Cover Story
Preaching to the Choir
Quiet Company high priest Taylor Muse still has faith all right. It’s called trust.
IDEA Opt-Out Deadline Friday
Last chance to avoid the Allan takeover
Mayor’s Book Club: ‘Salvage the Bones’
Award-winning Katrina novel by Jesmyn Ward picked
R.I.P. WHP?
Texas signs off on law to exclude PP
Lovebomb Video Explosion
We are the video stars.
Malkmus & the Jicks/Benny & the Jets
Live Shot of Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks
15 Minutes With Paul Kelly
Aussie “Boss” Paul Kelly has quite the tale to tell.
Programming for the Proletariat
Austin-based web platform Tugg in pilot stage
You’re Going to Get Red On You…
Blood Over Texas holds debut meet up
Women and Children First
An old Van Halen playlist on the occasion of their new LP
Whiskey Shivers
Paper Cuts, February 21, 2012 at the Palm Door
Face Off Recap: The Subtle Blade
Someone gets a dressing down in the latest episode of the Syfy show
Planning and Power
This week’s spotlight: Imagine Austin and Austin Energy
Matt Sex = Coffeecake, Regularly.
In which Mr. Hislope gets culinary with coitus.
Jamie Panzer’s Bullshit Detector
No, there’s no app for this, you goddam hipster.
Natalie Zoe’s Birthday Bash
Natalie turns 60 at the Saxon Friday
Bedside Manner
Books as call to action
Babies in Cakes and Yummy, Yummy Drank
Crow Bar entices with their Mardi Gras party favors
These Hot Chefs
On Monday, we’ll tell you why they’re listed here.
‘The NFL Beat’: Browns Face Tough Decision at QB
RG3 looms large in the 2012 draft
From the Vaults: Nominees on Rewind
The Texas Film Hall of Fame film series in focus
Leffingwell? Leffingwell?
Re-election campaigning Bueller style
Film Flam
Machete forever, startup crawl, On Story, & a script reading
Glory, Glamor & Grammys
Time for everyone to get over trashing the Grammy’s
What’s Black & Female & A Thrill To Behold?
How about “tight ensemble piece in a seven-part harmony”?
Quickie King Cake Review: Curious Confections
Who’d’a thunk a British lady could pull off a King Cake?
Alamo on the Bay
Tim League taking the Drafthouse concept to San Francisco
War on Women Heats Up in Washington, on Campaign Trail
Rally today on UT campus with Cecile Richards
All Over Creation: Acknowledged Gains
When we honor the living, we all get something out of it
Texas Platters
Naw Dude/Flesh Lights (12XU) Florida trio Freestone stormed the left coast in 1978 with its satiric punk-rock sneer, “Bummer Bitch.” Local Casual Victim Pile vets Naw Dude and Flesh Lights each take a stab at the hilarious old ho, the former act hardening the song’s arteries via a submarine dirge as Doug Hart coughs syrup…
Abbott Balks at Birth Control Mandate
Calling the mandate unconstitutional, 10 AGs threaten to sue
Pilobolus
Weird as it may seem, after 40 years, the fungus is still among us
City Moves
This year, three New York choreographers vie for top prize in Ballet Austin’s dance-off
Residents Seek More Cop Accountability
Questions remain unanswered on police shooting of Byron Carter
Quote of the Week
“The record contains evidence that a public official may have committed serious misconduct, and … this misconduct may have contributed to the wrongful conviction [of] … Michael Morton.” – State Judge Sid Harle, referring to former Williamson County prosecutor and current Judge Ken Anderson
Arts Review
Austin Playhouse succeeds in booking a funny flight to Madcap Farce City
So Close to Water, Yet So Far
South Travis subdivision trying to raise funds for water line
Point Austin: Recalling Eroy Brown
Groundbreaking Texas inmate murder case reflects long fight for justice
Arts Review
Strong performances make this musical about mental illness worth seeing
Ultrasound Suit Loses Ground
Sparks says his hands are tied after 5th Circuit finds ultrasound law constitutional
Then There’s This: Consumer Alert
There’s a glimmer of hope that we won’t go broke paying for electricity
Arts Review
Attaching gang names to mundane objects, the show seems to be one big punch line
Council Dance Cards Filling
Two announce against Spelman, and more
Civics 101
Thursday 16 CLEAN TX FORUM Panelists and guests from along the I-35 corridor discuss ways to position Central Texas as a premier clean-energy hub. 5:30-8:30pm. Austin City Hall, 301 W. Second, 974-2220. www.cleantx.org. DANCING AWAY DETENTION This benefit show for the Hutto Visitation Program features live music, a silent auction, and remarks by the program…
Morton Case Court of Inquiry One Step Closer
Ken Anderson may have deliberately concealed exculpatory evidence
Day Trips
Casa Navarro State Historic sits in a canyon created of skyscrapers
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
Tiger Woods was featured golfing on TV at the age of 2. At the age of 5, he appeared in Golf Digest. Wolf attacks on humans are extremely rare. A 2002 Alaska Department of Fish and Game report said there have been only 49 well-documented cases of aggression toward humans by wolves in Alaska and…
Doggett Seat a Sticking Point in Redistricting
Drawing new lines in the sand for primary dates
Headlines
› City Council doesn’t meet again until March 1, but it’s hosting a community discussion on the Austin Energy rate increase today (Thursday, Feb. 16) at 2pm. See “Then There’s This,” for more on the AE rate debate. › For the second time, criminal justice blogger Scott Henson was detained by Austin Police and questioned…
Restaurant Review
Another hidden taqueria gem
The Luv Doc: The Jaw-Dropping Hammer of Thor
Dear Luv Doc, A few nights ago, I had a dream that I was getting coffee at Spider House, and when I reached for my wallet, I wasn’t wearing pants or underwear. Nobody seemed to notice. What does that mean? – Commando Maybe it means you were wearing a kilt or a miniskirt, neither of…
Soccer Watch
AC Milan defeats Arsenal handily in Champions League play, and more
Lidia’s Italy in Austin
Lidia’s Italy in Austin I have long admired Lidia Bastianich for her authenticity and her passionate quest to preserve and promote the cuisine of Italy, which set her apart from the myriad celebrity chefs of the minute who clog the airwaves. So when she came to Austin last fall to promote her new PBS show…
Bullhead
This Oscar nominee and Fantastic Fest winner from Belgium is a startling crime drama about the bovine hormone mafia.
