Cover Story
Sleight of Hand
How filmmaker Yen Tan fell into a gig selling other people’s movies
Eastbound & Down: Mardi Party Links, Pt. 2
A li’l lagniappe for your last-minute Mardi Gras trip
Answering the Redistricting Questions
The answers are mostly, no, no and May 29
The Good Music Club Part 2: Quiet Company
Week 2 of TGMC video
Brothers Rise in the East
Newly formed “Hermanos de East Austin” targets voter registration
Judge Appointed to Consider Court of Inquiry
Anderson will face veteran jurist
Team Coco Goes ‘Intergalactic’
How Conan O’Brien joined the cast of The Intergalactic Nemesis
SXSW Expands Film Lineup
‘Sleepwalk With Me,’ ‘Safety Not Guaranteed’ added
Two Officers Fired In ‘Spit/Slap’ Incident
Two other APD officers suspended in incident
This Modern Love
ATX short about our crazy stupid love for smartphones
Beyond the Sun: Chris Isaak’s Epic Moody Theater Taping
Chris Isaak and friends went three hours at the Moody
Music Mo’nday: The Curious Tale of Lana Del Rey
Yeah, we’re sick of her too.
Red Temple Prayer (Two Headed Dog)
A Valentine’s Day mix for KOOP
Conan, What Is Best?
Austin’s Intergalactic Nemesis Crew Gets O’Brienated.
SXSW Music Band Grid Goes Live Tomorrow, 2pm
All the names and more for SXSW Music – tomorrow
Tuesday News Gay: Feb. 14
Ellen, Prop 8, marriage, and Uganda. Whew!
Mardi Gras Currency: I Am a Tosser
Beads for dignity. It’s the American way.
‘No Compromise’ on Gerrymandering Travis
State refusing to back down on shattering Travis
Grounded in Commitment
Jack Ingram & Hayes Carll sing for Grounded in Music
Eastbound & Down: Austin Invades NOLA
Local artists head to NOLA for Mardi Gras
Federal Judges Still Want April Primary
Worst Valentine’s Day ever for redistricting attorneys
Eastbound & Down: Mardi Party Links, Pt. 1
Wanna plan a last-minute Mardi Gras trip?
‘The NFL Beat’: 2012 Draft Needs
An inside look at all 32 teams
Top Chef Texas, Week 14: Hot for Teacher
The chefs cook for their mentors.
Face Off Recap: Venom on the Sculpting Room Floor
Malice amongst the molds on SyFy
Ken Anderson Should Face Court of Inquiry in Morton Case
Judge Sid Harle signs off on probable cause
Bed Your Way Into Show Business
SXSW filmmakers seek housing
Lovebomb Goes Off Tonight
Dance your precious bodily fluids away in the name of Queerbomb.
Gaga Over Guzu
Austin Books & Comics’ new spin-off store is an eyeful
Giant Steps Productions: Togetherness
D.I.T. concert promotion with James Taylor
‘To Need, the Women Say’
Short Story Contest first-place winner
The Many Lives of an Incorporeal Icon
A new ‘Beetlejuice’ sequel may be in development, but Warren Skaaren already pondered ‘Beetlejuice in Love’ two decades ago
Championship Motor Spectacular
When they say “motor spectacular,” they really mean to say “monster truck show.” All your gear-grinding, metal-mulching, ear-piercing favorites are back, including the Barbarian, Get Er Done, monster Hummer Sergeant Smash, and many more. Competitions include side-by-side racing, wheelie contests, and freestyle. You also won’t want to miss the truck and tractor pull. There’s a…
Oscar-Nominated Short Films 2012: Live Action
Good things come in small packages.
The Historical Looking-Glass
A Clarksville photo gallery
After a Fashion
Your Style Avatar takes on Jean Paul Gaultier and wins
Soccer Watch
Kylie Doniak in medically-induced coma following hit-and-run, and more
Oscar-Nominated Short Films 2012: Animation
Be ready for your office Oscar pool when it rolls around later this month.
