Cover Story
We Were the Urban Pioneers
Our search for the just-right million-dollar condo, in the wilds of Downtown
Pardon Me, Mz. Parton?
Helllllllooooooo, Dolly, you’re confessin’ better than a body has a right to!
Rove’s Got Them Happy Feet (Updated)
Karl Rove dances while the New Rome burns. Less at 11.
TYC Head Count
Who has quit and who has been pushed at TYC?
‘Major League Baseball 2K7’ for the Xbox 360 Fails to Reach Nirvana
If you follow sports at all, you’ve most assuredly seen the commercial for this game featuring Nirvana’s “Breed.” I’m a huge fan of baseball, video games, and Kurt Cobain, but while I can think of a few less-appropriate uses of Nirvana’s catalog, this certainly ranks pretty high on the list. I’d rather not speak for…
Anyone Heard of Conflict of Interest?
Jay Kimbrough is TYC conservator now, but where was he in 2005 and 2006?
Pulling the Plug on ‘Crisis Pregnancy Centers’
Elliott Naishtat tries to defund Crisis Pregnancy Centers
International Week Results; Champions League Action to Come; Bonus High School Playoff Coverage
It was international week around the globe, highlighted by two full days of qualifiers Saturday and Wednesday for the Euro 2008 European Championship. Those in turn were highlighted by Italy’s must-win over Scotland, plus revenge of the minnows: Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, and Liechtenstein all won; former minnow Northern Ireland won two big ones (as did big…
Whitewater Rafting Though Downtown – Now There’s a Parking Solution
Why not run a world-class whitewater rafting course through Downtown? Seriously?
HRC: Hillary Resists Clarity
You can ask, but the candidates probably won’t tell.
Packing the ‘Cock
Coochie Coo is baaaaaaack.
Pollution Runoff at AMD?
SOS asks Counil to consider stop work order at the AMD site.
Straight Panic: Thin Ice
Atlanta alt.-weekly tackles topic of terrified testosterites and their need to not be perceived as nellie.
Hey Ex-Husband: Can You Spare Some (Sex) Change?
Just because she is now a he doesn’t mean you don’t have to still pay him his alimony, honey.
Art’s Alarm Clock Role
A belated tip of the brim to Peter Ivers, magnanimous host of early Eighties late-night TV’s New Wave Theater.
This Isn’t My Beautiful Condo …
Whoops! We got our condos confused. Imagine that.
Treehuggin’ Juice-sippers
Juice in recycled cups. Yummers.
Classical Music Is for Sissies
Are you listening to serious composers again? That’s so gay…
‘NFL Analysis 101’: Scary Times for Salty Powers
Bold yet nerve-racking, the Atlanta Falcons are not done with trading. Shipping a backup QB to Houston for two second-round selections (one this year, one next) and the swapping of the 10th to the eight pick in the draft, Atlanta got far too little for the Matt Schaub, a Nordic god with a lightning bolt…
‘Possession Arrow’: Badgley->Razook
Faster than a University of Texas exit from the Big Dance, the 2006-2007 NCAA men’s basketball season is drawing to a rapid close. This upcoming weekend will cap off another wonderful season and conclude the greatest of all sporting events – the NCAA Tournament. Forget the Super Bowl, World Series, and NBA Finals. To hell…
McCain, That Hack!
John McCain hacked into supporting gay marriage…
Sad Day for P.J. Tucker and Texas; Great Day for Nerds
With the rise of Kevin Durant to the highest heights of college-sports celebrity, the triumphant return of T.J. Ford to the Atlantic Division-leading Toronto Raptors, and the solid rookie play of Portland Trailblazer LaMarcus Aldridge, one could be forgiven for believing that all stars in the UT basketball galaxy were on the ascendant. Unfortunately, things…
Cap Metro on the Rails
Cap Metro’s first rail car is ready … in Switzerland.
Hotel Party
Bill to allows drinking in hotels past 2am narrowly fails.
