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Photos: Shooting the Elements
Join our Earth, Air, Fire, and Water goddesses on the Summer Fun photo shoot
Don’t Rain on This Parade
City announces veterans parade and job fair
Summer Reading for Tiny Chefs
Kid-friendly food books perfect for cooking and gardening adventures
The Good Music Club: The Sour Notes
Local psych pop act the Sour Notes burn up TGMC
Fresh & Easy
Refreshing summer grubbin’ for any skill level
Margaritaville
Live Shot of Jimmy Buffet at the Moody Theater
Tonight: Cinema East Cheers Up Charlie
It’s Cinema East’s 2012 launch party
Who Says You Can’t Do These Things If You Want To?
Not us, chief; contrariwise, this weekend.
The Real War on Women?
Live Action says ‘gendercide’ is growing in U.S.
KGSR’s Blues On The Green
KGSR’s summer music series Blues on the Green kicks off tonight!
20 Questions With David Kilgour
The Clean guitarist comes, well, clean for Chaos in Tejas
The Big May Takeaway
Highlights of last night’s GOP and Democratic primaries
Broke T.O. Stands Up Children’s Hospital
Terrell Owens gets cut from indoor league team
Film Flam
Speed Travels, American Hipsters, Design Stars, and more
Britney Spears, Sweetie
Austin’s ‘X Factor’ auditions star Britney Spears
Not Coming to a Network Near You
Q&A with ATX panelist & ‘NTSF:SD:SUV’ star Paul Scheer
Bedside Manner: A Phone Is Not a Book
Turning a page on a bad habit
Primary Day Today
How to make sure you can cast your vote
Rio Rita’s Sexy Bloodys & French 75s
… or should we call them Freedom 75s?
Party Time With the Captain
‘Step Into the Black’ party
Foreign & Domestic Bake Sale
Weekend, high-end pastries
May 29 is Primary Day
Early voting rises late in Travis County before election day
‘The NFL Beat’: Hypnosis, Murder, Tight Ends
A hypnotic look at fantasy TE production
Bob Ray’s Litigious Mofo Party Plan
Bob Ray’s commercial for attorney Adam Reposa
Nihilism and the Great Whatsit: Richard Hell at Cinema Club
Richard Hell joins the Alamo’s Cinema Club
Manny Does the Dell
Hall of Fame numbers tainted by failed drug tests
Charlie Baird and the Tobacco Lawyers
Reaud, Tigar denounce Baird D.A. campaign charges
The Green Deal: Highs and Lows
Council goes all the way with Trammell Crow
Aztex Maul Lions 7-0!
Pad division lead
Gaming Stuff To Do This Weekend
Because sitting on your couch sometimes isn’t enough
Cannes You Dig It?
Vincent Van Horn doesn’t hold back the tears
The Good Music Club V – Memorial Weekend Taping
The Good Music Club at The ND is one of the best kept secrets in Austin
From the Vaults: Tashlinesque
Frank Tashlin in print and onscreen
Blood, Sweat, and Chaos in Tejas
Profiling Chaos in Tejas booker/founder Timmy Hefner
Primary Update: Slow Crawl Speeds Up
Dem early voting increasing for May 29 primary
Vinyl Platters
The Strange Attractors Midnight at Xochil’s (Past/Futures) Many moons traveled this white vinyl of the Strange Attractors’ third psychedelic orb, last spring’s Midnight at Xochil’s. Austin/Chicago imprint Past/Futures Records first pressed the Austin drones’ 2009 sophomore sand-swirl Sleep and You Will See, as well as reissuing the slide guitar burn of the band’s coagulated debut…
Exhibitionism
Austin Shakespeare’s mashup of the Bard and Bollywood pleases some but not all
Quote of the Week
“If we can’t get more people out to vote, I’m not going back to Washington.” – Congressman Lloyd Doggett, on the low early voting turnout for the Democratic primary election
Rainey Street Bars
Reviews of three bars on Rainey
Vinyl Platters
The Ripe Into Your Ears The Ripe worship at the Village Green Preservation Society’s oft-marginalized altars, flirty power-pop jangles hanging off white-marble druid-folk in elaborate tangles. The local trio dons accents to go with its eccentric guitars and excavated hooks, the peppered, deciduous strut of songs turning out vintage pop at its most wonderfully limited.…
The Force Behind Rainey’s Renaissance
Bridget Dunlap is the one-woman army who changed the face of an Austin neighborhood
Then There’s This: We Can Do Better
Has City Council learned anything from the election?
