TYC to Open Doors, Close Bedrooms
Children’s prison system signs major legal settlement
The Lineup
Recommended picks for Fun Fun Fun Fest
FFF Q&A
Graham Williams talks numbers and letters
CAMPO Seeks Input Tonight
On financially linking 183A and US 290
SWAT Action Closes Schools
Seven campuses in Northeast Austin are closed as police hunt for two suspects connected to early morning shooting
Longhorns Knocked Out of Big 12 Tourney
UT loses in Big 12 Tournament, St. Ed’s, MLS playoffs, Stoke City, and more
Rejoice!
Euro Champions League results
Strikers Cross Picket Line, Bus Routes Added
Can union hold it together?
Austin Says Yes to Teacher Pay Raise
AISD Prop. 1 passes, even though state makes it as tough as possible
One Sneaky Grandma
Strayhorn’s Election Robocall
Hail to the Hustle: In Hust We Trust (Part 2)
Hussein-town for life!
Like the Rest of Us
Atmosphere’s Slug isn’t dead from tequila poisoning yet
Too Early or Too Late?
Cali Prop 8 opponents want all the votes counted.
Sending a Message
State Dems make bipartisanship an offer and a warning to GOP
A Dyke To Watch Out For
Watch out, dykes, Alison Bechdel is coming!
Hard to Kill
Meat Purveyors never die
Doggett Puts In One Last Slam at Bush
Austin congressman happy with new president
A Bright Spot for Republicans
DeLay’s old seat returns to GOP
Dome of Confusion
So what happened in the Legislature?
About Those Results You’re Seeing …
They’re only Travis County; we’ll update soon
Cap Metro Workers On Strike
Photos from this morning’s picket line
Martinez Labors While Other Dems Party
Cap Metro strike: What a bummer
Hail to the Hustle: In Hust We Trust (Part 1)
In this final installment, Hail to the Hustle counts down to Barack o’clock.
The After-Party
Sixth Street celebration breaks out after Obama win.
Statement From McCaul
Republican pledges to reach across the aisle
House Update
Dems take Travis clean sweep, Maldonado wins WilCo seat
Pct. 3 County Commish Race Tightens
Huber still looks likely to win
Noriega Concession
Statement from Democrat congratulates Cornyn
Third Base for the Home Run
It was politics meets sports on E-night at the Third Base (I’ll spare you the tired sports analogies — save that fun for the 24-hour newsies), where a throng of folks turned out to watch returns (and the Boston-Houston game). It was also the site for Travis Co. Pct. 3 Commissioner Gerald Daugherty’s E-night party.…
Harris County Turning Blue
Democrat predictions could be coming true
From Texas to Kenya
A thought on the global nature of the Obama victory
Scenes From the Driskill
Dems election watch party
More Photos From the Driskill
It’s crazy down here!
D&D Dispatch No. 3: Not at D&D
A reporter leaves the Dog & Duck, worries about Bo Derek
Jones Ahead in Third Court Race
With just 16% of vote counted, Woodie Jones is cautiously optimistic
Wild Party at the Driskill
Democrats are mighty happy
Props Getting Nods
City auditor and AISD tax increase get early vote nod, SDS on a knife edge
Polls Closed But Lines Still Long….
…at Ben & Jerry’s ice cream on West Fifth St., where they’re giving away a scoop to anyone that voted today. Just before 8pm the line was snaking through the parking lot.
D&D Dispatch No. 2: A Plumber Helps Voters Pee
A plumber helps voters pee
CD 10 Update: McCaul Comes Back
Doherty losing Harris badly
Travis Commissioner Pct. 3: Daugherty in Big Trouble
Huber has solid lead in early vote
Cornyn 52%, Noriega 45%
Race going about like expected
House Dems Happy
Early voting looks good for Travis County reps
Early Vote Looks Good for Doherty
Percentage in Travis County much larger than Ankrum had two year ago.
Obama Ahead in Texas?
With just a fraction of first returns counted, Obama’s ahead in Texas. Oh, that it would last…
Photos From the Driskill
The Democrats are feeling good
Dog & Duck Dispatch No. 1
An Obama supporter explains her position
WilCo Election Admin Denies News 8 Report
However, he does not deny that bond issues were missing from ballots
CNN Goes Virtual
The CNN gang has outdone themselves tonight with their crazy election graphics
Polls Close at 7pm
Did everybody vote early?
Who’s Got Rooms Tonight at the Driskill?
Invite us to your room party!
A Plea to Any Gay Non-Voter
Please, if you are registered, GO VOTE.
