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Austin’s big brown bear of a singer-songwriter-Stratocaster, Jon Dee Graham, doodles his wife, real-life concerns, and ardor

by Raoul Hernandez

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City Council meets today (Feb. 11), with a special BONUS meeting Friday afternoon – when they hope to move forward on the citizens’ Uber/Lyft initiative election, and perhaps the mayor’s alternative solution. For today’s highlights, see “Put This in Your PUD and Smoke It!” Early voting in the Democratic and Repub­lican primaries begins Tuesday, Feb.…

by Chronicle Staff

Goodwill Hosts Reuse-Inspired Performance

The bustling Goodwill Resource Center is the setting of RE Source, this weekend’s new performance by Forklift Danceworks, the Austin-based company that transforms the movement of non-dancers into mesmerizing performances. The partnership was forged after some Forklift fans at Goodwill invited company members, including Associate Choreographer Krissie Marty, to visit the warehouse. Marty was sold…

by Robyn Ross

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

On July 3, 1950, pianist and jazz singer Hazel Scott became the first African-American woman to have her own television show. Walt Disney World is the second-largest purchaser of explosives in the U.S. after the Department of Defense. According to one literary historian, it’s possible to sing the words of the Emily Dickinson poem “Because…

by Mr. Smarty Pants

Reuse Resource Chart

Austin Clothes Exchange Bring an item to take an item – usually the first Sunday of the month at HOPE Farmers Market. There’s a home decor and housewares swap March 5 at Sooch Foundation Youth and Family Resource Center, and a citywide children’s and baby clothes swap April 10 at the Toybrary. www.fb.com/austinclothesexchange. Austin Creative…

by Chronicle Staff

Quote of the Week

“Ultimately, my heart breaks for the family, all those involved, and the community. As bad as this tragedy is, Austin residents cannot allow this to cause us to turn on each other.” – Travis County Democratic Party Chair Vincent Harding on the David Joseph shooting

by Chronicle Staff

Chronicle Endorsements

Here are the Chronicle editorial board’s endorsements for the March 1 party primaries. We endorse only in contested races. See more info at austinchronicle.com/elections. State/National President/Vice President: Bernie Sanders The Chronicle is feelin’ the Bern. The U.S. senator and self-proclaimed democratic socialist from Vermont has drawn massive crowds and genuine excitement from voters across the…

by Chronicle Staff

Soccer Watch

The UT Longhorns announced nine new recruits on Monday: seven freshmen and two transfers – the starting goalies from both the universities of Kentucky and Louisville. They’ll be trying to fill the hole left by four-year starter Abby Smith, who last month became the first soccer player ever drafted out of UT. The U.S. Women’s…

by Nick Barbaro

Texas Platters

For some, albums such as Lucinda Williams’ self-titled third LP in 1988 and/or its two follow-ups, Sweet Old World (1992) and Car Wheels on a Gravel Road (’98), would be highlights enough to make a career. Instead, nearing four decades since her debut, the onetime local continues taking listeners to places unexplored. It’s easy to…

by Jim Caligiuri

Texas Platters

As voters try sorting through the chaos of an election year, Jonathan Meiburg wades into the debate in a decidedly more big-tent fashion than either party. “Where are the Americans?” the Shearwater frontman/songwriter wonders on Eighties glitz “Quiet Americans.” Jet Plane and Oxbow, Shearwater’s ninth LP, has been described by its author as a protest…

by Abby Johnston

Texas Platters

Sabbatical from both Delta Spirit and indie supergroup Middle Brother, Matthew Logan Vasquez follows up last year’s Austin EP with a full-length as lively and invested as anything he’s recorded. A native Texan who spent time in California and New York, Vasquez utilizes Solicitor Returns as an outlet for his copious songwriting output. It’s truly…

by Jim Caligiuri

Texas Platters

Reviving the early Nineties before that became a career path, Magnet School cranks and croons like Bill Clinton was still in office. When the Austin quartet emerged, indulgence in six-string sonic wash wasn’t yet hip, so their 2007 debut Tonight We Drink… Tomorrow We Battle the Evil at Hand scanned tentative. Released nine years later,…

by Michael Toland

Texas Platters

Demise greatly exaggerated, hip-hop – especially its “boom-bap” subgenre – never expired. It still can be found locally, in fact, thriving in relentless duo Crew54’s latest, the rewarding Wyld Gentlemen. Down to a single MC and producer setup, Mos and G. Christ teamed with German producer D2P, who added soul-sample-heavy beats, such as the hard-charging…

by Kahron Spearman

HD 49 War Chests

Money can’t buy an election, but it definitely improves your negotiating position. With early voting imminent in the House District 49 Democratic primary, candidates are gathering money quickly, but spending with caution. On Feb. 2, Gina Hinojosa’s campaign issued a giddy press release saying that their candidate had outraised her nearest challenger, Heather Way, by…

by Richard Whittaker

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