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Orange Is the New Weird
ATX indie-rock guitar god alert! The Young frontman Hans Zimmerman.
EDM MDMA PSA
New York’s electronic dance music fest outs Molly
Estate Sale Roundup: August 28-31
Timing is key in all things, especially in rummaging
Court Rules Texas School Finance Unconstitutional
Dietz says current system fails students, must be rebuilt
Help Save Swede Farm Dairy!
Area farmers’ market mainstay needs customer support
Jaston Williams
Before ‘Tuna,’ he rode with ‘Maid Marian in a Stolen Car’
Still the Fading Stains of Some Bad Improv Blood
Because: You have Five Families, you’re gonna have some dysfunction.
Had Me a Real Good Time
Faces/Small Faces hoot ropes in a Rock and Roll Hall of Famer
The AggreGAYtor: August 28
What happened today in gay? Here’s your QILTBAG recap of queer news.
Update: 3805 Red River Historic Zoning Efforts
City Planning Commission refuses historic zoning recommendation.
Sexuality Conference Brings Knowledge & Cuddles in October
Camp Frolic invites grownups to come out and play
Texas Teen Book Festival
James Dashner, Oliver headline 2014 YA hullabaloo
Housecore Horror: Satyricon Out, Napalm Death In
UK grinders replace black metal legends
Japanese Madness Overtakes Fantastic Fest
Miike, Sono, and Studio Ghibli all added to lineup
#ACreads: ‘The Hundred-Year House’
Recapping the chat about Rebecca Makkai’s novel, with Makkai
Council to Consider Gender-Neutral Restrooms
Austin could be the first Texas city to pass such a resolution
10 Minutes with Graham Nash
Yesterday’s hot-button issues remain ‘blazingly’ relevant today
Make a Joyful Noise
‘Big Joy: The Adventures of James Broughton’ is revelatory
Livin’ la Vida Local
Whole Foods’ The Forager’s Table event highlights local products
The AggreGAYtor: August 27
What happened today in gay? Here’s your QILTBAG recap of queer news.
Hellmund’s Revenge
The man that brought F1 to Austin now behind Mexican Grand Prix
Richard Attenborough: Tougher Than The Rest
Recalling a 2000 meeting with the late, great director
First Look: Olamaie
Chef team brings modern Southern food to namesake eatery
Adam Carroll: Let It Choose You
San Marcos bard continues thriving on his eight LP
This Time It’s Personal
Michael Barker endows Ed Lowry Student Film Program at AFS
National Magazines Have Eyes on Austin Food
Food trailer and piemakers garner national attention
Five Families in One Performance Troupe?
‘Bad Font’ is Austin improv’s stylistic supergroup
The Return of the Oops
Perry unclear on what charges his lawyers want dropped
Update: 3805 Red River Historic Zoning Effort
Efforts to save this local landmark continue
In Flight From Central America
Sunday panel considers the plight of young refugees
Noble Sandwiches at Oasis, Texas Brewing Co.
Lake-area brewer adds food starting Labor Day weekend
The Vo-Ice: Silenced
Ex-Basswood Lane rapper Brandon ‘Ice B’ Southern dies
Mother Falcon Tour Video
A bird’s-eye-view of Austin’s indie orchestra on the fly
The Road to 10-1: CLC Endorsements
Austin Central Labor Council picks in 10 of 11 city races
Naishtat to Be Released From Hospital
Internal bleeding after bike accident under control
District 5 Candidates Tout Public Safety Chops at AFA Forum
D5 candidates oppose DOJ consent decree
Naishtat Recovering After Accident
Biking incident results in hospitalization
Lit-urday: Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage
Haruki Murakami turns the volume down
DVDanger: Joe Swanberg’s Horrible Times
Parental perils in Proxy and The Sacrament
Davis Calls for an End to Statute of Limitations for Rape
Candidate proposes ending 10-year limit on sexual assault offenses
If We Plant It, They Will Come
Monarch butterflies have a simple request
Blood Over Texas Gets Fleshy
Eighties horror celebrated at the North Door
The Take-Out: August 22
Your guide to the weekend’s best bites
One in a Crowd: ‘More than 4 Hours’
Bryan Poyser’s latest short seeks medical attention
The AggreGAYtor: August 22
What happened today in gay? Here’s your QILTBAG recap of queer news.
Frank Miller’s Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
Forget it, Jake; it’s Sin City.
