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99 Bands
Ninety-nine local bands on Red River waiting to be heard
The Mormon Church Explains It all to You
The Mormon Church Explains It all to You Archivist Nyback returns to Austin with a collection of 16mm educational films that were intended for use in Mormon seminary classes. (See p. xx of this week’s Screens section for interview with Nyback.)
Smoking, Drinking, Sex
Smoking, Drinking, Sex Archivist Nyback, who will be at the show, has gathered a collection of old TV cigarette and beer ads, PSAs, stag films, and more – all devoted to the titular topic. (See p. xx of this week’s Screens section for interview with Nyback.)
Less Than Zero
Less Than Zero 1987, R, 98 min. Directed by Marek Kanievska, Starring Andrew McCarthy, Jami Gertz, Robert Downey Jr., James Spader, Tony Bill. The Brat Pack do Bret Easton Ellis before rehab.
The Decameron
The Decameron 1971, R, 112 min. Directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini, Starring Pier Paolo Pasolini, Franco Citti, Ninetto Davoli. Pasolini’s adaptation of nine stories from Bocaccio’s Decameron is the first film in his “Trilogy of Life,” which continues with The Canterbury Tales and concludes with The Arabian Nights. Even though The Decameron catches Pasolini at…
Luna Park
Luna Park 1992, NR, 111 min. Directed by Pavel Lungin, Starring Andrei Gutin, Oleg Borisov. An anti-Semite skinhead comes to terms with his Jewish ancestry.
Nine Inch Nails Rarities
Nine Inch Nails Rarities Unreleased music videos will screen plus some too-hot-for-TV director’s cuts of older videos and a Hard Copy segment about the FBI’s investigation into what they thought was a snuff film.
Let the Spirit Move You
The Spirit Echoes Fine Art Festival is your one-stop shop to fill all those one-of-a-kind sculpture, ceramics, mixed media, and jewelry needs
Excellence Without Pretense
Mark Schmidt’s ‘rustic gourmet’ approach is the driving force behind Cafe 909
Naked City
Austin video rental company seeks political discussion, not just popcorn sales
Fantastic Four
All four aren’t fantastic, but at least two are pretty good in this latest Hollywood take on a classic from Marvel Comics.
Arts Review
Even without Hercule Poirot, the Different Stages production of Agatha Christie’s ‘Appointment With Death’ provides a satisfying mystery
Mini-Review
Since 1975, the Kitchen Door has been selling hearty home-cooked American comfort food to go, and despite its longevity, it shows few signs of aging
Naked City
Sandra Day O’Connor, the first woman on the U.S. Supreme Court, announces her retirement
Undead
This Australian horror film arrives at the tail end of a recent and very substantial cinematic zombie overdose. Unfortunately, there are only so many ways to slice the walking dead.
Arts Review
The plays of Jean Giraudoux are rarely staged today, so Coda Theatre Project’s ‘Ondine’ is, while flat in places, a courageous and heartening show
Will Travel For Food
Tequila country
Naked City
The nonprofit still needs help to promote cycling
Après Vous
Two of France’s top actors pair up for this wishful farce about good deeds and their consequences.
Arts Review
Flatbed Press offers artists opportunities to create limited-edition prints and compelling memories.
Food-o-File
Congratulations and upcoming events across the Austin food community
Property Tax Fireworks Flare
Proposals would actually tax Texans more, but with little extra for schools
Kontroll
Hungarian writer-director Antal is like the conductor of a midnight express: Grab a rail and hold on while he whizzes through montages and extreme angles of impossibly precipitous escalators in the Budapest subway system.
Culture Flash!
Last call for changes to the city arts funding guidelines, another cool two million for the Long Center, Sally Jacques gets touched by an angel, more Austin artists do New York, and another honor for Conspirare
Lege Notes
Odds and ends – mostly odds – from under the pink dome
Readings
Guy Deutscher, with his always slightly amused tone, manages to turn this ambitiously comprehensive, globe-trotting book into a great layman’s read without sacrificing the integrity of the material
Top 10 of 99
1. Spoon 2. What Made Milwaukee Famous 3. Voxtrot 4. Nervous Exits 5. Single Frame 6. My Education 7. Horse Plus Donkey 8. This Will Destroy You 9. The Sneezes 10. The Glass Family
Point Austin: Thoughts After Celebration
Beneath the rockets’ red glare, the costs of our Iraq misadventure mount
Readings
In this summer of rising oil prices, school finance woes, and escalating bloodshed in Middle Eastern war zones, nothing says getaway like a visit to the home of an obscure 19th-century presidential assassin, right?