The Altar of New Urbanism
New Urbanites invade Austin next year
RG4N’s 11th-Hour Gamble
RG4n wants a third party to reconcile their Northcross plans with the developer’s.
Serge Gainsbourg’s Birthday Feast
Serge Gainsbourg’s Birthday Feast This multimedia appreciation of Gainsbourg’s music career and sexual magnetism includes clips of rare appearances on TV and film as well as the controversial video for “Lemon Incest” he made with his daughter Charlotte and Melody Nelson, the concept album he performed with longtime partner Jan Birkin. Tickets must be purchased…
The Carmen Electra Continuum
What is up with all this Carmen and Joan dirt?
Keeping Apace With Peter
Military recruiter Marcia Ramode goes off on some queer who doesn’t want anything to do this that woman’s army.
Kelso’s Crapulence
The Bearded One continues his bomb-throwing campaign against the Chron for the editorial brass upstairs.
Ever Made a Decision You Regretted Later?
Gov. Rick Perry just won Texan of the Year … three months ago.
Worse Than Watergate?
Which icons of American journalism think the Statesman needs to make some serious changes?
These Are the Droids You’re Looking For
Breaking news: Savior of the rebel alliance hits town.
More SoulForce/Equality Rider Update
Those Equality Rider kids are at it again. They just cannot resist a sassy set of cuffs.
MILM (Moms I’d Like to … Ummmm … Marry)
Queerty and Gay Place: Go down good together.
Wranglers Lose to Nashville 70-63
Maybe they shouldn’t have played the Meow Mix jingle at the Frank Erwin Center when they introduced the Kats. In the end, the scoreboard read 70-63, but Saturday’s game was really a defensive battle. Sweetass Wranglers wide receivers Derrick Lewis and Otis Amey managed to grab two TDs apiece, but it was defensive lineman Rob…
That’s Just Not Cricket
Murder has rocked the world of white trousers, red balls, and willow bats
Super Perry Fudge Chunk
Rick Perry, “Blow hard.”
Texans Release David Carr
Mark March 23, 2007, as a historic date in the history of the Houston Texans franchise. Unable to get anything in exchange for David Carr, the Houston Texans announced today that they’d released him. They also released running back Domanick Williams (formerly Domanick Davis). Carr and Williams are the all-time franchise leaders at their respective…
Ninth Circuit Rules Against Raich
Famed medi-pot user and activist Angel Raich – whose quest to be free from fed narco harassment for using medi-mari in compliance with California state law has gone all the way to the Supreme Court and back – was dealt a legal blow March 14, when the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco…
Medi-Pot Passes in New Mexico
New Mexico Passes Progressive Drug Laws
Farewell, Boris
Boris drummer Atsuo breaks the sound (and language) barrier.
Austin Wranglers Host Nashville Kats Saturday
First off: “Kats,” seriously? Not only are they apparently named after a Lovin’ Spoonful song, but the “K” makes it sound like the team was named by the owner’s preschool nephew. If the Kats were going for a badass misspelling, they quite obviously would’ve been better off with “Catz” or even better “Xatz” or best…
Speaking of da ‘L Word’ …
Whut up wid dat L-Word Chart?
Season Finales, Lesbians, and Drag Kings
A drag king show at the Alamo?
Two Years, One Joint — Yeah, Sure, That’s Fair…
The Marijuana Policy Project reports that as of March 22, now 18-year-old Mitchell Lawrence, from Great Barrington, Mass., has been in jail for a full year – half of his two-year sentence for possession of a single joint. That’s right, prosecutor David Capeless last year sent 17-year-old Lawrence to the pokey for selling $20 worth…
NORML: Americans Support Pot Decrim
News flash: Americans actually support pot decrim — put that in yer pipe and smoke it.
Nixon’s Ghost
Woodward and Bernstein are in town – who’ll be the first person to ask if Gonzalesgate is worse that Watergate?
And End of an Era
Oh to be shipwrecked on Sappho’s Isle.
Concordia Controversy Continues
Zoning decision for redevelopment of the central Austin campus still in the balance.
