Cover Story
Arcade Fire
Pastime becomes passion project becomes Pinballz
The Cash in Council Races
Candidates show their cards
Adventure Time at the Alamo
Cartoon Network’s smash comes to Drafthouse and Mondo
Last Day to Register for City Election!!
Council election May 12 – today’s your last chance to register
Film Flam
Austin-for-Corpus-Christi, cash for ‘Chess,’ and more
Horrific and Bubblicious
Catching up with the ‘Holliston’ gum gag
Into the Woods, Again
Revisiting our interview with Joss Whedon & Drew Goddard
The Good Music Club: Blind Pets
Blind Pets: “Smashed,” on a “Leash,” in “Every Bodies” face
New Movement Downtown!
Even comedy can metastasize
Do Go On, Mr. Gunn
An extended transcript of our chat with Tim Gunn
Pasties and Pleasure at the Marchesa
Texas Burlesque Festival returns this weekend
‘Heart of a Servant’: Jaime Padron
Thousands mourn slain officer
Everybody Must Get Stoned
City hopes to represent every Asian country in public art project
Toros Begin Playoffs on Thursday
First home game Sunday
Not Fade Away
Sifting through a work week worth’s of Grateful Dead footage
On ‘Being’ and ‘Bullshit’
Poet and memoirist Nick Flynn reads at ACC tonight
Santorum Out: Paul Says ‘Newt Who?’
Texas rep shifts to third in GOP race
Why Pie?
Wiki has no entry for pie socials
Feedtime
What no one else is doing: Aussie one-chord punk
Funeral Procession Will Journey to San Angelo to Bury Slain APD Officer
Padron will be laid to rest in San Angelo Friday
This Week’s Waste of Time
What makes a game a Waste of Time?
Harry Ransom Heads to a Galaxy Far, Far Away
HRC brings former ILM head Thomas G. Smith to Austin
Cinema Paradiso
Cinema Paradiso 1988, R, 124 min. Directed by Giuseppe Tornatore, Starring Philippe Noiret, Enzo Cannavale. A sentimental favorite, this Academy Award winner set at a small picturehouse in Sicily is all about the magic of going to the movies.
Think You Know North Loop?
What Brown & Raval have done in that Tiny Park!
USFL Eyes Austin
The birth of the NFL’s first minor league
Gathr’ing for ‘Before the Mask’
Special screening of the cult horror (but only if you demand it)
The Marvel of Aurasma
Remember our animated SXSW covers? Now with more heroes.
Tim Tebow’s Central Texas Sermon
Polarizing QB to draw huge crowd for Easter on the Hill
‘Reinventing the Meal’
Local talent involved with ‘Reinventing the Meal’ on Cooking Channel
Deadly Day for APD
Two shootings within 12 hours; one officer is dead
Toros Look To Finish Season Strong
Playoff preparation begins
Britt’s Pick for Sunday: The Parish Underground
This one you don’t want to miss. It’s all-ages and free!
Ceci N’est Pas Un Pénis (This Is Not a Penis)
Apparently ASA’s ‘no-holds-barred’ art show does hold bars
The Good Music Club: Guns of Navarone
The Guns ring out in their latest live videos
Case Still Open, Brown Still ‘Prime Suspect’
APD still investigating Esme Barrera’s murder
Officer Killed in Line of Duty
First Austin Police Officer killed since 2004
Restaurant Review
Family-owned Spicewood restaurant serves up Turkish delights
Phases & Stages
Walter Tragert A Single Drop of Rain A Single Drop of Rain picks up where the rootsy soulfulness of 2004’s Lousy With Desire left off and bests it with Tragert’s trademarks: barroom rock (“Red Wine Romeo”) and joyous, exuberant soul pop (“Get It Back”). Tragert possesses a supple, muscular, commanding vocal style (“My Dear Eileen”)…
UT Softball/Baseball Food Drive
The No. 3-ranked Longhorns softball team enter its three-game home series vs. the Missouri Tigers riding high on a nine-game winning streak. Senior shortstop Lexy Bennett (.429 avg., six homers, and a team-leading 41 RBIs) and sophomore pitcher Blaire Luna (12-1, 1.29 ERA, and 134 Ks in 81.1 innings pitched) are but two of Texas’…
Headlines
� The biggest news from today’s City Council may be off the agenda – the first use of real-time action postings on the city website, www.austintexas.gov. The site has steadily improved since a fairly rough initial redesign, and the online streaming (and subsequent breakout of particular items by Channel 6) is very helpful. Today, look…
Letters at 3AM: A Pattern of Subversion
President Obama regularly oversteps his bounds of office
Phases & Stages
JoDee Purkeypile October House (Emerald Wood) Best known as vocalist/guitarist for local pop-psych quartet the Alice Rose, JoDee Purkeypile’s premiere solo effort doesn’t stray far from his band’s output. Recorded, produced, and performed entirely by its creator, October House seldom self-indulges, with echoes of Emitt Rhodes and Tommy Keene running rampant. The nearly breathless “Don’t…
Soccer Watch
Aztex announce first four player signings, and more
The Luv Doc: Parachute Pants and a Kentucky Waterfall
Luvdork, Riddle me this, bitch: I have a 1989 IROC-Z that runs good normally but it sputters when I stomp on the gas. My dad says I should check the fuel system and that it may be a bad fuel pump/filter. What do you think? – Brad I could blame it on a deteriorated control…
East Austin Urban Farm Tour To Benefit Farm and Ranch Freedom Alliance
Oh, the farmer and the foodie should be friends
Phases & Stages
Seth Sherman When the Moment Is True (Nine Mile) Seth Sherman played and sang every note on When the Moment Is True. It’s an unclassifiable mix of noisy folk, sweetly swaying pop, and spiritual jangle. The Nilsson-esque “My Baby’s Got a Hold on Me” offers romance, the John Fahey-style fingerpicking on “It’s Shown Me Nothing”…
Shea’s Contracts at Issue
Questions raised about candidate Brigid Shea’s work as consultant and lobbyist
Mirror Mirror
Holding on to the Snow White fairy tale’s most tiresome aspects, this iteration has some visual sass but is devoid of wit.
