Cover Story
Mask Instructions: Be Prince for a Night
Step One: Get Your Binders Out
Farmers Market Report: November 3, 2012
What’s happening at the farmers markets this week
Texecutioners Want to Bruise the Georgia Peach
Texies in Atlanta for WFTDA championships, plus Gotham appeal
Changes in the Local Lit Landscape
Clay Smith departs Texas Book Festival, APLFF adopts Badgerdog
The Dead Are Speaking with the Tongues of the Living?
Yes, and it’s all because of those creepy Blackbower Mediums
The AggreGAYtor: November 1
Your daily dose of LGBTQIA news
Amen
Leonard Cohen lays siege to Bass Concert Hall
Mommy, Why Is Chris Black Gonna Be Drunk at the Funeral?
Just ask Graham Reynolds at the Dive Bar on Monday
Celtic Tiger Moya Brennan
Clannad singer goes solo at the Austin Celtic Festival
The Story of Johnny Lydon
PiL/Pistols frontman and FFF Saturday headliner finds peace
Austin Kids First Throws Money into AISD Races
New pro-reform PAC drops $30,000 behind candidates
OMG, What the Hell Is Dirt Candy?
And what’s it doing in the Alamo Drafthouse kitchen this weekend?
A Decade of Aggression at the House of Torment
Austin’s top-rated Halloween haunt looks back on 10 years of scares
Everything Went Black: Darth Mouse
The future of a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away
Gotta Lotta Restaurant News
Restaurants opening, trailers moving so fast our heads are spinning
Austin Knows That Generosity Is Its Own Reward
But a little delicious payback, well, who doesn’t enjoy that?
Half Made Man
Humanistic transitions and understanding from Ben Sollee
The AggreGAYtor: October 31
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Dallas D.A. Says Supremes Should Take Jimenez Case
Watkins asking court to decide standard for actual innocence
Drink.Well. Does All Hallows’ Eve
Special cocktails, special prices
‘Ghosts of Ole Miss’ Comes Off as Obtuse
Attempt at explaining a civil rights story is a mess
‘Texas Monthly’ Seeks Submissions for Top Barbecue Joints
Food Editor Pat Sharpe solicits ideas from readers about BBQ joints
Where to Feed the Guy Who Wrote the Book on Meat
Visiting author Bruce Aidells goes to Stiles Switch Barbecue
‘Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning’ Hits VOD in the Brain
Action reboot revives the sci-fi action franchise as psycho-mystery
The AggreGAYtor: October 30
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Calling All Culinary Rock Stars
Reality show casting call in Austin
AFF2012: Audience Awards Announced
Austin Film Festival also claims spot on the 2013 calendar
Brazilian Broadband
Gilberto Gil Q&A
Coach Brown to Case: We’re Not In Kansas Anymore
David Ash named starter against Texas Tech Saturday
DVD Watch
‘All in the Family: The Complete Series’
Johnny Manziel Takes Texas A&M on Tour
Hit the road, Jack
Wizard World: The Brothers of Destruction of ‘The Walking Dead’
Reedus and Rooker talk hunting, fishing, and zombie killing
The Little Galaxy
Ramona Beattie and Grace London’s infinite happiness
The AggreGAYtor: October 29
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Paging Through the Texas Book Festival
Seen and heard at TBF 2012
Fire in the Night, Music in Bone-Deep Bassnote Throbs
Reveling among the multiform delights of Art Outside
Travis County Early Voting Results: Day Seven
Turnout strong and rising before weekend lull
Bedside Manner: Entirely Suitable for Younger Audiences
Jaime deBlanc-Knowles revisits a freaky YA book from her youth
‘White Walls Say Nothing’ Plans to Paint the Screens
Kickstarter for local doc about Buenos Aires street artists
Daugherty Leads Early Vote
Huber tries to retain Pct. 3 seat in rematch
Drinking the Good Stuff at the W
Drinks and music at the Secret Bar
Wizard World: Five Reasons Why CM Punk Should Stay Champ
(or at least remain in the WWE title hunt)
Wizard World: The Wit and Wisdom of Patrick Stewart (Abridged)
Captain Picard talks Shakespeare, airline travel, and free drink
From the Vaults: David Oyelowo
Rising star David Oyelowo is in two new films – with two more on the way
