Marc English
Volume 27, Number 24
ON THE COVER:
news
March 4 primary election
BY THE 'CHRONICLE' NEWS STAFF
ELECTION
Obama & Clinton add weight to March 4
BY LEE NICHOLS
Behind the scenes in county politics
BY MICHAEL KING
County's voter registrar at odds with her party key issue
BY LEE NICHOLS
Southern Williamson House seat up for grabs
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Energy industry has too much sway on regulatory body, critics charge
BY AMY SMITH
Tidbits from the campaign trail
A roundup of the Dem clubs' recommendations for the March 4 primary
West Austin man on crusade against naming area's new library branch after first lady
BY ANDREA GRIMES
Race for City Council's Place 1 seat off to a bruising start
BY WELLS DUNBAR
Students from across state descend upon UT for global warming conference
BY ANDREA GRIMES
City's decision based on an 'apolitical' financial risk analysis, Wynn says
BY DANIEL MOTTOLA
Supremes punt case of death row inmate Scott Panetti to federal district court in Austin
BY JORDAN SMITH
Prepare to be seriously wooed by the Dems
BY MICHAEL KING
Marc Ott takes over as city manager, and BTP sends a fond farewell
BY WELLS DUNBAR
Bush Pushes Military Commitment to Iraq; and The Howl of the Wolf
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
Las Palomas at 25
BY CLAUDIA ALARCÓN
Find some real soul food on this swanky brunch menu
BY BARBARA CHISHOLM
Casa de Fruta's Organic Mesquite Flour adds hints of cinnamon and chocolate but no smoke
BY KATE THORNBERRY
New restaurants, chefs at sea, and Lawrence Eguakun makes a comeback
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Feb. 14-21
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Food Reviews
This West Lake eatery proves that you can go home again
music
Chris Cogburn's No Idea Festival risks improvisation
BY AUDRA SCHROEDER
Armed Forces Entertainment's metal of honor, the Judy's reunite for the Austin Music Awards, Bobby Whitlock and CoCo Carmel's Double Fantasy
BY AUSTIN POWELL
Texas Platters
The Reivers
II
Limited Coverage
the Heavy Circles
Luna Tart Died
999 Surreal Eyes
These Bridges Will Not Stand
One Trick Monkey
Owly Claw b/w Hammer, History of Consideration, Give Us Your Guts
Electric
Hi-Fi Stereo
A Face in the Clouds
All in the Golden Afternoon
Moments in Time
Roses Are Black
Any Random Six
Volumen 1
Lucid.
Family, There's a Lot of Folks Like Me, Country to the Bone, Live from the River Road Icehouse, One More Day
Where Love Begins
The Noble Grapes
screens
Marc English Design's DIY Criteria
BY MARC SAVLOV
Cult soundtrack composer Davie Allan comes to the Alamo Ritz
BY MARGARET MOSER
AFS presents the sequel to one of its most provocative Essential Cinema series programs from last year
BY JOSH ROSENBLATT
The writers' strike may be almost over, but we're gonna be feeling it for a while now
BY BELINDA ACOSTA
Screens Reviews
Spencer Parsons has been waiting for a proper DVD of Fincher's essay on the dorkiness of evil since end titles rolled in the theatre
Film Reviews
Before giving in to romantic frippery, Definitely, Maybe functions as a believable, era-zagging retelling of one man’s overlapping love affairs with three women.
This documentary traces the changeover of Austin's youth culture from beatniks to hippies, folkies to rockers, and potheads to day-trippers – with side trips into all the music along the way.
Jumper is pretty slick, entertaining stuff about what young male teens might do if given the ability to teleport.
A 47-year-old Christian man, in the throes of divorce, remininisces about his first love: his high school girlfriend from 30 years ago.
Alex Gibney's new documentary focuses on the patterns of abuse committed by American armed forces against enemy combatants in Iraq and elsewhere. Instead of bad apples, he finds bad orders.
Be your own judge and jury for these final five competitors for the Best Live Action Short Oscar.
See the five animated shorts in competition for the Oscar, and judge for yourself.
arts & culture
Alumni of AMOA's 'New Art in Austin' talk about the exhibition's impact on their careers
BY RACHEL COOK
BY KIMBERLEY JONES
You can hear the first-ever concert in the Long Center as a Valentine's Day treat
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Ann Wilson has been named interim director of the Blanton Museum of Art
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Choreographers ages 7-17 won their own chance to shine during this week's search for New American Talent
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Applause for Austin playwrights in Louisville and New York, hats off to Chia, and a tuba player of note
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews
St. Idiot's amazingly intimate tour of a brothel is funny, daring, and real
Despite the script's weaknesses, this NXNW production stays engaging because all five women are fun to watch
A heady, intelligent exchange between artist and critic about art's invisibility and criticism's illegibility
columns
An index of commonly misplaced ire
BY LOUIS BLACK
Stephen preps for the Texas Film Hall of Fame with a look back at previous years' events
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
The real election is being decided in the primaries, and unless disaster intervenes, the next president will be Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama
BY MICHAEL VENTURA
Marfa Gliders give visitors to West Texas a bird's-eye view of the landscape
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
This Valentine's Day, the Longhorns have learned to love the one they're with, not the one who got away
BY THOMAS HACKETT
Angelina Jolie in a bath with her rat, keeping ingrown toenails in the family, and more
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Beware of 'Foreclosure Prevention' Companies
BY LUKE ELLIS
Mercury Hall, Sunday, February 17, 2008
BY THE LUV DOC
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
The latest on Stoke City, Aztex tryouts, and more
BY NICK BARBARO