The Courtship of Sniffy Lapants
The Courtship of Sniffy Lapants NR. Directed by Lance Myers, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring . “The Astronomer” (D: Lance Myers) and “The Courtship of Sniffy LaPants” (D: Walt Holcombe) are two animated works that will be presented in conjunction with an evening of music. Blair Bovbjerg and Cathy Brigham’s Theremin/piano combo will…
Heironymous Bosch’s Garden of Delights
Heironymous Bosch’s Garden of Delights 1979, NR, 34 min. Directed by Jean Eustache, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring . “Hieronymous Bosch’s Garden of Delights” (1979, 34 min.); “Les Photos d’Alix/Photos of Alix”(1980, 18 min.); “Le Cochon/The Pig” (1970, 50 min.) D: Jean Eustache. These first two shorts are playful inquiries into the relationship…
Les Photos d’Alix (Photos of Alix)
Les Photos d’Alix (Photos of Alix) 1980, NR, 18 min. Directed by Jean Eustache, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring . “Hieronymous Bosch’s Garden of Delights” (1979, 34 min.); “Les Photos d’Alix/Photos of Alix” (1980, 18 min.); Le Cochon/The Pig (1970, 50 min.) D: Jean Eustache. These first two shorts are playful inquiries into…
The Astronomer
The Astronomer NR. Directed by Lance Myers, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring . “The Astronomer” (D: Lance Myers) and “The Courtship of Sniffy LaPants” (D: Walt Holcombe) are two animated works that will be presented in conjunction with an evening of music. Blair Bovbjerg and Cathy Brigham’s Theremin/piano combo will open the show.…
Shogun Assassin
This film is a fascinating Americanized amalgam of two Japanese movies: Lightning Swords of Death and Baby Cart at the River Styx. Shogun Assassin combines bits and pieces from both films, adds an unfortunately bad dub track, and creates a seamless whole.
Best of the AV Geeks
Best of the AV Geeks NR. Directed by , Narrated by , Voices by , Starring . Best of the AV Geeks finds wonders galore in those old 16mm educational film strips and training films. Skip Elsheimer, the founding geek of Raleigh, North Carolina’s A/V Geeks, will be on hand to present bizarre treasures from…
Le Cochon (The Pig)
Le Cochon (The Pig) 1970, NR, 50 min. Directed by Jean Eustache, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring . “Hieronymous Bosch’s Garden of Delights” (1979, 34 min.); “Les Photos d’Alix/Photos of Alix” (1980, 18 min.); Le Cochon (The Pig) (1970, 50 min.) D: Jean Eustache. These first two shorts are playful inquiries into the…
Journey Into Amazing Caves
This film follows expedition leaders Dr. Hazel Barton and Nancy Aulenback as they tunnel through Greenland’s ice caves, explore the aquatic chambers beneath the jungles of the Yucatan, and rappel the limestone caverns of the Grand Canyon.
Xanadu
Xanadu 1980, PG, 88 min. Directed by Robert Greenwald, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Olivia Newton-John, Gene Kelly, Michael Beck. Handing over this cultural low-water marker to the boys of Mr. Sinus Theatre is about as sporting as shooting fish in a barrel. Olivia Newton-John plays a muse to a roller-boogie artist. Need…
Run Angel Run
Run Angel Run 1969, R, 95 min. Directed by Jack Starrett, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring William Smith, Valerie Starrett, Margaret Markov. King of the biker movies, William Smith sells out his motorcycle gang and goes on the lam with his girlfriend.
Hamsun
Hamsun 1996, NR, 157 min. Directed by Jan Troell, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Max Von Sydow, Ghita Norby, Anette Hoff. Hamsun is a thoughtful evocation of the life of famed Norwegian author Knut Hamsun, winner of the 1920 Nobel Prize, who also collaborated with the Nazis in the takeover of his country.…
Hill Country Food & Wine Guide
Burnet Storm’s Drive Inn (12)700 N. Water (Hwy. 281), 512/756-7143 Daily, 6:30am-10pmAll the locals in Burnet, Lampasas, and Hamilton know that the best place for burgers, no contest, is a Storm’s Drive Inn. This small-town Central Texas chain boasts outlets in all three places, dating back to the Fifties. Maybe that’s why the burgers are…
Mr. Smarty Pants
Dig the groovy threads in this factoid suit, daddio!