Horns Win Thriller at Kansas, Yes Kansas
Case McCoy comes off the bench to lead 21-17 comeback
Football Prophecies: NFL Week 8
Cup-to-cup hits and more
Wizard World: Bernie Wrightson Versus Frankenstein
The comics legend defends the monster and blames the man
Texas Women’s Health Program Back in Court
Planned Parenthood files new suit in state court
Wizard World: Wil Wheaton Versus the Burrito
‘ST:TNG’ star explains how Twitter helps bind the geekverse
Texas State to San Jose State: You’re Fired
Opposing coaches dust off résumés
AFF2012: Billy Bob Thornton Steers ‘Jayne Mansfield’s Car’
The actor returns to the writer/director’s chair
Hot Chocolate for Cool Weather
Homemade hot chocolate mix will warm up your day
Creative Action’s I Spy Pie a Big Success
Kids and families enjoy art, music, and pie
AFF2012: It’s in the Blood
Lance Henriksen keens and roils with redneck angst on VOD today
‘The NFL Beat’: Week 8
It’s not you, it’s Cam Newton
Wizard World: Star Trek’s Marina Sirtis is a One Woman Bad Girl’s Club
Counselor Troi on picking fights and scaring the boys
The AggreGAYtor: October 26
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Food-O-File
Paul Qui returns to Austin, and other top chef updates
Exhibitionism
A befuddling, humorous, and serene journey into the unexpected with two very different couples
Culinary Dream Team
Afield: A Chef’s Guide to Preparing and Cooking Wild Game and Fish by Jesse Griffiths; photos by Jody Horton, foreword by Andrew Zimmern (Welcome Books, $40, 272 pp.) Afield is more than a cookbook. It’s also a collection of true short stories about a man enamored with the philosophy and practice of living from the…
Quote of the Week
“We are very supportive of bringing a medical school to Austin, but we do not believe that this is the appropriate way to fund it.” – St. David’s HealthCare CEO David Huffstutler, on the Central Health med school proposal, which he says would benefit Seton Healthcare and short-change indigent services
Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has To Travel
In this documentary, the filmmakers have done a fine job corralling many fantastic tales from this style maven’s life.
Food Events
October’s a great month for Gettin’ Sauced
Exhibitionism
A haunted house that deals in the ghosts of regret, lost love, and dream
Culinary Dream Team
Funny Food: 365 Fun, Healthy, Silly, Creative Breakfasts by Bill and Claire Wurtzel (Welcome Books, $19.95, 192 pp.) What began as an edible illustration of love in a devoted marriage transformed into a colorful book of artistic breakfast creations. Bill Wurtzel began designing masterpieces of nutritional balance and inspiration each morning for his wife, Claire…
Then There’s This: Highway to Heaven or Hell?
Precinct 3 voters have two distinct choices for the future
The Paperboy
This lurid Southern tale by the director of Precious shows that he still knows how to push people’s buttons – and gather an all-star cast to sell the goods.
Home’s a Brewin’
An embarrassment of hoppy riches await
Exhibitionism
A perfectly titled show that provides a vivid journey into the wood within the world
Culinary Dream Team
Meat Eater: Adventures From the Life of an American Hunter by Steven Rinella (Spiegel & Grau, $26, 256 pp.) I was first introduced to Steven Rinella’s writing by a fellow chef and friend who had recently read his first work, The Scavenger’s Guide to Haute Cuisine. It was an easy read due to its intriguing…
Civics 101
Thursday 25 NEWT GINGRICH gives a lecture called Leadership Challenges Beyond the Election, touching on national security, government in the information age, and economic growth. Register online. 6pm. LBJ Library Atrium, 10th floor. Free, registration required. www.newtgingrichaustin.eventbrite.com. EARLY VOTING runs through Friday, Nov. 2, for the Nov. 6 federal elections. Be a part of the…
Chakravyuh
The lives of six characters intertwine in this Bollywood drama about a rebellion amongst India’s youth.
