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The Deep Dig: Longhorns Offensive Line

Now Is the Time for David Ash

When Colt McCoy was entering his third season as Longhorns QB in 2008, he had a vice­-grip hold on the Texas locker room. The 2013 Texas team needs current third-year QB David Ash to take a page out of that book. Read More | Comment »

Sports 9:08PM Wed. May. 22, Alex Dunlap

Joey Waldon: In Memoriam

Senses of humor and artistic outlooks don't come much weirder – or more Austin – than Joey Waldon's. During his days as a Velveeta Room regular and local cartoonist, Waldon routinely took the most ordinary subjects and gave them an offbeat spin that that tickled the brain just as much as the funny bone. Alas, that wonderful talent has left us. Read More | Comment »

Arts 4:20PM Wed. May. 22, Robert Faires

News Ticker: May 22

Timbaland throws some D's, Debbie Riddle dresses for success, and Harold Simmons calls in another favor. Repetition is on the News Ticker. Read More | Comment »

News 4:00PM Wed. May. 22, Brandon Watson

‘Austin Chronicle’ Nominated for AAN Awards

The Association of Alternative Newsmedia announced today its 2013 AAN Awards Finalists, including three nominations for The Austin Chronicle. Read More | Comment »

News 3:21PM Wed. May. 22

The Front Porch Song

By now it’s almost mythological that Lyle Lovett and Robert Earl Keen met as students at Texas A&M in the Seventies. Friends ever since, their appearances together remain rare. That lent last night’s over-two-hour set at the Paramount Theater the feeling of an event. They appear there again tonight and around Texas through Sunday. Read More | Comment »

Music 2:45PM Wed. May. 22, Jim Caligiuri

Live 'Life Architecturally'

Architecture is all about the marriage of form and finish, but for one pair of avant-garde Australian duo, there's another marriage in the mix: their own. Read More | Comment »

Screens 12:40PM Wed. May. 22, Monica Riese

UPDATED: Take It To a Jury: Judge Rules in Carter Shooting

On Monday, a federal judge denied a motion for summary judgment filed by the city and Austin Police Officer Nathan Wagner in connection with the 2011 shooting death of Byron Carter, clearing the way for the Carter family's civil rights suit to proceed to trial. Updated below to include newly-set trial date. Read More | Comment »

News 11:41AM Wed. May. 22, Jordan Smith

The Lucky One

With the music industry moving further and further into carbonated, diva-rave blowouts, Taylor Swift makes a lot of sense. At 23, the native Pennsylvanian has a back catalog of sad-girl ballads, a legion of fans, and an ever-documented private life. As last night’s sold-out Erwin Center proved, there’s a need for someone like her in arenas. Read More | Comment »

Music 11:15AM Wed. May. 22, Luke Winkie

Gender, Sex, and Fabric

The problem of the skirt – at least the long, voluminous skirt, as demonstrated in Nicole Roerick’s Morose Beauty – is one of access. Designed for the ease of the other, not the wearer, the skirted woman paws at the fabric, twisting and groping like an injured dog at its cone. Read More | Comment »

Arts 11:00AM Wed. May. 22, Jonelle Seitz

There's Gonna Be an Octopus Alone in Austin on Saturday

Author and illustrator Divya Srinivasan, let's put a fine point on it. Read More | Comment »

Books 10:20AM Wed. May. 22, Wayne Alan Brenner

Daugherty Says Lehmberg Should Resign

Aside from setting her office's budget and deciding whether to supplement her yearly state-set salary, Travis County commissioners have absolutely no authority over District Attorney Rosemary Lehmberg – including no power to make her resign or to remove her from office, the court's lawyer said Tuesday morning. Read More | Comment »

News 10:15AM Wed. May. 22, Jordan Smith

Slew of Candidates Vying for Pct. 2 Appointment

Travis County Judge Sam Biscoe today released the names of 32 candidates who have applied for the interim appointment to the Precinct 2 County Commissioner seat. Incumbent Sarah Eckhardt is stepping down to run for county judge. Biscoe is leaving office when his term ends in December 2014. Read More | Comment »

News 7:42PM Tue. May. 21, Amy Smith

Drafthouse Gets Animated Over Ray Harryhausen

The skeletons. The hydra. The giant bronze statue of Talos. Jason and the Argonauts may list Don Chaffey as director, but for his revolutionary special effects, the 1963 mythological adventure will always be remembered as a Ray Harryhausen film. So what better way for the Alamo Drafthouse to say goodbye than a special screening Wednesday. Read More | Comment »

Screens 7:30PM Tue. May. 21, Richard Whittaker

Take a 'Holiday' Tonight

On the last Monday in May, we here in the States observe a holiday originally intended to remember the fallen Armed Forces who lost their lives in the Civil War. Almost 150 years later, we've reduced it to beachside barbecue, naps, and mattress sales. Read More | Comment »

Screens 5:11PM Tue. May. 21, Monica Riese

Expanding Central Health

The Central Health Board of Managers will meet for the third time tomorrow night, Wednesday, May 22, for a final presentation before voting next week on the "master agreement" with Seton Healthcare Family, pursuant to voter approval in November to expand the health care district. Read More | Comment »

News 5:04PM Tue. May. 21, Jordan Smith

News Ticker: May 21

David Dewhurst makes a last minute appeal, Art Acevedo loses his cool, and Juan Hinojosa jumps the shark. Decisiveness is on the News Ticker. Read More | Comment »

News 4:26PM Tue. May. 21, Brandon Watson

Proper Nang for Austin High’s Music Program

On Saturday night, the Proper Nang Night at Maria’s Taco Xpress hosts a fundraiser for Austin High School that includes the Belle Sounds, Mike McCoy’s Tontine, Pangia, the Bare Feat, and my band the Seaside Swifts. Why are we raising the money? School budgets are the issue. Read More | Comment »

Music 3:30PM Tue. May. 21, William Harries Graham

Could Be Raining Sharks at House Park Tonight

The USL-PRO Wilmington Hammerheads are in town tonight, the first pro team to play in Austin since 2010. They face the Austin Aztex in a U.S. Open Cup second round game. Kickoff is at 7:30pm at House Park, 13th & Lamar, rain or shine. And as always, pre- and post-game fan gatherings are at The Tavern. Read More | Comment »

Sports 1:51PM Tue. May. 21, Nick Barbaro

Book Review: 'Golden Boy'

Max Walker, the 16-year-old protagonist of Abigail Tarttelin’s Golden Boy (Atria), is the popular, handsome, well-regarded son of a well-to-do British family with hands in local politics. But he and his parents, since his infancy, have been concealing a secret from the world. Read More | Comment »

Books 12:15PM Tue. May. 21, Jeanne Thornton

KUTX Takes Mind Over Music Crown

Last night’s Mind Over Music at the Palm Door had all the wonder and suspense of your usual trivia night, only with a score more geeks who hang out at record stores. The fourth annual fundraiser, put on by the Chronicle, finished after three hours of brain-racking competition with one clear champ: the radio whiz kids at KUTX. Read More | Comment »

Music 12:07PM Tue. May. 21, Chase Hoffberger

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