Food-o-File
Virginia B. Wood on the good news coming out of the Austin restaurant scene this week
Record Reviews
Redd Volkaert No Stranger to a Tele (HighTone) When Leo Fender dreamed up the Telecaster electric guitar back in ’49 or so, it’s doubtful he knew what uses it would be put to, especially in the hands of someone like Redd Volkaert. The local Telecaster master is all over the guitar like grease on a…
Naked City
Negotiations continue on a bill that would create a special taxing district for land owned by Gary Bradley southwest of Austin; environmentalists and others who oppose such a district cry foul.
Amores Perros
Three stories about beast and man.
Hill Country Food & Wine Guide
Kingsland The Antlers Hotel (15)Railroad crossing in Kingsland, off Hwy. 1431 915/388-4411 or 800/383-0007 Wed-Sun, 11am-2pm, 5-10pm The Antlers opened in 1901 as a resort hotel for patrons of the Austin & Northwest Railroad who were eager to vacation in the Hill Country. The hotel was sold in 1923 and remained a private building for…
After a Fashion
Follow a local dress as it makes it way off the bolt, into an Austin boutique, and across the country to Hollywood for the Vanity Fair Oscar Party at Morton’s!
Second Helpings: Burger-Mania, Round Two
More burger joints in this week’s Second Helpings.
Record Reviews
Gnappy(Harliquin) Perhaps the most exciting, energized, and accessible branch to sprout and flourish from the jazz sequoia in recent years is the whole acid/groove/trip jazz movement. It’s as if the hardbop/souljazz sounds of progenitors like Horace Silver, Grant Green, and Jimmy Smith got filtered through the funkification of James Brown and George Clinton. In the…
Naked City
Statesman takes a stand against the federal estate tax.
Josie and the Pussycats
It’s far more subversive than the Seventies Hanna-Barbera cartoon on which it’s based.
Theatre — ALL CAPS, All the Time
There’s nothing lower-case or lethargic about theatre director, actor, and producer Sharon Sparlin. She’s bold, animated, even electric, and channeling all that high-voltage energy into creating equally energetic theatre all the time.
Day Trips
The Cider Mill and Country Store is the apple of Medina’s eye.
Second Helpings
Fuddruckers 4024 S. Lamar, 444-8202 2700 W. Anderson Lane, 458-6268 Daily, 11am-10pm The atmosphere may be a little bright and sterile but the important items like buns and fresh-ground, hand-formed patties are made fresh daily. Burgers are cooked precisely to order, and the condiment bar has every manner of fixin’ imaginable ready to go: lettuce,…
Record Reviews
The Blue Noise Band Brad Green From Queens (Chocolate/Southern Love) The second studio effort from Austin’s Blue Noise Band is an eminently able continuation of the local quartet’s jazz-centered cornucopia of noise. Though the mood swings on Brad Green From Queens are a tad more restrained than those of 1999’s Multi Purpose, the prime weapon…
Naked City
Real legislative reform of the state’s tax-credit allocation process is slowly moving toward the governor’s desk.
Bridget Jones’s Diary
romantic fantasy as it is social satire.
Articulations
Real drama bled into the staged kind when actress Latifah Taormina cut herself during a performance of Adam Sobsey’s Hang Town Fry, and Salvage Vanguard releases The Cry Pitch Carrolls on CD.
To Your Health
My cat, Freya (named after a Norwegian goddess), has become very irritable. My vet thinks she needs more taurine. I get irritable every once in a while too (especially around my period). Do I need taurine?