The Second Fiddle Takes a Bow
Scene stealers at the Paramount Summer Film Classic Series
Vinyl Platters
The Zoltars Should I Try Once More? (Sundae) “I’m living off of pills, and I never pay my bills,” sighs crestfallen Jared Leibowich over monotonous, factory-pressed guitar. The low-spirited local quartet’s debut deals chapped, barren, smokestack-spiked post-punk, lifeless in its sprawl. Honesty or middle school poetry? “I will give you all my heart/we will never…
Exhibitionism
Austin Playhouse’s tight revival of the 65-year-old political comedy never shows its age
Rosedale Reacts: Cafe Non!
Neighbors fed up with proposed restaurant on Hancock
Rainey Street Bites
G’Raj Mahal Cafe 91 Red River (facing Davis), 480-2255 www.grajmahalaustin.com Tuesday-Thursday and Sunday, 5pm-midnight; Friday-Saturday, 5pm-2am We recently had the opportunity to drive the highway from Agra to New Delhi, and dotted along the way were several exotic looking outdoor eateries. The trendiest amongst foodies are dhabas, which are often Punjabi huts serving spicy fare…
Vinyl Platters
Iskra/Doom Siren Scaly, corrosive blasts by locals Doom Siren and anarcho-Canucks Iskra are perfect neighbors on opposite sides of wax. Iskra vibes on the frenetic, high-wire tics of seared crust-punk debauchery, while Doom Siren is slower, subtler, heavier. Both bring an indomitable density, the kind of bleary extreme-music magnitude that drips right through a one-two…
Exhibitionism
Palindrome’s staging succeeds in the acting department but fails as a political statement
Council: Task Lists and Wish Lists
On the agenda: Green Water Treatment Plant, Seaholm, urban rail and Austin Pets Alive!
The Elements of Summer Fun
Steal a moment and look deeply into your next campfire. Watch as the final embers of the night take to the air and drift heavenward to join the stars. Last year, that sight might have stoked a tragedy – as the insult of the hottest Texas summer ever on record exploded into the injury of…
Exhibitionism
Co-Lab Projects’ N Space and new HI5H Gallery are invigorating additions to the gallery scene Both highbrows and lowbrows will want to browse these new artspaces
APD Detective Fired
Memo says detective acknowledged “running fast and loose” in burglary investigations
Air
Soar to new summer heights in rooms with views, ziplines, spavelous experiences, and more.
Vinyl Platters
Walter Daniels & the Giblets (Ghost Highway) Pulpy, serrated, greased-down punk-blues could be easily synonymous with Walter Daniels’ name at this point, and this 10-inch with the reckless Giblets is famously dirty and traditionally divine. The local harp cat remains one of the few souls able to throttle a song called “Frozen Dinners” like a…
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
Only 11% of the Secret Service are women. Less time separates us from Tyrannosaurus Rex than separated Tyrannosaurus Rex from Stegosaurus. Sir Charles Isham introduced garden gnomes to England in 1847. He brought 21 of them back from a trip to Germany and put them as ornaments in the gardens at Lamport Hall in Northamptonshire.…
Farewell to the Allan Bulldog
Allan Elementary as we know it goes out with a final fling
Earth
From kiddy parties to caves to excursions in a Lamborghini, stay grounded this summer.
Vinyl Platters
WoodgrainWar Orbit A local quintet going by Woodgrain, an EP titled War Orbit, and a galactic centaur as art: massive rock music ardor is self-evident. At six overstuffed songs it can feel like an odyssey, though “Milk of Titans” shows off slashing guitars and a double-bass-drum beat-down with all the drama of DragonForce. Side two…
Trying To Fix the World
Five-year review of APD Chief Art Acevedo
Hilton Full? Stay at Scooter’s Place!
Keeping Austin weird, or committing fraud?
Fire
Ignite this summer with fireworks, camp fire, and more.
Late Night Nomad Traveler
From hustle to flow, Trampia’s still on the streets of East Austin
Photos: Chief Art Acevedo on Patrol, May 19, 2012
Austin Police Chief Art Acevedo doesn’t shy away from the camera – or the community
City Panel To Hear More on Yogurt Shop Murders
Former investigator takes issues with PSC member’s comments
Water
Dive into Schlitterbahn, tubing on the Comal and Guadalupe, watsu, powerboats, and more
Vinyl Platters
“Health Is the New Drug” is a fine song once you get past the jerk-off guitar intro, plus the locals’ social commentary makes it good for driving around suburbia with your windows up. Our suggestion for the new Boxing Lesson 7-inch (New Fortune Records): enjoy the catchy flipside, “Better Daze,” Trent Reznor enslaved by Billy…
Day Trips
Pedernales River Nature Park is open to the public as a free day-use park, for now
The Hightower Report: Wild About Chickens
Bastrop citizens fight for their right to chicken
2012 Austin Critics Table Awards
For the 20th time, a big hand for the nominees if you please
Gay Place: Wheely AWTHUM
Strap on your … roller skates, fool; it’s time for Roller Disco 2.
