Cheer Up Charlies
Pat Blashill
Volume 32, Number 29
Issue Supplements
SXSW 2013 Music Supplement
SXSW Thursday Daily
SXSW Friday Daily
SXSW Saturday Daily
ON THE COVER:
news
Everybody Must Get Stoned!
The national trend of marijuana reform law continues to build
BY JORDAN SMITH
Point Austin: Explaining Austin
Understanding Austin requires a cultural primer
BY MICHAEL KING
Then There's This: One Step Forward ...
Updates on Barton Springs, Gables Hotel, and amphitheatres
BY AMY SMITH
Civics 101
Headlines
LegeLines
BY JORDAN SMITH
Quote of the Week
Gates Champions Classroom Computing
Microsoft founder continues push for bridging education divide
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
SideCar to City: Have App, Will Travel ... to Court
Ridesharing tries to get past roadblocks
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Griffin Family Sues Nestande and Bar
Family of hit-and-run victim seeking $1 million in damages
BY JORDAN SMITH
Faulty Tower: Anti-LGBT Money Behind Fairmont Austin
Doug Manchester was a major donor in the fight against same-sex marriage
BY BRANDON WATSON
Council Notes: Know What's Below
The Council's early agenda is likely to raise a little sand
BY MICHAEL KING
From Decriminalizing Pot to Banishing Junk Science
The Lege considers a host of criminal justice bills
BY JORDAN SMITH
The Hightower Report: Goofy is not just a cartoon character – he's a legislator in Texas
Drew Springer fights Austin's bag ban
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
Culinary Bucket List
The real deal: veteran foodies dish on where to eat in Austin
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Celebrating St. Patrick's Day
Forgo the green beer in favor of some Guinness, Harp, and Smithwick's
BY WES MARSHALL
Food-o-File
@ACFood dragged kicking and screaming into social media century
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
music
SXSW DAILY: SATURDAY
Playback
SXSW news and carryings-on
BY KEVIN CURTIN
Ballroom Dancing
SXSW panel reviews
Day Party Crawl
Live Shots
SXSW showcase reviews
My SXSW
By Dana Falconberry
MOJO Recommends: Laura Mvula
'Mojo' Editor-in-Chief Phil Alexander spotlights the best new British talent
Spotlight: Kid Congo & the Pink Monkey Birds
12mid, Maggie Mae's Gibson Room
BY TIM STEGALL
Spotlight: Royal Thunder
Heavy metal thunder? Pretty much.
BY RAOUL HERNANDEZ
Spotlight: Robert Glasper Experiment
Jazz and hip-hop go together like R&B
BY DOUG FREEMAN
Spotlight: The Orwells
Orwellian hijinks
BY CHASE HOFFBERGER
Spotlight: The Zombies
Back from the dead
BY SCOTT SCHINDER
SXSW DAILY: FRIDAY
Playback
SXSW news and carryings-on
BY KEVIN CURTIN
Ballroom Dancing
SXSW panel reviews
Day Party Crawl
Live Shots
SXSW showcase reviews
My SXSW
By Jim Lauderdale
MOJO Recommends: The Staves
'Mojo' editor-in-chief Phil Alexander spotlights the best new British talent9:15pm, St. David's Historic Sanctuary
Spotlight: Shoes
These Shoes still fit
BY GREG BEETS
Spotlight: Nik Turner performs 'Space Ritual'
Hawkwind overlord still screams in space
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Spotlight: Eric Burdon
We prefer "We Gotta Get Out of This Place"
BY DAN OKO
Spotlight: Brendan Benson
Raconteur goes Nashville
BY JIM CALIGIURI
SXSW DAILY: THURSDAY
Playback
SXSW news and carryings-on
BY KEVIN CURTIN
Ballroom Dancing
SXSW panel reviews
Day Party Crawl
Live Shots
SXSW showcase reviews
My SXSW
By Mike Scott
MOJO Recommends: TOY
'Mojo' editor-in-chief Phil Alexander spotlights the best new British talent
Spotlight: Robyn Hitchcock
Manic Syd Barrett? God, let's hope so!
BY DOUG FREEMAN
Spotlight: Elias Haslanger
Eli, blow your horn
BY JAY TRACHTENBERG
Spotlight: Frightened Rabbit
Rabbit democracy? Almost.
BY MELANIE HAUPT
Spotlight: Jovanotti
Italian superstar starts over again in the U.S.
BY THOMAS FAWCETT
Spotlight: Bernie Worrell Orchestra
P-Funk original channels divine rhythm
BY THOMAS FAWCETT
Spotlight: Richard Thompson
Still wry after all these years
BY DAN OKO
WEEKLY ISSUE
SXSW 2013 MUSIC
Dazed, But Not Confused
The next 96 hours of SXSW Music starts here
BY RAOUL HERNANDEZ
True Believer
You're at SXSW today because of its late creative director, Brent Grulke.
