being The Boxing Lesson’s first full album in five years. It was released at the 2013 SXSW festival.

You can hear The Boxing Lesson’s latest Big Hits! at

theboxinglesson.bandcamp.com as well as purchase the vinyl edition released through Cliff House

Records.

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Back in 2012, “Watch Dogs” made waves with its grand debut, and since then, the gaming com-munity has been buzzing with anticipation for the game. Critics and gamers alike could not wait to get their hands on Ubisoft’s fresh new IP (Intellectual Property).

“Watch Dogs” was set to be released during the launch of the next-gen consoles, but a month before release, it was delayed six months.

The gaming community became nervous.

So, would “Watch Dogs” live up to its anticipation, or would the game’s delay be the first nail in the coffin?

In “Watch Dogs”, play-ers control Aiden Pierce, a highly-skilled hacker roaming the highly-con-nected streets of Chicago. The game opens with Aiden and his partner trying to perform a very lucrative hacking job that will give them access to multiple bank accounts in a short period of time.

Unfortunately, the job goes south quickly, caus-ing a contracted hit on Aiden’s life. Ultimately, it is his nine-year-old niece who pays the price.

The rest of the game fol-lows guilt-ridden Aiden as he seeks revenge against the people who caused the accidental death of his niece. Aiden is an anti-

hero with an excit-ingly fun arsenal of

environmen-tal hacks that help him reach

his ultimate goal.

Along his quest for vengeance, Aiden

i n t e r -acts with some very

u n i q u e c h a r a c t e r s ,

from the psychotic mercenary, Jordi, to a “legendary” hacker named T-Bone. Each character has a unique perspective,

and the voice actors do an amazing job bring-ing those characters to reality.

You will find charac-ters you love and char-acters you love to hate. For me, that is part of the allure to the game; it is important to connect with the characters in order to stay invested within the game.

Aside from crazy char-acters, Aiden will inter-act with the sprawling metropolis of Chicago; with its individualized sections and famous land-marks, the digital city comes to life.

Even the citizens are lively in this game. While roaming the streets I ran across NPCs (Non-Playable Characters) hav-ing a jam session and get-ting overly friendly with one another, committing petty crime and even something as mundane as walking down the street to their destination.

NPCs are everywhere, and thanks to Aiden’s profiling hack, even their deepest secrets can be revealed. With the use of this hack we discover which citizens are under police suspicion, their religious affiliation, cur-rent career and yearly income, all of which are important when trying to find whose bank account can be hacked to score some dough.

Yes, it’s stealing and wrong, but Aiden really needs the cash.

If stealing cash is not your thing, you can also

take peo-

ple’s car info and steal songs they are listening to. I should restate here, Aiden is the anti-hero who often navi-gates opposite the law.

When it comes to the game, “Watch Dogs” is beautiful. Sure, it might not be the graphic pow-ered next-gen game promised two years ago, but that doesn’t mean the graphics are something to scoff at.

In my time traips-ing the street, I never encounter lag or pop-in regardless of how much havoc was on screen. Great detail was taken to make the cityscape come to life. This detailing only caused problems when I found myself driving into a sunset’s blinding light. At those times I would have preferred less real-ism.

On the topic of driv-ing mechanics, “Watch Dogs” is not as precise as high-speed car chases require, but they are far

from busted. They took just a little time to familiarize with, but once you were over the learning

curve it became easier to roam the world.

Aiden’s story starts slow, and it takes a few hours for the game to kick into drive, but once it does, it is hard to put the controller down. This open-world game allows gamers to immediately free roam to their heart’s content. However, I rec-ommend playing the first few missions in the campaign first. This will ensure you get the neces-sary hacking skills that really free up the world around you.

The main mission’s story is intriguing and will keep players on the edge of their seat, but in case you ever do need a break from the main mission, there is plenty to do in digital Chicago. The entire map is littered with side missions and collectibles, which can lead gamers with a short attention span to easily get off track.

The developers say that the main mission with some free roaming will clock in about 40 hours; players are looking at triple digits if they want to do it all. I have eas-ily clocked in 40 hours of gameplay and have only managed a little over half of the main missions and 39% of the game.

Apparently, I get easily distracted with side mis-sions.

I would like to add here that the developer’s esti-mated time frame does not include any of the multi-player content.

In the end, “Watch Dogs” is still a game that people should play, and the minor complaints are never game breaking. In its first week out, “Watch Dogs” sold 4 million cop-ies, making it Ubisoft’s top selling new IP of all time. With these sales fig-ures we are guaranteed to see more from this fran-chise.

I happily give “Watch Dogs” 8.5 hacked smart-phones out of 10.

Now go forth and game on.

