Cover Story
Letting the Freak Brothers Flag Fly
Gilbert Shelton on his iconic comic’s long, strange trip to the screen
Cap Metro Botches Yet Another Big Event
Same story, different chapter: SXSW
Outta Towners, It’s Pronounced ‘Totally Awesome AusChron Newscast!’
Austin tidbits and trivia, city tech, and the Art Acevedo showcase continues
Big Star’s Alex Chilton Dead
Power-pop pioneer died today in New Orleans
Rebel Yell, Rebel Write Fiction
Free reading / music show Whiskey Rebellion
TV-Related Panels at SXSWi
S. Derek Turner of FreePress.org talks about the National Broadband Plan.
Colbert on the SBOE
We’ve created separation of Jefferson and history
A SXSW Easter Egg
Danny Strauss’ satirical short “Always a Bride”
An Alien of Extraordinary Ability
Gaga’s face candy
Mind on his Money
Chamillionaire defends his throne as the Mixtape Messiah.
On Bomb Defusions and Boner Ghosts
MacGruber‘s cast and crew tell all, or at least a lot
SXSW Film Awards Announced
The envelope, please
The Digital Divide
SXSW discusses who isn’t online, and why
World Wide Guinness Day
A conversation with Fergal Murray, Brewmaster for Guinness and Smithwick’s.
Double Entendres
Edward Norton and Tim Blake Nelson bring Leaves of Grass to SXSW
The Urban Experience
Dâm-Funk’s intergalactic jam
If It’s Too Loud, You’re Not Lemmy
Notes from the very ‘eavy documentary premiere at SXSW
Butches, Trash Humpers, Queer Jews, Soul Singers
Get off the interwebz and support queer visibility at SXSW
Out of the Nest: Taylor Jacobson Graduates
Armani Exchange Hires Taylor Jacobson
SX Page by Page
Graphic novels creep into the multimedia mix
For the Love of the Game
Pelada filmmaker Gwendolyn Oxenham on what happens when you don’t go pro
Copa Esperanza Benefits Local Charities
Soccer tourney scores with fun and charity
New Bike Nation!
U.S. DOT announces new pro-biking policy
Come Again?
After projection issues short-changed the Elektra Luxx premiere, a makeup screening is slotted for tonight
Into the Vault
And the new owner of Antone’s Records is…
Sign of the Times
SXSWi panelists ponder media ecosystem in a NY Times-free world
South by So Real 2010
Checking in with SXSW’s hip-hop head
Austin: Latino Internet Capital of the World!
If you have tacos, they will come
Critical Mass
A sxswi core conversation explores the “Yelp effect”
Duplass Brothers Get Their Paramount Premiere
While ‘Cyrus’ stars bite the hands that feed ’em
SXSW Web Awards Announced
At Sunday’s ceremony, emcee Doug Benson dished out prizes for superior web content
Blood, Gore, And SXSW
Genre directors make up for Tarantino-less panel
Creating Something Joyful
Peter Molyneux of Lionhead Studios brings a new emotion to video games
10 Minutes of Comic Jumper
Twisted Pixel reveals gameplay for upcoming release
Beware the Shilldebeast, My Son
The subcultural survival guide to dealing with corporations
What’s On Robert Rodriguez’s Plate
The local filmmaker lets slip which franchise he was kickstarting next
Ass-Kicking For Breakfast
Q&A with the super-violent superhero film Kick-Ass
Interact with Austin
City hosts meetup Sunday about website redesign
‘Dance’ Fever
UTFI’s first feature, Dance With the One to premiere Monday
SXQ&A: TMS Ruge
Project Diaspora co-founder and SXSW speaker talks African tech
Big Bag, Big Canvas
Polish artist Leszek Zebrowski to hold a free poster workshop next week
SX Day One
A few brief snaps from the first day of the festival
South By Street Closures
Yep, Downtown’s pretty f’d, sez city
Christeene, Liza, Heather, and Bears
There’s plenty to do for queers
Yates Lions Dare to Dream Big
Houston high school wins respect in 2010 UIL Championship series
Waitgate
If the purpose of rail is to relieve congestion, the Red Line is failing at Justin and Lamar
Snaps From the Texas Film Hall of Fame Awards
Bruce McGill and Tim Matheson cut up on the red carpet
Let Me See That Sissy Bounce
Big Freedia holds court
Et Tu, Arte?