Now Would Be a Good Time to Go Vote
Mid-afternoon turnout is light
StarTran Rejects Martinez Proposal
Strike by Capital Metro drivers appears certain for Wednesday morning
AISD Helps With the Adding
Schools report smooth polling experience,
Campaign Telegram #1
Election day notes
Central Library Architect Selection Slowed
A break from election day news
The Pleasures of Merely Hustling
Hail to the Hustle ends its election run
Obama Leads Among Beer Drinkers
An unscientific sample, of course
Why Church and State are Separated
U.S. Pastor Council claims Obama, Ike are acts of God (the bad kind)
Bus Drivers Want the Martinez Deal
Says they’ll call off the strike today if StarTran will agree
Watch Parties Tonight
Time to work on that post-election hangover
Obama’s Playlist
Jams for Election Day
K.D., Barack, and Me
K.D. reaches a watershed and Barack comes out.
Magic 8-Ball Sez: Horns Win Out, Tech Tumbles
A battered, beaten Longhorns team limped out of dusty Lubbock with chapped lips and their first loss
Today Is Election Day
Vote, dammit!
Prez Race: The Final Predictions
A last look at the Electoral College forecasts
God, Guns, (no) Gays
The Art Platform.
The Last Night of a Campaign
The scene at Larry Joe Doherty’s campaign office
Keel’s Lack of (Inter)Faith
Group rebuts GOP claims of partisanship
Christopher Buckley on Being Christopher Buckley
Christopher Buckley talks books, Barack, and more at the Texas Book Festival
Obama: Nazi, Marxist, or Terrorist?
State Board of Education member latest to make wild claims about Obama
The Calm Before the Storm
Just one day away from a new president
Red State Blues Moved to La Zona Rosa
Democratic concert for change happens tonight
If I Wrote All the Recommendeds…
Girlie Action handicaps the week
Clinton Stumps for Larry Joe
Hey, those good ol’ boys stick together
Maker Faire Video
Maker Faire was a magical event. If you missed it you should be kicking yourself in the pants because it was two days of sheer creative joy. If you did miss it or just want to rehash the memories check out the video we made below! Maker Faire Austin from Austin Chronicle on Vimeo.
Faster Than a Speeding Jammer!
Strap on a cape and some skates with the Texas Rollergirls
Cap Metro Union May Accept Martinez Offer
Wyatt puts the ball in StarTran’s court
Almost Half of Registered Voters Cast Early Ballots
Early voting is over; 299,325 went to the polls
Where Will You Watch Election Returns?
Culture Mob has an extensive list of e-night parties
Early Voting “Mega Sites” Close at 9pm
Most EV sites have closed, but two still open
Staff Recommends Library Architect
Barnes Gromatzky Kosarek Architects and Taniguchi with Holzman Moss get preliminary nod
UPDATED: Cap Metro Workers to Begin Strike Wednesday
Council Member Martinez offers stopgap compromise proposal
Red Raiders Look to Test Longhorns
Musings on the big game from a former Red Raiders walk on
SDS Jumps the Gun
Anti-subsidies group compains about first check to Domain developers (the one even they admit is legal)
Turn the Other Cheek
Q&A with guitar virtuoso Kaki King
All Hallow’s APD
Because rules make Halloween fun: Cops release Sixth street do’s and don’ts
Chisum Cracks Keffer Over Craddick
Republicans squabble and Craddick challengers open to pick up the pieces
Earache in My Eye: Episode Five
When Bavu met Barack (just by chance, in Austin)
Break Out Your Best Holiday Dessert Recipe for Faraday’s New Contest
Faraday’s Kitchen Store is looking for the best holiday desserts in Austin to compete in their annual recipe contest.
A Satisfied Crowd Feasted on the Bounty of the Fall Harvest for a Good Cause
The Green Corn Project Benefit 2008 at Boggy Creek Farm was a rousing success.
Happy Halloween
Vote first, then you can go get candy
2008 Texas Book Festival
Check out austinchronicle.com/books for previous coverage of other 2008 Texas Book Festival and Austin Jewish Book Fair authors: Sarah Bird (How Perfect Is That) Robert Bryce (Gusher of Lies: The Dangerous Delusions of “Energy Independence”) Christopher Buckley (Supreme Courtship) Doug Dorst (Alive in Necropolis) Gene Fowler (Mavericks: A Gallery of Texas Characters) David Hajdu (The…
Book Review: Living in the Woods in a Tree: Remembering Blaze Foley
Living in the Georgia woods in a tree house with Blaze Foley before he was Blaze Foley
Food for Thought
Recipes from the famous Red Hook bakery Baked
Headlines
• This is it, folks: Tuesday is Election Day, all day, and if you haven’t gotten off your behind and voted yet, you need to do it now! Vote! • Capital Metro union employees rejected the latest contract offer by Cap Metro subcontractor StarTran, and both sides are gearing up for a possible strike. See…
Campaign Gravy Fattens Coffers
The usual suspects drop a load of late money into Keel campaign
Splinter
Apart from its shape-shifting fungal porcupines from outer space, this horror film has little else to recommend.