A review of ‘Watch Dogs’

(PS4 version)

By Daphne Garcia

JUNE 9-22, 2014P. 10

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Beeville Diner2503 N. St. Mary’s St.(361) 362-9724Burger Depot515 E. Houston St.(361) 362-2400Chili’s Grill & Bar400 E. FM 351(361) 354-5600Church’s Chicken611 N. Washington St.(361) 358-9256Domino’s Pizza414 N. Washington St.(361) 358-6871El Charro Restaurant601 E. Houston St.(361) 542-4572El Jardin Restaurant806 W. Corpus Christi St.(361) 358-2922Gasthaus Berliner Bear2510 N. St. Mary’s St.

(361) 354-5444Golden Chick2305 N. St. Mary’s St.(361) 358-5525Gumbo Seafood Restaurant2017 N St. Mary’s St.(361) 354-5201.Hong Kong Palace301 S. FM 351(361) 358-2861Jalisco Mexico Taqueria1401 W. Corpus Christi St.(361) 362-0841KFC200 E. Houston St.(361) 358-7222Little Caesars Pizza420 E. FM 351(361) 358-9555The Lodge at Shorty’s Place702 S. Washington St.(361) 358-7302McDonald’s(Walmart) 502 E. FM 351(361) 358-92552301 N. St. Mary’s St.(361) 354-5215New China Super Buffet

2003 N. St. Mary’s St.(361) 358-8889Pantry Stores3803 N. St. Mary’s St. (361) 358-4965911 S. Washington St. (361) 358-84771720 E. Houston St. (361) 358-8602Pizza Hut1103 N. Washington St.(361) 358-2970Sammy’s Burgers & Brew2144 Ellis Road(361) 358-1067Scores Sports Bar & Grill1502 N. St. Mary’s St.(361) 358-5055Stars Restaurant2403 N. St. Mary’s St.(361) 358-0020Stone Creek Grill4402 N. St. Mary’s St.(361) 354-5189Subway710 E. Houston St.(361) 358-62001700 N. St. Mary’s St.

(361) 358-6000Taqueria Chapala1805 N. St. Mary’s St.(361) 354-5945Taqueria Guadalajara622 W. Corpus Christi St.(361) 358-1971Taqueria Jalisco2020 N. St. Mary’s St.(361) 354-5803Taqueria Vallarta1611 S. Washington St.(361) 358-5948Whataburger1710 N. Washington St.(361) 358-1971

GEORGE WESTAgave Jalisco Restaurant403 Nueces St.(361) 449-8899Burger King4059 W. Hwy 59(361) 449-3014Church’s ChickenHighway 281 at Burleson(361) 449-1864Dairy Queen1350 U.S. 281(361) 449-1822Nueces Street Grill206 Nueces St.(361) 449-2030Pizzarriffic407 Nueces St.(361) 449-1900Sonic Drive-In805 Nueces St.(361) 449-2614

GOLIADBlue Quail Deli224 S. Commercial St.(361) 645-1600Dairy Queen243 E. Pearl St.

(361) 645-3274Empresario Restaurant141 S. Courthouse Sq.(361) 645-2347Hanging Tree Restaurant144 N. Courthouse Sq.(361) 645-8955La Bahia Restaurant1877 US 183(361) 645-3900Subway420 E. Pearl St.(361) 645-3709Whataburger348 E. Pearl(361) 645-8800

KARNES CITYBecky’s Cafe201 W Calvert Ave.(830) 780-4339Big Daddy’s Tarbender’s426 CR 298(830) 780-3202Dairy QueenTexas 80(830) 780-2712El Mariachi Jalisco

Restaurant118 Texas 123(830) 780-3350The MarketSat. & Sun. only208 E. Calvert Ave.(830) 780-3841Partner’s BBQ204 S. Hwy. 123(830) 780-5121Polak’s Sawsage Farm

Restaurant2835 U.S. 181(830) 583-2113Taqueria Vallarta202 Texas 123(830) 780-2465

KENEDYThe Backyard Grill496 N. Sunset Strip St.(830) 583-0438Barth’s Restaurant445 N. Sunset Strip St.(830) 583-2468Church’s Chicken110 N Sunset Strip St.(830) 583-9030Jerry B’s4531 U.S. 181(830) 583-2500Lucita’s Mexican Restaurant500 W. Main St.(830) 583-9455Pizza Hut106 N Sunset Strip St.(830) 583-9864R J’s Hamburgers420 W Main St.(830) 583-2344Rodriquez’s Tacos205 Texas 72(830) 583-9800

THREE RIVERSAgave Jalisco Mexican

Restaurant400 S Harborth Ave.(361) 786-2020Bar @ 3 Rivers Bar & Grill201 N. Harborth Ave.(361) 786-2020Beckett’s Dugout800 N Harborth Ave.(361) 786-3600Brush Country BBQU.S. 281 (361) 786-4335El Tapatio405 N. Harborth Ave.(361) 786-3949Pepe Boudreaux’s3145 Texas 72(361) 786-4938

