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Vol.29 No.28 | March 12, 2010
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COVER STORY

Letting the Freak Brothers Flag Fly
BY MARGARET MOSER
Gilbert Shelton on his iconic comic's long, strange trip to the screen


NEWS

New Bike City
BY KATHERINE GREGOR
In time for SXSW, Austin rolls out miles of new bike lanes and features

  • BY KATHERINE GREGOR
    Getting around on two wheels

Point Austin: Have You Heard the Dish?
BY MICHAEL KING
The ambivalent state of political journalism

City Hall Hustle: The Animal Kingdom
BY WELLS DUNBAR
One more round of changes proposed for the shelter plans

Headlines

Naked City
News briefs from Austin, the region, and beyond


ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL

Primary Post-Mortem
BY JORDAN SMITH
The State Commission on Judicial Conduct dismisses complaint against judge

Precinct 4 Race Saw an 'Erosion of Power'
BY AMY SMITH
Gómez won the election but lost her proggresive base

Get Ready for More Elections
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
The primary run-offs are only a month away, followed quickly by elections for ACC and AISD trustees


Permit Unsustained: A Bad Day at Red Bluff
BY WELLS DUNBAR
Sustainable Waves pulls the plug on Austin

Eco-Currents ...
BY NORA ANKRUM
Students vote for green funds, report surveys Texas water conservation efforts, and more

Developing Stories: 'Every Day It's Getting Worse'
BY KATHERINE GREGOR
Strategic Mobility Plan marks a way out of permanent gridlock

Can It Be? MetroRail Prepares to Launch.
BY LEE NICHOLS
Cap Metro once again announces a start date for the MetroRail

Metrorail Watch
How Long Will We Wait for the Train?

Death Row Case Evidence May Never Be Tested
BY JORDAN SMITH
When technicalities take precedence over finding out who done it

The Hightower Report
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
The Karzai-ization of Afghanistan; and Tauzin's Big Pharma Overdose





ARTS

Wharton Dancer
BY ROBERT FAIRES
The flourishing legacy of the late Lone Star dramatist Horton Foote

Ellen Fullman
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
The former Austinite returns to turn Seaholm into a giant stringed instrument

Night Owl & Early Bird
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Big Medium's fundraiser has artists make art at night, sell it the next morning

'Red Hot Patriot: The Kick-Ass Wit of Molly Ivins'
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Twin sisters revive the feisty Austin journalist in a new solo play in Philly

Arts Reviews

BOOKS

The Big Kiss-Off
BY AUDRA SCHROEDER
Julie Klausner's misadventures with men


FOOD

New to Town
Check out these new Downtown restaurants for your mid-SXSW snacking

 The Partying Saint
BY WES MARSHALL
Check out some of the day's best parties

Restaurant Reviews
  • Snack Bar
    A diner by day and global plate purveyor by night

Food-o-File
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
A bounty of new restaurants has popped up like spring blooms

Event Menu
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Bacon, beer, and SXSW noms this week


SCREENS

SXSW FILM

The Freak Goes On
BY KIMBERLEY JONES
SXSW Film: an introduction

Letting the Freak Brothers Flag Fly
BY MARGARET MOSER
Gilbert Shelton on his iconic comic's long, strange trip to the screen

Kismet in Kashmere
BY KATE X MESSER
Thunder Soul brings the generations back together

To 'Mars,' With Love
BY BELINDA ACOSTA
Reinventing the romantic comedy, to infinity and beyond

Quiet on the Set
BY JAMES RENOVITCH
Less talk, more action: Aaron Katz and Cris Lankenau sound off on Cold Weather

Rant, Revisited
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
A new doc explores the life and times of underground comic Bill Hicks

Jerry's Kids
BY ROBERT FAIRES
A new generation dances Jerome Robbins' 'ballet in sneakers' to the big screen

Bizarre Love Triangle
BY MARC SAVLOV
Bryan Poyser's comedy of catharsis, Lovers of Hate

Muhammad Was a Punk Rocker
BY MARJORIE BAUMGARTEN
How a fictional music genre blossomed into a real movement

Riding the New Range
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
The Ride goes to the rodeo

We Are Having a Hootenanny
BY MELANIE HAUPT
And Stephin Merritt is not the life of the party

Country Bear Jamboree
BY KATE X MESSER
Malcolm Ingram finds his people, and films 'em, too

Artist in Exile
BY MARC SAVLOV
Can Bahman Ghobadi ever go home again?

Small Town, Big Find
BY JOE O'CONNELL
The energy debate gets personal in Haynesville


The Music in Moving Images
BY KIMBERLEY JONES
Texas Music Extravaganza and the works of Alan Govenar

Lone Stars in Good Company
BY MARJORIE BAUMGARTEN
Texas Film Hall of Fame Awards 2010

TV Eye
BY BELINDA ACOSTA
Even if you're not a fan of war entertainments, The Pacific is a must-watch miniseries





MUSIC

SXSW MUSIC

Casual Victim Pile
Hometown SXSW showcasing sampler


Off the Record
BY AUSTIN POWELL
Paying tribute to Tony Campise and rolling out the red carpet for the Kashmere Stage Band and SXSW Film


Texas Platters

COLUMNS

Postmarks
Letters to the editor, updated daily

Page Two: And So It Begins
BY LOUIS BLACK
International spectacles of darkness and light

Letters at 3AM: The Dragon on Sennett's Hill
BY MICHAEL VENTURA
Hollywood is an electric dragon

Day Trips
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
The Sherwood Forest Faire takes visitors back in time to a place where men jousted to resolve disputes and women let their cleavage bask in the sunlight

Gay Place
BY KATE X MESSER
We are proud as peacocks to announce our new totally all-gay all-day Gay Place Web page

After a Fashion
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
Stephen's hair brushes up against a woman's breast, and he survives

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Shifting poles, spirit intake, and more

Ask Mr. Smarty Pants
Got a question? He's got the answer.

The Luv Doc Recommends
BY DAN HARDICK
A rambling recommendation to shore up that hole in your social calendar


SPORTS

Will Johnson's Baseball Paintings
BY MARK FAGAN
Centro-matic frontman excels at painting as well

Soccer Watch
BY NICK BARBARO
Aztex gear up for Dynamo exhibition, broken legs in England, and more




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