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Volume 20, Number 29
features
The Austin Avalanche of Rock & Roll!
When IRS Records' 'The Cutting Edge' Came to Town and Made Me Want to, Too
BY KATE X MESSER
news
Deep Blues From Gatesville
Amy Smith thought a judge would give her two years max for possession of crack cocaine; why is she doing 20?
BY AMY SMITH
O, Brother! Where Art Thou?
Although out of the headlines, the George W. Bush siblings have been doing quite nicely for themselves.
BY LOUIS DUBOSE
Naked City
Warren Chisum resurrects the Andrews County nuclear waste dump, Longhorn Pipeline politics under scrutiny, and Austin marches against hate
BY LOUIS DUBOSE
The Hightower Lowdown
Selling the Commons; The Corporate Tax-Dodgers
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
Capitol Chronicle
Surveying the George W. Bush Legacy in Texas
BY MICHAEL KING
food
Weekend Repast
Ah, brunch, that lovely weekend repast where breakfast meets lunch with a mimosa in one hand and a Bloody Mary in the other, where Eggs Benedict and Crème Brûlée French Toast can share the same buffet line with a steamship round of beef and a mountain of cold boiled shrimp.
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Food-o-File
What foodies are reading, and updates on local culinary news.
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Second Helpings: BBQ Joints Within an Hour of Austin
For years, Central Texas towns such as Lockhart, Elgin, and Taylor have been home to some justifiably famous barbecue joints. Due to recent developments, tiny Spicewood west of Austin is now a necessary stop on the barbecue trail. Some of these places are of the meat market variety and others are full-service cafes. Whatever your pleasure, here's a partial list of joints within an hour's drive of Austin that were deemed worthy of inclusion in our 1999 Smokin' Hall of Fame.
music
Storyteller
Talking turkey with X-Ray
BY MINDY LABERNZ
SXSW DAILY: THURSDAY
Goodnight, Austin, Texas -- Wherever You Are
The 2000-01 Austin Music Awards
BY RAOUL HERNANDEZ
Spotlight: Spoon
Screw indie rock -- Britt Daniel is aiming for the Top 40.
BY MICHAEL BERTIN
Spotlight: Paul Burch
Nashville songwriter Paul Burch teams with novelist Tony Earley for Last of My Kind.
BY JIM CALIGIURI
Spotlight: Ozomatli/Jurassic 5
MC Chali 2NA describes Ozomatli and Jurassic 5's humble origins.
BY ANDY LANGER
Spotlight: Ricky Skaggs
Ricky Skaggs, at home with God, Bill Monroe, and his own music.
BY MARGARET MOSER
Spotlight: Robbie Hardkiss
Recent Austinite Robbie Hardkiss discusses the rise of DJ culture.
BY MARC SAVLOV
The Insider
Brief Interviews With Important People
BY ANDY LANGER
SXSW DAILY: FRIDAY
Where Have All the Good Times Gone?
Ray Davies' SXSW Keynote Address
BY MINDY LABERNZ
Spotlight: Ike Turner
Ike Turner is about to be 70 and still a mack.
BY MARGARET MOSER
Spotlight: Clem Snide
Clem Snide plays love songs about nuthin'.
BY CHRISTOPHER HESS
Spotlight: Bavu Blakes & Tee Double
Local MC got the drive.
BY CHRISTOPHER GRAY
Spotlight: Kasey Chambers
Aussie Kasey Chambers make the biggest splash stateside since Kylie Minogue.
BY ANDY LANGER
Spotlight: Explosions in the Sky
Austin's Explosions in the Sky rise above most instrumental music.
BY MICHAEL CHAMY
The Insider
Brief Interviews With Important People
BY ANDY LANGER
SXSW DAILY: SATURDAY
Spotlight: Soft Boys
Austin Music Hall, 10pm
BY MINDY LABERNZ
Spotlight: Winslow
Up and coming Austin instrumentalists Winslow think about maybe getting some fans
BY CHRISTOPHER GRAY
Spotlight: Red House Painters
The Red House Painters are back.
BY MARC SAVLOV
Spotlight: Mogwai
Scottish instrumental quintet refutes any and all categories.
BY MICHAEL CHAMY
Spotlight: Thomas Mapfumo
The Lion of Zimbabwe prepares to roar at SXSW.
BY DAVID LYNCH
The Insider
Brief Interviews with important People
BY ANDY LANGER
SXSW DAILY: SUNDAY
Dr. Demento
The world's foremost authority on goofy music hosts an appropriately bent SXSW showcase.
BY KEN LIECK
The Insider
Brief Interviews With Important People
BY ANDY LANGER
WEEKLY ISSUE
What Was Different About The Austin Chronicle's 2000-2001 Music Poll?