Second Helpings
Top Notch 7525 Burnet, 452-2181 Mon-Sat, 11am-8pm Curbside service and the “special sauce” are the noteworthy aspects of the Top Notch experience. They smear Thousand Island dressing on both sides of a plain, non-toasted roll. The large, hand-formed, charbroiled patty is enhanced by good-quality lettuce and tomatoes plus tangy dill slices that work in concert…
Record Reviews
Get It On Productions(Castrato) Right now, the world needs more rap-rock fusion like another season of Temptation Island. Thankfully, Austin’s Get It On Productions bypass most of the knuckle-dragging mookishness and head straight for a slippery, air-tight groove. The four-piece’s debut hews much closer to Prince in his “Sexy MF” days than the typical Family…
Naked City
For the first time, council members will have to say how much a proposal costs before they put it on the council agenda; and changes to the city’s billboard ordinance draw debate, but the council postpones a decision.
Joe Dirt
Joe Dirt 2001, PG-13, 93 min. Directed by Dennie Gordon, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring David Spade, Joe Don Baker, Christopher Walken, Dennis Miller, Brittany Daniel, Kid Rock. If you really, really want to spend 90 minutes on a picaresque adventure through the gator farms and fireworks stands of Roadside America, with a…
Exhibitionism
Director Norman Blumensaadt’s rendering of The Devil’s Disciple for Different Stages may be uneven in the quality of the performances, but the actors deliver Shaw’s text clearly, and there’s more than a little something to be said for that.
About AIDS
Newfangled prophylactics
Second Helpings
Trudy’s 409 W. 30th, 477-2935 8800 Burnet, 454-1474 4141 Capitol of Texas Hwy. S., 326-9899 Mon-Thu, 7am-midnight; Fri, 7am-1am; Sat, 8am-2am; Sun, 8am-midnight The beautiful, open-faced burgers here are so big and so pleasing, you can’t do them justice if you fill up on Trudy’s award-winning hot sauce and chips, so pace yourself. The substantial…
Record Reviews
ÜnlocoHealing (Maverick) Great name, Ünloco. Best umlaut since you-know-whü. The legend of their discovery — guitarist Brian Arthur gave the Austin quartet’s demo to Goldfinger singer John Feldman while getting an autograph after a Back Room gig — great copy. Turns out Feldman is one of Madonna’s boy toys over at Maverick A&R. Even the…
Naked City
Sugar Land Congressman Tom DeLay takes on the Democrats’ redistricting plan.
Me You Them
Me You Them 2000, PG-13, 104 min. Directed by Andrucha Waddington, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Nilda Spencer, Luis Carlos Vasconcelos, Stênio Garcia, Lima Duarte, Regina Casé. Funny how the title Me You Them (Eu, Tu, Eles) calls to mind 1968’s Yours, Mine, and Ours, the family farce that spawned TV’s The Brady…
Exhibitionism
In the Subterranean Theatre Company production of Raised by Lesbians, writer Leah Ryan and director Ken Webster transport the audience to the heart of The Who’s “Teenage Wasteland,” dealing with adolescence, lesbians, and men and women’s notions of each other without laughing at teens or distorting them with nostalgia.
Coach’s Corner
Land of the underdog? Not hardly. Nowadays everyone roots for the frontrunner — just look at Duke and Tiger Woods.
Second Helpings
Hut’s 906 W. Sixth, 472-0693 Mon-Sat, 11am-10pm; Sun, 11:30am-10pm Hamburgers are their specialty; Hut’s is a perennial favorite in the annual Chronicle Restaurant Reader’s Poll with 20 variations on the basic theme. Each burger comes on a well-prepared foundation, is cooked to a happy medium, and is thick and flavorful enough to stand up to…
Record Reviews
The Action IsBlackbelt (The Record Party) Hotwheels Jr. always deserved recognition, but being sued by Mattel probably wasn’t what Adam Farina, Krissy Recla, and Mark Bradley had in mind. (They’ve had enough trouble just keeping a drummer.) Now freshly re-christened after a run-in with the giant toymaker’s lawyers — that Barbie can be a bad…
The Hightower Lowdown
Bush’s regulatory rollback, the Codex Alimentarius & McCain-Feingold
Modern Taste
“There are these conundrums,” Steven Watson said at lunch the day before he headed off to the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center at UT to try and unravel some of them. Clarifying the enigmas of modernism and avant-garde artists is something that Watson has become quite proficient at.