The ‘Empty Bus’ Myth
My personal experience? There are plenty of people riding Cap Metro
I Think I Love My Wife
Who would have ever guessed that Chris Rock would be the guy to film an American remake of Eric Rohmer’s meditation on fidelity, Chloe in the Afternoon?
‘American Fiesta’: Big Apple in a Fiestaware bowl
That buzz last summer about an off-Broadway run for Steven Tomlinson’s American Fiesta? Consider it confirmed: The show opens in New York on April 26.
Wine of the Week
Randall Grahm, rich weirdo, makes great wine
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Summer HymnsHabana Calle 6, Saturday, March 17 Zachary Gresham is a breath of fresh, unaffected air in this sea of suits with dollar signs in their eyes and malnourished musicians with more eyeliner and skinny jeans than sense. Potbellied and hairy, clad in a T-shirt and yellowed white jeans, Gresham asserted with his charming little…
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Peter Bjorn & JohnLa Zona Rosa, Wednesday, March 14 In a remarkably apt mispronunciation, Peter Morén of Peter Bjorn & John introduced “The Chills” by saying “You’re all giving me the shills.” As most of the insider crowd filling La Zona Rosa for the Swedish trio’s official SXSW showcase had contributed to the hype circulating…
The VMU Roadshow
Learn about Vertical Mixed-Use zoning – and how it applies to your neighborhood – at upcoming community meetings
Movie Nights
Scenes from SXSW Film 07
TMNT
Back on the screen for the first time since the early Nineties, the Ninja Turtles are now animated via CGI, though their plot and character details got lost in the shuffle.
UT Faculty Composers: All-stars take the field
A concert of works by Donald Grantham, Russell Pinkston, Bruce Pennycook, Dan Welcher, and Yevgeniy Sharlat will be a veritable home-run derby of music by UT’s compositional heavy hitters
Food-o-File
Mars, Chow.com, and more
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The Good, the Bad & the QueenStubb’s, Friday, March 16 Sporting a black top hat and leading a hand-picked group through his lovely, melancholic tone-poem album about London during war, Damon Albarn channeled the Mad Hatter and Guy Fawkes during GBQ’s much anticipated Friday night closing set. Albarn knows success (Blur, Gorillaz), and his new…
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Eli “Paperboy” Reed & the True LovesContinental Club, Wednesday, March 14 Taking home the award for best Otis Redding impersonation by a 23-year-old Jewish boy from Massachusetts is Eli “Paperboy” Reed. It’s a new revival (Sharon Jones, Amy Winehouse, etc.), but with Reed’s baby face and three-piece suit, his energetic show is more a time-capsuled…
Happenings
March 22, 2007 – Wednesday, March 28
Reign Over Me
This Adam Sandler and Don Cheadle film is often disjointed and needlessly sentimental, though the film’s whole often compensates for its sketchy parts.
Culture Flash!
The winners of the Amster Youth Concerto Competition tune up, the Biscuit Brothers get buttered up (by the Lege), and Koper scoops up Texas Biennial inside info
Event Menu
March 23-30
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Bay Area Rap ShowcaseBeauty Bar Patio, Friday, March 16 As former Prophets of Rage MC Rico Pabón borrowed heavily from the chest of reggae smoking sessions, Oakland’s Kirby Dominant donned his best Willy Wonka persona in leading the Beauty Bar Patio through a rapping rabbit hole. Notorious “Light Sleeper” Saafir returned from sabbatical in top…
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Best SXSW 07 Showcase Greg Beets: Booker T. & the MGs, Antone’s, Thursday Michael Bertin: The Whigs, Blender Bar @ the Ritz, Saturday Jim Caligiuri: Barbara Lynn, Opal Divine’s Freehouse, Friday Doug Freeman: Rock Plaza Central, Dirty Dog Bar, Friday Christopher Gray: UGK, 401 Guadalupe, Thursday Robert Gabriel: UGK, 401 Guadalupe, Thursday Melanie Haupt: The…
TXU Still Eyeing Clean Coal
Company continues clinging to previous dirty plans.