BY MARGARET MOSER
SXSW Picks & Sleepers
BY RAOUL HERNANDEZ
Austin Music Awards Hall of Fame
Dancing About Architecture
SXSW begins
BY KEN LIECK
SXSW DAILY: THURSDAY
SXSW NEWS
BY KEN LIECK
SXSW DAILY: FRIDAY
SXSW NEWS
BY KEN LIECK
SXSW DAILY: SATURDAY
SXSW News
BY KEN LIECK
SXSW DAILY: SUNDAY
SXSW News
BY KEN LIECK
SXSW DAILY: THURSDAY
SXSW DAILY: FRIDAY
SXSW DAILY: SATURDAY
SXSW DAILY: SUNDAY
WEEKLY ISSUE
HONKY
Live Shots
The Soft Boys
Underwater Moonlight... and How It Got There
Swag
Catchall
John Hammond
Wicked Grin
Los Super Seven
Canto
Justin Trevino
Travelin' Singin' Man
The Bastard Sons of Johnny Cash
The Bastard Sons of Johnny Cash
The Disco Biscuits
They Missed the Perfume
Dumptruck
Lemmings Travel to the Sea
Honky
House of Good Tires
The Butchies
3
Brassy
Got It Made
Split Lip Rayfield
Never Make It Home
Streetwalkin' Cheetahs
Waiting for the Death of My Generation
Toadies
Hell Below/Stars Above
Operator Generator
Polar Fleet
Disengage
Obsessions Become Phobias
The Black Halos
The Violent Years
Garageland
Do What You Want
Pepe Deluxé
Super Sound
Kitty Gordon
Weather
Half Japanese
Hello
Super XX Man & Eric Metronome
HOME: Volume II
Songs:OHIA
Ghost Tropic
Will Sexton
Scenes From Nowhere
Kristin Hersh
Sunny Border Blue
Eric Taylor
Scuffletown
Delbert McClinton
Nothing Personal
Rodney Crowell
The Houston Kid
Bare Jr.
Brainwasher
Greg Trooper
Straight Down Rain
Swearing at Motorists
Number Seven Uptown
Neilson Hubbard
Why Men Fail
Japanic
The Social Disease
Dewato
Demonstration
Arlo
Up High in the Night
Blake Babies
God Bless the Blake Babies
The Waistcoats
Stark Raving Mod!
screens
Lone Stars
The First annual Texas Film Hall of Fame
SXSW Film Reviews
SXSW DAILY: THURSDAY
SXSW DAILY: FRIDAY
SXSW DAILY: SATURDAY
SXSW DAILY: SUNDAY
WEEKLY ISSUE
From the Panels
Photos by Todd V. Wolfson
SXSW Film Winners
Winners of the SXSW 2001 Film Festival
SXSW Web Awards
An annotated list of this year's Web Awards winners
BY KIM MELLEN
Short Cuts
SXSW: Quentin bails, Jeremy fluffs.
BY MARC SAVLOV
TV Eye
As a breakout film for Kathie Lee, E! Entertainment's original movie Spinning Out of Control misses the mark. Also, the upcoming Independent Spirit Awards and Oscar-related programs.
BY BELINDA ACOSTA
Screens Reviews
Film Reviews
arts & culture
Crafting the Song
Austin theatre actor Robert Fisher has the heart of a rock & roller, the work ethic of a medieval craftsman, and the style of a Bob Fosse. Either he's in the wrong business or he is, as playwright Kirk Lynn calls him, "a wonder."
BY C. DENBY SWANSON
Articulations
New York is calling, and Austin performers from the Rude Mechanicals to the Flaming Idiots to MOMFest are answering.
BY ROBERT FAIRES
columns
Page Two
The cover of this issue is a reprint of the cover from the first Chronicle Music Poll results 20 years ago. The poll results in this issue are just the latest chapter.
BY LOUIS BLACK
Postmarks
Our readers talk back.
Public Notice
This week is "Public Notice"'s SXSW special. Oh, special.
BY KATE X MESSER
Letters at 3AM
Our secret fantasies were made public by Elvis Presley.
BY MICHAEL VENTURA
After a Fashion
Welcome to our style column's third in a series on local fashion photographers. This week, find out all about Bob Sherman and why frogs , lambs, and satanic pom-pom girls love him.
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
Mr. Smarty Pants
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Day Trips
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
To Your Health
I don't know what to believe about vitamin C! It was always promoted as safe and helpful for flu and colds, and now I hear that it may increase the risk of cancer and heart disease. Is it worth that risk just to take care of a cold?
BY JAMES HEFFLEY, PH.D.
About AIDS
Women Should Decide Treatment Initiation Differently Than Men
BY SANDY BARTLETT
Coach's Corner
Maybe the old coach has been out in the desert too long, but if there's anything to these rumors about Bobby Knight and Texas Tech, it sounds too good to be true.
BY ANDY "COACH" COTTON
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