Hill Country Food & Wine Guide
Llano The Badu House Bed & Breakfast (17)601 Bessemer, Llano 915/247-1207 Dinner Tue-Sat, 6-10pmThis elegant turn-of-the-century brick edifice is a longtime Llano landmark, having housed a bank, private residences and several B&Bs. The current proprietor is George Rozelle, who cheerfully welcomes guests to the six antique-filled guest rooms and one suite. Rozelle says there have…
Second Helpings
Fran’s Hamburgers 1822 S. Congress, 444-5738 Mon-Thu, 10am-10:30pm; Fri-Sat, 10am-11pm; Sun, 11am-10pm 6214 Cameron, 458-6007 Daily, 6am-11pm South Austin’s strongest drive-in contender, Fran’s offers burgers in three sizes to fit any appetite. Griddle-toasted buns and flavorful patties make for a drippingly good experience — you’ll be grateful for the wax paper wrappers. Fran’s milkshakes also…
Record Reviews
ShearwaterThe Dissolving Room (Grey Flat) The term “maturity” is bandied about often when discussing songwriting. It’s generally considered an asset when a songwriter, whether Dylan, Van Zandt, or Elliott Smith, has an accumulation of experience to draw upon. Shearwater’s local debut, a collaboration between Will Sheff of Okkervil River and Jonathan Meiburg of Kingfisher, wears…
Capitol Chronicle
The State Policy Committee Politically Purges the State Employees’ Charitable Campaign
Related Reading
Modernism Rediscovered by Pierluigi Serraino and Julius Shulman Taschen, 576 pp., $40 (paper) The buildings featured in Modernism Rediscovered were once considered examples of progressive architecture, which is a little surprising given the endearingly tacky status that retro kitsch has now conferred on such structures. These typically austere buildings — with their exposed rafters and…
Hill Country Food & Wine Guide
Johnson City The Feed Mill Center (21)103 E. Main, Johnson City, 830/868-7771 Mon-Thu, 6am-9pm; Fri-Sat, 6am-10pm; Sun, 6am-9pmMusician/investor Charles Trois purchased the historic Crofts Mill and gave new life to the long-abandoned local landmark. Today, the mill is the hub of new development and commerce in downtown Johnson City, attracting diners and shoppers to the…
Second Helpings
Dan’s Hamburgers 4308 Manchaca, 443-6131 5602 N. Lamar, 459-3239 844 Airport, 385-2262 Daily, 6am-11pm Though Don Walser and his wife are regular breakfast customers at the Manchaca store, we still think of Dan’s for burgers, where they are still the same tasty, reliable standby we’ve come to depend on over the years. The medium-sized bacon…
Record Reviews
Shawn ColvinWhole New You (Columbia) On 1996’s A Few Small Repairs, Shawn Colvin, single, successful, middle-aged mother-of-none wondered, “Would I be saved if I were brave and had a baby?” One toddler later, the answer is both yes and no. “Shake your head in wonder when it’s all too good to be true,” sings the…
Capitol Chronicle
A complete list of the organizations rejected for participation in the State Employees Charitable Campaign was not available at press time, but the federations Another Way Texas Shares, Earth Share of Texas, and America’s Charities had received informal confirmation from the State Policy Committee of the following rejections (pending appeal).Another Way Texas Shares Immigrant and…
The Dreamer
The Protagonist of Denise Chávez’s New Novel Is in Love With a Long-Dead Movie Star
Hill Country Food & Wine Guide
Stonewall Burg’s Corner (24)Gillespie Country Fruit Grower’s Assn., Hwy. 290 W. & RR 1623, Stonewall, 830/644-2604 or 800/694-2772 Fri-Sun, 9am-5pmFrom the first of May until Labor Day, this is one of our favorite places for prime Hill Country peaches. Some of the best Gillespie County peaches are for sale by the basket and the bushel,…
Second Helpings
The Filling Station 801 Barton Springs Rd., 477-1022 Mon-Thu, 11am-midnight; Fri-Sat, 11am-1am; Sun, noon-11pm Wheel in here for the Ethyl Burger, 3/4 pound of pure ground beef, cooked to order, and dressed with your choice of lettuce, tomatoes, pickles, chopped onions, grilled onions, bacon, cheese, chili, sautéed mushrooms, hickory sauce and/or jalapeños. Less robust appetites…
