Cover Story
Crime and the City Solution
How safe do you feel exiting the Sixth Street/Red River Austin music crucible at 2am?
On The Banality of Evil…
In the Rainbow Lounge incident, unlike so many, there are clear winners and losers. The winners get to walk away.
Think of England… No More
India decriminalizes homo sex… hooray?
The Lineup
Recommended music for the week of July 3-9
This Week’s Waste of Time
Like a spreadsheet but, believe it or not, more exciting
Special Morning
Could the three-day session become a two-day session with victims?
Aztex Bow Out of U.S. Open Cup
Dynamo advances over Aztex, 2-0
Aztex U-23s Suffer Through Rough Road Trip
The junior Aztex hang onto first place, just barely
Cole Family Still in Search of a Pardon
Tim Cole would’ve been 49 today. Instead he died in prison — and his family is still searching for peace.
Funhouse
More confirmations for the 2009 edition of Fun Fun Fun Fest
Special Session Update Updated
What’s happened so far in the 81(1)
KLRU Q debuts today
A new KLRU channel hits the airwaves while another disappears into the night
USL Shines in U.S. Open Cup
Round of 16 results from the U.S. Open Cup
Is It Time to Care About Soccer? Stephen Colbert Thinks So.
Alexi Lalas on the ‘Colbert Report’
Vote Simone onto RuPaul’s Drag Race
Vote! Vote! Vote! Simone! Simone! Simone!
Michael Jackson Memorial Sing-Along at The Ritz
MJ Thoughts & Photos from the Chrontourage Street Team
Special Speedbump
CDAs, Texas Transportation Revolving Fund could trip up the plans to get lawmakers home by Saturday
Hemp Hemp Hoorah!
Oregon poised to be ninth state legalizing hemp farming
Donkeys Kick BookPeople in the Teeth
Alternative Softball video of the Brentwood Donkeys first victory
Farewell to Forgione
On AISD superintendent’s last day, some thoughts from someone who knows him
Videos: Brazos & Leatherbag
Live on ACL Stage Left
Pot Possession Becomes a Death Sentence in Harris County
Harris County officials have not yet said what led to death of 29-year-old woman in jail for minor possession
Remember Stonewall! Remember the Rainbow Lounge!
Remember the Rainbow Lounge! Write a letter, make a difference!
Sessy Bearss
Walter van Beirendonck’s Summer collection is all about the bear pride
Sunset in the Blistering Heat
Rep. Carl Isett discusses why lawmakers are only rescheduling the Sunset bills
Maryland Mayor Sues Cops Over Botched Drug Raid
Mayor Cheye Calvo says SWAT practices must change
Special Session Update
What we know so far about round 2 of the 81st Legislature
Rainbow Lounge Update
Fallout from the Saturday raid of Fort Worth gay bar on the eve of the Stonewall annivesary.
Reckless Kelly Invades the Dell
Local rockers do some singin’ and some donatin’
Save the Puppies!
Austin Humane Society needs volunteers to foster kitties and puppies
The Return of Johnny Hernandez
Lunching with the Latino community
Easing Pot Penalties
U.S. Rep. Barney Frank files two pot-law reform measures
Where the Wild Things Roamed: Visiting “The Misfits” Shooting Set
Savlov visits the set of John Huston’s “The Misfits”
Stonewall… Revisited?
Fort Worth Bar gets raided the night before the 40th anniversary of Stonewall.
Three Days of What?
Sen. Watson breaks down the parts of Gov. Perry’s special session call
Supremes Stand for Individual Rights
Two new opinions from the high court check state powers
Andy Gets a Facial!
Austin Chronicle wins Anytime Fitness Media Challenge!
Blast From the Past: Mark Sanford Edition
Newsdesk recalls a pre-Buenos Aries run-in with South Carolina’s governor
One More Time
Car Stereo (Wars) blasts off to NYC
Arts Review
Jen Frost Smith’s installation explored notions of home as the artist prepares to move
The Common Law
I Am Starting My Small Business � How Do I Get a Federal Tax Identification Number?
Yogurt Shop Murder Defendants Set Free
Prosecution not ready for trial
Sometimes Rumble, Sometimes Tumble
Joe Lansdale may be Texas’ bloody answer to Mark Twain
Day Trips
The Houston Museum of Natural Science is hosting the exhibit ‘Terra Cotta Warriors: Guardians of China’s First Emperor’ through October
Point Austin: The Supremes Bail Out
Court ruling lets Voting Rights Act live for another day
Book Review
Lansdale is Lansdale, his ownself, sanctified in the blood of the walking Western dead and righteously readable
Gay Place
Gay Place turns it over to comedienne Kate Clinton for a special Stonewall remembrance
Headlines
• District Judge Mike Lynch on Wednesday ordered the release of two defendants in the 17-year-old yogurt shop murder case after prosecutors acknowledged they weren’t ready for trial next week. See “Yogurt Shop Murder Defendants Set Free.” • The city announced a fourth town hall meeting on the city budget, scheduled for Tuesday, June 30,…
Food, Inc.
Documentary lifts the veil on our nation’s food industry.
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
Mascara, muscles, and more
After a Fashion
Your Style Avatar wrestles with the subcutaneous nature of beauty
City Hall Hustle: Lee Leffingwell’s Big Adventure
The new mayor promises a safe landing
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Full metal racket.
