Going Once, Going Twice… Give!
28th Annual Rare and Fine Wine Auction a bubbling success
Texas Rollergirls: You Know How to Whistle, Don’t You?
Flat track Roller Derby league needs a whistle blower for Saturday
News Ticker: March 28
All the news that’s fit to blog
ATX Television Festival: ‘Boy Meets World’ Meets Austin
TV fest adds lost Linklater pilot, genre faves, and more
Piece of My Heart
For me, Women’s History month means Janis Joplin
Feast Your Eyes Upon the Edible Book Festival
Silly food, classic literature, and puns? Count us in.
Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Breweries
Local beer roadtrip features Ramin Nazer as your tour guide
News Ticker: March 27
All the news that’s fit to blog
The AggreGAYtor: March 27
Your daily dose of LGBTQIA news
Dusting the Velvet
New online magazine debuts and celebrates with a launch party
Happy Birthday, Nathan Fillion!
Our favorite captain/obstetrician/villain turns 42 today
AISD Sued Over Eastside Planning Transparency
Suit by former campus committee member alleges open records law broken
From Tulsa to New Delhi to BookPeople
Benjamin Lytal, Karan Mahajan, and two stories of place
Tackling Football’s Dark Side
Cohen New Works Festival: ‘Colossal’ reviewed
Catching Up With Tish Hinojosa
Onetime local light begins El Sol y la Luna residency
Alamo Announces Ultimate Movie Party Winner
And the party goes to…
UT Gov’t to Vote on Downplaying Pot Possession
Vote would ask UTPD to enforce citation law on campus
Do the Funky Chicken
Getting egg-cited for the Funky Chicken Coop Tour this Saturday
Cottage Foods Law Update
Texas House Public Health Committee will hear HB 970
I Sh!t You Not: The Compassion of SXSW
Terry finds out what it feels like to be alone in a crowd
April in Austin (Part 1)
Thought Austin would slow down after SXSW? Think again.
DVD Watch: ‘A Man Escaped’
The perfect introduction to Robert Bresson
The Waiting Game
The SCOTUS contemplates marriage equality, but should they?
86’d Mystery Ingredient Challenge, Round Two
Uchiko hosts local version of popular TV cooking show
America’s Music at Austin’s Libraries
Austin Public Library gets noisy for this music doc series
Voice for the Missing Women
Cohen New Works Festival: ‘The Women of Juárez’ reviewed
Frame Job: Carson Brock
Former U18er steps into another league on new full-length
Senator Open to Compromise on Drug Testing Bill
Targeting drugs tests for some welfare recipients
Texas Distillery Takes Top Honors
Texas Single Malt a big winner
Did Congress Pass Monsanto Protection Act?
Food activists up in arms over biotech rider in HR 933
Psych Experts Support Keller Appeal
‘Satanic ritual abuse’ is not real
Women’s Coalition Wins Fed Family Planning Funding
Title X funds stripped from state health department
Stateside Independent Screens ‘Cinema Six’ Tonight
Austin favorites star in indie comedy
Beer Laws Moving Today
Your guide to the mixed reactions
Poets Perform for Texas Book Festival Tonight
Anis Mojgani and Derrick Brown read at Lavazza Espressions
TV Watch: ‘Girl Model’
POV airs doc about a troubled industry and the girls it employs
City Looks to Outside Counsel
Repeal of land code ‘not a black and white legal issue’
Local Man Follows His Dream: Wine
Scott Downs has entered a difficult arena
SyFy Puts on a Show of ‘Defiance’
Alien invasion show will launch with linked MMO
Texas Budget Ping-Pong Begins
Chambers now start carving away at each other’s proposals
From the Vaults: Harmony Korine Is Back From Break
Will ‘Spring Breakers’ continue its smash-and-grab at the box office?