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Ranch House100 S. Harborth Ave.(361) 786-2196Sowell’s BBQ114 W. Thornton St.(361) 786-3333Staghorn Restaurant1019 N. Harborth Ave.(361) 786-3545SubwayS. Harborth Ave.(361) 786-3308Church’s Chicken110 N. Sunset Strip St.(830) 583-9030Jerry B’s4531 U.S. 181(830) 583-2500Lucita’s Mexican Restaurant500 W. Main St.(830) 583-9455Pizza Hut106 N. Sunset Strip St.(830) 583-9864R J’s Hamburgers420 W. Main St.(830) 583-2344Rodriquez’s Tacos205 Texas 72(830) 583-9800

DrinkBEEVILLE

19th Hole Patio Cantina3601 N. St. Mary’s St.(361) 358-2837B.O.B.W.E.1308 S. St. Mary’s St.(361) 542-4551Chili’s Grill & Bar400 E. FM 351(361) 354-5600The Grand Dancehall2461 U.S. Hwy. 59(361) 358-1185Papi’s Place1517 W. Corpus Christi St.(361) 358-7160The Riverbend Sports Bar1603 N. St. Mary’s St.(361) 362-0471

Roadside Tavern2503 S. Washington St.(361) 362-1720Scores Sports Bar & Grill1502 N. St. Mary’s St.(361) 358-5055Stone Creek Grill4402 N. St. Mary’s St. (361) 354-5189T’s Honky Tonk209 N. Washington St.(361) 358-1411Tejano Highway1205 S. Washington St.

GOLIADSchroeder Dancehall12516 FM 622(361) 573-7002

KARNES CITYBar Tonik102 N. Market St.(830) 780-5255

KENEDYCoyotes Sports Bar116 W. Main St.(830) 583-9243Desperado Saloon312 S. Sunset Strip St.(830) 583-0371Jerry B’s4531 U.S. 181(830) 583-2500

PAPALOTEChasers Bar & Grill10620 CR 535 Hwy. 181(361) 287-3340

SKIDMOREAl’s Friendly Bar517 County Road 619(361) 287-3326

THREE RIVERSBar @ 3 Rivers Bar & Grill201 N. Harborth Ave(361) 786-2020Beckett’s Dugout800 N. Harborth Ave.(361) 786-3600Pepe Boudreaux’s3145 Texas 72(361) 786-4938

TULETA7 Brothers Saloon7961 Hwy. 181 N.(361) 318-5250

RestauRant and baR guide continued

Sat. June 14• Cl*t Eastwood at

1321: Well, this is an inter-esting sounding show. Austin’s Cl*t Eastwood, Bloodf*ckers and Babosos del Valle will be tearing it up starting at 8 p.m., and it’s just $5. Make time to go check out these thrash-ers. 1321 Ayers in Corpus Christi.

• Corpus Christi Writers at Cafe Calypso: The Corpus Christi writers meet every second Saturday so bring whatever you want, as long as it’s an excerpt from a novel, a short story, poem, lyr-ics, comic, graphic novel, pitch, treatment, logline, screenplay, etc. Sit and chat with other writers and get/give some writ-ing tips. It’s free. 5425 S.P.I.D. in Corpus Christi.

Thurs. June 19• JB and the

Moonshine Band at Brewster Street Icehouse: My 94.7 pres-ents Texas Throwdown Thursdays with Josh Grider’s CD release party featuring JB and the Moonshine Band lending a hand. Tickets are $15 at the door, and children

10 and under are free with an adult. 1724 N. Tancahua St. in Corpus Christi.

Fri. June 20• Summer of Slam

at Downtown Bar & Grill: Punk rock invades Victoria. Lechuza, Womanthrower, A Growing Menace and AS* will all be throwing down Friday night with the doors opening at 8

p.m., and music at 10 p.m. 125 E. Constitution St. in Victoria.

• Jeremy Halliburton at Schroeder Hall: It’s a CD release party with doors opening at 7 p.m. with music at 8:30 p.m., and it’s all free. 12516 FM 622 in Goliad.

Wed. June 25• CC7D at House of

Rock: Once again the 7 Day Film Project will kick

off its cast and crew call.

Anyone looking for a film

team to join will have an

opportunity to meet film-

making teams stationed

around several tables.

There will be raffles, and

it’s all free. 511 Starr St.

in Corpus Christi.

Need your awesome event listed? Drop us a line at Paul@stxs-cene.com or send us a Facebook event invite at facebook.com/stxscene.

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