The Host
This manic monster party from South Korea cleverly updates the Japanese monster-movie genre while offering a witty and sweet look at what’s left of the nuclear family.
Arts Review
Naughty Austin looks to be “coming out” for a more serious production with the gay “straight” play Mambo Italiano
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StoogesStubb’s, Saturday, March 17 With reunions as much a part of the SXSW program as day-party bacchanalia, the re-formed Stooges closed Saturday night in inimitable style. Shirtless and looking supernaturally fit for a veteran rocker thisclose to 60, Iggy Pop bounded onstage for “Loose.” “Howdy, we’re the fucking Stooges, and we’re gonna sing an animal…
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Bobby Patterson Opal Divine’s Freehouse, Friday, March 16 When you’re headlining a bill featuring Archie Bell, Barbara Lynn, Buckwheat Zydeco, and the spellbinding Flaming Arrows Mardi Gras Indians, you’d better know what you’re doing. Wisecracking 63-year-old Dallas R&B legend Bobby Patterson had no problem keeping the awesome Pondersosa Stomp rolling with a short-but-sweet set of…
TXU Tries Smoothing Waters
Partners involved in sale of TXU to private equity firm visit Lege to make nice, turn back wave of anti-TXU legislation
Shooter
Mark Wahlberg plays an ex-Marine marksman who is set up to be the fall guy in a government plot.
Arts Review
Vortex Repertory Company’s new production of Shakespeare’s Hamlet has a strong contemporary feel, but ultimately it diminishes some of the power of the tragedy
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Boris Auditorium Shores, Saturday, March 17 Japan’s Boris communicates through a universal language of drone and destruction. Whereas their Friday showcase at Spiros Amphitheatre was an epic, abstract one-song suite whose peaks and valleys were simultaneously draining and revelatory, at Auditorium Shores the following afternoon, the trio expressed the full spectrum of last year’s brilliant…
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SXSW PANELSNick Drake RememberedAustin Convention Center, Saturday, March 17 “Why now?” That was the central problem tackled during Saturday’s Nick Drake panel. Not that this is really an issue, but why is it that Drake only becomes more popular as time progresses? Producer Joe Boyd pointed out that Drake’s album sales consistently go up every…
What Happened to Affordability?
Notions of a mixed-income Downtown seem to have faded
AISD: Math Debate, More on Kealing
Board members and faculty debate which text to adopt for middle school mathematics, board discusses plans for Kealing Middle School
G.I. Jesus
Jesus Feliciano is a Mexican national who joins the Marines to gain U.S. citizenship and returns home from Iraq with a nasty case of post-traumatic stress disorder.
Arts Review
In her exhibition “Freaks of Nurture,” Elaine Bradford’s crochet-covered menagerie of stuffed animals is equal parts lighthearted nonsense and poignant sadness
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Gary Lucas/Gods & MonstersCentral Presbyterian Church, Saturday, March 17 What made guitarist Gary Lucas’ solo set so riveting hindered an otherwise brilliant performance that followed by his band, Gods & Monsters. In the Central Presbyterian Church’s wood interior, towering arches and reverent ambience, Lucas provided a mesmerizing soundtrack to the 1920 German Expressionism classic, Der…
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SXSW PANELSMonterey Pop at 40Austin Convention Center, Saturday, March 17 Monterey Pop boasts one of the most enduring images in rock & roll: Jimi Hendrix kneeling, dousing his Strat with lighter fluid, and setting it afire. Bands today still try to top that. That’s one of the many things 1967’s peace-and-love fest in Monterey, Calif.,…
Time for a Raise?
Affordable rent is in parentheses; it’s calculated by multiplying the median family income by .3 (as federal guidelines recommend spending no-more than 30% of your income on housing), then diving the number by 12 (as in 12 months). For Travis County, MFI in fiscal year 2006 was $69,600, for a family of four. Household Size…
Cap Met Labor Update
Proposal to bring all employees in-house and end outsourcing at agency passes unanimously
Pride
Based on the true story of Jim Ellis, who created a nationally respected swimming program from an abandoned community center, Pride is a by-the-book sports film.