Chief says: thanks, but … nah
‘Red Hot Patriot: The Kick-Ass Wit of Molly Ivins’
Twin sisters revive the feisty Austin journalist in a new solo play in Philly
Casual Victim Pile
Separated at Birth: Vega/Neon Indian Vega: Friday, March 19, Malverde, 12mid Neon Indian: Friday, March 19, Club de Ville, 11pm At Waterloo Park last fall for Fun Fun Fun Fest, Alan Palomo pulled a one-two punch, the capstone to a year that saw the former Ghosthustler storm the blogosphere with two different projects: Vega’s Well…
Texas Platters
The Stan Laurels Death of the Sun (Plaid) Nothing about the Stan Laurels is obvious. The one-man studio project of John Lathrop, Death of the Sun radiates tightly wound layers of pop and psych that bend the Zombies into the Flaming Lips, a surprisingly rich sound orchestrated solo. Equally unexpected is how Lathrop weaves decidedly…
Res Publica
Citizens calendar, March 11-17
Our Family Wedding
This is a formulaic wedding comedy about mismatched families, but thanks to several appealing performances, this rote exercise turns out better than most.
New to Town
Check out these new Downtown restaurants for your mid-SXSW snacking
Quiet on the Set
Less talk, more action: Aaron Katz and Cris Lankenau sound off on Cold Weather
Casual Victim Pile
Zeale SXSW showcase: Wednesday, March 17, Ghost Room, 8pm For Zeale, 2010 will be all about taking chances. “I’ve been preparing and developing a new musical direction,” reveals the 27-year-old Austin MC. “I got together with one of my producers from Europe and told him the type of sound I wanted. He loved it, so…
Texas Platters
Austin’s punk poster past, one chapter anyway, in 104 pages of Lindsey Kuhn
Headlines
� The train! The train! Capital Metro announced that the long-delayed MetroRail Red Line from Leander to the Austin Convention Center will open for passengers March 22. The transit agency expects to celebrate the achievement with a dedication ceremony – complete with buskers – at the end of its first week of service, Saturday, March…
Remember Me
Robert Pattinson gets to sink his teeth into something more than posturing in this refreshingly rendered love story.
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
Shifting poles, spirit intake, and more
Kismet in Kashmere
Thunder Soul brings the generations back together
Casual Victim Pile
Uncle Lucius SXSW showcase: Thursday, March 18, Valhalla, 12mid What strikes you first about the members of Uncle Lucius is their look. With unruly hair on their heads and faces, they could be mountain men stepping offstage after opening for the Allman Brothers or Lynyrd Skynyrd. That is, after all, the sort of music the…
Letters at 3AM: The Dragon on Sennett’s Hill
Hollywood is an electric dragon
Primary Post-Mortem
The State Commission on Judicial Conduct dismisses complaint against judge
Terribly Happy
This Danish import is a wonderfully unhinged and a painstakingly constructed meditation on a place where good and evil meet, mate, and make sour times sublime.
The Hightower Report
The Karzai-ization of Afghanistan; and Tauzin’s Big Pharma Overdose
Muhammad Was a Punk Rocker
How a fictional music genre blossomed into a real movement
The Freak Goes On
SXSW Film: an introduction
Food-o-File
A bounty of new restaurants has popped up like spring blooms
Precinct 4 Race Saw an ‘Erosion of Power’
Gómez won the election but lost her progressive base
TV Eye
Even if you’re not a fan of war entertainments, The Pacific is a must-watch miniseries
Jerry’s Kids
A new generation dances Jerome Robbins’ ‘ballet in sneakers’ to the big screen
Bizarre Love Triangle
Bryan Poyser’s comedy of catharsis, Lovers of Hate
Event Menu
Bacon, beer, and SXSW noms this week
Naked City
News briefs from Austin, the region, and beyond
The Big Kiss-Off
Julie Klausner’s misadventures with men
Casual Victim Pile
Local SXSW 2010 class sampler
‘I Like Films About Naked People Yelling at Each Other’
What turns Lovers of Hate producer Megan Gilbride on
The Partying Saint
Check out some of the day’s best parties
Get Ready for More Elections
The primary run-offs are only a month away, followed quickly by elections for ACC and AISD trustees
Casual Victim Pile
Dikes of Holland SXSW showcase: Wednesday, March 17, Headhunters, 12:30am Matador Records co-owner Gerard Cosloy didn’t hesitate when asked about the impetus for his Red River sampler, Casual Victim Pile. “There was a particular moment in 2008, probably after seeing Dikes of Holland play too many shows in front of too tiny of crowds,” he…