Letters at 3AM: It Came From the White House
Obama and a majority of Democratic legislators support the NDAA, allowing the arrest of U.S. citizens without a warrant
‘The Butcher’s Hands’
Short Story Contest second-place winner
Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu
This Bollywood romantic comedy tells the story a pair who accidentally get married after a night of carousing.
Crowdfund for the Win
Where the shoestring meets Web savvy
Gay Place: Boys vs. Girls
Feeling left out? The unicorn can guide you on your LGBTQuest
‘Sheds’
Short Story Contest third-place winner
At the Corner of Art and Commerce
The poster design of Yen Tan
All Over Creation: Unexpected Losses
Sudden deaths make us stop, but they should also make us think
Civics 101
Friday 10 ‘IN THE LAND OF THE FREE …’ is a documentary narrated by Samuel L. Jackson that examines the lives of Herman Wallace, Albert Woodfox, and Robert King – aka the Angola 3 – who may have been targeted by authorities for being Black Panthers. A discussion with King follows the screening. 7pm. Orun…
Live Forever
What some locals considered Cotton Mather’s sophomore slump, 1997’s Kontiki, may have been the only thing that Oasis’ Gallagher brothers ever agreed on
Diana Al-Hadid
The artist’s VAC installation creates an afterimage for the afterworld
Point Austin: Déjà Vu
Austin’s perennial SMD hobby approaches another reprise
Record Review
Cotton Mather Kontiki Deluxe Edition (The Star Apple Kingdom) In lesser hands, the second LP from Austin’s British Invasion pop treasure Cotton Mather could’ve been a disaster. Recorded on four-track and ADAT in a house instead of a professional studio, 1997’s Kontiki comes jam-packed with licks, overdubs, countermelodies, and enigmatic lyrics, not to mention enough…
Precinct 3 Race Likely a Rematch
The Precinct 3 primary looks to be a preview of a fall rematch
Then There’s This: Think Trees
Margret Hofmann’s spirit lives within Austin’s urban forest
Reissues
Throbbing Gristle The Second Annual Report (Industrial Records LTD) D.o.A. The Third and Final Report (Industrial Records LTD) 20 Jazz Funk Greats (Industrial Records LTD) Heathen Earth (Industrial Records LTD) Greatest Hits (Industrial Records LTD) With mastermind Peter “Sleazy” Christopherson dead just over a year now and Chris Carter finishing the group’s swan song, Desertshore…
Public Hearing: Rate Your Rate Increase
AE takes another stab, with middling results
Quote of the Week
“The only group that has made this issue political has been Planned Parenthood.” – Karen Handel, a former VP at Susan G. Komen for the Cure who resigned after Komen reversed its position on Planned Parenthood funding
Reissues
The Smashing Pumpkins Gish Deluxe Edition (EMI/Virgin) Siamese Dream Deluxe Edition (EMI/Virgin Records) An opus of angst and unyielding psych-guitar called Gish brought the Smashing Pumpkins to light in 1991. No hits, but it did have balls, and whether the Chicago quartet was all roaring distortion on “Siva” or whispering love on “Crush,” it did…
Convictions Stand, Despite Eviction
After a night of police drama, Occupiers regroup
Page Two: Drifters
Insomnia, restlessness, and poetic triumphs of free association
Love Doesn’t Have To Hurt
Valentine’s alternatives for the organizationally challenged
Reissues
Takeshi Terauchi Nippon Guitars: Instrumental Surf, Eleki & Tsugaru Rock 1966-1974 (Big Beat International) The Sixties instrumental surf craze hit postwar Japan with the same seismic magnitude as Beatlemania. Takeshi “Terry” Terauchi proved the incomparable leader of the movement as a Zen master Buddhist and quicksilver guitarist with violent, needlepoint precision. As bewitching as the…
Grading the City’s New Website: Incomplete