BY MICHAEL CORCORAN
2012-13 Austin Music Award
This year's winners
Wednesday Music Preview Guide
Thursday Music Preview Guide
Friday Music Preview Guide
Saturday Music Preview Guide
SXSW 2013 Records
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
Push the Sky Away
Wild Belle
Isles
Unknown Mortal Orchestra
II
Paws
Cokefloat
Cafe Tacuba
Objeto Antes Llamado Disco
Feathers
If All Here Now
Sons of Fathers
Burning Days
Foxygen
We Are the 21st Century Ambassadors of Peace & Magic
Teagan & Sara
Heartthrob
Jim James
Regions of Light and Sound of God
Jake Bugg
Jake Bugg
Chris Stamey
Lovesick Blues
Billy Bragg
Tooth and Nail
Ratking
Wiki93
Hayden
Us Alone
Spain
The Soul of Spain
Strangers
Persona Non Grata
White Lung
Sorry
Angel Haze, Sky Ferreira, Le1f
New York, Ghost, Liquid
Howlin' Brothers, Daniel Romano, Max Gomez, the Vespers, Delta Rae
Howl, Come Cry With Me, Rule the World, The Fourth Wall, Carry the Fire
Sound City
Reel to Reel
the Como Mamas
Get an Understanding
the James Hunter Six
Minute by Minute
Robyn Hitchcock
Love From London
Buddy Miller & Jim Lauderdale
Buddy and Jim
Pissed Jeans
Honeys
Richard Thompson
Electric
Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell
Old Yellow Moon
the Relatives
The Electric Word
Alt-J
An Awesome Wave
Useless Eaters
Hypertension
Josh Rouse
The Happiness Waltz
Kinski
Cosy Moments
the Flaming Lips
The Terror
Local Natives
Hummingbird
the Mavericks
In Time
the Skatalites
Walk With Me
Phosphorescent
Muchacho
Riff Raff, Action Bronson, Meyhem Lauren
Birth of an Icon, Blue Chips, Mandatory Brunch Meetings
Marnie Stern
The Chronicles of Marnia
Frank Smith
Nineties
Green Day
¡Uno!, ¡Dos!, ¡Tré!
Rhye
Woman
the Staves
Dead & Born & Grown
Jacco Gardner
Cabinet of Curiosities
FIDLAR
FIDLAR
Dawes
Stories Don't End
Metz
Metz
Haim
Forever
Chelsea Light Moving
Chelsea Light Moving
Skratch Bastid & the Gaff
Soul Sisters Stand Up!
Mac DeMarco
2
East Cameron Folkcore
For Sale
Spray Paint
LP
Hi Rhythm Band
On the Loose
Anders & Kendall
Wild Chorus
the Boxing Lesson
Big Hits!
HolySexyBastards
HolySexyBastards
screens
SXSW DAILY: SATURDAY
SXSW Film
Daily reviews and interviews
SXSW DAILY: FRIDAY
SXSW Film
Reviews and Interviews
SXSW DAILY: THURSDAY
SXSW Film
Reviews and Interviews
WEEKLY ISSUE
SXSW 2013 Film Awards
Jury awards for this year's Festival announced
BY MONICA RIESE
SXSW Interactive Conference Quick Cuts
SXSW Film Conference Quick Cuts
SXSW Film Reviews
Film Reviews
Dead Man Down
Noomi Rapace, the original Lisbeth Salander, reunites with her The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo director for this NYC gangland thriller starring Colin Farrell.
The Incredible Burt Wonderstone
Steve Carell and Steve Buscemi play squabbling old-school magicians whose reign on the Vegas strip is threatened by a daring stunt magician played by Jim Carrey.
Like Someone in Love
The latest film from Iranian filmmaking legend Abbas Kiarostami is set in Japan and looks at some characters playing out approximations of love.
Masquerade
A galloping box-office success in its home country of South Korea, this film is a 17th century historical drama that, at heart, is really a comedy.
Reincarnated
In this documentary, Snoop Lion goes to Jamaica to cut a reggae album and reinvent himself – and smoke the ganja, too.
South by Southwest Film Festival 2013
Partake. Enjoy.
West of Memphis
Eighteen years of wrongful imprisonment and four documentaries still don't put to rest the trials of the West Memphis Three.
arts & culture
Figure in the Frame
The exhibit Arnold Newman: Masterclass gives us all a lesson in the power of the photographic portrait
BY KATHERINE CATMULL
'Beat the Rush'
Butler School of Music's new concert series connects great music with great art
BY NATALIE ZELDIN
Austin Creatives' Day
Free tax prep for artists from Foundation Communities and Austin Creative Alliance
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews
The Girl With Time in Her Eyes
Hidden Room Theatre's crafty techno-noir turned an ordinary audience into an army of smartphone-wielding detectives
The Rite of Spring
Joffrey Ballet's reconstruction of the 1913 Nijinsky ballet gave audiences a frame of reference for dance history
A Certain Reality
All three artists in this grayDUCK Gallery show present characters with a depth of backstory that amazes
columns
Oops!
After a Fashion
Your Style Avatar offers his best, most fabulous bets for the SX season
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
Gay Place: Howdy, Sailor
Gayest. South by. Ever.
BY KATE X MESSER
Day Trips
Museum preserves history of Texas polka
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
SXSW DAILY: THURSDAY
After A Fashion: Texas Film
Spiff it up, slacker, and you might make Your Style Avatar's 'Seen at SX' list
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
Gay Place: Furballz
SXSW Thursday
BY KATE X MESSER
SXSW DAILY: FRIDAY
After a Fashion
Your Style Avatar-dy for the party
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
Gay Place
SXSW Friday
BY KATE X MESSER
SXSW DAILY: SATURDAY
After a Fashion
The rest of Your Style Avatar's bird's-eye view of the Austin Music Awards and more
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
Gay Place
SXSW Saturday
BY KATE X MESSER
WEEKLY ISSUE
The Luv Doc: The LuvDoc's SXSW Tip Sheet
I've done this before. Trust me.
BY THE LUV DOC
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
Soccer Watch
A historic comeback for Barcelona in European Champions League play, and more
BY NICK BARBARO
comics