Record Reviews
Mike NicolaiWoody Allen Stunt Footage (Garage D’or) This absolutely has to be one of the all-time great album names. But rather than attempt to link Austin singer-songwriter Mike Nicolai’s own dry and somewhat twisted sense of humor to that of the LP’s namesake, we’ll stick with the songs. As perfectly stated as any batch of…
Cinema of the Americas
When you look at a map of the Americas, you see the United States first. Right at the heart of the page, it reaches out with its immensity and the stark cleanliness of its lines. Big blocks of solid shape — Colorado, for instance, and Montana, the panhandles of Idaho and Texas — they all…
Postscripts
How the Gutenberg Bible and the world’s first photograph was moved from the Harry Ransom Center to the LBJ Library.
Hill Country Food & Wine Guide
Fredericksburg Rose Hill Manor, A Country Inn (25) 2614 Upper Albert Rd., 830/644-5541 or 877/ROS-EHILwww.rose-hill.comSince the last time we visited Rose Hill, owners Robert and Patty VanderLynn have added two lovely cottages and the weekend dinners served by Fredericksburg chef Ernie Briggs have developed a very loyal following, making advance reservations a necessity. Another weekend…
Second Helpings
Sandy’s Hamburger Hut 113 N. RR 620, 266-1524 Mon-Fri, 7am-7pm; Sat, 7am-3pm; Sun, 9am-3pm Sandy’s hearkens back to the days before golden arches and talking chihuahuas, when burgers and other fast foods were dispensed from friendly little Mom & Pop roadside shops. It’s a lake-area staple that does a brisk drive-through business in well-stuffed breakfast…
Record Reviews
The Groobees Buy One Get Eleven Free (Downtime) If you’re not familiar with Amarillo’s Groobees, odds are you’ve heard their song “Wide Open Spaces” interpreted by the Dixie Chicks on their multi-platinum release of the same name. Buy One …, the follow-up to the Groobees’ eponymous debut containing that lucrative tune, is chock-full of more…
Cine Las Américas Schedule
Fri, Apr 13-Sat, Apr 21 at the Alamo Drafthouse, 409 Colorado, and Millennium Youth Entertainment Complex, 1154 Hargrave. Tickets are $7 at the door. For more info: 416-0986 or www.cinelasamericas.org. * indicates filmmaker in attendanceFRI, APR 137pm, Alamo : “Abuela’s Revolt,”* “Movete,” Desi’s Looking for a New Girl* 9pm, Alamo :”Q’eschwachaka” (“The Golden Bridge”), The…
Readings
Ghost of a Smile: Stories by Deborah Boliver Boehm Kodansha America, 256 pp., $25 The erotics of fiction are splendidly varied. And unlike the flesh-and-blood variety, with fiction you may select and dismiss partners according to mood and taste with a minimum of guilt. When you’re feeling lazy, a fat paperback from an airport bookstore…
Hill Country Food & Wine Guide
Kerrville, Ingram Broken Arrow Ranch (40)104 Hwy. 27 W., Ingram, 830/367-5875 or 800/962-4263 www.brokenarrowranch.com Mon-Fri, 8am-5pmMike Hughes is well known to chefs and discriminating game lovers around the country for his meat products harvested from free-ranging axis, fallow and siku deer, nilgai antelope, and wild boar. Some stars of his product line are an assortment…
Second Helpings
Sandy’s Hamburgers 603 Barton Springs Rd., 478-6322 Daily, 10:30am-10:30pm Sandy’s has been serving up juicy burgers, good fries, and creamy soft-serve ice cream since the late Forties, when Barton Springs Road was little more than a country lane leading to Central Texas’ most beloved swimming hole. Time has not tarnished Sandy’s appeal, however, because it’s…
Record Reviews
Pat Green & Cory MorrowSongs We Wish We’d Written Amazing, isn’t it, what Lloyd Maines can do in the studio. It’d be easy to dislike this LP considering the premise (covers of well-established country songs by Waylon, Merle, Shaver, etc.), but it’s actually not bad. The biggest problem with a project like this is the…
Short Cuts
You may remember reading about local Web-based animator Alan Watts in this space from time to time, but you’re about to be hearing a lot more about him.