Frankenstein: A Trouble Puppet Show
In this puppet retelling, the monster is a hybrid of human and plant tissue
Something Silver This Way Comes
Previewing the Austin Jewish Book Fair
Texas Platters
Hacienda Loud Is the Night (Alive) Plucked from Texas by the Black Keys’ Dan Auerbach, who helmed production for the San Antonio quartet’s debut LP, Hacienda basks willfully in the glow of the 1960s. The gritty pop surge of opener “She’s Got a Hold on Me” bursts with retro flavor before dropping into swaying ballad…
Food for Thought
A history of Shiner full of heartwarming stories and hilarious anecdotes
Res Publica
Go, go, good citizen, go: Oct. 30-Nov. 6
Green Party Ticket Hits Texas
Green Party candidates the only prez contenders to visit Lone Star State
What Just Happened
Robert De Niro stars in this Barry Levinson comedy as a Hollywood movie producer beset with problems ranging from two ex-wives and unhinged actors and directors to perpetual worry.
Zach Theatre
Just in time for Zach’s diamond anniversary, a pair of million-dollar donations
Austin Jewish Book Fair
Author, creative-writing teacher, NPR commentator, and former Austin Chronicle contributor Marion Winik returns to this year’s Texas Book Festival with her new nonfiction collection, The Glen Rock Book of the Dead, a collection of remembrances of the dearly departed who touched Winik’s life, directly or otherwise. The resulting document is not only an autobiography; it…
Texas Platters
Rodney Crowell Sex & Gasoline (Yep Roc) Often praised as the Lone Star State’s Bob Dylan, Rodney Crowell’s genuine and personal narratives achieve blunt impact courtesy of producer Joe Henry’s live studio approach on Crowell’s 14th proper release. The opening trifecta of Townes Van Zandt-channeling “Moving Work of Art,” the biting title track, and searing…
Food for Thought
The Texas barbecue aficionado’s bible
City Hall Hustle: Halloween Spelman
Former council member ‘informally’ declares for Place 5
WilCo Gets Wires Crossed
WilCo gives wrong info to 3,000 voters
RocknRolla
Director Guy Ritchie once more delivers a kinetic and consequence-free tribute to the criminal lifestyle.
2008 B. Iden Payne Awards
A strong sense of community at possibly the funniest Payne Awards ceremony ever
After A Fashion
Love is in the air, and it is distinctly Paisley-shaped
Texas Platters
Warren Hood (Good Dinner) We’ve known Warren Hood forever. He’s graced Austin stages since his teens, gaining notoriety with the South Austin Jug Band and Toni Price. Still a member of San Francisco-based jam-grass quartet the Waybacks, the local fiddler’s first solo work is a beauty. His top-notch band, including the multifaceted guitar of Andrew…
Food for Thought
Discover America through food with the Brass Sisters
Point Austin: The Stakes
From the statehouse to D.C., the journey begins with a single vote
Bloodthirsty Chief of Bat City
Don’t drink and drive: APD’s Art Acevedo is out for blood on Halloween
Happy-Go-Lucky
British director Mike Leigh’s latest is an uncharacteristic story about an indomitably joyful woman – a lovely state of being, perhaps, but not necessarily of dramatic interest.
Arts Review
Cyndi Williams pens a gothic ghost story, and what a demented, dramatic tale it is
The Common Law
2008 Election Questions
Texas Platters
The Lonesome Heroes Crooked Highway Fronted by local free spirits Rich Russell and Landry McMeans, the Lonesome Heroes’ psych-country sound proves equally restless. Whereas 2006 EP Don’t Play to Lose wandered with a gentle ease, the group’s debut full-length moves in more focused, if experimentally flourished, directions. “Lonestar” opens with a lilting warp and rough…
Food for Thought
A book for shameless but conscientious meat lovers everywhere
The Small-Business Amendment
Why I’m going to vote for Prop. 2 (even though we endorsed against it)
Reagan High Stands Up and Fights
Reagan High doesn’t want to follow in Johnston’s footsteps
Rachel Getting Married
Anne Hathaway tears up the screen in Jonathan Demme’s new film about a self-absorbed woman who wreaks family havoc while out of rehab to attend her sister’s wedding.
