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Facing the South
The Democratic primary for the new CD 25 pits Austin’s Lloyd Doggett against McAllen’s Leticia Hinojosa
Lady Cocoa
Lady Cocoa 1975, R, 93 min. Directed by Matt Cimber, Starring Alex Dreier, Lola Falana, Joe Greene, Millie Perkins. Lola Falana appears as the title character, a woman who testifies against her ex, in this low-rent blaxploitation film.
Testosterone Rules
Third Place, the 12th annual ‘Austin Chronicle’ Short Story Contest
Symphony No. 1: A Listening Guide
On March 5 & 6, Peter Bay and the Austin Symphony Orchestra perform Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 1 in F minor at the Bass Concert Hall. “Trying to describe Shostakovich to those not familiar with his music is challenging,” ponders Peter Bay. “I would say that much of his music is tonal with dissonance used freely…
Naked City
Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond
The Triplets of Belleville
Move over Disney and Pixar: Sylvain Chomet’s Oscar-nominated animated feature is the kind of work that could only be authored by a singular individual.
Nut Goody Sets the Record Straight
Honorable Mention, the 12th annual ‘Austin Chronicle’ Short Story Contest
Stalin’s Favorite Pianist
Note: While much if not all of this story is true, some details originate in Testimony: The Memoirs of Dmitri Shostakovich, as related to and edited by Solomon Volkov. This book, while possibly the primary resource on the composer, is also the subject of a 25-year debate over its authenticity. Undeterred, Volkov’s new book, Shostakovich…
Naked City
Race and APD, and so much more, for City Hall this week
Highwaymen
He may be Mel Gibson’s choice to play Jesus, but in this car-chase nightmare Jim Caviezel is on the highway to hell.
The Winners
The winners of the 12th Annual ‘Austin Chronicle’ Short Story Contest
Phases and Stages
Moya BrennanTwo Horizons (Decca)Lisa Gerrard & Patrick CassidyImmortal Memory (4AD) Nothing’s more elegant or striking than an accomplished Celtic female vox. It soothes like a mother’s love, while simultaneously exuding the pain of separation. Two such singers, Moya Brennan and Lisa Gerrard, have new albums apart from their formative bands, the seminal Celtic band Clannad…
Naked City
The DEA’s hemp-food rule gets thrown out of court
My Architect: A Son’s Journey
Compelling, luminous, and poignant, this documentary about legendary American architect Louis Kahn, made by his illegitimate son, is surprisingly revelatory.
The Judges
The judges of the 12th Annual ‘Austin Chronicle’ Short Story Contest
Phases and Stages
Henry ButlerReed’s Jazz & Supper Club, Feb. 3 Reed Clemons is sincere enough, the local restaurateur and owner of Mezzaluna and the Bitter End gliding up his Supper Club staircase. A staircase out of a James Bond movie. Yes, nods Clemons, reaching the second floor landing. The upstairs dining room was modeled after Rick’s Cafe…
Naked City
The district has more to do, the board says, but the superintendent gets a good appraisal
50 First Dates
Drew and the Sandman team up once more to make Valentine’s weekend box-office dollars.
Page Two
Reducing the subject of this community’s racial problems to a number of overreacting and/or racist police is a convenient way of denying our shared responsibility
Phases and Stages
Norah JonesFeels Like Home (Blue Note) It will, too – Feel Like Home – even if the contractor cut corners. In this battered, wounded world, comfort cooing à la Norah Jones is a necessary carb. Which is why her ’02 debut, Come Away With Me, while selling 8 million copies and reeling in an armload…
Naked City
Greg Abbott slaps down DA’s effort to question black students’ voting rights
Second Helpings: Sushi, Part III
Jade Chinese Cuisine 3704 N. I-35, 459-6001 Monday-Friday, 11am-2:30pm, 5-10pm; Saturday, 5-10pm Close to the university and priced with the student in mind, Jade is primarily a Chinese restaurant, but they do have a sushi bar with a limited selection. Best choice: the Eel Hand Roll. Odaku 2501 W. Parmer #500, 834-9304 Monday-Friday, 11am-2:30pm, 5-10pm;…
After a Fashion
The Grammys, Stephen-style!
Phases and Stages
AirTalkie Walkie (Astralwerks) Calling Air’s Talkie Walkie a “make or break” effort is as much an understatement as this duo is French. The band’s third proper studio release follows tangents of soundtrack work, as well as the disappointing sophomore LP, 2001’s 10,000 Hz Legend. Happily, the still die-hard fans of the duo’s minimalist electro-pop can…
Naked City
UT System’s lobbying – oops, ‘legislative activities’ – to gain deregulation
TCB
Rollergirls, Greencards, Tolkien, and rock & roll for credit at UT. What more is there?
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
Sam snowballed, suing Superman, and sexual sinema
Phases and Stages
Yodel – Ay – Ee – Oooo: The Secret History of Yodeling Around the World by Bart Plantenga Routledge, 342 pp., $19.95 Yodeling, or jodeling (or jodling, if you must), isn’t high up on the list of Pressing Issues of Mankind. In fact, some yodel-phobes are downright hostile to the form; in A Tramp Abroad,…
Austin @ Large: Unequal Farce
The ‘Statesman’ leaps to its own defense … and crashes on takeoff
Word Is Out
After Broadway, Def Poetry Jam goes national and Austin’s Pro Arts Collective snags them
Day Trips
If you are looking for excellent service and extreme comfort, the Hotel Valencia Riverwalk may be the answer
The Hightower Report
Bush wants to militarize space; the FBI guards against the danger of … almanacs?
