Cover Story
The First Time
Austin artists reveal the intimate details of how they got their muse on
Pie in the Sky
Slime on, Les Lye.
Gay New York: Sappho at the Met
Andy gets lesbianic in The Big City.
This Week’s Waste of Time
It’s like Guitar Hero but with a flute … and Danish
The World Series of Poker Is Back
The betting and bluffing begins Tuesday July 28
Rube Goldberg Spins in Grave, Invents Coolest Coffin Ever
Notes on Rube Goldberg and “The Collector”
Set Your Seats and Tray-Tables Upright
Mayor Leffingwell makes a jet speed takeoff
Copa Aztex Highlights
Soccer match between Cruz Azul and the Tigres lives up to expectations
Aztex Host Impact on Saturday
Brawling Montreal coming to town
Lance Takes One for the Team
Armstrong plays superdomestique
Guv’s Mansion Architect Selected
It’s Ford Powell Carson
It’s a MEN’s MEN’s MEN’s MEN’s MEN’s MEN’s World
Last minute! JD & MEN plus Gretchen Phillips at the Beauty Bar tonight!
Emo’s Turns the Lights Off on KOOP
KOOP and Emo’s face off in an Alternative Softball League instant classic
Couple Murdered in West Campus
Austin Police are looking for help finding person responsible for last night’s double homicide
Video: Bavu Blakes “Go Blaze”
Conversing over coffee at the Waffle House
Playing Catch Up
Truckers, hawks, and more
Community Wants Pearce in ’09
Survey response instructs Carstarphen to work to re-open Pearce this year
‘Amy Cook: The Spaces In Between’
Local singer/songwriter Amy Cook featured in new documentary
Fire Mission
Anti-war vet Casey Porter’s latest mini-doc now online
Austin Fashion Awards: Put Your Golden Boot Where Your Mouth Is
Austin Fashion Awards gets an Unlike.
Forty Licks
Looking back on the summer of “Mendocino”
KOOP Radio Breaks Off SXSW
After an unfortunate forfeit their previous game, KOOP comes out swinging
Flores ‘Disappointed’ by Indictments
Palmview state rep responds to Travis Co. DA over ethics charges
Beastie Boy Licensed Ill
Three MCs and One DJ drop from ACL 2009
You Want It, You Got It: Rancid, Stubb’s, July 17, Stubb’s
Rancid gig review
Walter Cronkite Dead at 92
Former Daily Texan reporter was “most trusted man in America.”
Fashion Week Picks for Saturday, July 18
Recommended Fashion Week events for Saturday, July 18
What Would Keith Richards Do?
Rock & Roll Summer Reading Lagniappe: “What Would Keith Richards Do? Daily Affirmations from a Rock & Roll Survivor”
Pearce: Fill in the Blanks
AISD using online survey to decide next step for threatened middle school
Off the Record – 33 RPM
In this edition of Off the Record’s 33 RPM, we’ll hit the streets with Little Joe Washington while White Denim finally gets proper Exposion
Turfcats Host Playoff Game
Austin’s first-year indoor football franchise experiencing success
Rep. Kino Flores Indicted
Travis Co. grand jury returns 16 counts of tampering and three counts of perjury
Fashion Week Picks for Friday, July 17
Friday Fashion Week events
Parking Larks
Photo ops don’t come better than the unveiling of a new paystation parking meter
C3 Presents the ‘Chronicle’ With a Tough Loss
The ‘Chronicle’ softball team comes up short against C3
Vince Young Holds Second Annual Football Camp
Longhorn legend back in town to share his knowledge with the kids
The Lineup
Recommended music for the week of July 17-23
Don’t Hate Me Because I’m White
Cornyn hopes for a day when all white people will be free…
Size Matters
Making sense of Austin’s microcinema scene
TV Eye
BBC America celebrates its HD premiere with a week of sci-fi programming
Arts Review
This one-man version succeeds in staging Shakespeare’s enormous play with clarity
Montford Files Complaint With Police Monitor
Ah, the dangers of arresting attorneys for public intoxication – when they’re not intoxicated
Letters at 3AM
Woodstock was something new upon this earth
Arts Review
The artistic interpretations of English’s 26 letters here will astound and confound you
TEA to Pearce: Drop Dead
School officials and community are blindsided by agency’s decision to close Pearce Middle School
Book Review
Mazzucchelli’s masterwork is by no means an easy read, but it is a transcendent one
Playing Through
Roller Derby and her fellow Hellcats helped Jamie Lee (aka Miss Amerikill) turn her life around
Page Two: A Small Hurricane of Emotions
Jonathan Demme’s Bob Marley Stay With the Rhythm pushes beyond the boundaries of the screen
Fourth Annual Ultimate Book & Dance Affair
Kathy Dunn Hamrick’s casual fundraiser gives pros and amateurs alike room to move
Rock & Roll Summer Reading
The Fab Four ruined so-called ‘rock ‘n’ roll music’
Day Trips
Drop by the Dallas World Aquarium at feeding time for an exciting show
Tutto Theatre Company
Artistic Director Dustin Wills opens a play here then bolts to Rome to mount another
Rock & Roll Summer Reading
Before there was Michael Jackson, there was Diana Ross
Gay Place
Big love and gratitude to Charlotte Hale for her two decades of service as ED of PT
I Love You, Beth Cooper
Hayden Panetierre stars in this coming-of-age comedy about a high school valedictorian who proclaims his love for the school’s hottest cheerleader during his graduation speech.
testsite
The economic downturn claims a unique Austin visual arts space – at least temporarily
Rock & Roll Summer Reading
Waiting for the Man
Off the Record
Spoon stays home for a sold-out three-night stand at Stubb’s, while Little Joe Washington hits the hard streets of H-Town, and White Denim finally gets proper Exposion
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
We’re still wild about Harry, even though this new adventure prefers to flush pink with its lovesick teens than forward-thrust toward the mammoth battle of good vs. evil.
