Cover Story
Plays With Expectations
Jake Silverstein mixes fact and fiction, funny and bleak, to dramatize one journalist’s coming-of-age
The Daily Hustle: 4/22/10 (Updated)
Better late than never, right?
Capitol Thaw
Who controls the Senate thermostat?
‘Chronicle’ 2010 NFL Mock Draft
Who will go where and when
Toros Season Ends
Gee named rookie of the year
And Then There Were Two
UT takes “third party” option off table for Cactus Cafe
The Totally Awesome AusChron Newscast is For the Birds!
City budget, tire updates, and … Grackle Oaks?
Fightin’ Words
Gloves off: Writers duke it out at the Literary Death Match
Burlesque With an Independent Streak
Texas Burlesque Festival at 501 Studios this weekend
Sky Blue Sky
Q&A with Kevin Welch
The Daily Hustle: 4/21/10 (Updated)
We’re (really not) in the money …
Alums Spiking Funds
UT exes plan to hit UT where it hurts over Cactus Cafe
Need to Get Away?
Activity at home of former Family Connections director, now wanted by the law
Texas Cannabis Crusade
Not on 4/20, sure, but pot-law reformers to take to the streets of ATX on 5/1
The Daily Hustle: 4/20/10
Richard Garriott. 4/20. Coincidence?
Tuesday? No, TuezGayz
Barbarella and TheGlitoris.com bridge the straight nightlife area with a gay-themed weekly evening.
Kinky Cash
Demmycrat Friedman fundraising for Republicans
The Daily Hustle: 4/19/10
This post is for the birds
If You Have Ghosts
Erickson acolytes sound off on ‘True Love Cast Out All Evil’
Last Chance to See ‘Lovers of Hate’ on VOD
Today’s the last day Time Warner subscribers can catch Bryan Poyser’s funny/bilious film
Big Weekend for the Toros, Stars, and Express
Playoffs, season opener, and Lance Berkman
The Daily Hustle: 4/16/10
TDH has the draft agenda on tap
Event Menu
Feasts, classes, celebrations, and more delicious fun
Arts Review
City of Angels Mary Moody Northen Theatre, 3001 S. Congress, 448-8483, www.stedwards.edu/hum/thtr/mmnt.html Through April 18 Running time: 2 hr., 25 min. Listen, sister, the hard-boiled detective genre has been taking shots from two-bit gag writers since Mrs. Chandler’s little boy learned the letters “P” and “I.” The body’s so full of holes now that whenever…
299th
Karen Sage defeats Mindy Montford in 299th district court run-off
Gone and Quartered
Stiffed on Capital Metro money, the city scrambles to fund another $51 million in transportation projects
Food-o-File
This week it’s all chocolates and pastries and wine
Arts Review
This new solo by modern dancer Deborah Hay is truly beyond description
Around the House
Negativity thrives in state House primary run-offs
Where the Money’s Going
How has the city been allocating transportation funds?
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
Meet the Pillsbury family, and more
Arts Review
Arch images that show, in a damning light, all the women that men didn’t see
SBOE & Supremes
Hard right candidates go down in SBOE & Supreme Court run-offs
Show Us the Money
City and Capital Metro closing deal on Quarter Cent money owed
After a Fashion
When does Your Style Avatar not jones for Joan?
ACC Board Elections: Meet the Candidates
The candidates on taxing districts, remedial boot camps, and student culture
Cap Metro: The Quarter Cent Shuffle
Why Cap Metro takes a quarter-cent and then gives it back
The Hightower Report
Wall Street: Part of the Solution?; and EPA Back on Top
Hip Lit
The New Fiction Confab
Putting the ‘UT’ in ‘Cut’
UT loses Vietnamese classes
MetroRail: So Two Weeks Ago
As expected, MetroRail’s ridership numbers dropped off significantly once the first, free week ended (March 22-26). From the overflowing, standing-room-only crowds (more than 14,000 the first week), daily ridership for the second week (March 29-April 2) fell to: Monday 917 Tuesday 959 Wednesday 953 Thursday 987 Friday 1,681 Capital Metro estimates the end-of-the-week spike was…
Live Shots
Elton John Frank Erwin Center, April 10 If Elton John toddled onstage at Frank Erwin Center Saturday night looking a little like a five-foot Muppet, it was no joke. Impeccably dressed in a satin blue chemise and black tailcoat – with a sequined crocodile snapping down on the Sir Elton of his ubiquitous Greatest Hits…
Off the Record
Where do you want it?
Detective Dunn Challenges Firing
Dunn claims to be more than ‘damaged goods’
I Walked With a Zombie
Will Sheff tackles True Love track by track
Live Shots
Vampire Weekend Stubb’s, April 10 “We all grew up with some hardships, but now we’re here,” winked Vampire Weekend’s Ezra Koenig as he prefaced “Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa” with a knowing smile. After two acclaimed albums in three years and near-constant touring, the Ivy Leaguers have become a tight, confident unit that’s learned to shrug…
Imagined Mexico
A personal guide to three exhibits on Mexico through one bifurcated perspective
What’s Hidden in Sanders Report?
