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Angst Is Their Co-Pilot
‘Only the Young’ charts the agony and ecstasy of a certain age
Obama Props Up the Case Against 8
US Justice Department to file brief in Supreme Court Case
Courts Overturn Three Capital Murder Cases
One defendant acquitted, two sent back for possible retrials
Turbulent Waters (Updated)
Travis County Parks new buoys at Hippie Hollow make waves
Small Space, Big Honor
Local firm Specht Harpman nominated for Architizer A+ Award
Chasing C. Robert Cargill’s ‘Dreams and Shadows’
AICN veteran on goblins, research, and if he’s done with criticism
Ron Oliveira Out at KEYE
Sinclair Broadcasting declines to renew evening anchor’s contract
Tarantino to Make ‘Dazed And Confused’ (Hall of) Famous
QT to induct Linklater’s masterpiece into Texas Film Hall of Fame
University of Texas’ RTF Dept. Launches UT3D
Moody Foundation grant funds first-ever 3-D production curriculum
JD McPherson
Broken Arrow rocker makes retro modern
Not Your Same Old Criminal Jurisprudence Committee?
New voices on committee asking more questions
Less Point, More Pointless
One man, trying to discover Who Let the Dogs Out
Texas Beats OU in Amazing Comeback
Trailing by 22 points with 7 minutes to go, Horns win 92-86
What’s Doing at City Hall?
An incentives package, a possible rate case settlement, and more
New World Outlook
First United Methodist moves toward LGBT inclusion
SXSW: Foxygen
“The Kinks on Acid?”
Lars Nilsen Joins Austin Film Society
Drafthouse programmer bolsters AFS team, plus new Marchesa home
Stefanie Distefano’s Public Mosaics Mirror Austin’s Bright and Vivid Streets
And these good shards aren’t hard to find, man
Tame Impala: Half Glass Full of Wine
Perth fivepiece fogs up a sold-out Stubb’s
Ebony Stewart Kisses Fear on the Mouth
‘Love Letters to Balled Fists’ puts slam poetry on the printed page
The Ninth Annual Staple! Independent Media Expo
It’s waiting for you … not so silently … this weekend
Bobby Jealousy
Paper Cuts, February 26, 2013 at the Palm Door
‘Face Off’ Recap: Quit Bugging Me
The last remaining Austinite joins the creepy-crawly challenge
Settlement Pending in AE Rate Case
Details Few — City Council posted for Friday consideration
Andiamo Ristorante Partners AIM Autosport Racing with Ferrari
Race cars will visit eatery Wednesday morning
Two Local Food Bills Scheduled for Public Hearing
Public Health Committee to consider HB 46 and HB 910 on Wednesday
I Sh!t You Not: Unlicensed Driver
Sweet John tells the story of his first time behind the wheel
Holding Prosecutors Accountable
Whitmire files bill to protect wrongfully convicted
Talent and Tension
Austin’s 86’d brings the culinary world together
More SXSW Youngbloods: Skating Polly
X’s Exene Cervenka takes more U18ers under her wing
TV Review: ‘Parade’s End’
HBO miniseries is sumptuous and intellectually rigorous
Chaos in Tejas Gets Mobb Deep
Havok and Prodigy to perform “The Infamous” and more bands added
Will Senate Restore Women’s Health Care Funding?
State senator proposes biennial bump in funding
Second Fire at Louie Mueller Barbecue Destroys Original Brick Pit
Smoke-stained Taylor barbecue temple will re-open
Free Beer and Artistic Cyclists
ArtCrank cycle poster show returns to Austin
AISD Trustees: Bond, Eastside Headline Agenda
Bond target creeps up to $892 million
Cowboys and Gauchos
Antelope roasting on an open fire, Tannat swirling at your nose
Mondo Ascends to the ‘Game of Thrones’
Gallery show and new prints for the HBO fantasy smash
SXSW: The Death Set
Aussie/Brooklyn electro-rockers make their way back to SXSW.
The Q&A Hole: How Is Humanity Most Likely to Destroy Itself?
The Earth will abide, but not necessarily old Homo Sap.
Green Day Confirms at SXSW
Punks complement a pair of SXSW Film docs with a Moody gig
‘Far Marfa’ Captures the Romance of West Texas Outpost
Stateside Independent hosts film’s Austin premiere tonight
Sequester Texas
White House report details budget cuts for Texas
Dinners to Rock To Series Does Rock
Adventurous, multi-course menus inspired by kickass bands
Mondo Gets Oscar Fever
Limited run of prints for nominated films during tonight’s show
Eleven Minutes of Pleasure at the Ritz
American Genre Film Archive holding Reel One party Sunday
A Butterfly’s Life, From the Inside
Beautiful ‘Farfalle’ allows kids to step into a bug’s world
APD Infiltrates Occupy: How Many Officers Does it Take to ‘Protect’ Free Speech?
