Cover Story
Radio Snack
Food on the airwaves in Austin
This Week’s Waste of Time
Free gaming for the experimental puzzler
Worst. Drought. Ever?
LCRA says Highland Lakes inflows are almost dried up
More Fun With Codes
Fun Fun Fun Fest drops latest video tease
Cracking the Code on Cinema41
But what’s it all mean??
Texans to Watch, Indie Film Edition
Joe Nicolosi and David Lowery make the list
Wednesday Rewind
Peter Stopschinski flips out Flipnotics plus MurdochGate music
Conversation With a Man Called E
‘Trilogy’ talk with the Eels’ E
Suzanna Choffel
Paper Cuts, July 19, 2011 at the Palm Door
Black Shiny Beast
Buick MacKane regroups tonight at the Continental Club
‘Where I’m From,’ and What It Looks Like
Semifinalists for short film contest online now
TDH: 7/19/11
The boomers are coming! The boomers are coming!
Perry, Pakistan, and the Bush Revival
Analyzing the foreign policy value of the Musharraf lunch
TDH: 7/18/11
Tovo meters out opposition to pay parking changes
Fat You Very Much!
The Biggest Loser wants to cast an Austinite
Lagniappe Mac
A review of Rob Trucks’ 33 1/3 novella ‘Tusk.‘
TDH: 7/15/11
Tovo names new staff; Levy sez he’s not pushing for reappointment
Battling It Out Over ‘Bridesmaids’
Film reviewer Kimberley Jones jumps into the fray
Arts Review
This unsettling yarn of an Irish thug is spun flawlessly by Ken Webster
Summer Reading
33 1/3’s latest batch of music for your brain
City Hall Hustle: Sins of Commission
Levy KO’d by Tovo as public safety assumes the position
Arts Review
This group show matches the majesty of the MACC’s architecture
‘Encryption’
Stephen Pruitt wants you to tune in to the mystery of sounds in the dark
Headlines
� Local Formula One negotiations got stuck in neutral this week with a meeting of the Circuit Events Local Organizing Committee canceled over a posting snafu. CELOC, set to discuss and act on the Major Events Trust Fund partnership the city approved, plus other items, canceled its inaugural meeting after the city declined to post…
Day Trips
Texas has many spring-fed pools to keep you cool despite the heat
Res Publica
Citizens calendar, July 14-21
Gay Place
Where do you go to get hot and stay cool?
‘Identity Crisis’
The artists ask, ‘Just who do these superheroes think they are?’
Darkness, Then Light
Amanda Eyre Ward on the story she always knew she would tell
A Brief History of Food Radio
How it all began
No Charges in Maddox case
Grand jury no-bills in Maddox case
After a Fashion
After a long absence, Your Style Avatar returns … to SoCo
East Austin Studio De-Tour
Homesteading artists face city code challenges – and raise old fears – in changing neighborhoods
Voting Rights Act Goes to Court
September hearing set in San Antonio
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
Superman vs. the KKK, Sinatra vs. whiskey, and more vs. more
Summer Reading
Ellen Willis, she-ro
Sparks Grills Lawyers in Ultrasound Case
Court to rule on injunction before new law takes effect
Complaints Against Police Decline
Police monitor issues 2010 report
The Hightower Report
Massey’s Mess; and Not-So-Little Corporate Piggies
Summer Reading
Bob Mould’s tell-all falls flat
Travis Redistricting on Deck
Commissioners debate redrawing of precinct boundaries
TCRP Wins Award
Group exposes censorship of books behind bars
That Time of the Month
Christian Remde spans the calendar year with his Twelve Films Project
Summer Reading
A professorial retelling of Austin’s cosmic past
One Last Visit for Mother and Son?
Michael Arena hopes to see his dying mother, even though he’s behind bars
Page Two: Program Notes
Chronicle changes, present and future
Superstar
In an excerpt from Bobby Whitlock: A Rock ‘n’ Roll Autobiography, Delaney & Bonnie & Friends sow the seeds of Eric Clapton’s Derek & the Dominos
Summer Reading
The British folk revival, again
The Law(ns) of the Land
In a time of drought and water limits, some residents turn to drilling wells
30 Things
The highs, the lows, the lists
Letters at 3AM: The Sixth War
America is engaged in hostilities on six fronts
Summer Reading
Rick Springfield’s one-handed read
Perry and Musharraf Do Lunch
Governor, former Pakistani president get down to brass tacks
Film Flam
Preserving Mondo’s archive, Fantastic Fest first wave, farewell to Sherry Mills, and what’s happening with lots of local productions
What’s the Score?
Brian Satterwhite talks on the film composition game
Summer Reading
All play and no work makes a punk frontman demonic
Dis-Harmony From the Right
Austin ISD gets caught in right-wing fight over Turkish programs
In Print
Tracing horror’s evolution from the camp-serious bastions of Roger Corman to the post-countercultural killing fields of The Last House on the Left and on
Summer Reading
David Browne’s revisionist history of 1970
Italian Stallion Challenge
Way South Philly hosts Philly cheesesteak eating contest
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Although this sendoff to the young leads feels a little thin, the culmination of the Harry-and-Voldemort show more than satisfies.
Food Review
If you have a sweet tooth and a bourbon tooth, TenOak was made for you
Summer Reading
Bobby Whitlock was born at the crossroads
Soccer Watch
The Women’s World Cup continues to amaze
The Last Mountain
The case against mountaintop mining in the Coal River Valley of West Virginia in made in this passionate documentary.
Food-o-File
New spirits wizardry at the Alamo Drafthouse, a food court recovery at Highland Mall, and more food news
Summer Reading
Staying afloat in NOLA
Quote of the Week
“Let’s make it clear. … This district wasn’t built to unite; it was built to divide.” – Rep. Lloyd Doggett on the new Congressional District 35
The Trip
Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon co-star as best friends on a road trip in Michael Winterbottom’s colicky, melancholy, and very amusing comedy.
Event Menu
There’s only one way to celebrate Bastille Day: beaucoup pastries
Summer Reading
Susan Boyle, young Bob Dylan, and music stories never told
Point Austin: A Bridge Too Far
Doggett and Castro face off in a battle imposed by the GOP
Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara
The Hangover gets the Bollywood treatment as three men embark on a bachelor-party vacation.
Luv Doc Recommends: Wammo vs. Forsyth
Yes, but at least it’s a dry heat …. Welcome to Austin! Don’t go thinking the weather is going to be this pleasant for the rest of the summer. This mercifully low humidity can’t last forever. Normally in July the humidity in your car is enough to make you look like Alice Cooper applied your…