The Luv Doc: Your Public Scent
Dear Luv Doc, Yesterday, I was having an intense argument with a co-worker of mine about body odor. My opinion is that colognes and perfumes are fine – even encouraged – with the right application. His opinion is that people’s natural pheromones should do all the work. What’s your opinion? Where does the Luv Doc…
Rich Hill
The turbulent lives of three boys living in an impoverished Midwestern town are observed through the camera’s gentle lens.
Let’s Be Cops
Friends pose as cops are are mistaken for the real thing; episodic hijinks ensue.
What If
In this romantic comedy, men and women sort out the differences between love and friendship.
“Island of Lemurs: Madagascar”
If you’ve joined the recent lemur craze, then this IMAX nature short is for you.
If I Stay
A mixture of hollow heartache and honest feelings mark this teen drama that stars Chloë Grace Moretz as a cello prodigy caught in medical limbo between life and death.
When the Game Stands Tall
It’s all teamwork to the impediment of characterization in this sports drama based the 151-game winning streak of high school football coach Bob Ladouceur.
The Dog
Dog Day Afternoon is a film about a wildly true bank robbery; as conveyed by John Wojtowicz in this doc, the story gets even nuttier when told from the horse’s mouth.
Singham Returns
Bollywood action sequel.
Mardaani
In this Hindi film, a female cop tangles with a human-trafficking ring.
Perry’s Third Felony?
Governor’s war of words against jurors backfires with legal warning
Cooking Tent Demos
You guys keep showing up in droves, so we are happy to bring you demos at the Cooking Tent once again for this year’s festival. We are thrilled to again partner with Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts as the sponsor of the activities. The hardworking students and awesome chef instructors will be assisting…
Quick Homemade Sriraja Sauce
Makes about 3 cups There are two versions of homemade Sriraja sauce: a fermented version that takes five or more days to finish, and a quick, unfermented version that’s ready in 30 minutes. The main variable is the type of fresh, ripe, red chile you use. Thai yellow prik leuang chiles or the prik chee…
Obamacare: Deadline Looms for Immigration Status
Health insurance consumers must send in paperwork or risk losing their coverage
Contest & Festival Facts
Admission The Austin Chronicle Hot Sauce Festival requests that you pay an admission fee in the form of three nonperishable food items to be donated to the Capital Area Food Bank of Texas. A collection site will be set up at the entrance to Fiesta Gardens. Contest At the heart of The Austin Chronicle Hot…
The Good Eye: In Praise of Aunts
On aunthood, from a loving neice
What’s Next for Rosewood?
The transformation of Rosewood Courts is the centerpiece of a larger neighborhood plan
Letters at 3AM: Connectivity/Vulnerability: Part 2
The boundaries of everything are wavering and disappearing
Celebrity Judges
This year’s distinguished panel of judges includes …
Council: Still a Road Show
Council is deep in budget deliberations
‘The Hundred-Year House’
Author Rebecca Makkai teases the real and the unreal in this ‘Austin Chronicle’ Book Club selection
Meet the Anti-Abortion ‘Wordsmith’ Defending HB 2
Did a state consultant act unethically during this month’s HB 2 trial?
‘Detroit’
Lisa D’Amour’s acclaimed play finally lands in Austin, courtesy of Capital T
Headlines
• Gov. Rick Perry faces two grand jury felony indictments for abuse of power and coercion of a public official for his actions related to threatening to veto funding for the Travis County-based Public Integrity Unit. Perry, who has called the indictment a “farce,” was booked, fingerprinted, and had his mugshot taken earlier this week.…
Perry’s Aggressive Defense
Perry stands behind his veto
Phases & Stages
Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers Hypnotic Eye (Reprise) Rock and Roll Hall of Famers have only their back catalogs to blame. The songs, sounds, and signifiers that crown them within the slave-to-youth genre become a millstone around the neck of every new album past those pulpy peak years. After said Valhalla, Nirvana, Laurel Canyon, all…
On Leaving Dove Springs
A meditation on neighborhood, fear, family, and change
Point Austin: All Aboard for November
The players have arrived, now for the programs
The Hightower Report
The lesson from Ferguson, Mo.
Phases & Stages
How to Dress Well What Is This Heart? (Domino) On 2010’s Love Remains, Tom Krell debuted unshakably raw. The smooth, Chicago-born tenor behind How to Dress Well countered that with production gloss on Total Loss two years later, sadness being the only common thread between the two. His angst returns on What Is This Heart?,…
Gay Place
Do you know BoyMonroe?
