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Publisher " .••a Texas Legend returns!" NAM MediaInvestments General Manager Johoe_roll •. Marketing Director PageS Title Page -0 Pagel Dear Readers Art Director PageS Freshbe~ts carole St. lohoGraphics Page!) Freshbeats Pagel1 TWTScopes Ope•••tions Director Pagel2 Events Skip Bromfield Pages 14& 1.S Cover Model Dear Diva D/FW Bur.u Chief Page 16 Jimmy" Smith Page 19 .•m23 TWT Texas Tea Pages 24 TWTPics Pages2S TWTPix Page 26 C!lassified Pages 27-.31 The Guide San Antonio Representative 326 Ave Maria Avenue Monica Montana San Antonio, Texas: 18216 210-896-2048 '[email protected] copyright@>2006 This Week In Texas Magazine This WeAilkIn Texas Magazine is publlsMdweekly Photographers by N,AMMedlaInvestments of san Antonio,Texas. Jimmy R. Smith Opinions expressed by contributing writers and/or editorials are not necessarily those of This Week _ne MillerIX-Posure III Texas Magazine.AII rights "served, no portion of this publication maybel'eproduced Without expressed written permission oUhe Publisher. Contributors Appearance in This Week III Texas Magazine in no Rad1ael Gardner manner reflects a person's lifestyle. Allcover KouJtney Devereaux models are of adult age with proof on.file. Dear Readers: sincere invitation to all businesses and Annual organizations throughout Texas to join us in A Texas Legend Returns uniting and celebrating our community's rich- ness and diversity. It is with great joy that the staff of the new Block Patty Sincerely, This Week in Texas Magazine welcomes you to the first issue of what we believe will be a Bob Dineen long and beneficial association with the Gay, Sales and Marketing Director Show PGlad. Lesbian, Bisexual, Transsexual and Gay- This Week In Texas Magazine a friendly communities of the greatest state in the US - the Lone Star State of Texas A long time ago, in a Gay-Iaxy far, far away, ON THE STRIP. 8ORDERED 8Y there was a small magazine. A weekly For over a quarter-century, 1WT was booklet of all things that are good, struggling THE SILVER DOLLAR. SAINTAND recognized throughout the United States - to provide a guide to the weekend nightlife dare we say the world? - for being a quality as the shiny boys and the sparkling girls were fOOD lOOTH$.INfORMADONAI. lOOTH$. lifestyle and entertainment magazine that enjoying everything fun and wonderful provided information and resources for a throughout the Great State. But the evil empire SOfT DRINK$. DRAFT lEER. truly unique and diverse population. Each swung in and ... wha? IOrnED WAl'fR. GAME$. and every Friday, beginning in 1975, Alexis from Dynasty swung in and ... huh? thousands of readers and supporters She didn't? 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Check our incredible community, our intent is to Wow, we've got more checks than Bank of once again be a Friday fixture in the back America So it's the old T.W.I.T, back. It's the pockets of men, women and transgenders coverage, the parties, the bars, the events, throughout the Lone Star State the fund-raisers, the every-friggin-gay-thing in Texas. Our sincere thanks go out to all of the For this week, anyway. advertisers and supporters that have joined Welcome back us for our first issue, and we offer an equally The staff at Rich's 7 In 2002 I absolutely fell in love with FROU FROU. I had been paying both "Breathe In" and "Must Be Dreaming" quite heavily in rotation. Then I decided to buy the album and completely wore it out in my Walkwoman ...then again in my first Jimmy R. Smith • mp3 player. Well the lead singer of that group was IMOGEN HEAP whose solo album was recently released entitled Speak For Yourself. Well, well, well...If someone would have told me This album is one of the best crafted solo albums a month ago that I would be sitting here writing that I have heard in a really long time. If you are a new FRESH BEATS column, I would have told into artists such as Dido, Beth Orton, Kate Bush them they were crazy. Nevertheless, welcome to and such, then this is one for you. The album the new TWT and the continuation of our musical fuses innovative electronic soundscapes with a journey together. strong vocal performance. Now don't put her in the newcomer category. There have been so many changes in the music Usually a solo artist will start off in a group and industry, particularly in the way that people go then leave to go solo. For Heap it was the other about purchasing music. When we left off last way around. Do a little web searching a see for time, the single format was all but dead but, yourself ...loads of nice stuff from her! thanks to legal downloading finally catching on in a big way, single sales were up over 300% last Kim Sozz; By the way, the synthy-sounding "Hide & Seek" single from this album is out with a clever dance January compared to the same time period just a A couple of weeks ago I was browsing around mix that is oh-so-Iovely! year ago. That being said, I would like to and came across a lovely new KIM SOZZI record. introduce you to my download site of choice, Kim hits the nail on the head with her absolutely And that's the beats ... beatport.com. stunning remake of the HEART classic ballad from This Week in Texas! 1987 "Alone." Both the Valentin and Johnny Budz What it comes to buying Dance Music online, it's (my fave) mixes are wonderful, and there is also hard to top Beatport. Yes there are plenty of a down tempo "Candlelight Remix" for the pure at other sites (and we will certainly me mentioning heart ...from the fine folk at ULTRA RECORDS. many of them as we go along) but, in my opinion, Beatport is the clear leader. You can search by Speaking of Ultra ...now this album has been out artist, producer, label or remixer. You can also since March, but it's so flawless I have to tell you search by genre and there are complete charts about it. Make sure to grab a copy of SAGI-REI's that you can buy all at once. The prices start at Acoustic Dance album. Yeah you got it. It's a about $1.49 per track for mp3's or you can pay full-on acoustic album of remakes of some of an extra dollar and get it as a full .wav file. Log Dance's finest. I'll be the first to admit that the iM95JKHEAJ:5 on and see what it's all about! thought of a project like this might come off ryv'J{}UJ ...... S __ pretty cheesy. But cheesy it's not! • ~ . This album sports tracks like "Your Loving Arms" (Billie Ray Martin), yw ecom1 e I0 BeapoI rt " -=1. ~.=: u,_.w•• :.~:.:::" "Free" (Ultra Nate), "Show Me Love I =-~ _.,.,.,., •.,....... I (Robin S.) and "Right In The Night" (Jam-N-Spoon) to name but a few. This one is sure to be a hit at any Pride Season gathering' A MUST • • have for certain. • www.beatport.com •• 9 Aries 21 March 19 April You're an Aries. Apparently you have never heard of You must keep everyone happy. You would never • subtlety, you just charge right on in with the spark of want to in anyway hurt anyone. Everyone should an idea! Sometimes this leads to regrets, but not for be be happy all the time and it's so important to long. There is always a new conquest ahead. For you, be fair. You dislike drama, intensity and too much your world is what matters most and people can see passion.