Cover Story
This Way to the Big Top!
From budget disaster to hysterical bloodletting, the legislative circus is back in town
The Daily Hustle: 1/20/11
Campaign cash comes in by the bundle
‘Austin Chronicle’ Cover 1/21
Miles and Miles of Elizabeth McQueen
Guilty Until, and After, Proven Innocent
Sebesta still insists that Graves is guilty
More ‘Slack’
The Chronicle‘s 20-year love affair with Slacker
Stars Lose 4-3
OT loss still jumps Texas up a notch
Wednesday Rewind
Introducing Austin Music Weekly with White Denim and more
The Daily Hustle: 1/19/11
Laura Morrison’s re-election kick-off
Out Here in the Middle
A quick one with James McMurtry
Complete Control
Wax’s Joe Sib hits Cap City Comedy Club
Newsgeist: 1/19/11
The spirit of the news
Hard Listening
Reviewing Butch Hancock’s winter tour of Texas.
Friday Blingee: Reed Cooks a Pizza
Child-actor shows true colors and we loves it!
Apropos of Oysters
This Gay Place Crush of the Week is a restaurant
Stars Come Home for Tilt With Grand Rapids
Looking for a playoff push
‘Take Shelter’ Finds a Home
Sony Pictures Classics picks up Jeff Nichols’ second film
Austin Rockin’ 1/17/11
Music poll ballot plug and live music picks on FOX 7
The Daily Hustle: 1/18/11
Place 4 race warms up
Perilous Road Ahead for UT Men’s B-Ball
Aggies and Jayhawks loom
Chaos in Tejas 2011
Ready the Thunderdome!
The Daily Hustle: 1/17/11
Disc golf, Lustre Pearl keep council up
Bedside Manner: I Am Not a Scientologist!
Some light and dark reading from the City Hall Hustler
Newsgeist: 1/17/11
The spirit of the news
Roller Derby Update 1/16/11
Local leagues prep for big seasons
Aldermenswear
So fresh, so clean, so City Council
Beer Bills Brewing at the Lege
Microbrewers want on-site sales, brewpubs want to sell off-site
The Daily Hustle: 1/14/11
Council punts, ponders PUDs
The Totally Lege-tastic, Totally Awesome AusChron Newscast!
Dripping the state budget in your ears
An Acceptable Form of Voter ID
Democrat Anchia shifts strategy on hot-button issue
Flo Says “No” to Not-Pot
As promised, Senator files bill to ban synthetic dope
Newsgeist: 1/14/11
The spirit of the news
Wine of the Week
We’ve got zero doubts about these Zins
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
Shemp, ‘O Holy Night,’ bathrooms vs. kitchens, and House Bill 81
University of Texas Men’s Basketball
UT hosts Sooners then Aggies
Season of the Witch
Nicolas Cage and Ron Perlman play 14th century knights commanded to transport a witch believed to be the source of the Black Plague.
‘Wura-Natasha Ogunji: The Epic Crossings of an Ife Head’
Finding the origin point for this Austin artist’s journeys
Sad But True (Well, Mostly)
Tapping real-life crisis for comedy in ‘Drinking Closer to Home’
Football Watch
Go Jets!
Blue Valentine
Michelle Williams and Ryan Gosling play a pair of lovers from first meet to last fight.
On the Funding Front
Eleven area artists and cultural organizations earn support for 2011 projects
Holly Won’t Go Lightly
Nobody said this demolition job would be cheap
Soccer Watch
Messi named player of the year again, and more
The Dilemma
Ron Howard’s latest is a decidedly honest comedy-melodrama about love and friendship.
The Gray Band
How can a band singing almost exclusively about serial killers engender so much life?
Marshalling Funds for Supportive Housing
Council proposes community discussions on homelessness
Page Two: Quotation Nation
Taking issue with citations
The Green Hornet
This Hornet’s a cheesy and borderline-boring cream puff of a vigilante.
COM LPs
Master of Brutality (2001) Pricey deletion of U.S. bow on Southern Lord dishes old-school Black Sabbath/Iron Butterfly/Melvins. Yoshiaki Negishi sandblasts Lemmy’s epiglottal nub as Tomohiro Nishimura shreds the apocalypse on opener “Killfornia (Ed Kemper),” Tatsu Mikami’s petrified bass pulling the crypt closed. The bubbling atmospherics on “Green River” receive a rare writing credit beside Mikami’s…
Before You Head to the Bus Stop …
Check out Cap Metro’s new fares, routes, and policy changes
Rabbit Hole
In the wake of their child’s death, a couple tries to claw their way back to “normal” life.