Top 10 Frontmen
1. Erika Swinnich, Ignitor 2. John Yaklin, Nervous Exits 3. Britt Daniel, Spoon 4. Dustin Pilkington, the Sneezes 5. Greg Lewis, Mr. Lewis & the Funeral Five 6. Sean O’Neal, the Arm 7. Chris Klinck, Born to Lose 8. Leonard Guerra, Skullening 9. Ray Colgan, the Crack Pipes 10. Chad Nichols, the Transgressors
Point Austin: Where Do Your Tax Dollars Go?
The average household in Texas paid $6,006 in federal income taxes in 2004. Here is how that amount was spent.
Page Two
Religious zealotry can have the effect of undoing basic morality
Keeping Austin Wild
As the population swells, officials and activists look for ways to preserve open space
Point Austin: Beside the Point
Looking ahead to the City Council’s agenda
Letters at 3AM
‘Practice,’ in the modern sense, means to work at something persistently, trying to get it right – which also fits my meaning, my practice: the hour or so a day when I read my ‘devotionals’ (a Catholic usage), then to go to my altar to meditate and pray
Under Consideration
The Travis Co. citizens bond advisory committee is considering $45 million of parks and open space projects for a possible November 2005 bond election. This includes $16 million for water conservation land acquisition in the Hamilton Pool area (No. 5) and near Onion Creek in the Southeast (No. 7). $6.5 million in improvements to a…
The Hightower Report
Corporations promising to relocate here and to create lots of jobs in exchange for tax breaks and other goodies are full of it; and Transportation Security Administration doing a lot more than making you take off your shoes
After a Fashion
Where and with whom did Stephen sally forth this Fourth of July? And what else happened in town on this party weekend.
Weed Watch: Don’t Bogart That Lollipot!
Candies derived from marijuana flowers contain no THC, but still raise the ire of politicians
Behind the Curtain
The Texas Documentary Tour: Amy Grappell’s ‘Light From the East’
About AIDS
“Black women are 19 times more likely to be infected than white women … because so many black men have unprotected sex with other men but then conceal that fact and have unprotected sex with women, too.” This categorical – and problematic – statement was made recently in a widely circulated article by Atlanta Journal-Constitution…
The Real Austin?
The capital of Texas … a great place to hook up and throw up
I Hope You’re Happy Now
Andrew Bujalski, who wrote ‘Funny Ha Ha’ in Austin and wrapped it in Boston, on the film’s unlikely fate
To Your Health
A decision on whether to supplement with ultratrace minerals or not depends on diet
Televised Assault, Real Arrest
With the help of MTV producers, Austin police arrested a 28-year-old South Austin man for punching Real World cast member Danny Jamieson in a Sixth Street brawl in January. Ryan Getman is facing two felony counts of aggravated assault from the incident, which was videotaped by MTV cameras and broadcast nationally in June. Jamieson waited…
In Print
The creator of TV’s cult classic Freaks and Geeks and writer of another memoir, Kick Me, Paul Feig is no stranger to mining embarrassment’s riches, and Superstud ranks high among his work for going so low
Day Trips
Lyfe Tyme barbecue pits love their smokers, and so will you
UT Raises the Solar Roof
Students build all-solar house for national competition
Film News
The Texas Film Commission copes with big departure; plus, Kat Candler, shooting updates, and casting calls
TCB
Why everyone loves Alan Durham’s Sex Drive; Trophy’s and a slew of other music-sharing venues reshape the scene
Soccer Watch
Divine intervention lifts Austin Lightning
Naked City
Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond
DVD Watch
The 1975 film ‘Hustle’ is a great modern love story disguised as a neo-noir police procedural. Largely unappreciated at the time of its release, the situation has not improved greatly if we are to judge by this no-frills DVD release.
Music for the Eyes
Annie Leibovitz’s portraits of American musicians reveal her true oeuvre
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
LSD, chess, Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, and 12 pianos
Naked City
Abbot seeks triple damages against Merck for Medicaid fraud
TV Eye
Having been exiled from Austin for the month of June, I found myself longing for a decent breakfast taco
The Next Diegos
Mexic-Arte’s ‘YLA No. 10’ showcases the work of tomorrow’s great Latino artists
Oops!
In last week’s article “Not So Red,” the photo of Judge Charles McMichael should have been credited to Rose Aguilar, and the photo of the Rev. Jim Rigby should have been credited to John Anderson.
Naked City
A cocky Texan president and a senseless and endless war? Must be time for a reunion of ‘The Rag.’
Luv Doc Recommends: Moonlight Towers Free Show
Damn it. You spent all that money on your tattoo. You need to let it breathe every once in a while. You need to get out and rub illustrated elbows with the ear peg set – people with the vision and commitment to pick a design and stick with it; people who know that how…
