SA Current - About Us - Meet The Press

Elaine Wolff, Editor
Elaine relocated from Minnesota to Texas in pursuit of a bold scheme to mate blunt Midwestern taciturnity with charming Southern disingenuousness to create a new human (bless her heart) both polite and truthful. She has had some difficulty suppressing the gene for cussing, but nonetheless has managed to produce some award-winning art and media criticism. Elaine is a St. Mary’s University graduate (and a former editor of The Rattler), a UT Law School dropout, and a veteran of Austin’s KO.OP Radio, where she developed her passion for journalism based on art and politics — two vital subjects that go together like … Midwesterners and Texans.

Chuck Kerr, Editorial Designer
Chuck has been playing the drums since age 5, and talking since age 6. After studying abroad in London, and a brief stint at Clown College, he formed his own straight-ahead jazz group, the Chuck Kerr Quartet. Playing music by night and designing the Current by day, he doesn’t sleep much these days — but feels fortunate to be making a living doing things he’d probably do for free anyway. When he grows up, he wants to be Spider-Man.

Jeremy Martin, Associate Editor, Media
Jeremy Martin wasn't born outside of Lubbock, Texas – home of religious intolerance and bovine poopoo stench (assuming these are two separate things) – but he got there as soon as he could. Unfortunately, procrastination and constant car trouble delayed his exodus for about 23 years. During that time, he somehow picked up a degree in creative writing and journalism from Texas Tech (evidence suggests he won it in a knife fight) and married WAY out of his league thanks to a very misleading profile on an online dating site. Between there and here, he's babysat a police scanner and school board members for a small paper you probably haven't read in a town you've definitely never heard of, and written various culture pieces for The Austin Chronicle, The Houston Press, The Dallas Observer, and The San Francisco Weekly. Odds are, you haven't read any of those stories either, so get to Googling. His actual presence at the Current was anticipated by his regular columns – "Straight Shooter," "Spittin' Game," and "CDs Nuts" -- which have been credited for bringing San Antonio a caliber of sophistication not seen since Ozzy Osbourne whipped it out at the Alamo.

Sarah Fisch, Associate Editor, Arts
Born and bred in San Anto, Sarah has just come home after living in New York City for eight years. While she was in New York she got a B.A. from the New School, wrote nine kids' books, contributed to McSweeney's Internet Tendency, did stand-up comedy, trapped a live 'possum in Brooklyn once, and barely survived. Here in San Antonio, Sarah intends to write for the Current, catch up on tacos, and enjoy games she plays with her niece and nephews, which include Fashion Ghost and Stern Soviet Lady Says 'No! Don't Let the People Down.' Sarah's turn-ons include Shark Week, recreational Judaism, Southern and Russian literature, and good art. Sarah's turn-offs include molten lava, bad writing, and people who won't shut up about Burning Man. Sarah's last name is pronounced "fish".

Greg Harman, Staff Writer
From radwaste salt domes under New Mexico’s deserts to the ravaged oil patch of West Texas and the lingering fallout of Agent Orange exposure in Mississippi, Greg Harman has been writing about the state of our environment since his high-school fanzine days. After several years studying the watering holes between Texas and Wyoming, Harman finagled an English degree out of Texas Wesleyan University in Fort Worth and began accepting honest pay for wedding words on flickering screens … a long way from his Kaczynskiesque Greyhound-station scribbling days. Since then, he has been the state Sierra Club’s darling of the year, winked at by the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies, and most recently honored by the Houston Press Club. He plans to quit the news-writing business just as soon as victimization and despair cease to be a natural outflow of economic progress. He wants you to be happy and not drive so blinkin’ fast.

Manny Moreno,
Web Editor
Manny Moreno is the brand spanking new kid on the block at SA Current and can't find a good picture yet. He also needs to write a bio during the 1/2 hour of daylight he's allowed out of his cage for recreation everyday. Feel safe however that he's had all of his shots and receives a regular regimen of stale tortillas every morning. More to come!!