Cover Story
Thinking App
Locally developed brain game Qrank gets competitive
This Week’s Waste of Time
One teen and several free browser games
#HappyBirthdayBill
Bill Hicks’ birthday becomes Twitter meme
KOOP Day
The community radio station gets props
SXSW Film Announces Opening Night Film
‘Source Code’ to kick off fest
Hellmund Reacts to Rule Changes
F1 Austin boss talks team orders and new engines
The Daily Hustle: 12/16/10
City Council meets today
‘Austin Chronicle’ Cover December 17
It’s been a long road.
Wednesday Rewind
Shapes Have Fangs’ wild Western adventure
‘Tree of Life’ Trailer Released
Swooping strings + space cam + a flat-topped megastar
The Daily Hustle: 12/15/10
Why is WTP4 bigger news than Leffingwell’s election announcement?
Late Struggles Bury Stars
3-1 loss sets Texas back
Newsgeist: 12/15/10
The spirit of the news
Peña and Ritter Jump Ship
Talk of tables and access raises committee questions
Reefer Roundup 12/14/2010
News from the front line of the War on Drugs
Third Time’s a Charm
UT volleyball makes Final Four, again
The Daily Hustle: 12/14/10
Meet the animal service officers today
Not A Creature Was Stirring …
Put some furry, fluffy love under your tree!
Down On Death
Texas hands out just eight new death sentences in 2010
TDCJ: Hearing Loss Isn’t A Disability
But a federal judge disagrees
Whipped Humpy Goodness
A silly holiday musical interlude
J. Crew Brings Back Levi’s 501s
J. Crew partners with Levi Strauss & Co.
New Courthouse for Travis County?
Commissioners to discuss possible downtown land purchase
Green Thumbs at WTP4
City, Austin Water relocate native plants
The Daily Hustle: 12/13/10
2010’s final City Council meeting
Loss to Trojans, Trouncing of Bobcats
The ups and downs of UT men’s b-ball
Bedside Manner: Clowes, Stieg, and Soccer
Books, papers, and apps
Luis Buñuel’s “Illusion Travels by Streetcar” by Dick Price
Songwriter Dick Price riffs on Illusion Travels by Streetcar
News AggreGAYte for the Week of Dec. 13
Local and international gay news and links from the Gay Place
Newsgeist: 12/13/10
The spirit of the news
Roller Derby Update 12/12/10
TXRG wants rec leaguers and refs
Allan Ritter Quits Dems
Jefferson Co. rep to join GOP this week
Aaron Pena Jumping the Fence?
Edinburg Dem threatening party switch
Why Fred Phelps Is Good for Gay Rights
The positives, despite evidence to the contrary
I’m in Charge of Ejukayshun!
Ken Mercer, the gift that keeps on giving
A Greener Formula
F1 racing introducing biofuels, hybrid engines
The Daily Hustle: 12/10/10
The Marshall debate, in speakers own words
NYCBLIN”G”
Dandy’s going to New York!
TX Film Commission Axes ‘Machete’s Incentives Bid
Pesky provision claims another victim
Strama Takes Anti-Bullying Laws to the Next Level
Bills address cyber-bullying and campus removals
Newsgeist: 12/10/10
The spirit of the news
Rock & Roll Books
DIY label and music traced through 7-inch slabs of petroleum product
Headlines
News of the week, short and sweet
Vision: From the Life of Hildegard von Bingen
This biopic tells the life story of Hildegard von Bingen, the 12th-century Benedictine nun, who was a woman of many talents and mystical visions.
Ramin Nazer
Ramin brings the ha-has with his absurdist non sequitur style
Arts Review
Horton Foote’s moving drama is staged with the simple modesty of an old hymn
Rock & Roll Books
‘When I’m Sixty-Four’ and beyond
Politics Gift Guide
Paradise Has Relocated by Sandy Carson
Band Baaja Baaraat
New Bollywood romantic comedy puts the focus on a pair of wedding planners.
‘Company’
Laura Powell has waited 20 years for Sondheim’s landmark musical to return
Arts Review
Sweet, funny family fare that proves you can’t ever have enough Christmas shows
Rock & Roll Books
Sunset Strippers revel in their boners
Politics Gift Guide
Texas Tribune membership
No Problem
Cops and robbers play hide-and-seek in this new Bollywood comedy.
In Print
This posthumous collection showcases Barry Hannah’s wit, his humor, and an ear finely tuned to the myriad dialects of the South
Arts Review
Artists butcher books, transmogrifying them into sculptures lovely and deep
Moving Real Strange for Free
Butoh performances by Spank Dance Company
Naked City
This week, a criminal justice round-up
In Print
Krauss charts the life cycle of love in alternating chapters, from new love and lost love to lovelessness
Bumpy Ride
Is Carnival Magic the weirdest movie ever made for kids?