Sportswriter Michael Hurd Is a Cheesecake Genius
Sports and history are his beat, cheesecakes are his passion
Hello Old Friend: Eric Clapton Sends His Regards
Slowhand and friends shake the Frank Erwin Center
Five New Things In Austin’s Comedy Scene
A quintuple shot of Lakkalikööri for all my friends
Epoch Benefit Rummage Sale
North Loop misfit sanctuary hosts benefit for beloved barista
Blanton Launches Film Series This Weekend
As if you needed another good reason to go to the Blanton
Farmers Market Report: March 23-24
Spring hits full stride
Exhibitionism
Zach Theatre’s production pleases and would be as pleasing to return to as Margaret Wise Brown’s book
Protecting Women? Deuell Knows Best
The Lege moves to put more restrictions on abortion clinics
What Goes Around … Comes Around
Earl Sweatshirt Scoot Inn, March 13 Odd Future took SXSW by storm in 2011, causing a riot nearly every time they hit the stage and leaving controversy and a few broken noses in their wake. Noticeably absent was Earl Sweatshirt, whose 2010 release, Earl, helped fuel the buzz surrounding L.A.’s motley crew of skate punks…
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Parquet Courts Mohawk, March 15 In music, everything’s cyclical, and the smart guys revive more than one thing at a time. So it was with Brooklyn’s Parquet Courts, which deftly combine the Reagan-era jangle psych of the Feelies with the Clinton-era slacker punk of Archers of Loaf. A walking advertisement for Fender guitars, the quartet…
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Alejandro Escovedo’s SXSW Closing Continental Club, March 17 South by Southwest tradition dictates a closing extravaganza by Alejandro Escovedo at the Continental Club. Begun at 1pm, this outing may have been the granddaddy of them all. Your humble correspondent showed four hours later, personally greeted by Escovedo in a snakeskin jacket only he could pull…
Murph: The Protector
The life of Navy SEAL Lt. Michael Murphy, a Congressional Medal of Honor recipient, is recalled.
Exhibitionism
This ‘cabinet of curiosities’ from artists Broz and Johnson works best when the art is specific and personal
Food-O-File
A glimpse of SXSW 2014
Day Trips
Little remains of bygone highway culture
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Nik Turner performs ‘Space Ritual’ Rebels Honky Tonk, March 15 Did Rebels regulars have a clue? Not in setting immaculate black Resistol hats on the bar and challenging a mechanical bull while space rock pioneer Nik Turner took the stage. The septuagenarian saxophonist’s voice seemed frail at first as he struggled with a malfunctioning mic.…
InAPPropriate Comedy
Sketchlike comedy from the likes of Rob Schneider, Adrien Brody, and Lindsay Lohan.
Neighborhood Watch
Sustainable Neighborhoods group advocates ‘family-friendly’ north side development
Food Events
March 22-28 › Spring Fling Musical & Culinary Celebration After Hours Concerts presents the Zenith Quintet performing music inspired by the season, enhanced by culinary bites created from the farm’s fresh, organic produce. Sat., March 23, 6:30-9:30pm. Springdale Farm, 755 Springdale. $20. www.afterhoursconcerts.com. › Jump Start Raw Foods & Juice Cleanse Program Get spring off…
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Yeah Yeah Yeahs Stubb’s, March 13 New York trio Yeah Yeah Yeahs wrote fourth LP Mosquito in New Orleans, stewing in Big Easy gris-gris. Karen O thus took the stage on Wednesday night in what appeared to be her version of a second-line costume – an overcoat of sequins and streamers – for a first…
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Fitz & the Tantrums Lustre Pearl, March 15 Was it an aerobic workout or a SXSW showcase? Michael Fitzpatrick and Noelle Scaggs made an argument for both on Friday night with a set that built upon the considerable energy generated by the face-rocking Joy Formidable and turned it into a full-on dance party. Opening with…
Mindless Behavior: All Around the World
The cameras follow as this boy band goes on tour.
What Is Passover?
A newbie’s guide to a Seder
Playback: Empire of Music
Even a new Pope couldn’t top SXSW
86th Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays
The Texas Relays boast top-notch track-and-field talent
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Shoes Maggie Mae’s Gibson Room, March 15 Playing one of its first shows beyond the band’s home base in nearly 20 years, this classic power-pop quartet from Zion, Ill., found itself beset by one technical glitch after another. Guitarist Gary Klebe’s amp failed before the group played a note, delaying the show by half an…
Upside Down
This interplanetary, dystopian romance stars Kirsten Dunst and Jim Sturgess.
