Cover Story
The Yassine Sixth Street Noir
Legends, rumors, unpaid taxes … and coke on the side
Save a Life, Enjoy the Holiday
Cat and dog adoption specials this weekend
Kid Stuff, Part II
Fernando Jones’ Blues Camp auditions this weekend
Vicious Fishes, Voluptuous Vixens, and Gary Busey: ‘Piranha 3DD’ Devours the Alamo
Director John Gulager brings ‘Piranha 3DD’ to the Alamo
The Good Music Club: Round 4 Sampler
Dalles, Lonesome Heroes, Frank Smith, and the Sour Notes
‘The NFL Beat’: The End of the Super Agent
New CBA, new ball game
Majority Identify as ‘Pro-Life’
But say abortion should remain legal
Hacienda: Savage
Hacienda returns with another Dan Auerbach-produced LP
Is Planned Parenthood Threatening State’s Right of Free Speech?
Group says PP dilutes Texas’ pro-life message for women
Buckman in the Aisles!
These are the people in your grocery store
This Just In: Killing Is His (and Possibly Your) Business and Business Is Good!
Open casting call for ‘Machete Kills’
Help a Derby Baby Find an ATX Home
Nine hours to get new Roller Derby doc to Austin
Grand Jury Declines to Indict Officer in May 2011 Shooting
Peña no-billed by Travis County grand jury
Bateman Rises
No, citizen, that’s not a typo
ACL Music Fest Photo Ops
Who I want to photograph at the 2012 ACL Music Festival
Cannes You Dig It?
Less sleeping, more partying
Stooges at ACL Music Fest 2012
ACL Music Festival lineup announced
Moore Moore Moore
Ian Moore Band’s “dress rehearsal” goes public
Yann Tiersen’s Live Je Ne Sais Quoi
Live Shot of Yann Tiersen at Emo’s 5.18.12
Watts Up: Reggie!
Hair explosion at busy Downtown theatre this weekend
The Problem of Wrongful Conviction
New registry details nearly 900 cases
Whitehall Lane Winery Tasting Shows a Winner
VP of winery Tom Leonardini shows wide range of wines
Kickoff Minus Four Hours
Austin Aztex prepare for home opener
Austen, Say Hello to Austin
Three local authors toast Jane Austen at BookPeople today
Local Kids Play Make Games
Middle-schoolers get honored for making video-games
Cannes You Dig It?
Day Two: The Incredible Cat-Napping Man
The Art of the House Show
Promotions 101
Kid Stuff, Part I
U18 rockers gather to support HAAM
Primary Update: GOP Winning Turnout Race
First four days show weak voter interest
2012 Austin Chronicle Spelling Bee Finals
Spelling Bee Finals
From the Vaults: One From the Heart
This underrated Coppola flop is my favorite film from the Summer of 1982
New Sentencing Hearing for Arena
Texas Supremes say no relief on actual innocence
Portland, You Are in Us
Texas Rollergirls prepare for the Hipster City Showdown
Pardon O. Henry!
Insert pun here
Majority Minority
It’s official, according to census data
Pop Culture That’s a Keeper
Browsing the collectibles at Guzu Gallery
Quote of the Week
“He better have voted for me!” – Re-elected Place 6 Council Member Sheryl Cole, of her son’s having voted in his first election last weekend
What a Cut-Up
Kelly Sears collages the uncanny
Exhibitionism
A heartfelt community theatre production that aims to rescue a lost tale of Civil War courage
‘Excuse Me, Form-Based What?’
With national experts in town for a two-day Form-Based Codes Institute training (www.formbasedcodes.org), the city of Austin has organized this public event, a panel offering “insight on best practices across the country” in urban design, followed by a “community conversation about form-based code planning in Austin.” Expect a focus on the Upper Airport Boulevard plan,…
To the Max
The Alamo Drafthouse portals to the summer of ’82
Exhibitionism
Don’t let Tiny Park Gallery go without experiencing this exhibit of depth and meaning
Oops!