Arts Review
Is this stage adaptation playing George Romero’s zombies straight or for camp?
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
Controlling coyotes with chocolate, the Snickers ‘Marathon,’ and more
Texas Platters
Monte Montgomery (Harmonic) Monte Montgomery is a world-class guitarist. The difference between Austin’s own and guitar gods such as Richard Thompson and Mark Knopfler remains his songs. Montgomery continually composes insipid lyrics and flat melodies that no amount of guitar flash can rescue, and this self-titled effort is more of the same. He allows more…
Food for Thought
Fussell deconstructs the American romances that spawned today’s beef culture
Page Two: Proposition Puzzle
A series of shapes that all fit together, although not like jigsaw pieces
Local Agencies Still Responding to Ike
Red Cross tries to replenish coffers that were drained in 2008
Trouble the Water
This film about the human toll of Hurricane Katrina is one of the best and most inspirational things to come out of the disaster.
Arts Review
The first exhibition in Lora Reynolds’ new gallery tricks the eye in delightful ways
Food-o-File
Mourn closing Austin eateries, but check out the new ones, too
Texas Platters
Kalu James Dim the Lights What’s happening in the life of Kalu James? You could steal his diary or simply take sophomore release Dim the Lights for a spin. The Nigerian-born local singer-songwriter shares the minutiae of troubled love (“She hates my songs; I detest her fucking friends”), his latest change of address (“I’m Austin…
Food for Thought
A little bit of everything from Hill Country artisans
Halloween Mask Instructions
1) An honorable, bipartisan approach is required – reach across the aisle and borrow some scissors from Joe Lieberman. Smile your rictus grin, make with the “my friends,” and try to tire-swing on through! 2) Time for a little straight talk: What you’re doing ain’t working! But the problem isn’t you; it’s with your opponent’s…
Winograd Fixes Austin: NKE Knows Best
Nathan Winograd makes his case for ‘taking back’ the animal center
Hallowed Ground
Previewing the Texas Book Festival
Event Menu
Local food events for Oct. 30-Nov. 6
Texas Platters
Devin the Dude Landing Gear (Razor & Tie) “Well, hello again my weed-smoking friends,” begins Devin the Dude’s fifth LP. It’s always 4:20 as long as you’ve got your Landing Gear, and the Houstonian’s Snoop-puffed flow (teamed with the Doggfather himself on “I Don’t Chase ‘Em”) is the perfect accompaniment to any afternoon delight. Lead…
Food for Thought
Made-from-scratch cocktails for the conscientious consumer
Can Everyone Just Calm Down?
Goofs and spoofs highlight early voting period
Making Designs On a New Library
Three finalists offer up some rough concepts for a new central public library
2008 Texas Book Festival
Understanding the sociological mechanics behind traffic problems and why they exist everywhere
A Fresh Look at Halloween Candy
Head to Lammes and other local shops for your Halloween goodies
Texas Platters
DJ Jester the Filipino Fist & Ernest Gonzales Get Busy Only San Antonio-based DJ Jester – aka G. Michael Pendon – could slather a dopey grin across your wallflower mug within the first 30 seconds of what is, essentially, a 33-minute document of his sporadic, live residency gig, Get Busy, minus the night, the crowd,…
Shoot the Messenger!
VA tries to fire whistle-blower doctor
Liveable City
Nonprofit group releases report advocating passage of Stop Domain Subsidies charter amendment
More FLDS Woes for CPS
State Child Protective Services took more than 400 children into custody after the FLDS raid last summer; they�ve since dropped 415 of those cases
2008 Texas Book Festival
Required reading for all those awkward 16-year-olds – post-suicidal and gay or otherwise – who just don’t fit in
A Fresh Look at Halloween Candy
Celebrate Día de los Muertos with sugar skulls from the bakery, or make your own
Texas Platters
Golden Boys Goodbye Country (Monofonus) Former Tav Falco drummer Ross Johnson pays the Golden Boys quite the compliment in the liner notes of Goodbye Country, reminiscing about seeing them play a Memphis club in “advanced states of intoxication. … They were and are uncaring in the best sense of the word.” He nails the Boys…
Lost World, Found Footage
AFS’ Avant Cinema celebrates the radical art of Bruce Conner
Naked City
News briefs from Austin, the region, and elsewhere
2008 Texas Book Festival
It’s the strength and sanctity of New Orleans and its denizens that stick in this new novel
A Fresh Look at Halloween Candy
Head to Big Top for all your Halloween candy needs
The Hightower Report
A Knee-Jerk Attack on Poor People; and Why Are We Bailing Out Extravagant Executive Pay?