Readings
Dark Horse reprints the unabridged classic
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Jandek/Bill CallahanCentral Presbyterian Church, Saturday, March 17 The past year has witnessed a coming out for both Jandek and Bill Callahan, a somewhat unsettling emergence in both cases. After all, what could be more antithetical to the former’s 30-year reclusiveness than a SXSW performance? Yet even as the pale, black-clad Houstonian stood before the cross…
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SXSW PANELSSay It Loud! I’m What? and I’m ProudAustin Convention Center, Saturday, March 17 “White folks, it’s time for us to listen. It’s time for us to stop trying to lead.” Music critic Dave Marsh provided his best ironic advice for a dysfunctional society built on race-based marginalization and exploitation. Scheduled panelists Garland Jeffreys, Chuck…
Which of these condos is not like the other?
(Answer Below) Spring’s the Thing Spring Condo lauds itself as the first point tower to dot Austin’s skyline. Emphasizing its amenities and inclusiveness over its original pitch of quasi-affordable units, Spring’s models start at a scant 576 square feet, sprawling to three-bedroom, three-bath units of more than 1,700 square feet, for $800,000-plus. Units come with…
City Sued Over Domain Development
Longtime critic of using public funds to assist retail development files suit in Travis Co. District Court
The Last Mimzy
Solid performances elevate this mild but hardly magical children’s sci-fi story.
Readings
Better than Carrie?
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Terry ReidAntone’s, Saturday, March 17 Although Charles Wright’s last-minute cancellation delayed the start of this showcase, the waiting audience ultimately benefited by getting a little extra face time with Terry Reid. Having turned down the lead vocal gigs in both Led Zeppelin and Deep Purple, Reid was the greatest British rock star that never was,…
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Ponderosa StompOpal Divine’s Freehouse, Friday, March 16 Bringing a bit of N’awlins to Texas, the Ponderosa Stomp might not have had the star power of the Stax Revue, but it had twice as much fire in its belly. This year’s Stomp, an annual event that happens between Jazzfest weekends in NOLA, celebrated artists from the…
Developing Stories: Pioneering at Mueller
Urban trailblazers aren’t just settling Downtown
Keystone Kriminals
Burglars break into buidings under construction, leave digital photos of themselves behind
What Love Is
Writer/director Callahan keeps his characters talking from the first frame to the last – and like all great chatterers their preferred topic is love and all its variations.
Page Two: Mea Culpa Redux, and Again Mea Culpa
Confessions of an evil dwarf
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Qui With David YowEmo’s, Saturday, March 17 By Saturday at 1am, any musical act you see will be clouded by chemical or alcoholic factors. So it was nice that Qui spent no time catching up. The Los Angeles trio is Paul Christensen on drums, Matt Cronk on guitar, and David Yow, who joined the band…
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Mary WeissRed 7, Thursday, March 15 For every tale of girl-group woe Ronnie Spector’s peddled, Mary Weiss has three. She was the Shangri-Las’ sultry vocalist with a sob in every note of their numerous Sixties hits, yet litigation kept her from performing those songs for 40 years. At her “second show since 1989,” Weiss fronted…
How to Be a Mueller Pioneer
Step-by-step instructions on becoming a New Urbanite
The Hightower Report
Politicizing U.S. Attorneys; and Ambassador Spic and Span
Color Me Kubrick: A True…ish Story
This story about a con man who pretended to be Stanley Kubrick is a playground for star John Malkovich.
After a Fashion
What a week! Stephen revels in Austin in its top form.