Quote of the Week
“When it gets down to it, the law is the law.” – Special Prosecutor Michael McCrum on the felony indictments against Gov. Rick Perry.
Phases & Stages
FKA Twigs LP1 (Young Turks) Tahliah Barnett once flexed her musical talents as a background dancer from rural Gloucestershire, ending up on the fringes of Kylie Minogue videos. Her debut long-player LP1 is proof that talent can only thrive in the shadows for so long. Turn up “Two Weeks,” a chittering blend of flashbulb beats,…
Culture Club
Full Quiver’s Lone Star probiotics
Then There’s This: Final Column
Do not stand at my grave and weep – I’m just heading off into the unknown
Phases & Stages
Brian Eno & Karl Hyde High Life (Warp) On this second joint release in four months, studio sage Brian Eno and Underworld’s Karl Hyde produce something otherworldly. Though the onetime Roxy Music synthesist remains lauded for production of U2, Coldplay, and Talking Heads, Eno’s solo style defines eccentric, and the ambient godfather’s aesthetic imprint weighs…
Playback: DaveTV’s Cable Access Comeback
DaveTV returns to cable access!
Exhibitionism
The Blanton has created a fun exhibition that reveals our evolving relationship to these fur babies
Phases & Stages
Goatwhore Constricting Rage of the Merciless (Metal Blade) A side of New Orleans not getting much play on Treme, Goatwhore channels every evil impulse of its blackened death thrash into Constricting Rage of the Merciless, sixth LP of ill intent. “We have come to smash your idols!” roars Ben Falgoust in the neck-snapping “Baring Teeth…
Food-o-File
Austin’s food scene expands … and contracts
Exhibitionism
Breaking String’s two-course meal of Chekhov tales proves both meaty and effervescent
Phases & Stages
Pallbearer Foundations of Burden (Profound Lore) Dinosaur doom needn’t sound the same all day, every day. Pallbearer gets this, calmly demonstrating its slow, mournful mastery on second slab Foundations of Burden. The Little Rock, Ark., quartet avoids the sinister reverberation of Black Sabbath and progeny, instead trucking in melancholic self-absorption, majestic tunesmithery, and guitar tones…
Food Events
Aug. 21-26
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
The cappa (cloak) of St. Martin of Tours is a holy relic, cared for by priests called “capellani,” from which the term “chaplain” is derived. As the only child of the Dallas secretary who invented Wite-Out, Michael Nesmith of the Monkees inherited $25 million in 1980. In today’s dollars, that fortune would be worth $72…
Forty Weeks of Hungry Todd Rungy
Hungry Todd Rungy has a few ideas on what to eat while you’re watching his new web series on YouTube
Exhibitionism
Texas Choral Consort’s performance of Haydn’s masterwork reawakened one’s sense of life in all its immense variety
Back in Business
The Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar reopens
Record Review: The Young
The Young Chrome Cactus (Matador) There’s a darkness at the heart of the Young, lurking, gnawing at the surface. With third LP Chrome Cactus, the Austin quartet succumbs to it completely. Paired with 2012 Matador debut Dub Egg, the difference is akin to Neil Young’s Harvest and Tonight’s the Night, the latter a masterpiece of…
The Road to 10-1: 78 Candidates!
So many candidates, so little time
Star Power
Stellar Gourmet’s otherworldly hot sauces
Day Trips
San Antonio’s Cured restaurant brings local ingredients to the table
Documenting the Undocumented
Will Austin issue its own official ID card?
Making Trouble Look Good
Kurt Volk’s office has no windows. That means more room for posters. Grindhouse. Machete and Machete Kills. Predators. Matador. A whole pinboard of character sheets for the upcoming Sin City: A Dame to Kill For, the sequel to 2005’s stylized noir drawn from the comics of Frank Miller. But Volk’s not some Robert Rodriguez obsessive…
Soccer Watch
The UT Longhorns put on quite an exhibition Friday night, pasting Incarnate Word, 7-0, with six different players scoring, and four others supplying assists. The Horns open the regular season this weekend in the Outrigger Resorts Shootout in Honolulu – not too shabby – before opening the home schedule the next weekend, Aug. 29 &…
D3: Ethics Charge Filed Against Almanza
The infighting among candidates in the crowded District 3 City Council race continues
The Heat Is on
‘The Austin Chronicle’ Hot Sauce Festival
Cock of the Walk
Sriracha ain’t just about rooster sauce
Candidate Filings for AISD, ACC Seats
A last-minute deluge of candidates