The Music in Moving Images
Texas Music Extravaganza and the works of Alan Govenar
Restaurant Review
A diner by day and global plate purveyor by night
Permit Unsustained: A Bad Day at Red Bluff
Sustainable Waves pulls the plug on Austin
To ‘Mars,’ With Love
Reinventing the romantic comedy, to infinity and beyond
Casual Victim Pile
Follow That Bird! SXSW showcase: Friday, March 19, Wave, 12mid Watching Follow That Bird! onstage, one gets a tingly feeling from the early 1990s. Not riot grrl tingly – this is the young, idealistic, get-in-the-van-and-play-your-heart-out tingle of Merge or Matador Records. There’s an energy in the local trio’s sophisticated noise-pop, something even guitarist and singer…
Lone Stars in Good Company
Texas Film Hall of Fame Awards 2010
Day Trips
The Sherwood Forest Faire takes visitors back in time to a place where men jousted to resolve disputes and women let their cleavage bask in the sunlight
Eco-Currents …
Students vote for green funds, report surveys Texas water conservation efforts, and more
Rant, Revisited
A new doc explores the life and times of underground comic Bill Hicks
Casual Victim Pile
Staci Russell SXSW showcase: Friday, March 19, Victory Grill, 8:50pm If hip-hop is a man’s world, nobody told Staci Russell. The 21-year-old singer is the leading lady of Austin’s burgeoning female MC scene, proving her mettle by going toe-to-toe with some of Texas’ biggest rappers, including Z-Ro and Gerald G. Matching up is made easier…
Arts Review
Joey Hood’s embodiment of the title character gets you loving the lying bastard
Gay Place
We are proud as peacocks to announce our new totally all-gay all-day Gay Place Web page
Developing Stories: ‘Every Day It’s Getting Worse’
Strategic Mobility Plan marks a way out of permanent gridlock
Riding the New Range
The Ride goes to the rodeo
Casual Victim Pile
The Sour Notes SXSW showcase: Wednesday, March 17, the Hideout, 12mid No one was more surprised than Jared Boulanger when Waterloo Records cut him a $600 check for his record collection. The Sour Note figured they’d take most of it, but not every last piece. Said stake then paid for the local pop quartet’s second…
Arts Review
The UT-Colombian dance collaboration proved more about process than product
Off the Record
Paying tribute to Tony Campise and rolling out the red carpet for the Kashmere Stage Band and SXSW Film
Can It Be? MetroRail Prepares to Launch.
Cap Metro once again announces a start date for the MetroRail
We Are Having a Hootenanny
And Stephin Merritt is not the life of the party
Casual Victim Pile
The Carrots SXSW showcase: Friday, March 19, Beauty Bar Backyard, 9pm If there’s something Austin loves more than festivals and free booze, it’s a theme. Since 2005, when singer Veronica Ortuño put out feelers to start a girl group, the Carrots have taken style and a concept – paying tribute to an era of young…
Texas Platters
Austin Collins & the Rainbirds Wrong Control Austin Collins has drawn comparisons to alt.country stalwarts Slobberbone and Uncle Tupelo, but on his third disc, Wrong Control, the young singer-songwriter reaches even further back, to the glory days of early R.E.M. and the Replacements. Given the album’s all-American garage thump and jangle with barely a hint…
Page Two: And So It Begins
International spectacles of darkness and light
Metrorail Watch
Capital Metro officials announced an actual starting date for the Metro-Rail, and they say they’re this close to beginning passenger service. For that, we’ll move the bar this close to the top, up four notches from last week. We’re holding our breath now.
Country Bear Jamboree
Malcolm Ingram finds his people, and films ’em, too
Casual Victim Pile
Wolfgang Gartner SXSW showcase: Friday, March 19, Aces Lounge, 1am Wolfgang Gartner’s gaining major momentum in the realm of house music. The 26-year-old Austin transplant, born Joey Youngman, fuses elements of classical music with aggressive techno production, not unlike France’s Justice. “It’s an idea I got after hearing Beethoven’s 5th Symphony,” relates Gartner, who rarely…
Arts Review
This exhibit offers rooms of graphics to grab the eye and jolt the music-loving heart
Wharton Dancer
The flourishing legacy of the late Lone Star dramatist Horton Foote
Death Row Case Evidence May Never Be Tested
When technicalities take precedence over finding out who done it
Artist in Exile
Can Bahman Ghobadi ever go home again?
