New start

So I've decided to jump back into the blogging game with a totally revamped OverHeard spot. I am sticking with the original name because it still encompasses everything I plan to do. This will be a posting about local artists, film makers, musicians, and our everyday heroes that deserve a little spot light. With that I will also be giving myself random little spotlights, since well it is MY blog and all. Over all this should be an insightfull blog that you can check on to find out who's who in the San Antonio Area. This is not going to be a blog letting you "Show Seekers" and "Party Bombers" know where things are going down every day. Puro Pinche is already holding that down for the city. If that's what your looking for check it out puropinche.tumblr.com, that's going to be a site that will disprove anybody that whines the words: "there's never anything to do in San Antonio". If you encounter a friend or over hear anybody snob out that sentience slap 'em in the face with some Puro Pinche! They'll thank you later.

Now that Puro Pinche! has somehow gotten my first spotlight I suppose I can talk about myself for a little bit now. I am a "wanna be" artist in San Antonio, which doesn't really set me apart from a big crowd. I've noticed the influx of "artists" in town over the past year and it's almost.... almost made me question weather or not I'm pursuing my goals in the right city. It's almost like being a musician in Austin. There's just so many of them it's pretty hard for people to actually hear your music unless you're whoring it out on the corner. In our case to "whore" our art out on the corner we usually have to wait for that fabulous day of the month when artists and art seekers alike converge to one street in South Town to network, drink beer, hear music, ride bikes, eat, and.... oh look at some art work. It is somewhat disappointing that we have to wait a whole month just to do it all over again, but who is really there for the art anyways, besides the artists themselves of course. Anybody who's been to First Friday can testify that when your down there in the thick of all the people, drinking beers, listening to some reggae band, checking out the fancy bikes, and meeting people, it's pretty easy to forget that your surrounded by galleries displaying some art work. If only there were more art events throughout San Antonio for true artists to really display some talent amongst true art lovers who can turn into actual customers.

Oh wait!! There is one that pops into my head that's managed to gain a strong following here in town and help out a lot of local live artists get noticed. ArtSlam! has been putting on great shows for quite some time now, showcasing local artists who live paint within a given theme. With themes ranging from Martial Arts to Star Wars to classic video games ArtSlam! always brings out a great crowd for San Antonio artists to market to. This month the theme for ArtSlam! is Return of the Living Dead, and seeing as how everybody I know LOVES zombies so much I can only imagine the amount of clientele that will be at this show. I almost hopped out of my seat trying to get in and paint at this one. However once I read the flyer a little closer I found that this month's ArtSlam! is going to be held at....... THE ED... in Austin. Seriously?? Okay so the website for ArtSlam! is artslamsa.com so can somebody PLEASE tell me what the SA in artslamsa.com stands for because now I'm just confused. Maybe I'm being a little bitter, but doesn't Austin have enough events going on all the time. Can't we keep our artslam in Bexar county or has ArtSlamSA gotten too big for "lame" San Antonio? Well all bitterness aside, I hope our local artists have a safe road trip up I-35 on Oct. 22, and I hope those Austinites enjoy what San Antonio has produced.


Hey if you are an artist, or film maker, or screen writer, or musician, or anything else thats worth letting people know about, drop me line (calvinjpressley@gmail.com) and I'll do my best to give you a little spotlight. I know there are tons and tons of fascinating people in this town. If you know any of them, tell them to stop hiding under a rock and send me an email. This blog will feature interviews, trailers for your films, info about an event you might have coming up and will eventually be read my millions! ...Okay maybe only thousands, but it'll be a lot better then the handful of family members, co-workers, and classmates that know about your material right now. Thanks for reading, look for me around town and FOLLOW THIS BLOG so you can get the next post.

Every now and then I'll post up an image of some of my artwork... Here's one now: