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Lissa Hattersley’s Top 7 Greezy Wheels

‘Love Is a Crime Scene’ & ‘Peace in the Valley’ “[The former] is originally on HipPop, and [the latter] from Juz Loves Dem Ol’ Greezy Wheels. Both were written by Cleve and are favorites, or I wouldn’t have put them on my new CD.” ‘So Sad, What a Dilemma’ “On our first album and a…

by Chronicle Staff

Summer Hours

The French filmmaker Olivier Assayas (Irma Vep, Demonlover) has upped his game with this new work of uncommonly lyrical humanism.

by Marjorie Baumgarten

Texas Platters

Sarah Jarosz Song Up in Her Head (Sugar Hill) For Wimberley’s Sarah Jarosz, Song Up in Her Head is the calling card of triple-threat stardom: a voice of maturity at 17, instrumentalist of precision, and a songwriter of uncommon wisdom in the mold of Dolly Parton by way of Lucinda Williams. Because she’s dazzled audiences…

by Margaret Moser

Imagine That

Eddie Murphy has made an agreeable, family-friendly, kid-centric film without – lo and behold – a single fart joke.

by Marc Savlov

The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3

Loud, abrasive, and featuring performances seemingly calibrated to be heard over the cacophonous roar of Travolta’s mad, bad overacting, this is an unnecessary and ill-advised remake.

by Marc Savlov

Texas Platters

Michelle Shocked always gives 150%. Soul of My Soul (Mighty Sound) is a tad preachy (“Ballad of the Battle of the Ballot and the Bullet Part 1: Ugly Americans”), but that’s our gal, hitting heavy with punky rock (“Giant Killer”), then stealing hearts with gentle folk-pop (“Pompeii”). On her fifth disc, Beth Black’s confident songwriter…

by Margaret Moser

Kal Kissne Dekha

This new Bollywood film tells the story of a country boy who makes it to the university in Mumbai, where he finds love and discovers his power to see the future.

by Marjorie Baumgarten

Texas Platters

Girl in a Coma Trio B.C. (Blackheart) This Girl blew bangs off foreheads with 2007 debut Both Before I’m Gone, on Joan Jett’s Blackheart Records, putting the Alamo City trio in the hands of punk royalty. There’s a marked maturity to the songs of its second LP, singer/guitarist Nina Diaz still the rubber band holding…

by Audra Schroeder

Adoration

Atom Egoyan returns ambitiously to form with this probing, if not always successful, drama that reveals his ongoing fascination with the subjective nature of truth.

by Marjorie Baumgarten

Texas Platters

Tish Hinojosa Our Little Planet (CRS) Tish Hinojosa’s career traces a genuine hybrid of Texas music beyond a hyphenated description like Tex-Mex-roots. The gentle country-folk of Our Little Planet is a departure from her usual Latin-flavored recordings, though she keeps a couple of bilingual tracks (“Our Little Planet” and “Mi Pueblo,” also featuring Carrie Rodriguez)…

by Margaret Moser

Treeless Mountain

So Yong Kim is an astute observer of young people as demonstrated with this film whose story is mostly told on the expressive faces of its two very young protagonists. Never overly sentimental or forcibly cute, Kim’s austere shooting style and scarcity of narrative accouterments provide a nice counterbalance to the sweetness of her young…

by Marjorie Baumgarten

Texas Platters

Paul Wall Fast Life (SwishaHouse/Asylum) Slim Thug Boss of All Bosses (Boss Hogg Outlawz/Koch) It’s been four years since Houston rap got its flashiest set of platinum grills at the hands of Chamillionaire, Mike Jones, Paul Wall, and Slim Thug. How time flies. Jones’ The Voice came and went in April without so much as…

by Chase Hoffberger

Off the Record

Spiros closes and now Room 710, too? Meanwhile, the Bizarros’ long, strange trip returns them to the Hole in the Wall.

by Austin Powell

‘Statesman’ Slam

As part of its “Your Life. Your Statesman.” campaign, the Statesman is calling for readers to submit “slam poetry” expressing their connection to the paper. Dozens of people have responded with entries – another reminder that people will do just about anything for a chance to win a gift certificate. Not to be left out,…

by Kevin Brass

Pops on Top

Father may not know best, but DadLabs has made it its mission to make sure knows a little bit better

by Belinda Acosta

Meet the Dads of DadLabs

Name: Clay Nichols Age: 42 Name of spouse: Kim “I Swear I Thought I Married a Teacher” Garey Years married: 13 Number of kids: 3 Year he was a first-time dad: 1998 Digital photos of kids on computer: 5,328 Number of times catching kids’ vomit in hands: 3 Spiritual forefather (he says, she says): H.I.…

by Chronicle Staff

Headlines

• City Council meets today (June 11) with a heavy agenda, from firefighters to bicycles and back again – see “City Council.” • Gov. Rick Perry acknowledged the inevitable on Tuesday and said he’s planning for a special session, date and agenda TBD. Later that day, he went mountain biking and broke his collarbone. See…

by Chronicle Staff

AISD Ledger

In a session where much was promised and little delivered, public education may have been the one area of meaningful legislation. It helped that most lawmakers arrived with the understanding that the accountability and finance systems are steadily choking school districts. But did they do enough? House Bill 3 will make sweeping changes in how…

by Richard Whittaker

TV Eye

Ajua, Austin! The Latin Comedy Project, Paul Saucido, and Los Bad Apples make a summer splash.

by Belinda Acosta

Travis Gains Little Ground on Land Use

Deece Eckstein, intergovernmental relations coordinator for Travis County, has been working in and around the state Capitol for almost two decades, but the 81st Legislature may stand as a watershed for him. Rarely has he been so disappointed in a session. “There was so much stuff that I felt there was a real consensus about,…

by Richard Whittaker

Review

Turtle Mountain offers low-fat, low-calorie treats that won’t cause a spike in your blood sugar

by Virginia B. Wood

Straus Lines Up Votes

Speaker Joe Straus has re-enforced his position as a consensus-driven leader by collecting 106 pledge cards for his run to be speaker in 2011. At 5pm on Friday, June 5, Straus’ office released a list of 98 state reps from both parties supporting his candidacy, with another eight names added by 9pm that night. Straus…

by Richard Whittaker

Playing Through

Nine-year-old Ryan Brown and 10-year-old Madison Boreman brought the pint-sized gender war to the Congress Avenue Mile

by Thomas Hackett

Luv Doc Recommends: The Jump at the Capitol

This weekend the Republic of Texas Biker Rally is coming to town to take a big ol’ trailer-trash shit on the Austin aesthetic. Chain Drive notwithstanding, sweaty leather, stretched tattoos, and farting Harleys don’t dovetail too well with the Austin state of mind. It’s like your obnoxious, foul-mouthed, ex-con uncle from Pasadena just showed up…

by The Luv Doc

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