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The Meat PuppetsEmo’s, Saturday, March 17 Seeing Cris Kirkwood onstage with his brother, Curt, again after a prolonged battle with addiction, a stint in jail, and getting shot was genuinely great, and damn if the gutbucket acid punk that helped create the entire indie/alternative scene (cough, Nirvana, cough) didn’t sound stellar. Most telling though were…
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Reigning Sound Red 7, Thursday, March 15 There’s no doubt Greg Cartwright is one of the best songwriters around. He recently co-wrote and performed on Mary Weiss’ new album, and he’s regarded as a patron saint of Southern garage rock. To see Reigning Sound live, however – to witness them ignite a hootin’ and hollerin’…
Polygamist Prophet Update
FLDS leader Jeffs asks that rape-as-accomplice trial be moved; in different case, judge orders him to pay up
Come as You Were
Sarah Kelly and Connie Britton on The Lather Effect
Namastey London
Bollywood film about a British girl torn between an arranged marriage in India and her boyfriend back in England.
Day Trips
The Rodeo Heritage Museum in Dublin, Texas, tells the story of the beginnings of the modern rodeo
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Lee “Scratch” Perry Flamingo Cantina, Saturday, March 17 There’s a continuum of showcase punctuality: on-time, late, really late, island time, and city-code violation. The last was sadly experienced by those at Lee “Scratch” Perry’s evening-closing set. Sonic chemist and studio impresario Perry is a Jamaican music legend, something evident two hours before his scheduled 1am…
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Mando Diao/The Fratellis Dirty Dog Bar, Thursday, March 15 Power-pop’s key ingredient is a jerk-worthy, bob-happy beat. Take away a band’s ace drummer, and the power component is gone. So let’s hear it for Samuel Giers and Mince Fratelli, respectively the drummers for Borlange, Sweden’s Mando Diao and Glasgow’s Fratellis. Despite a muddy mix that…
On the Lege: A $156 Million Disaster
The Accenture scheme blows up in the state’s face
Alamo Downtown Heads for Better Digs
Who needs the Warehouse District when you can have the Ritz on Sixth?
Soccer Watch
U.S. Men play Ecuador (Sunday) and Guatemala (Wednesday), and more
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The Octopus Project + Black Moth Super RainbowElysium, Saturday, March 17 Nothing is what it seems in The House of Apples and Eyeballs. The first live collaboration between Austin instrumental trio the Octopus Project, distinguished by their matching white shirts and black ties, and Pennsylvania pop ensemble Black Moth Super Rainbow, in various animal hats,…
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Patrick WatsonMaggie Mae’s, Thursday, March 15 This Montreal quartet’s late-night showcase was an exercise in awe and frustration. On one hand, their sheer physicality and how fully they embodied their music was amazing. Particularly charming were drummer Robbie Kuster’s facial expressions while drumming, evoking memories of Animal the drumming Muppet as he chomped his jaws…
Media Watch: Sunday Morning Blues?
A watchdog group claims that the political talk shows’ choice of guests tilts right
In Play
Reclaim UT’s title … virtually
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
Knows is The first bank robbery and that shifty Sasquatch
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Field MusicBeauty Bar Patio, Saturday, March 17 The three British boys from Sunderland chomped gum voraciously and paced back and forth onstage while the soundman tried to find the sampler track. Just because the show started 15 minutes late didn’t mean that it was going to be a sloppy one. Launching into sophomore LP opener…
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The NightwatchmanParish, Thursday, March 15 “I’d like to begin things with a bang,” declared the Nightwatchman, the nom de guerre of Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello. Instead of presenting cuts of acoustic protest music, however, Morello introduced the Satellite Party’s Nuno Bettencourt and Perry Farrell, MC5’s Wayne Kramer, and Velvet Revolver’s Slash. WTF?!…
Point Austin: Cops Cost Money
We’ve been plugging the dike with overtime, and the cracks are showing
DVD Watch
Alliance Atlantis released the show’s collected episodes season by season last year without frills or fanfare, but even without extras, they’re worth discovering
The Common Law
Landlord’s Perspective on Tenant Disputes
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Marnie SternEmo’s Lounge, Saturday, March 17 Marnie Stern’s debut, In Advance of the Broken Arm, is a one-two punch of lightning-fast guitar virtuosity and dizzying vocals – prog meets avant-garde. How did she translate that fire into a live set when it was just her up there alone? With blond hair cascading over a bandana,…
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ChromeoFlamingo Cantina, Thursday, March 15 “Chromeo, Chromeo, Chrom-E-OOOOOO!” the packed house chanted before the Vice Records showcase came to a close. And when best friends from childhood Pee Thug and Dave 1 took the stage with a synthesizer talk box and a clear Flying V guitar, plus live electronic drums, the dance party shot off…
Beside the Point
Paul Robbins wants to take City Hall back
TV Eye
Margin Material
Premonition
Sandra Bullock again turns toward the supernatural in this thriller in which she plays a housewife who’s uncertain whether her husband is alive or dead.
