Volume 31, Number 3
ON THE COVER:
features
Motorcycle Michael, 1954-2011
BY DAN HARDICK
news
Texas leads the country in executions, and Rick Perry holds the record tally
BY JORDAN SMITH
When it comes to science, the Inquisition's got nothing on the guv
BY MICHAEL KING
Council takes Austin Energy's bonus money and runs with it
BY WELLS DUNBAR
Calendar of civic events, Sept. 15-22
The Forensic Science Commission does what it can under A.G.'s limitations
BY JORDAN SMITH
Council adopts a budget with the sausage prepared in public
BY WELLS DUNBAR
The plague of wildfires reflect conditions beyond a temporary drought
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Burn bans are now a fact of life
BY ANNE HARRIS
Carstarphen proposes annual reviews of building repairs
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Commissioners work precinct boundaries with politics in mind
BY MIKE KANIN
Gov. Perry boasts his job numbers, but the facts belie him
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
ACL MUSIC FEST
ACL's food court, 10 years later
BY CLAUDIA ALARCÓN
Some top local chefs talk about where they go when they eat out
BY MICK VANN
Bastrop fires level a much-loved chocolatier
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Pig out at restaurant anniversaries and dine with Fido
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Food Reviews
Tequila bar first, restaurant second
music
Stevie Wonder in 10 songs? It's a start.
ACL MUSIC FEST
ACL Music Fest Friday Interviews
ACL Music Fest Friday Reviews
The blurbing of ACL 2011
ACL Music Fest Saturday Interviews
ACL Music Fest Saturday Reviews
The blurbing of ACL 2011
ACL Music Fest Sunday Interviews
ACL Music Fest Sunday Reviews
The blurbing of ACL 2011
BY MARGARET MOSER
Recounting the first decade of the Austin City Limits Music Festival, one year at a time
BY AUSTIN POWELL
Phases & Stages
Strange Mercy
When You Walk in the Room
Ghost on the Canvas
Long Line of Heartaches
Chuck Eddy
Josh Ritter
Our Blood
Sky Full of Holes, All Hours
screens
Pamela Yates returns to a haunted Guatemala in Granito: How To Nail a Dictator
BY ANNE S. LEWIS
From behind the shadow of the Ninja Turtles comes 'Casey Jones'
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Did two Austin Web designers tap into our unconscious desire to replicate stock photos? Nah – they're just having a laugh.
BY CINDY WIDNER
Film Reviews
Danish actor Paprika Steen's turn as a fresh-from-rehab alcoholic is a tour de force performance.
In this comedy, a Midwestern kid decides to follow in his parents' footsteps and become a porn star.
This Iranian film about two girls who begin a secret relationship is as much a political statement as it is a love story.
Emotionally powerful doc about the fight to free a domestic abuse survivor from jail
Ryan Gosling plays a getaway driver in this seductive mix of brooding arthouse and heist-gone-to-hell genre picture.
Sarah Jessica Parker stars in this comedy about working-mom woes.
Concert film from stand-up comedian Kevin Hart's "Laugh at My Pain" national tour.
Two generations of circus clowns, set against the bloody backdrop of Franco's Spain.
Disney has retrofitted its 1994 hit in 3-D for a limited theatrical run.
This doc about Ken Kesey's famed bus goes all over the place but never seems to end up anywhere all that revelatory.
arts & culture
The joys and importance of 'I didn't see that coming'
BY ROBERT FAIRES
A new song cycle views the Civil War from one small corner of Virginia
BY ROBERT FAIRES
After eight years, a shrine to South Austin arrives on South Congress
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews
The revival of this gender-play comedy still tastes freshly squeezed
This spoof has energy to spare but never feels as spontaneous as it should
Bell's prowess as a violinist recalled the song of the mockingbird
columns
Celebrate the new Ana Sisnett Library at UT!
BY KATE X MESSER
Stephen laments the political heat generated by the fires
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
Flat Creek Estate vineyard and winery brings the flavor of Tuscany to the Hill Country
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
'Peanuts,' Paul McCartney, Montezuma Red, and more
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Hole in the Wall, Friday, September 16, 2011
BY THE LUV DOC
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
Senior middle blocker Rachael Adams leads the way for the Horns
BY MARK FAGAN
St. Edward's women's team ranked No. 2 nationally
BY NICK BARBARO