Letters at 3AM: Miss Sunshine Takes Another Bow
Those who are both greatly gifted and severely damaged must remain true to their gifts
Wine of the Week
Riondo wines for Passover and Easter
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Alt-J Stubb�s, March 13 In the fiery wake of Nick Cave and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Alt-J faced a high bar to justify its status as headliners of Wednesday night�s NPR Music showcase. Happily, the Mercury Prize-winning quartet from Leeds, England, proved enthralling on its own terms. Regaled and derided for a cut-and-paste concoction of…
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Steve Earle Parish, March 15 Steve Earle plays a solipsistic populist. It’s captured in the songwriter’s eyes as he becomes absorbed in his own guitar strums onstage, lilting side to side, until they flash open behind his glasses with a piercing, joyful glint upon the crowd, grinning as he rallies to lead a chorus. Likewise,…
UT Wind Ensemble
The ghost of Gershwin plays live in Austin
Correction: There Are Two Manchesters
Son claims ‘Papa’ Doug’s views on LGBTs have evolved
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Waxahatchee Holy Mountain, March 13 After playing NPR’s showcase at Stubb’s, Katie Crutchfield and her boys dropped into Holy Mountain for a second gig. While the first performance set a precedent for the band’s many appearances throughout the week, the jaunt around the corner felt as casual as stopping in for a beer. And as…
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Vintage Trouble Doritos Bold Stage, March 15 Snack food savants know the crunch of Doritos has been carefully calibrated by computerized test kitchens to deliver a specific sensation that tricks the mind into wanting more. Los Angeles quartet Vintage Trouble seems engineered to inspire a similar Pavlovian response with its music. Singer Ty Taylor, an…
Gallery Shoal Creek
Longtime local gallery leaves West Campus for new digs in Flatbed World Headquarters
LegeLines
House of Representatives is finally hearing bills on the floor
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Jake Bugg Maggie Mae’s Rooftop, March 13 With a song in his heart but no smile on his face, fast-rising British songwriter Jake Bugg took the stage in front of a tightly packed crowd, members of which started calling out for songs before he began. All business, the baby-faced teen simply announced songs, skipping banter…
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Justin Timberlake Copper Tank, March 16 At 8pm, two hours before doors opened at the Copper Tank, the crowd continued thickening. A friendly security guard, Keifer read the name tag, shouted, “If any of you are not press, please go to the front.” Three girls lingered nearby, visibly lost. “Do you have wristbands?” I asked…
The Luv Doc: Dream Crushing
Dearest LuvDoc, One of my oldest friends recently told me she wants to quit her state job, that she’s had for 15 years, and start selling real estate. She says she really loves houses and that she thinks she might be good at it, but she’s also really shy and not outgoing at all. I…
Studio Visits: Emma Hadzi Antich
Painting by day, sketching by night, in a small bedroom studio
The Hightower Report
A blanket of PR to make you want to hug a drone
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The Flaming Lips Belmont, March 14 There would be no giant bubble, no band emergence through a lit-up vagina. No confetti, no giant animals, no dancers dressed like spacemen. The pomp and the theatrics came Friday when the Flaming Lips stormed Auditorium Shores; Thursday�s showcase at the Belmont served as the concert equivalent of an…
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Prince La Zona Rosa, March 16 Prince’s SXSW appearance, courtesy of Samsung, threatened all the markings of a phoned-in corporate gig: a strong hour that rewarded with selected hits, but still only teased. Then the first of six encores launched just after 1am and carried the party for two more hours. The Purple One, ageless…
The Call
Halle Berry plays a 911 phone operator who takes a call in which everything’s on the line.