After a Fashion
Taking an e-puff with Your Style Avatar as he muses about Courtney Love’s catfight with an Austin designer
Duty vs. Gattis: Williamson County Fireworks
Judge accused of trying to hide unauthorized hiring
Arts Review
With this comedic riff on Hamlet, the production’s strength is in the acting
TV Eye: Owning It
Oprah Winfrey expands her brand to a new network
Will Texas Be Safe for Romeos and Juliets?
Senate committee recommends not implementing federal sex offender law
Arts Review
This improv show respects the sentiment and courage behind the secrets it tells
Free Week Live Shots
Metal vs. Indie Emo’s, Jan. 2-3 Indie rock took its dirt nap around the time of Vampire Weekend’s second album. Austin metal hasn’t assumed that market share. Halfway through the outside bill on Sunday night at Emo’s, local Christian quartet the Brigade at least counted some of its own faithful, with metalcore as nondescript as…
Long-Awaited Testimony Rejects Arson Conclusion
Forensic Science Commission hears expert testimony on Willingham fire investigation
Arts Review
Renfro’s oils render empty machinery and industrial sites as things of beauty
Free Week Live Shots
Indie Incubation Mohawk, Jan. 5 Judging from the number of underage hand stamps at Mohawk on Wednesday night, the venue may have the Free Week distinction of having made as much money at the door as at the bar. The Red River double-decker has become an incubator for Austin’s newest young indie entries, and the…
Lege Land: Budget Imbalancing Act
Texas faces $4.3 billion revenue shortfall
Press Forward
Two exhibitions capture printmaking’s experimental drive
Free Week Live Shots
Synthesizer Philosophy Emo’s, Jan. 6 While “witch house,” a catchall for the darker electronic acts of late, certainly has a nice ring, it’s an old sound. In Austin over the last few years, there’s been a shift away from three chords toward vintage synths and minimal sounds, a revival of more obscure influences to accompany…
Lege Land: Let the Show Begin
Watson proposes longer wait between budget drafting and final vote
City Hall Hustle: Park Pud? Pick Your Punch Line.
Developer scales down plans for office tower
Free Week Live Shots
Free Week Speed Dating Beauty Bar, Jan. 8-9 Free Week’s the musical equivalent of speed dating: no obligations or financial commitments, plenty to choose from, and only about 30 minutes to make an impression. It’s best to approach such circumstances with low expectations, especially when the bill offers a random grab bag, like Beauty Bar’s…
Size Matters
Tiny Furniture opens AFS’ new Best of the Fests series
Point Austin: Pride Brought Low
Remorseless as ever, Tom DeLay finally encounters a little bit of justice
Restaurant Reviews
New dishes share the spotlight with the unique wines at Vino Vino
DVD Watch
Sam Fuller had the inside scoop on American culture
Naked City
News briefs from Austin, the region, and beyond
Restaurant Reviews
Continuing to capitalize on Real Food promise
Film Flam
The Austin Studios campus expands, SXSW Film adds venues and a tribute to Ain’t It Cool News, and more
Headlines
� City Council convenes today, Jan. 13, for its first meeting of 2011. Demolishing the Holly Street Power Plant and zoning matters, such as the Park Planned Unit Development, are expected to dominate. For an expanded preview of the council agenda, see “The Daily Hustle: 1/11/11” at austinchronicle.com/hustle. � The Austin Independent School District could…
Food-o-File
A week off reveals a gastronimical glut of foodie news from Royal Blue to barbecue
Bloody Beautiful Illusions
Alejandro Jodorowsky, surrealism’s topo sangre, on Truth, Beauty, and the Internet
Day Trips
Texas Museum of Automotive History at Fair Park in Dallas takes visitors on a journey through 100 years of heavy metal
Res Publica
Citizens’ calendar, Jan. 13-20
Event Menu
Pies and pints
Letters at 3AM: Life as We Don’t Know It
Our planet casts a shadow
Gay Place
Andy Campbell is God
Restaurant Review
Tacos, sopes, and noms, oh my!
The Hightower Report
Can Ron Rein in the Fed?; and Wall Street Casino Grand Reopening
Off the Record
Snapshots from Free Week on Red River
Country Strong
It’s Nashville-on-the-rocks as Gwyneth Paltrow takes a starring turn as an alcoholic singer trying to make a comeback.
Luv Doc Recommends: FronteraFest Short Fringe
Not all silence is awkward. Some silence is golden. Some silence is blissful. Some silence is deadly – especially the silence that happens in the Car2Go after a gluttonous, hog-trough-feeding binge at Mr. Natural. Raise the little white flag and roll down the window. Some people are silent – sometimes, we are told, a majority…