Gathered Treasures
‘Collected Response,’ the first joint exhibition of artists Steve Wiman and Marjorie Moore, is an extension of their shared passion for collecting
Soccer Watch
U.S. men’s Olympic dreams dashed; Mexican women coming to Austin
Meet Your New Neighbors!
The new 25th Congressional District is really two districts with two heads – an ethnically mixed region based in Austin and stretching south to Live Oak Co. and an almost exclusively Hispanic region based in McAllen and stretching north to Duval Co. In both area and population, the northern region of CD 25 makes up…
The Radical Context
The Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center’s Unseen Cinema: Early American Avant-Garde Film 1893-1941
Articulations
The city wants you as a Cultural Contracts Program peer review panelist, Michelle Schumann competes in Canada, and Uncle Cuddles gets a gig
To Your Health
Dealing with Seasonal Affective Disorder
Barrientos on CD 25
Austin’s state senator defends his endorsement of Leticia Hinojosa
French Twist
Sylvain Chomet’s ‘The Triplets of Belleville’ takes animation in a profoundly odd direction
Exhibitionism
Sharir+Bustamante Danceworks’ season opener seemed to be about journeys, with six choreographers charting the ways we get from here to there and what they mean
The Common Law
Can the debt collection agency call me at work? Can the debt collector talk with other people besides me regarding my debt? What types of things would be considered harassment or abuse? Can I prevent the debt collector from calling me in the future?
Identity Politics Color County’s Precinct 1 Race
The Ron Davis-Celia Israel showdown splits the Eastside racial and political coalition
In Space
Voting isn’t easy
Exhibitionism
The Zachary Scott Theatre Center production of ‘Always … Patsy Cline’ radiates a warmth that draws the audience in close, to share a cozy moment with a star
About AIDS
Valentine’s Day, the most romantic day of the year, heralds the beginning of National Condom Week, Feb. 14-21. How fitting! This is an opportune time to reflect on our sexual responsibilities to our partners. What could be more important therein than protecting the health and well-being of the person we care about? Whether it’s Mr./Ms.…
The Candidates
Ron Davis (www.rondaviscampaign.com)Professional: Travis Co. commissioner Precinct 1; owner of office and computer equipment supply store; Veterans Administration computer analyst Community: Neighborhood and environmental activist – fought to keep an Austin Community College campus in East Austin; battled gasoline storage tank farm; founded East Austin Strategy Team, an environmental justice organization Celia Israel (www.celiaisrael.com)Professional: owner,…
Short Cuts
SXSW Film front: Kevin Smith to hang around the Hilton. (No, not that Hilton.)
Exhibitionism
The vigorous new body of work in her exhibition ‘Segue to Flight’ speaks well of Jennifer Balkan’s pleasant state of mind these days
Got Milk?™
On the trail of pastel de tres leches
The Rest of the Races
The Democrats Speak Here’s the endorsement roundup from last week’s numerous Democratic club forums, with many of the groups reporting large membership turnouts and in some cases record attendance. Not all clubs endorsed in every race.PRESIDENTHoward Dean: Austin Lesbian/Gay Political Caucus, Capitol City Young Democrats, Stonewall Democrats John Kerry: North by Northwest Democrats of AustinCONGRESSIONAL…
TV Eye
Questions and answers
12th Annual ‘Austin Chronicle’ Short Story Contest
The winners and the judges
Tasting Tres Leches
On a recent rainy Saturday afternoon, an intrepid band of food adventurers tackled the ultimate challenge: tasting eight different tres leches cakes in one intensely sweet sitting
The ABBA Beat Goes On
Kerry rolls on, Clark drops out, and Bush gibbers like an idiot
DVD Watch
Subsequent to both The Warriors and Mad Max, yet predating Blade Runner by a year, Escape From New York laid the groundwork for John Carpenter and Kurt Russell’s ensuing masterpiece, 1982’s The Thing
The B-Boys of Beaumont
First place, the 12th annual ‘Austin Chronicle’ Short Story Contest
Food-o-File
When it comes to Valentine’s Day, those who don’t get it are not going to get it
Glasgow’s Punishment: A 90-Day Suspension
Family ‘befuddled’ by light discipline in Owens shooting case
Red, White, and Blue
Second place, the 12th annual ‘Austin Chronicle’ Short Story Contest
For the People
Why Shostakovich, as played by the UT Symphony Orchestra and conducted by Kevin Noe, is better than 20 punk rock bands
County Attorney’s Office: Welcome Back, Mack?
A former assistant county attorney may soon be re-employed by the county, despite a DWI charge.
Catch That Kid
Kids commit heist – all for a good cause.
Luv Doc Recommends: Spike Gillespie’s Free Sex In Public
If here was ever a hell night for the relationship inhibited, Saturday would have to be it. Going stag to any event on Valentine’s takes an extra amount of moxie. Even intelligent couples don’t go willingly out in public on V-Day unless their love is on the rocks in the first place. Valentine’s is king…
