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The Laziest Girl in Town
Asleep at the Wheel’s feminine ideal is pregnant with possibility
This Week’s Waste of Time
A browser game that reveals the power of a finger
Morin Pulls on the Sweater in Dallas Win
Texas Stars mainstay makes pro debut
The Houston Kid
Rodney Crowell reminisces on ‘˜Chinaberry Sidewalks’
Teleportal Reading: Chocolate Shearwater Fountain
Performances with so many tastes that taste great together!
Off the Stack: Home From the Hardware Store by Stephen Antonson and Kathleen Hackett
Finding new inspiration from hardware
The Franchise Tax Conundrum
How a tax fix is not a tax raise
Remake/Remodel
No Idea 2011 pushes the envelope (into the paper shredder)
The Difference Engine
Local composer Graham Reynolds discusses his two new discs.
The Daily Hustle: 1/27/11
Agenda highlights from today’s council meeting
‘Austin Chronicle’ Cover 1/28
Stay within the lines!
Senate Passes Voter ID
Bill requiring photo ID now goes to House
Voter ID Debate Starting Early
Senate Dems allow debate, but still oppose bill
The Price of Innocence
Law school innocence projects survive budget cuts – for now
Record Skipping
Down home with Abigail Washburn and more
Twisted Pixel Fans Unite!
Local game developer looking for video-shoot extras
OTR – 33 RPM
Recover, the Black Angels, and Hayes Carll’s late night bow
Wednesday Rewind
Grupo Fantasama, Candi & the Strangers under the lens
The Daily Hustle: 1/26/11
Chris Riley campaign launches
Reefer Roundup 1/26/11
Your drug war news, all in one place!
Newsgeist: 1/26/11
The spirit of the news
Oops! DPS Can’t Afford Voter ID
Agency lacks budget to replace ID card printers
Voter ID: Yadda Yadda Yadda
Mostly a replay of last session
Meetings Violation, Investigation at City Hall? (Updated)
Website alleges malfeasance; Co. Attorney reviewing complaint
Don Walser’s Legal Saga Comes to an End
Judge rules for family for breach of contract, but not rescission
Only the Young Die Young
Young Prisms feel fine
Stars Win Last Two in Extras
Shootout and OT wins keep Texas in the hunt
Democrats Attack Fraser on Voter ID Bill
Horseshoe Bay Republican can’t answer questions on own bill
‘A Tickle In Your Soul’
Chely Wright talks about Atticus Circle, allies, and more
The Snail on the Bottom Turns Into a Female
Weird sexy crafty times with Isabella Rossellini
Van de Putte On Voter ID
Where exactly is this election fraud?
‘Alternative’ Budget Battle?
Belts are tight but not for one senator’s pet project
The First AISD Cuts
Trustees cut positions and consider spending reserves
Missing the Point on Election Fraud
Texas Civil Rights Project criticizes Perry, Senate
UPDATED: Combatants Gear Up for Voter ID
Senate pushes back hot-button debate
Gerrymandering: The Movie
Screening at Ritz tonight examines redistricting tactics
The Daily Hustle: 1/24/11
Riley kick-off, endorsements, elections and so much trash
Austin Rockin 1/24
Last Music Poll Ballot plug and live music recos on FOX 7
Newsgeist: 1/24/11
The spirit of the news
Saturdays With the Superintendent
AISD Task Force gets called in after school
A Derby Decade
A landmark anniversary for Roller Derby
Watson Takes What He Can Get
Austin senator cuts budget breather from five days to two
The Lineup
Recommended music for the week of Jan. 21-27
Rodeo & Picasso
Dan Keyes on the return of Recover
The Totally Awesome AusChron Newscast Takes You to School
Proposed AISD closures, Lege & Council action
Anthem? Awesome!
Rebecca Drysdale’s ‘It Gets Better’ Vid
The Daily Hustle: 1/21/11
Everybody’s talking about Chris Nielsen
Bearracuda Is Back – A Weekend Full of Fur
Austin’s bear community throws down all weekend at Bearracuda.
Newsgeist: 1/21/11
The spirit of the news
After a Fashion
Fish tickle Your Style Avatar as he does math and learns about paying it forward
Slack to the Future
Slacker at 20
AE’s Nuclear Option
The seduction of the South Texas Project
Lemmy
Motörhead founder Lemmy Kilmister is the subject of this thorough and entertaining rock & roll documentary.
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
John Lennon, GABA, chimps, frazil ice, and out-of-this-world real estate
Arts Review
A hot band plays cool music for a wild sci-fi film that may or may not be a put-on
Death Penalty Off the Hook
Preemptive strike against wrongful conviction fails in murder trial prehearing
Dhobi Ghat
The lives of four people in Mumbai intersect in this Bollywood film, and are forever changed.