Day Trips
Hawkins Furniture Co. builds furniture that your loved ones will be fighting for after you’ve passed on to a better place
Politics Gift Guide
Lee Harvey Oswald’s coffin
After a Fashion
Any friend of Edith Head, Algernon Moncrieff, and Vajazzling is a friend of Your Style Avatar
Book Reviews
New reads from two titans in film scholarship
Gay Place
The Gay Place shares its deepest, darkest confessions
Res Publica
Citizens’ calendar, Dec. 9-16
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
Porta-potties and President Obama, ‘prunes’ and ‘cheese,’ and other interesting tidbits
TV Eye: Zeroing in on a ZIP Code
Filmmaking brothers turn a camera on their hometown in 45365
Page Two: The Sky Is Always Falling
The hyping of catastrophe, and a notable loss
Aponte Found, Money Gone
Aponte charged with embezzling more than $1 million
Event Menu
How to fill you Dec. 9-15 cravings: beer, gingerbread, SPAM, juice boxes, tamales, etc.
Off the Record
Adventures with Charlie (Faye) and Up Close with Eric Johnson
30 Things
We’re in our 30th year of publication (our 30th anniversary will be Sept. 4, 2011), and we’ve decided to celebrate all year long. Here’s what we have going so far: • We’re republishing the first year’s issues online every two weeks (that’s how often we published for the first seven years). • We’re running vintage…
Sex Abuse Appeal Goes to Texas Supremes
Even the victim says Arena didn’t do it, but the courts say he did
Food-o-File
The breeding season for new restaurants in Austin is November-December
Rock & Roll Books
Junkie chic achieves the ultimate high
Wish List
Here’s your chance to give back to the areas of our community that need it the most
Stalled Hearing Put Death Penalty on Trial
John Edward Green’s murder trial began with testimony on wrongful convictions
Wine of the Week
Holiday wines: bubbles without breaking the bank
Rock & Roll Books
This ain’t yo’ mama’s version of hip-hop history!
Medicaid and the Lege: Throw ‘Em in the Street?
‘Dropping out of Medicaid’ may not be so easy for Texas
Soccer Watch
Bringing minor-league soccer back to Austin, highlighting NCAA play, and more
Restaurant Review
As the name suggests, the menu is centered on all things swiney
Rock & Roll Books
Jazz’s cultural ambassador to Africa beats his drum, or rather piano
Republicans Denied a Supermajority (Again)
Austin Rep. Donna Howard’s seat may mean as much to the state as it does to her district
TXRG Referee Recruitment
Roller Derby refs needed
Restaurant Review
Despite a few kinks left to iron out, Urban is a worthwhile dining destination
Rock & Roll Books
Sonic architect adapts his South by Southwest keynote speech
Politics Gift Guide
Lest you thought you’d forget about the real world over the holidays
Football Watch
More disappointing football news
Restaurant Review
You’ll go back to work with a full stomach and money left in your wallet
Rock & Roll Books
Floyd’s atom heart mother, authorized and as in-depth as we’re likely to get
Point Austin: Watching the Watchers
City nears a crucial choice for the next police monitor
Alphabet City
‘Tis the season to give ’til your ears ring
Rock & Roll Books
The little girls understand
City Hall Hustle: A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
City politics and the people way over there
The Warrior’s Way
An Asian assassin seeks refuge in a small town in the American Badlands where ninjas and cowboys duke it out.
Swaggering, Strutting Texas Hunks
“Five young swaggering, strutting Texas hunks playing the shit out of rock & roll.” That’s how David Garza remembers the band Pariah, a pungent description echoed by those who remember their glory days as Austin’s premier hard rock band. The SIMS Benefit Bash this Saturday, Dec. 11, at the Austin Music Hall will pay tribute…
Rock & Roll Books
How big was Buck Owens’ penis!?
Politics Gift Guide
The annotated Decision Points
Black Swan
Darren Aronofsky and Natalie Portman whip things into a baroque frenzy in this crazed hybrid of drama and horror set amid a ballet corps.
The Hightower Report
Hello, Vietnam!; and Fee-Brained Airlines
Rock & Roll Books
Rock criticism ain’t what it used to be, and the Southland’s preeminent daily newspaper rock critic shows youngsters how it’s done
Politics Gift Guide
Mugs with a message
Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale
Quite the opposite of treacly holiday fare, this European import features one very bad Santa.
Luv Doc Recommends: SIMS Benefit Bash
Mental health is a bit of a sticky wicket – especially where musicians are concerned. It’s no wonder. The constant vacillation between unbridled egomania and soul-crushing self-doubt is bound to leave a few frayed ends. It’s difficult enough for the average person to cobble together a sense of identity and self-worth. Musicians tend to compound…