Keeping It Weirder Still
Austin shatters world record for ‘Thriller’ dance
Schools Gear Up for E-Day
AISD schools brace for Nov. 2
High School Musical 3: Senior Year
College approaches, but that’s no reason to stop singing and dancing.
2008 Texas Book Festival
Novelist and screenwriter Richard Price is New York to his very marrow, and thank the crime fictioneers’ gods – Hammett, Chandler, Ross MacDonald – for that. But for the geographical twist of fate, he might well be rocking his bruisey, bare-knuckled brand of cop procedural meets social criticism in, say, Detroit, like his only living…
A Fresh Look at Halloween Candy
The name says it all
For Mature Audiences Only
How did Kevin Smith prep to make a movie about two kids making a porn? Years of research.
TV Eye
Henry Rollins takes his particular brand of political activism on the road
What the Polls Show
Who’s on first? Depends on what day it is.
Saw V
Jigsaw and his traps live on for another installment of demented torture.
2008 Texas Book Festival
This collection brings a refreshing slant to a period when ‘spazz-out’ and ‘freak’ carry life-shattering significance
Away From the Book Fest
Hit the pavement around the Capitol for a Texas Book Festival lunch break
‘Chronicle’ Endorsements
Nov. 4 General Election
Day Trips
Many endangered whooping cranes make the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge their winter home
Travis Voters Smashing Record
Travis keeps racking up high voting numbers
Changeling
Clint Eastwood directs Angelina Jolie in this Depression-era-set mystery/thriller/proto-feminist drama based on a true incident.
2008 Texas Book Festival
An unconventional examination of one experimental artist’s life and untimely death
Control
Gretchen Phillips admits she wasn�t Just Comforting that girl
Playing Through
Finding the rhythm of footbag
Gay Place
Gay up that vote, y’all
Law vs. Jones: 3rd Court Race Has Political History
You be the judge: Is it time for Law to get on down the road?
Fashion
This new Bollywood film set amid the world of haute couture tells the story of one supermodel’s rise, fall, and resurrection.
2008 Texas Book Festival
This is a tale of frustration, of near-misses and cold leads after atrocities
Gretchen Phillips Reviewed
Gretchen Phillips I Was Just Comforting Her (Seasick Sailor) Years after Austin’s late Rob Jacks advised her to “go more pop,” onetime Two Nice Girl Gretchen Phillips has done just that without compromising the singularity of her voice. Equally comfortable working in sublime lilt and cheeky raunch, Phillips artfully navigates her way around the nexus…
Food for Thought
Hit the pavement around the Capitol for a Texas Book Festival lunch break
Off the Record
Ben Kweller saddles up in Austin, Willie Nelson and company share one last night in the Backyard, and Bavu Blakes and others gear up for election night
Voter Applications on the Hook in Harris
Harris County election official accused of voter suppression
Golmaal Returns
In this Bollywood comedy sequel, a housewife’s suspicions about her husband’s infidelity lead to a preposterous cover-up.
2008 Texas Book Festival
Stephanie Elizondo Griest may have been born and spent most of her life in South Texas, but she is very much at home virtually anywhere in the world, be it at a Rolling Stones gig in post-Soviet Russia or at a bar in Havana after sneaking into Cuba against the wishes of the U.S. State…
Faded Love
Sybil Rosen reveals what it was like to be Living in the Woods in a Tree with Blaze Foley
Food for Thought
A collection of New York Times essays that draws the correlation between what we eat and who we are
Republicans Are So Naughty
Cornyn & Co. is stealing our stuff!
Zack and Miri Make a Porno
Kevin Smith finds a new soulmate in actor Seth Rogen, who stars in this movie that blends Smith’s telltale comedic raunch with large dollops of sweetness.
Today Is Last Day of Early Voting
Do it now, avoid Election Day crowds
Raiders of the Lost Vote
Here’s what Steven Spielberg has been up to this election season.
Luv Doc Recommends: Austin Humane Society’s Rags2Wags Benefit
If you’re spending a lot of time worrying about whether or not you should wear a Halloween costume to work on Friday, quit it. This is Austin. Of course you should. Yes, there are a few exceptions. You probably shouldn’t wear a Barney costume to your job as a fry cook at McDonald’s. Bad idea.…
