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Good Kill

Ethan Hawke pilots drones over Afghanistan from a trailer in the Nevada desert

by Steve Davis

The Luv Doc: Bitter Truths

Dear Luv Doc, My wife tells me I’m a wonderful, sweet, loving husband. Should I continue my present course of action or add new expressions of love to my list? – DM in Cedar Creek DM, I don’t want to freak you out, but it sounds like your wife is either a) having an affair…

by The Luv Doc

Live Shots

X Games: Nicki Minaj Circuit of the Americas, June 5 Don’t take the mainstreaming of Nicki Minaj for granted. At 32, half a decade into stardom, she’s proudly, calmly co-headlining an ESPN event with Metallica. Women in hip-hop have had success, but neither Lil’ Kim nor Salt-N-Pepa ever reached these masses. Sex symbol, feminist, rapper,…

by Luke Winkie

The Six Percent Bounty

Estimated “Property Tax Relief” by City Council District Under 6% Homestead Exemption On June 4, City Council voted 7-4 to approve a 6% property tax homestead exemption for FY 2016. The exact value of the exemption will depend on the overall property values prepared by the Travis Central Appraisal District (still to be certified) and…

by Michael King

Live Shots

X Games: Metallica Circuit of the Americas, June 6 Metallica could be forgiven for simply collecting the paycheck at a gig with an inadequate sound mix, onstage contest winners, and a sprawling outdoor audience for an event where music isn’t even the focus. As the Bay Area metal squad proved during its headlining X Games…

by Michael Toland

Diminishing Returns: Budget Cuts Under Future Consideration

The city budget staff does not present a proposed budget to City Council for its consideration until late July, but because of legislative timelines, Council has adopted a homestead exemption of 6%, which the budget staff anticipates will cost from $5 million to $7 million. Mayor Steve Adler has proposed paying for this by raising…

by Michael King

Live Shots

Tyler, the Creator Emo’s, June 6 The great news for Emo’s was: no riot. Not that Tyler, the Creator’s performance precluded belligerence from fans young and old. In a scant few years of notoriety, the L.A. rapper has proved a definitive test of wide-ranging audience demographics, cartoonishly wanton violence, and modern child-rearing. Not surprisingly, then,…

by Kahron Spearman

Live Shots

The Rolling Stones AT&T Stadium, Arlington, June 6 Catching his breath after a knotty, harp-driven “Midnight Rambler” late in a two-hour main set, Mick Jagger cited the Rolling Stones’ first performance in Texas. “San Antonio, 1964,” nodded the 71-year-old sprinter. “A hamburger and autograph party at the state fair.” Saturday in Arlington – inside a…

by Raoul Hernandez

Soccer Watch

Aztex Settle on a New Home The Austin Aztex announced Tuesday that they’ll be finishing out their season at Round Rock ISD’s Kelly Reeves Athletic Complex (10211 W. Parmer, just north of Lakeline Blvd.), with all remaining home games kicking off at 7:30pm. Kelly Reeves seemed the most likely option all along, after House Park…

by Nick Barbaro

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

The side of the moon that faces away from us – what many call “the dark side of the moon” – gets just as much sunlight as the side we see. Musicogenic epilepsy is an exceedingly rare condition in which patients have seizures after listening to certain music. All the case reports talk about them…

by Mr. Smarty Pants

Missing

When his stepdaughter is kidnapped in Mexico, Jack Searle has to cross the border to find her

by Jesse Sublett

Headlines

City Council meets today (June 11) with a heavy (28-case) zoning agenda, a couple of public hearings, and some Council proposals that could generate sparks: a property-tax freeze for the elderly and disabled, more designated funding for low-income assistance programs, and a move to create a “sobriety center” to reduce public intoxication arrests. Early word…

by Chronicle Staff

Quote of the Week

“They’ve made it very clear that they are not willing to enforce women’s constitutional rights.” – Stephanie Toti, plaintiff attorney with the Center for Reproductive Rights, after the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld Texas’ anti-choice HB 2

by Chronicle Staff

Oops!

In the June 5 “What’s the Damage,” we incorrectly identified a photo of state Rep. Greg Bonnen. It should have shown his brother, House Ways and Means Committee Chair Dennis Bonnen. We regret the error.

by Chronicle Staff

Playback: James Petralli’s Constant Bop

Has White Denim become Bop English? Which festival might relocate to the new superstage at Circuit of the Americas? Is LBJ turning over in eternity over the Beatles exhibit at his library? That and other Q&As in this week’s music news.

by Kevin Curtin

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