Restaurant Review
Old favorites and new surprises delight at this Austin mainstay
SXSW Interactive Launches New Las Vegas Event
V2V to focus on start-ups
Culinary Dream Team
Taco USA: How Mexican Food Conquered America by Gustavo Arellano (Scribner, $25, 320 pp.) With syndicated advice in nearly 40 papers, Gustavo Arellano, the brains behind the wildly successful “¡Ask a Mexican!” column, has a lot on his plate. But that doesn’t mean this lifelong resident of Orange County doesn’t have time to school his…
Headlines
� No regular City Council meeting this week, but on Saturday, beginning at 9am, Council will host a special called “Citizen Forum” meeting – exotic fruit of the May campaign – promising many favorites from Citizen Communications: chemtrails, fluoride, constitutional amendments, anti-government ranting, and perhaps even some city policy. The next regular meeting is Nov.…
Cameraman Gangatho Rambabu
A hot-blooded journalist who is investigating student gangs and the caste system gets into a fight with a politician in this Telugu film.
2012 Austin Film Festival Film Competition Jury Prizes
‘Sparrows Dance,’ ‘Informant’ awarded Writer / director and UT alum Todd Berger attends with costars America Ferrera and Julia Stiles
Open and Shut
Council members hope they’ve closed the door on their Open Meetings legal troubles. Trouble is, that won’t be the end.
A World Without Planned Parenthood?
Women’s health gets hit by a 1-2 punch
Gay Place: BOO! To You Too
You think October 31 is scary? Just wait til November 6.
Author! Author!
The Texas Book Festival brings 250 writers to the same place
Escamilla’s Deal: Changing the Subject?
On Wednesday morning, Oct. 24, after nearly two years, Travis County Attorney David Escamilla announced a formal settlement of the Texas Open Meetings Act investigation of City Council members. Escamilla released agreements signed with all the relevant council members (all current members but Kathie Tovo, plus her Place 3 predecessor Randi Shade), under which the…
Day Trips
The Berclair Mansion offers haunted tours
Phases & Stages
Grizzly Bear Shields (Warp) Grizzly Bear’s fourth LP was originally recorded in Marfa, but those sessions were scrapped with the exception of opening missive “Sleeping Ute.” Nevertheless, the song sets up Shields with a sweeping sensibility grounded in the subtlety of its details, an epic quality that emerges like a reflection of West Texas’ grandiosity…
Culture’s Last Stand
Life as we know it is gone in Justin Cronin’s postapocalyptic future… except for in Texas
Culinary Dream Team
Texas authors headline the book fest Cooking Tent
AISD: Carstarphen Gets an Extension
With election looming, board votes an extension for superintendent
Hornucopia
UT avoids what would have been devastating home loss to Baylor
Phases & Stages
The XX Coexist (Young Turks) Like 11 beautifully silent machines working in perfect harmony, the XX’s eponymous 2009 debut became irreplaceable. Londoners Romy Madley Croft, Oliver Sim, and Jamie Smith fused together the perfect number of notes and turned them into a modern classic of illusive singularity. Coexist doesn’t have an enviable position as The…
Moving on From West Memphis
Freed from death row, Damien Echols reflects on where to go next
Culinary Dream Team
Hugo Ortega’s Street Food of Mexico by Hugo Ortega with Ruben Ortega Bright Sky Press, 256 pp., $34.95 Chef Hugo Ortega’s immigrant success story is the personification of the American dream: A young man who speaks no English arrives in this country with a serious work ethic and climbs to the heights of his chosen…
Montopolis Battle Lines
Neighborhood dispute lingers after council approves housing project
Soccer Watch
