Central Machine Works
Volume 36, Number 6
Issue Supplement
ACL 2016 Preview - Week Two
ON THE COVER:
news
Did Failures at APD’s Crime Lab Lead to Sexual Assaults in Houston?
Rape case goes unprosecuted due to contaminated DNA evidence
BY CHASE HOFFBERGER
Future Perfect
SXSW Eco panelists on designing a better tomorrow
Point Austin: All Grove All the Time
In Austin's housing toolbox, all we've got are hammers
BY MICHAEL KING
Public Notice: Past Imperfect, Future Tense
Rag reunion, SH 45: Activists' work is never done
BY NICK BARBARO
Headlines
Quote of the Week
Civics 101
Council: Coyotes, Garages, and Manure
Old zoning cases never die; they just reincarnate as amendments
BY MICHAEL KING
The Wrath of Don
Zimmerman's constituents accuse him of online, in-person abuse
BY MARY TUMA
Election Notes
Mobility Bond woes, Margaret Moore hires staff, and other stories from the campaign trail
BY MICHAEL KING, CHASE HOFFBERGER AND RICHARD WHITTAKER
Angela Davis Closes Out UT's Inaugural Black Matters Conference
Educator and former political prisoner captivates with keynote address
BY KAHRON SPEARMAN
Cab Co-op Starts Its Engines
Union-backed franchise launches with 30 drivers
BY CHASE HOFFBERGER
Still No Charges for Dawnna Dukes
Retiring legislator reportedly in talks with Travis County D.A.
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Permanent Drug Take-Back Kiosk Open to Public
A safe, local way to dispose of unused or expired meds
BY ANNAMARYA SCACCIA
The Hightower Report: Why Can't Our Economy Promote Equality and Shared Prosperity?
A grassroots coalition is taking on the corporate elites
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
ACL FEST 2016
Where to Eat Near ACL Fest
Foraging around Zilker
The ABCs of ACL Eats
Snacking at the fest is elementary
BY BRANDON WATSON
Giving Hoppy Beers a Second Chance
While IPAs remain craft beer’s most popular style, it is also its most polarizing
BY ERIC PUGA
Review: Kyōten Sushiko
Exceptional nigiri is served with few frills
BY MELODY FURY
Food Events
music
ACL FEST 2016
Weekend Two Friday ACL Fest Picks
Where to be, by the hour
Weekend Two Friday ACL Fest Interview: Strumbellas
Toronto bluegrass stompers stream 100 million
BY JIM CALIGIURI
Weekend Two Friday ACL Fest Record Reviews
Weekend Two-only discs to spin
ACL Review: Bombino
Desert rocker goes to town
BY MICHAEL TOLAND
ACL Review: Tory Lanez
Canadian MC isn’t Drake just yet
BY ALEJANDRA RAMIREZ
ACL Review: Die Antwoord
Nightmarish, hilarious, absurdly filthy – what did you expect?
BY DOUG FREEMAN
ACL Review: Flying Lotus
Dense tapestries of experimental jazz and down-tempo hip-hop
BY THOMAS FAWCETT
ACL Review: Radiohead
Über headliners prove unrivaled still
BY KAHRON SPEARMAN
Weekend Two Saturday ACL Fest Picks
Day 2 to-do list
Weekend Two Saturday ACL Fest Interview: Margaret Glaspy
Cali songsmith possesses a stilling voice
BY LIBBY WEBSTER
ACL Review: Luísa Maita
Brazilian electro delicacy and skronk
BY MICHAEL TOLAND
ACL Review: Andra Day
R&B queen plies some San Diego goddam
BY ALEJANDRA RAMIREZ
ACL Review: LL Cool J
Ladies by the thousands still love Cool James
BY THOMAS FAWCETT
ACL Review: Kendrick Lamar
Superstar MC grapples with superstardom in real time
BY BRYAN ROLLI
Weekend Two Sunday ACL Fest Picks
ACL sendoffs
Weekend Two Sunday ACL Fest Interview: Amanda Shires
Americana songstress doesn't need hubby Jason Isbell to constitute one-half of a power couple
BY DOUG FREEMAN
ACL Review: Margo Price
Nashville’s proper inheritor to Loretta Lynn
BY DOUG FREEMAN
ACL Review: Local Natives
Third time proves yet another charm for L.A. pop savants
BY ALEJANDRA RAMIREZ
ACL Review: Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats/St. Paul & the Broken Bones
Battle of the blue-eyed soul titans
BY LIBBY WEBSTER
ACL Review: Gregory Porter
Harlem’s new Nat King Cole puts on a one-man jazz fest
BY THOMAS FAWCETT
ACL Review: Miike Snow
Hurricane pop trio proves anything but studio-bound
BY KAHRON SPEARMAN
ACL Review: LCD Soundsystem
All my friends dance thmselvs clean
BY ABBY JOHNSTON
Homegrown
Austin acts at ACL Fest Weekend Two
BY KEVIN CURTIN
ACL Fest Late-Night
Weekend Two aftershows
BY BRYAN ROLLI
ACL Fest Transportation Guide
Minimize the hassle of getting to and from the fest
BY JAMES RENOVITCH AND TUCKER WHATLEY
Country Sensation Margo Price Gets Real
Nashville queen reigns over ACL's second weekend
BY TIM STEGALL
Playback – ACL Fest: Dad Rock Is Dead
Wrapping weekend one of ACL Fest on the eve of the second iteration
BY KEVIN CURTIN
screens
Do Not Resist Charts the Rise of the Militarization of Law Enforcement
Documentary offers a critical look at evolving present-day policing efforts
BY KAHRON SPEARMAN
Terrence Malick Tackles the Universe in His Latest Film
Voyage of Time: The IMAX Experience investigates the mystery of the cosmos
BY MARJORIE BAUMGARTEN
Film Reviews
American Honey
Youths hit the road in this rambling epic
Beauty and the Beast
Yet another take on the classic fairy tale
The Birth of a Nation
Controversial slave uprising epic finally hits theatres
Devi(L)
The Girl on the Train
Another girl gone in this tedious adaptation
The Greasy Strangler
It's lewd, crude, and full of grease
Masterminds
Heist comedy stars Zach Galifianakis, Owen Wilson, and Kristin Wiig
Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life
Animation and reality collide in this paean to pubescence
Under the Shadow
A mother and her son are stuck in a war zone in this Iranian horror film
arts & culture
The Wordy Wranglers of Typewriter Rodeo
The whole country's saddling up with Austin's vaqueros of verse
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
Arts Reviews
Hyde Park Theatre's Lungs
The company has gathered all the right people for this beautiful, painful, timely tale of a man and a woman in a dying world
Mary Moody Northen Theatre's The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui
This gangster spectacle based on Hitler's rise feels more than timely in the current election year
"Richard Forster: Levittown" at Lora Reynolds Gallery
The artist's reconsideration of his suburban hometown hinges on the conflict between the mass-produced and the personal
columns
Oops
Page Two: Pay-to-Play City Politics
When it comes to Austin's independent businesses, the City too often is part of the problem
BY LOUIS BLACK
Gay Place
Brand New Key celebrate the release of their first full-length
BY SARAH MARLOFF
Day Trips: Southern Flyer Diner, Brenham
Retro diner serves up a hot plate of nostalgia for fliers and drivers
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
The Luv Doc: Gone Soft
Has the Luv Doc gone soft?
BY THE LUV DOC
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
The Common Law
Eminent domain and condemnation – frequently asked questions
BY LUKE ELLIS
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
Soccer Watch
BY NICK BARBARO
comics