Austin Bakers Are Challenged To Help Fight Hunger
Baking to benefit the No Kid Hungry campaign
Phases & Stages
Bill Carter Behind the Barn (Lowdown) Following Bill Carter’s local roots-pop teaming with Will Sexton and Stephen Doster, Behind the Barn hunkers down in the blues and acoustic rurality. Richard Bowden, Cindy Cashdollar, and Bobby Keys lend an authoritative twinkle to Carter’s always-accomplished compositions, which here are mostly ribald and offbeat. With joint-rolling “Fez” leading…
Zoning, Fluoride, and Old Hollywood
City Council takes on rates, permits, and all that jazz
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In this Tamil love story, a couple’s relationship over the decades is explored.
Food-o-File
Farewell to a few of Austin’s foodie legends
Phases & Stages
Louis Johnson Old Friend With nickname “Cowboy” seemingly put to rest, Louis Johnson maintains his old-fashioned way with elusive spirits and closely held emotions on Old Friend. Trumpet (Ephraim Owens) and fiddle (Phoebe Hunt) add subtle shading, but Johnson’s songs stand out with simple clarity. “Is She Your Memory or Mine” commands special attention as…
Consider the Source: Boring Into BOR
A little less orange, a little more transparent
Housefull 2
This Bollywood film is a follow-up to the 2010 comedy.
Food Events
National Grilled Cheese Month? We knew we loved April for some reason.
Phases & Stages
Lincoln Durham The Shovel vs the Howling Bones Ray Wylie Hubbard is listed as co-producer with George Reiff on Lincoln Durham’s debut full-length, and it rattles and creaks just like Hubbard’s discs. Sadly, Durham’s vocals recall Ryan Bingham’s rasp to the point of distraction and there’s enough Black Crowes Southern rock vibe to call originality…
City Campaign: Voters Wanted
Endorsements start to filter in for what should be an interesting city election season
American Reunion
Thirteen years after American Pie jump-started sexual innuendo for a new generation, this sequel is the best one in the series.
Arts Review
This fierce work of theatre feels like unrehearsed life at its most casual and intense
AISD Inches Toward Consultation Deal
Board expected to vote April 23
The Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jaye
His, hers, and ours: Outsider artists use plastic surgery to merge as one on the physical plane.
Sad Clown Makes for Happy Filmmaker
Mario Troncoso on his debut at Cannes
Arts Review
Acia Gray mines vaudeville for lost treasures of tap and makes them dazzle again
West Lake Waterworks
City to offer $16 million for control of its wastewater system
Boy
Set on the eastern New Zealand coast in 1984, Boy is a wisp of a story, but originally told by the director of Eagle vs Shark.
The Spoils of War
Blood and sorrow in the films of Southeast Europe
Arts Review
The cellist swashed and buckled his way through Dvor�k like a great actor playing Cyrano
Panel Emphasizes Need for Prosecutorial Oversight
Michael Morton’s case is one of dozens in which misconduct has been alleged
Undefeated
This Oscar-winner for Best Documentary tells a rousing and heartwarming tale of a West Memphis high school football team overcoming the odds.
Keeping the Faith
Women lawmakers endure – and defy – the anti-choice wrath of the Catholic Church
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Werewolf
Brian McGreevy wants to ruin your workday
Commission Debarks Puppy Mill Regs
Committee proposals for more humane measures fail
The Salt of Life
This Italian import by the director of Mid-August Lunch addresses the concerns of aging men who realize they are no longer attractive to young women.