Last chance to see your 2012 UT Longhorns at Myers Stadium, hosting 19th-ranked West Virginia at 7:30pm, Friday night, Oct. 26. The Big 12 championship tournament starts Wednesday in San Antonio; that’s the Horns’ sole route to an NCAA bid, after a couple of tough one-goal losses last week at Baylor and TCU dropped them…
Phases & Stages
Lord Huron Lonesome Dreams (IAMSOUND) After two celebrated EPs in 2010 and silence ever since, Los Angeles’ Lord Huron based its sepia-toned debut LP, Lonesome Dreams, on a fictional book of the same name by nonexistent author George Ranger Johnson. Ben Schneider opens himself up to collaboration, even recording with a band, but his songwriting…
Into the ‘Wild’ and Back
Cheryl Strayed is having a hell of a year
Culinary Dream Team
The Salt Lick Cookbook: A Story of Land, Family, and Love by Scott Roberts and Jessica Dupuy The Salt Lick Restaurant, 348 pp., $39.95 In the book’s title, Salt Lick BBQ restaurant owner and pitmaster Scott Roberts and noted wordsmith Jessica Dupuy didn’t mention the focus that’s held four generations of the Roberts clan together:…
Ecopocalypse Is Here
Are you scared of this postapocalyptic Austin?
The Luv Doc: A Decline in Desirability
Dear LuvDoc, I have been with my boyfriend for over a year. When we first met, we couldn’t get enough of each other! When we had sex, it was like fire! We had the best sex ever day! But lately, our romantic encounters have been few and far between. It’s a problem when I’m a…
Cracks in the Ceiling
Jan Reid on Ann Richards’ legacy
Culinary Dream Team
The Great Meat Cookbook by Bruce Aidells with Anne-Marie Ramo Houghton Mifflin, 640 pp., $40 Bruce Aidells is America’s meat expert; with 11 meat-centric cookbooks out, he’s the originator of the first nationwide artisanal sausage company, and has had features in Fine Cooking, Bon Appétit, Food & Wine, Cooking Light, and Real Food. Think of…
Next Execution: Halloween
Donnie Lee Roberts was addicted to both alcohol and crack cocaine and was under the influence of a cocktail of both the night he killed his girlfriend Vicki Bowen, with whom he was living back in October 2003. He begged her to give him money for a fix, he later told police, and when she…
Paranormal Activity 4
Five years after the end of PA3, things are still going bump in the night.
Texas Book Festival
A peak behind Leonard Cohen’s mystique
A New ‘Wrinkle’
So what draws graphic novelist Hope Larson to Madeleine L’Engle?
Culinary Dream Team
Planet Taco: A Global History of Mexican Food by Jeffrey M. Pilcher Oxford University Press, 320 pp., $27.95 In 1994, a film crew came to my unreconstructed farmhouse kitchen in Austin to make a TV commercial; in it, a cute blonde woman wearing tiny cutoffs joyfully prepared Mexican dishes for a party. However, the commercial…
The Hightower Report: At Last, the GOP Finds an Actual Case of Voter Fraud!
True the Vote had a case in its own backyard
Middle of Nowhere
In this Sundance-honored film, a woman has to figure out what to do after her husband is sentenced to eight years in prison.
Texas Book Festival
Sitting at the recording consul during the drama and drugs
‘Austin Chronicle’ Short Story Contest Open for Submissions
Postmark deadline is Dec. 10, 2012
Culinary Dream Team
Roots: The Definitive Compendium by Diane Morgan Chronicle Books, 432 pp., $40 In this ambitious work, Diane Morgan takes on the staggering task of demystifying root vegetables – all of them, from all the cuisines of the world. From arrowroot to carrots, jicama to yucca, each is examined, its history given, and recipes for its…
Recommended at Texas Book Festival
Capsule reviews and panel info
Cloud Atlas
This spellbinding adaptation of a supposedly “unfilmable” novel achieves near-perfection on virtually all levels.
