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Gary Miller 1) Robert Rodriguez, 2) Mike Judge, 4) Richard Linklater / Photos by John Anderson 3) Tim McCanlies, 5) Alex Karpovsky, 6) Ben Steinbauer, 7) Karen Skloss, 8) Bradley Beesley, 9) Andrew Bujalski
news
Downtown Condos: What's Up?
Developers deliver the lowdown on the economy and the future of Austin's new high-rises
BY KATHERINE GREGOR
Point Austin: Indelicate Balances
Political compromise depends on who's holding the cards
BY MICHAEL KING
City Hall Hustle: Who reads the 'Statesman'? Not its editors.
Statesman lets its bias show
BY WELLS DUNBAR
Headlines
Naked City
Local news briefs
Res Publica
Citizen affairs, March 12-19
ON THE LEGE
After All-Nighter, Senate Passes Voter ID
A marathon session delivers a GOP partisan priority
BY LEE NICHOLS
TxDOT Defies Stimulus Stipulations
After some arm-twisting, TxDOT halfheartedly addressed 'economically distressed areas' last week
BY LEE NICHOLS
Staying Abreast of Tax Debate
'Titty tax' law hangs in the balance
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Getting With the Program
Dukes files bill to shore up Texas film industry
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Needle Exchange Clears Committee
Needle-exchange program could finally see daylight
BY JORDAN SMITH
Doggett Refutes McCaul Op-Ed
Doggett calls the bill 'imperfect but responsible'; McCaul calls it a 'Trojan horse'
BY LEE NICHOLS
School Bill Put to the Test
Omnibus school bill doesn't make the grade, critics say
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Nurse Ratios Stir Debate
Bill filed to counter Howard's RN proposal
BY LEE NICHOLS
LegeLines
Odds and ends from the Capitol
BY THE NEWS STAFF
Carstarphen on Tour: Reagan High
The would-be superintendent meets more stakeholders
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
CITY COUNSELING
Walking on the Water
Running hot or cold on the boardwalk
BY WELLS DUNBAR
It's All About the Process
City delays vote on hiring comprehensive planning consultant
BY KATHERINE GREGOR
And the Candidates Are ...
Cheaper by the dozen: Twelve file in mayoral and City Council races
BY WELLS DUNBAR
Hard Bargaining at KLRU
KLRU has hit a snag in contract negotiations with employees
BY NORA ANKRUM
Adding Insult to Brain Injury
Brain injury lab and its former director on the skids
BY LAUREL CHESKY
The Hightower Report
Words for Wall Street Greed; and Corporatist Court Favors Mountaintop Destruction
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
Texas Culinary Icons
Austin is the place to try true Texas treats, from chicken-fried steak to frozen margaritas
BY MICK VANN AND VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Shiner at 100
After 100 years, the Spoetzl Brewery still shines
BY LEE NICHOLS
St. Patrick's Day Revels
St. Patty's Day isn't all about the booze, but booze is good, too
BY WES MARSHALL
Food-o-File
Wheatsville Co-op celebrates its 33rd anniversary, and Zoot reopens at its new location
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Event Menu
Your local food events for March 14-17
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
music
SXSW MUSIC
Never Say Goodbye
Past and present mash up at the 2008-09 Austin Music Awards
BY AUSTIN POWELL
SXSW 09 Picks 2 Click
A septet of local acts with (inter)national appeal
Off the Record
Blaze's blues strike a chord with the SXSW Film 09 and dropping out for the Black Angels' Psych Fest 2
BY AUSTIN POWELL
Texas Platters
Leatherbag, Golden Bear, Lee Simmons, PJ & the Bear, Focus Group, Georgian Company
Tomorrow, Everest, Doniphan Nights, PJ & the Bear, Focus Group, Answer, Answer
Jenny Wolfe
After School
Michael Martin Murphey
Buckaroo Blue Grass
Joe Ely
Live Chicago 1987
Wideawake
Something That We Can't Let Go
The Dark Water Hymnal
As Above, So Below
Mrandmrsmays, Diana Cantu, Lili & Walter, Joanna Barbera
Mrandmrsmays, You're All I Ask, Lili and Walter, Carnival Beginning