TXRD Lonestar Rollergirls Season Kickoff
So long, exhibition bouts: The real battle for the soul and control of Austin’s banked Roller Derby track begins this weekend. At the end of January, as it is custom, the reigning Calvello Cup holders took on the all-star All-Scar Army, but the 2012 champs the Rhinestone Cowgirls may not want to recall the big…
Food-o-File
Manor Road’s restaurant row is going to the pigs, pint-size props for some of Austin’s best chefs, and more in this week’s food news
This Means War
Reese Witherspoon, Tom Hardy, and Chris Pine star in this romcom about two CIA agents who fall for the same gal.
Citizen Science
The enlightenment of Jeanne Liotta
Food Events
Mardi Gras and Fasching celebrations, a whole-hog supper, and a journey to Cakes-a-lot
The Vow
A woman awakes from a coma with severe memory loss, forcing her husband to win her love all over again. Rachel McAdams and Channing Tatum star.
Separate Lives
AFS Essential Cinema: Children of Abraham / Ibrahim 6
King Cakes
In New Orleans, king cakes are a regular feature of the carnival season, showing up for the Feast of the Epiphany (Jan. 6) and holding a place of honor at parties and celebrations through Mardi Gras, the Tuesday before Lent begins – Feb. 21 this year. The brightly decorated crowns of sweetened yeast dough or…
Deep in the Heart
The life story of Richard Wallrath, a former alcoholic who now funds scholarships for 4-H and FFA students, is told in this inspirational biopic.
DVD Watch
The Cinema of Jean Rollin The Nude Vampire, The Shiver of the Vampires, The Iron Rose, Lips of Blood, Fascination Redemption Films, $19.95 each In May 1968, France was undergoing its second revolution as university students, all manner of workers, and the vanguards of the French New Wave (Godard, Truffaut, etc.) organized a general strike…
Second Helpings
Knock, knock: Who dat? Fat Tuesday, dat’s who!
Over Your Cities Grass Will Grow
Director Sophie Fiennes gives us this elegant examination of the highly personal artwork of German painter and sculptor Anselm Kiefer.
1, 2, Tres, Cuatro: Five Degrees of Chinanine
Thirty years of the Austin Music Poll, five layers of Chinanine, and a fistful of Austin Music Awards confirmations
Austin Education vs. Education Austin
School district suddenly goes wobbly on longstanding relationship with faculty-staff union
Restaurant Review
Possessed of a jewellike individuality, Komé hits it out of the park
After a Fashion
Life renews, and so does Oscar Wilde
Texas Platters
Heartless Bastards Arrow (Partisan) Heartless Bastards’ third album, 2009’s The Mountain, opened with the stunning rumble and quake of the title track, a breakout in every sense as Erika Wennerstrom’s singing torched a statement of rising defiance and ferocity. Arrow, its follow-up, leads similarly with the epic, six-minute build of “Marathon,” an equally if not…
The Hightower Report
Thanks a lot, Sheldon
Oops
A story in the Feb. 10 issue (“Precinct 3 Race Likely a Rematch,” News) incorrectly identified Mary Ann Neely as Karen Huber’s campaign treasurer. Neely was Huber’s campaign manager, while Gary Pickle continues as her treasurer.
Texas Platters
Shearwater Animal Joy (Sub Pop) “We’re having trouble taming this one, but luckily, we don’t really want to,” announced Jonathan Meiburg via a press release regarding Shearwater’s seventh full-length, Animal Joy. The LP notes also pointedly state that “No strings or glockenspiels were touched during the making of this album.” Harp was, however, so you’d…
About-Face for the Cure
Komen’s stance on Planned Parenthood funding reverberates locally