A Veteran’s Voice
Playwright Johnny Meyer returned from war to learn that theatre is essential to life
Headlines
› There are some controversial items on the City Council agenda today (March 21): how quickly to move forward on an Austin Energy independent governing board, whether Council must bow to the attorney general’s opinion on “vested land rights” vs. the city’s ordinances on project termination, and codifying Downtown development rules. See “Council Notes” and…
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Ghostface Killah, Adrian Younge Scoot Inn, March 14 Adrian Younge exhibits a wild imagination and the talent to turn ideas into reality. The self-taught composer behind the score to blaxploitation homage Black Dynamite dreamed up an elaborate screenplay for a vintage Italian crime thriller that serves as the backdrop for Twelve Reasons to Die, Younge’s…
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George Clinton & Parliament/Funkadelic, the Robert Glasper Experiment, Erykah Badu Empire Automotive, March 16 After 30 minutes of funky, avant-jazz weirdness from the Robert Glasper Experiment, including a syrupy vocoder cover of Kanye and Jay-Z’s “No Church in the Wild,” out strode Erykah Badu in a red bowler hat and matching lipstick. “Afro Blue,” from…
Admission
Tina Fey and Paul Rudd go rom-drahm, while Lily Tomlin runs circles around everyone.
The 2013 Cohen New Works Festival
If you can count on one thing in this biennial binge of student-generated works, it’s that you’ll be surprised
Quote of the Week
“He reminds us of the flaws in our system and the consequences of injustice.” – Sen. Rodney Ellis, welcoming exonerated prisoner Michael Morton to the Texas Senate, March 13
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Paul Oakenfold Buffalo Billiards, March 14 Without Paul Oakenfold, few would take instrument-free electronics seriously. He’s the great survivor, the last man standing in the ruins of Madchester, the remixer in Goa when his peers couldn’t find it on a map. Before the iconic producer’s headlining set, DJ Bl3nd epitomized the post-Girl Talk norm: press…
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Mystikal Suite 101, March 16 Mystikal was late again. Approaching 1:30 on a 1am set, the only dude onstage with a microphone was some poor rapper from Florida who could only shout out “What!” and “Hey!” In the crowd, folks looked drunk and weary. At one point, the platformed go-go dancer decided to take a…
The Croods
Animated cave dwellers are stealth charmers.
Zone Defense
City clears the way for Gables Residential and Hotel ZaZa
Point Austin: Ten Years of War
Remember the last war, or repeat it
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Divine Fits Lustre Pearl, March 14 By Britt Daniel’s count, Thursday night’s set was the band’s fifth performance of the week, and it showed in the group’s slightly threadbare performance. While they weren’t exactly phoning it in, flagging energy levels were certainly in evidence. The set consisted primarily of tracks from the supergroup’s 2012 debut,…
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John Baizley The North Door, March 16 “I wrote the last Baroness record in 2010,” said John Baizley during this cathartic set. “It was not a good year for me, and it’s gotten considerably worse since then.” That bit of understatement represented the only direct reference to the 2012 bus crash that derailed the psych-metal…
Olympus Has Fallen
It”s Die Hard at the White House as a lone man battles the terrorists who take the building with diabolical force.
Council Notes: All About AE?
This week, the Council takes on urban density, grandfathering, and parking
Gay Place
What? No SXSW listings? What? Still a packed calendar?
Soccer Watch
U.S. hosts Costa Rica in World Cup Qualifying, and more
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Camera Holy Mountain, March 16 No one in this firebrand Berlin Krautrock cadre uttered a word during their 40-minute set. Given how much headspace Camera had to alter, niceties would’ve just gotten in the way. As the instrumental trio swelled to life, drummer Michael Drummer (yep, that’s what they call him) summoned the half-full house…
Stoker
Starring Nicole Kidman, this first English-language outing of Korean fave Park Chan-wook is stylish but wanting.
Cap Metro: A Couple Years of Labor Peace?