Texas Book Festival
Inside Ryan Adams’ seminal alt.country group Whiskeytown
After a Fashion
Will the hell and high water of cancer keep Stephen from his own show?
Culinary Dream Team
Burma: Rivers of Flavor by Naomi Duguid Artisan, 384 pp., $35 Naomi Duguid is a traveler, world-class cook, and award-winning writer and photographer who has co-authored (with Jeffrey Alford) six of the best international cookbooks of the past decade. Based in Toronto and Chiang Mai, she has been traveling to Burma since 1980, and now…
‘Design Waller Creek: A Competition’
Winning design for Waller Creek Conservancy’s contest creates civic spaces amid greenery
Fun Size
Broad-stroked but often funny, this is a teen tale of a Halloween night that doesn’t go according to plan.
Raising Arizona
Arizona Dranes, the gospel beat, and the Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
Adam Ant’s mother was Paul McCartney’s maid. Horseshoe crabs have blue blood because, instead of iron-based hemoglobin, they use copper-based hemocyanin to transport oxygen. Australia introduced a carbon tax on July 1. The emissions intensity of Australian electricity in the third quarter was down 7.6% from the 2011-2012 mean and 5.6% from the previous quarter.…
Culinary Dream Team
A Family Farm in Tuscany: Recipes and Stories From Fattoria Poggio Alloro by Sarah Fioroni Shearer Publishing, 240 pp., $24.95 Sarah Fioroni’s new book details the wonders of life and food at her generations-old family farm in Tuscany. Her impressive résumé also contributes to the large breadth of historical documentation and cultural information presented, but…
Bill Cosby
Bill Cosby holds this ‘Chronicle’ writer to a no-smoking policy
Chasing Mavericks
Starring Gerard Butler, this inspirational surfing drama somehow fails to inspire.
He Is My Story: The Sanctified Soul of Arizona Dranes
by Michael Corcoran Tompkins Square, 48 pp., $24.99 Long relegated to a historical footnote, Arizona Dranes was the architect of the gospel beat, and the first person to ever cut a gospel record on piano. Singing praise songs over boogie-woogie made the blind Texas native a precursor to Little Richard, Ray Charles, and Sister Rosetta…
Leaping Wizards
‘Star Trek: The Next Generation’ reunited cast, CM Punk, and ‘Walking Dead’ fresh kills gather at Wizard World Austin Comic Con
Culinary Dream Team
The Liddabit Sweets Candy Cookbook: How to Make Truly Scrumptious Candy in Your Own Kitchen by Liz Gutman and Jen King (Workman, $17.95, 301 pp.) This was the most eagerly awaited book on this year’s Texas Book Festival list at my house. Luckily for me, it arrived just as the temperature became moderate enough to…
Playback: Halloween
No one plays dress-up like Austin musicians
The House I Live In
Eugene Jarecki examines America’s war on drugs and the collateral and self-inflicted damage it has caused within one African-American family.
Halloween Cocktails
Cocktail recipes for Halloween 2012
Culinary Dream Team
Secrets of the Best Chefs by Adam Roberts (Artisan, $27.95, 400 pp.) Adam Roberts, author of the food blog The Amateur Gourmet, is one of the most successful food bloggers out there, and once you work with this book, it becomes perfectly clear why. Roberts has a unique flair for adapting the recipes and cooking…
Point Austin: The Law Is a Ass
The Great Open Meetings Scandal comes to its legalized conclusion
The Revisionaries
When it comes to choosing public-school textbooks, what happens in Texas is of national concern – and this documentary captures these culture wars in full bloom.
Nov. 6 Elections: The ‘Chronicle’ Endorsements
The Chronicle editorial board (consisting of the News staff and Publisher Nick Barbaro) makes the following recommendations, for your consideration, in approaching your early voting (Oct. 22-Nov. 2) or Election Day ballot. It’s a lengthy list, and for Austin voters this year, the most important local questions are near the bottom of the ballot (or…
