Cover Story
Gizmometry
Riding the circuit with Austin’s mutant noisemakers
Wentworth to Stand Down?
Travis Co. Senator issues intriguing statement
Texas Speed, Nation Track
Austin skaters place high at USARS national meet
‘A Guy Walks Into the United States Art Authority…’
Feral Cinema/Lenny Bruce
The Daily Hustle: 7/15/10
Working for the weekend
The Totally Awesome AusChron Newscast is Fleet of Foot!
Fleet service follies, city biz and cop talk
The Senate Shuffle
Lt. Gov. Dewhurst makes surprise committee switches
A Rare Breed
Danny Schmidt’s Cactus passion
The Daily Hustle: 7/14/10
Getting ready for their close up
The Daily Hustle: 7/13/10
B&C’s picking up the pace
Art Beneath Your Feet
No-Comply paints the boards in its annual design contest
Work of Art Recap
Two more, out the door
Cleveland Rocks
RIP Harvey Pekar
Red Bull Battle Del Toro
Texas vs. Mexico in U-16 soccer in San Antone
Please Don’t Kill Me
Longtime Austin favorites the Fleshtones return
Medi-Pot Patient Sues Wal-Mart
Man survives cancer, but not Wal-Mart
The Daily Hustle: 7/12/10
Transpo bonds keep on truckin’
The Sunday Survey 7/11/10
Oil, Emmys and derailments
Roller Derby Update (Updated) 7/10/10
Banked-track title rematch, flat-track eight-ball and ices
Clear Eyes, Full Hearts…
The Emmys finally shows Friday Night Lights some love
New Foul: Font Taunting
A tonic for your LeBron hangover
The Lineup
Recommended music for the week of July 9
Banks Named to AAA All-Star Team
Express pitcher replaces teammate Brian Bogusevic
Schmillionaires
Introducing all-girl band Schmillion
The Daily Hustle: 7/9/10
Fingers crossed for excitement
Food-o-File
East Austin barbecue, Austinites receive culinary awards, new Downtown food businesses, and more to sink your teeth into
Gold in Them Thar Hills
The Dancing Outlaw was just the beginning of the cinematic wealth that is the White clan of West Virginia
High-Speed Facts
FAQs about the sport
Naked City
News briefs from Austin, the region, and beyond
After A Fashion
Your Style Avatar Spanx you very much, but he’ll take the Leonisa, instead
Experiment in Terror
This unnerving art film about airplane hijackings screens at the Blanton Museum of Art
Formula One in the U.S.
A timeline of F1’s tracks across America
Res Publica
Citizens’ calendar, July 8-15
Book Review
This Catalan novel, originally published in 1983, skewers New York’s art scene in the Eighties
In Print
In this collection of prose portraits of some of his cultural heroes, the legendary filmmaker regularly reveals more about himself than his subjects
Austin Outlaws
host second-round WFA playoff game
Book Review
By establishing the facts of evolution – the where, when, why, and how of human, animal, and plant genetic selection, survival, and extinction – Wells proves that we are pretty much done with theories
Live Shots
The Montreal Jazz Festival skronks Zornumental
Soccer Watch
Aztex update; WC final preview
Despicable Me
Steve Carell provides the voice of the supervillain Gru in this animated movie in which he plots to capture the moon.
The Hightower Report
Marooned on BP Island; and Dems Cave on Disclosure
TV Eye
Piper Perabo stars in the kicky summer series Covert Affairs
‘Shoddy’ and ‘Rushed’
Spicewood neighbors blast WTP4 water line plan
Off the Record
Celebrating Independence Day with Wild America and Willie Nelson’s Fourth of July Picnic
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
Rats, emoticons, and much more
The Unstoppable Bike Boulevard
Boulevard dream will soon be reality
Day Trips
The Stephen F. Austin State Park includes both a traditional recreation area and a historic site celebrating the birthplace of Texas
‘Steinway to Hell’
Just the two leaders of the Golden Hornet Project and a pair of pianos
AE GM Search
Everyone wants face time with the candidates
Canned Heat
Preserving the bounty of summer
Jules Buck Jones’ ‘Everglades’
This fertile art book gets you lost in Florida’s primordial river of grass
Making Light Work of Stimulus Spending
Austin Energy targets city buildings for energy efficiency measures
Why Can?
Every summer my mother put up several pints of bread-and-butter pickles. It was the only canning she did, and she had a very specific reason for doing it: Her signature recipes for tuna salad and egg salad could not be made without bread-and-butter pickles, and they simply weren’t commercially available. Even though bread-and-butter pickles were…
Austin Lyric Opera
Three staff members are let go in budget-cutting move
Greens Gain Ballot Access in Curious Fashion
Dems question Greens’ help from GOP
Preserving the Summer
Having a food garden can be a lot of work – especially in the heat of summer – but it’s rewarding in many ways, especially when I bring a basketful of ripe tomatoes, fresh basil, chiles, and cucumbers into the kitchen. We eat as much as we can right away, but inevitably some of the…
‘Hat’ Trick
The Austin Chamber Music Festival gets you as close to opera as can be
Redistricting
Not one Central Texan on Senate redistricting committee
Summer Canning Recipes
Spiced peaches, blackberry jam, bread-and-butter pickles, and Baklazhannaia Ikra
2010 Austin Chamber Music Festival Schedule
The 14th annual festival of chamber music stretches across four weeks, with an opera, eight major concerts, eight free concerts, and nine Behind the Scenes events with festival artists. For more information, call 454-0026 or visit www.austinchambermusic.org. Friday, July 9-Sunday, July 11 The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat Friday and Saturday, 7:30pm;…
The UT Shuttle Shuffle
Cap Metro looks to improve its bottom line
All Shades of Black
How do you define film noir?
Page Two: We Are the Walrus
… And other tales of circles unbroken
EPA Flexes Federal Muscle on Texas Air
Gov. Perry’s huffin’ and puffin’ in defense of dirty air
Walk Away From the Light
Cinema Club showcases overlooked noirs
World Cup Watch
A rundown of local viewing parties
City Position to Increase Volunteerism
Grant makes new position possible
The Meat House
This new neighborhood butcher shop is one to keep in mind for the upcoming tailgating season
Gay Place
Gay Place likes ‘Our Hands on Each Other’
Arts Review
This talky Agatha Christie mystery is long but serves up an amusing little puzzle
Point Austin: Catch-2010
The ledger on Barack Obama features plenty of black eyes and feathers
Wine of the Week
Texas heat and humidity call for a wine that’s not too heavy, not too sweet: Chardonnay
Arts Review
Surreal scenes of security resist inattention in these images by the late artist
City Hall Hustle: Making Sausage Without a Map
Transparency’s not what you see, but what you see through
Event Menu
Between lobsters, Tesla, and Bastille Day, this will be a busy, delicious week for Austin foodies
After a Fashion
Your Style Avatar Spanx you very much, but he’ll take the Leonisa, instead
Austin at Very High Speed
The who, what, where, when, and why of Formula One racing
Headlines
� Wednesday rail woes: Capital Metro put the brakes on MetroRail service Wednesday morning after a freight train derailed near Seventh Street and Pedernales in East Austin; meanwhile, buses were dispatched to rail stops along the commuter route to ferry passengers to their destinations. Rail service was expected to be back in service by Wednesday…
Luv Doc Recommends: Jon Blondell CD Release
Yes, you can dance to jazz, sort of in the same sense you can milk anything with nipples. At some point, however, perhaps when you have a double-fisted death grip on the teats of a stampeding mother rhinoceros, you’re going to find yourself asking, “Was it worth it?” Yes, jazz dancing has its pluses. The…