TCRP sues for unredacted reports
Live Shots
Yeasayer La Zona Rosa, April 10 Yeasayer’s Saturday night set justified their sold-out weekend stand at La Zona Rosa, inspiring a rave-up in spite of the extreme complexity and intricacy of their electro-shocked pulses. They were helped by their handpicked opener Javelin, which set the bar so incredibly low that whatever followed couldn’t help but…
Day Trips
Avoid Garner State Park between Memorial Day and Labor Day, and you’ll have a great nature experience
Developing Stories: Waller Creek: $34 Million Runs Through It
Will the Waller Creek Master Plan hold water?
Letters to God
A young boy with cancer writes letters to God, an action that affects the lives of others around him.
Live Shots
James Burton Travis County Expo Center, April 10 Bluebonnets bloomed along the highway to the Travis County Expo Center, but inside, the ninth annual Lonestar Rod & Kustom Round Up sprang and sprawled hot rods of every size, decade, and color. James Burton’s eternal six-string twang detailed the ride. From Arlo Guthrie to Waylon Jennings,…
Gay Place
Join this impact
Did City Pay Twice to Scrap Tires?
The tires are gone, but the controversy still molders
The Art of the Steal
This documentary looks at the quandary faced in Philadelphia about moving the Barnes Foundation, home to a premier Postimpressionist collection.
Count the Blessings
The Texas Hill Country Wine & Food Festival at 25
Abre los Ojos
Cine las Americas gets hip to Latin cinema’s emergent talent
Texas Stars Playoffs
The Texas Stars host their first-ever playoff series in their inaugural season
Acevedo: Will He Stay or Will He Go?
The courting continues; California tries to cut in
Kick-Ass
Everyone’s a superhero these days, and this film based on Mark Millar and John Romita Jr.’s comic book series takes that concept to the Nth degree.
TV Eye
David Simon is back with Treme, the new HBO series about a New Orleans ravaged – but still resilient – in the wake of Hurricane Katrina
Septuagenarians Tell All
Turning life’s lessons into art in Stages
Soccer Watch
Aztex home opener a winner all around
Pregnant? Scared? Misinformed?
New ordinance requires full disclosure from crisis pregnancy centers
The Square
A satchel full of ill-gotten cash looms over the characters like the iconic root of all evil in this fantastic Australian suspenser.
La Follia
La Serva Padrona was a surprise hit in 1733, and it still delights today
War Photographer
Christian Poveda documented the gangs of El Salvador, until they turned on him
Point Austin: Sounds Like a Plan
CAMPO’s 2035 Plan reads like a dream of a different Central Texas
Weighing Cactus Cafe’s Losses
Do the Cactus’ losses really justify its loss?
City Island
This manic family comedy starring Andy Garcia and Julianna Margulies has a basic goodness of heart that is counteracted by clunky mechanics.
Fusebox Festival
Up first at the cutting-edge arts fest? Boot-scootin’ on the statehouse steps.
Festival Picks
Cine las Americas previews
City Hall Hustle: Eastside Discordance
The El Concilio players strut the stage
Missed Connections
Did Family Connections’ executive director take the money and run?
The Joneses
David Duchovny and Demi Moore star in this partially successful comedy about consumer culture that turns uncomfortably moralistic part way through.
Culture Flash
Competing choreographers cash in as comics stand up to joke for big money
Dressing Down the Superhero
How the irreverent comic Kick-Ass made the leap from page to picture show
Headlines
� Less than 5% of registered Travis County voters turned out for the April 13 primary run-offs: That’s down from a still-disappointing 15% for the March 2 primaries. For full results, see “299th,” “Around the House,” and “SBOE & Supremes.” � City Council is off this week – and they can use the downtime, following…
Wasted Energy
Why the 11th-hour ‘action’ against AE’s generation plan?
Texas Hill Country Wine & Food Festival Sunday Fair
The festival concludes, as always, with the Sunday Fair, where there’s something for everyone
Please, Judge
Roky Erickson’s first studio album in over a decade proves Will Sheff and Okkervil River’s genius once again
Naked City
News briefs from Austin, the region, and beyond
No Mo’ Money
Big-time radio fears tsunami; Dudley & Bob treads water
My New Orleans: The Cookbook: 200 of My Favorite Recipes & Stories From My Hometown
Chef John Besh is a proud native son of Louisiana, and this big new book is his unabashed love letter to the rich traditions and diverse culinary heritage of his hometown
Record Review
Roky Erickson with Okkervil River True Love Cast Out All Evil (Anti-) The Roky Erickson that first emerges on True Love is an unprecedented incarnation of the artist, subtle and tenderly haunting as he sings the opening lines of “Devotional Number One” in his plaintive tenor. Revelation couched in a fable, the recording is raw…
Res Publica
Citizens’ calendar, April 15-21
Ride and Compare: Navigating Two Different Bike Maps
Google Maps and Ride the City take different routes to same destinations
Luv Doc Recommends: Austin Reggae Fest
Living in Austin can be crazy stressful: All the noise, traffic, congestion, and smug hipsterism can really take a toll on your zen. Add to that several hundred milligrams of caffeine, general angst about the tanking economy, and the imminent onset of swimsuit season, and you’re marginally postal about 90% of the time. Sure you…