Site Unseen
“America Starts Here” shows how the pioneering artistic team of Kate Ericson and Mel Ziegler made the overlooked visible
Planting a Seed
Local schools see students not only eating all of their vegetables but growing them, too
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Uncle Earl Continental Club, Saturday, March 17 The five women in Uncle Earl don’t just play high lonesome bluegrass. Their dedication to the folk tradition would likely lead the father of the genre, Bill Monroe, to smile. While sound problems were quickly overcome, the Colorado-based group kicked off with a three-tune medley whose instrumental ending…
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UGK401 Guadalupe, Thursday, March 15 While Texas rap openers KB da Kidnappa and Willie D whet the appetite of a tented cast of 800 onlookers, only a stage-front union of Bun B and Pimp C could satisfy Austin’s ravenous hunger for a UGK headlining set. The mitigating wait proved worthwhile and then some as Port…
Naked City
Quote of the Week”You know, when I was raised, I didn’t have insurance, and my family did just fine.” – Rep. Robert Talton, R-Heartless, on why he prevented a vote to expand the Children’s Health Insurance ProgramHeadlines • At press time, The Austin Business Journal reported that the Seton Family of Hospitals – one of…
2006-07 Austin Music Awards Show Encore
Austin Convention Center, Wednesday, March 14
Dead Silence
A supernatural thriller about a ventriloquist who goes mad, from the team that brought us Saw.
‘La Víctima’: An old message still needing to be heard
As Teatro Vivo stages La Víctima, a groundbreaking look at Mexican-U.S. immigration, Rupert Reyes and Jorge Huerta discuss the play’s origins and relevance
Lunchtime at Asian American Cultural Center’s Magic Dragon School
My recollection of eau de preschool definitely doesn’t include the heavenly scent of freshly made scallion buns. But that’s the dominant aroma in the kitchen of the Magic Dragon School, where Joyce Wan deftly prepares midafternoon snacks for the pre- and after-school programs at the Asian American Cultural Center. “Snack is the high point of…
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Deadstring BrothersRed Eyed Fly, Saturday, March 17 According to Rob Miller, head of their label, Bloodshot Records, the Deadstring Brothers can’t get arrested in their hometown of Detroit. As evidenced by the young sextet’s reception Saturday night, there are plenty of other places, including Austin, where fists in the air are ready to greet them.…
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Hugh CornwellElysium, Wednesday, March 14 Maybe the least busy person in Austin on Wednesday was the door guy at Elysium. When the average age of the audience is “gray,” there’s not much carding to do. At least Hugh Cornwell has aged better than most of his fans, and as good as he looked, his suit…
VMU: Coming Soon Near You
Time to weigh in on Vertical Mixed Use zoning
TCB
SXSW 07: a lot of carrying on, a massive jolt of energy, then oblivion
“Farewell ACT UP; Long Live ACT UP…”
On the 20th anniversary of ActUP.
Luv Doc Recommends: ‘Joe Ely’s Bonfire of the Roadmaps‘
Now that SXSW is over, you’re probably feeling an overwhelming urge to do something meaningful with your life – some sort of wholesome activity that isn’t sponsored by an energy drink or an internet startup. It’s OK, that’s a natural recoil. Five straight days of shameless sycophancy, watery, free beer, and obligatory Texas barbecue would…