Lawyer says up to six APD officers involved in watching OA
Bill of the Week: Post-Bust Syndrome
Watson would plug holes in Downtown bar biz
DVD Watch: ‘Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake’
Cartoon Network’s surrealist fantasy does crossplay
This Weekend’s Your Last Chance to See the Human/Animal Hybrids
Brought to you by painter Malcolm Bucknall at the Wally Workman Gallery
From the Vaults: Phantasm-ania
Don Coscarelli, Angus Scrimm, and Reggie Bannister talk ‘Phantasm’
Kashmere HS Marching Band Saves Texas Schools?
Public education needs more ‘Thunder Soul’
Nestande Guilty of Criminally Negligent Homicide (Updated)
Former legislative aide cleared of failure to render aid
You’re Never Too Old to Get ‘Young’
The lowdown on this weekend’s Q&As and afterparty for ‘Only the Young’
Farmers Market Report: February 23-24
Winter is officially over
Exhibitionism
Ballet Austin’s triple bill melded classicism, romance, and biology to striking effect
LegeLines
UT Regents, education, gun control, and more
Then There’s This: Another Swipe at Austin Energy
State report calls for slashing low-income assistance program
Exhibitionism
Betrayal The Off Center, 2211 Hidalgo www.chaotictheatre.org Through March 2 Running time: 1 hr., 35 min. We don’t see much Pinter on Austin stages. For a playwright whose membership in the 20th century canon is so firmly established, Austin companies have been rather shy about producing his work – aside from a lone 2009 production…
One Big Guitar
The return of the True Believers
Exhibitionism
Mary Moody Northen Theatre delivers a colorful version of Shakespeare’s grayscale comedy that’s worth seeing
The Hightower Report
Let’s give our weary Earth a break
After a Fashion: Just Another Day?
Your Style Avatar has found a new love … same as the old love
Phases & Stages
My Bloody Valentine m b v Expectations are loaded weapons, often building up unstably only to backfire. Kevin Shields thrives on that tension and remains a master of its subversion, an exercise requiring such precision that everything outside it seemingly dissolves into chaos. Thus the arrival of m b v, My Bloody Valentine’s third LP…
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
The rhyme “Pop Goes the Weasel” is an account of poverty, pawnbroking, minimum wages, and a serious night on the town. In April 2000, the National Football League banned its players from wearing do-rags and bandanas underneath their helmets. However, the ban did not apply to players who wore them for medical reasons. The Weimar…
Phases & Stages
Enrico Rava On the Dance Floor (ECM) Irving Berlin, Hoagy Carmichael, George & Ira Gershwin – standards from another millennia. In this one, there’s Michael Jackson, King of Bop. “In his lifetime I had only a superficial acquaintance with Michael Jackson’s work,” writes 73-year-old Italian trumpet sage Enrico Rava in the liner note to On…
Budget Games
As the economy improves, Council looks toward next year’s budget
Oops!
An extended version of a Q&A with El Paso Rep. Mary González, posted online Feb. 15, mistakenly identified her on first reference as Margaret Gonzalez. The Chronicle regrets the error.
Phases & Stages
Lowe Country: The Songs of Nick Lowe (Fiesta Red) So many variables determine whether a tribute disc succeeds; the artist honored, the acts and songs chosen. On local imprint Fiesta Red, Lowe Country assembles a healthy dose of neo-Americana types covering UK pub rocker turned crooner Nick Lowe. Unfortunately, more often than not, the results…
The Luv Doc: Idiot Texters
LuvDoc, I just moved to Austin seven months ago from Katy. I thought Houston traffic was bad, but Austin traffic is ridiculous. Every time I try to get somewhere, there is either a construction detour or a festival or some other event that’s blocking traffic. The worst is people swerving into me while they are…
Wild Card: Austin Energy and the PUC
Shadow of PUC hovers over Austin Energy and city budget
Playback: Pastures of Plenty
Q: Ships and vans share what in common? A: Hazardous waste.
Phases & Stages
Jamey Johnson Living for a Song: A Tribute to Hank Cochran (Mercury) If there’s still a torch to be passed in country music, Jamey Johnson is rightfully its bearer. The Alabama-born songwriter consumes styles with effortless authenticity, whether stomping outlaw, twanging heartache, crooning soulfully against jazz inflections, or hawking working-man anthems. Releasing a Hank Cochran…
Escape From Planet Earth
In this 3-D animated movie, a famous astronaut from another planet becomes trapped on Earth – aka the Dark Planet. Interplanetary shenanigans ensue.