Readings
The Land of Laughs by Jonathan Carroll Tor, 253 pp., $13.95 (paper) The Wooden Sea by Jonathan Carroll Tor, 302 pp., $23.95 What do we mean when we praise a writer’s imagination? Is praise a roundabout way of taking a stance against the drab, workshopped realism that constitutes so much of today’s literary fiction? Or…
Hill Country Food & Wine Guide
Medina Love Creek Orchards Cider Mill & Country Store (45)112 Broadway, Medina, 800/449-0882 Mon-Sat, 9am-5pm; Sun, 10am-5pmMedina is the undisputed apple capital of Texas, and the folks at Love Creek are the true pioneers of the Texas apple industry. Visit their downtown Medina tasting room and sample their fresh apple cider, apple pies, jams and…
South Austin Secede!
Our second installment in a series about South Austin explores the roots of “Bubba” and the rivalry between North Austin and south of the river.
Record Reviews
Roger Wallace That Kind of Lonely (Texas Round-Up) When people talk about the best country singers in Austin, Roger Wallace is not a name that immediately comes to mind. That’s likely to change when they get to hear his second album, however. Wallace has been plugging away for the past year or so, honing his…
Video Reviews
Made-for-TV acting quality that can’t begin to grasp the nuances of the story — but the kids seem to like it.
Local Bestsellers
Local bestsellers are based on recent sales at Austin bookstores selected to reflect varied reading interests.
Hill Country Food & Wine Guide
Boerne, Comfort Cafe d’Anne (46)205-A Hwy. 27, Comfort, 830/995-5226 Mon-Sat, 11:30am-2:30pmWord of mouth encouraged us to try this little lunch-only cafe situated next door to an antique shop in Comfort. Cordon Bleu-trained Indian chef Joseph Matthews settled in Comfort several months ago and operates a one-man show, greeting guests, cooking and waiting tables in a…
Humor, Introspection, Ecstasy
UT Composer Dan Welcher is one step away from greatness.
Flippin’ the Birds
Closing parts of Balcones Canyon Preserve angers mountain bikers and doesn’t do enough to save wildlife.
Video Reviews
One of the finest examples of screwball comedy and an excellent adaptation of a story that has been told many times
Hill Country Food & Wine Guide
There’s no doubt about it, the Hill Country as we’ve known it is changing. Not as rapidly as Austin, perhaps, but fast enough so that changes are clearly visible every six months or so. On our most recent sojourn around the area to update the annual Chronicle Hill Country Food & Wine Guide, we made…
Page Two
The paper for Central Texas reminded us again this week that it is still very much run out of Atlanta, Georgia.
Hill Country Food & Wine Guide
Blanco Blanco Bowling Club Cafe (49)310 Fourth St., Blanco, 830/833-4416 Mon-Fri, 6:30am-10pm; Sat, 6:30am-9pm; Sun, 6:30am-2pmArea farmers, ranchers, and hunters favor the bowling alley’s hearty, rib-sticking grub which includes chicken fried steaks and burgers. This is a smoking establishment. The Deutsch Apple (50)602 Chandler, Blanco, 830/833-2882 Mon, 9am-3pm; Tue-Sat, 10am-6pmIn the grand old Texas two-fer…
God Willing
Two disparate cultures come together in Austin’s Ojalá.