New Hearing for Arena
Innocent Arena gets a resentencing hearing, but not a new trial
Studio Visit: KC Crow Maddux
On packing up the university studio, grieving, and discoveries
After a Fashion
With ‘Fashion Star’ a wrap, even Your Style Avatar is poking around for some Summer Fun …
‘Austin Chronicle’ Spelling Bee
Five-time winner Geoff Thevenot wows the crowd
Soccer Watch: Aztex Win 7-0!
Maul Lions; pad division lead: photos
Food-o-File
A look at this week’s food news
An Evening of Evil
Richard Hell hosts a film noir double feature
Soccer Watch
Aztex devour foe in home opener
The Luv Doc: Abortion is a Sticky Wicket
Luvdoc, My boyfriend’s sister is a fundamentalist pro-life nutjob and I can’t stand to be around her. She always drags me into an argument and then I end up fighting with my boyfriend. What’s the best way to tell him I don’t want to be around her? – Uptohere Damn, abortion is a sticky wicket…
Food Events
Roundup of culinary events
New in Print
A look at the unsung filmmaker, whose collaborators included Jerry Lewis, Jayne Mansfield, and Porky Pig
Playback
‘Good Day Austin’ anchor Joe Bickett says adios, the Scottish Rite Theater, Good Music Club, and Spider House say hello again, and Emo’s owner Frank Hendrix goes cable
First Position
This lovely documentary follows six international ballet hopefuls, ages 10 to 17, as they compete for the Youth America Grand Prix.
Vinyl Platters
Gary Clark Jr. HWUL Raw Cuts Vol. 1 (Warner Bros.) Sometimes all it takes is a sole EP to land you in Sir Mick Jagger’s pickup band playing for the Obamas at the White House. Warner Bros. debut Bright Lights was that one in a million last year for Austin bluesman Gary Clark Jr., so…
Tashlinesque: The Hollywood Comedies of Frank Tashlin
A look at the unsung filmmaker, whose collaborators included Jerry Lewis, Jayne Mansfield, and Porky Pig
Civics 101
Thursday 24 WORKERS’ MARCH ON CITY HALL Workers and allies march for fair wages and safety on one of Downtown’s biggest job sites as City Council debates Trammell Crow’s proposal for the Green WTP site. 5:30pm. Austin City Hall, 301 W. Second, 974-2220. Friday 25 ACC FUNDRAISERTexas A&M System Chancellor John Sharp delivers a keynote…
Men in Black 3
Josh Brolin’s spooky good impersonation of the younger Tommy Lee Jones is the only fresh thing happening in this sequel.
Vinyl Platters
Bring Beer (12XU) Adding to local Matador Records maestro Gerard Cosloy’s two Casual Victim Pile platters, this 15-song tribute to Austin’s Trailer Space Records scene blasts out of the proverbial garage with a hoodlum’s abandon. Packing true grit from some of the local underground’s finest, that includes: perennial favorites the Golden Boys, which pluralizes new…
The Ghost of Developers Past
Rainey Street’s struggle to retain its historic integrity has opened up some gems
Headlines
› City Council faces a big agenda today (Thursday), highlighted by discussions of the revised Green Water Treatment Plant development proposal and the Imagine Austin Comprehensive Plan, which should arrive in the early evening – and there’s plenty more where that came from. Council announced that the swearing in of the four re-elected incumbents will…
Daruvu
This Telugu action movie is billed as a “social fantasy.”
Vinyl Platters
Shiva’s Headband The Singles Collection (Bluethroat) Founded in 1967, Shiva’s Headband blazed a trail between San Franciscan ballroom psychedelia and the progressive country that defined the Armadillo World Headquarters in its early-Seventies heyday. This flashback-inducing picture disc compiles the locals’ four singles along with unreleased live tracks, 1968 debut “Kaleidescoptic” delivering a pungent whiff of…
Exhibitionism
The Rude Mechs’ latest show is a mind-blowing roll of the die
Point Austin: Doggett at Risk
Austin’s longtime champion is looking for Dem support