Will Travel for Food and Wine
Well-made wine, exquisite food, and great art – Spain should be on anyone’s short list of travel destinations
Res Publica
Citizens calendar, June 25-30
Year One
Jack Black and Michael Cera are comic wanderers through the biblical era.
Review
Those talented Brazilian boys from Rio’s have found a home for their fabulous foods at the retro-chic Vintage Lounge
Mobile Loaves & Fishes
Founded in 1998 by Alan Graham, a former local real estate agent, Mobile Loaves & Fishes is a volunteer, faith-based, Christian outreach ministry providing food, clothing, and dignity to the homeless via an armada of catering trucks that hit the streets 365 days a year to feed the homeless wherever they may be. Mobile Loaves…
Playing Through
Ed Easton is initiating interest in a soccer-specific stadium for the Austin Aztex that would also play host to concerts
Burma VJ
This documentary about the 2007 Myanmar uprising is an airtight argument for the absolute necessity of a free press.
Review
Vitamin Cottage Natural Grocers proves a perfect complement to Whole Foods and Wheatsville’s offerings
Texas Platters
Manikin Stop the Sirens (Super Secret) Manikin’s metronomic punk aggression manifests a disciplined, restrained attack, lying in wait rather than charging. The Austin quartet’s dystopian point of view gets pressed in wax with third LP Stop the Sirens, and the rhythmic crossbeams of “Death March,” re-recorded from 2007’s M Theory 7-inch, points to exactly what…
The Chips Are Down
Budget balancing picks up speed – and it’s anything but fun and games
My Sister’s Keeper
Nick Cassavetes’ reign as the go-to waterworks man remains uncontested.
Food-o-File
The death of a range hits home, but new spots Bennu Coffee, Annie’s Cafe & Bar, and Cafe Laguna help fill the void
Texas Platters
Charlie Robison Beautiful Day (Dualtone) By the time Charlie Robison gets his well-deserved platinum single, he’ll have accrued a back catalog full of timeless, should’ve-been hits like these. If Beautiful Day had come out in the mid-1970s, the Bandera, Texas, native would be hailed as an influence on Lynyrd Skynyrd with the “Tuesday’s Gone” sway…
City Budget Crunch
Our discount ‘menu’
New York
This new bollywood film about three longtime friends was filmed in America.
Event Menu
Foodie fun for June 25-July 2
Texas Platters
Nanci Griffith The Loving Kind (Rounder) It’s quite an accomplishment. The Loving Kind is the 19th album of Nanci Griffith’s brand of folkabilly, but she still manages to keep us enthralled. Her first disc of all new music since 2005’s Hearts in Mind engages a range of topics that’s so wide other songwriters would find…
Naked City
News briefs from Austin, the region, and beyond
Cheri
Another dangerous liaison, this one based on the Colette novella, reunites director Stephen Frears and star Michelle Pfeiffer.
The Hightower Report
One Serious Illness Away; and The Union-Made Miracle
Texas Platters
Jude/Ross “Who’s gonna save my soul from these midnight blues and AM rock & roll?” wonders Michael Ross midway through “O Lord,” effectively capturing the swaggering appeal of Jude/Ross’ eponymous debut. The local quartet has a classic power-pop sensibility that fits well within the nexus of Big Star and Jonathan Richman and certainly benefits not…
Compact, Climate-Friendly, Competitive
To restart the economy while saving the planet, the Congress for the New Urbanism advocates traditional neighborhoods for all
Paging Dr. Mario
Game Over Videogames’ Classic Game Fest
Live Shots
Parish, June 20
Muny Isn’t Part of UT’s Grand Plans
Consultant rolls out two master plans for UT’s Brackenridge Tract
Arcade Days
Wayne Alan Brenner would walk two miles uphill both ways through a snowbank to get to play Reactor again
Live Shots
Paramount Theatre, June 19
Austin Hit in Veto Spree
A look at the bills whose lives were cut short
The Hideout Improv Marathon
Eight players improvise for 40 hours straight to help save their artistic home
An Order of Horror, Hold the Monsters
Fantastic Fest vet Simon Rumley brings his brand of scary movie to Austin
Line-Item Veto vs. State Budget
How much money did Perry really save?
‘The Collections’
The Collections explores the connection between identity and what we keep
You Can Sing, but You Can’t Dance
AFS Documentary Tour presents Afghan Star
Parks and Rec Plus Eight
A new planning approach
Arts Review
This drama about mind and spirit and love and grief has much to recommend it
DVD Watch
As London’s preternatural sleuth, John Barrymore broods through the producers’ emphasis on his matinee-idol “Great Profile” even as his alcoholism continued tightening his sharp features
Music Department Hits Sour Note With Police
Creation of a city music department strikes sour note with police union
Arts Review
This aerial dance enlarges your heart, your field of vision, your brain capacity
TV Eye
New TNT series Dark Blue proves there’s nothing like a man in uniform
TCRP Blasts Abbott Over Delay in TYC Prosecutions
A whole lot of foot-dragging going on in Texas Youth Commission cases
Luv Doc Recommends: Poodie’s Picnic
Sometimes it seems like you’re the only person in Austin who hasn’t gotten high with Willie Nelson in the back of his tour bus. Why the dis, Willie? Just because someone comes across a little bit straight edged doesn’t mean they’re not willing to make the bowl glow like a thousand suns … in the…