Book Review
When your favorite band moves in down the street, what’s an aging music fan to do but go all stalk-y?
Rock & Roll Summer Reading
Sticking it to ‘Dimebag’ Darrell Abbott
Fire Chief Fights Diversity Battles
Kerr called back to Arkansas for a pending lawsuit
The Merry Gentleman
Michael Keaton directed and stars in this glum story about a suicidal hit man and the woman who may save him or prove to be his undoing.
Event Menu
A guide to local foodie events for the week of July 17
Rock & Roll Summer Reading
Whoever thought that stringing a guitar would be tantamount to a comeback?
The Lebermann Legacy
Death of Lebermann recalls a productive life
Food-o-File
Shuggie’s melts into the past while other local food businesses try to accommodate Austinites in the heat
Rock & Roll Summer Reading
Decibel magazine Hall of Fame metallurgy
City Hall Hustle: Summer Not-so-Blockbusters
During Council hiatus, the work goes on
The Common Law
Home Office in an Airstream?
Max’s Wine Program
Max’s Wine Dive has a few wine programs in place that spell savings for the careful consumer
Rock & Roll Summer Reading
The blueprint for Tina Marsh’s Creative Opportunity Orchestra
Point Austin: Who’s Accountable?
The TEA’s decision to close Pearce Middle School is the tip of a political iceberg
After a Fashion
Get well, Todd Wolfson!
Doin’ It Their Way
The inspired absurdity of ‘The Mighty Boosh’
Rock & Roll Summer Reading
GigPosters.com comes to print
Res Publica
Thursday16 STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION COMMITTEE HEARING Schools vie this afternoon for the one available new charter school slot. 1pm. Texas Education Agency, 1701 N. Congress. TAX PROTEST Why are Austin homeowners paying 100% of their property taxes while commercial property owners are getting away with as little as 40%? See “No Fair Share? Property…
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
Peeing on yourself won’t help, Tiger’s pastimes, and more
Restaurant Reviews
At Fabi + Rosi, all that glitters is not always golden
Rock & Roll Summer Reading
Like, how come American pop music is such a downer, man?
Naked City
News briefs from Austin, the region, and beyond
Shadowplay
Marching to the beat of Manikin’s No Wave
Fantastic Fest Announces Lineup
Here’s looking at you, Uwe Boll
Rock & Roll Summer Reading
What if your dad was on one of Billie Holiday’s records?
Headlines
• Austin ISD and the Pearce Middle School community continue to plan a response to the Texas Education Agency order to close or “repurpose” the school because of inadequate test scores – the district has less than 30 days to arrive at a plan. See “Point Austin” and “TEA to Pearce: Drop Dead.” • Austin…
Working Girl
Working Girl 1988, PG, 113 min. Directed by Mike Nichols, Starring Melanie Griffith, Harrison Ford, Sigourney Weaver, Kevin Spacey. This late-Eighties take on the workplace glass ceiling and big hair earned a lot of Oscar nominations but only won the Original Song award for Carly Simon’s “Let the River Run.”
The Never-Ending (Crime) Story
Although their case has hit a dead end, prosecutors of the yogurt shop murders say they’re determined to find the ‘unknown suspect’ – and then to retry Michael Scott and Robert Springsteen
Film News
Film News eyes the horizon for another Spy Kids installment
Rock & Roll Summer Reading
Muckraking at Woodstock!
No Posthumous Pardon From Perry
Why is it so hard for the governor to clear an innocent man’s name?
The Never-Ending Timeline
A chronology of events in the yogurt shop murder case
Restaurant Reviews
Walton’s Fancy and Staple pulls out all the stops in its newly refurbished West Sixth Street building
Rock & Roll Summer Reading
Make a Stones fanzine; do drugs with Keith
SBOE: Out With the Old, In With the Old
At least the new State Board of Education chair doesn’t appear worse than her predecessor
The Hightower Report
Cookie-Dough Cover-Up; and Madoff Is Not the Problem
Max’s Wine Dive
Max’s offers a very affordable brunch and happy hour, but loud music is part of the package
Arts Review
Different Stages’ production doesn’t miss the mark, but it isn’t especially powerful
No Fair Share? Property Tax Report Provokes a County Review.
Property tax study says commercial property owners are draining homeowners’ bank accounts
Luv Doc Recommends: Music Man
If you’re one of those people who moved to Austin on the basis of that glorious, balmy week you spent here back in March during South by Southwest, you’re probably feeling conned … hoodwinked … bamboozled – like someone slipped you a roofie four months ago and it’s just now wearing off. The verdant, flowered,…