Casual Victim Pile
U21 Comes of Age The Fireants (Wednesday, March 17, Momo’s, 7:30pm) Speak (Wednesday, March 17, Encore, 9pm) Chief Rival (Thursday, March 18, Headhunters, 7pm) The Steps (Saturday, March 20, Aces Lounge, 12mid) U21 and U18. Take note, because in Austin, those terms define the homegrown bands under ages 21 and 18. They’re the townies, the…
After a Fashion
Stephen’s hair brushes up against a woman’s breast, and he survives
New Bike City
In time for SXSW, Austin rolls out miles of new bike lanes and features
Soccer Watch
Aztex gear up for Dynamo exhibition, broken legs in England, and more
Small Town, Big Find
The energy debate gets personal in Haynesville
Casual Victim Pile
Brazos SXSW showcase: Thursday, March 18, Emo’s Annex, 11pm There’s something essentially Austin about Martin Crane and his band, Brazos. It’s not an embrace of the city’s hallowed music history or its sound, which slides further into nostalgia with each passing year, or an image of Austin as presented to the world. Instead, Crane seems…
Texas Platters
The White White Lights Medium Head Boy (Indierect) Ascendence big or small always feels somewhat anti-climatic in the face of a debut EP, especially since the Yeah Yeah Yeahs punch of Jenny Gacy’s girlie vocal omnipresence and, the post-blues sci-fi licks of guitarist Jonas Wilson (aka Deluxe Peroux) on future’s-so-bright opener “Space Invaders” are strictly…
SXSW Tips
Getting around on two wheels
Will Johnson’s Baseball Paintings
Centro-matic frontman is talented painter as well
Ellen Fullman
The former Austinite returns to turn Seaholm into a giant stringed instrument
Casual Victim Pile
Woven Bones SXSW showcase: Thursday, March 18, Galaxy Room, 8:30pm Guitarist Andrew Burr holds two fingers to his temple to illustrate the meaning behind Woven Bones. “It’s my cryptic way of saying ‘fingers crossed,'” Burr says with a devilish smirk, his wavy dirty blond hair covering his right eye. “You know, for luck.” Since forming…
Texas Platters
Seaholm Electric Before I Disappoint You Again (Calgary) The Able Sea The Able Sea II Much like the retired Austin power plant that’s become a hub for afterparties, Seaholm Electric proves that everything old can be repurposed. Basically an extension of local shoegaze outfit the Swells, the local quintet is New Order to the latter’s…
Point Austin: Have You Heard the Dish?
The ambivalent state of political journalism
Night Owl & Early Bird
Big Medium’s fundraiser has artists make art at night, sell it the next morning
Casual Victim Pile
Nakia SXSW showcase: Thursday, March 18, St. David’s Bethel Hall, 8pm Nakia stood on the side of the huge Austin City Limits Music Festival stage in 2008 in a now legendary moment when the electrifying Sharon Jones, midperformance with the Dap-Kings, pointed her microphone to him. With a voice big as Texas, he laid out…
Texas Platters
The Clouds Are Ghosts Three out of five band members listing synths second on their individual duty rosters, the fourth being the keyboardist, and the fifth leading with engineering/production means either the Clouds Are Ghosts are musical rocket scientists or Garbage. The moment this local quartet’s eponymous debut opens to beats and synthesized melodrama heaving…
City Hall Hustle: The Animal Kingdom
One more round of changes proposed for the shelter plans
SXSW 2010 Film Festival
Have fun … and don’t forget to turn your clocks ahead for daylight saving time on Saturday night.
Luv Doc Recommends: SXSW Film Festival Screening of ‘Tucker and Dale vs. Evil’
This weekend thousands of edgy, creative, cosmopolitan types from all over the globe will descend on Austin for the South by Southwest Film and Interactive festivals. By the time they leave, most of them will gush openly about their love of Austin’s laid-back, eclectic lifestyle (Oops! Where’d that go?); awesome barbecue and Mexican food; and…