Looking Forward: Council Members on Budget Priorities
Council members look toward 2014 priorities
I See a Darkness
Mike Aho and Will Oldham examine ‘The Lonely Life’
Phases & Stages
Son of Rogues Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs & Chanteys (Anti-) Leave it to producer Hal Willner to lend the term “alternative music” some significance again. As the title implies, Son of Rogues Gallery follows the 2006 Wilner production spearheaded by actor Johnny Depp and director Gore Verbinski, an outgrowth of their work on the…
Snitch
A socially conscious action adventure that stars Dwayne Johnson, Snitch is an indictment of our federal minimum-punishment guidelines for drug offenses.
It’s a Rocket, It’s a Hot Air Balloon, It’s a … Decorated Show Cake?
Cake decorators and sugar artists from around the country converge on Austin to compete and learn
Spoiler Alert! John Dies at the End!
Phantasm creator Don Coscarelli is still doing exactly as he damn well pleases
Gay Place: TransTexan Luv
Advocacy summit, Trans Lobby Day at the big pink dome, and so much more, Sunday and Monday.
Bless Me, Ultima
This honest, earnest, and naturalistic kids’ story about growing up Mexican-American in 1940s New Mexico is based on the popular book.
Food-O-File
A roundup of this week’s food news
Spring Train-ing
Rob Spillar and transit advocates work toward a 2014 rail vote
Day Trips
Ghost town a reminder of Texas’ industrial history
John Dies at the End
Together, Bubba Ho-Tep director Don Coscarelli and Cracked.com editor David Wong created this horror-comedy jumble that’s customed-tooled for the midnight hour.
Food Events
� Saké & a Movie Under the Stars A family-friendly and educational evening with the first saké made from Texas rice. Best Wurst will sell sausages. Fri., Feb. 22, 6-9pm. Texas Saké Company, 5501 N. Lamar. Free. � Empanada & Potsticker Workshop Chef Katy Parker will demonstrate both Latin American and Asian turnovers in these…
Speed Bump on the Rocket Docket
False-positive field tests derail drug prosecutions
Hornucopia
UT basketball: embarrassed and humiliated
Only the Young
This gorgeously shot documentary impression of three teenagers in Santa Clarita, California, effectively captures the sensation of youth on the verge.
Wine of the Week: Zinfandel From Australia? Why Not?
Australian winemaker Groom produces world-class Zinfandel.
Most Texas Voters Favor State-Funded Family Planning
And disapprove of 2011 fam-plan budget cuts
Soccer Watch
St. Edward�s hosts Global Sports Day and more
Restaurant Review
Rene Ortiz’s Sway serves up Thai cuisine with a twist
Council Tentatively Approves Gables Project
Developers of a residential tower and boutique hotel resolve differences with neighbors
Headlines
› The next City Council meeting is Feb. 28 (work session Feb. 26), when Austin Energy delivers its postponed quarterly briefing, and the usual brace of zoning cases raises hackles on all sides. Last week, Council moved toward creating an independent board to oversee AE and passed several midyear budget adjustments, including $10 million for…
‘Beauty Is the Best Priest: Short Plays of the Harlem Renaissance’
ACC’s Department of Drama polishes a few rare gems by black women playwrights
Civics 101
Thursday 21 UT ENERGY FORUM Policy wonks and local energy enthusiasts discuss energy from a cross-disciplinary perspective. Scott Tinker keynotes. 7:30am-7pm. Texas Union, 2247 Guadalupe (UT campus). $150 ($85, academic/government; $50, student). www.utenergyforum.com. VOLUNTEER DEPUTY REGISTRAR TRAINING Help register voters for the May 11 general election. Attend a one-hour training session at the Travis Co.…
The Flip Side
In Poor Shadows of Elysium’s Richard II, a coin makes all the difference in what you see
‘Interior Landscape of the Emotional Mind’
Chaddick Dance Theater’s latest explores movement through a movable feast
Point Austin: Underfunded and Overtested
Save Texas Schools builds a groundswell for public education
Letters at 3AM: The Future Loose Amongst Us
Digitalized fabrication changes everything we know about work and government
‘Les Enfants Terribles’
Philip Glass opera gives new meaning to sibling rivalry
Quote of the Week
“If you so dare to mention my wife or my daughter, you will hear from me.” – Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst, defending UT President Bill Powers after unnamed UT regents made personal attacks on Powers’ family.