Living on the Edge
One of the ironies of the birds-vs.-bikes debate on Forest Ridge is that mountain bikers are being punished for the same sort of habitat fragmentation that has occurred on a larger scale throughout the whole Balcones Canyonlands Preserve matrix. A glimpse at any map of the BCP confirms that rather than being one big, safe…
Video Reviews
David Fincher’s stunning directorial debut about a psychopath who uses the seven deadly sins as a model for his grotesque murders
Hill Country Food & Wine Guide
Spicewood La Cabana Mexican Grill (1)21103 Hwy 71 W., 264-0292 Tue-Thu,11am-9pm; Fri, 11am-10pm; Sat 9am-10pm; Sun, 9am-9pmOver the past three months we’ve watched this new Mexican restaurant take shape in what had been an abandoned roadside building. Each time we passed, there was some new addition such as a cleared parking lot and, more recently,…
Public Notice
This week, our sassy public service column “Public Notice” goes to the dogs.
Hill Country Food & Wine Guide
Cedar Valley, Driftwood, Dripping Springs, Wimberley Bella Vista Ranch (56)3101 Mt. Sharp Rd., Wimberley, 512/847-6514 Call for hoursAn old Mediterranean axiom says that a farmer plants grapes for his children and olives for his grandchildren. Retired executive Jack Dougherty settled in the Hill Country and planted some olive groves with an eye on the future…
Dancing About Architecture
Our resident Marshmallow Peep relates the news and hearsay in and around the Live Music Capital…
Balcones Canyonlands Preserve Lands
Existing Preserve Tracts Currently the BCP preserve contains about 23,900 acres, out of the 30,428 acres required under its permit.GREEN: Owned and operated by the City of Austin (12,695 acres) BLUE: Owned by Travis Co., LCRA, Audubon Society, and the Nature Conservancy Proposed Additional Tracts Already fragmented due to prior development, the preserve plan has…
TV Eye
Belinda Acosta was all set to hate The Oblongs, the new animated series on the WB about mutants living near a toxic waste dump. But then something unexpected happened: It was funny.
Hill Country Food & Wine Guide
Marble Falls Bluebonnet Cafe (7)211 Hwy. 281, 830/693-2344 Mon-Thu, 6am-8pm; Fri-Sat, 6am-9pm; Sun, 6am-1:45pmThe venerable Bluebonnet has been a fact of life in Marble Falls for nearly 70 years, and it’s truly one of those places where “everybody knows your name” if you’re a local. Due to years of good service, it’s standing-room-only three meals…
The Gospel According to Hollywood
Easter is a time for resurrectiing Hollywood’s biblical epics.
Hill Country Food & Wine Guide
Hill Country Map Spicewood 1. La Cabana Mexican Grill 21103 Hwy. 71 W., 264-0292 2. Little Country Diner Hwy. 71 W. (9 miles west of the corner at RR620 & 71W), 264-2926 3. Opie’s Barbecue Hwy. 71 W. (20 miles past intersection with RR 620, turn right at the gas station) beyond Spicewood, 830/693-8660 4.…
Record Reviews
Old 97’sSatellite Rides (Elektra) Satellite Rides is the fifth album from Dallas’ Old 97’s, and if you’re wondering if they have anything new to say, the time has come to wipe that skeptical look off your face and get ready to be moved — again. The Old 97’s were always a rock & roll band…
Naked City
Hyde Park lawsuit sutra, Glen Maxey’s retirement dilemma, parking lot battle in Judges’ Hill neighborhood, Sixth Street recycling, and the anti-growth blues
The Caveman’s Valentine
The Caveman’s Valentine R, 105 min. Directed by Kasi Lemmons, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Samuel L. Jackson, Colm Feore, Ann Magnuson, Damir Andrei, Aunjanue Ellis, Tamara Tunie, Anthony Michael Hall. Not reviewed at press time.The Caveman’s Valentine has received a weak critical reception, which is surprising considering the talent within — director…