McDonald Transit and Amalgamated Transit Union reach an agreement
Then There’s This: Two Developments at Crossroads
A proposed recycling plant collides with a planned residential project
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Death TenOak, March 14 Clive Davis allegedly refused to work with Death because they wouldn’t change their name. That seems quaint by today’s standards until you’re in a roomful of people chanting, “Death! Death! Death!” Consider it another indication of how far ahead of its time the Detroit-bred proto-punk band really was. For a band…
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SXSW Panel: Nick Drake & ‘Way to Blue’ Austin Convention Center, March 16 Famed producer Joe Boyd led what was less a panel and more a multimedia presentation surrounding his most recent project, a tribute to the songs of British folk singer Nick Drake. It included video from the BBC, audio from the Kitchen Sisters,…
The Gatekeepers
Six retired directors of Israel’s domestic intelligence agency candidly reflect.
Restaurant Review
Julia Hungerford drums up business at her Jewish, vegetarian sandwich trailer
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Final SXSW 2013 live reviews
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Butch Walker Central Presbyterian Church, March 14 With a résumé that includes Southern sleaze metal (SouthGang), cheeky power pop (Marvelous 3), and Top-40 hack work for Pink, Avril Lavigne, etc., Butch Walker has proven himself a genial polymath with a yen for hooks. His own music often makes ironic commentary on this business of show,…
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Tribute to Levon Helm Auditorium Shores, March 16 The outpouring of love for Levon Helm after his passing last April came from all corners of the planet. This all-day event both celebrated his catalog and raised funds for Keep It Goin’, which continues the Band drummer/singer’s legacy with special events called Midnight Rambles at his…
The ABCs of Death
Horror anthology does it down to the letter.
After a Fashion
Your Style Avatar learns that while ‘sunglasses at night’ might be cool, they also might be hazardous to your health
Our Barbecue, Ourselves
Third annual Foodways Texas Symposium showcases Texas barbecue arts
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Fathers & Sons Saxon Pub, March 12 A lot of gray hair was in evidence at the Saxon Pub on the first night of South by Southwest showcases, but it proved a welcome, generous contrast between generations. Butch Hancock began, backed on guitar by his 15-year-old son, Rory. The guitar playing was adequate, probably due…
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Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell Antone’s, March 14 It seems beside the point to argue with Emmylou Harris about song selection. After all, 40 years gone and her voice lays claim to a large chunk of the great American songbook. Her partner on stage, Rodney Crowell, a Texas-by-way-of-Nashville vet who’s written a few humdingers of…
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John Fogerty, True Believers, Bobby Bare, Junior Brown, Wheeler Brothers ACL Live at the Moody Theater, March 16 Fresh off their win for Best Roots Rock at the Austin Music Awards, the Wheeler Brothers played a tight set. One standout: the jangly “Portraits,” with A.J. Molyneaux’s lap steel grounding the tune in a Texas vernacular…
Come Out and Play
Isolated adults must fight off feral children in this effective, if familiar, horror import.
Exhibitionism
Austin Playhouse’s take on this Oscar Wilde treat is straightforward and buoyed by terrific performances
Waterfront Condo Project Hits First Bump
Waterfront advisory panel says it needs more information
Civics 101
Saturday 23 TEXAS DIPLOMACY SEMINAR Speakers discuss old-school diplomacy in our home state. The seminar is in conjunction with the French Legation’s latest exhibition exploring the Pig War in Austin. 10am-3pm. French Legation Museum, 802 San Marcos St. $10. www.frenchlegationmuseum.org. FINANCIAL AID ASSISTANCE EVENT Travis, Reagan, Manor, Hutto, and Lake Travis high schools host workshops…
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Billy Joe Shaver Stage on Sixth, March 14 You walk in, and honky-tonk survivor Billy Joe Shaver launches a monologue about Dale Watson writing “Where Do You Want It?,” about the former’s infamous shooting incident. “It wasn’t worth a damn,” Shaver drawls. “I mean, it was a good song, but they used it as evidence…
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Paul McDonald & Nikki Reed St. David’s Historic Sanctuary, March 16 On Saturday night, marrieds Paul McDonald and Nikki Reed made their SXSW debut with the kind of Americana made by pretty, rich, young people. Not terrible, not innovative either. McDonald, an alumnus of American Idol and a seasoned musician, seemed genuinely delighted to be…
Spring Breakers
In turns appealing and horrifying, those contrasts are at the heart of Harmony Korine’s latest outing.