Event Menu: Jan. 20-26
Beer, chili, and pizza: no need to hibernate
Arts Review
Like the couple in it, this new play about marriage has charm but could use a spark
The Insurance Industry Scam
A Q&A with whistle-blower Wendell Potter
Hidden Capitol Kitchens
Living life on the Lege is difficult enough without having to figure out what’s for lunch
Arts Review
This program devoted to the New World Symphony altered our sense of the work
Closing Schools Won’t Fix AISD Budget
We have the Legislature to thank for this mess
Food-o-File
Good food news for smart cookies with a little Southern comfort and help with your New Year’s resolution
TV Eye: Insiders Trading TV Tips
TV insiders Noah Hawley and Kyle Killen trade tips
Election Challenge Drags On
Howard fighting to retain her seat
Restaurant Review
A+, A+A!
In Play
Austin indie developer Twisted Pixel clone-bombed by a gaming giant
Headlines
� After a late meeting last week sorting through the Park PUD, a pulled music permit for Lustre Pearl, and more, City Council’s off this week, returning Jan. 27. For more, see “City Hall Hustle” and “The Park Is in the PUD-ing.” � Place 4 Council Member Laura Morrison kicked off her campaign Tuesday night…
Restaurant Review
Hop on over to the hopping Hopdoddy, but we hope you’ll be careful hopping off those stools
More Blue To View
East Side Drive-In trailer park expands to include actual drive-in, the Blue Starlite
UT Women’s Basketball
UT looks to get off the Big 12 schneid
Buckle Up
Carancho opens new Cine las Americas series
Naked City
News briefs from Austin, the region, and beyond
One More Detour on Holly Street
Power plant demolition delay reprises neighborhood history
Day Trips
Market Square in San Antonio brings a little bit of the Mexican border culture to Central Texas
Football Watch
Chronicle prognosticators need redemption
TRC Speaks: Not Just a Knockdown
Contract fight over money and methods
Gay Place
Lock up your tender morsels. This weekend, Austin is loaded for bear.
City Hall Hustle: If You Don’t Build It, They Will Still Come
The welcome mat can only hold so many people
The Hightower Report
A Banker Who Gets It; and The Corporate-Funded Merry-Go-Round
‘Renaissance & Response: Polyphony Then and Now’
The Austin chorus sings the praises of four classical composers – with new music
Soccer Watch
New pro league announced
Reissues
El Gusano Fantasia del Barrio (Heavy Light) Romantic rendezvous for a Montague newly arrived in San Antonio and his Laredo-born Capulet occurred more than halfway between the two Hispanic outposts for yours truly nearly 20 years ago. Who knew that highway overpass we met under in Cotulla ran through the hometown of one Eugenio Jaimez?…
Austin Museum of Art
After nine years at the helm, AMOA’s director takes his leave
Point Austin: Budgets Are Moral Documents
When the rulers call for sacrifice, who do they mean?
Reissues
Tammi Terrell Come On and See Me: The Complete Solo Collection (Hip-O Select/Motown) Contrary to its title, “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough,” Marvin Gaye’s 1967 duet with Tammi Terrell, who collapsed onstage in the singer’s arms from the brain tumor that killed her three years later at the age of 24, proved Mount Everest. As…
Off the Record
Heralding the return of the Wagoneers and Recover
Res Publica
Citizens’ calendar, Jan. 20-27
Co-Lab Oration
Talking with community arts instigator Sean Gaulager
Reissues
Kill City, Unreformed
Making the Best of a Bad Voter ID Bill
Dems hope to turn a lemon into lemonade
Page Two: Eyes Wide Open
Obama supporters aren’t as disillusioned as polls and pundits would have you believe
New in Print
If you want to be sad – to surrender to the profundity and variety and physical force of that sensation – Colm Tóibín is your man
Reissues
The End of Things, Isolation Loops
Bill of the Week
Brutal budget process in store
New in Print
David Levithan makes the personal work universally and vice versa
Reissues
Tomorrow The Green Grass: Legacy Edition, Hollywood Town Hall
The Park Is in the PUD-ing
Council approves Park PUD despite neighborhood opposition
Somewhere
Filmmaker Sofia Coppola makes a dreamy, beautifully shot statement about the slow-burning dread of a truly hollow man, but Somewhere lacks the dry humor of Lost in Translation.
Who’s On First?
AISD makes political faux pas
Luv Doc Recommends: Austin Gorilla Run
Jogging is uncomfortable, time consuming, hot, sweaty, boring, and, most of all, exhausting, but jogging in a gorilla suit is just fucking silly. Really. There’s no way to sugarcoat it. Not even a gorilla would jog in a gorilla suit … and not just because it would be creepy, but because gorillas, being primates, are…