screens
SXSW FILM
Good Company
Welcome to Austin and SXSW Film 09
BY KIMBERLEY JONES
Film News
Welcome to the great state of South by Southwest
BY JOE O'CONNELL
Every Step They Take
Kathryn Bigelow dramatizes the dangerous business of bomb detonation in The Hurt Locker
BY MARJORIE BAUMGARTEN
The 11th Hour
Tim McCanlies eyes the finish line
BY JOSH ROSENBLATT
The Bee's Knees
Andrew Bujalski's uncommon process
BY KIMBERLEY JONES
Magnificent Obsession
Charting the unlikely ascension of Troll 2 from crappiest movie ever made to cult darling
BY MARC SAVLOV
The Watchmen
Three documentaries shine a light on playing to the audience
BY KIMBERLEY JONES
Boys Who Like Boys
Two takes on the bromance in Humpday and I Love You, Man
Found Film
The rehatching of Tobe Hooper's 1969 debut, Eggshells
BY LOUIS BLACK
An Expanding Definition of Family
Karen Skloss' personal documentary explores mothers and daughters and the choices they make
BY SARAH JEAN BILLEITER
Animated Ladies
Signe Baumane and Sarah Jane Lapp illustrate their points
BY ANNE S. LEWIS
Rock and a Hard Place
Exploring the elusiveness of fame and the ethics of the mash-up in 24 Beats per Second
BY JOSH ROSENBLATT
It Came From Down Under
Aussie films swarm SXSW 09
BY DARCIE STEVENS
Shot on Location
For All Mankind filmmaker Al Reinert goes walking on the moon one more time
BY ROBERT FAIRES
In a World Where ...
Plumbing the depths of Joe Dante's Trailers From Hell
BY MARC SAVLOV
The Cutting Edge
Trailer maker Mark Woollen talks shop
BY SPENCER PARSONS
We Thank You Very Sweetly
Remembering once and forever Munchkin Clarence Swensen
BY JOE O'CONNELL
TV Eye
A new workplace sitcom addresses the tough questions. Like, if eyeballs explode at minus 20 degrees Celsius.
BY BELINDA ACOSTA
Film Reviews
Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman
Animated Haruki Murakami adaptation finds his fabulist tendencies
The Boogeyman
Can Hollywood just knock it off with the trauma horror?
Sanctuary
Deliciously perverse battle of the sexes plays with lust and power
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Ol' Webhead's latest adventure is a breathtaking masterpiece
arts & culture
Sold on the Cool
The Blanton's 'Birth of the Cool' is midcentury modernism made sexy
BY ROBERT FAIRES
David Box: Box on sax
An Austin musician takes Adolphe Sax's horn back to its classical roots
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Ray Donley: Lost and Found
A rare local showing of the Austin artist's work includes his first sculpture
BY ROBERT FAIRES
T.J. & Dave: Masters of the All Made Up
One of improv's leading duos is on Film at SXSW and live at Spider House
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews
Fences
City Theatre Company delivers a strong production of August Wilson's 1987 Pulitzer winner
Heroes
A strong ensemble abets this witty but quiet play about three old French soldiers
Haven Gallery & Fine Gifts
The gallery does a nice job of mixing styles and types of artwork, all of it handmade
columns
Page Two: The Incredibles
SXSW Film lines 'em up
BY LOUIS BLACK
Letters at 3AM
How far are you willing to go to make a picture?
BY MICHAEL VENTURA
After a Fashion
Stephen gears up for SXSW and spring: Should he choose the pink crocodile or the one-shoulder with ruffles?
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
Day Trips
Bigfoot Wallace lived a life as big as Texas
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Gay Place
South by So Gay
BY KATE X MESSER AND ASH BELL
Playing Through
The Aztex look to turn Austin into a soccer town
BY THOMAS HACKETT
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
Starbucks in church, Brits tortured Obama's grandfather, and more
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Luv Doc Recommends: SXSW Screening of 'Sweethearts of the Prison Rodeo'
Paramount Theatre, Saturday, March 14, 2009
BY THE LUV DOC
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