I Just Wasn’t Made for These Times
Then again, maybe Kat Edmonson fits perfectly
1, 2, Tres, Cuatro: Waltz Across Texas
San Antonio rock & roll posters and Central Texas dance halls – preserve them.
Civics 101
Thursday 05 COUNCIL ACTION FOR WORKERS City Council is voting Thursday on the proposed Trammell Crow developments Downtown, and the Workers Defense Project wants to make sure basic protections are guaranteed to those who will work on those buildings. 9:30-10:30am. Austin City Hall, 301 W. Second, 974-2220. SUSTAINABILITY: WHAT DOES IT MEAN? UT Psychology Chair…
The Hunter
Willem Dafoe plays a Canadian tracker hunting presumed-extinct prey in Tasmania, but soon he’s stalking humans as well.
Record Review
Kat Edmonson Way Down Low (Spinnerette) There’s a delicateness to the singing of Kat Edmonson that almost demands the label “chanteuse,” breathy and ephemeral, but with an edge gilded by her twang. It’s a slightly jarring and unsettled smoothness comparable to that of Lyle Lovett, and their duet here on “Long Way Home” playfully pivots…
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
Wyatt Earp died in Los Angeles in 1929. His last words were: “Suppose … suppose ….” In Bermuda, they fly kites made with wood and tissue paper on Good Friday. The shape of the kite and the use of wood is meant to symbolize the cross. The flying of the kite symbolizes Jesus’ ascension to…
Mystery and Intrigue Grow in Yassine Case
Federal case against Downtown club owners takes another turn
Rachcha
Rachcha 2012, NR, 160 min. Directed by Sampath Nandi, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Ram Charan Teja, Tamanna Bhatia, Ajmal Ameer. Not reviewed at press time. A guy who makes money by accepting challenges takes on one with unexpected consequences in the Telugu film.
Phases & Stages
Lyle Lovett Release Me (Curb/Lost Highway) The cover image of Lyle Lovett roped head to toe and the title of his 11th album are a gentle poke at the only record label the continental Texan has called home. After more than 25 years, Release Me is his last for Curb Records. While not overtly summing…
All Over Creation: Laugh Lines
A week of unexpected comic relief brought lessons in laugh-making
Point Austin: ‘Free’ Is Much Too Expensive
Donald Shoup on the high cost of free parking
After a Fashion
Swag: How Your Style Avatar rolls �
Phases & Stages
Bobby Jealousy A Little Death A short-fused firecracker when she’s fronting punk party-crashers A Giant Dog, singer Sabrina Ellis reels it in as best she can on the debut full-length from Bobby Jealousy, the local quartet she leads alongside hubby Seth Gibbs (Leatherbag, the Archibalds) and British import Mark Stoney. Recorded at Gibbs’ Superpop Records,…
Latino New Play Festival
Teatro Vivo follows its hit inaugural fest with readings of three more works by Latino writers
Then There’s This: Excuse My Biomass
Revisiting the city’s decision to hook up with a chip-burning plant
Hops to It
The gospel of good beer is spreading
Phases & Stages
Ben Kweller Go Fly a Kite (The Noise Company) Kicking it country-esque on 2009’s Changing Horses following his return to Austin, Ben Kweller turns decidedly poppier for his fifth studio affair and first album on his own Noise Company imprint. Though “Mean to Me” opens with a crescendo diving into psychedelic-powered guitar fuzz, Kweller settles…
Gay Place: Oops, Mami!
The Laramie Project’s Wilde Party, VAC’s new Traditional Family Values, and ArtErotica top this week’s list of must-do gAy-TX arty party fun
The Hightower Report
Political insiders are stealing from America itself
Second Helpings: Post-Easter-Egg-Hunt Brunch
Remember to call ahead for reservations and availability as space is always limited on holidays. BC Tavern Take a short trip to Bee Cave for this upscale comfort food for Easter. Enjoy a special à la carte brunch menu from 11am to 3pm; if you’re celebrating late in the day, dinner starts at 5pm. 11715…
Phases & Stages
MaryAnn & the Revival Band Proper MaryAnn & the Revival Band aren’t reviving anything in particular. Their style indicates Southern influences: lonesome pedal steel resonating over a rich mix that incorporates tremolo mandolin leads, acoustic guitars, and slip-note piano. And yet when it’s all considered – simmering melodies, upbeat drumming, Marina Hendrix and the gang’s…
Day Trips
Devils River is the most pristine waterway in Texas and is surrounded by uncompromising rugged terrain
Quote of the Week
“Remember, you can be me, because I am you.” – Exoneree Michael Morton, telling an audience last week that anyone can be wrongfully convicted