The city launches its new website, trailing bells, whistles, and bugs
Headlines
� City Council meets today (Thursday, Jan. 9), with more roiling discussion of Austin Energy’s proposed rate changes (public hearing at 6pm, and another one likely for March 1), as well as a morning briefing on the status of the proposed ban on single-use plastic bags. Council will also vote on spending $2.4 million on…
Arts Review
A magnificent-looking and intelligent staging of Tom Stoppard’s masterpiece
Reissues
MonoMono Give the Beggar a Chance (Soundway/Tummy Touch) The Dawn of Awareness (Soundway/Tummy Touch) Joni Haastrup Wake Up Your Mind (Soundway/Tummy Touch) As contemporary music stratifies according to genre, creed, and color, Mother Africa continues unearthing fragments of a larger, more unified musical whole. MonoMono, founded by Nigerian rocker Joni Haastrup in 1971, compounds the…
A Plea for ‘Balanced Density’
West Campus neighborhood challenges new duplex development
The Luv Doc: Teenage Drifters and Truck Stop Prostitutes
Dear Luv Doc, Whenever I buy Neapolitan ice cream, my roommate eats the chocolate and leaves the vanilla and strawberry. What kind of person does that? – Sarah Sarah, your roommate is a sociopath. I don’t mean that in a hyperbolic, drama-queen kind of way. I mean it in a get-out-of-the-house-now kind of way. I…
Arts Review
Who knew Antarctica was really made of cheese?
Gifts for Life’s Every Occasion: Delysia Chocolatier
Delysia engineers specialized chocolate delights
Abbott Maps Meet Minority Opposition
AG throws oppressive interim maps into the ring to meet Feb. 6 deadline
Star Wars: Episode One – The Phantom Menace
It’s time to find out if a 3-D lightsaber is any more effective than 1999’s 2-D model.
Arts Review
Truth was stranger – and more interesting – than the fiction in this Canadian dance
Wine of the Week
Wines for lovers
Hightower Report
Tech jobs need to come home
Journey 2: The Mysterious Island
Michael Caine zips around on a giant bumblebee and Dwayne Johnson is a pectoral spectacle in this family-friendly, fantasy-island adventure tale.
Rock Out With Your Cock Out
The 20th Annual ‘Austin Chronicle’ Short Story Contest
Food Events
A loaf of bread, a bottle of wine, some foodie events, and thou
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
Looks like that John McClane is in a heap of trouble this time
Safe House
This hectic, deftly edited, and unexpectedly bracing thriller stars Denzel Washington and Ryan Reynolds.
The Winners
First Place: “To Need, the Women Say” Mary Terrier is a native Texan who spent this past fall teaching English in a sugarcane farming community just outside Chichigalpa, Nicaragua. Second Place: “The Butcher’s Hands” Dana De Greff was born in Miami and spent much of her childhood in West Africa. Before moving to Austin, she…
Food-o-File
Conferences for the cuisine-minded
1, 2, Tres, Cuatro: The Name Game
What’s in a name? Plenty if you’re a WIMP or WEENIE!
A Separation
Nominee for a Best Foreign Language Oscar, this Iranian film is a smart, unusual, and highly involving story about making moral choices in the absence of villains.
The Judges
Mandy Brooks is the marketing director at BookPeople and current BookPeople Filthy Animals softball team captain. She graduated from UT with a bachelor’s degree in advertising, which she still finds hilarious. Likes: Jeff Tweedy, short stories, and short-haired cats. Dislikes: vulgarity, hoppy beer, and Time Warner Cable. David E. Hilton grew up in the West…
Tweaking the Model, if not the Mission
Alamo Slaughter Lane set to open mid-March
Day Trips
Doc’s Hot Links in Gilmer make sausages considered an East Texas delicacy
Pina
Wim Wenders celebrates the great, innovative, German dancer and choreographer Pina Bausch – in commanding 3-D, no less.
