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Thillalangadi

Thillalangadi 2010, NR, 154 min. Directed by M. Raja, Starring Jayam Ravi, Prabhu, Suhasini, Santhanam, Radha Ravi, Ganga Karupp. This Tamil action comedy is a remake of the Tollywood film Kick.

by Chronicle Staff

Sneha Geetham

Sneha Geetham 2010, NR, 142 min. Directed by Lagadapati Sridhar, Starring Sriya Dhanvantari, Sanjay, Venky, Chaitanya,. This Tollywood film tells the story of friends beginning their post-college careers.

by Chronicle Staff

CHD

Travis County public health board ponders budget

by Amy Smith

10 Classic Kurihara Cuts

“Mandrax Town,” White Heaven, Out (1991) Imagine Crazy Horse trampling through an Akira Kurosawa downpour, complete with a six-minute comedown. “Go Grace Go” b/w “Lord of Nothing Pt. 1,” Loud Machine 5000 (1992) A rare 7-inch from onetime members of Marble Sheep offers a two-part Motor City riot that the included mail-order catalog champions as…

by Austin Powell

Return to Budget Mountain

Below are three studies used in the research for “Taking Budget Mountain by Strategy.” “Review of Costs and Fees for Development Services in Austin”: A draft study by Oregon-based planning consultants Fodor & Associates on development fee costs, commissioned by Brian Rodgers Save Our Springs report: The SOS Alliance report “The Perfect Storm: Setting priorities…

by Chronicle Staff

Kuriharock Sampler

White Heaven Levitation (1997) Limited to only 700 copies, White Heaven’s final LP was recorded in 1988, after two cassettes-only releases. “Cold Hour” opens in the eye of a hurricane, a free-psych whirlwind propelled by the rhythmic surge of bassist Soichiro Nakamura and drummer Ken Ishihara, nearly matched on the opposite side by the cliff-hanger…

by Austin Powell

Restaurant Reviews

The basics might not beg for a return visit, but the drinks are cheap and the service is great, making this North Austin outpost tolerable

by Kate Thornberry

Headlines

� The shooting death of Nathaniel Sanders II still reverberates as City Council members question whether they should settle the lawsuit between the Sanders family and the shooter, former Austin Police Department Officer Leonardo Quintana. See “Police Union to City: Stand Up and Fight,” and “City Hall Hustle.” � Budget season is in full force,…

by Chronicle Staff

Texas Platters

Bobby Whitlock & Coco Carmel Metamorphosis (Domino) Coco Carmel First Fruit (Domino) Bobby Whitlock My Time (Domino) Bobby Whitlock Vintage (Domino) “These songs and the story behind them have gone through so many processes, and now we can finally put them to rest in this beautiful record,” enthuses Coco Carmel in the liner notes to…

by Raoul Hernandez

Texas Platters

Tee Double Vintage Visionz (Kinetic Global) Terrany Johnson has been to school, paid the bills, etc. He’s a vet at this point, a distinguished local MC comfortable behind the mic, with a keen ear and effortless flow. As 2007’s The Return of the Artform attested, he and his alter ego, Tee Double, approach hip-hop optimistically…

by Audra Schroeder

Oranges All Across, Mr. Redd

�It�s one of the reasons the universe dropped me here: to take this huge amount of personal energy that I have and throw it at this and keep throwing until we get the slot machine to come up oranges all across. � Austin needs a performing arts center.� � Cliff Redd in an interview with…

by Kate X Messer

Texas Platters

The Mother Truckers Van Tour (World) Filled with sass, shout-along choruses, and rawboned guitar, 2008’s Let’s All Go to Bed put the Mother Truckers at the head of the class when it comes to Austin country rock. Van Tour follows in a similar vein, only on diminishing returns. Teal Collins and Josh Zee’s songwriting lacks…

by Jim Caligiuri

Arts Review

Hyde Park Theatre brings Annie Baker�s Obie-winning comedy to well-acted, entertaining life

by Avimaan Syam

Texas Platters

The Offenders Anthology 1981-1985 (Just 4 Fun) In the era of Austin’s Woodshock and Raul’s, the Offenders dominated the local hardcore scene. Picking up with the arrival of second vocalist J.J. Jacobson, this anthology from Sweden’s Just 4 Fun details who, what, where, when, and why atop teenage riots like 1981 blitzkrieg tantrum “I Hate…

by Austin Powell

Texas Platters

Charlie Terrell & the Murdered Johns Alabamasteampunkblues The best thing about Charlie Terrell is his reckless disregard for trend or fashion, producing cabaret blues (“There She Go”) as at home in a juke joint as a city club. Any songwriter who can toss the word “onomatopoeia” into lyrics without hesitation deserves a little attention.

by Margaret Moser

Arts Review

The celebrated quartet achieves not mere proficiency but greatness in its performance at the 2010 Austin Chamber Music Festival

by Michael Kellerman

Texas Platters

Tony Harrison & Hot Texas Swingin’ Big Tony Harrison’s smooth swing wouldn’t generally rise above the standard for dance hall acts, except he originally hails from London. That means his accent on Texas is acquired, but in all the right ways. Local all-stars Redd Volkaert, Karen Biller, and Herb Steiner give his cocktail country (“More,”…

by Margaret Moser

Texas Platters

Jerry Cole Guitars a Go Go: The 1960s Crown Recordings, Vol. 2 (Ace) A charter member of L.A.’s Wrecking Crew, guitarist Jerry Cole played some of his last gigs in Texas before his 2008 death. His musical legacy has since been managed by local 3 Balls of Fire fretmaster Mike Vernon, who produced this sweetly…

by Margaret Moser

Salt

Salt reboots the cinematic cloaks and daggers of the Cold War espionage thriller.

by Marc Savlov

Texas Platters

Glambilly Cavalier Behavior Like the fifth horseman of the apocalypse, San Antonio’s Hans Frank guides Glambilly on a breakneck course designed as much by the Cramps as Sun Records. On booming bass and vox fueled by whiskey muscle, Cavalier Behavior stakes Glambilly’s claim to twisted turf (“Creepin’,” “The Sloppy”) while hammering at the unforgiving rock…

by Margaret Moser

Khatta Meetha

This Indian film is based on comic creation The Common Man by The Times of India‘s legendary cartoonist R.K. Laxman.

by Kimberley Jones

Texas Platters

Relac’Soundfactory EME The lively electronic pulse of EME suggests Tangerine Dream’s Exit if Loreena McKennitt had produced it. That’s a roundabout way of complimenting the exquisite form of Relac’Soundfactory’s music, at once worldly and centered. Carles Zanetti’s local trio weaves Eastern threads of the exotic (“Immenso”) and the atmospheric (“Mayasong”) with deft hands and ears…

by Margaret Moser

Day Trips

The American Airlines C.R. Smith Museum flies through the history of commercial air travel in the U.S.

by Gerald E. McLeod

Luv Doc Recommends: Benefit for Gulf Coast Disaster Relief

Here’s a bit of a paradox: Most easily bored people believe they are easily bored because they are so interesting. Fucking wow, right? Unfortunately, the foundation of knowledge is rarely self-knowledge. For most people it’s an inverted pyramid. Generally, the more you learn about the world, the more you learn about yourself. Acquiring knowledge takes…

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