Mueller Lake Park Outdoor Amphitheater
Jason Stout
Volume 32, Number 45
features
DRINK DRANK DRUNK
2 Girls 8 Cups
We threw down a formal challenge to see if the Goodetime Gals mixology team could turn our unthinkable shit into drinkable shinola
BY KATE X MESSER, JESSI CAPE, NINA HERNANDEZ AND SARA REIHANI
news
DRINK DRANK DRUNK
Who Says You're Drunk?
Bars and bartenders may help you tie one on – but they're also expected to cut you off just this side of 'intoxication'
BY CHASE HOFFBERGER
Point Austin: Quality of Life for All
Everybody does better when everybody does better
BY MICHAEL KING
Then There's This: Anne McAfee Stands With Women
Activist recovering after taking ill at historic filibuster
BY AMY SMITH
Lege Lines
The 83rd session keeps rolling
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Quote of the Week
Civics 101
Headlines
Special Assembly
Thousands rally at the Capitol
BY JORDAN SMITH
White Lodging: Wage Dispute Prevails ... 'Til August
Absent Bill Spelman, Council punts the issue
BY MIKE KANIN
Oak Creek Village Strikes a New Deal
Developers, tenants, and city pleased with agreement
BY ELIZABETH PAGANO
Council: Plenty More Where That Came From
BY MICHAEL KING
AISD: No Partner Benefits ... for Now
District says decision is a delay not a reversal
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Density Bonus Program 'Interim' No More
Council takes wait-and-see approach
BY ELIZABETH PAGANO
The Hightower Report
Flagging the lies of Big Oil's frackers on the 4th of July
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
DRINK DRANK DRUNK
The Spirit – and Spirits – of '76
Mr. Smarty Pants knows America's alcohol history
BY R.U. STEINBERG
His Cup Runneth Over
Tipsy Texan David Alan is having the time of his life
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Food-O-File
Downtown's Micheladas has much to offer – including no wait
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Food Events
July 4-10
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
music
DRINK DRANK DRUNK
Liquid Black Licorice
Jägermeister and music go together like clubbing and hangovers
BY CHASE HOFFBERGER
Playback
Octopus Project returns – with vocals! Plus, inside the foliage at Austin City Limits.
BY KEVIN CURTIN
Phases & Stages
the National
Trouble Will Find Me
Tomasz Stanko
Wislawa
Kurt Vile
Wakin on a Pretty Daze
Black Sabbath
13
Queens of the Stone Age
...Like Clockwork
Daft Punk
Random Access Memories
Julieta Venegas
Los Momentos
screens
DRINK DRANK DRUNK
Diaries of 'The Beer Diaries'
Two guys, 12 episodes, and more lucky circumstances than you can count
BY JOEY KEETON
Everything I Need to Know About Drinking I Learned From Hollywood
Relying on TV and film for drinking tips
BY MONICA RIESE
Film Reviews
Despicable Me 2
Gru exchanges supervillainy for domesticity in this sequel, although the Minions are still the animated film's best selling point.
The Lone Ranger
The Lone Ranger is a Western without a compass.
20 Feet From Stardom
This film is an extended hosanna to an undersung artist, the backup singer, and what a joyful noise it makes.
Unfinished Song
Vanessa Redgrave and Terence Stamp bring vitality to their roles in film otherwise filled with cliches about aging and the curative power of singing your heart out.
arts & culture
DRINK DRANK DRUNK
Drama & Tonic
Why Austin theatres are adding mixed drinks to the mix, offstage and on
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Acting Tipsy
Local thespians reveal how they tackle the challenge of playing drunk onstage
BY ROBERT FAIRES
'Jomama Jones: Radiate'
The Seventies soul diva has left her Swiss goats to shine for us onstage once more
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews
Holier Than Thou
Poison Apple Initiative's show draws reality TV and religion together in a thoughtful, thought-provoking way
Triumph of Love
Austin Playhouse's take on this chamber musical features a wealth of talent, but the staging is static
Lifelike
Shit gets real at the Blanton's new exhibit
columns
After a Fashion: A Stitch In Time
Fort Lonesome will not be lonely for long
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
Gay Place
That kitten Jomama's a bad... shut-yo-mouf
BY KATE X MESSER
Day Trips
Learn about the earliest people in the Americas
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
The Common Law: Boating Laws and Night WaterSkiing
Boating Laws and Night Water Skiing
BY LUKE ELLIS
The Luv Doc: Five Drinks That Changed My Life
The safest policy when drinking is to make drinking your sole activity
BY THE LUV DOC
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
Soccer Watch
BY NICK BARBARO
comics