A longtime out of state subscriber called about the May 4 “Playback” column – specifically the “Immaculate Psych” Fest item – to say he didn’t see a Rickenbacker guitar in the picture of the Black Lips as the caption implied, but rather a Höfner bass. Mr. Stone is correct and our Music editor erroneous. Further,…
Phases & Stages
Crooks The Rain Will Come Every few years or so, there’s a surge of noteworthy new bands in Austin’s bottomless wellspring of roots rock. There’s another revival happening currently, and the most sonically adventurous act emerges as a young quartet calling itself Crooks. On debut full-length The Rain Will Come, Josh Mazour remains the group’s…
Exhibitionism
‘Billboard’ comes across as false advertising
Day Trips
See sea turtles at the seashore
Phases & Stages
Brownout Oozy (Nat Geo Music) Side projects live in danger of becoming a dumping ground for unfinished and tangential ideas. Brownout has masterfully averted the pitfall thus far, dishing out after-hours funk that perfectly counters Grupo Fantasma’s big-band fervor. The local octet’s 2007 debut, Homenaje, hit like a Texas heat wave, stretching sweaty Latin instrumentals…
Austin Sketch Fest
Rise of the planet of the skits
Gay Place: Get in Here!
Check our Ho-rizon: Your hot, gay summer is about to kick off, big time
Meet the New Council, Same as the Old Council
All four incumbents seeking re-election will see another term, though some cut it closer than others
Phases & Stages
Don Harvey Light Shines Through (Freedom) Drummer Don Harvey has done time in the original Storyville and Ian McLagan & the Bump Band, among others, but now he’s making some of the most interesting music of his career. Collaborating with bassist Glenn Fukunaga, guitarist Kevin McKinney of Soulhat, trumpeter Ephraim Owens, and keyboardist/accordionist/co-composer Stefano Intelisano,…
Funniest Person in Austin 2012
The comic crowned king this year had the Nazer’s edge
Soccer Watch: Aztex Home Opener
First-ever home game for the ‘new’ Austin Aztex
2012 Restaurant Poll Results and Guide
And the winner is … you, because you get to nom on all these treats
Phases & Stages
The Atomic Duo Broadsides In Austin, musicians have a tendency to use folk music as a starting point. Then they get it drunk, blend it with newer styles, and make it silly or sarcastic. By contrast, the Atomic Duo plays original folk and bluegrass songs with refreshing honestly and authenticity. Sound boring? It’s not. Broadsides…
Blood on Texas’ Hands
A new Columbia Law Review article demonstrates how the state may have executed an innocent man
Big Names Headed to Round Rock
Bob Schneider and Manny Ramirez to play at the Dell
Koock/Faulk Family Hospitality Lives On
The foundation of Green Pastures � good food, and Texas hospitality � stands strong
Phases & Stages
Pachanga Latino Music Festival Fiesta Gardens, May 12 Saturday at 1pm, the small line for Pachanga Fest’s second-day opening couldn’t adequately mirror that which had loaded in early and at full capacity to Fiesta Gardens: Lou Reed’s proverbial “Perfect Day.” Crowning a week of May showers that had otherwise let up only for Pachanga headliners…
McMillan Case Dismissed in Houston
DiverseArts director has a new appreciation for his allies back home
NCAA Austin Softball Regional
This will be the Longhorns eighth year in a row appearing in the NCAA Softball Tournament. Senior Lexy Bennett has been leading the way at the plate this year with team highs in batting average (.393), slugging (.707), and RBIs (52), with junior Torie Schmidt (pictured) right behind with a more than respectable .382 ave.…
Fonda San Miguel Continues Its Progress
Fonda San Miguel continues to challenge itself and please its patrons
Playback: Worst of Both Worlds
R. Kelly dies in performance only, while Tony Offender and Traci Lamar Hancock leave Austin’s astral plain for real
Is Your Hair on Fire? It’s Campaign Time.
The D.A. campaign gets hot – very hot
West Side Tour-y
Big Medium lets artists on the other side of I-35 in on the fun
Those Were The Days
Fond remembrances of a culinary giant
Pennies From Heaven
Standing on the corner of Fourth and Trinity amid the jostling throngs of South by Southwest, Quiet Company doesn’t draw much attention against the blasts of noise and marketing that swirl around them. The local quintet is unassuming save for a cardboard placard that announces “Free Hugs From Quiet Company.” Most of the crowd rushes…
Seeing Red in House District 47
Downton and Workman campaigns are black and blue in Travis’ only red district
The Luv Doc: That extra syllable is a huuuge time-waster
Luv Doc, Sir, Why do Americans always say “ASAP” when they really mean “RFN?” – Marcus Because, kind sir, Americans aren’t filthy-mouthed motherfuckers like you Europeans. We’re politer than shit, in fact, which is why we choose to use an anagram that means “as soon as possible.” ASAP recognizes that people oftentimes have other things…
Tamales or Not, It’s a Family Affair
Robert Vasquez’s breakfast taco empire expands
Papa’s Got a Brand New Bag
In April, music trade associations and streaming services reached an agreement on formulas for new mechanical royalties due songwriters that cover five emerging models. Pending approval by the Copyright Royalty Board, these rates will go into effect in 2013. The agreement also renewed the mechanical royalty rate of 9.1 cents per download and physical formats,…
The Hightower Report: Weed It and Weep
Rather than finding ways to cooperate with the natural world, America’s agribusiness giants reach for the next quick fix in a futile effort to overpower nature. Their attitude is that if brute force isn’t working, they’re probably not using enough of it. Monsanto, for example, has banked a fortune by selling a corn seed that…
The Dictator
Sacha Baron Cohen opts for scripted comedy this time and lands many good jokes and new offenses, but the target is soft and unmissable.
Rediscovering an Old Queen
La Reyna, a South Austin gem
Sixty Years of Celebrations
Matt’s El Rancho is keeping it all in the family – and you’re invited to join
Shea: Down but Not Out
Shea: Down but Not Out As Saturday’s election night party at Mexita’s came to a close, Brigid Shea delivered a pep talk to a cheering crowd, urging them to continue pressing for change at City Hall. “This election was about the future of our city,” she told supporters. “Thank you for being so passionate about…
Battleship
Crass and hugely dumb aliens vs. multiple earthling navies: Must mean the start of summer movies has arrived.
Top Notch Is Quality
Don’t go changin’
Food-o-File
A weekly roundup of Austin food news
Point Austin: Outside Looking in
Not much comfort – or leadership – on the GOP ballot
What To Expect When You’re Expecting
The gamut of the modern babymaking experience is explored by a small batallion of entertainers.
Don’t Call It ‘Bar & Grill’ Anymore
More than just the name has changed at this old Austin landmark
Food Events
Win a cupcake battle, lose the cupcake war
Headlines
› No regular meeting of City Council today, but a very full agenda is already posted for May 24. And this week’s Austin Energy work sessions are still simmering, followed by a special work session Tuesday, May 22, 9am to noon, to address urban rail proposals – and nobody should have to leave on campaign…
Darling Companion
Diane Keaton leads a wonderful cast in this so-so story about a lost dog and its unmoored people.
Letters at 3AM: A View From the St. James Hotel
The St. James: It’s an infirmary, it’s a morgue, and it’s a hotel where we each share a room with the dead
Civics 101
Thursday 17 CENTRAL TEXAS HEALTH CARE St. David’s Hospital Foundation CEO Earl Maxwell discusses the state of health care in our region. Register by May 15. 11:45am. St. David’s Episcopal Church, 301 E. Eighth, 610-3500. $10 for lunch. I-35 IMPROVEMENTS OPEN HOUSE The city and TxDOT want your ideas to fix I-35 from US 290…
Mansome
Will Arnett and Jason Bateman are our guides in this Morgan Spurlock documentary that looks at men’s relationship with their body hair in contemporary America.
After a Fashion
Witty Style Avatar seeks travel daddy. Or mami. Enquire within.
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
Two-thousand daydreams per day
A GOP Sampler: Primary Highlights
The Republican primary in a nuthouse … er, nutshell
